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húsel-láf

(n.)
Grammar
húsel-láf, e; f.
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Gange se preóst tó ðam weofode mid ðære húselláfe ðe hálgode on Ðunresdæg housel must not be hallowed on Good Friday ... Let the priest go to the altar with what remains of the housel that he hallowed on Thursday, L. Ælfc. C. 36; Th. ii. 358, 22

hýra

(n.)
Grammar
hýra, an; m.

hireling

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Hýrena þeáwe gé fleóþ ... swá se hýra ðonne ðone wulf gesyhþ ye flee after the manner of hirelings ... as the hireling does when he sees the wolf, Past. 15, 1; Swt. 38, 14

Linked entry: ambeht-híra

lang-lífe

(adj.)
Grammar
lang-lífe, -líf; adj.

Long-lived

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Langlífe biþ he shall live long, Lchdm. iii. 184, 4

mán-swerian

(v.)
Grammar
mán-swerian, p. swór; pp. -sworen

To swear falselycommit perjuryforswear

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Ne swerige ðýlæs mánswerige, L. E. I. 21; Th. ii. 416, 8. Ða mánsweriendan perjurantes, Hpt. Gl. 472, 8

Linked entry: swerian

mid-wyrhta

(n.)
Grammar
mid-wyrhta, an; m.

One who works with othersa co-operator

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Hyt áwriten hys, ðæt ǽlcum welwyrcendum God myd beó mydwyrhta, Shrn. 179, 29

náwiht-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
náwiht-, náht-líc; adj.

Good for nothingworthlessnaughty

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Ða geceás ðe dyselíce and nahtlíce geþuhte synt he chose those that seemed foolish and of no account, R. Ben. 138, 30

panne

(n.)
Grammar
panne, an; f.
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Ðǽr wǽron inne geseted hweras and pannan, and clypte ða hweras and cyste ða pannan, ðæt wæs eall sweart, Shrn. 69, 27-29

ge-winfullíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-winfullíc, -winnfullíc;

Laborioustoilsomelaboriōsus

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Ðæt nó má ne mihton swá gewinnfullícum fyrdum swencte beón non se ultra tam laboriōsis expedītiōnibus posse fatīgāri, 1, 12; S. 481, 4

ge-tiohhian

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

To appointdetermineordainstătuĕredecernĕre

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Swá him æt frymþe Fæder getiohhode as the Father appointed to them at the beginning, 29, 78; Met. 29, 38. Swá he getiohhod habbe as he has ordained, Bt. 41, 2; Fox 244, 20

ge-dégan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dégan, ge-dégean

to pass throughescapepertransīre

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Gif he wille sylf Godes dómas gedégan if he himself wish to be uncondemned, Blickl. Homl. 43, 12

ge-défelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-défelíce, adv.

Becominglyfillydecentlyproperlydĕcenteropportūne

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He symle gedéfelíce æftercwæþ he alwdys repeated [them] properly, 5, 2; S. 615, 15

ge-freólsian

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

To liberatedeliverset free

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To liberate, deliver, set free He wolde Adam gefreólsian he would deliver Adam, Blickl. Homl. 29, 20, 35. Ic ðé gefreólsige of ealre frécennesse I will deliver thee from all danger, 231, 3. Úre Drihten us gefreólsode our Lord delivered us, 83, 25.

ge-gada

(n.)
Grammar
ge-gada, an;

A fellow-travellera companionassociatecomescomplexconspirans

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He feóll ðá adún and ealle his gegadan into helle wíte he fell down then and all his companions into hell torment, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 59, 93, 87. Afeóll se deófoll mid his gegadum the devil fell with his companions, Hexam. 10; Norm. 16,18

ge-rínan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rínan, pp. -rinen

To touch, take hold of, griptangĕre, contingĕre, arrĭpĕre

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Wæs he sóna gerinen líchomlíce untrumnysse confestim languōre corpŏris tactus est, 4, 3; S. 568, 37. Wæs he semninga fram deofle gerinen sŭbĭto a diăbŏlo arreptus, .3, 11; S. 536, 13, MS. B

Sigel-waras

(n.)
Grammar
Sigel-waras, -ware ; pl.
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( St. Matthew ) gelǽrde Sigelwara mǽgþe, and of Sigelwarum flýmde twegan drýas, Shrn. 131, 27 : Apstls. Kmbl. 127 ; Ap. 64. Cf. Sigel*-*hearwa

under-wed

(n.)
Grammar
under-wed, under-wedd, es; n.

A pledgesecurity

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Iudas sende án tyccen wið his hirde, ðæt fette ðæt underwedd, Gen. 38, 17-20. Gylde ðæt yrfe oþþe uuderwed lecge, L. O. D. 1; Th. i. 352, 8: 8; Th. i. 356, 10

wíd-gangol

(adj.)
Grammar
wíd-gangol, adj.
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Rambling, roving, wandering: — Wídgongel wíf word gespringeþ, oft mon wommum bilihd, hæleð hospe mǽnaþ, Exon. Th. 337, 15 ; Gn. Ex. 65.

wítedóm-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wítedóm-líc, adj.

Of superhuman knowledgeprophetical

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Gúðlác wítedómlíce gáste (in prophetic spirit) weóx, and ða tóweardan mannum cýdde swá cúðlíce swá ða andweardan, 13; Gdwin. 60, 19. Wítedómlíce múðe sang, 4; Gdwin. 28, 19

eáþ-metto

Grammar
eáþ-metto, l. -métto,
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Gebúge intó mynstre mid eallum eádméttum, Ll. Th. i. 306, 3

ge-werian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-werian, p. ede
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To come to an agreement, make a treaty Nalæs æfter micelre tíde ꝥ geweredon (waredon, v. l. ) wið him and heora wǽpen hwyrfdon wið heora gefaran non multo post, iuncto cum his foedere, in socios arma uerterit, Bd. 1, 15; Sch. 40, 6.