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ge-þancol

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Add: mindful þurh þæs gehátes myngunge swíþe geþancol on anginne his ríces began þá stówe tó fyrþrienne, eal swá ǽr behét on his cildgeogoðe.

ge-wǽpnung

(n.)
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ge-wǽpnung, e; f.
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férde mid þám cempum búton gewǽpnunge, 31, 41. næfde náht bútan his gewǽdum and his gewǽpnunge, 67. spiritual, v. ge-wǽpnian; 2 Feohtan mid Godes gewǽpnunge ongeán ðone ungesewenlican feónd, Hml. Th. ii. 402, 18

Linked entry: wǽpnung

híwcúþlíce

(adv.)
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wæs gebunden tó mé híwcúþlíce (heów-, v. l.) mid freóndlicre lufan amicitiis familiariter obstrictus, Gr. D. 3. 28. híwcúðlíce mid him wæs ei familiarissimus fuit, 14, 10.

híwere

a pretendera decoy

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Similar entries v. híwian; cwæð ꝥ Críst sylf wǽre ... and sum bisceop ... gelýfde þám híwere, Hml. S. 31, 838. a decoy (?) Híweres (hireres, MS.) aucupis, Kent. Gl. 129

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híw-scipe

a housefamily

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geann þæs landes æt Sandforda in tó þám mynstre ... and ánes híwscypes geann Godríce þǽrof, Cht. Crw. 23, 4

hwilc-hwegno

(n.; adj.; pronoun.)
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hwilc-hwegno, hwilc-hwegnu, hwilc-hweogne, hwilc-hwoene, hwilc-hwóne.
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adjectival,some, any hyhtade bécon hwelchweogne from him gesegen wére (bécon hnoelchuoene tó geseánne signum aliquod uidere L.), Lk. R. 23, 8.

lustbǽre

(adv.)
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lustbǽre, adv.
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Sum eáwfæst ðegen bæd ðone hálgan wer . . . and lustbǽre ðæs getíðode, ii. 172, 9. efne mode and gladum þá ðénunga lustbǽre gefylle ipso aequo animo impleat officium, R. Ben. 55, 17

mearulíce

(adv.)
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mearulíce, adv.
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without hardship, tenderly, delicately, indulgently hæfde ǽnne sunu, and sé wæs . v.

mód-leást

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Add: despondency Se syxta unþeáw is ꝥ sé þe tó hláforde bið geset, ꝥ for módleáste ne mæge his mannum dón steóre, ac bið hin swá mihtleás on his módes strece, ꝥ his underþeóddan egesian ne dearr, O. E. Hml. i. 301, 5.

ofer-findan

(v.)
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þóhte, siþþan ꝥ folc oferfunden wǽre, ꝥ hié siþþan wolde eall þæt wolde, Ors. 6, 37 ; S. 296, 6

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stregdan

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þæt wæter stregde (sprengde, v. l.) ofer his limu 'benedictam aquam super corpus projice'. . . Benedictam aquam super membra illius aspersit, Gr. D. 82, 17-22

un-gewitness

(n.)
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un-gewitness, e ; f.
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Þám fét wiðbrægd þý lǽs hit gelumpe ꝥ hwæt unrihtes hine gehrine of his ágenum geþóhte and ungewitnesse, and þonne sylfa æfter þon eall geeóde in mycele forspildnysse (the original Latin, which has been misunderstood, is: Retraxit pedem; ne si quid

rúmness

(n.)
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rúmness, e; f.

breadthbreadth, amplitude, abundance

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the holy belief, and he had besides so great love for God, Guthl. 20; Gdwin. 82, 8

sáwlung

(n.)
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sáwlung, e; f.

expiring

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The giving up the ghost, expiring Cwæð sum hálig biscop ðá wæs on sáwlenga be ðeossum fæder: Arsenius ðú wǽre eádig forðon ðú hæfdest á ðás tíd beforan ðínum eágum a certain holy bishop, when he was expiring, said of this father: 'Arsenius, blessed

Linked entry: sáwlian

weaxness

(n.)
Grammar
weaxness, e; f.

Growth, increase, waxing

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mycle wonunge and ǽwyrdlan wæs wyrcende ðære mærwan cyrican weaxnesse magno tenellis ecclesiae crementis detrimento fuit, 2, 5; S. 506, 38

coorta

(n.)
Grammar
coorta, an; m.

A band of soldierscohort cohors

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A band of soldiers, cohort; cohors He hæfde eahta ond hund-eahtatig coortena [MS. coortana], ðæt we nú truman hátaþ, ðæt wæs, on ðám dagum, fíf hund manna, and án þúsend he had eighty-eight cohorts, which we now call bands, each of which was, in those

orped

(adj.)
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orped, adj.

Grown up, of full strength, stout, active, bold

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Swá gedafenaþ esnum ðam orpedan, ðonne gód weorc ongynþ, ðæt ðæt geornlíce beswynce, 324, 17. Orped[n]e, snellne adultum, Hpt. Gl. 485, 25

áþ-swaru

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mid áþsware him tó cwæð, Gr. D. 17, 19. Be áþsware . . . þú ágylst Drihtne áðswara þíne, (juramenta) Scint. 135, 3-5. þurh áþsware per juramentum, Confess. Pecc. 183, 1. Áðsware swór, (jus jurandum) Cant. Zach. 73.

tó-foran

(prep.)
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tó-foran, prep, with dat., gen.
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Salomon forgeaf ðære cwéne swá hwæs swá heó gyrnde æt him, tóforan ( over and above ) ðære cynelícan láce ðe hire geaf, Homl. Th. ii. 584, 31.

tweónian

(v.)
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tweónian, twínian, twýnian; p. ode.
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(dl with a clause :-- árás, on his móde tweónigende hú heó mihte Iordanes wæteru oferfaran, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 680

Linked entries: twínian twýnian