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for-rǽdan

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Iudéisc folc þurh deófles láre hine forrǽdde (fordémde on margin of a later MS.), Wlfst. 17, 19. Hé geþafode þæt hine man tó deáþe forrǽdde, 22, 20. Add

ge-wyrdelic

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Ox. 3792. Þá gewyrdelican áwendennessa fortuitas permuta-tiones 190. of narrative, recording events, historical, v. ge-wyrd; Fram gewyrdelicere race ab istorica relatione An. 3028. Hyra óðer áwrát þás gewyrdelican race, Hml. S. 6, 366

Linked entry: -wyrde-lic

heálicness

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Ox. 3529. of rank, dignity, etc. Eálá ꝥ swá mycel heálicnys swilces weres ús þeówode, Hml. S. 30, 281

leáh

(n.)
Grammar
leáh, f.
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On ceaforleáhe; of ðǽre leáhe, 77, 26 : 79, 2. v. fyrs-, gemót-,, Add

riht-gewittig

(adj.)
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of right wit, reasonable Ꝥ getácnað ꝥ seó rihtgewittuge sáwel siteð on þám líchaman, Gr. D. 245, 22. Hwylc rihtgewittigra manna is tó þon snotor ꝥ hé wylle þá gástas secgan líchamlice? quis sanum sapiens esse spiritus corporeos dixerit?, 305, 2

Linked entry: ge-wittig

rihtlíce

(adv.)
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Add Þá ðe rihtlíce healdað hyra ǽwe, and on álýfedum tíman hǽmed begáð, Hml, Th. i. 148, 21. of direction, directly Ðá áxode ic hwilc se wæg wǽre þe tó Iordane þǽre eá rihtlícost gelǽdde, Hml. S. 23 b, 494

be-fón

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add : (1 a) with a non-material object Of manegum myngungum wé beféngun ( perstringimus) feáwa, Chrd. 8, 19. (1 f) to ensnare, entrap :-- Þá sendon hí tó him sume . . . ꝥ hí beféngon (caperent ) hine on his worde, Mk. 12, 13

gánian

(v.)
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Substitute Þeáh þe mé synfulra múðas on gánian quia os peccatoris super me apertum est, Ps. Th. 108, 1 Gángende múþe hiulco rostra Wrt. Voc. ii. 79, 34. Gániende, oscitantes 65, 1. Gánigende þrotbollan hiulcas gurguliones, An. Ox. 8, 190

gyfu

(n.)
Grammar
gyfu, e; gen. pl. -ena; f.

A giftgracedonumgratia

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A gift, grace; donum, gratia Gyfu gif hwylc is of me donum quodcumque ex me, Mk. Bos. 7, 11. Godes gyfu wæs on him gratia Dei erat in illo, Lk. Bos. 2, 40; Cd. 212; Th. 262, 5; Dan. 739

toll-sceamol

(n.)
Grammar
toll-sceamol, es; m.

A seat where a receiver of toll sits, a place for receiving contributions

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A seat where a receiver of toll sits, a place for receiving contributions Hé geseah ǽnne man sittende æt tollsceamule (in teloneo), Mt. Kmbl. 9, 9. Ðæt folc hyra feoh torfude on ðone tollsceamul (in gazophilacium), Mk. Skt. 12, 41, 43

Linked entry: toll-setl

stíg

(n.)
Grammar
stíg, e; f.
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Be westan róde óó sticelan stíg; ðonne be ðære stíge óð ða ealdan díc, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 406, 29. Of ðam stáne tó ðære grénan stíge, 38, 23.

Linked entries: stíga gát-ánstíg

ge-réflang

(n.)
Grammar
ge-réflang, es; m.

A minister

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A minister Ða geréflanges of Cristes circean the ministers of Christchurch, Chart. Th. 317, 32

neorxnawang-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
neorxnawang-lic, adj.
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Of paradise Hér onginneð se þridda flód of dám neorxnawanglican wylle, Gr. D. 179, I

scír

(n.)
Grammar
scír, e ; f.
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Gif man ǽnig líc of rihtscíre lecge, L. Eth. vi. 21 ; Th. i. 320, 6. Gif preóst on unriht út of scíre hád begite, gilde .xii. ór, and þolie his hádes, búton scíre biscop him hádes geunne, L. N. P. L. 12 ; Th. ii. 292, 13.

Linked entry: scýr

full-fremedlíce

(adv.)
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Ox. 2375. of completed action Tempore praeterito perfecto amaui ic lufode fulfremedlice, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 130, 17: 133, 5

stów

(n.)
Grammar
stów, e ; f.
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Wið wífa earfoðnyssum ðe on heora inwerdlícum stówum earfeþu þrowiaþ . . . wyrc tó sealfe, dó on wífa stówe, i. 338, 19-22.

hǽlu

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. ¶ in forms of greeting or address on coming to or meeting a person Sié þé éce hǽlo and in eorðan lof, Cri. 411. Him hǽlu and lof secgean laudent eum, Ps. Th. 106, 31. Hé hǽlo ábeád Maria mycle, Men. 50. Mé Gabrihel hǽlo bodade, Cri. 202.

Æðelbryht

(n.)
Grammar
Æðelbryht, -berht, -briht, es; m. [æðele, bryht bright, excellent. v. beorht] .

Ethelbert king of KentEthelbert the secondÆthelbryhtus

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This Ethelbert, after the lapse of 239 years from the death of Ethelbert the first in 616, became king of Kent, Essex, Surrey, and Sussex, for five years, from 855 to 860; he succeeded to Wessex on his brother's death, in 860, and reigned five

Linked entry: Berhte

hlǽfdige

a queenOur Ladylady

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S. 1, 195-203. applied to the Virgin Mary the queen of heaven, Our Lady : Eálá þú hlǽfdige, ealles middaneardes cwén, Hml. S. 23 b, 487: 472.

ge-weorþan

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state of being, or feeling, become the adjective connected with the noun Hí gewurdon on ðǽre séftnysse, Hml.