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ehta-tyne

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
ehta-tyne, adj.

Eighteen octō-dĕcim

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Eighteen; octō-dĕcim Wéne gé ðæt ða ehtatyne wǽron scyldige pŭtātis quia illi dĕcent et octo dēbĭtōres fuĕrint? Lk. Bos. 13, 4, 16

hyrned-nebba

(adj.)
Grammar
hyrned-nebba, adj.

Horny-hard-beaked

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Horny- or hard-beaked [epithet of raven and eagle], Judth. ii; Thw. 24, 28; Jud. 212: Chr. 937; Erl. 115, 11; Æðelst. 62

Linked entry: -nebba

in-bindan

(v.)
Grammar
in-bindan, p. -band

To unbind

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Ex. 75

Gleáw-ceaster

(n.)
Grammar
Gleáw-ceaster, Gleáwan-ceaster, Gléu-cester, Gléw-cester, Gléwcester, Glóu-cester, Glówe-ceaster; gen. dat. -ceastre

GLOUCESTERa county town in the west of England

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GLOUCESTER, a county town in the west of England Æþelfæd líð binnan Gleáwceastre Ethelfleda lies buried at Gloucester, Chr. 918; Erl. 109, 7

gód-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
gód-leás, adj.
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Without good, miserable, wretched Ðis ungesǽlige geár and ðæt gódleáse infaustus ille annus et omnibus bonis exosus, Bd. 3, 1; S. 523, 33

ge-hýrsumnys

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hýrsumnys, -nyss, e; f.

Obediencesubjectionobĕdientia

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Scrd. 19, 26 : Chr. 1091; Erl. 228, 3

Linked entry: hýrsum-ness

ge-nom

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-nom, pl. -nómon

took

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took Weard genom the guardian took, Exon. 11 a; Th. 14, 22; Cri. 223: Chr. 921; Erl. 106, 14; p. of ge-niman

siru-wrenc

(n.)
Grammar
siru-wrenc, es ; m.
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E.), Chr. 1011 ; Erl. 145, 29

Linked entries: searu-wrenc syre-wrenc

for-lǽtende

(adj.)
Grammar
for-lǽtende, adj. (ptcpl.)
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To be relaxed or remitted Tiro and Sidone forlétendre bið þonne eów Tyro et Sidone remissius erit quam vobis, Mt. R. ii. 22

Linked entry: -lǽtende

gelíc-bisen

(n.)
Grammar
gelíc-bisen, a copy, an imitation; in a personal sense,
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an imitator Of his gelícbisene ex ejus imitatione, Rtl. 50, 4. Hiora gelícbisin, 91, 37. Gimaco ł gilícbiseno Godes imitatores Dei, 12, 11

Linked entry: bisen

ge-streccan

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Substitute for passage Bet him gestreht and wel ges[t]reht gesihð beorhtnysse getácnað lectum sibi stratum et bene stratum uiderit, claritatem significat

land-ríce

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Wé Darium oferswýðdon and ús in onweald geslógon eal his londríce Dario superato acceptaque in conditiones omni eius regione Nar. 3, 23. Add

ofer-brǽdan

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Mid lilian blóstmum of[er]brǽded, Sal. K. 148, 22. Add

un-swéte

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Add Hé cwæð. . . ꝥ . . . of þǽre wǽre reócende se mist unáræfnedlicre fýlnesse and unswétes stences (intolerabilis foetoris nebula), Gr. D. 218, 29

efnettan

Grammar
efnettan, <b>; I.</b>
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Se cræftga ... ne blinneþ ꝥ hé betriende béte þá onlícnessa and efnette artifex ... ea tundere meliorando non desinet, Gr. D. 283, 27. Add

ryniga

(n.)
Grammar
ryniga, (?), an; m.

Liquid that runs off

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Genim rynian sealt[es], gehǽt, þweah mid ðý, 156, 16

tó-slacian

(v.)
Grammar
tó-slacian, p. ode

To relax,to make or to become remiss

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To relax, to make or to become remiss Tóslacad (qui mollis et) dissolutus (est in opere suo. Prov. 18, 9), Kent. Gl. 638

be-gangan

(v.)
Grammar
be-gangan, -gongan, -gangan; -gongan; pp. -gangen [be, gangan to go].

to go roundsurroundcircumdare to go toafterto attendcommitpractiseexerciseperformobserveworshipexercere incumbereprocurarecolere

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E. 7; Th. i. 364, 24. Ðæt ðú his bebod georne begange that thou shouldst gladly perform his command Elen. Kmbl. 2339; El. 1171 : Ps. Th. 118, 48. Swýðe ic begangen wæs exercitatus sum Ps. Th. 76, 4 : 54, 2.

Linked entries: be-gongan bi-gongan

cwom

(v.; part.)
Grammar
cwom, pl. cwómon came; venit, venerunt; have the same meanings as the contracted forms com, pl. cómon, p. of cuman , q. v. The p. indic., pl. cwómon,-an, -un; p. subj.
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To Hierasalem cwómon they came to Jerusalem, Elen. Kmbl. 547; El. 274. Cwóman englas angels came, Exon. 15b; Th. 34, 21; Cri. 545. Wuldres áras cwómun messengers of glory came, 15a; Th. 31, 11; Cri. 494.

lofian

(v.)
Grammar
lofian, p. ode

To praisevalue

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L. 48, 116: Cd. 192; Th. 240, 33; Dan. 396: Elen. Kmbl. 904; El. 453: Exon. 13 b; Th. 25, 13; Cri, 400. Job herede helm wera, hǽlend lofede, 17 a; Th. 40, 6; Cri. 634. Song áhófun, lofedun líffruman, 15 a; Th. 31, 31; Cri. 504.