fore-spræc
advocacy ⬩ excuse ⬩ preliminary speech ⬩ a preface ⬩ prologue
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Ryhtes wyrðe for míre forspǽce, 170, 4. excuse Forespréc nabbas they have nothing to say for themselves; excusationem non habent, Jn.
ge-metgung
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II a. a regulation, an arrangement :-- Ðæt wæs wundeilicu gemetgung ðætte ðá ðá hé him selfum wæs lytel geðúht, ðá wæs hé Gode micel geðúht miro autem modo cum apud se parvulus, apud Deum magnus apparuit, Past. 113, 16.
nemnan
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Gíf þú swá gewlǽtne mon métst . . . ne miht ðú hine ná mid rihte nemnan man, ac neát (hominem aestimare non possis), Bt. 37, 4; F. 192, 13. add: to mention a subject (person or thing) Þonne ðú gehýrst nemnan þone Fæder, þonne understenst ðú þæt hé hæfð
swilce
in like manner, also, as well, too ⬩ so, in such manner, in a manner already described ⬩ as, like ⬩ as if ⬩ with words denoting measure, about
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ðæm wætre wǽron swylce twelf míla, Blickl. Homl. 211, 3
Linked entry: swálíce
BEÓST
BIESTINGS ⬩ the first milk of a cow after calving ⬩ colostrum
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BIESTINGS, the first milk of a cow after calving; colostrum Beóst biestings;obesta, Ælfc. Gl. 31; Som. 61, 102. Býst colostrum Ælfc. Gl. 31; Som. 61, 102. Býsting, þicce meolc biest, biestings, thick milk, Ælfc. Gl. 33; Som. 62, 20
seowian
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Álces mannes miht þe on módignysse færð is þám gelic swilce man siwige áne bytte, and bláwe hí fulle windes, and wyrce siððan án þyrl þonne heó tóþunden bið on hire greátnysse, þonne tógǽð seó miht, Hml. S. 34, 316. Add
éþel
fatherland
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L. 114, 9. an adopted country: [Mi]d elþeóde éðel healdan to settle in a foreign country, Bo. 36. fig. proper condition: Ic ongeat ꝥ ðú wǽre út áfaren of þínes fæder éþele, ꝥ is of mínum lárum, Bt. 5, 1; F. 8, 29. used of heaven (or hell) as the home
ge-teón
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Mid his brídle befangene and getogene, Bt. 21; F. 74, 6. to draw into a course of action, draw on to do something ꝥ getugon Somnite him on fultum Pirrusan, Ors. 3, 5; S. 106, 3.
fylging
A following
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A following Miþ fylginge sectando, Rtl. 16, 23; 56, 5
Linked entry: æfter-fylging
ge-milcian
To give milk, suckle ⬩ lactare
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To give milk, suckle; lactare, Lk. Skt. Lind. 23, 29
ceoldre
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A milk-pail Ceoldre muluctra, Wrt. Voc. ii. 114, 32
mylen-troh
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D. mill-trough.] Cf. wæter-þeóte
riht
that which is straight or erect, a plumb line ⬩ that which is straight in a metaphorical sense, right, law, canon, rule ⬩ what is in accordance with law, human or divine, what is just or proper, right, justice, equity ⬩ what is just in the case of a criminal, just punishment, justice ⬩ what properly belongs to a person, what may justly be claimed, a right, due ⬩ what is due from a person, duty ⬩ what agrees with a proper standard, what is correct or exact, the rights of a case, the truth ⬩ an account, a reckoning; ⬩ ratio, mostly in such phrases as - riht ágildan - to render an account
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Godes lof mid rihte begán, 43, 4. Mid rihte Gode þeówian, 45, 29. Hí mé habbaþ benumen mínes naman ðe ic mid rihte habban sceolde, Bt. 7, 3; Fox 20, 28. On ðínum rihte in aequitate tua, Ps. Th. 142, 11.
eów
Wo! alas! væ! heu! — Eów me! ⬩ heu mihi!
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heu mihi! Ps. Spl. T. 119, 5
Linked entry: euwá
grist
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and add Gríst molitura (molitura granum molendum, Migne), Wrt. Voc. ii. 58, 15
heáne
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Þú miht oferhýdige . . . heáne gehnǽgean tu humiliasti superbum, Ps. Th. 88, 9. Add
á-wiht
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Þára mínra áwiht feala on gewrit settan, Ll. Th. i. 58, 21. Add
heáhdeór-hunta
A stag-huntsman
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A stag-huntsman Mínon heáhdeórhunton to my stag-huntsman, Chart. Th. 561, 24
LǼDAN
TO LEAD ⬩ conduct ⬩ take ⬩ carry ⬩ bring ⬩ bring forth ⬩ produce
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Hettend lǽddon út mid ǽhtum abrahames mǽg of Sodoma byrig, Cd. 94; Th. 121, 17; Gen. 2011. Ne lǽd ðú ús in costunge lead us not into temptation, Hy. 6, 27; Hy. Grn. ii. 286, 27, Lǽd út mid ðé educ tecum, Gen. 8, 17.
Linked entry: be-lǽdan
ge-sprecan
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R. 24, 14. of public speaking Mið ðý gespræc, Lk. L. 11, 37.