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eallunga

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Hé biþ eallinga swíþe mycel beforan Gode ne timeas, quoniam exaudita est depraecatio tua . . . Erit autem magnus, Bl. H. 165, 7-11. Ðá wearþ se drý eallunga áweht then the sorcerer did indeed get roused, 173, 19.

for-sleán

cut throughto slaykillto destroylay wastefinishto routoverthrowto condemn

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D. 192, 4. to destroy a thing, lay waste: Se wíngeard wæs forslagen (-sleg-, v. l.) and forhergod mid hægle vinea grandine vastata est, Gr. D. 57, 5. to put an end to, finish (?): Forslægenum expletis (cf. expuncta, expleta, Corp. Gl.

ge-mang

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Ðǽm láreówe is tó mengenne ðá líðnesse wið ðá réðnesse, and of þǽm gemange (-monnge, v.l.) wyrce gemetgunge miscenda est lenitas cum severitate; faciendum quoddam ex utroque temperamentum, Past. 125, 14. a mixture Oxumelli, eceddrinc, ecedes and huniges

ge-nóg

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-nóg, adj.
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., sat est ),' Lk. 22, 38. Genóg is ús sufficit nobis, Jn. L. R. 14, 8. Genóh is, Kent. Gl. 1088. Genóh bið munece twá tunican sufficit monacho duos tonicas, R. Ben. I. 92, 8. Genóh byð þám leorningcnihte þæt hé sý swylce hys láreów, Mt. 10, 25.

rǽd

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Þá geþúhte ꝥ rǽd mínes sweores fæder ꝥ hé férde visum est patri soceri mei pergere, 306, 1: Chr. 995; P. 130, 17. Ealle ðá ðing ðe hláforde magan tó rǽde, Angl. ix. 259, 19. Rǽdas conpendia, Scint. 100, 14. Add Rǽde senatu, An. Ox. 4041.

sagu

(n.)
Grammar
sagu, e; and indecl.? f.

a saw, say (to say one's say), saying, statement, story, talesaying, narration, telling, reportstatement of a witness, testimonya saying beforehand, foretelling

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B. ) tó ús becom opinio quae traditione majorum ad nos perlata est, Bd. 2,1 ; S. 501, 2. statement of a witness, testimony Tó hwí wilnige wé ǽnigre ððresage quid adhuc egemus testibus, Mt. Kmbl. 26, 65.

sceand

(n.)
Grammar
sceand, e; f.

shame, disgrace, infamy, ignominya shameful, infamous, or abominable thing,

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Th. 149, 3 ; Gen. 2469. a shameful, infamous, or abominable thing, what brings disgrace Ðonne is suíðe micel scand ignominiosum valde est, Past. 22, 2 ; Swt. 173, l. Hé ne wolde ða sceonde (the drunkenness of Noah ) hleómágum helan. Cd.

sóna

(adv.)
Grammar
sóna, adv.

Soon, immediately, directly, at once

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Sóna hraþe ðæs ðe hé biscop geworden wæs mox ut ipse pontificatus officio functus est 2, 1; S. 501, 34. Sóna ðæt him bet wæs nec mora, melius habere coepit 3, 13; S. 539, 6.

Linked entry: be-sóne

un-wæstmbǽre

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Wíse láreówas sǽdon ꝥ seó eorþe wǽte micele unwsestmbǽrre æfter þám flóde þonne heó ǽr wǽre tradunt doctores terrae vigorem et fecunditatem longe inferiorem esse post diluvium quam ante, Angl. vii. 36, 348. Add

ge-wife

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wife, fate.
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Substitute: <b>ge-wif,</b> es; n. Fortune, fate Gewife wyrde fato fortune (gentililas, quae vitam veritatis expertern fato fortunae et genesi gubernari juxta Mathernaticoruni constellationem arbitratur, Ald. 35, 36), Wrt.

nett

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Fleótas (-es, MS. ) tó nette aestuaria, Wrt. Voc. i. 57, 9. Hwæþer gé nú settan eówer nett on dá héhstan dúne ðonne gé fiscian willað? ic wát ðeáh ꝥ gé hit þǽr ne settað.

ge-anwyrde

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.), þeáh him ꝥ word of scute his unnþances debuit esse delator patriae, quod ipse cognovit ita esse, licet verbum illud improviso exprimeret Chr. 1055 ; P. 185, 7

ge-wrecan

Grammar
ge-wrecan, In l. 9 before 84 insert. Ps. Th.,
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Tó þon þæt hé an him gewrǽce þæt hié þá slógon hoc facinus puniendum consuli jussum est, 4, 1; S. 160, 12.

for-lorenes

(n.)
Grammar
for-lorenes, -ness, e; f.

FORLORNNESSdestructionperdĭtio

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FORLORNNESS, destruction; perdĭtio Ic geseó me stówe gegearwode beón éccre forlorenesse mihi lŏcum despĭcio æternæ perdĭtiōnis esse præpărātum, Bd. 5, 14; S. 634, 29. On lyre oððe on forlorenesse in perdĭtiōne, Ps. Lamb. 87, 12

ge-tellan

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L. 143, 3. with an object having a noun, adjective, or phrase in apposition, to consider, account a thing such and such, noun Giteled wæs scendung giliórnise hiora existimata est afflictio exitus illorum, Rtl. 86, 16.

hwæt-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
hwæt-scipe, es; m.

Quicknessboldnessbraveryvalour

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For hiora cræftum and for hiora hwætscipe iówra selfra anwald[es] eóweres unþonces habban mehton by their strength and valour might have had dominion over you against your will; armis vindicare potuissent, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 48, 21.

gúþ-fana

(n.)
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Add: and <b>gúp-fan,</b> es; n. (?) a flag, pennon Hé (Constantine) mearcode on his gúðfanan hálig róde tácn, Hml. Th. ii. 304, 15. Gúðfanan gelea[fa]n wé beorað vexillum fidei ferimus, Ps Srt. ii. p. 203, 23.

an-lícnes

(n.)
Grammar
an-lícnes, on-lícnes, and-lícnis, -lícness, -lícnyss, e; f.

likenessimagesimilituderesemblanceimagosimilitudoa parableparabolaan imagestatueidolstatureheightstatuasimulacrumstatura

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cujus est imago hæc? Mt. Bos. 22, 20. God gesceóp man to his andlícnisse creavit Deus hominem ad imaginem suam, Gen. 1, 27. On ðæs mannes sáwle is Godes anlícnyss in the soul of the man is God's image, Hexam. 11; Norm. 18, 21.

Linked entries: and-lícnis on-lícness

ELLES

(adv.)
Grammar
ELLES, adv.

ELSE, otherwise, in another mannerălĭter, ăliōquin, ăliunde, sĕcus

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Hwæt elles is quid est ăliud? Bd. 1. 27; S. 494, 15. Nyton hwæt hý elles sprecon they know not what else they speak, Ps. Th. 43, 16. Áhwǽr or ǽghwǽr elles anywhere else Ps. Th. 71, 12: 102, 15.

Linked entry: el

ildu

(n.)
Grammar
ildu, indecl. f.

an ageævumageætasagesenectus

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an age; ævum Nis ðæt tó geortrýwianne ðæt on úre yldo ðæt beón mihte ðæt forþgongendre yldo oft geworden getreówe spell secgaþ nec diffidendum est nostra etiam ætate fieri potuisse, quod ævo præcedente aliquoties factum fideles historiæ narrant, Bd.

Linked entries: ældu eldo ilda ildo