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ge-cépan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cépan, p. te
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To be on the look-out for a person (gen. ) nán óþer ðing nyston, buton ꝥ se cásere héte heora gecépan, Hml. S. 23, 444

gitan

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Oð ðæt mid dǽdbóte forgifennesse gite (cf. R. Ben. 49, 9 which has begyte) usque dum satisfactione veniam consequatur, R. Ben. I. 56, 15. Add

hell-cniht

(n.)
Grammar
hell-cniht, es; m.
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An infernal servant, a devil as servant Stód se earming ætforan þám árleásan deofle þǽr heálíce sæt mid his hel-cnihtum, Hml. S. 3, 372

hwítian

(v.)
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Hwítað heofon albescit polus Hy. S. 21, 23. Hwæs blód reádaþ on rosan gelicnysse, and hwæs líchama hwítað on lilian lægernysse, Hml. S. 34, 113. Add

mǽl-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
mǽl-tíd, e; f.
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Meal-time sceal hyne gebiddan on ásettum tídum, and ǽr mǽltídum (-tíman, v. l. Nap. 84) metes ne ábítan, O. E. Hml. i. 303, 7

mid-hlít

(n.)
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fellowship Gyf hwylc. . . tó andetnesse cuman nele fram cirycean is tó ánýdanne and fram gemǽnsumunge and midhlýte geleáffulra ( a communione et consortio fidelium ], Nap. 45

Linked entry: hlít

ofdúne-weard

(adv.)
Grammar
ofdúne-weard, ofdún-weard; adv.
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áfeóll ofdúneweard (ofdún-, v. l.) (nyðerweard hreás, v. l. ), 24, 25

on-scuniendlic

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Sé þe onweg ácyrreð his eáre ꝥ ne gehýre þá Godes ǽ, þæs bén byð onscuniendlic (-scunodlic, v. l., execrabilis), Gr. D. 210, 3. Add

reáfol

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Fram reáflum ortrýwra geaglum þá sceáp . . . generude a rabidis perfidorum rictibus oues . . . eripuit, Angl. xiii. 366, 19. Reáflum lurconibus (labris), An. Ox. 7, 53. Add

renc

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Add: rencu (-eo) Þá swíðust óðre men mid tesowordum tǽl[d]e in his renceo (cf. in his onmédlan gealpettunga, 27, 40), Nap. 62, 17

sceand

(n.)
Grammar
sceand, m.
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Add: [Whaðer unker þe geð abake and þis feoht wulle forsake, beo he in ælche londe iqueðe for ane sconde, Laym. 23668]. v. sceand, f. ; swǽm

þweorh

Grammar
þweorh, <b>. II.</b>
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add: — Gif ǽr þweores windes bǽtte, Bt. 41, 3; F. 250, 16. add: insolent Mid þhwyrum proteruo, An. Ox. 1160. Mid hwyrutn obliquo (zelo) 2770

wacung

(n.)
Grammar
wacung, e; f.
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Vigilance Þá sette weard tó þám wíngearde, and bebeád ꝥ hine man scolde healdan mid geornlicre wacunge (wacone, v.l.) (solerti vigilantia), Gr. D. 57, 24

weg-leást

(n.)
Grammar
weg-leást, e; f.

Want of road

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Want of road Dwelian dyde hig on wegleáste and ná on wege errare fecit eos in invio et non in via, Ps. Spl. 106, 40

Linked entry: weg-lísu

geafel

(n.)
Grammar
geafel, es; m. geafel, e (and ? geafle, an) ; f, and add
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sceal habban . . . race, geafle, Angl. ix. 263, 7. Gæfle forcelle Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 17

ofer-heáfod

(adv.)
Grammar
ofer-heáfod, adv.

Generally, in every case

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Generally, in every case Ǽlc man oferheáfod sceolde cennan his gebyrde and his áre on ðære byrig ðe tó gehýrde, Homl. Th. i. 30, 4

hlǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
hlǽnan, p. de

To cause to lean, to incline

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To cause to lean, to incline: Siððan tógædere gáras hlǽndon after they had inclined their spears together, Exon. 66 b; Th. 246, 18; Jul. 63

Linked entry: hlinian

tyncen

(n.)
Grammar
tyncen,

a barrel (?)a bladder (?)

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Ðá gebeótode án his ðegna ðæt mid sunde ða eá oferfaran wolde mid twám tyncenum, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 72. 30

full-wyrcan

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fulworhte on Eferwíc ꝥ ǽnlice mynster þe Eádwine begunnon hæfde, Hml. S. 26, 109. Ðǽr wurdon þá forewearda fullworhte, Chr. 1109; P. 242, 14. Add

wígbed-heorþ

(n.)
Grammar
wígbed-heorþ, es; m.

The altar-hearththe part of the altar where the offering is burnt

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The altar-hearth, the part of the altar where the offering is burnt genom on ðam wíbedheorðe ðæs dustes dǽl, Lchdm. iii. 364, col. 1

Linked entry: heorþ