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ge-sprǽcelíc

(adj.)
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ge-sprǽcelíc, adj.

Loquelaris

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Loquelaris Ðás synd gehátene loquelares, loquela is sprǽc and loquelares synd gesprǽcelíce forþan ðe ðás syx prepositiones ne beóþ ná hwár ána ac beóþ ǽfre to sumum óðrum worde gefégede, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 48, 49

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hád

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Add: person ; persona. a character in a drama or the like Þonne se sceop in gebtingð óðre hádas þe wið hine wurdlion, swylce hig him andswarion, Angl. viii. 330, 43. (l a) (one's own) person :-- Swylce ágenum háde ł naman ceu propria persona. An. Ox.

ilding

(n.)
Grammar
ilding, e; f.

Delayputting offdeferringprolongingconnivance

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Delay, putting off, deferring, prolonging, delaying to notice anything, connivance Ylding tricatio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 19. Ne wæs ðá ylding tó ðon ðæt hí heápmǽlum cóman non mora ergo confluentibus catervis, Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 31. Ne wæs dá ylding ðæt

Linked entries: yldig ælding eldung

for-ealdian

(v.)
Grammar
for-ealdian, -ealdigean, -ealldian; p. ode; pp. od [for-, eald old]

To grow or wax oldbecome oldsenescĕreveterascĕreinveterascĕre

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To grow or wax old, become old; senescĕre, veterascĕre, inveterascĕre Wyrceaþ seódas, ða ðe ne forealdigeaþ făcĭte vōbis saccŭlos, qui non veterascunt, Lk. Bos. 12, 33. Bearn elelendisce forealdodon fīlii aliēni inveterāti sunt, Ps. Lamb. 17, 46. Forealldodon

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ful-gán

(v.)
Grammar
ful-gán, full-gán; he -gǽþ; p. -eóde, pl. -eódon; pp. -gán; with the dat.

To fulfilperformcarry outfollowaccomplishadimplēreperfĭcĕreperăgĕreobsĕquipatrāre

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To fulfil, perform, carry out, follow, accomplish; adimplēre, perfĭcĕre, perăgĕre, obsĕqui, patrāre Ðæt hi mǽgen hiora wísdóme fulgán that they can fulfil their wisdom, Bt. 39, 2; Fox 212, 19. Ðe hiora willan fulgǽþ which fulfils their will, 39, 8; Fox

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mennisc

(adj.)
Grammar
mennisc, adj.

Human

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Human Nán mennisc man no human being, Bt. 33, 2; Fox 122, 15. Ne gegrípe eów nǽfre nán costung búton menniscu tentatio vos non apprehendat, nisi humana, Past. 11, 5; Swt. 71, 12. Ðus mǽrsode se mennisca Crist his heofenlícan Fæder, Homl. Th. ii. 362,

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þurh-stingan

(v.)

to stab throughpiercethrust through

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to stab through, pierce, thrust through Gif man þeóh þurhstingð if the thigh is thrust through, L. Ethb. 67; Th. i. 18, 16. Þurhstinð, 32; Th. i. 12, 1. Hé ðurhstong ðone cyninges ðeng and ðone cyning gewundade tanta vi hostis ferrum infixit, ut per

wóhlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wóhlíce, adv.

Wronglyunjustlyperverselywickedly

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Wrongly, unjustly, perversely, wickedly Gif hié on ǽnigum ðǽle wólíce libban heora líf. Blickl. Homl. 109, 19. Ða ðe ǽwbryce ne wyrceaþ wólíce (wóhlice, v. l.) and sceamlíce, Homl. Ass. 19, 140: 29, 127. Médsceattas áwendaþ wólíce ða rihtan dómas, Ælfc

ǽ-swícung

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ǽ-swícung, l. -swicung,
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and add: seduction, deceit Álýs ús from deóflicum costnungum and fram eallum ǽswicungum unrihtwísra wyrhtena, Hml. S. 11, 42. sedition Folcslite vel ǽswicung seditio. Wrt. Voc. i. 21, 30. offence Ǽswicung scandalum, Ps. L. 48, 14. 'Mannes bearn

be-ládung

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Beládung excusatio, Wrt. Voc. i. 83, 66. Ðæt ǽlcere neóde beládung sý ádílegod, R. Ben. 92, 4. Gif þú woldest myltsian, and ne mihtest, þǽr is sum beládung on þǽre segene, Hml. S. 3, 185. Beóð þá hæðenan búton beládunge ( no excuse can be made for them

ege

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Nis þǽr ( in heaven ) ege, ne geflit, ne yrre, Bl. H. 23, 31. Orsorg ǽlces eorþlices eges, Bt. 10; F. 28, 18. For ðǽm ege ánum ðæs innecundan déman, Past. 79, 7. For ríces mannes ege, Bl. H. 43, 10. Þysne ege þrowian æt þyssum englum, 93, 34. Ofergytende

læs

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
læs, l. lǽs, and in last citation þinga for þing,
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and add: adv. or conj. Næfð nán man tó þæs hál eágan þæt hé ǽni hwíle mage lócigan ongeán þas sunnan þe wé hǽr geseóð, and húru þæs þe lǽs ( all the less ) gyf heó hefð unhále, Solil. H. 35, 1. Hys mé lyst swá læng swá lǽs, 36, 17. Ðú hǽtst mé forlǽtan

swǽr

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add: — Sum mann wæs gebunden onbútan ꝥ heáfod for his hefigum gylte, sé cóm tó þám hálgan, and his swára heáfodbend sóna tóbærst, Hml. S. 21, 423. Þis mé tó bóte þǽre swǽran swærtbyrde, Lch. iii. 66, 22. add: — Fore fyrhte þǽre swǽran onsýne þǽra áwyrgedra

ofer-drincan

(v.)

to overdrink (one's self)

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to overdrink (one's self) Ne oferdrincaþ gé eów wínes, L. E. I. 40; Th. ii. 438, 19. Gif hwylc bisceop hine oferdrince se inebriet L. Ecg. P. iv. 33; Th. ii. 214, 12. Beón oferdruncen inebriari, Lk. 12, 45. Ðæt mód, ða hwíle ðe hit biþ oferdruncen ðæs

ofer-módigian

(v.)
Grammar
ofer-módigian, -módgian, -módigan

to be proud or haughty, to be puffed up with pride

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to be proud or haughty, to be puffed up with pride:— Ðonne se unrihtwísa ofermódegaþ (-módgaþ, Ps. Spl. ) dum superbit impius, Ps. Th. 9, 21. Hwí ofermódige gé ofer óðre men for eówrum gebyrdum, Bt. 30, 2; Fox 110, 15: 42; Fox 258, 15. Hí ofermódigaþ

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myne

(n.)
Grammar
myne, es; m.

the mindmindpurposedesirelove

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the mind Mód mægnade, mine fægnade, Exon. 94 b; Th. 353, 56; Reim. 33. mind (as in to have a mind for anything), purpose, desire Læssan hwíle ðonne his myne sóhte for a less time than he would have desired, Beo. Th. 5138; B. 2572. Wæs him út myne fleón

swinge

(n.)
Grammar
swinge, swynge (both forms occur in the Pastoral), an; f.

A stripe, stroke.a stroke with a scourge or rod chastisement, afflicting strokeflagelluma winnow, fan

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A stripe, stroke. literal, a stroke with a scourge or rod Sc̃p. Petrus hine mid grimmum swingum swong and þreáde (flagellis artioribus afficiens) . . . Cwæþ him eác tó: ' Ic bende and swingan (vincula, verbera) ðrowade' . . . Ðá wæs Laurentius mid ðæs

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be-gíman

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Add: with gen. acc. to care for, see to the welfare or wellbeing of a person or thing, keep God þú þe begýmst mannan Deus qui gubernas hominem, Ps. L. fol. 142, 6. Hí míne heorde wǽce begímdon, Wlfst. 190, 21. Begým þínes sylfes, Hml. A. 198, 109. Þæt

folgere

a successora followeradherent

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Add: one who walks in the steps of another (lit. or fig.) Oft cymð sé bæftan ús þe ús mid swyftnysse gódre drohtnunge fore-stæpð; and wé earfoðlíce him filiað tó merigen, sé ðe nú tó dæg is úre folgere geðúht, Hml. Th. ii. 82, 19. one who succeeds to

ge-manian

(v.)
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Dele first passage, and add: to bring to mind what ought to be done, urge a person to do something Sticelse ábryrdnesse gemanod ł getiht stimulo conpunctionis instigatus, i. praemonitus. An. Ox. 602. Gemanad compulsa, 4366. to bring to mind what should