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ge-líca

(n.)
Grammar
ge-líca, an; m : also ge-líce, an; f.

An equalæqualisparæqualitas

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An equal; æqualis, par, æqualitas Nán man nis his gelíca on eorþan non sit ei similis in terra, Job. Thw. 164, 17. Micel is ðæt ongin ðínre gelícan great is the attempt for thy equal [cf. Ger. für Deinesgleichen; colloquial English for the like of you

Linked entry: un-gelíca

ge-méting

(n.)
Grammar
ge-méting, e; f.

A meeting, an assembly, association, a societyconventus, conventio, conventĭcŭlum, congrĕgātio

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A meeting, an assembly, association, a society; conventus, conventio, conventĭcŭlum, congrĕgātio Is undyrne uncer geméting our meeting is not secret, Beo. Th. 4006; B. 2001. Gemétingc conventus vel conventio, Wrt. Voc. 72, 75. Ðú bewruge me fram gemétinge

Linked entries: méting ge-méteng

scrallettan

(v.)
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to make a loud sound Ðonne wín hweteþ beornes breóstsefan stígeþ cirm on corþre cwide scralletaþ missenlíce when wine excites a man's mind, clamour arises in the company, they cry out with speech diverse, Exon. Th. 314, 27; Mód. 20. Sum sceal mid hearpan

síþlíce

(adv.)
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síþlíce, adv.
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Late (?), after some time, at last, in the end, lately Eft ðá siððan óðre twegen swearte hremmas síþlíce cómon and his hú tǽron mid heardum bile again afterwards two other black ravens came after some time, and tore his house with hard bill, Homl. Th

sinder

(n.)
Grammar
sinder, es ; n. : sindra(-e ?), an ; m. (f. ?)
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Dross, impurity of metal Sinder scoria, Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 4. Sindor caries, putredo lignorum vel ferri, 129, 11. Synder scorium, i. 86, 18. Syndran blæccan scoriae atramento, Hpt. Gl. 421, 59. Nim seolferun syndrun, Lchdm. iii. 112, 24. Ðiss folc is

tilia

(n.)
Grammar
tilia, tiliga, an; m.
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A husbandman, cultivator of land Tilia colonus, Wrt. Voc. i. 74, 66. Bigenga, tilia, inbúend colonus, i. incola, cultor, inquilinus, it. 134, 25. Tilia colonus, habitalor, Hpt. Gl. 422, 60. Se merigenlica tilia the labourer who came in the morning. Homl

Linked entry: tiliga

þafetere

(n.)
Grammar
þafetere, þafettere, es; m.
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One who agrees or consents, one who is remiss in allowing Ðý læs se ðafetere, se ðe wile forgiefan ðæt hé wrecan sceolde, tó écum wítum geteó his hiéremenn ne rector remittendo quod ferire debuit ad aeterna supplicia subditos pertrahat, Past. 20; Swt

un-gehádod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gehádod, adj.

Not ordainednot in holy orders

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Not ordained, not in holy orders Be ungehádedan mǽdene. Gif hwylc mǽdenman mid gehádodum wunaþ, and heó tó ðam ylcan háde þence ... ne biþ heó ná wið God unscyldig, þeáh heó ungehádod wǽre de puella non ordinata. Si puella aliqua cum ordinatis habitet

Linked entries: ge-hádod un-hádod

un-mǽþlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-mǽþlíce, adv.

immoderatelyout of measureinhumanely

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immoderately, out of measure Seó wydewe mænigfealde sceattas hyre unmǽðlíce beád ( was immoderate in her offers ), Homl. Skt. i. 2, 147. Hé hét ðone bisceop unscrýdan and unmǽðlíce ( or II) swingan, ii. 29, 231. inhumanely. Similar entries v. mǽþlíce

Linked entry: mǽþlíce

wiþer-sacian

(v.)
Grammar
wiþer-sacian, p. ode.

to blasphemeto be apostate

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to blaspheme Ðam ðe wiðersacaþ ongén háligne gást, ne bið dam forgyfen eí, qui in spiritum sanctum blasphemauerit, non remittetur, Lk. Skt. 12, 10. Swá hwylc man swá wyþersacaþ (blasphemes, v. Gospel of Nicodemus c. 4, v. 7) ðam Cásere, hé byþ deáþes

wudung

(n.)
Grammar
wudung, e; f.

cutting wood

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cutting wood Ða hǽðenan on heora ðeówte leofodon tó wudunge and tó wæterunge, Homl. Th. ii. 222, 29. as a technical term referring to the right of cutting timber in a wood Dis is seó wudung ðe ðǽrtó; gebyreþ, ǽlce geáre fíftig fóðra and án hund of ðæs

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and-speornan

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and-speornan, l. and-spornan, -spurnan,
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to strike against Þy lés ðú andspurne æt stáne þínum fótum ne forte offendas ad lapidem pedem tuum, Mt. R. 4, 6. The verb occurs (and with weak forms) several times in the Northern Gospels, glossing offendere, scandalizare :-- Ond*-*spyrnað scandalizat

á-lísness

(n.)
Grammar
á-lísness, e; f.
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redemption, release by payment or otherwise ꝥ weorð his álýsnesse (-lés-, v. l.) pretium suae redemtionis, Bd. 4, 22; Sch. 461, 1. On his álýsnesse æt his feóndum, Ps. Th. 31, arg. His álýsnesse of his earfoðum, 22, arg. as a religious term, redemption

be-wrítan

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To score round Bewrít þú hý (the mandragora) wel hraþe mid íserne, þý lǽs heó þé ætfleó . . . þú hý bewrít mid íserne, and swá þú scealt onbútan hý delfan swá ðú hyre mid þám íserne ná æthríne make a score in the ground round it at once with iron, lest

ciric-hálgung

(n.)
Grammar
ciric-hálgung, e; f.
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Dedication of a church Hé ꝥ mynster lét halgian . . . and seó circhálgung (cyric-, v. l.) wæs on Cildamæsse*-*dæig, Chr. 1065; P. 192, 22, Níwe circhálgung encenia (cf. encenie, nove dedicationis, ii. 74, 16), Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 52: An. Ox. 56, 286. Tó

Linked entry: hálgung

ent

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Þone swýþlican ent Goliam, Hml. S. 18, 18. Hí worhton him anlícnyssa, and sceópon him naman, þǽra manna naman þe wǽron entas and yfeldǽde, Hml. Th. i. 22, 31: 366, 21. Nembroð and ðá entas worhton þone wundorlican stýpel, Wlfst 105, 3. Enta cyclopum,

fíf-tyne

Grammar
fíf-tyne, l. -tíne,
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and add: with a noun in agreement Þæt wǽron fiéftiéne hund þúsend monna, Ors. 3, 9; S. 128, 22. Fífténa stód deóp se drenceflód monnes elna, Gen. 1397. Ofer fýftýne furlang (suælce spyrdum fífténum, L., swelce spyrdas fífténe, R.) quasi stadiis quindecim

fisc

a fish

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Add: a fish Gif þú finde fisc on óþrum fisce innan, genim þone and gebræd swíþe, Lch. ii. 90, 9. Wel meltende mettas, scellihte fiscas, Lch. ii. 196, 22. in a collective sense Ðá munucas habben þriddan dǽl ðæs fisces, and he ðá twá dǽl, C. D. vi. 147

ge-hycgan

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Add: to think of, consider, with acc. ꝥ ic on mínum móde betwih þás eorðlican gedréfednesse hwílum gehicge þá heofonlican þing, Gr. D. I. 20. with clause Sceáwa nú and gehige hú heora sáwla lifgiað pensa eorum animae qualiter vivunt Gr. D. 271, 13.

ge-hýdan

(v.)
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to fasten with a cable made of hide (?cf. þæt gafol bið . . . on þǽm sciprápum þe beóð of hwæles hýde geworht, Ors. l, l; S. 18, 18) Wénað wǽglíðende þæt hý on eálond sum eágum wlíten, and bonne gehýdað heáhstefn scipu tó þám unlonde (the whale) oncyrrápum