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heofon-ware

(n.)
Grammar
heofon-ware, pl.

The inhabitants of heaven

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The inhabitants of heaven Ealle gesceafta ge heofonware ge eorþware all creatures, both those in heaven and those on earth, Blickl. Homl. 11, 4. Ða hálgan heofenware the holy dwellers in heaven, 135, 17. Similar entries v. next word

beót-líce

(adv.)

threateninglyboast-inglyvauntinglyarrogantly

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Substitute: threateningly Hé férde beótlíce mid wíge ascendit vallatus auxilio pugnatorum, Jos. 8, 10. boast-ingly, vauntingly, arrogantly 'Ne fare gé, ic bidde". . . Hig swáþeáh áblende beótlíce ástigon. Num. 14, 44. Hé beótlíce mid deóflicum fiðerhaman

snáw-gebland

(n.)
Grammar
snáw-gebland, es; n.

A snow-storm

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A snow-storm Fór Hanníbal ofer Bardan ðone beorg, þéh ðe ymb ðone tiéman wǽren swá micel snáwgebland swá ðætte ǽgðer ge ðara horsa fela forwurdon ge ða elpendas ealle búton ánum ge ða men selfe uneáðe ðone ciele genǽson Annibal, cum in Etruriam transiret

hæft

Grammar
hæft, a captive.
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Add: v. helle-hæft, ge-hæft; subst. and adj

mirce

(n.)
Grammar
mirce, es; n.
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For another rendering of An. 1315 see ge-scirdan

wíte

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Add: v. bisceop-, full-, ge-. gylt-, heng-, sorh-wíte

waroþ

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Tó warode ad litus, An. Ox. 8, 420. Be sǽs wároðe (waroðum, v.l.) sicut arenam quae est in littore maris, Gr. D. 55, 12. Lócian égðer ge ofer þone warað ge ofer þá sǽ, Solil. H. 45, 20. Add

gang-here

(n.)
Grammar
gang-here, es; m.

A foot-armyinfantrypedester exercĭtus

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A foot-army, infantry; pedester exercĭtus Pirrus him com to mid ðam mǽstan fultume, ǽgðer ge on ganghere, ge on rádhere Pyrrhus came to them with the greatest force, both in infantry, and in cavalry, Ors. 4, 1; Bos. 76, 40

lox

(n.)
Grammar
lox, es; m.

A lynx

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A lynx Lox linx, Ælfc. Gl. 19; Som. 59, 14; Wrt. Voc. 22, 55. Aristoteles sǽde ðæt deór wǽre ðæt mihte ǽlc wuht þurhseón ge treówa ge furþum stánas; ðæt deór wé hátaþ lox, Bt. 32, 2; Fox 116, 22

un-geriht

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geriht, adj.
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Uncorrected, unrefortned Gif hig þonne gýt eallunga ungerihte and ungecyrrede (inemendabiles et incorrigibiles ) beón, Chrd. 62, 6. Gif þonne ǽgber ge sé þe man swang, ge sé þe man for ylde swingan ne mæg, bégen beón ungerihte (incorrigibiles), 61, 35

Linked entry: ge-rihtan

út-lende

(adj.)
Grammar
út-lende, adj.

Foreignstrangenot native

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Foreign, strange, not native Útlende ic eom and ælðeódig advena ego sum et peregrinus, Ps. Spl. 38, 17. Iacob útlænde (accola) wæs on eorðan Cham, 104, 21. Hé mǽnde be his feóndum ǽgðer ge inlendum ge útlendum, Ps. Th. 2, arg

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-rǽd

(suffix)
Grammar
-rǽd, -rǽde.
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Add: á-, ge-, gelóm-, oft-, twi-, unfæst-, wiþ-rǽd[e]

á-éhtan

(v.)

to persecute

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to persecute Áoehtad gé biðon pirsequentur, Lk. L. 21, 12

sin-þyrstende

(adj.)
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ever thirsting Alexander tóécan ðæm ðe hé hiénende wæs ǽgðer ge his folc ge óðerra cyninga hé wæs sinþyrstende monnes blódes Alexander humani sanguinis insaturabilis, sive hostium sive etiam sociorum, recentem tamen semper sitiebat cruorem, Ors. 3,

sige-ríce

(adj.)
Grammar
sige-ríce, adj.
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Victorious, triumphant. applied to the Deity Witig Drihten . . . sigeríce, Cd. Th. 179, 11 ; Exod. 27. applied to men, cf. prop. name Sigeríc Gif gé ( the Israelites ) gehealdaþ hálige láre, gé gesittaþ sigeríce beórselas beorna, Cd. Th. 213, 34 ;

flot-smere

(n.)
Grammar
flot-smere, flot-smeoru, wes; n.
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Floating fat, fat or grease floating in a vessel in which meat is cooked Gýme hé ǽgðer ge ðæs sélran ge þæs sǽmran, ꝥ náðor ne misfare . . . ne flǽsc ne flotsmeru, ne cyse ne cyslyb, Angl. ix. 260, 13. Substitute:

sceád-wís

(adj.)
Grammar
sceád-wís, adj.
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Intelligent, discerning, discriminating Be gesceádwísan geréfan. Se scádwís geréfa sceal ǽgðer witan ge hláfordes landriht ge folces gerihtu, Angl. ix. 259, 3. Mid hú sceádwísre lufe manncynna ealdor for úre edstaðelunge þǽre róde gealgan underféng,

risne

(n.)
Grammar
risne, (?), es; n.
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What is fit or suitable; congruum Habbaþ eów swylc massereáf and swylce béc and swylce húselfata swylce gé mid risnum ( decently ) eów ða befæstan þénunga þénian mágon, L. E. I. 4; Th. ii. 404, 27. v. ge-risene; n. and preceding word

lǽwe

(n.)
Grammar
lǽwe, (?), es; m.
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A betrayer Him wǽre betere ꝥ hé geboren nǽre þonne hé his lǽwe (lǽwa, v. l.) wǽre. Nǽron þa Iúdéiscan ne se dyrna lǽwe (lǽwa, v. l. ) þurh God geneádode, Hml. S. 27, 163-166. Cf. (?) ge-fére, ge-síþ for declension

regnian

(v.)
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Sé þe yldeð, ꝥ hé tó Gode ne gecyrre, hé rénað pleoh his ágene sáwle, Archiv cxxii. 257, 4. Gé timbras ł hrínas byrgenno wítgena and gé hrínas byrgenna sódfæstra aedificatis sepulchra prophetarum et ornatis monumenta justorum, Mt. L. 23, 29. Add