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ge-helpan

(v.)
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Se áncenneda Godes sunu wæs férende ðæt hé úre gehulpe utilitati ceterorum secretum prae-ponit suum, quando ipse Summi Patris unigeniius, ut multis prodesset, egressus est . Past. 47, 1 - 4.

gehwǽr

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Gewaer parumper (the passage in which the word occurs is :-- Interea Brittania cessatum quidem est parumper ab externis bellis, Bd. 1, 22.

ge-eácnian

(v.)
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Sé þe wæs geeácnod of þám Hálgan Gáste qui conceptus est de Spiritu Sancto, Ps. L. fol. 199, 5. Þonne him sió sóðfæsðnes on geeácnod bið, ǽr ðǽm ðe hit fullboren sié, Past. 367, 17. Hwæðer hé wite þe nyte, hwænne hé geeácnod (-éc-, v.l. ) wǽre, Gr.

ge-þwǽrlǽcan

(v.)
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To reconcile, unite Hé wolde mancynn gesibbian and geðwǽrlǽcan tó þám heofenlicum werode, swá swá Paulus cwæð: 'Ipse est pax nostra, qui fecit utraque unum,' Hml.

Linked entry: þwǽrlǽcan

ge-yppan

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Gesǽd, geypped wæs prolatum, i. narratum est An.

leógan

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Vos.) wes unrehtwísnis mentita est iniquitas, Ps. Srt. 26, 12. Þá þá hé gehýrde þæs leógendan (mentientis) cnihtes word, Gr. D. 40, 30. Lígende wérun mentiti sunt, Ps. Srt. 17, 46.

háwian

(v.)
Grammar
háwian, p. ode; pp. od

To view, look, observe, regard, survey, inspect

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Drihten lócaþ of heofenum and háwaþ hwæðer hé geseó ǽnigne ðæra ðe hine séce oððe hine ongite Dominus de cælo prospexit ut videat si est intelligens aut requirens Deum, Ps. Th. 13, 3.

tó-foran

(prep.)
Grammar
tó-foran, prep, with dat., gen.

Before. ⬩ in front of, ⬩ in presence of, ⬩ previous to ⬩ above, ⬩ in a greater degree than ⬩ superior to ⬩ over and above, ⬩ beside, ⬩ beyond

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Eall hit byþ oferflówendnyss and ídel tóforan ðisum (ðæt tóforan ðysum is) quod supra fuerit, superfluum est, R. Ben. 90, 5. Swá liwæt swá tóforan ðám neádbehéfum belifen byþ, 138, 16.

bil-gesleht

(n.)
Grammar
bil-gesleht, bill-gesliht, -geslyht, es; n. [bil, bill a sword, gesleht a clashing, conflict, slaughter; from sleán to slay, kill]

A clashing of swords, battle ⬩ ensium concutio, pugna

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A clashing of swords, battle; ensium concutio, pugna Gelpan ne þorfte beorn blandenfeax bilgeslehtes [billgeslyhtes, Cott. Tiber. A. vi; billgeslihtes, Cott. Tiber. B. i: Cott. Tiber. B. iv] the grizzly-haired warrior needed not boast of the clashing

Linked entries: bill-gesliht ge-sleht ge-slyht

ge-wildan

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ge-wildan, Take here <b>ge-wyldan</b> in Dict., in which dele passage from Nar. 2, 1, and add
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For ðǽm bið se sige micle mára . . . for ðǽm sió gesceádwísnes hæfð ofercumen ðæt mód and gewielð, swelce hé self hæbbe hiene selfne gewildne melior est qui dominatur animo suo expugnatore urbium . . .

hát

(adj.)
Grammar
hát, adj.
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Ðas fýres gecynd is hát and dríe ignis calidae et aridae est naturae, Angl. vii. 12, 105. Be wambe missenlicre gecyndo . . . Þonne heó beð hátre gebyrdo and gecyndo . . . Be hátre gecyndo wambe.

innan

(adv.)
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innan, adv. and prep. gen. dat. acc.

In ⬩ into ⬩ within ⬩ from within

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Gé synt innan fulle reáfláces intus estis pleni rapina, Mt. Kmbl. 23, 25. Hig synt innan fulle deádra bána intus plena sunt ossibus mortuorum, 23, 27. Heorot innan wæs freóndum áfylled, Beo. Th. 2039; B. 1017.

Linked entries: innan-bordes innane innon on-innan

má

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
má, indecl. cpve. used as subst. and adj.

More

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Seó sáwul ys má ðonne se líchama and se líchama má ðonne ðæt reáf anima plus est quam esca, et corpus quam vestimentum, Lk. Skt. 12, 23. Má wén is ðæt ðú onsende ðínne engel there is more hope if you send your angel, Blickl. Homl. 231, 23.

Linked entries: mǽ mǽst

þys-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
þys-líc, þyl-líc; pron.

Such

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Þyllíc byð ðæt cyn haec est generatio, Ps. Th. 23, 6. Ic nǽfre ðé þyslícne gemétte, þus méðne, Exon. Th. 163, 2; Gú. 987. Þás tácno þyslíco syndon, Blickl. Homl. 109, 6. Ða ðe ðyllíce beóð, Past. 5; Swt. 41, 20: Homl. Ass. 146, 63.

Linked entries: þislíc þyl-líc

ge-æmtian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-æmtian, -æmettigian, -æmtogian; p. ode; pp. od [æmtian to be at leisure]

To be unoccupied ⬩ be at leisure ⬩ be void ⬩ văcuum esse ⬩ văcāre

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To be unoccupied, be at leisure, be void; văcuum esse, văcāre Ðe hie selfe geæmettigian sceoldon who ought to keep themselves unoccupied, Past. 18, 4; Swt. 134, 5; Cot. MS. : Swt. 4, 3.

bisceop-sunu

(n.)
Grammar
bisceop-sunu, a; m.
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In baptismate et confirmatione unus potest esse pater, ii. 58, § 22). Hé (pope Leo) hiene (Alfred) him tó biscepsuna nam (cf. Asser: ad manum episcopi in filium confirmationis aeceptus), Chr. 853; P. 64, 30. (v. note ii. p. 79.)

ofer-findan

(v.)
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to put to the proof, make trial of For ðon nǽre se breóst nánra þinga oferfunden, gif hine seó árfæstnes ðæs árwyrðan weres ne oferswýðde virtutis enim pectus non esset, si hoc pietas non vicisset, Gr. D. 18, 19.

Linked entry: ofer-fundenness

toll

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

Toll, ⬩ tax, ⬩ custom, ⬩ duty, ⬩ due ⬩ that which is paid to the state. ⬩ that which is paid to individuals ⬩ taking toll

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Eorum autem est nauicula et transfretatio portus et theloneum omnium nauium cujuscumque sit et undecumque veniat,' iv. 21. on transport by land or water. See the last passage: 'Eorum est transfretatio portus.'

cammoc

(n.)
Grammar
cammoc, cammuc, commuc, es; n. m? The cammoc, kex, an umbelliferous plant, brimstone wort, hog's fennel, cow weed, cow parsley. Kambuck is still a name of the kexes in Suffolk, Prior 36, 126; peucedănum officinale, = πευκεδανόν , n; πευκεδανός , f.
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sulphur wort, hog's fennel Ðás wyrte man peucedanum, and óðrum naman cammoc [cammuc MS. H.] nemneþ this wort is called peucedanum, and by another name cammoc, Herb. 96, 1; Lchdm. i. 208, 17. Wyrc gódne drenc, elenan iii snǽda, commuces viii make a good

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feóndulf

(n.)
Grammar
feóndulf, feónd-ulf (ulf &lt; wulf; cf. ulf in proper names, e. g. Swíð-ulf, Beorht-ulf, Eád-ulf, Beorn-ulf, Ecg-ulf, Chr. 897; P. 90, 4-9, and see Kl. Nom. Stam. p. 17), es; m.

A felon ⬩ villain

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A felon, villain Feóndulf furcifer, furca dignus, Germ. 396, 317. Substitute:

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