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ge-beorgan

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Ðis is seó líhtingc þe ic wylle eallon folce gebeorg*-*an þe hig ǽr þyson mid gedrehte wǽron this is the alleviation by which I will protect all the people from those things with which they were before troubled, Ll. Th. i. 412, 19. [See also Ps.

án

(n.; num.; adj.; pronoun.)
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Sum bróþor is . . . is se án geornfullesta godcundra gewrita, Gr. D. 218, 25. marking singleness, isolation, sole, alone Ána solus, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 91, 5.

-ing

(suffix)
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See also Lk. Skt. Lind. 3, 23-38 where the suffix is used with the foreign names, e. g. Seth Adaming Seth son of Adam.

seócan

(v.)
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to seek

sotol

(n.)

a seat

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a seat

Linked entry: sotel

GRIM

(adj.)
Grammar
GRIM, adj.
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Se grimma wítedóm dira præsagia, 3, 14; S. 541, 9. Wæs se winter to ðæs grim ðæt manig man his feorh for cýle gesealde the winter was so severe that many a man lost his life with the cold, Blickl. Homl. 213, 31: Chr. 1005; Erl. 139, 37.

Linked entry: grym

strǽt

(n.)
Grammar
strǽt, e (but uninflected forms occur) ; f.
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Ðá arn se ceorl geond ealle ða strǽt, Homl. Th. ii. 302, 8

Linked entry: strét

á-rǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
á-rǽdan, p. -réd and -rǽdde; pp. -rǽden and -rǽd(ed).
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H. 181. 17. to read what is written Næs ꝥ wel ꝥ þú self árǽddest þá stafas ofer hire birgene, Ap. Th. 26, 10. Se biscop orationem ofer me árǽdde, Bd. 5, 3; Sch. 566, 4. Þæt yrfegewrit man árǽdde beforan eallum Westseaxena witum. Þá hit árǽd wæs.

ést

favourluxuries

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sende him sanda and éstas, ac se cniht forseah þá sanda and drencas, Hml. S. 35, 56. Se fiscere ðá éstas him beforan legde þe hé him tó beódenne hæfde, Ap. Th. 11, 25

hádianv

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Se bisceop bitf gesett tó hádigenne preóstas, Ll. Th. ii. 348, 26 : 378, 22

ofer-hírness

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-hírness, e; f.

Disobedience, disregard, neglect, contemptdisregard, disobedience

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Some of the offences to which it applies may be seen from the following passages :--

flítan

to striveto striveto strivequarrelsomecontentiousto disputearguelay blame on

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Ðú findst wid hwone ðú meaht flítan contra quos valeatis vos extenders semper invenitis, Past. 331, 5. of abstract objects: Hú micel wǽre ꝥ gecamp þe wann on þæi mannes breóstum; þǽr fleát (feaht, v. l. pugnabat) betweoh him seó eádmódnys . . . and seó

æt-beran

(v.)
Grammar
æt-beran, p. -bær, pl. -bǽron

To bear or carry tobring forwardproducebear away or forthafferreproferreefferre

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Hí hyne ætbǽron to brimes faroðe they bore him away to the sea-shore, Beo. Th. 55; B. 28: 4261; B. 2127: 5222; B. 2614. Ðæt [wǽpen] to beadu-láce ætberan meahte might bear forth that [weapon] to the game of war, 3127; B. 1561

Linked entry: æt-bær

eafoþ

(n.)
Grammar
eafoþ, es; n.

Strength, violence, mightvis

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Strength, violence, might; vis Wæs seó mǽg ánrǽd and unforht, eafoða gemyndig the maid was resolved and fearless, of her strength mindful, Exon. 74 b; Th. 278, 22 ; Jul. 601.

Linked entry: eofoþ

fór-neáh

(adv.)
Grammar
fór-neáh, fór-neán; adv.

Very nearlynighnearlyalmostaboutprŏpefĕrepænepaulo mĭnuscircĭter

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Seó upastíhþ fórneán óþ ðone mónan it extends upwards very nearly to the moon, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 17, 4; Lchdm. iii. 272, 18. Fórneán fĕre, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 41, 45. Míne fórneán astyrode synt fét mei pæne mōti sunt pĕdes, Ps.

in-fær

(n.)
Grammar
in-fær, es; n.

An entranceingress

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An entrance, ingress Ðá gesette God æt ðam infære engla hyrdrǽdene then God set a guard of angels at the entrance, Gen. 3, 24. Mid ðam innfære mid ðam ðe hé inn áfaren wæs by the entrance at which he had entered, Homl; Th. i. 178, 2.

lybb

(n.)
Grammar
lybb, es; n.

Medicinedrugsimplepoison

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Medicine, drug, simple in a bad sense poison; the word often implies the use of witchcraft, see the compounds; as Grimm says 'aus der bedeutung des erlaubten, φάρμακoν gieng hernach die des schädlichen, zauberhaften hervor,' D.

Linked entry: lybbestre

ge-cýðnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-cýðnes, -ness, -nys, -nyss, e; f.

Testimonytestamentmanifestationtestimoniumtestamentum

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Seó ealde gecýðnis the Old Testament, Thw. Hept. p. 2, 14. Nú neálǽceþ ǽgðer ge ðín onwrigennes ge uncer gecýðnes now approaches both the discovery of thee [as false] and the manifestation of us two [as true], Blickl. Homl. 187, 23

ge-mynegian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mynegian, p. ode; pp. od
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Seó gemynegode cyninges dóhter memorata regis filia, Bd. 3, 24; S. 557, 3

Linked entry: mynegian

slǽp

(n.)
Grammar
slǽp, es; m. (?)
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See also E. D. S. Pub. Gloss. B. (E. Yorks. ), ' slape slippery as a dirty path, ' and Gloss. B. 7 (W. Yorks. ), B. 15 (, Ray's North-country Words).] Cf. slipor