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leger

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Add ábád on ðám legere áne feáwa dagas (cf. læg þá swá forþ áne feáwa daga, Hml. S. 31, 1349) mid fefore gewǽht, Hml. Th. ii. 516, 29. Basilius wearð gebróht on legere tó his forðsíðe, Hml. S. 3, 564.

ofer-reccan

(v.)

to convince, confute, convict

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to convince, confute, convict: — Gif hine mon oferricte ðæt ne móste londes wyrþe beón if it should be proved against him that he was disqualified for holding land, Chart. Th. 141, 11.

CNAPA

(n.)
Grammar
CNAPA, cnafa, an; m.

a boyyoung manKNAVEpuerjuvenisadolescensa servant servus

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a boy, young man, KNAVE; puer, juvenis, adolescens He betǽhte hys cnapan and se cnapa hit ofslóh he gave it [a calf] to his young man and the young man slew it Gen. 18, 7.

ge-weorc

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Eall his ágen geweorc Drihten bletsige benedicite Dominum omnia opera ejus. Ps. Th. 102, 21. His ciricean, his ágen geweorc (cf. hié mid his sylfes handum geworhte, 14), Bl. H. 197, 7. v. ǽr-, eald-, fyrn-, hand-geweorc.

open

(adj.)
Grammar
open, adj.

Opennot shut,allowing ingress or egressof a doorof the eyesnot closed upnot covered, not protecteddeclared, publicnot secret, not concealed, discovered, brought to light (in reference to things where concealment is desired)without attempt at concealment manifest, clear, plain, evident

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Se ðe mánaþ swerige and hit him on open wurðe he that commits perjury, and the crime is clearly proved against him, L. Ath. i. 25; Th. i. 212, 18.

ord

(n.)
Grammar
ord, es; m.

a point,of a weapona spear, pointed weaponone who is at the topmost point, a head, chief, princehead, frontline of battle, forefrontthe beginning, origin, source (applied to persons and things)

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Hwá ðǽr mid orde mihte on fǽgean men feorh gewinnan, wígan mid wǽpnum, 135, 31; By. 124. Hit is mycel nédþearf ðæt hié man forspille, and mid írenum þislum and ordum hié man sleá, Blickl. Homl. 189, 30. Hildesercum, bordum and ordum, Elen.

Linked entries: ór ord-wíga

cyne-ríce

(n.)
Grammar
cyne-ríce, cyne-rýce, es; n.

A royal region or possession, a kingdom, realm regnum

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Ðæt he ealdordóm ágan sceolde ofer cynerícu that he should possess eldership over the kingdoms, Cd. 158; Th. 198, 5; Exod. 318: Bt. Met. Fox 26, 12; Met. 26, 6

Linked entry: cyning-ríce

for-ðam

(adv.)
Grammar
for-ðam, for-ðæm, for-ðan, for-ðon; adv.

For that causeconsequentlyproptĕreaidcircoĭdeo

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Wæs he sóþfæstnysse wer, and he forðon eallum wæs leóf he was a man of truth, and was consequently dear to all, Bd. 3, 15; S. 541, 22: Cd. 9; Th. 11, 9; Gen. 172: Exon. 10 a; Th. 10, 7; Cri. 148: Beo. Th. 6035;B. 3021: Menol. Fox 382; Men. 192: Ps.

med-trum-ness

(n.)
Grammar
med-trum-ness, <b>, med-trym-ness, met-trum-ness, met-trym-ness</b> e; f.

Infirmityill-healthsicknessillness

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Se ðe biscephád underféhþ underféhþ ðæs folces mettrymnesse quasi ad ægrum medicus accedit, 9; Swt. 59, 23. gefór on ðære mettrymnesse, Ors. 6, 30; Swt. 282, 21. Ðá gehǽldon hié sum wíf of micelre medtrumnesse, Shrn. 135, 16. Mettrumnesse, Ps.

gebringan

(v.)
Grammar
gebringan, he -bringeþ, -brincþ; p. -brang, -brong; pp. brungen [ge-, bringan to bring]

To bringleadadduceproducebearferredūcĕreaddūcĕreprodūcĕreofferre

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Ðæt he hine on orwénnysse gebringe that he may bring him to despair, Boutr. Scrd. 20, 17: Homl. Th. i. 8, 13: Rood Kmbl. 275; Kr. 139. Ðæt we ðone gebringen [MS. gebringan] on ádfære that we bring him on the way to the pile, Beo.

eáþe-lic

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hæfde mid him eáþelicne fódan . . . þá eáðelican þénunga heom þénode, Hml. S. 23, 234, 239.

Linked entry: íþe-lic

ge-cirredness

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Sý swylcera gebyrda oþþe gecyrrednesse swylce sý ( whatever his birth or the time of his coming to the monastery ), sý gemedemad on stede swá swá his gecerrednes sý, R. Ben. 12, 20-13, 2: 107, 10-11.

ge-feccan

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H. 187, 15. Gefæccan, Hml. S. 2, 197.

ge-wenian

(v.)
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., and add: to accustom, train, make habitual to Tunglu him healdað betwuh ribbe singale, dydon swá lange, swá gewenede wuldres ealdor æt frum-sceafte (cf. healdaþ þá tnnglu þá ealdan sibbe ðe on gesceapne wǽron, Bt. 39, 13; F. 232, 26), Met. 29

hræd-ness

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mid ealre hrædnysse onféng his ǽrran hǽle salutem pristinam citius recepit, 157, 14.

(adv.)
Grammar
má, ; adv.
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Þá menn magon geseón heora freónd, and ne magon heom þeáh ná náne góde ne beón, ne hym þe má, Solil. H. 68, 30. longer, further, again, besides Woldest þú áwiht má witan ? nihilne plus scire cupis?, Solil. H. 14, 21. Hwí ácsast þú má æfter ðám?

up-gang

(n.)
Grammar
up-gang, es; m.

a going uprising of a heavenly bodya going upa landingan incursiona way of going up

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forwerndon heom ǽgðer ge upganges ge wæteres, Chr. 1046; Erl. 171, 5. from the coast inland, an incursion námon him wintersettl on Temesan ...

Linked entry: up-gange

wǽt

(n.)
Grammar
wǽt, es; n.

wet, moistureliquor, drink

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ne mæg ǽtes oððe wǽtes brúcan, Homl. Th. i. 66, 9. fæste, swá ðæt ne onbyrigde ǽtes ne wǽtes on eallum ðam fyrste, 166, 11: ii. 490, 11: Wulfst. 103, 1. Nán ðing tó ðigenne ne on ǽte ne on wǽte nec quicquam cibi aut potus presumere, R.

hát-heort

(adj.)
Grammar
hát-heort, adj.

Furious, angry, irascible, passionate, ardentfuriosus, iracundus, fervens

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Ðonne ða hátheortan hie mid náne foreþonce nyllaþ gestillan cum iracundi nulla consideratione se mitigant, Past. 40, 5; Swt. 297, 3. Timotheus ongeat hátheortran ðonne sceolde ferventioris spiritus vidit esse Timotheum, 3; Swt. 291, 22.

ǽ-fæsten

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-fæsten, es; n.

A legal fastlegitimum jejunium

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A legal fast; legitimum jejunium III ǽfæstenu fæste he tribus legitimis jejuniis jejunet, L. Ecg. C. 4; Th. ii. 138, 1

Linked entry: fæsten