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bæc-slitol

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ðe wǽre bæcslitol, weorðe wærsagol, Wlfst. 72, 16. Add

wís-wyrde

(adj.)
Grammar
wís-wyrde, adj.
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Wise in speech Se ðe wǽre stuntwyrde, weorðe se wíswyrde, Wulfst. 72, 18

tótian

(v.)
Grammar
tótian, p. ode

To peep outlook

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eminent, sed ex posterioribus latent, Past. 16; Swt. 105, 5.

late

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Nis hé swár swá sume fuglas, þá þe late þurh lyft lácað, Ph. 316.

eáþ-cnǽwe

(adj.)
Grammar
eáþ-cnǽwe, -cnáwe; adj.
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Easy to recognize Seó óðer conjugatio ys ful eáðcnǽwe (-cnáwe, v. l.), for ðan ðe ǽlc ðára worda þe geendað on eo, and se óðer hád on es, ys þǽre óðre geðeódnysse, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 147, 8

ge-landian

(v.; adj.)
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Landed, pos- sessed of land Se geréfa . . . gesylle mé .cxx. sciłł., and be healfum þám ǽlc mínra þegna þe gelandod , Ll. Th. i. 240, 20

rǽd-bora

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Manega gesibsume synd þé, rǽdbora (consiliarius) þé án of þúsendum, Scint. 200, 2. Ne nimð se hláford his ðeówan him tó rǽdboran, ac nimð his holdan frýnd, and him geopenað his willan, Hml. Th. ii. 522, 32. Add

ge-hwearfness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hwearfness, ge-hwerfness, e; f.
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ðe nú giet on synnum is, næfð hé nó forlǽten ðone trúwan his gehwearfnesse ( conversions); ac ðe æfter his gehwerfnesse (post conversionem ) tó lange wlæc bið, ðonne lytlað him se tóhopa, Past. 447, 12-15

ge-winna

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Gé gehýrað hæleða gewinnan, þyssum herige mǽst hearma gefremede, þæt is Andreas, An. 1199. Helle dióful . . . gecwæð 'Sleáð synnigne ofer seolfes múð folces gewinnan' ( St. Andrew ), 1303.

Linked entry: winna

háliglíce

(adv.)
Grammar
háliglíce, adv.
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Holily byð Gode geþeódd, ðe hyt háliglíce déð, Nap. 35

soþ-sprǽce

(adj.)
Grammar
soþ-sprǽce, adj.
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Veracious þe wǽre twispǽcc, weorðe sóðspǽce, Wlfst. 72, 16 note

Swíþ-hún

(n.)
Grammar
Swíþ-hún, es; m.
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St. Swithin, bishop of Winchester, in which see he succeeded Helmstan, who died 852. In one MS. of the A. S. Chronicle, under the year 861, is the entry Hér forðférde S.

þúsend-getæl

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Millesimus se bið æftemyst on ðúsend-getele, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 284, 4. Add

weorc-úhta

(n.)
Grammar
weorc-úhta, the hour of matins on a day that is neither a Sunday nor a Saint's day (excepto Dominus diebus et festivitatibus sanctorum, Chrd. 23, 21)
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: — Weorcúhtan besceáwige se bisceop ꝥ se intervallum beó swá lang ꝥ . . . , Chrd. 24, 7

wreþian

(v.)
Grammar
wreþian, p.ede; pp. ed

To propstaysupportsustain

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Gif ðǽr sié gierd mid tó ðreágeanne, sié ðǽr eác stæf mid tó wreðianne si est districtio virgae, quae feriat, sit et consolatio baculi, quae susieníet, Past. 17 ; Swt. 127, 2.

Linked entry: wræpian

innera

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Add:, innerra. local Rif vel seó inre wamb alvus, Wrt. Voc. i. 44, 38. Hé férde forð ofer ꝥ wæter in þá inran land þǽra hǽðenra, Hml. S. 30, 309. concerned with the inner man Se earma innera man, ꝥ is seó wérige sáwl, Verc. Först. 93, 4.

gifian

(v.)
Grammar
gifian, p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed

To bestow gifts

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To bestow gifts Se cyng him cynelíce gifode the king bestowed gifts upon him royally, Chr. 994; Erl. 133, 32. Hió ðá gifede mycele þinc ðam biscope she gave great gifts to the bishop, H. R. 17, 12

Linked entries: geofian geafla

ge-ryd

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-ryd, -rid; adj.

Prepared, ready, usualparatus

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Prepared, ready, usual; paratus Ðeáh se graf geryd though the grave be prepared, Lchdm. iii. 355, 2, col. 1; Shrn. 184, 20. Moises dyde on geryde orcas Moses put it into the usual basons, Ex. 24, 6

un-fullod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-fullod, adj.

Unbaptized

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Unbaptized Swá hwylc mæssepreóst se ðe wite ðæt hé unfullod , fullige man hine omnis presbyter, qui noverit quod non sit baptizatus, baptizetur, L. Ecg. C. 7; Th. ii. 138, 23. Be unfullodon mæssepreóste, Th. ii. 128, 17

Linked entry: full-wian

dihtian

(v.)
Grammar
dihtian, p. ode
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To dictate, what is to be done Seó lufu ꝥ gemet þǽre þreáunge dihtað ( dictat ), Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 67, 13. what is to be written In þám folclárum þe ic wrát and dihtode, Gr. D. 290, 11.

Linked entries: dihtan dihtere