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frætwe

(n.)
Grammar
frætwe, frætewe, frætuwe, frætwa, frætewa; gen. frætwa; pl. f.

Ornamentsadornmentsdecorationstreasuresornāmentaornātusres pretiōsæ

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He frætwe geheóld, bill and byrnan he held the armour, the falchion and coat of mail, 5233; B. 2620. Frætwe and fætgold ornaments and plated gold, 3846, note; B. 1921.

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geómor

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
geómor, geómur, giómor; adj.
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Siððan ðú gehýrde galan geómorne geác on bearwe when thou host heard the sad cuckoo sing in the grove, Exon. 123 b; Th. 473, 29; Bo. 22. He wæg hyge geómurne he bare a mournful spirit, 52 a; Th. 182, 15; Gú. 1310.

cwelman

(v.)
Grammar
cwelman, cwylman, cwilman; part. -ende; p. de; pp. ed [cwealm, cwelm death, destruction, torment]

To torture, torment, destroy, killtrucidare, cruciare

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He wæs ðæt folc cwilmende he tortured the people, Ors. 1, 12 ; Bos. 36, 25. He eorþ-cyningas yrmde and cwelmde he oppressed and slew the kings of the earth, Bt. Met. Fox 9, 94; Met. 9, 47.

hú-meta

(adv.)
Grammar
hú-meta, adv.

Howquomodo

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Ðú sǽdest ðæt ðú ne mihte witan húmeta his weólde oððe hú his weólde you said that you could not see in what manner or by what means he governed it [the world ]; quibus gubernaculis mundus regatur, Bt. 35, 2; Fox 156, 25

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ge-tǽse

(n.)
Grammar
ge-tǽse, es; n.
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advantage when ye were both in the body and thou hadst every good and he had every evil; he cannot now do more for thy advantage than thou wouldest then do for his, Shrn. 202, 31-4.

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for-sceamian

(v.)
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Be his synnum forsceamigean de peccatis propriis erubescere, Scint. 40, 9. with clause forscamað ꝥ [] hit ánan men andette, Angl. xii. 513, 29. Eall þæt forsceamode þæt ǽnigum men gecýdde, Wlfst. 138, 1. with infin.

ge-gladian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-gladian, p. ode; pp. od

To make gladgladdenappeaselætĭfĭcāreexhĭlărāreplăcāre

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Ðæt he gegladie anséne on ele ut exhĭlăret făciem in ŏleo, 103, 15. Ðæt he ðé mid his lácum gegladige that he appease thee with his gifts, Gen. 32, 20. Gegladan mitigare, repropitiare, Hpt. Gl. 515

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in-gán

(v.)
Grammar
in-gán, p. -eode

To go inenter

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Ðá ineode ingresso, Gen. 48, 3. on ðæs gesíðes hús ineode, Bd. 5, 4 ; S. 617, 16. Hú mæg man ingán on stranges hús quomodo potest quisquam intrare in domum fortis, Mt. Kmbl. 12, 29 : Lk. Skt. 8, 51. nolde ingán nolebat introire, 15, 28

sám-cwic

(adj.)
Grammar
sám-cwic, -cucu; adj.
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Half-dead Sum mǽden gehǽlde, ðæt ðe læg on legerbedde seóc, sámcucu geþúht, Homl. Th. ii. 510, 25. sámcucu læg, Homl. Skt. i. 6, 164: L. Ælfc. C. 31; Th. ii. 354, 10.

smeáþancollíce

(adv.)
Grammar
smeáþancollíce, adv.
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hí gewissode swíðe smeaþancellíce ymbe ðæs mynstres gebytlungum he gave them most exact directions about the buildings of the monastery, Homl. Th. ii. 172, 16. lǽrþ manna mód mid godcundre láre smeáþancellíce, i. 412, 32

þoterung

(n.)
Grammar
þoterung, e; f.
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weóp swíðe biterlíce and feóll tó Ióhannes fótum mid geómerunge and þoterunge, Ælfc. T. Grn. 18, 32. symle clypode mid swíðlícere þoterunge: 'And wá ðissere burhware,' Homl. Th. ii. 302, 12

út-lendisc

(adj.)
Grammar
út-lendisc, adj.
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Hig noldon ðæt útlendiscum þeódum wǽre ðes eard þurh ðæt ðe swíðor gerýmed ðe hí heom sylfe ǽlc óðerne forfóre, Chr. 1052; Erl. 184, 31. útlændisce hider in tihte, 959; Erl. 121, 3

á-hýdan

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áhýdeð ( abscondit ) mé in getelde his, Ps. Srt. 26, 5. Se Hǽlend áhýdde hine, Jn. L. 8, 59: Gr. D. 141, 30: 194, 14. hine sylfne áhýdde wið þá Langbeardan, 293, 15. Áhýd þá ælmessan under þæs þearfan sceáte, Wlfst. 257, 18.

feónd-gild

Grammar
feónd-gild, -gyld.

idolatryan idol

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him swíþe ondréd þá feóndgyld þe in þám temple wǽron, 189, 2

cystig-ness

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Ꝥ wyrð ágeaf tó ðáre ceastre bóte. Ðæt folc wearð fagen his cystignissa, Ap. Th. 10, 10. Sé ðe him for Godes lufon bigwiste foresceáwað, þonne hǽfð méde his cystignysse æt Gode, Hml. Th. i. 514, 14. Cystignesse liberalitate, Wrt.

ge-dwimorlic

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-dwimorlic, adj.
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Geseah ꝥ ꝥ fýr wæs geþúht on þára bróðra eágum . . . . . . þá bróðru þe gemétte mid þám gedwimorlicum fýre bepáhte ongeán gecígde de phantastico incendio . . .

ge-wrégan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wrégan, to accuse.
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Voc. ii. 44, 73. to accuse a person Þá þe wæs gewroeged from aldursácerdum cum accusaretur a principibus sacerdotum, Mt. R. L. 27, 12. to accuse to somebody Clemens wearð gewréht tó ðám cásere for ðám micclan crístendóme þe árǽrde, Hml.

leahter-full

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is Gode deád, for þan þe leahterfull and geleáfleás ætbærst, and ys geworden tó wealdgengan, Ælfc. T. Grn. 18, 5. Gif se práfast hlehterful (hleahter-, lehter-, v. ll.) si propositus repertus fuerit vitiosus R. Ben. 126, 1.

freó-dóm

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Hió him tó spraecon ymb ðæt lond, ðæt his him geúðe, ðæt hió maehten ðone freódóm begeotan, 222, 28. Ic Eádweard cyngc mid ðǽre hálgan Crístes róde tácne ðis hét getrymman and gefæstnian, ðisne freódóm ...

mann

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sǽde . . . heó man ne wæs, Hml. S. 2, 78. Gif bescoren man stéorleás gange. Ll. Th. i. 38, 12.