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fore-stihtung

predestination

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predestination Seó forestihtung (praedestinatio) þæs écan ríces, Gr. D. 54, 19, 30. Be forestihtinge (predestinatione). Twyfeald is forestihtung, sam þe gecorenra tó reste, sam þe wiþercorenra tó deáþe, ǽgþer mid godcundum dóme ys gedón, Scint. 226,

ge-nefa

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Substitute: a nephew Gaius his nefa (genefa, v. l.) fór on Sirie Caium, nepotem suum, Augustus ad ordinandam Syriae prouinciam misit, Ors. 6, l; S. 254, n. Hé gefeaht wið Pompeiuses nefan (genefon, v. l. nepotes), 5, 12; 8. 244, 6. the son of a cousin

ge-cwedrǽden

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Cleopode Pompeius him tó ymbe Rómána ealde gecwedrǽdenne ... 'Geféra, gemyne ðæt ðú úre gecwedrǽdenne ne oferbrec[e]' ... þæt wæs seó gecwedrǽden þe Rómáne geset hæfdon, ꝥ hiora nán óðerne on þone andwlitan ne slóge, þǽr þǽr hié æt gefeohtum

ge-þwǽrlíce

(adv.)
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Add: in agreement, with one accord. of persons Hí heom betweónan rǽddon and þus geþwǽrlíce cwǽdon: 'Betere wé áhreddon ús sylfé,' Hml. S. 23, 201. of things Nú sprecð geþwǽrlíce ( concorditer ) mid þý mægne þára wundra seó rihtwísnes þára worda, Gr.

glæs

(n.)
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glæs, es; n.
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Án wurðlic weorc of glæse and of golde, Hml. S. 5, 252. Hwylce þinc gelǽdst þú ús? Mæstlingc, ǽr and tin, swefel and glæs ( vitrum ), Coll. M. 27, 11. Hafa gebrocen glæs geara gegrunden . . . sóna swá se wyrm þæs onbirigð, þonne swilt hé, Lch. ii. 114

heáfod-ece

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Add: — Heáfodwærc vel [heáfod]ece cephalia, i. dolor capitis, vel cephalargia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 84. Wið heáfodece, Lch. i. 188, 15 ; 190, 20: 196, 22, and often. Laurentius ðá wudewan fram hefigtýmum heáfodece gehǽlde, Hml. Th. i. 418, 22. Hé mid ele

here-gang

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capture and devastation made by an army: Hé ofslóh þone cing and þá mǽgðe mid grimmum wale and heregange ábrtæc interfecit regem, ac prouinciam illam saeua caede ac depopulatione attriuit, Bd. 4, 15; Sch. 423, 8. Seó feórðe yld is geteald of Dauide tó

husclíce

(adv.)
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Take here huxlíce in Dict. and add Sleánde mid handbredum huxlíce and gelóme, Hml. Th. ii. 248, 13. Huxlíce gebundenne, Hml. A. 107, 157. þa hors hí oftrǽdan huxlíce under fótum. Hml. S. 18, 347. Ne ǽnig man ne gewunie þæt hé huxlíce onhisce, Wlfst.

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hrís

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hrís, Substitute: Twigs, small branches, brushwood
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Frondes, s. dicuntur quod ferant virgultas vel umbras, geleáf rís vel bógas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 151, 7. Geleáf hrís frondes, 39, 69. Oð birnan hrís, C. D. v. 157, 16. ¶ Perhaps in a local name :-- Hé cóm tó Hrísbeorgan, vi. 184, 14: 197, 31. (Cf. Icel. Hrís-hóll

íþelíce

(adv.)
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Hé hié iéðelíce ofercóm facile agrestium hominum inperitam manum compescuit, Ors. 6, 30; S. 278, 23: 6, 36; S. 294, 5: Past. 399, 18: 441, 14. Íðelíce (iéðlíce, v. l. ), 141, 5: 335, 16. Swá micle swá hió éstelícor ofdúne ástígeð, swá hió iéðelícor úp

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módig-ness

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módig-ness, <b>. I.</b>
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Þæt byð módignys, þæt ǽnig man forseó Godes beboda. Seó módignyss ys ealra unþeáwa angin and ealra mægna hryre, Wlfst. 2. 19, 4-7. Ǽlc yfel cymð of módignysse, Hml. A. 40, 405. Geseoh heora módignysse and úre æádmódnysse, 107, 163. Hé on assan hricge

mús

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mús, <b>; I.</b>
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Se micela ylp . . . ondrǽt him for þearle, gif hé gesihð áne mús, ðeáh ðe seó mús ne mage his micelnysse derian. Hml. A. 64, 258. Wiþ weartum, genim hundes micgean and múse blód, meng tósomne, smire mid, Lch. ii. 322, 12. Cwóman Indisce mýs ín þá fyrd

myrige

(adj.)
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myrige, adj.
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Take here mirige in Dict., and add Wæs ðǽr gehende án myrige dún mid wyrtum ámét mid eallre fægernysse and eác ful sméðe. Hml. S. 19, 108. Þeán þe þes middaneard myrge wǽre, 28, 158. Hé sǽde þæt him nǽre nǽfre ǽr swá éðe ne swá myrige, swá him þá wæs

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nunne

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Add: of a Christian woman Þá berád mon þæt wíf þæt hé hæfde ǽr genumen . . . ofer þára biscopa gebod, for ðon ðe heó wæs ǽr tó nunnan gehálgod, Chr. 901; P. 92, 14. Nunnena sanctimonialium, An. Ox. 8, 368. non-Christian Minutia hátte án wífmon þe on

of-dúne

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Add: of direction of movement Úp yrnan and ofdúne, Lch. ii. 116, 24. of attitude or posture, to lie, bow down Eaðmódlíce ofdúne anlútan, Past. 467, 7. Ic ofdúne on ðá eorðan læg, Hml. S. 23 b, 575. of position in space Þá stód hé on hlǽddre . . . þá

þerscan

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Add Hé slóh þá beran and þærsc mid telgan ursos ferula caedebat, Gr. D. 229, 21. Hí ealle ongunnon heora hors mid heora sceftum þerscan ( tundere ) 14, 28. Þá ongan heó þerscan (beátan, v.l. tundere ) heó sylfe mid hire fýste ge eác mid hire brádum handum

wlíte

Grammar
wlíte, wlítu.
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Add Wlite machina (colorum, ex quibus ornatur praesentis machina mundi, Ald. 273, 6), An. Ox, 23, 58. Hé sǽde him hwilc heora wlitu wæs, and hú hí wǽron gescrýdde, Hml. S. 31, 705. Add Tó bóte cyrican wlites adornamentum ęclesię, Chrd, 82, 12. Lustfulliende

wlite-weorþ

(n.)
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wlite-weorþ, es; n.
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Ransom or compensation paid for a person, the amount being determined by the person's appearance (wlite; see the passages from the Laws under wlite; ) Cóm tó him án wydewe, seó sǽde him ꝥ hire sunu wǽre gelǽded in hæftnýde . . . and bæd þone Godes wer

be-seón

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2. Add Hine ofer eaxle besihð se déma tó þám forwyrhtum, Wlfst. 256, 8. Add Þá ðing þe gé beseóð and betst on gelýfað ea quae uera et optima credebatis, Bd. 1, 25; Sch. 55, 6. <b>III a</b>. to observe, look at :-- Beseóþ gé hine, þonne

ofer-mægen

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-mægen, es; n.

Superior or overwhelming force ⬩ praevalere ⬩ overwhelming force

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Superior or overwhelming force Wið ofermægenes egsan, Cd. Th. 127, 27; Gen. 2117. Hé hæfde wígena tó lyt wið ofermægene, Elen. Kmbl. 128; El. 64. Hyne Hetware hilde gehnǽgdon mid ofermægene, Beo. Th. 5827; B. 2917. Forst and snáw mid ofermægene eorfan