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ele-fæt

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Gé sceolan habban þreó ampullan gearuwe tó þám þrým elum, for ðan ðe wé ne durran dón hí tógædere on ánum elefate, Ll. Th. ii. 390, 8. Ampellan oððe elefæt legithum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 52, 76.

eorl-dóm

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His fæder ne wolde him lǽtan waldan 'his eorldómes on Normandíge, Chr. 1079; P. 214, 23. Undernam Godwine eorl swýðe ꝥ on his eorldóme sceolde swilc geweorðan, 1052; P. 175, 7.

feónd-scipe

(n.)
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Of þǽm feóndscipe þe ús ǽr betweónum wæs ꝥ hé seoðþan wæs mé freónd and eallum Gréca herige factus amicus ex hoste Macedonibus, Nar. 19, 19. Brutus gecwæð ánwíg wið þone cyning ymb heora feóndscipe, Ors. 2, 3; S. 68, 16.

fore-þanc

consideration

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Ðonne ðá hátheortan hié mid náne foreðonce nyllað gestillan cum iracundi nulla consideratione se mitigant, Past. 297, 3. Ðone foreðonc his gesceádwísnesse forlǽtan intentionem providam non tenere, 431, 36.

Linked entry: for-þanc

for-gitan

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Heó forgeat ꝥ heó hine mid ródetácne gebletsode (ne gebledsode, v. l.) eam signo crucis benedicere oblita est, 30, 34. Ꝥ hié forgeátan þára útera gefeohta, Ors. 2, 6; S. 88, 24. Forgeotta oblivisci, Rtl. 169, 25. Tó forgitenne praetereundum, An.

for-þryccan

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Ic wille mé segnian, ac ic ne mæg, for ðon ðe ic eom forseted and forðrycced ( premor ) mid þám scyllum þisses dracan, 325, 5. to torture Beóð þá earman sáwla áhangene ofer þá hátestan lígeas, and þǽr þonne beóð forþriccende (-ede?)

ge-lútan

(v.)
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To bend the head, place on a couch, recline Sunu mannes ne hæfis huér heáfud gehlútes ł gebéges (reclinet), Mt. L. 8, 20: p. 15, 16. of the day, to decline, approach an end Ofernón oððe geloten dæg suprema (cf. suprema, quando sol suppremit, Corp.

ge-nǽgan

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Ic ( a sword) má wánan ne þearf þæt mé bearn wrǽce, gif mé gromra hwylc gúðe genǽgeð (gehnǽgeð? v. ge-hnǽgan), Rä. 31, 19. Wé þec níða genǽgað, Gú. 201. Hearde genearwod, níða genǽged, B. 1439.

ge-witleást

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A. 62, 258. 2. cf. ge-witleás; 2 Hé ne beseah on leásum gewitlýstum non respexit in insanias falsas, Ps. L. 39, 5

Linked entry: wit-leást

hæppan

(v.)
Grammar
hæppan, (?); p. te
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N. E. D. hap to go by chance.]

hearmian

(v.)

to da harm to

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Án manncynn wunað under þínum anwealde . . . and þú wel wást ꝥ hit wile hearmian þínum cyneríce heora réceleásnysse gyf him man ne gestýrð heora stuntnysse est populus . . . et optime nosti, quod non expediat regno tuo, ut insolescat per licentiam, Hml

incer

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. ¶ plural and dual forms used of the same persons :-- Ic geseó þæt eówer mód is áwend, for ðan ðe gé eówre spéda þearfum dǽldon: gáð tó wuda, and heáwað incre byrðene gyrda ... Bicgað eów landáre ...

mete

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Nys ríce Godes meta ( esca ) and d inc, Scint. 153, 7. Ǽgþer ge hrægles ge metes ge drinces, Bt. 26, 2 ; F. 94, 4. Wið genumenum mete, Lch. ii. 142, 7. Wermód drincan ǽr þon þe hié mete þicgan, 32, 1. Ne reccaþ hí þára metta, Bt. 25 ; F. 88, 19.

nyt-weorþ

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Hwæþer þæt (anweald) sié tó talianne wáclic and unnyt ꝥte nytwyrþost is eallra ðissa woruldþinga ? num imbecillum ac sine viribus aestimandum est, quod (potentia) omnibus rebus constat esse praestantius?, Bt. 25, 4; F. 86, 16. Add

Linked entry: not-wirþe

sǽl

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gé wel habbað gewunnen, blinnað sume hwíle ait: "Gaudete, fratres, multum laborastis, jam quiescite"' Gr. D. 202, 5

stów

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ord; ne eác on ðisum dæge (the Circumcision) nis mid nánum gesceáde, þeáh ðe úre gerímbéc on þissere stówe geedlǽcon ( though our calendars continue to put the beginning of the year in this place, i. e.

rust

(n.)
Grammar
rust, es; m. n. (?)

Rust

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Ðǽr wæs suíðe suíðlíc gesuinc and ðeáh ne meahte moon him of ániman ðone miclan rust... Hé wolde from ús ádón ðone rust úrra unþeáwa, Past. 37; Swt. 269, 11-15. Ǽrest ic wille beón gefremed in litlum weorce, ðæt ic mǽge sum rust (sinnrust (?))

sang-bóc

(n.)
Grammar
sang-bóc, f.

a music-book, one of the service books, containing 'besides the canticles, the hymns which were used in the Anglo-Saxon churches.'

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sindon ðǽr ( in the church at Exeter) ii. fulle sangbéc. Chart. Th. 430, 8

un-wítnod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wítnod, adj.

Unpunished

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Ða unþeáwas nǽfre ne bióþ unwítnode, 36, 1; Fox 172, 25. Hé geþafade ða scylde unwítnode, Past. 17; Swt. 123, 6

Linked entries: un-gewítnod wítnian

wácian

(v.)
Grammar
wácian, p. ode.

to be or become weakwant resolution or courage.to be or become weaknot able to endureto failto become poor or mean.

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Th. 132, 2; By. 10. of things, to be or become weak, not able to endure, to fail Ne wáciaþ ðás geweorc, Exon, Th. 351, 26; Sch. 86. Teoriaþ hwílum, wáciaþ wordbeót, 469, 22; Hy. 11, 6. to become poor or mean.

Linked entry: ge-wácian