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ge-mǽne

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-mǽne, adj.

Common, general, mutual, in commoncommuniscommunis, generalis, solituscommunis

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Se ðe oferhogie ðæt he Godes bodan hlyste, hæbbe him gemǽne ðæt wið God sylfne he who scorns to listen to God's preacher, let him have that between him and God himself, L. C. E. 26; Th. i. 374, 27 : Kmbl. Cod. Dipl. iii. 22, 27.

Linked entry: mǽne

hird-ness

watchful caretaking chargetaking carea watchguarda watch

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On hú mycelre Godes heordnysse (custodia) beóð þá þe cunnon sylfe forseón on þysum lífe, 39, 30.

ge-leáfa

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tó geleáfan onbryrde, Bl. H. 107, 2.

wang

(n.)
Grammar
wang, es; m. . I. the word, which is almost confined to poetry, may be rendered by words denoting the surface of the ground taken in their most general sense,
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Him wíc curon, ðǽr him wlitebeorhte wongas geþúhton, Cd. Th. 108, 11; Gen. 1804: Beo. Th. 4915; B. 2462. Sum con wonga bígong, wegas wídgielle one knows the world, ways wide-spreading, Exon. Th. 42, 30; Cri. 680.

Linked entries: ge-wenge wencge wenge

BYSGU

(n.)
Grammar
BYSGU, bísgu, býsigu, bísigu, býsegu, bísegu; gen. e; dat. e; acc. u, o: nom. acc. pl. u; gen. a; dat. um; f.
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For ðǽm manigfealdum bísgum, ðe hine oft ǽgðer ge on móde ge on líchoman bísgodon [bisgodan MS.] on account of the manifold occupations, which often busied him [Alfred] both in mind and in body, Bt. proœm; Fox viii. 5.

geong

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Ger. der jüngste tag) Þæt wæs þám gomelan gingæste word ǽr hé bǽl cure . . . him of hreðre gewát sáwol, B. 2817. marking rank, degree. v. gingra Hé gesette under him gingran cásere, Ors. 6, 30; S. 278, 21.

a-bylgan

(v.)
Grammar
a-bylgan, -byligan, -bylgean; p. de; pp. ed

To offendangervexoffendereirritateexacerbare

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To offend, anger, vex; offendere, irritate, exacerbare hine oft abylgdon [MS. -dan] ipsi sæepe exacerbaverunt eum. Ps. Th. 105, 32. Ða mod abylgean flra ðara nýhstena animos proximorum offendere, Bd. 3, 19; S. 548, 17: Hy. 6, 22

fadian

(v.)
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Hé wíslíce his líf ne fadað he orders not his life wisely, Wlfst. 52, 28. Fadode, 159, 18. Gesette man þæne þe Godes hús wel fadige domui Dei dignum constituant dispensatorem, R. Ben. 119, 12. Gif hé his líf rihtlice fadige, Ll. Th. i. 346, 18.

seld-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
seld-, sel-, syl-líc ; adj.
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Hit is sellícre ðæt hiora ǽnig ne mæg bútan óðrum bión, Met. 11, 50. ðǽr geségon syllícran wiht, Beo. Th. 6069 ; B. 3038. having unusual good qualities, excellent, admirable Þeódnes cynegold sóðfæstra gehwone sellíc glengeþ, Exon.

nese

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'Ðá cwæþ ic : 'Nese, ne forgite ic hit nó,' Bt. 34, 9; F. 146, 15. where dissent is expressed ' ondrédon ꝥ wé heom for ðon grame beón woldon, for ðon þe ǽr ús hýran noldon.'

irmþ

(n.)
Grammar
irmþ, e; irmþu, irmþo; indecl. f.

Povertypenurymiserywretchednesscalamitydistressdisorder

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Seðe hine fram swá monigum yrmþum and teónum generede qui se tot ac tantis calamitatibus ereptum, Bd. 2, 12; S. 514, 19. Ðæt ðám yrmþum á ne wiðstanden in miseriis non subsistent, Ps. Th. 139, 10.

Linked entry: earmþu

of-stician

(v.)
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Be beón gif mannan ofsticiað (cf. beón gif man ácwellað, 164, 1), Ll. Th. ii. 130, 30. Þeáh hine deófol mid bárspere beótige tó ofsticianne, Angl. viii. 324, 19. Man þá hálgan . . . swilce ofsticode swín (stuck pigs) holdode, Hml. S. 23, 106.

árod

(n.)
Grammar
árod, es; m? [árian to honour]

A mark of honourbadge of officethe pallium given by the pope to a bishop or archbishophonoris vel muneris signum

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arce, MS. q. v.] this year archbishop Ælfric went to Rome after his pallium, Chr. 997; Ing. 172, 7

éste

(adj.)
Grammar
éste, adj.

Gracious, bountiful bĕnignus

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Gracious, bountiful; bĕnignus Ðæt he him ealra wæs ára éste that he was bountiful to him in all gifts, Cd. 74; Th. 91, 8; Gen. 1509.

Linked entries: Ósti Eást-land Ístas

fricca

(n.)
Grammar
fricca, fryccea, an; m.

A crierheraldpræco

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Sylle se friccea his stefne let the crier give out his voice, 163, 31

Linked entry: fryccea

hreów-cearig

(adj.)
Grammar
hreów-cearig, adj.

Troubledanxioussorrowful

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Troubled, anxious, sorrowful Hreðer innan swearc hyge hreówcearig his soul grew dark within, his mind distressed, Exon. 48 a; Th. 165, 9; Gú. 1026: 73 b; Th. 274, 21; Jul. 536: Rood Kmbl. 49; Kr. 25.

gelp

(n.)
Grammar
gelp, es; m.

Glory, vain-glory, prideglōria, vāna glōria

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Glory, vain-glory, pride; glōria, vāna glōria Ne gýtsung, ne ídel gelp him on ne rícsode neither avarice nor vain-glory reigned in him, Bd. 3. 17; S. 545, 9. Gif he unnýtne gelp ágan wille if he will possess unprofitable glory, Bt. Met.

tæflere

(n.)
Grammar
tæflere, es; m.

A gamester, dicer, gambler

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Wé lǽraþ, ðæt preóst ne beó hunta, ne hafecere, ne tæflere, ac plege on his bócum, swá his háde gebiraþ, L. Edg. C. 64; Th. ii. 258, 8

Linked entry: teblere

þreápian

(v.)
Grammar
þreápian, p. ode

To rebukereprehend

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MSS.) wile his hiéremenn, ðæt his word beóþ gehwyrfedo tó unnyttre ofersprǽce plerumque contingit, ut, dum culpa subditorum cum magna invectione corripitur, magistri lingua usque ad excessus verba pertrahatur, Past. 21; Swt. 165, 17

Linked entry: þrípel

æt-samne

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Raðe þæs hié wurdon bégen ætsemne (-somne, v. l.) ofslagen cum quo simul continue inter-fectus est , Ors. 6, 22 ; S. 274, 6. Þæt hié fóron ealle út ætsomne, Chr. 905; P. 94, 4. Add: