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be-pǽcan

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Gewurdon on slǽpe Pictauienscisce, bepǽhte for swíðe the Poitevins, utterly deluded, went to sleep, Hml. Th. ii. 518, 25. Add

clif

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For translation of last passage substitute: Fluvius Nilus de litore incipientis maris Rubri videtur emergere; and add Andlang clifes middeweardes, C. D. iii. 82, 11. Oð ðæs clifes norðhyldan, 418, 25. Tó ðæs clifes westende, 419, 6.

gamen

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cf. sealting), gleódǽda gife for gumþegnum, leóht and leoðu-wác, Crä. 82. Gamena angin ludorum gesticulatio An. Ox. 2871. Sleglicum gamena gamene scenico ludorum joco 2886. Man geswíce freólsdagum hǽðenra leóþa and deófles gamena, Ll. Th. ii. 248, 12

geómor

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Hé geómor wearð, sárig for his synnum, Dóm. 87. Ic þis giedd wrece bi mé ful geómorre, Kl. 1. <b>I a.</b> sad of soul, at heart :-- Hé módes geómor meregrund gefeóll, B. 2100. <b>I b.

ge-regne

(n.)
Grammar
ge-regne, ge-réne, es; n.
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I a. edification :-- Gód word tó gehríne bonus sermo ad edificationem, Rtl. 12, 27. an instrument In aldum gehríne in ueteri instru­mento, Mt. p. 2, 11. an ornament Hæleð gierede mec (a book) mid golde; for þon mé glíwedon wrætlic weorc smiða.

Linked entries: -regne ge-réne

ge-sǽlþ

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Sume bióð tó ungemetlíce blíðe for sumum gesǽlðum, 455, 8. happiness, blessedness. Cf. ge-sǽlig; III Hæfde God þæs mannes sáwle gegódod. . .mid undeádlicnysse and mid gesǽlðe... wé forluron þá gesǽlðe úre sáwle, Hml. Th. i. 20, 1-3. <b>III a.

ge-drinc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-drinc, ge-drync, es; n.
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Se cyning wénde ꝥ hit for singalum gedrynce wǽre (assiduae potationis esse credidit), Gr. D. 187, 17. Gif hé þurh gedrinc man ácwelle si ex ebrietate hominem occiderit, Ll. Th. ii. 230, 28.

ge-wéman

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Voc. ii. 9, 40. to allure to what is right, desirable Oft mon sceal ðone welegan ofermódan tó him loccian mid líðelicre ólicunga, for ðǽm ðæt hé hine tó ryhte geweeme (-wéme, v. l.) nonnunquam superbus dives exhortationis blandimento placandus est, Past

mæssian

(v.)
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Hé hét mæssian for þæs forðfarenan sáwle, and árǽrde þone deádan, Hml. S. 6, 209. Hé stód æt ðám weófode swylce hé wolde mæssian, 21, 355. Smeágung . . . hwilcan tíman on sunnandagan oþþe on óðran dagan man mæssian móte, Angl. xi. 7, 3, 6.

nyten-ness

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</b> a condition of not being known by others, a state of incognito :-- Þá gefylde Smaragdus on þǽre netennysse eahta and þryttig wintra Smaragdus (who was Euphrosyne in man's clothes) maintained her incognito for thirty-eight years, Hml.

blótan

(v.)
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blótan, ic blóte, ðú blótest, blétst, he blóteþ, blét, pl. blótaþ; p. ic, he bleót, ðú bleóte, pl. bleóton; pp. blóten; v. a. [blót a sacrifice]
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To sacrifice, to kill for a sacrifice; immolare, sacrificare Ðæt hí hiora godum ðe ýð blótan meahton that they might the more easily sacrifice to their gods, Ors. 2, 2; Bos. 40, 37: 4, 4; Bos. 80, 39: 5, 2; Bos. 102, 16.

Linked entry: a-blótan

Eádgár

(n.)
Grammar
Eádgár, es; m. [eád happy, gár spear]

Edgar, second son of Edmund, and grandson of Alfred the Great. Edgar, in A.D. 955, succeeded to the kingdom of Mercia; and, at the death of his brother Eadwig, in A.D. 959, to the kingdoms of Wessex and Northumbria, over which he reigned sixteen years. He was, therefore, king for twenty years, from A.D. 955-975

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He was, therefore, king for twenty years, from A.D. 955-975 Hér, A.D. 955,Eádgár féng to Myrcena ríce here Edgar succeeded to the kingdom of Mercia, Chr. 955; Erl. 119, 32.

freoðian

(v.)
Grammar
freoðian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To care formaintaincherishprotectkeepobserveconsŭlĕresustentārefŏvēretuēriobservāre

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To care for, maintain, cherish, protect, keep, observe; consŭlĕre, sustentāre, fŏvēre, tuēri, observāre In eallum þingum ðære cirican eahtum and gódum he freoðode and fultemede ecclēsiæ rebus in omnĭbus consŭlĕre ac făvēre cūrāvit, Bd. 2, 6; S. 508,

fulwiht

(n.)
Grammar
fulwiht, es; n.

Baptismbaptismus

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Ceadwalla fór to Róme, and fulwihte onféng from ðam pápan Ceadwalla went to Rome, and received baptism from the pope, Chr. 688; Erl. 42, 6: 878; Erl. 80, 18: Exon. 99 b; Th. 372, 3; Seel. 86: Andr. Kmbl. 3258; An. 1632: Elen. Kmbl. 383; El. 192.

hálgian

(v.)
Grammar
hálgian, p. ode; pp. od
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Nis eów þearf ðæt gé ða ciricean hálgian there is no need for you to consecrate the church, Blickl. Homl. 207, 1. Hweðer hie ða ciricean hálgedon whether they should consecrate the church, 205, 11. Hálgig oððe hálga ðú sanctifica, Jn. Skt.

hnutu

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hnutu, e; f.
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For æppla and hnuta ǽte from eating of apples and nuts, L. M. 2, 39; Lchdm. ii. 246, 21. Hnute hula culliole, Ælfc. Gl. 31; Som. 61, 105; Wrt. Voc. 27, 34. Óðera hnutena cyrnlu kernels of other nuts, iii. 134, 23.

Linked entry: hnyte

HUND

(n.)
Grammar
HUND, es; m.

A HOUNDa dog

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Wið hundes slite for the bite of a dog, Herb. 177, 2; Lchdm. i. 310, 8. Of ðæs hundes handa de manu canis, Ps. Th. 21, 18. Ðone hǽðenan hund the heathen dog [Holofernes ], Judth. 10; Thw. 23, 7; Jud. 110. Swá hundas ut canes, Ps. Th. 58, 6.

Linked entries: hundred hund-teóntig

hwæl

(n.)
Grammar
hwæl, es; m.

A whale

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For hwi? Forðam plyhtlíc þingc hit ys gefón hwæl vis capere aliquem cetum? Nolo. Quare? Quia periculosa res est capere cetum, Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 15-22. Hé gesceóp ða micclan hwalas, Lchdm. iii. 234, 12

in-gang

(n.)
Grammar
in-gang, es ; m.

Entranceentryingressentrance-fee

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Hundteóntiga swína ingang right of entry into a pasture for a hundred swine, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 283, 12. Ingong and útgong ingress and egress, Chart. Th. 578, 26.

líhting

(n.)
Grammar
líhting, e; f.

Lightingshiningillumination

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Hí (the stars) nabbaþ náne lýhtinge for ðære sunnan andwerdnysse, 236, 1. Se móna næfþ náne líhtincge the moon shall not give her light, Wulfst. 137, 12. Ðæt swearte fýr him náne líhtinge ne déþ 'from those flames no light,' Homl. Th. i. 132, 17.

Linked entries: a-líhting leóhting