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here-wíc

(n.)
Grammar
here-wíc, es; n.

An encampmentcampdwelling

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An encampment, camp, dwelling Míne welan ðe ic hæfde syndon ealle gewitene and míne herewíc syndon gebrosnode my riches that I had are all departed and my dwellings are decayed, Blickl. Homl. 113, 26. Him mon sægde ðæt ðǽr mon cymen wæs of Alexandres

Linked entry: fird-wíc

LIFER

(n.)
Grammar
LIFER, e; f.

The LIVER

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The LIVER Lifer jecur, Wrt. Voc. 65, 50: 71, 6. Lifre læppan fibræ, Ælfc. Gl. 76; Som. 71, 110; Wrt. Voc. 45, 16. Ðære lifre nett reticulum jecoris, Ex. 29, 13. Ealle ða þing ðe tó ðære lifre clifiaþ cuncta, quæ adhærent jecori, Lev. 1, 8. Se vultor

be-slépan

(v.)
Grammar
be-slépan, p. -slépte; subj. pl. -slépen; pp. -sléped, -slépt

To slip, lay, place, putto slip, put or lay on, to impose, clotheponere, imponere, induere

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To slip, lay, place, put, and with the preposition on on, upon - to slip, put or lay on, to impose, clothe; ponere, imponere, induere Hú hefig geoc he beslépte on ealle how heavy a yoke he laid on all! Bt. 16, 4; Fox 58, 16. Beslépen hí on hý bysmor

Linked entry: slípan

ge-hlid

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hlid, es; pl. nom. acc. -hlidu, -hleodu; n.

A lidcoveringroofan inclosurea vaulttectumclausūraseptum

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A lid, covering, roof, an inclosure, a vault; tectum, clausūra, septum Ic cann ealle heáh-heofona gehlidu I know all the roofs of the high heavens, Cd. 27; Th. 37, 3; Gen. 584 : Exon. 15 a; Th. 32, 25; Cri. 518. Ðonne bearn Godes þurh heofona gehleodu

ge-leáfleást

(n.)
Grammar
ge-leáfleást, -eáflýst, e; f.

Want of faithunbeliefinfidelityunfaithfulnessinfĭdēlĭtasincrēdŭlĭtas

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Want of faith, unbelief, infidelity, unfaithfulness; infĭdēlĭtas, incrēdŭlĭtas For hyra geleáfleáste on account of their unbelief, Basil admn. 4; Norm. 42, 1. Drihten Hǽlend þreáde mid wordum ðæra Iudeiscra þwyrnysse and geleáfleáste the Lord reproved

stybb

(n.)
Grammar
stybb, stubb, stebb, es; m.
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A stub, stump of a tree:?-Stybb stirps, Ælfc. Gr. 3; Zup. 7, 10. Ðes stybb hic stirps, 9, 58; Zup. 68, 8. Styb, Wrt. Voc. i. 33, 57; 80, 33. Treówwes steb stipes, 17, 7. Mid stybbe mid ealle stirpitus, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Zup. 239, 8. Æt ðæne ellenstyb; of

Linked entries: æsc-stybb steb stubb

twi-wyrdig

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-wyrdig, adj.
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Making contradictory or discordant statements, at variance in what is said Hié swá twywyrdige sindon they disagree in what they say (ille promisit futura meliora, isti asserunt meliora praeterita), Ors. 2, 5; Swt. 86, 8. Hé com tó Róme and diégellíce

un-gerǽdness

(n.)
Grammar
un-gerǽdness, e; f.

Discorddisagreementvariance

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Discord, disagreement, variance Betux Agathocle and his folce wearð ungerǽdnes in exercitu Agathoclis orta est seditio, Ors. 4, 5; Swt. 170, 15. Sóna swá hié him betweónum ungerǽdnesse up áhófon swá forwurdon hié ealle discordia exitio fuit, 5, 3; Swt

weorold-ríca

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-ríca, an; m.
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A man of great worldly power or wealth Gif him ǽnig heáfodman hwilces þinges forwyrnde . . . him sóna getíðode his Scyppendes árfæstnys ðæs ðe se woruldríca him forwyrnde on ǽr, Homl. Th. ii. 514, 17. Ne cyning ne woruldríca, Lchdm. iii. 442, 36. Unrihtwíse

æt-reccan

(v.)
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æt-reccan, p. -re(a)hte
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To declare forfeited Swá . . . swá him man ætrehte béc and land ealle þá þe hé áhte ita quod per judicium judicatus sit perdere omnia quae de rege tenuit , Cht. Th. 202, 14. Gif cinges geréfena hwylc gyltig biþ. . . hwá is manna tó þám ungesceád þæt

ealdor-bisceop

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Add: a chief priest, high priest of the Jews Cwæð se ealdorbiscop dixit princeps sacerdotum (Acts, 7, 1), Hml. Th. i. 46, 6: ii. 422, 20. Ðá gýtsigendan ealdorbiscopas, i. 406, 5. Þám weardmannum þe wǽron ásænde fram þám ealdorbisceopum tó Crístes byrgenne

flíman

(v.)

to rontto banishexile

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to put to flight. Take here flýman in Dict., and add Fugat flícþ, aufert flýmþ, Wülck. Gl. 244, 27. to ront Seó ród nú on middangearde áwergde gástas flémeþ, Bl. H. 91, 25. to banish, exile Ealdbriht wrecca gewát . . . Ine ofslóh Ealdberht þe hé ær

ge-swencness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-swencness, e ; f.
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Labour, hardship, trouble, distress Ús wæs swælc geswencnis mid deórum becymen tantus oriebatur tumultus, Nar. 14, 30. Ne sprǽce hé . . . be Lazares geswencnesse (contritione), þá þá hé cwæð ꝥ hé onféncge manige yfel on his lífe. Gr. D. 310, 27. For

ge-þynnian

(v.)
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Add: to make or to become thin (of a person) Hé ne oncneów hí ná, for þám heó wæs swíðe geþynnod, Hml. S. 33, 236. to lessen, diminish, wither Smyre mid gáte geallan, ealle þá nebcorn hé áclǽnsað and ealne þone wom hé geðynnað, Lch. i. 348, 26. Geþynngie

ge-treówsian

(v.)
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Add: to pledge oneself, engage Him cómon ongeán VI cyningas and ealle wið hine getreówsodon ꝥ hí woldon efenwyrhtan beón on sǽ and on lande, Chr. 972; Th. i. 225, 17. <b>I a.</b> with reflex. pron. :--- to prove true, clear of a charge of

ge-wíder

Grammar
ge-wíder, l. ge-widere, and in l. 3 for gewidor abidon l. gewidora bidon.
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Add: The word seems to occur only in pl. Sumor æfter cymeð, wearm gewideru, Met. 11. 61. Of untídlican gewideran, þæt is, of wǽtum sumerum and of drýgum wintrum temporum turbata temperies, hoc est, aut siccitas hiemis, aut humor aestatis, Ors. 3, 3 ;

godcundlíce

(adv.)
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Add: of action by the Deity, by God, from heaven Þá cóm micel wæl and moncwild godcundlíce ( diuinitus ) sended, Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 357, 22. Hé wæs godcundlíce ( diuinitus ) gefultumod, 4, 24; Sch. 482, 2. in respect to religion or to the church, ecclesiastically

hordere

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Be mynstres hordere ( cellarario ). Se mynstres hordere sí gecoren of þǽre gesamnunge, sýfre and ná oferettol. . . ; sý hé ealre geférrǽdenne swá swá fæder. Hé hogige embe ealle ðing; ne dó hé nán ðing bútan þæs abbodes hǽse; healde þæt him beboden sý

líc-wyrþe

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Add: líc-weorþ Wið his lícwyrðan scætte, C. D. B. iii. 491, 12. Hí gegearwodon ealle þá þing þe mihton beón gesewene ꝥ wǽron nýdbehéfe and lícwyrðe þám þe mid swá mycelum fæder þyder cuman mihton. Gr. D. 148, 8. Þá geseah ic týn geonge men . . . ful

máwan

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Hé mǽwð (máweþ, v. l. ) gærs (heig, v. l.) fenum secat, Gr. D. 36, 2. Máwaþ tondent, An. Ox. 43, 15. Hé stóp on þá mǽde, and þá geseah hé ꝥ hý ealle meówan (meówan ꝥ heig, v. l. ) pratum ingressus, et omnes intuens fenum secantes, Gr. D. 36, 12. On hærfeste