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ánfealdlíce

(adv.)
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Thw. 3, 17. simply, without reference to or connexion with anything else Gif hi náne æhta tó sellenne næbben, offrigen hyra bearn ánfealdlíce (simpliciter), R. Ben. 105, 9.

facian

(v.)
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facian, fácian; p. ode.

To wish forreach

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To wish for, desire to obtain Pirrus him for þám swíþost fylste þe hé him selfum fácode Mæcedonia anweald Pyrrhus helped them chiefly for the reason that he wanted the kingdom of Macedonia for himself; his se Pyrrhus jungit, sperans Demetrium Macedonia

ge-hrepod

(v.)
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Z. 255, 3. to touch with the hand Gehrepa hire byrigene, and þú bist sóna hál, Hml.

ge-metan

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I a. with dimensions as object Beó þǽr gemeten nygon fét, Ll. Th. i. 226, 12. to apportion by measure Gemet ꝥte metende gié biðon eft gemeten iúh bið, Lk. L. 6, 38. (Goth, ga-mitan: O. H. Ger. ge-mazzon.)

ge-þyldigian

(v.)
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To bear with patience, tolerate, endure Wé magon ongietan mid hú micle irre Dryhten geðyldegað ðá ælmessan ðe him man of reáfláce bringþ hoc sacrificium quanta ira aspiciatur, Past. 343, 13.

ge-wefe

(n.)
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Sé þe wylle ymbe þæs gerímes deópnyssa spyrian, þonne mæg hé gemétan þisra þreóra cynna rake on þám gewefe ꝥ wé willað ꝥ se sceáwre wite mid fullum geráde þe þis gewrit áspyrað ꝥ on þám bóccræfte fela híw synt ámearcode, Angl. viii. 330, 35-331, 2

Linked entry: ge-wef

haca

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haca, 'For Gl. Mett. 658
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Here there might be reference to the enclosures being bolted, or to their construction with hurdles, cf. hæc, and see hake in N. E. D

hland

urine

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Hrýþeres geallan wiþ gǽten hland gemenged, 40, 20. Hlond lotia Wrt. Voc. ii. 93, 9. Substitute:

hweorfa

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Add: a joint, vertebra, v. hweorf-bán Þá hweorfan and ðá cneó popliies et genua, Lch. i. lxxiv, 20. the whorl of a spindle, v. hweorf Hwyorfa vertigo (among words connected with spinning). Wrt.

Linked entry: wendend

lyffettan

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Swá gewuna is ꝥ þǽra liffetendra (adulanlium) tunge cwylmeð þæs sáwle þe hí gehýran wile . . . preóstas liffetende syrwdon, Gr. U. 34, 26-35, 1. Add

mis-lic

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mis-lic, <b>. I.</b>
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add: with a singular noun, where different instances of that which is denoted by the noun occur, not uniform, different forms of Hû mislic bið mægen þára cynna, Rä. 81, 8. Þá ic þurh mislic cwealm slóg, Jul. 493.

wæl-gífre

(adj.)
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wæl-gífre, adj.

eager to slayeager to prey on the dead

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Deáð, wiga wælgífre, Exon. Th. 231, 8; Ph. 486: 162, 7; Gú. 972. of things Wǽpen wælgífru, Exon. Th. 292, 16; Wand. 100. eager to prey on the dead Se grǽga mǽw wælgífre wand. Andr. Kmbl. 743; An. 372. Se wanna hrefn, wælgífre fugel, Judth.

ofer-þeccan

(v.)

to cover

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Mid forste oferþeaht covered with ice, Homl. Skt. i. 11, 143. Þicce vel oferþeaht condensa, i. spissa, secreta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 65. He onwreáh ða eorþan ðe ǽr wæs oferþeaht mid feóndum revelabit condensa, Ps. 28, 7. Mid þeóstrum oferþeht. Homl.

on-fangenness

(n.)
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on-fangenness, e ; f.

Receiving, reception, acceptance

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God is no respecter of persons, but he that worketh righteousness is accepted with him, Acts 10, 34-35), R. Ben. 13, 4. Seó onfangenes ðaes rices is of Godes gódnysse, Homl. Th. ii. 80, 23.

Linked entry: and-fengnes

Treónta

(n.)
Grammar
Treónta, Trenta, an;

The Trent

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Man ofslóh wine be Tréntan, 679; Erl. 41, 10. On Trénton (Treóntan, Bd. M. 144, 14) streáme in fluvio Treenta, Bd. 2, 16; S. 519, 31. Mid Tréntan (Treóntan, Bd. M. 240, 1) streáme fluvio Treanta, 3, 24; S. 557, 37. Be Tréntan (Treóntan, Bd.

swíþ

(adj.)
Grammar
swíþ, adj.

strongproducing a powerful effect strong, violent (of wind, stream, etc.)strong, not easily broken right (hand, side, etc.)the right hand, the right strong, quickquick, wise

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Wyrc swíðran ( the draught ), gif hé wille, 270, 7, 16. strong, violent (of wind, stream, etc.) Swíþe hlimman torrens, Ps. Th. 125, 4.

Finnas

(n.)
Grammar
Finnas, gen. a; pl. m.
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Ic wæs mid Finnum I was with the Fins, Scóp. Th. 153; Wld. 76

fíf

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Weorc crístes mǽl fífo, Lch. iii. 56, 8. with pronoun or indefinite numeral adjective: Þá fífe dysige, Mt. R. 25, 3. Of ðǽm hláfum fífum, Jn. L. 6, 26.

ge-lustfullian

(v.)
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<b>II a</b> α. with infin. :-- Ús gelustfullað þyssera rynela angin preóstum aetýwan, Angl. viii. 302, 32.

ge-síþ

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Gen. 2067 : 1908), a ja-stem with long root-syllable treated as if the syllable were short ? For the stem cf.