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andeta

Grammar
andeta, andetta.
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Substitute: The word seems indeclinable and to be used only in the phrase beón (wesan, weorþan) andetta = to admit a charge, liability, & c., with gen. Gielde sé þæs sleges andetta sié wer and wíte let him that admits the slaying (acknowledges

ge-recedness

Grammar
ge-recedness, ge-reccedness.
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Add: history Historia, þæt is gerecednyss (-recced-, v. l.) ; mid þǽre man áwrít and gerehð þá ðing and þá dǽda þe wǽron gedóne on ealdum dagum and ús dyrne wǽron.Ǽlfc. Gr. Z. 296, 8. [Æfter] gerecednesse, gástlicum angite . . . secundum kistoriam, allegoriam

ge-sǽlignes

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Add: hap, fortune, v. ge-sǽlig; I Wǽgendre gesǽlignesse fallentis fortunae, Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 73. Gesǽlinesse fatu, An. Ox. 2627. Hwæt wilnast þú þonne ꝥ þú hæbbe æt swelcre gesǽlignesse? quid autem tanto fortunae strepitu desiderastis ? Bt. 14, 2 ;

Linked entry: sǽligness

hæft-níd

(n.)
Grammar
hæft-níd, e; f. ; es; n.
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Take here hæft-néd in Dict. aud add : custody, durance, confinement Hé álǽdde mé of þám drósnum ǽlces ðeówdómes and ǽlcere hǽftnýde, Ps. Th. 39, 1. His gingran dohtor hé nolde búton hæftniéde habban parvulas filias crudeli captivitate retinebat, Ors.

Linked entries: hæfte-neód hæft-néd

ídel-ness

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For passage in l. 18 see <b>IV,</b> and add: emptiness. Cf. ídel; 2 Þá welegan hé forlǽteþ on ídelnesse ( diuites dimisit inanes, Lk. l, 53), Bl. H. 5, 10 : 159, 19. worthlessness; a worthless, useless thing, a vanity. Cf. ídel; II Idelnessa

ofer-cuman

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add: to get the better of in a contest Sé ðe his ágen mód ofercymð and gewilt, Past. 218, 17: Bt. 34, 11; F. 152, ll. Hé eallne þone here áhtlíce ofercóm, Chr. 1066; P. 198, 3. Besing and ofercum ealle yfele wilddeór, Lch. i. 202, 13. Ne mihte hé geþencan

of-gifan

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Add: to give up an object, material or non-material, in one's possession, to abandon Hé gást ofgifeð spiritus pertransibit ab eo, Ps. Th. 102, 15. Hé ofgæf gást expiravit, Lk. R. L. 23, 46. Sume on Rómebyrig feorh ofgéfon, Ap. 12. Mec ( the cuckoo in

wecgan

(v.)
Grammar
wecgan, p. wecgdewecgede

To wag (trans.), ⬩ move, shake

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To wag (trans.), move, shake Hwílum mec wonfeax wale wegeþ and þýð, Exon. Th. 393, 31; Rä. 13, 8: 403, 10; Rä. 22, 5. Hí wecgaþ heora heáfdu moverunt caput, Ps. Th. 21, 6. Wecggeaþ, 43, 16. Hwalas and hefonfuglas lyftlácende, ða ðe lago*-*streámas wecgaþ

Linked entries: a-wecgan wagian

ǽn-lic

(adj.)

only, single ⬩ alone, solitary ⬩ excellent, peerless,

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Add: only, single Aenli simplex, Txts. 115, 156. Ðú ðe ǽnlic eart Godes bearn, Hml. S. 23, 806. Ǽnlican míne unicam meam, Ps. Spl. 34, 20. alone, solitary Ǽnlic unicus and ðearfa ic eom, Ps. Spl. 24, 17. excellent, peerless, &c. Hú beorht, mire

Linked entry: án-lic

on-wealh

(adj.)
Grammar
on-wealh, -walh; adj.

Whole, entire ⬩ sound, uninjured, uncorrupted ⬩ whole, entire

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Whole, entire Onwalh integer, Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 25. Of anwealhre integro, Hpt. Gl. 525, 61. literal, sound, uninjured, uncorrupted Ealne his líchoman gemétton onwealhne and gesundne ( integrum ), Bd. 4, 30; S. 608, 37. Ealle ða scýtan ðe se líchoma

Linked entries: an-wealh -wealg

ge-teorian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-teorian, -teorigan, -teorigean; p. ode, ude; pp. od, ud, ad; v. intrans.

To fail ⬩ faint ⬩ be weary ⬩ languish ⬩ cease ⬩ perish ⬩ deficere ⬩ fatigari ⬩ languere ⬩ exterminari

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To fail, faint, be weary, languish, cease, perish; deficere, fatigari, languere, exterminari Geteoriaþ deficiant, Ps. Th. 67, 2: 103, 27: Ps. Spl. 17, 39. Ic geteorode ego defeci, Ps. Spl. 38, 14: 54, 11. Ðá se mete geteorude ðe hig of Egipta lande brohton

Linked entries: ge-tiorian ge-tyrian

ge-dwola

Grammar
ge-dwola, one who errs.

one who acts wrongly, a wicked person ⬩ one who errs from imperfect knowledge ⬩ one who errs in matters of doctrine, a heretic ⬩ one who wanders in his mind, a frantic person

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Add: one who acts wrongly, a wicked person 'Wá dám ðe talað yfel tó góde, and gód tó yfele . . . Swilc gerihtwísiað þone árleásan for sceattum'. . . Eft cwæð Salomon be swilcum gedwolum : 'Hí (impii) blissiað on yfelnesse, ' Hml. Th. ii. 322 20, one

stocc

(n.)
Grammar
stocc, es; m.

a stock, trunk, log ⬩ a wooden trumpet

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a stock, trunk, log Stoc truncus, Wrt. Voc. i. 32, 42: 80, 32: axima, 287, 32. On ðone lytlan beorg ðǽr se stoc stód . . . on gerihte tó ðam stocce on eásteweardan ðam leá, of ðam stocce súðrihte on ðære strǽt, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 250, 9-17. Tó ðam wón

bed

Grammar
bed, bedd.

a bed ⬩ couch ⬩ a surface on which something rests?

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Add: a bed, couch Bedd, bed culcites, Txts. 50, 243. Bed culcites, culcitatum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 15, 52, 53. Wolde beddes neósan gamela Scylding, B. 1791: Jud. 63. Bedde culcita, Wrt. Voc. ii. 91, 14. Ic árás of mínon bedde (lectulo), Coll. M. 33, 23. Swalt

LEÓF

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
LEÓF, adj.

LIEF ⬩ desirable ⬩ pleasant ⬩ acceptable ⬩ loved ⬩ beloved ⬩ dear ⬩ a friend ⬩ loved one

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LIEF, desirable, pleasant, acceptable, loved, beloved, dear; used substantively, one who is dear, a friend, loved one Se ðe gód onginneþ and ðonne áblinneþ ne biþ hé Godes leóf on ðæm néhstan dæge he who begins good and then ceases, will not be God's

Linked entry: leóf

ge-weorþian

(v.)
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Add: to make worthy, give worth to Gé beóþ on gedwolan þonne gé wénaþ ꝥ ǽnig mæg mid fræmdum welum beón geweorþod. Gif hwá biþ mid hwelcum welum geweorþod . . . hú ne belimpþ se weorþscipe tó þám þe hine geweorðað, Bt. 14, 3. to make worthy of something

weorþian

(v.)
Grammar
weorþian, wurþian, wyrþian; p. ode.
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to set a value upon, of money value Be ðam ðe se man hit weorðige ðe hit áge according to the value the owner may set upon it, L. Ath. v. 6; Th. i. 232, 26. (I a) to fix interest on a loan (?), to lend at interest (?) :-- Wiorþigende foenerator, Ps.

Linked entries: a-wyrþian wyrþian

lagu

(n.)
Grammar
lagu, lago; m.

sea ⬩ water

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sea, water Ðæt gelimpan sceal ðætte lagu flóweþ ofer foldan it shall come to pass that the sea shall flow over the earth [at the last day], Exon. 115 b; Th. 445, 1; Dóm. 1. Lagu, wæter under wolcnum, Beo. Th. 3265; B. 1630. Lagu lácende the tossing water

tál

(n.)
Grammar
tál, e; f.: es; n. (?)

evil-speaking, calumny, slander, vituperation, detraction ⬩ evil-speaking in reference to the Deity, blasphemy ⬩ scorn, mock, derision, reproach ⬩ blame, censure, reproof

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evil-speaking, calumny, slander, vituperation, detraction Tál denotatio, detractio, Scint. 83, 6. Tále suggilationis (viluperationis, Hpt. Gl. 527, 3), Anglia xiii. 37, 298. Tále vituperationem, Ps. Spl. 30, 16. Þurh tále per detractionem, Confess. Peccat

Linked entry: tǽl

wrítere

(n.)
Grammar
wrítere, es; m.

a draughtsman ⬩ painter ⬩ a writer ⬩ scribe ⬩ copyist ⬩ a writer ⬩ author ⬩ a scribe

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a draughtsman, painter, Similar entries v. wrítan, II Lóca hú wlitigne monnan ic hæbbe átǽfred, swá unwlitig wrítere swá swá ic eom pulchrum depinxi hominem pictor foedus, Past. 65 ; Swt. 467, 19. a writer, scribe, copyist Wrítere scriptor, gewrit scriptura

Linked entries: wrítan ge-wrítere