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hwésan

(v.)
Grammar
hwésan, p. hweós

To wheeze

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To wheeze, make a noise in breathing, to breathe hard Gif hé mid earfoþnysse hwést if he breathes with difficulty, Lchdm. iii. 122, 3. Hé hwést swýðe hefelíce, 126, 9. Hé egeslíce hweós he wheezed terribly, Homl. Th. i. 86, 1

Linked entry: hwósan

lengan

(v.)
Grammar
lengan, p. de

To pertainbelong

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To pertain, belong Ðonne heó byþ ii and xx niht eald ðæt ðú gesihst hit lenceþ tó góde and gefeán when the moon is twenty-two nights old, what thou seest belongs to good and to joy, Lchdm. iii. 160, 9

mynster-gang

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

Going into a monasteryentering on a monastic life

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Going into a monastery, entering on a monastic life Heó ðonne mót gif heó wile ðæt forlǽtan and hyre mynstergang geceósan tunc, si velit, licebit ei id derelinquere, et vitam monasticam sibi eligere, L. Ecg. C. 20; Th. ii. 146, 23

god-mægen

(n.)
Grammar
god-mægen, es; n.
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A divine power, divinity; numen Ic bæd ða godmægen orabam numina, Nar. 24, 22. Hie ondrédon ðæt hie hiora godmægne sceoldon beón benumene they feared that they should be deprived of their divinity; de numinum suorum statu timentes, 28, 13

betst

(adv.)
Grammar
betst, adv. sup. of wel [?bet well, q. v.]

Best, mostoptime

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Ic him betst truwode I most trusted them, Bt. 2; Fox 4, 12. Albínus wæs betst gelǽred Albinus was most learned, Bd. pref; S. 471, 23

úht-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
úht-tíd, e; f.

Early morning timethe time before daybreak

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Voc. ii. 58, 64. On úhttíde in matutino, Ps. Spl. 48, 15. Moyses bebeád eorlas on úhttíd folc somnigean, frecan árísan, Cd. Th. 191, 17; Exod. 216

Linked entry: úhtan-tíd

un-wemmed

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wemmed, adj.

Unspottedundefiledimmaculate

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Skt. ii. 23 b, 437. On wege unwæmmedum in via immaculata, Ps. Spl. 100, 1, 7. Unuoemedo immaculatam, Rtl. 104, 18

Linked entry: un-gewemmed

un-gelífendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gelífendlíc, adj.

Incredibleextraordinary

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Th. i. 86, 12. Ic ðé mæg tǽcan óþer ðing ðe dysegum monnum wile ðincan get ungeléfendlícre (-léfed-, Cott. MS.) hoc quod dicam, non minus mirum videatur, Bt. 38, 3; Fox 198, 30

Linked entry: un-gelífedlíc

wyrþe-land

(n.)
Grammar
wyrþe-land, es; n.
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Voc. ii. 79, 26: 77, 50: 59, 56. v. worþ, and next word(?)

Linked entry: worþ

á-fremdan

(v.)
Grammar
á-fremdan, (-ðan), -fremdian; p. -fremde, -fremdede; pp. -fremd (-ð), fremded (-od).
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to alienate, estrange a person Ic wolde þæt hý þé áfremdedon, Wlfst. 255, 13. Áfremðæ sind ðá synfullan alienati sunt peccatores , Ps. Srt. 57, 4. to alienate, deprive a person of something Swá rihtwíslícre gesihðe áfremdad, Hml. S. 23 b, 676

be-gímen

(n.)
Grammar
be-gímen, be-gímenn, e; f.
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Cure, observation Hírédes begímen aulica cura, Lch. i. Ix, 4. Mid begýmene cum observatione, Lk. 17, 20. On his begémene intuitu suo, Kent. Gl. 736. Of begýmenna optentu, i. in-tuitu, An. Ox. 3915. Begýmyne operam, i. studium, 7, 86

burg-gemet

(n.)
Grammar
burg-gemet, es; n.
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Measure used in a town Ne sceall bisceop geþafian wóh gemet, ac hit gebyreð ꝥ be his rǽde fare ǽlc burhgemet (cf. gange án gemet swilce man on Lundenbyrig and on Wintanceastre healde, i. 270, 1), Ll. Th. ii. 312, 20

cǽg-bora

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Voc. i. 288, 45: ii. 17, 11. Sc̃s Heremus wæs cǽgbora in Róme, Shrn. 121, 23. [Cf. N. E. D. key-bearer.] Cf. cǽg-hirde

ceir

(n.)
Grammar
ceir, (cér, cír ?)
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a cry, clamour Irra and ceir ira et clamor, Rtl. 12, 35. Ceir mín tó dé cyme. Of grundum ic geceigde clamor meus ad te veniat. De profundis clamavi, 183, 10-15: 170, 27: 171, 21: 174, 23. Cf. cígan (ceigan)

ge-lisfullíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-lisfullíce, (?); adv.
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v. ge-les; ge-lustfullícor, v.l.) hine geþeódde on úra goda begangum þonne ic nullus tuorum studiosius quam ego culturae deorum nostrorum se subdidit, Bd. 2, 13; Sch. 164, 21

Linked entry: -lisfullíce

ge-sidian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sidian, p. ode
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To arrange, determine Ðonne þú setrægel habban wille, þonne plice þú ðíne ágene gewéda mid twám fingrum, tðspréd þíne twá handa and wege hí swylce þú setl gesydian wille, Tech. ii. 122, 19. See other examples under sydung in Dict

Linked entry: ge-sydian

heáh-helm

(adj.)
Grammar
heáh-helm, adj.
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Having foliage high up; of a light, having far-reaching rays þone heáhhelman leóman iubar alticomum (the passage is: Modio lateat ne tecta lucerna, sed iubar alticomum Domini diffundat in aedem, Vita S. Cudbercti c. 21, 50), Hpt. 33, 238, 1

leáh

(n.)
Grammar
leáh, f.
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D. ii. 73, 21. In illud septum tó brádan leáge, transitque illo septo brádan leáge, iii. 383, 18. On ceaforleáhe; of ðǽre leáhe, 77, 26 : 79, 2. v. fyrs-, gemót-,, Add

rihtlíce

(adv.)
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Add Þá ðe rihtlíce healdað hyra ǽwe, and on álýfedum tíman hǽmed begáð, Hml, Th. i. 148, 21. of direction, directly Ðá áxode ic hwilc se wæg wǽre þe tó Iordane þǽre eá rihtlícost gelǽdde, Hml. S. 23 b, 494

scín-lác

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Rdr. 284, 10. add: The Latin original of the last passage is: Fantasmas uiderit, lucrum ex insperato significat