pleg-mann
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Plegmen gimnosophistas, ðǽm wærstlícum palestricis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 53-54
Linked entry: plegere
ge-byrd-tíd
Birth-tide ⬩ time of birth ⬩ natale tempus
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Birth-tide, time of birth; natale tempus Se dæg com Herodes gebyrdtíde dies accidit Herodis natalis, Mk. Bos. 6, 21 : Gen. 40, 20, Fram gebyrdtíde brémes cyninges from the birth-tide of the glorious king, Chr. 973; Th. 224, 36; Edg. 12
Linked entries: ge-byr-tíd byrd-tíd
ge-fædere
A godmother ⬩ commater ⬩ susceptrix
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A godmother; commater, susceptrix Ǽfre ne geweorþe, ðæt Cristen man gewífige on his gefæderan let it never be that a Christian man marry with his godmother, L. Eth. vi. 12; Th. i. 318, 17 : L. C. E. 7; Th. i. 364, 22
Linked entry: ge-federe
ge-fylstan
To help ⬩ give help ⬩ adjuvare
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To help, give help; adjuvare Ðæt heó him gefylste that she might assist them, Ors. 3, 11; Bos. 73, 45. God gefylsteþ me Deus adjuvat me, Ps. Spl. 53, 4. Driht, to gefylstan me efste Domine, ad adjuvandum me festina, 69, 1
un-fæstrǽdness
Instability ⬩ inconstancy ⬩ levity
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Instability, inconstancy, levity Hié wéndon ðæt hé nyste hiera leohtmódnesse and hiera unfæstrǽdnesse dum de ipsa levitate motionis praedicatori suo se incognitos crederent, Past. 32; Swt. 214, 2.
un-lífed
Unallowed ⬩ illicit
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Ða ðe ðæt unliéfde herigaþ qui illicita laudant, 55; Swt. 427, 11
weorold-bisegung
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worldly occupation Nys nánum mæssepreóste álýfed, ne diácone, ðæt hí ymbe náne worldbysgunge ábysgode ( mundano negotio ullo occupati ) beón, L. Ecg.
wer-leás
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Sitte ǽlc wydewe .xii. mónað werleás; ceóse syþþan ðæt heó sylf wille, L. Eth. v. 21; Th. i. 310, 3: vi. 26; Th. i. 322, 3: L. C. S. 74; Th. i. 416, 6: Wulfst. 271, 20
wéstan
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Hié wæron ðæt lond herigende and wéstende, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 44, 20
wóh-hǽmed
Adultery ⬩ fornication
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Sió hreófl getácnaþ ðæt wóhhǽmed per scábiem luxuria designator, Past. 11; Swt. 71, 5. Ða ðe wóhhǽmed begangaþ mid óþerra ceorla wífum, Blickl. Homl. 61, 14
word-gecwide
An expressed agreement ⬩ a formal contract
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An expressed agreement, a formal contract Eal ic him gelǽste ðæt ic him scolde swá forð swá uncre wordgecwydu fyrmest wǽron, L. O. ii; Th. i. 182, n. Gif hit heó gehaldeþ mid ðare clǽnnisse ðe uncer wordgecwædu seondan, Chart. Th. 481, 8
Linked entry: ge-cwide
á-hefigian
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Áhefegiað hira heortan ðá byrðenna ðæs forhwirfdan gewunan the burdens of perverse custom weigh down (praegravant) their hearts , Past. 67, 16. Áhefigad (-hefgad, R.) gravatum (cor) , Lk. L. 21, 34.
eorþ-geberst
land-slip
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A chasm in the ground, land-slip In ðæt eorðebyrst; of ðám eorðgebyrste, C. D. iii. 52, 10. Úp tó ðám eorðgeberste tó foxes beorge, v. 297, 30. On eorþgeberst, Cht. Crw. 3, 17. [On ðár eordebriste, C. D. vi. 262, 15.]
Linked entry: ge-berst
hláf-brytta
a steward
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One who distributes food to a household, a steward, [cf. gleáw þeów þone geset hys hláfurd ofer his híred, ðæt hé him on tíde mete sylle, Mt. 24, 45] Eádgifu gefreóde Ælfgiðe Birhsies dohtor hláfbryttan, C.D.B. iii. 537, 10; Cht. E. 255, 18
ísern
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Ðæt hé him genáme áne íserne (írene, v. l. ) hierstepannan, 161, 7 : 163, 22. íserne gelóman, Gr. D. 201, . 19. See following compounds. Add
líc-mann
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Man heóld þá ꝥ líc on þá hǽðenan wísan . . . þá on þone feórðan dæg fǽrlíce on mergen árás se ylce Gád árǽred þurh God, and þá lícmen wurdon wundorlíce áfyrhte, Hml. S. 36, 130
wæstm-leás
Without fruit(lit. or fig.)
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Ðæt word westem*-*leás geweorðæd verbum sine fructu efficitur, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 13, 22. Ðí læs ðe se Hláford ús wæstmleáse geméte, Homl. Th. ii. 408, 27. [Itt liþ uss wasstmeleas off alle gode dedess, Orm. 13858.]
wamm-cwide
Evil speaking, reviling, slander, blasphemy
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Ne wíte ic him ða womcwidas, þeáh hé his wyrðe ne sié tó álǽtanne ðæs fela hé mé láðes spræc, 39, 7;Gen. 621
hand-bell
A hand-bell
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A hand-bell Ðǽr nǽron ǽr búton vii upphangene bella and nú sind xiii upphangene and xii handbella before there were but seven hung-up bells, and now there are thirteen hung-up bells and twelve hand-bells, Th. Chart; 430, 6
ge-æfstgian
to be envious
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to be envious Ne gefiólle hé nó on swǽ opene scylde ðæt hé his bróður ofslóge, gif hé ǽr ne geæfstgode (æfstgade, v. l.) ðætte his bróður lác wǽron ðancweordlícor onfongne ðonne his (nisi Cain invidisset acceptam fratris hostiam), Past. 235, 3