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ge-léfan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-léfan, p. de; pp. ed

To believe ⬩ confide ⬩ trust ⬩ crēdĕre ⬩ confīdĕre

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Geléfst ðú ðæt seó wyrd wealde disse worulde dost thou believe that fortune governs this world? Bt. 5, 3; Fox 12, 1

ge-seccan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-seccan, = ge-sécean[?]or ge-feccan[?]
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Ides sceal dyrne cræfte hire freónd geseccan gif heó nelle on folce geþeán ðæt hí man beágum gebycge a woman must by secret art get herself a friend if she do not wish publicly to succeed in being bought with rings, Menol. Fox 548; Gn. C. 44

ge-mimor

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-mimor, adj.

Existing in the memory or mind[?], known ⬩ notus

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, known; notus Leden him wæs swá cúþ and swá gemimor swá swá Englisc ðæt him gecyndelíc wæs linguam Latinam non minus quam Anglorum, quæ sibi naturalis est, noverit, Bd. 5, 20; S. 641, 35. v. Grm. D. M. 352-3

Linked entry: mimor

un-þingod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-þingod, adj.

Unatoned ⬩ unsettled

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Unatoned, unsettled Swá eác se ðe óðrum bismer cwið, oððe déð, ðeáh hé geswíce, and hit nǽfre eft ne dó, ðeáh hit bið gedón, ðæt hé dyde, and unðingad, gif hé hit ne bét neque qui contumelias irrogat, si solummodo tacuerit, satisfecit, Past. 54; Swt.

un-lár

(n.)
Grammar
un-lár, e; f.

Evil teaching ⬩ incitement to evil

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Ðæt hé forsace and forbúge deófles unlára, Wulfst. 32, 15: 144. 9

wiþer-leán

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-leán, es; n.

Recompense ⬩ retribution

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Recompense, retribution Wearð wícingum wiþerleán ágifen; gehýrde ic ðæt Eádweard ánne slóge, Byrht. Th. 135, 11; By. 116. Deáþes háliges wiþerleáne (as recompense) líf eádig geáhniaþ mortis sacre compendia vitam beatam possident, Hymn.

wiþerweardlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wiþerweardlíce, adv.

Detrimentally ⬩ against the interests

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Detrimentally, against the interests of any one Þurh ðæt ðe ðú ðysne wuldres cyning áhénge, ðú dydest wyþerwerdlíce ongeán ðé and eác ongeán mé (thou hast acted against thine own interests and against mine. v.

writ-bred

(n.)
Grammar
writ-bred, es; n.

A writing-tablet

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Ðá álýfde se ðám cnihtum ðæt hí hyne ofslógen mid heora writbredum and hine ofsticodon mid hira writýrenum, Shrn. 117, 29

bí-sǽce

(adj.)

Disputed ⬩ disputable ⬩ contested

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Substitute: Disputed, disputable, contested Gif ðær hwæt bísæces sý, séme se biscop if there be anything contested, let the bishop arbitrate, Ll. Th. ii. 314, 9. Wé lǽrað ꝥ preóst bísæce ordél ǽfre ne geǽðe, 258, 3. Cf. un-besacen

cnyssan

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Cnyssaþ (cnysað, L.) pulsate . . . cnyssande (ðǽm cnysende, L.) pulsanti, Mt. R. 7, 7, 8. Ongan ic wépan and míne breóst cnyssan, Hml. S. 23 b, 428. Add

for-micel

(adj.)
Grammar
for-micel, adj.
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Very great Is ðæt formicel scyld quanta sint mala, Past. 349, 17: Lch. iii. 436, 8. Þú miht witan ꝥ ꝥ gecynd is swíþe mice). Ýs ꝥ formicel gecynd ꝥ ..., Bt. 34, 11; F. 150, 33. Hé áh þæs formycle þearfe ꝥ ..., Ll. Th. i. 372, 13

geard-steall

(n.)
Grammar
geard-steall, es; m.
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Ondlang ðæs aldan geardstealles ...; and swá æfter ðám hegestealle, C. D. iii. 391, 8

Linked entry: hege-steall

gingre

(n.)
Grammar
gingre, an; f.
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Cf. gingra; 2 b Heó arn tó þǽre fǽmnan þe þá ðæs mynstres abbodesse wæs, Hilde gingre (geongra, v. l.) cucurrit ad uirginem, quae tunc monasterio abbatissae uice praefuit, Bd. 4, 23; Sch. 470, 17

hús-bót

(n.)
Grammar
hús-bót, e; f.
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House-repair; wood for the repair of a house; the right to cut such wood Ðis is seó wudung ðe ðǽrtó gebyreð, ǽlce geáre fíftig fóðra and án hund of ðæs cinges ácholte and húsbót, C. D. vi. 243, 13. [v. N. E. D. house-bote.]

un-gelífende

(adj.)
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Ðǽm ungeléfendum cuoeð illis non credentibus dixit, Lk. L. 24, 41

yfele

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Add: in a moral sense Ðæt ðín mód ne beó yfele besmiten ðurh ðá ýdelan spellunga, Hex. 48, 11. injuriously Ahab yfele wearð beswicen ( was misled to his destruction ) for Naboðes wínearde ðe hé wólíce genam, and hé hraðe feóll on gefeohte ofslagen

ander-gilde

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In repayment, in compensation Ne weorðe ðé nǽfre tó þæs wá, ðæt ðú ne wéne betran andergilde never let things come to so ill a pass for you, that you don't hope for better times to make amends, Prov. K. 41. (Cf. án- gilde, ¶.)

Linked entry: un-andergilde

hátheort-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
hátheort-líce, adv.

Furiously, ardently, fervently

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Hie wǽron tó ðon hátheortlíce yrre ðæt hie woldan ðone cásere cwicenne forbærnan they were so furiously angry that they wanted to burn the emperor alive, 191, 11

heago-rún

(n.)
Grammar
heago-rún, e; f.

A mystery in which magic is involved, necromancy

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A mystery in which magic is involved, necromancy Hú mambres ontýnde ða drýlícan bec his bréðer iamnes and him geopenude ða heagorúne ðæs deófelgildes his bróður aperuit mambres libros magicos fratris sui iamnis et fecit nicromantiam et eduxit ab inferis

Linked entry: rún

galdor-cræft

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Galdurcreftas bióð ágalene from ðǽm snottran, Ps. Srt. 57, 6. Galdorcræfta aruspicum Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 3 a. Séc lytle stánas on swealwan bridda magan. . . hí beóþ góde wiþ . . yflum gealdorcræftum, Lch, ii. 306, 13.