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ge-heápod

(v.)
Grammar
ge-heápod, part.

Heapedpiled upcoacervātus

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Heaped or piled up; coacervātus Gód gemet, and full, and geheápod, and oferflówende híg syllaþ on eówerne bearm mensūram bŏnam, et confertam, et coagĭtātam, et sŭpereffluentem dăbunt in sĭnum vestrum, Lk. Bos. 6, 38 : Blickl. Homl. 175, 17

strangness

(n.)
Grammar
strangness, e; f.
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strength Strangnysse míne fortitudinem meam, Ps. Spl. 58, 10. force, violence Of him is bodud Godes ríce and ealle on ðæt Strangnysse wyrcaþ ex eo regnum Dei euangelizatur, et omnis in illud uim facit, Lk. Skt. 16, 16

teón-líg

(n.)
Grammar
teón-líg, es; m.
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Hurtful, destructive flame, of the conflagration at the last day Eall þreó nimeþ fýres wælm . . . teónlég somod bærneþ þreó ( earth, sea, and sky ) eal on án, Exon. Th. 60, 14; Cri. 969. Tiónlég, Elen. Kmbl. 2556; El. 1279

un-forgifen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-forgifen, adj.

unforgivennot given in marriage

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unforgiven Ealle scylda ðe wið God beóð ungebétta beóð unforgifne on dómes dæge, Past. 33; Swt. 220, 17. not given in marriage (cf. Goth. fra-gifts espousal; Icel. ú-gefinn unmarried) Unforgifenum innupti, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 19

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weorold-afol

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-afol, (-el), es; n.
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Worldly power Ǽnigne man ðe hé ( the priest ) tó bóte gebígan ne mæge oþþe ne durre for worldafole, L. Edg. C. 6; Th. ii. 246, 2. Entas and strece woruldmen ðe mihtige wurdan on woruldafelum, Wulfst. 106, 1

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Catacumbé

(n.)
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representing late Lat. (ad) Catacumbas Eal folc Rómwara beféng þá líchoman (of SS. Peter and Paul) on þǽre stówe Catacumbé, Bl. H. 193, 11. Hine ferian tó Catacumbas, þǽr Petrus and Paulus bebyrgede wǽron, Hml, S. 5, 465

dol-líce

(adv.)
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Oft mon rǽsð suíðe dollíce on ǽlc weorc and hrædlíce, and wénað men ðæt hit sié for hwætscipe saepe praecipitata actio velocitatis efficacia putatur, Past. 149, 12. Seó beó dollíce hyre cynesetl gestíhð, Angl. viii. 324, 15. Add

ge-leóf

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-leóf, adj.
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Dear, affectionate, loving one another Mid geleófre férrǽdene contubernali sodalitate, Hpt. Gl. 461, 66. On þǽre fíftan cneórysse geleófe men hig móton gesamnigan in quinto propinquitatis gradu licet caris hominibus in matrimonium ire, Ll. Th. ii. 152

gim-stán

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Tó þám geweorce ( the tabernacle ) bróhte þæt folc deórwirðe gimstánas . . . þá gimstánas getácnodon mislice fægernissa on Godes mannum (v. Ex. 35, 27), Ælfc. T. Grn. 23, 40-45. Gymstána gemmarum An. Ox. 1073. Of gimstánum gemmis 3194. Add

heals-gund

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Læcedómas wið healsgunde, and þæs lácn hwæðer hé hit sié . . . wið healsgunde, þonne ǽrest onginne se healsgund wésan . . . Wiþ þone ilcan . . . dó on þone gund, Lch. ii. 44, 7-26. Gif se gund biþ onginnende, 46, 3. Add:

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hund-eahtatig

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Add: as (singular) substantive Þæs folceshim eóde on hundeahtatig burga, Ors. 4, 10; S. 198, 15. Heacute; hund-eahtatig scipa gegaderade, 4, 6 ; S. 170, 34. II. as adj. Hund*-*eahtatigon síðon octuagies, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 286, 5

hreófl

(n.)
Grammar
hreófl, e; f.
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Gif sió hreófl ( scabies ) ðæt líc ofergǽð, Past. 437, 18. Hé swá mycel hreófle and sceorfe (micle hreófle and scurf) on his heáfde hæfde scabiem tantam ac furfures habebat in capite, Bd. 5, 2; Sch. 557, 12. Add

hróf-stán

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Add:after hrófstáne: yrnð dropmǽlum swíðe hluttor wæter (cf. wæs of þǽm ilcan stáne þǽre ciricean hrófes swíðe hluttor wǽta út flówende (cf. ꝥ ilce hús (the church) on scræfes onlícnesse wæs æteówed, 207, 19), Bl. H. 209, 1.)

land-stycce

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Hé hine sylfne beeóde swá him þearf wæs bútan racenteáge in swá mycclum landsticce ungebunden swá hé ǽr gebunden on wunode in tanto se spatio sine catena coercuit, in quanto antea ligatus mansit Gr. D. 214, 16. Add

mans-lot

(n.)
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a man's lot (v. hlot; ) or share, the amount of land allotted to the head of a family when the hundred was divided up On Elsingtúnhundred áh Sancte Eádmund xxvii manslot, Nap. 43 q. v

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mylen-burna

(n.)
Grammar
mylen-burna, mylen-burne
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a mill-stream Ad rinulum qui Mælænburna dicitur, C. D. v. 103, 2. Of dúne on Mylenburnan, 124, 34, 36 : 125, 2. ¶ as a place-name :-- Ðæt land æt Mylenburnan, C. D. ii. 114, 33 : vi. 131, 12

ofer-stæppan

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Hí ymb hine gemearcodon ánne bring on þǽre eorðan, and héton ꝥ hé nǽnige þinga mid his fét þone bring ne oferstópe in terra circulum designaverunt, extra quem pedem tendere nullo modo auderet, Gr. D. 197, 1. Add

weg-farende

(adj.)
Grammar
weg-farende, ; adj. (ptcpl.)

Wayfaring

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Wayfaring Sum wegfarende (-férende, v. l.) man férde wið ðone feld; ðá wearð his hors gesicclod, Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 204. Seó nædre ligeþ on ðam wege, and wyle ða wegfarendan mid hire tóðum slítan, Wulfst. 192, 23

ǽg-hwider

In every direction

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Add: In every direction Hí férdon ǽghwider, Chr. 1011; P. 141, 21. Hé ǽghwider beseah on ǽghwilce healfe, Hml. S. 23, 503. Dún mid blóstmum gegyred ǽghwyder ymbútan mons floribus usquequaque vestitus, Bd. 1, 7; S. 478, 23

geán-cirr

(n.)
Grammar
geán-cirr, es; m.

return

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Take here geán-cyr in Dict., and add: return Gesǽligum geáncyrre felici reditu Hy. S. 57, 22. Ðone réðan wiðer-sacan on his geáncyrre gegladian, Hml, Th. i. 450, 19. Geáncyr post-liminium, reuersionem An. Ox. 7, 187

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