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ge-fædere

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Add: of the relation between sponsor and parent or between sponsors; commater Hé gean Ælf(þ)ríð, ðæs cyninges wífæ, his gefæðeran, Cht. Th. 527, 14. Ne gewífige hé on his gefæderan ( commatrem ), Ll.

ge-findan

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synd nú on díglon behýdde ꝥ nán man ne mæg náhwǽr gefindan, Hml. S. 23, 291. to determine, provide, v. findan; 9 Éác is gefunden . . . gielde þone wer bútan wíte, Ll. Th. i. 84, 12.

fóre-rynel

(n.)
Grammar
fóre-rynel, fór-rynel, es; m. [fóre, fór before; rynel, es; m. a runner]

A fore-runnerpræcursor

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A fore-runner; præcursor Iohannes his fórerynel wæs on lífe ge on deáþe John was his fore-runner both in life and in death, Ælfc. T. 24, 20: Bt. 36, 1; Fox 170, 28, MS. Cot

mǽg-bana

(n.)
Grammar
mǽg-bana, an; m.

A destroyer of one's kinsmen

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A destroyer of one's kinsmen Hit (surfeiting) biþ mǽgbana, and hit ne murneþ for nánum men, ne for fæder ne for méder ne for bróðer ne for swuster ne for nánum gesibban men, Wulfst. 242, 5

Linked entry: bana

metian

(v.)

to supply with food

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to supply with food Ðá beád hé ðæt man sceolde his here metian (MS. C. mettian) and horsian he ordered that his army should be supplied with food and with horses, Chr. 1013; Erl. 148, 3

Linked entry: mettian

eánian

(v.)
Grammar
eánian, eánigan; part. eánigende; p. eánode; pp.eánod [eáw=eówu a female sheep, a ewe]

YEAN, bring forth as a eweenīti, parturīre

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To YEAN, bring forth as a ewe; enīti, parturīre He genam hine of eówedum sceápa, fram eánigendum he genam hine sustŭlit eum [Dāvĭdem] de grĕgĭbus ovium, de post fetantes [oves] accēpit eum, Ps. Lamb. 77, 70

Linked entry: eácnian

ge-horsod

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-horsod, [pp. of ge-horsian]

Horsedmountedequo impositus vel instructus

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Horsed, mounted; equo impositus vel instructus Ðá com him ðǽr ongeán twá hund þúsenda gehorsodes [MS. gehorsades] folces then came against him [Alexander] two hundred thousand horsemen [horsed folk, cavalry], Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 67, 43

tíd-regn

(n.)
Grammar
tíd-regn, es; m.
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A seasonable rain Drihten geopenaþ heofunan his sélustan goldhord and sent tídrénas on ðín land ( to give the rain unto thy land in his season; ut tribuat pluviam terrae tuae in tempore suo), Deut. 28, 12

Linked entry: regn

eádig-lic

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Godes anweald nǽre full eádiglic ( nec beatum regimen esse videretur ), gif þá gesceafta hiora unwillum him hérden, Bt. 35, 4; F. 160, 18. Him se bisceop eádiglice and hálwendlice geðeaht forðbróhte, Bl. H. 205, 18. Add

Sætern-niht

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Sætern-niht, Sæter-niht,e ; f.

Friday night,

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Friday night, the night between Friday and Saturday His (Christ) líc læg on byrgene ða Sæterniht and Sunnanniht his body lay in the sepulchre on the nights of Friday and Saturday, Homl. Th. i. 216, 27

mann-líca

(n.)
Grammar
mann-líca, an; m.

A human formimage of a manstatue

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Hé þurh dreócræft worhte stǽnene manlícan and ǽrene, and hié hié styredan, Blickl. Homl. 173, 23.

burh-leóde

(n.)
Grammar
burh-leóde, nom. acc; gen. -leóda; dat. -leódum; pl. m.
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Town-people, citizens; cives Him ða burhleóde wiðcwǽdon the citizens withstood him, Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 61, 6: Cd. 226; Th. 300, 7; Sat. 561: Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 14; Jud. 187: 11; Thw. 24, 6; Jud. 175

Linked entry: leód

for-síþ

(n.)
Grammar
for-síþ, es; m.

A going awaydeparturedeathexĭtiumŏbĭtusmors

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A going away, departure, death; exĭtium, ŏbĭtus, mors Sóna æfter his forsíþe wæs ealra witena gemót on Oxna forda soon after his death there was a meeting of all the counsellors at Oxford, Chr. 1036; Erl. 164, 12

Linked entry: forþ-síþ

níd-þeów

(n.)
Grammar
níd-þeów, es; m.

A slavethrall

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Ne derige se hláford his mannum, ne forðan his nýdþeówan, L. I. P. 7; Th. ii. 314, 3

ge-wærlǽcan

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Substitute: To warn Cain wiste his fæder forgǽgednysse, and næs þurh ꝥ gewærlǽht, ac þár tó eácan his ágenne bróðor ácwealde Cain sciebat damnationem praevaricationis primae, et non timuit originali peccato fratricidii superaddere scelus, Angl. vii.

óretla

(n.)
Grammar
óretla, an ; m.
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Hé slóh þone Godes wer mid his brádre hand ofer his wange, ꝥ hé mid óretlan gebysmrod út eóde of þǽre cyrican virum Dei alapa percussit, ut de ecclesia cum contumelia exiret, Gr. D. 200, 16

wætla

(n.)
Grammar
wætla, an; m.

A bandage

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A bandage Ðonne ðú hit sníþe, ðonne hafa ðé línenne wætlan gearone ðæt ðú ðæt dolh sóna mid forwríðe ; and ðonne ðú hit eft má lǽtan wille, teóh ðone wætlan of, Lchdm. ii. 208, 20-23. Cf. watel

hwilc-hwega

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Add: adjectival. of extent, degree, little, some, not much or great Hé spræc gelícost ðǽm ðe hit hwelchwugu syn wǽre culpa quippe esse innuitur Past 397, 28. Hit nis éce gifu . . . ac is hwilchwugu eldcung, Bt. 38, 3; F. 202, 17.

þearfa

(adj.)
Grammar
þearfa, adj.
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Þearfan ic lǽrde, ðæt hié heora wædle gefeán hæfdon, Blickl. Homl. 185, 17.

Linked entry: EARM

ge-hreósan

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B. ii. 333. 7-12. to fall from a prosperous condition Feallan ł gehreósan (decidant), Ps. L. 5, II.