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drohtnung

Grammar
drohtnung, Dele 'in great renown' l. 10,
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Ióhannes heóld þá clǽnnysse ... on micelre drohtnung ( living an excellent life ), Hml. A. 14, 23: 16, 64. Hlísful þurh his drohtnunga, 195, 16. Hwæt wille gé mé syllan, gyf ic ámyrre þisne wéstensetlan and álecge his miclan drohtnunga?, 196, 23.

ge-mǽne-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-mǽne-líce, adv.

Commonly, in common, generally, mutually, in turn, one amongst anothercommuniter, generaliter, invicem

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Iohannes ðá beád ðreóra daga fæsten gemǽnelíce John then ordered a general fast of three days, Homl. Th. i. 70, 8.

CÁF

(adj.)
Grammar
CÁF, comp, ra, re; sup. est, ost; adj.
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Quick, sharp, prompt, nimble, swift; acer, celer, præceps Ðá geseah Iohannes sumne cniht swíðe glæd on móde and on anginne cáf there John saw a certain youth very cheerful in mind and quick in design, Ælfc. T. 33, 17: R. Ben. 7: Fulg. 9.

weorþung

(n.)
Grammar
weorþung, e ; f.
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Ðæt hé Sanctus Ióhannes lífes weorþunga gesecgan mæge, Blickl. Homl. 163, 36. ornament, decoration Crist com tó wlitignesse and tó weorþunge his brýde, Blickl. Homl. 11, 31.

bósum

wombuter

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Ióhannes on his módor bósm onfangen wæs . . . ꝥ cild his Hláford of his módor bósme on þǽre fæmnan bósm hálette Bl.

fore-mǽre

Grammar
fore-mǽre, , for-mǽre.
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Þæt wæs foremǽrost receda, B. 309. non-material Is ꝥ seó foremǽre gebyrd Sancte Ióhannes, Bl. H. 161, 6. Foremǽran (foræmeran, MS.; fore mǽran ?) ob potiorem (virginitatis gloriam, Ald. 58, 24. Cf. potiorem mǽran, An. Ox. 4153), Wrt. Voc. ii. 63, 7

stíþ

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Ióhannes ástealde þá stíðan drohtnunge, Hml. S. 16, 99. Mid stíþum lagum strictis legibus, An. Ox. 2177

ge-witnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-witnes, -ness, e; f.

knowledgecognisancewitnesstestimonyused of persons

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Iohannes cýþ gewitnesse be him Iohannes testimonium perhibet de ipso, Jn. Bos. 1, 15. At ðis gewitnesse wæs seo kining Offa at this witnessing was king Offa, Chr. 777; Erl. 55, 12. used of persons Ic Æthelmǽr gewitnys I Æthelmær am witness, Cod.

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fulwiht

(n.)
Grammar
fulwiht, es; n.

Baptismbaptismus

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Iohannes wæs bodiende dǽdbðte fulwiht fuit Joannes prædĭcans baptismum pœnitentiæ, Mk. Bos. 1, 4: Chr. 565; Erl. 19, 6: 606; Erl. 20, 26: 661; Erl. 34, 18: Andr. Kmbl. 3268; An. 1637. Þurh fulwihte through baptism, Elen. Kmbl. 344; El. 172.

ge-wyrht

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wyrht, es; n.

Workdeedmeritdesert

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Ða heálícan gewyrhto Sancte Iohannes the exalted deeds of St. John, Blickl. Homl. 167, 5. Rǽctþ ǽghwilcum men ágen gewyrhta give to every man his deserts, Hy. Grn. 7, 16. Be heora gewyrhturn secundum opera eorum Ps. Th. 27, 5: 102, l0.

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ge-swǽs

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Hæfde Ióhannes hire (Mary) gýmene mid geswǽsum ðénungum, Hml. Th. ii. 256, 30. Geswǽsum gemetum blandis modis, Scint. 61, 10. Hé mid geswǽsum wordum ólehte þám mǽdene. Hml. S. 7, 83

an-gin

(n.)
Grammar
an-gin, -ginn, -gyn, on-gin, es; n.

A beginningattemptresolvepurposedesignundertakingopportunityinitiumprincipiumconatusinceptumcœptumoccasio

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Ðá geseah Iohannes sumne cniht swíðe glæd on móde and on anginne cáf there John saw a certain youth cheerful in mind and quick in design, Ælfc. T. 33, 17. Abreóðe his angin may his design perish, Byrht.

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þingung

(n.)
Grammar
þingung, e; f.
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Eádges Ióhannes ðincgunge ( intercessione ), Rtl. 46, 30: 51, 16. Ús tó þingunge, Chart. Th. 240, 24. Ðurh ða bróþorlícan ðingunge per intercessionem fraternam, Bd. 4, 22; S. 593, 22: 5, 19; S. 640, 42: Homl. Th. i. 76, 22.

spell-boda

(n.)
Grammar
spell-boda, an; m.

one who delivers a messagebrings intelligencea messengeran ambassadorone who delivers a discoursea public speaker

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one who delivers a message, or brings intelligence, a messenger, an ambassador Sancte Iohannes wæs gelíc Godes englum hé wæs béme, Cristes fricca on ðysne middangeard, wæs Godes Suna spellboda, Blickl. Homl. 163, 22.

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fullian

(v.)
Grammar
fullian, fulligan, fulwian, to fullianne; part. fulligende; ic fullige, ðú fullast, he fullaþ, pl. fulliaþ; p. fullode, ede; pp. fullod, ed; v. trans.

To FULL or make white as a fullerto baptizealbārecandĭdum făcĕrebaptīzāreβαπτίζειν

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Iohannes se Fulluhtere cwæþ, witodlíce ic eów fullige on wætere, to dǽdbóte; se ðe æfter me towerd ys ... he eów fullaþ on Hálgum Gáste, Mt.

DISC

(n.)
Grammar
DISC, es; m.
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Syle me on ánum disce Iohannes heáfod ðæs Fulluhteres da mihi in disco caput Ioannis Baptistæ, Mt. Bos. 14, 8, 11: Mk. Bos. 6, 25, 27. Se ðe his hand on disce mid me dypþ qui intingit mecum manum in cătĭno, 14, 20. On disce in păropsĭde, Mt.

ge-belgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-belgan, he -bylgþ, -bilhþ; p. -bealg, -bealh, pl. -bulgon; pp. -bolgen.

To make one angryirritateenrageīra se tumefăcĕreirrītāteexaspĕrāreTo angerincenseirrītāreexaspĕrāreTo be angryindignāriirasci

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Gebulgon ða tyne hí be Iacobe and Iohanne dĕcem coepērunt indignāri de Jacobo ēt Joanne, Mk. Bos. 10, 41. trans. dat. To anger, incense; irrītāre, exaspĕrāre Ðæt he écean Dryhtne bitre gebulge that he had bitterly incensed the eternal Lord, Beo.

fulluht

(n.)
Grammar
fulluht, fulwiht, fullwiht, fulwuht, es; n. [v. Grimm And. u. El. pp. 136-7]

Baptismbaptismus

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Baptism; baptismus Hwæðer wæs Iohannes fulluht? Mt. Bos. 21, 25; of whennes was the baptem of Joon? Wyc: baptismus Joannis unde ĕrat? Vulg: Mk. Bos. 11, 30: Lk. Bos. 20, 4: Ælfc. Gr. 9, 1; Som. 8, 22.

on-sacan

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Ióhannes onsæcces (negat) ꝥ hé sié Críst, Jn. p. 3, 4. Ðá ðe onsseccað þte sé érest, Lk. L. R. 20, 27. Ne onsóc (ondsóc, L.), Jn. R. 1, 20. Gif hé hit þonne geondette, and onsace ǽr, Ll. Th. i. 148, 3.

bócere

(n.)
Grammar
bócere, es; m.

A writer, scribe, an author, a learned man, instructorscriptor, scriba, interpres, vir doctus vel literatus

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Hieronimus se wurþfulla and se wísa bócere awrát be Iohanne the worthy and the wise author Jerome wrote concerning John, Ælfc. T. Lisle 32, 1. Ǽlc gelǽred bócere forlǽt ealde þing and niwe every learned writer brings out old things and new, 39, 5.

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