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ge-þrafu

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þrafu, (?), e; f.: <b>-þræf (?),</b> es; n.
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Hwæt sceal him þæt genumene, ꝥ hé eft mid geþrafe sceal ágildan? what good to him is that which he takes and has to repay under compulsion? Nap. 33

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mǽr-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
mǽr-líc, <b>. II.</b>
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Ðá frægn ic hié and áhsode hwæþer hié ówiht mǽrli[ces] in þǽm londum wisten quos cum interrogarem si quid nossent in illa regione dignum aliquid ad spectaculum, Nar. 24, 31. Add

módor-lufu

(n.)
Grammar
módor-lufu, an; f.
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Love for a mother, filial affection 'Þis is þín módor, and þú hié þé for módor hafa. 'And hé þá, Jóhannes, swá dyde, and hé hié þá in módorlufan hæfde, Nap. 45

denu

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Ealle men fleód tó muntum and tó denum ( in speluncas montium ) hié tó behýdanne, and hié cweðað: 'Wé hálsiað eów, muntas and dena, ꝥ gé ús oferfeallen,' Verc. Först. 108, 11. Add

or-trúwian

(v.)
Grammar
or-trúwian, p. ode

To be without hope of, to despair of

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To be without hope of, to despair of Hé ortrúw-ode his Drihtnys mildheortnysse he despaired of his Lord's mercy, Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 25. To ortrúwienne desperandum, Wulck. Gl. 250, 36

full

(adv.)
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Suá hwá suá hæfð fulle hǽle his líchoman, Past. 251, 3. wénaþ ꝥ hié mægen habban full gód and fulle gesǽlþa on ðisum andweardum gódum.

cyne-gerela

(n.)
Grammar
cyne-gerela, an; m. [gerela a robe]

A kingly robe regius vestitus

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A kingly robe; regius vestitus Gif mon wolde him awindan of ðǽs cynegerelan [MS. -gerelum] if any one would strip off from him these kingly robes, Bt. Met. Fox 25, 45; Met. 25, 23

geár-torht

(adj.)
Grammar
geár-torht, adj.

Yearly brightevery year gloriousquotannis splendĭdus

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Yearly bright, every year glorious; quotannis splendĭdus Ðá him wæstmas brohte, geártorhte gife, gréne folde when the green earth should bring fruits to him, yearly-bright gifts, Cd. 76; Th. 94, 13; Gen. 1561

ge-dafenlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-dafenlíce, adv.

Fitlyproperlyjustlydĕcenterconvenienterjuste

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Fitly, properly, justly; dĕcenter, convenienter,juste God gewræc swíðe gedafenlíce on ðam árleásan men his árleáse geþoht God very justly avenged his wicked thought on this wicked man, Ors. 6, 31; Bos. 128, 33

cemes

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Bútan his kemese and eác gelómlíce bútan his tunecan hé eft cyrde sine linea, crebro etiam sine tunica revertebatur, Gr. D. 68, 6

egeleásness

(n.)
Grammar
egeleásness, e; f.
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Confidence, presumption Þá þíne welan þe þú ( the devil) on fruman begeáte æt þæs ǽrestan mannes egeleásnesse (from his not having the fear of God before his eyes ) and unhýrsumnesse, Bl. H. 85, 31

wíg-bord

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-bord, es; n.

A shield

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A shield He héht him gewyrcean eallírenne wíg-bord; wisse he gearwe, ðæt him holtwudu helpan ne meahte, lind wið líge, Beo. Th. 4667; B. 2339. Wígbord scinon, Cd. Th. 207, 14; Exod. 466

æt-lútian

(v.)
Grammar
æt-lútian, [lútan to lurk]

To lie hidlatere

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To lie hid; latere, Jud. 4,18

sweora

(n.)
Grammar
sweora, swira, swyra, swura, an; m.

a neck of land, a hause a colthe neck, the declination of a mountain near the summit; the most level spot between two hills,the local name of a neck-shaped ridge in western Iceland.of water, the part where the distance between opposite shores is least

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Hié sendon ráp on his sweoran (swyran, 20), Blickl. Homl. 241, 24. Is ymb ðone sweoran ( the neck of the phenix ) beága beorhtast, Exon. Th. 219, 10; Ph. 305. Óþ mannes swuran, Blickl. Homl. 245, 33: Gen. 41, 42: Deut. 28, 48.

Linked entries: swira swyra

fæst

constantfirmsteadfastfixedunchangeablefirmsecurestubbornunyieldingfirmsolidcompactstrongfirmstrongfortifiedunbrokenundisturbedstandard

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Ðá wiþerweardan gesceafta ǽgþer ge hié betwux him winnað, ge eác fæste sibbe betwux him healdaþ, Bt. 21; F. 74, 14: Met. 11, 41.

hálwende

(v.; adj.)
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Þone hálwendan cleoþan malagma, 3051. a. figurative Ðætte hié ðone hálwendan (-wyndan, v. l.) drenc ðæs æðelan wínes ne gehwyrfen him selfum tó áttre, Past. 365, 8. Hálwe[n]dne lǽcedóm saluberrimum malagma, An.

bodung

annunciationdeclarationtestimonyinterpretationrecitingrehearsingpreaching

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mid bysnungum wel ne lǽdað, ne mid bodungum wel ne lǽrað, Ll. Th. ii. 328, 2. Bodengum, Wlfst. 276, 24. Hé á his bodunga mid gebysnungum ástealde, Hml. Th. ii. 148, 26

reliquias

(n.)
Grammar
reliquias, pl. m.

Relics of saints

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Ofer his reliquias ðæt heofonleóht wæs scínende and deófolseóce æt his reliquium wǽron gelácnóde, Bd. 3, 11;S. 535, 6-8. Ðæt þurh his reliquias geworden wæs, 4, 32;S. 611, 12. Hé sette ða reliquias on heora cyste, S. 612, 1.

eác

(prep.)
Grammar
eác, prep.
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., and manige eác him (tó eácan him, v. l. ), Chr. 897; P. 90, 9. Monige eác him (eác tó him, eác mid him, v. ll. ), 905; P. 94, 10, 15.

ge-sǽlig

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Gesǽlige (the Innocents) wurdon geborene þæt móston for his intingan deáð þrowian, Hml. Th. i. 84, 1.