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ge-swǽs

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-swǽs, adj.

Dearfamiliarkindcārusfămĭliārisblandus

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Dear, familiar, kind; cārus, fămĭliāris, blandus He geceás Iudan him, geswǽs frumcynn elēgit trĭbus Juda, Ps. Th. 77, 67. Iohannes mid geswǽsum wordum ðæt folc tihte John exhorted the people with kind words, Homl. Th. i. 70, 34

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swegle

(adj.)
Grammar
swegle, adj.

Bright as the sun, splendid, brilliant,

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Th. 5491; B. 2749. metaphorical, celestial lífes weg gesóhte swegle dreámas (cf swegel-dreám), beorhtne boldwelan, Apostls. Kmbl. 64; Ap. 32

Wiht-ware

(n.)
Grammar
Wiht-ware, pl. m.

The people of the Isle of Wight

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bróhte Wiht-warum (-an, v. l.) fulwiht ǽrest, 661; Th. i. 54, col. I. v. preceding word

be-fylgan

(v.)
Grammar
be-fylgan, be-fyligan; p. de

To follow uppersevere with

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To follow up, persevere with Gif þú him (a medicine) ǽnige hwíle befylgest, þú ongitst ꝥ ys frymful tó begánne, Lch. iii. 60, 2. Gif mon þisum lǽcedóme befyligð, þonne biþ se man hál, ii. 88, 12

Linked entry: be-filgan

un-nídige

(adv.)
Grammar
un-nídige, adv.

Without compulsionwillingly

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Without compulsion, willingly Ða ðe beóð mid hira ágnum byrðennum ofðrycte ðæt hié ne magon gestondan, hié willaþ lustlíce underfón óðerra monna, and unniédige hié underlútaþ mid hira sculdrum óðerra byrðenna tóeácan hiera ágnum qui ad casum valde urgetur

Linked entries: nídige un-nédige

ymb-þeahtian

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-þeahtian, p. ode
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beóð ðæs ðe lator ðe oftor ymbðeahtiaþ tardius peccatum solvitur, quod et per consilium solidatur 435, 2. Ðæt leóht him ða stówe wæs ontýnende, ðe (ðǽr, Bd. S. 575, 12) heó ǽr ymbþeahtedon, Bd. 4, 7; M. 284, 20

feohtan

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H. 241, 4. Hió self fieht (fiht, v. l.) wið hié selfe, Past. 277, 25. Hér fegtaþ Títus end Giáþéasu, Txts. 127, 3. Feaht (feht, fæht, v. ll.) him on seó hǽþene ðeód Myrcna inpugnatus ab pagana gente Merciorum, Bd. 3, 14; Sch. 252, 16.

gódnes

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ge þurh his gódnysse ge þurh his mihte.

in

(prep.)
Grammar
in, prep.
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He ácenned wearð in cildes hád, El. 776. in binne wæs in cildes híw cláðum biwunden, Cri. 725. introducing that into which anything turns or is made hogedon þæt heán mægen ne hwyrfe in hǽðendóm, Dan. 221.

Æðelrǽd

(n.)
Grammar
Æðelrǽd, Æðelréd, Æðeréd, es; m. [æðele noble, rǽd counsel]

ÆlhelredÆthelrédÆthelrédus

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He married Æthelfled, the eldest and most intellectual daughter of king Alfred the Great. He styles himself sub-regulus in subscribing his name to a charter of king Alfred A.

Linked entry: Æðelréd

ísern

(n.)
Grammar
ísern, es; n.

Iron

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Se lǽce hýd his ísern wið ðone moon ðe sníðan wile the surgeon hides his knife from the man he wants to cut, 26, 3 ; Swt. 185. 25

stycce

(n.)
Grammar
stycce, es; n.
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feallende tóbærst on feówer sticca. Ða feówer sticca clifodon tó feówer stánum, Homl. Th. i. 380, 24. tócurfon ðone líchaman on manugu sticceo. . . . Ðá gesomnodon ða sticceo, Shrn. 125, 10, 12. Þurh sticceo per cola, Wrt. Voc. ii. 69, 8.

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weald

(adv.)
Grammar
weald, adv. conj.

perhaps may be in dependent clauses, with indefinite pronouns or adverbs (cf. gif), in case

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námon tó rǽde, ðæt him wærlícor wǽre, ðæt sumne dǽl heora landes wurðes æthæfdon, weald [hwæt ?] him getímode, Homl. Th. i. 316, 24.

swencan

(v.)
Grammar
swencan, p. te; pp. swenced, swenct (cf. swinkt = wearied, Comus v. 293)

To cause a person to labour, to cause trouble to a personwhere no good is implied, to harass, vex, afflict, distress where a good result is intended, to mortify, chasten verberare

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Beorge ðæt áwóh ne befó, ðý læs ðe hine mon swence swá óðerne man þohte, L. Eth. ii. 9; Th. i. 290, 8. Þeáh hine se wind woruldearfoþa swíðe swence, Met. 7, 50.

for-specan

(v.)
Grammar
for-specan, for-sprecan; p. -sp[r]æc, pl. -sp[r]ǽcon ; pp. -sp[r]ecen .

to speak againstspeak ill ofdenounceto misrepresent a case,state wronglyto lose that which is the subject of a suitto speak to no purposewaste one's words

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to speak against, speak ill of denounce Forsprecað foran tó ðisum folce, þæt 'swá hraðe swá becumað tó ðyssere byrig, gehseftað ,' Hml.

for-licgan

(v.)
Grammar
for-licgan, -licggan, -ligan; p. -læg, pl. -lǽgon; pp. -legen [licgan to lie]

To lie in a forbidden mannerfornicatecommit fornicationfornĭcāriadultĕrāre

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To lie in a forbidden manner, fornicate, commit fornication; fornĭcāri, adultĕrāre Ðá forlǽg heó sóna then she soon committed fornication, Ors. 3, 6; Bos. 58, 6: 4, 4; Bos. 80, 21. Ðæt nán wíf heó ne forlicge that no woman commit fornication, L.

ge-beódan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-beódan, p. -beád, pl. -budon; pp. -boden [ge-, beódan to command] .

to commandordersummonjŭbēremandāreto announceproclaimannuntiāreto offerproposegivegrantofferrepræbēre

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Gebudon him Perse ðæt hæfdon iii winter sibbe wið the Persians proposed that they should have peace with them for three years, Ors. 3, 1; Bos. 52, 27

ge-lícian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lícian, p. ode.
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Cf. ge-líc; Þá geceás him áne burg wið þone sǽ, Bizantium wæs hátenu, tó ðon þæt him gelícade ꝥ hié þǽr mehten betst frið binnan habban, and eác ꝥ hié þǽr gehendaste wǽren on gehwelc lond þonan tó winnanne maritimam urbem, Byzantium, aptissimam judicavit

ge-þofta

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Manege geþoftan ic hæbbe, gyf mé hwæt secgað þæt selfe geséwen oððe gehýrdon, ic hys gelýfe eall swá wel swá ic hit self geséwe oððe gehýrde, Solil. H. 60, 33

ge-eácnung

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Add: conceiving, conception. in active sense Þá æfter þan wǽron gefylde nigan mónað hire geeácnunge, þá cende Anna hyre dohtor, Hml. As. 125, 282. Þ bodige hire geeácnunge, Bl.