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á-bycgan

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Lay. 8158, Bute ȝif he abugge þe sunne þet he wrouhte, A.

ge-leánian

(v.)
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Him ofðyncð ðæt hit suá geðyldelíce forbær ðæt ðæt bismer ne forgeald, and ðencð ðæs tíman hwonne hit wyrs geleánian mæge ut . . . se non reddidisse contumelias doleat, et deteriora rependere, si occasio praebeatur, quaerat, Past. 227, 23

ge-sceádwíslíce

(adv.)
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Add: distinctly, clearly Þæt ic wille gescád-wíslecor gesecgean, þæt hit mon geornor ongietan mæge quod utrum ita sit, apertissime expedire curabo, Ors. 2, l ; S. 60, 9. discreetly, prudently, sagaciously Gif self wénð ðæt sié wís and gescádwíslíce

gleáwnes

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I. 59, 14. a sign, token, distinguishing mark Se eásterlica dæg wæs on þǽre ealdan ǽ tribus argumentorum indiciis preceptum, ꝥ ys mid þrým gleáwnyssum wæs beboden; ꝥ ys, ꝥ wǽre æfter þǽre eásterlican emnihte, and on þám forman mónðe, and on þǽre

strengþu

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L. 89, 10. of military or political power Swilce eác Scotland him underþǽdde for his micele strengþe, Chr. 1086; P. 220, 25. in a moral or spiritual sense Ꝥ wé magan ongytan hwilc his seó circlice strengþ (strencgeoð, v. l.) sý ut quis sit ecclesiasticus

ge-strangian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-strangian, -strongian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [strangian to strengthen]

To make strongstrengthenconfirmestablishrōbŏrārecorrōbŏrāreconfortāreconflrmāre

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Anal. 29, 1 Earm mín gestrangaþ hine brachium meum confortābit eum, Ps. Spl. 88, 21: Salm. Kmbl. 477; Sal. 239. He gestrangode hine illos confortāvĕrit, Bd. 1, 23; S. 485, 16.

Linked entries: ge-strongian strangian

trog

(n.)
Grammar
trog, es; m.

a troughtubbasinvessel for containing liquids or other materialsa trough-shaped thinga cradlea boata water-pipeconduita basin of water

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wæs biddende ánes lytles troges, ðæt mehte his feorh generian exiguo contentus latere navigio, Ors. 2, 5 ; Swt. 84, 15. a water-pipe, conduit, Similar entries v. mylentrog. a basin of water (?)

forþ-gang

Grammar
forþ-gang, (-geong).

a going forth of a placea going forth to a place a going oncourseprogresssuccessful progresssuccessan exita passagea privy

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Gif on þám gástlican gefeohte forðgang habban sceall, Hml. S. 26, 856. ꝥte é in a local sense, an exit, a passage (of part of the body) Him eóde se innoð út æt his forðgange, Hml. S. 16, 207.

wan

(adj.)
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wan, adj.

wantingabsentlackingnot possessed ofless

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wanting, absent Ðá getreówde in godcundne fultom, ðǽr se mennesca wan wæs confidens in divinum, ubi humanum deerat, auxilium, Bd. 2, 7 ; S. 509, 23. Him won (wona, MS.

lof

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Þám þe his lof bǽron, Dan. 476 : An. 1297. Críst heriað and him lof lǽdað, Hy. 7, 25: An. 1479. Crístes lof rǽran, Cri. 1689: Jul. 48. Dryhtnes lof reahte and rǽrde, Gú. 130. Lof Drihti. es wyrcean.

þeóf

(n.)
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þeóf, es; m.
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Gif þeóf sié gefongen, swelte deáðe oþþe his líf be his were man áliése, L. In. 12; Th. i. 110, 8. Gif man þeóf on carcerne gebringe, ðæt beó .xl. nihta on carcerne, and hine mon ðonne álýse út mid .cxx. sciłł., L. Ath. i. 1; Th. i. 198, 21.

Linked entry: þeáf

ceápian

(v.)
Grammar
ceápian, ode; od

To bargain, chaffer, trade, to contract for the purchase or sale of a thing, to buy, to bribenegotiari, emere, comparāre

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Mid ðám útwǽpnedmonna freóndscipes him ceápiaþ quibus externorum sibi virorum amicifiam comparent, Bd. 4, 25; S. 601, 18. Mihte ýþ geceápian, gif ǽnig man ceápode might easily buy, if any one bargained, Ors. 5, 7; Bos. 106, 17

Linked entry: a-ceápian

leornung-cniht

(n.)
Grammar
leornung-cniht, es; m.

scholardisciple

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Ðá undergeat se preóst ðæt ne mihte ðone hálgan wer líchamlíce ácwellan, and wolde ðá his leorningcnihta sáwla fordón, Homl. Th. ii. 162, 30

rǽd-bora

(n.)
Grammar
rǽd-bora, an; m.
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Rǽdborena juris peritorum, Hpt. Gl. 524, 68. Cf. rǽd-gifa

un-gesewenlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gesewenlíc, adj.

Invisible

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offrige ða ungeswenlícan lác, Homl. Th. i. 584, 3

Linked entry: un-sewenlíc

widlian

(v.)
Grammar
widlian, p. ode
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Se ðe mid ǽnige unclǽne þinge sý besmiten . . . béte be ðæs widlodes mǽðe (juxta pollutionis gradum), L. Ecg. P. addit. 10; Th. ii. 234, 2

wyrm-cyn

(n.)
Grammar
wyrm-cyn, wyrm-cynn, es; n.

the genus reptilereptilesserpentsa species of reptileserpent

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On ðam fíftan dæge gesceóp eall wyrmcynn, and eall fisccynn, Lchdm. iii. 234, 11. a species of reptile or serpent Scorpio, ðæt is án wyrmcynn, Lk. Skt. 11, 12. Wyrmcyn, Nar. 13, 10.

cliwen

(n.)
Grammar
cliwen, cleowen.
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Suelce se láreów hæbbe án cliwen on his honda, Past. 241, 24. gesáwon fýren cleowen (cleawen, Cockayne) gefeallan and óðre síðe gylden cleowen, Mart. H. 2, 13. Cleowena globos, An. Ox. 1658

Dene

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Dene weorðode, B. 1090

Eáster-lic

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Eáster, Ymbe þæne eásterlican dæg wé eów wyllað gecýðan ꝥ wæs on þǽre ealdan ǽ tribus argumentorum indiciis preceptum, Angl. viii. 330, 4. v. Eáster, Þis eástorlice gerýno, Bl. H. 83, 7.