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irþling

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Críst geceás hyrdas and yrðlingas and fisceras, and hí tó láreówum gesette, Hml. S. 5, 225. a bird (some of the same Latin words are used for the wren. v. wrenna) Irðling cucuzata, Wrt. Voc. ii. 16, 21. Eorþlinc birbiacaliolus, Hpt. 33, 241, 56

HÓC

(n.)
Grammar
HÓC, es; m.

A HOOK

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Ic eom swá swá fisc on hóce I am as the fish on the hook, Nar. 40, 33. Ðonne biþ hé geteald tó dære fýrenan eá and to ðam ísenan hóce then shall he be assigned to the fiery river and the iron hook, Blickl. Homl. 43, 25, 27.

Linked entries: hóced hóc-ísern

ge-etan

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Of ðam treówe Adam sceolde geetan on ende of that tree Adam was to have eaten in the end, Hex. 24, 19. Þeos wyrt fremaþ wel geeten (-at-, v. l. ) and tó þám nafolan gewriþen, Lch. i. 204, 27. Add

miltsung

(n.)
Grammar
miltsung, mildsung, e; f.

Mercy ⬩ pity ⬩ compassion ⬩ a shewing mercy ⬩ pardon ⬩ indulgence

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Petrus tíhþ ða geleáffullan þurh þingrǽdene þurh miltsung him forgyfenre mihte Peter draws the faithful by intercession, by the merciful exercise of the power given to him, Homl. Th. ii. 292, 2.

deád

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Voc. i. 283, 79: ii. 16, 57. fig. dead to, insensible to Heó bið deád ǽlcere duguðe and gesǽlðe, and bið gehealden tó ðám écan deáðe, Hml. Th. i. 160, 15

blis

(n.)
Grammar
blis, bliss, blys, blyss, e; f. [contracted from blíþs, q. v. ]

BLISS, joy, gladness, exultation, pleasure ⬩ lætitia, gaudium, exultatio, beatitas ⬩ friendship, kindness, benevolence, grace ⬩ comitas, benignitas, benevolentia, gratia

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Ðis is se dæg ðæne Drihten worhte eádigum to blisse this is the day which the Lord made for joy to the blessed, Menol. Fox 125; Men. 62: Exon. 15 b; Th. 35, 2; Cri. 552.

Linked entry: blíþs

ge-leáfa

(n.)
Grammar
ge-leáfa, an; m. [leáfa belief]

Belief ⬩ faith ⬩ confidence ⬩ trust ⬩ fĭdes ⬩ fĭdūcia

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Ic hæbbe me fæstne geleáfan up to ðam ælmihtegan Gode I have firm trust in the Almighty God above, Cd. 26; Th. 34, 26; Gen. 543 : 205; Th. 256, 19; Dan. 643 : Andr. Kmbl. 670; An. 335.

bredan

(v.)
Grammar
bredan, ic brede, ðú britst, brist, he brit, bret, pl. bredaþ; p. bræd, pl. brudon; pp. broden, breden.

to weave, BRAID, knit, join together, draw, pluck; ⬩ plectere, nectere, vibrare, gladium stringere ⬩ to change, vary, transform; ⬩ vertere, variare, transformare

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Sweord ǽr gemealt, forbarn broden mǽl, wæs ðæt blód to ðæs hát the sword had already melted, the drawn brand was burnt, so hot was the blood, Beo. Th. 3236; B. 1616.

Linked entries: a-bredan bret brit

ge-drencan

(v.)

to cause to drink, supply a person with drink ⬩ to supply an object with moisture, saturate :-- ⬩ to plunge into a liquid, soak ⬩ to plunge, sink (trans.), drown ⬩ potare, ebriare, aquare.

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Add: to cause to drink, supply a person with drink Wætre snytres gidrenceð hine Drihten aqua sapientiae potabit illum Dominus, Rtl. 46, 11. Gidrencde, 84, 33. to supply an object with moisture, saturate :-- Gedrenctest inebriasti (terram), Bl.

mund-bryce

(n.)
Grammar
mund-bryce, es; m.

a breach of mund ⬩ the fine paid for the offence to the authority whose mund was violated

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E. 3; Th. i. 360, 20. the fine paid for the offence to the authority whose mund was violated Ðis syndon ða gerihta ðe se cyning áh ofer ealle men on Wessexan, ðæt is, mundbryce ..., L. C. S. 12; Th. i. 382, 13.

ge-wita

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wita, an; m.

One who is cognisant of anything ⬩ a witness ⬩ an accessory ⬩ testis ⬩ conscius

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Th. ii. 126, 9: i. 84, 4: Ps. Th. 88, 31. Ða leásan gewitan the false witnesses, Homl. Th. i. 50, 14, 29: Swt. A. S. Rdr. 72, 497. Geweotan, Th. Chart. 480, 16.

ge-timbrung

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Th. ii. 588, 17. Þá stánas bǽron tó þæs húses getimbrunge ( ad aedificationem domus ) ge ealde men ge geonga, Gr. D. 321, 22. Ealle ðás getimbringe hé geendode binnon ðrím geárum, Hml.

ládung

(n.)
Grammar
ládung, e; f.

An excusing ⬩ an apology ⬩ excuse ⬩ a defence ⬩ exculpation ⬩ purgation

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to offer wrong to another in the matter of taking oath or of undergoing the ordeal, L.

Linked entry: be-ládung

lǽwan

(v.)
Grammar
lǽwan, p. de

To betray

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To betray Ðonne lǽweþ bróðer óðerne hǽðnum on deáþ and sunu se lǽweþ his fæder then one brother shall betray another to the heathen to death, and a son he shall betray his father, Blickl. Homl. 171, 21

ge-feðeran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-feðeran, -feðran; p. ede; pp. ed

To feather ⬩ give wings to ⬩ ālas addĕre

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To feather, give wings to; ālas addĕre Ic sceal ǽrest ðín mód gefeðeran I shall first give wings to thy mind, Bt. 36, 1; Fox 172, 31, MS. Cot. Gefeðran, Bt. Met. Fox 24, 8; Met. 24, 4

or-treówness

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Þás þyslican (infideles) syndon tó þreágienne in heora ortreównesse, and of ðǽre ortreównesse hí syndon tó laþienne tó þǽre gife þæs rihtan geleáfan infideles in sua perfidia redarguendi sunt, ad fidei gratiam provocandi, Gr. D. 263, 3. Add

ge-sendan

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Add: I. the object a living creature. to cause to go on an errand, for a purpose, to a place, dispatch Ðú mec gesendes, Jn. L. 17, 8. Ne gesende God sunu his in middangeard ꝥte gedoemde middangeard, 3, 17.

swigian

(v.)
Grammar
swigian, sweogian, sweowian, swugian, swuwian, sugian, suwian; p. ode.

to be silent ⬩ of that which has voice ⬩ of that which has not voice, not to make a noise ⬩ to be silent from astonishment, be amazed ⬩ with an object (gen. or acc.) to be silent about something, to refrain from the mention of something

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Spl.: sugode, Th.) tacui, Ps. Surt. 31, 3: Exon. Th. 485, 16: Rä. 71, 14. Ic swugode, swá swá se dumba, Ps. Th. 37, 13: 49, 22. Ðeáh ðe seó tunge swigode, ðæt his líf wæs sprecende, Bd. 5, 12; S. 627, 30: Ap. Th. 16, 19: Cd. Th. 250, 15; Dan. 547.

HLÁF

(n.)
Grammar
HLÁF, es; m.

Bread, ⬩ food, ⬩ a loaf

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Cweþ ðæt ða stánas tó hláfum geweorþan tell the stones to become loaves, Blickl. Homl. 27, 7

be-myldan

(v.)
Grammar
be-myldan, [molde mould]

To cover with mould or earth ⬩ to bury ⬩ inter ⬩ hide or put under ground ⬩ inhumare ⬩ humare

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To cover with mould or earth, to bury, inter, hide or put under ground; inhumare, humare Cot. 101

Linked entry: myldan