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ge-dwellan

(v.)
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Hié eów tó swíðe gedwealdon mid þǽm manigfealdum gebodum (turbaverunt vos verbis, Acts 15, 24), Ll. Th. i. 56, 17. Manna mód syndon áþýstrode and ádysgode and gedwealde þæt hí ǽfre sceolon lǽtan þæt deófol hig gedwellan Wlfst. 185, 11-14.

gódian

(v.)
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Hý águnnon rǽdes gýman and hit ágann mid heom gódian, 14, 14. trans. the object a person, to make good, to give an appearance of being good Gé wǽron þá þe eów sylfe gódiaþ (rihtwísiað, v. l.) beforan mannum vos estis qui justificatis vos coram hominibus

Cyménes óra

(n.)
Grammar
Cyménes óra, an; m.

Cymen's shore, near Wittering, Sussex Cymēni lītus, qui ibi naves ad terrain appulit. Nunc nomen amisit, sed fuisse prope Wittering, in agro Sussexiensi, Charta Donatiònis quam Cedwalla Rex Ecclesiæ Selsiensi fecit, planissĭme convincit

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Camden and, after him, Gibson say, in the preceding Latin, this place was near Wittering on the coast of Sussex. They rely on a Charter which Kemble [Cod.

Linked entry: Cymén

æled

(n.; part.)
Grammar
æled, g. ældes; m. [pp. of ælan]

Fireconflagrationignisincendium

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Fire, conflagration; ignis, incendium Æled wæs micel the fire was great, Cd. 186; Th. 231, 6; Dan. 243. Hát biþ monegum egeslíc æled the dreadful fire shall be hot to many, Exon. 63 a; Th. 233, 9; Ph. 522.

Linked entries: æld ælednys

deóp

(n.)
Grammar
deóp, dýp, dióp,es; n: dýpe,an ; f.

Depth, the deep, abyss prŏfundum

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Ic slóh gársecges deóp I struck the ocean's deep, Cd. 157; Th. 195, 24; Exod. 281: Beo. Th. 5091; B. 2549: Exon. 93 b; Th. 351, 21; Sch. 83

geócian

(v.)
Grammar
geócian, p. ode; pp. od; gen. dat.

To preserve, saveservare, salvare

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To preserve, save; servare, salvare. with the gen Geóca úser preserve us, Cd. 188; Th. 234, 14; Dan. 292. Geóca mínes gǽstes save my soul, Exon. 118 b; Th. 455, 5; Hy. 4, 45. with the dat Geóca us preserve us, Exon. 53 a; Th. 185, 23; Az. 12.

morþ-dǽd

(n.)
Grammar
morþ-dǽd, e; f.

A deed which causes destructiondeadly sinevil deed

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[Þonne scalt þu (the body), erming, up arisen imete þine morþdeden, Fragm. Phlps. 7, 37.]

hlutor

Grammar
hlutor, l. hlútor,

clearbrightshiningsplendidbrightuntroubledpeaceclearsplendidgloriousillustriousbrilliantguiltdeceitpuresincere

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Th 113, 16. Is mínre heortan hige hlúttor and clǽne, 72, 17. Hé hæfde hlúttre lufan, An. 1065. Hé þæt hlúttre mód in þæs gǽstes gód trymede, Gú. 77. Háligra hlúttre sáule, Az. 151. Mid clǽnre heortan and mid hlútrum gebedum, Bl. H. 81, 17

Linked entry: hlútor-líce

Crecca-gelád

(n.)
Grammar
Crecca-gelád, Cre-gelád, e; f. [gelád a road, way:
  • Flor.
Criccelade:
  • Hunt.
Crikelade:
  • Sim. Dun.
Criccelad:
  • Brom.
Criklade]

CRICKLADE, Wiltshire oppidi nomen in agro Wiltoniensi

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CRICKLADE, Wiltshire; oppidi nomen in agro Wiltoniensi Hie hergodon ofer Mercna land óþ hie cómon to Creccageláde, and fóron ðǽr ofer Temese they harried over the Mercians' land until they came to Cricklade, and there they went over the Thames Chr. 905

hafen-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
hafen-leás, adj.

Lacking means, poor, indigentinops

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Se ðe spéda hæfþ and ða áspendan nele hafenleásum bréðer he that hath riches and will not expend them for his brother who lacks, 318,11 : 484, 33 : 178, 19

Linked entry: hæfenleás

firlen

(adj.)
Grammar
firlen, adj.

at a distance

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Th. i. 106, 21. Him onbugon þá fyrlenan norð-menn, Hml. S. 29, 177. Tó fyrlenum landum, Hml. A. 106, 132: Jos. II, 18: Jud. 6, 2. Of fyrlænum scírum de longinquis provinciis, R. Ben. I. loi, 12.

Linked entries: feorlen fyrlen

áscung

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Hit is þeáw þǽre sprǽce and þǽre áscunge talis est materia, Bt. 39, 4;F. 216, 18. Críst áxode Philippum . . . getácnode hé mid þǽre ácsunge þæs folces nytennysse, Hml. Th. i. 188, 14.

tyslian

(v.)
Grammar
tyslian, p. ode

To dress

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your fathers held and to love the customs of heathen men, that did not give you life, and that thereby you show that you despise your race and your forefathers, when to their shame you dress in Danish wise with bared (?

Linked entry: tyslung

hemeþe

(n.)
Grammar
hemeþe, es; n.

a shirt

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Gif þú hemeþe habban wille, þonne nim þú slýfan þé on hand and wege hí. Tech. ii. 127, 6

fyrn-geár

the preceding year

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Dict.] the preceding year (cf. Quam gibod Godes fernun gére, Hél. 217) Gif þú wille witan hú eald se móna wǽre fyrngeáre on þysne dæg, Lch. iii. 228, 9, 14. [Þe lost of uernyere, Ayenb. 92, 4.]

for-niman

(v.)
Grammar
for-niman, -nyman; p. -nam, -nom, pl. -námon, -nómon; pp. -numen; v. trans.

To take awaydeformplunderdestroyransackwasteconsumedevourrapĕreperdĕreextermĭnārevastāreconsūmĕredevŏrāre

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Th. ii. 416, 12

Linked entry: for-nyman

CLǼNE

(adj.)
Grammar
CLǼNE, cléne; se clǽna, seó, ðæt clǽne; m. clǽnra, f. n. clǽnre; clǽnest; adj.

CLEAN, pure, clearmundus, purus, merus, serenuschaste, innocentcastus, innoxius

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Gewát him se hálga sécan ðone clǽnan hám the holy one departed to seek the pure home, Andr. Kmbl. 1956; An. 980. Húslfatu Caldéas clǽne genámon the Chaldeans took the clean vessels of sacrifice, Cd. 210; Th. 260, 10; Dan. 707.

Linked entries: cláne cléne

bi-tweonum

(prep.)
Grammar
bi-tweonum, prep. dat.

Betweeninter

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Th.] between the horns, Exon. 107 b; Th. 411, 19; Rä. 30, 2

Linked entry: be-tweonum

rihtung

(n.)
Grammar
rihtung, e; f.

direction guidancecorrection setting right correction reproof a direction rule regularis

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P. 8 ; Th. ii. 314, 19. On ða gerád ðæt seó bóc heam sý geara, gyf hý hyre beþurfan tó ǽnire rihtinge on the condition that the charter be ready for them, if they need it for any correction, Chart.

Linked entry: rihting

fergan

(v.)
Grammar
fergan, p. ede; pp. ed.

to carryconveybearportārevehĕreferreto goīre

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to carry, convey, bear; portāre, vehĕre, ferre We willaþ Hláford fergan to ðære beorhtan byrg we will bear the Lord to the bright city, Exon. 18 a; Th. 32, 26; Cri. 518: 104 b; Th. 397, 1; Rä. 16, 13.