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mircels

(n.)
Grammar
mircels, es; m.: e; f.

a signmarktokena mark to aim ata signetsealan ensigna trophya marked spot

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a sign, mark, token Ðú ásettest ðínes wuldres myrecels on worlde, sette nú ðín wuldres tácn in helle, Blickl. Homl. 87, 16. a mark to aim at Hé miste mercelses, and his mǽg ofscét, Beo. Th. 4869; B. 2439.

métan

(v.)
Grammar
métan, p. te

To meet withcome uponcome acrossfind

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Swá ǽr swá hé hádes wyrþne mon métan mihte as soon as he could meet with a man worthy of the (episcopal) rank, Bd. 3, 29; S. 561, 26. Ðǽr byþ sóþ symble méted truth is ever found there, Ps. Th. 118, 160.

HÁTAN

(v.)
Grammar
HÁTAN, ic háte, ðú hátest, hætsþ, hé háteþ, hát, hǽt, pl. hátaþ; p. héht, hét, pl. héhton, héton; pp. háten.

to bid, order, commandto promise, vowto call, name, give a name toto name, call, bid, commandto call, name, promise, vownominare, appellare, jubere, præcipere

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Hé hǽt hine ðæt hé hine fealde swá swá bóc he shall bid it fold itself as a book, Ps. Th. 49, 5. Ðé háteþ heofona cyning ðæt ðú onsende Heaven's king bids thee send, Andr. Kmbl. 3008; An. 1507.

Linked entry: ge-hátan

cyst

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Add Hit ne beóð náne cysta ne nán cræft non virtutis est donum, Past. 347, 16. Þǽm ðe worð bið in láre and in ðǽwum and in clǽnnise and in cystum, Mt. L. 10, 8 note.

hleápan

to runrushto jumpspringto leapto mountjump about

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In the last passage for 452 read 482, and add: to run, go hastily or with violence, rush Hí gebundon þone bysceop be þám fótum on sumne fearr, and þone gegremedon ꝥ hé hleóp on unsméðe eorðan, Shrn. 152, l.

feónd-lic

hostilediabolicdevilishoutrageous

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S. 7, 10. diabolic, of the devil Feóndlices nearaþances spiritalis nequitiae, An. Ox. 377. Þínne feóndlican drýcræft, Hml. S. 7, 183. Feóndlicra spiritalium, An. Ox. 762: 856. Feóndlicum æfgælþum superstitiosa cultura, 3933.

un-gecoren

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gecoren, adj.

unchosenunselectedreprobateevil

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unchosen, unselected; used in reference to those who swore along with another, when they were not selected by the party making oath from a number of persons named to him, as was the case in the cyre-áð, q. v.

Linked entry: ge-coren

Æl-mihtig

(n.)
Grammar
Æl-mihtig, -mihti

Almighty

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Se ælmihtiga God is unasecgendlíc and unbefangenlíc, se ðe ǽghwær is eall, and náhwar todǽled the Almighty God is unspeakable and incomprehensible, who is everywhere all, and nowhere divided, Homl. Th. i. 286, 26

Linked entry: eall-mihtig

a-stellan

(v.)
Grammar
a-stellan, p. -stealde, -stalde ; pp. -steald ; v. a.

To set forthto setplaceaffordsupplyappointestablishordainundertakeundergobeginstatuerecollocareinstituerepræberestabilirefundaresuscipereinire

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Asteald to býsne set for an example, Ors. 2, 4 ; Bos. 44, 33. Crist hit astealde and tǽhte Christ established and taught it, Homl. Th. ii. 582, 29. Heofonas, and móna, and steorran, ða ðú astealdest cælos, lunam et stellas, quæ to fundasti, Ps.

sáre

(adv.)
Grammar
sáre, adv.

Sorely, grievously, bitterly

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Wæs se hálga wer sáre geswungen, Andr. Kmbl. 2791; An. 1398

ge-sceád

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Add: a division, part Nime hió hire þriddan sceat (gesceád, þæne þriddan dǽl þǽre ǽhta, v.ll.], Ll. Th. i. 138, 19. <b>I a.</b> a division into parts, classification under heads :-- Þis ys ꝥ gesceád þára lácnunge.

ge-þeaht

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þeaht, m. (e. g. geþeahtas, Gr. D. 137, 20), f. (e. g. mid bróþorlicre geþeahte. Bd. 3, 22; Sch. 292, 8), n. (e. g. ðæt ryhte geðeaht. Past. 287, 14).
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[Tó sinoþ]licum gemóte ł geþehte ad synodale concilium. An. Ox. 2093

ge-beódan

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Him Hygd gebeád hord and ríce, B. 2369. Hé him ǽt gebeád, Ph. 401. Ne sceal him mon ánne mete gebeódan, ac missenlice, Lch. ii. 240, 15. of non-material objects, to offer a condition, homage, respect, &amp;amp;c. Wurþmynt gebeódan, Hml. S. ii. 8.

be-glídan

(v.)
Grammar
be-glídan, p. -gláð , pl. -glidon; pp. -gliden

To glide or disappear from any oneto desert any oneevanescere ab aliquoderelinquere

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To glide or disappear from any one, to desert any one; evanescere ab aliquo, derelinquere Unriht me eall beglíde iniquitas a me omnis transeat Ps. Th. 56, 1

un-átemedlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-átemedlíc, adj.

Untameable

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Untameable Forðon ðe ða men wǽron unátemedlíce and heardes módes and ellreordes eo quod essent homines indomabiles et durae ac barbarae mentis, Bd. 3, 5; S. 527, 25

Linked entry: á-temedlic

lungre

(adv.)
Grammar
lungre, adv.

Quicklysoonat oncestraightwayspeedily

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Ðǽr him lífgedál lungre weorþeþ there the parting with life shall happen to him suddenly, Exon. 87 b; Th. 330, 3; Vy. 45: 10 a; Th. 1l, 8; Cri. 167. Hié lungre ǽr feorh áléton just before they had lost their lives, Andr. Kmbl. 3255; An. 1630.

Seax-

(prefix)
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Ðæs cyninges ( Anna of East Anglia ) dohter Sexburh, 3, 8; S. 531, 24: Chr. 639; Erl. 27, 6. Hér forþférde Cénwalh ( of Wessex ), and Seaxburg án geár rícsode his cuén æfter him, 672; Erl. 34, 34. Gesecg Seaxnéting ( East Saxon ), Txts. 179, 16. Cf.

wiþer-coren

(adj.)
Grammar
wiþer-coren, adj. (ptcpl. ).

reprobatewickedrejectedreprobate

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Ðǽr beóð feówer werod æt ðam dóme, twá gecorenra manna, and twá wiðercorenra, i. 396, 17: 332, 23, 29: 536, 32. Sam ðe gecorenra tó reste, sam ðe wiþercorenra tó deáþe siue electorum ad requiem, siue reproborum ad mortem, Scint. 226, 14

Linked entry: wiþ-coren

æx

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Srt. 73, 5. v. blód-, brád-, brádlást-, hand-, stán-, tapor-æx. Add

bí-genga

an inhabitanta cultivatorcultora worshipper

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Add Bígenga, tilia, inbúend colonus .i. incola, cultor, inquilinus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, 25. an inhabitant Heofenlic bígengca celicola, An. Ox. 3934: Guth. 40, 3. Ðá bígengean þæs londes incolae regionis ejus, Nar. 5, 26. Biggengan, Bl. H. 209, 3.

Linked entry: bí-genge