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ge-cnáwan

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Heó helode hire nebb, þæt hé hig ne mihte gecnáwan ( ne agnosceretur ), Gen. 38, 15. Gif þú nú sweotole gecnáwan miht ðá anlícnessa þǽre gesǽlþe, ðonne is þearf ꝥ ic þé hí selfe getǽce, Bt. 33, 1; F. 118, 35.

líc-wyrþe

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Hí gegearwodon ealle þá þing þe mihton beón gesewene ꝥ wǽron nýdbehéfe and lícwyrðe þám þe mid swá mycelum fæder þyder cuman mihton. Gr. D. 148, 8. Þá geseah ic týn geonge men . . . ful lícwyrðe mé þúhte tó mínes líchaman luste, Hml.

ge-gearwian

(v.)
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Án lufu is þe þú miht mé gegearwian there is one kindness that you may do me; unum est quod mihi impendere beneficium potes, 182, 6.

ríclíce

(adv.)
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In l. 2 l. imperabatis, and Add Þám ælmihtigan tó lofe, sé þe on écnysse ríxað ríclíce mihtig, Hml. S. 36, 424

ge-flíman

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Þú miht hý geflýman, Dóm. L. 32, 67.

ǽl-net

(n.)
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ǽl-net, es; n.

An eel netrete anguillare

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An eel net; rete anguillare Gesomnedon ða ǽlnet ǽghwonon ðe hí mihton retibus anguillaribus undique collectis, Bd. 4,13; S. 582, 44

óþ-swimman

(v.)
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to swim off Ða áne ðe út óþswymman mihton (æl-swummon, MS. A. ) tó ðám scipum, Chr. 915; Erl. 105, 11

fór-wyrcan

(v.)
Grammar
fór-wyrcan, -wyrcean; p. -worhte; pp. -worht [fór before, wyrcan to work, do]

To work or place beforeobstructbarricadeoppōnéreobstruĕre

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To work or place before, obstruct, barricade; oppōnére, obstruĕre Se cing geháwode hwǽr man mihte ða eá fórwyrcan [fór-wyrcean, col. 2] the king observed where the river might be obstructed, Chr. 896; Th. 173, 36, col. 1.

Linked entry: un-forworht

micel-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
micel-líc, adj.

Greatgrandmagnificentsplendidillustrious

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Hwæt ðæt síe mǽrlíces and micellíces ðæt git mec gehátaþ quid sit illud quod mihi tam illustre et tam magnificum pollicemini, Nar. 25, 12: Bt. 18, 1; Fox 62, 21. Hú micellíce ( magnificata ) sind werc ðín, Ps. Surt. 91, 6

un-gehírsum

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gehírsum, adj.

Inattentive to what is saidunsubmissivedisobedient

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Inattentive to what is said, unsubmissive, disobedient Hú lange wylt ðú beón ungehírsum usque quo non vis subjici mihi? Ex. 10, 3. Oððe hé bið ánum gehýrsum, and óðrum ungehýrsum aut unum sustinebit, et alterum contemnet, Mt. Kmbl. 6, 24.

feónd-gild

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feónd-gild, -gyld.

idolatryan idol

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Add: idolatry, an idolatrous practice Arrianus se gedwolbiscop næfde hús ꝥ hé mihte his feóndgyldes symbelnesse (solemnia sua) inne gedón, Gr. D. 234, 11. Mið fiónd*-*geldum tormentis, Mt.

neáhlíce

(adv.)
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Th. i. 508, 20: both passages refer to the same place) gerǽcean mihte, in sumre eáþelíce mid heáfde gehrínan, Bl. H. 207, 22

scort

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Add Hé wénde ꝥ swá scort (sceort, v. l. ) man (cf. lytelne, 10) ne mihte ná habban swá ormǽtne hlísan þurh hálinesse, Gr. D. 46, 18. 2 b. Add Ðá wolde se cniht his wíte geendian mid scortum deáðe, Hml. S. 12, 190. 2 c.

wíh

(n.)
Grammar
wíh, (wih?), weoh ; gen. wíges (weós?); m.

An idol

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An idol Hié gecwǽdon ðæt hié ðæs wíges (the golden image) ne róhton, ne hié tó ðam gebede mihte gebǽdon hǽðen heriges wísa, Cd. Th. 228, 12 ; Dan. 201. Hié ne willaþ ðysne wígwurðigean, 228, 24; Dan. 208.

Linked entries: wíg wíg-bora

gástende

(v.; adj.; part.)
Grammar
gástende, l. ge-áscende ?
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and smeágende mislicu and selcúð þing, and ealles swíðust ymbe hyne sylfne, . . . and hwilc good him wére betst tó dónne, and hwylc yfel betst tó forlétende volventi mihi multa ac varia mecum diu, ac per multos dies sedulo quaerente memetipsum ac bonum

ge-wyldan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wyldan, -wildan; he -wyld, -wild, -wylt; p. -wylde; pp. -wyld; v. a.

To exercise power overto tamesubdueconquertemperseizetakedominaridomaresubigereprehenderecapere

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Ic me gedó allophilas ealle gewylde mihi allophyli subditi sunt, Ps. Th. 59, 7

Linked entry: ge-wildan

án-daga

(n.)
Grammar
án-daga, an; m. [dæg a day = daga, q. v.]

A fixed daya time appointeda day or term appointed for hearing a causedies dictusdies constitutus

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A fixed day, a time appointed, a day or term appointed for hearing a cause; dies dictus, dies constitutus Gesette me ánne ándagan constitue mihi tempus, Ex. 8, 9: 9, 5: Gen. 18, 14.

Linked entry: án-dagian

ceorung

(n.)
Grammar
ceorung, e; f. [ceorian to murmur]

A murmuring, complaint, grudgingmurmuratio, querimonia, querela

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A murmuring, complaint, grudging; murmuratio, querimonia, querela Sum ceorung mihte beón gif he his behát ne gelǽste there might be some murmuring if he performed not his promise, Homl. Th. ii. 80, 26, 12. Æfter ceorunge after murmuring, ii.80, 9.

un-eáðelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-eáðelíce, adv.

with difficultywith trouble or inconvenienceunder difficulties

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Hé geseah ðæt hé unýþelíce ( diffculter ) mihte ða heánnesse ðæs cynelícan módes tó eádmódnesse gecyrran, 2, 12; S. 512, 27. with trouble or inconvenience, under difficulties Hé uniéþelíce æfter wudum fór and on mórfæstenum, Chr. 878; Erl. 78, 33.

á-cwencan

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Se crístendóm ne mihte beón þanonforð ácwænced nǽfre, Ll. Th. ii. 372, 20