rúm-mód
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</b> of things, liberal, abundant :-- Heó dǽlde þearfendum mannum manigfealde and rúmmóde gife ælmessan larga indigentibus eleemosynarum opera impendit, Gr. D. 279, 24
greáda
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Add: a lap Behýdað þá ælmessan on þæs þearfan greádan ( sinu ), Hml. A. 141, 91.
ge-nesan
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Þú ðysne níð genesan móte, Lch. iii. 52, 17. to avoid an evil in which one might become involved Þ wé þurh þá ælmessan þá écan tintrega magon genesan, Ll. Th. ii. 394, 22. Cf. ge-nerian
ge-þyldigian
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To bear with patience, tolerate, endure Wé magon ongietan mid hú micle irre Dryhten geðyldegað ðá ælmessan ðe him man of reáfláce bringþ hoc sacrificium quanta ira aspiciatur, Past. 343, 13.
híred-mann
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Híredmanna gehwilc sille pænig tó ælmessan, oððe his hláford sille for hine, Wlfst. 181, 16. Be híredmonnum de hero proprio familiae fidejussore, Ll. Th. i. 394, 25.
and-fenge
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Þín ælmesse sý andfengu, Ps. Th. 19, 3: Gr. D. 327, 23. Ðeós hýrsumnes bið Gode antfenge, R. Ben. 20, 17. Úre gebeda beóð andfenge, 45, 21; Bl. H. 113, 28. Andfænge, Shrn. 74, 2. Eádigra fædra and Gode &fengra, Bd. 4, 17; Sch. 433, 7.
wén
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add: estimation Nolde God ꝥ þá ðe his gódan weorc gesáwon wǽron ungelýfende be þám wéne þára ælmessena þæs diácones ( de eleemosynarum illius aestimatione), Gr. D. 331, 28.
hold-líce
Graciously, ⬩ with kindness or friendliness, ⬩ with devotion or attachment, ⬩ faithfully, ⬩ loyally
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Hwá ðás ælmesse holdlíce healde healde hine God, Chart. Th. 369, 29. Cwǽdon holdlíce hýran woldon said they would listen devoutly, Andr. Kmbl. 3276; An. 1641.
will
A well, spring, fountain (lit, and fig.)
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Hwílum gehátaþ hý ælmessan tó wylle (wille, welle, v. ll. ), Wulfst. 12, 3. Gif hwylc man his ælmessan geháte oððe bringe tó hwylcon wylle ( ad fontem aliquem ), . . .fæste . iii. geár on hláfe and on wætere, L. Ecg. P. ii. 22; Th. ii. 190, 24.
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for-cweðan
To rebuke ⬩ censure ⬩ revile ⬩ refuse ⬩ reject ⬩ incrĕpāre ⬩ maledīcĕre ⬩ recūsāre ⬩ rejĭcĕre
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Drihten forcwæþ swelce ælmessan the Lord rejected such alms, Past. 45, 4; Hat. MS. 65 a. 26
ge-hreówan
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(I) the subject a noun Ne selle mon to féla . . . ðý lǽs hwá him self weorðe tó wǽdlan, and him ðonne gehreówe sió ælmesse, Past. 325, 8. the subject a pronoun representing a circumstance already mentioned Satanus swearte geþóhte þæt hé wolde on heofonum
ge-hagian
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To be within the means or power of a person Dón heora ælmessan swá forð swá him fyrmest gehagie, Hml. A. 141, 75: 143, 129. Cf. on-hagian
rúm-mód
liberal ⬩ profuse ⬩ benignant, gracious, kind
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Sellaþ ælmessan, beóþ rúmmóderyhtra gestreóna, Exon.
in-faran
To go into ⬩ enter
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Ðæt hé ælmessan underféncge æt ðám infarendum that he might receive alms from those entering, Homl. Skt. 10, 27
sulh
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Eth. viii. 1; Th. i. 336, 24; and see sulh-ælmesse), Wulfst. 170, 20
ceápian
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Hé mid ælmessum him ceápode éces ríces, Shrn. 110, 8: Cri. 1096. Ceápa þé mid ǽhtum éces leóhtes, Dóm. L. 30, 34. Þæt mon náne burg ne mehte iéð mid feó geceápian, gif hiere ǽnig mon ceápode O urbem venalem, si emtorem invenerit!
ge-lagian
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Gif hé his ælmessan rihtlíce ne gelǽste, swá swá hit gelagod sý, 172, 4. Gebéte hé þæt, swá swá hit gelagod is, 181, 8. Heora yldran heom tealdan hú hit was gelagod syððan Sc̃s.
sulh
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Cf. sulh-ælmesse for the use of sulh in the sense of a sunk road (?), gully(?) On holan ríþe; þanon on sulh, of sulh tó þám ealdan túnstealle, C. D. B. iii. 605, 13.
selen
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Mid gebedum and mid wæccum and mid ælmessa sylenum, Wulfst. 228, 20. the habit of giving, liberality, munificence Sylen liberalitas, mid sylene munificentia, Hpt. Gl. 466, 52, 49.
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sufel
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Ðæt hiae simle ymb xii mónaþ gegeorwien tén hund hláfa and swǽ feola sufla, and ðæt mon gedéle tó ælmessan for míne sáwle, Chart. Th. 461, 11
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