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cwide

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Th. i. 70, 34. a discourse, sermon, homily Ne mage wé áwrítan ealle his wundra on ðisum scortan cwyde, Hml Th. ii. 514, 30: Hml. S. 18, 474. Ic áwende on Englisc sumne cwide ( the homily on Job ), Ælfc. T.

ge-stígan

(v.)
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II. to descend to, reach by descending :-- Ne se steorra (Ursa) gestígan wile westdǽl wolcna; ealle stiorran segað æfter sunnan under eorþan grund, he ana stent Ursa nunquam occiduo lata profundo, cetera cernens sidera mergi, cupit oceano tingere jlammas

ge-wyrht

(n.)
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Næs ǽnig mann swá mǽre þæt hé on án ne sceolde tó helle swá hé forðfaren wæs; and þæt wæs ǽrest for Adames gewyrhtum, Wlfst. 16, 15. Þá þe be gewyrhtum (-gewyrhte, v. l.) áwyrgede wǽron qui merito maledicebantur . Bd. 4, 26 ; Sch. 505, 7.

hǽlan

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Ne tó doemenne ah tó haelanne middangeard, Jn. p. 6, 19. ¶ hǽlende as epithet of Christ, Jesus. Cf. hǽ. end :-- Ic eom Hǽlende Críst, Hml. S. 30, 60 : Ll. Th. i. 54, 28 note.

hel

(n.)
Grammar
hel, hell, helle, e; f.
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Ne sceal nán man wénan ꝥ æalla þá þe on helle beóð habban gelíc wíte. Solil. H. 65, 21. Tó þǽre sweartan helle, Hml. S. 4, 290. Hylle, Sae. 338: 717. Satan . . . helle forð healdan sceolde, Gen. 348. Þá sweartan helle, grǽdige and gífre, 792.

lícettan

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Hé lícet mildheortnesse ðǽr ðǽr nán ne bið, Past. 220. 23. Tó ðǽm móde ðe innan bið gnornigende and útan lícet geðyld menti interius dolenti, et sanctam se exterius per patientiam demonstranti, 225, 11.

hlóþ

(n.)
Grammar
hlóþ, e; f.

spoil, bootya band, troop, company, gang, crew, body of robbersthe crime of taking part in the action of a hlóþ

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Ne cóman hig ná tó fiohtanne ac ðæt hig woldan mid hlóþe geniman they did not come to fight, but with the intention of robbing, Shrn. 38, 10. Gesch hé hǽðenra hlóþ, Andr. Kmbl. 1984; An. 994: 84; An. 42.

searu

(n.)
Grammar
searu, searo, [w]e; f. : [w]es; n.
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Mid sibbe wé cómon næs mid searwum pacifice venimus nec quidquam machinamur mali, Gen. 42, 11. Beswicen mid deófles searwum daemonica fraude seductus, Bd. 5, 13; S. 632, 26. Mid searewan (his searum, MS. C. ) consiliis, Ors. 3, 7 ; Swt. 112, 18.

Linked entries: searo siru

FREÁ

(n.)
Grammar
FREÁ, [ = freaha], freó; gen. freán; m.

A lordmasterthe Lorddŏmĭnus

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Swá neáh wæs sigora Freán þusend aurnen so nearly a thousand [winters] of the Lord of victories had elapsed, Chr. 973; Erl. 124, 23; Edg. 15. Habbaþ we to ðæm mǽran ǽrende Deniga freán we have an errand to the famous lord of the Danes, Beo.

ge-metfæst

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Hé is monþwǽre, nele láðes wiht ǽngum geæfnan, Pa. 31. sober, discreet, honest, orderly, v. ge-metfæstnys, ge-metlǽcan Ǽfestes lífes and gemetfæstes abbod religiosae ac modestae uitae abbas, Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 631, 23.

Linked entry: ge-metfæstlíce

ge-coren

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Se sunnandæg is swíáe micelum gecoren eallum Godes gesceaftum, for ðám þe hé wæs ealra daga se ǽresta, and hé bið se néxta, Wlfst. 209, 31.

faru

goingpassingsailinga journeyvoyagean expeditionproceedingscoursepathprocedurethe trainthe troopsthe followersthe attendantscarriage

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Næs ðǽr nán man on fare (in transitu) þe gryre fore ne stóde, Hml. S. 23, 83. Seó scamu hyre forbeád þá fare (processionem) tó þǽre cyrichálgunge, Gr.

FEALLAN

(v.)
Grammar
FEALLAN, to feallanne; part. feallende; ic fealle, ðú feallest, fealst, felst, fylst, he fealleþ, fealþ, felþ, fylþ, pl. feallaþ; p. feól, feóll, pl. feóllon; pp. feallen; v. intrans.

FALL, fall down, faildefĭcĕre

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He on hrusan ne feól he fell not on the earth, Beo. Th. 1549; B. 772: Fins. Th. 83; Fin. 41: Byrht. Th. 135, 31; By. 126: Bt. Met. Fox 1, 161; Met. 1, 81: Exon. 108 a; Th. 412, 11; Rä. 30, 12.

Linked entries: feallend-lic ge-feallan

ge-niman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-niman, -nyman, -nioman; he -nimeþ, -nimþ; p. -nam, -nom , pl. -námon, -nómon; imp. -nim, pl. -nimaþ; subj. p. -náme, pl. -námen; pp. -numen

To take, take up, take away, assume, receive, accept, obtain, comprehend, enter intosūmĕre, tollĕre, auferre, assūmĕre, accĭpĕre, nancisci, comprehendĕre, inīre

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Þýstro ðæt ne genámon tenebræ eam non comprehendērunt, Jn. Bos. 1, 5. Hí genómon unlytel they took not a little, Chr. 921; Erl. 106, 14.

þafian

(v.)
Grammar
þafian, p. ode.
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Ða eorlas þafigan ne woldon ðæt hié forléton leófne láreów, Andr.

þeów-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
þeów-dóm, es; m.
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Ne þearft ðú nó wénan, ðæt ða wlitegan tungl ðæs þeówdómes áþroten weorðe, Met. 29, 40. Embichta ðeádómes obsequium servitutis, Mt. Kmbl. p. 8, 3: Rtl. 9, 13. Wyrta ðeówdóme manna, Ps. Spl. 103, 15.

yfele

(adv.)
Grammar
yfele, adv.
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Ic him yfle ne mót, Exon. Th. 491, 5; Rä. 80, 9. <b>III a.</b> of bodily suffering :-- Gif men sié fǽrlíce yfele if it suddenly goes badly with a man, Lchdm. ii. 294, 15.

dígle

(adj.)
Grammar
dígle, dégle, diégle, deigle, deágol, dǽg-, dég-, deóg-, dióg-, díg- dýg-ol (-el), deáhle, díhle; adj.
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Ꝥ hit ne sý dægcúð. ꝥ ꝥ díhle wæs, Dóm. L. 40. Deáhle secretum, Kent. Gl. 1126. Dígelre latentis, An. Ox. 4209. Mid díglum cum secreta (oratione), 1842. Díhlum fácne clandestina fraude, 5128. Sege hwæt ic þence oþþe hwæt ic dó on déglum gerece, Bl.

ealdor-dóm

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Hé lǽreð aldordóm ne sié tó soecanne docet primatum non esse quaerendum.

fullíce

(adv.)
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Ne magon ðider fullíce becuman ðá stæpas ðæs weorces ðieder ðe hé wilnað quo desiderium innititur, illuc gressus operis efficaciter non sequuntur, Past. 65, 16. completely (as opposed to partially) Cweð man útlaga Rótberd arc̃b̃ fullíce, Chr. 1052; P