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éce

(adj.)
Grammar
éce, adj.
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Dele bracket, and add: perpetual, to all time Oð ðone fyrst þe hé bócland and ǽce yrfe geearnige, Solil. H. 2, 12.

eges lic

Grammar
eges lic, l. eges-lic,
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Þæt bið se egeslicesta þe ǽfre gewearð, Wlfst. 95, 2

fǽr-lic

(adj.)

suddensuddenfortuitous

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Hwæt þis ǽfre beón sceole fǽrlices whatever can this sudden change be, Hml. S. 23, 516. Gif hwæt fǽrlices on þeóde becymð if any sudden ill befall the nation, Wlfst. 271, 1.

full-fremed

(adj.)
Grammar
full-fremed, adj. (p/cpl.)
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Praeteritum plusquam perfectum is forðgewiten máre þonne fulfremed, for ðan ðe hit wæs gefyrn gedón, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 124, 5-9. v. un-fullfremed, full-fremman

Linked entry: fremed

ge-hreówan

(v.)
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Sat. 540. without subject and followed by a clause giving reason for regret Þá gehreów hym ꝥ hyne ǽfre swá on hys geþóhte getweóde, Shrn. 155, 18

ge-edníwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-edníwian, ge-edníwan.
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Críst ús geedníwode tó his gelícnisse, Ælfc. T. Grn. 3, 34. God wolde þurh hine geedníwigian ðisne ealdne middangeard. Hml. S. 22, 12. Wæs úre gecynd geedneówod, Bl. H. 11, 10. Þonne wesaþ þíne handa geedneówode, 153, 12.

gim

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Wíntreówa blóstman beóð gimman gelíce, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 295, 12. Ís glisnað glæs-hlúttur gimmum gelícast, Rún. 11. Mon sceal sécan be sǽwaroðe and be eá ófrum æþele gimmas, hwíte and reáde and híwa gehwæs, Met. 19, 22 : Bt. 32, 3; F. 118, 17.

ge-wunelíce

(adv.)
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Cf. ge-wunelic; Man þá béc rǽt on circan swíðe gewunelíce, Ælfc. T. Grn. 9, 1. On eallum limum ac gewunelícost on þám handum, Hml.

ge-wealdan

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</b> where the subject is a passion :-- Gif hé yrre ne lǽteð ǽfre gewealdan if he never lets anger have the mastery, Fä. 83. of official authority Ðás gewældes ðǽm hi dominantur eis, Mk. L. R. 10, 42. Hé ríces geweóld, Hml. S. 26, 46

ryne

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Add Þæs mónan swiftnes áwyrpð út ǽnne dæg and áne niht of ðám getæle his rynes (from the period of a lunation) ǽfre ymbe neogontýne geár, Lch. iii. 264, 22. Se sídfæt þe Zosimus on .xx. dagum oferfór, ꝥ eall Maria on ánre tíde ryne gefylde, Hml.

weorc

Grammar
weorc, <b>. IV.</b>
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tó geþoligenne, An. 1661. v. æfer-, ælmes-, ban- (Ll. Lbmn. 244, 34), ciricsceat-, eorþ-, leóþ-, morþ-, yfel-weorc

sand

(n.)
Grammar
sand, e; f.

a sending, mission, message a dish of food, victuals

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Sand daps, 82, 64: Ælfc. Gr. 9, 54; Som. 13, 20. Godes engel cwæð: 'Abacuc, bær ðone mete tó Babilone' . . . Ðá clypode se Abacuc: 'Ðú Godes þeówa, nim ðás lác ðe ðé God sende'. . . And hé ðá ðære sande breáe, Homl. Th. i. 572, 8.

hálig-nes

(n.)
Grammar
hálig-nes, -ness, e; f.

holiness, sanctitya holy thing, relica holy place, sanctuary

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holiness, sanctity Hálygnyss sanctitas, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 5, 22. Hálignys on hálignysse hys sanctimonia in sanctificatione ejus, Ps. Spl. 95, 6. On rihtwísnesse and on hálignesse in righteousness and in holiness, Blickl. Homl. 31, 36 : 155, 31.

Linked entry: hǽlnes

ofer-drífan

(v.)

to cover by driftingto overcome, refute, repel, defeat

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Gif hig sacan stande ðæt hig .viii. secgaþ and ða ðe ðǽr oferdrifene beóþ gilde heora ǽlc .vi. healfmarc if they (the twelve) disagree, that which eight of them say shall stand: and those that in such case are out-voted shall each pay six half-marks,

ófost

(n.)
Grammar
ófost, ófest, ófst, e; f.

Haste, speed

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Wé secgaþ nú mid ófste ðás endebirdnisse, for ðan ðe wé oft habbaþ ymbe ðis áwriten, Ælfc. T. Grn. 3, 30. Ðeós worald is on ófste this world is hurrying on (to its end ), Wulfst. 156, 5: Cd. Th. 191, 32; Exod. 223. Beó ðú on ófeste hasten Beo.

Linked entries: éfest ófest ófst

ge-strýnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-strýnan, -streónan, -strínan, -striénan; p. de; pp. ed [gestreón gain]

To gaingetobtainacquirebegetprocreatelucrāriacquīrĕregignĕreprocreāre

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Ic gestrýne gigno, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 3; Som. 30, 57. Nǽnig fira tó fela gestrýneþ no man gains too much, Exon. 91 a; Th. 342, 17; Gn. Ex. 144: L. C. S. 85; Th. i. 424, 13. Ðæt hý mid rihte gestrýnaþ what they lawfully acquire, L. Edg.

Linked entry: ge-strínan

tyhting

(n.)
Grammar
tyhting, e; f.

Persuasionexhortationencouragementincitementinstigationallurementsuggestion

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Persuasion, exhortation, encouragement, incitement, instigation, allurement, suggestion Tihting suasio, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 3; Zup. 35, 10. Deófles costnung biþ on tihtinge ...

Linked entry: tihting

þǽr-tó

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-tó, adv.

Theretonextthenbesidestheretofor that end

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Grammar þǽr-tó, marking addition, besides Ic gesett hæbbe wel feówertig lárspella and sumne eácan ðǽrtó, Ælfc. T. Grn. 14, 1. Hé nówiht ágnes hæfde bútan his cyricean and ðǽrtó feówer æceras, Bd. 3, 17; S. 543, 32.

bærnan

to expose to the action of heatto cauterizeto cause to give lightto consume by fire

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ǽlc þing bærndon and slógon ꝥ hí gemétton, 997; P. 131, 9. Beorndon, 870; P. 71, 10. Swá þú bærne þornas fýre, Ps. Th. 117, 12. Hé ongan bærnan sum deófolgild, Bl. H. 221, 6: B. 2313: Dan. 242. Mul wærð on Cent bærned, Chr. 687; P. 39, 34

spell

(n.)
Grammar
spell, es; n.

a storynarrativeaccountrelationa historical narrativehistorya false or foolish storya fablean instructive talkdiscoursea philosophical argumenta sermonhomilya sayingremarksentencestatement of a single pointdictuma saying that is to be repeated to anothera messagean announcementspeechlanguage of prosea fable, talefabulatio, parabolasermo, narratio, parabola, fabula, mythusa saying

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swylce nǽfre ǽr on men ne becom ne naht oft siððan the man told such a dismal story of the journey to hell as never before had come to men, and not often since, Shrn. 49, 10: Cd. Th. 66, 31; Gen. 1092.

Linked entry: spel