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ge-dryht

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., fór folca gedryht, El. 27

ge-wunelíce

(adv.)
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S. 1, 200. where a practice is made of doing something, as a matter of habit or custom Ðá seó tíd middæges tó becóm, þá oðstód[hé] . . . and hine gewunelíce gebæd, for þan þe hé gewunode on þám gesettum tídum . . . gebiddan, Hml. S. 23 b, 162.

healm

stubblestrawa strawstalk

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For substitute I a below, and add: in a collective sense, stubble, straw Hég foenum, healm stipula, Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 46. Healm stramen spicarum, ii. 137, 48.

langsum

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For langsumere prolixa (valetudine fatigatam ), An. Ox. 3997. dilatory, tardy Hwæt sceall hit swá langsum, efne nú is se tíma, Hml. S. 22, 212. of space relations, lengthy, extended Langsum[um] wrǽda bíum prolixis fasciarum ambagibus An.

waefer-sín

(n.)
Grammar
waefer-sín, -sién, -sýn, -seón, e; f.

A sightshowspectacle

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for úrum synnum tó swylcere wæfersýne synd, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 158. Wæferséne spectaculum, Hpt. Gl. 435, 49: 501, 46. Se dæg mé ætýwde swíðe micele wæfersýne, Shrn. 41, 15. Tó ðissum wæferseónum, Blickl. Homl. 187, 15

Linked entry: wlite-seón

brengan

(v.)
Grammar
brengan, ic brenge, ðú brengest, brengst, he brengeþ, brengþ, brencþ, pl. brengaþ ; p. ic, he brohte, ðú brohtest, pl. brohton; pp. broht ; v. a.

To bring, adduce, lead, produce, bear, carry; ferre, afferre, offerre, proferre

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Ða he hæfde ǽr him to wífe broht whom he had formerly married [lit. he had formerly taken to himself for a wife], Bd. 3, 7; S. 529, 30

Linked entry: bringan

on-bærnan

(v.)
Grammar
on-bærnan, p. de.

to set fire to, to light (a fire), to kindleto burn, consume by burningto heat, inflameto kindle desire for anything, to incite

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Homl. 25, 7. to kindle desire for anything, to incite Monigra monna mód tó worulde forhogenesse onbærnde accensi wǽron, Bd. 4, 24; S. 596, 37

ge-strýnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-strýnan, -streónan, -strínan, -striénan; p. de; pp. ed [gestreón gain]

To gaingetobtainacquirebegetprocreatelucrāriacquīrĕregignĕreprocreāre

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To gain, get, obtain, acquire, beget, procreate; lucrāri, acquīrĕre, gignĕre, procreāre Ðæs ðe ic móste mínum leóde swylc gestrýnan because I have been able to acquire such for my people, Beo. Th. 5589; B. 2798: L.

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á-wirdan

(v.)

to corruptspoil,to injureannoyafflict a personto hinder

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Heó weóp for ðǽre áwyrdan (the broken sieve), lǽne Hml. Th. ii. 154, 17. a non-material object Se dióful ðæt mód áwiert (corrumpit), Past. 415, 24. Sé þe his ágene sprǽce áwyrt, hé wyrcð barbarismus, Angl. viii. 313, 19.

Linked entry: á-wyrdan

ge-wunian

(v.)
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Gif ðeór sý gewunad (cf. geseten, 16 for an intransitive participle ) in ánre stówe, Lch. iii. 30, 6. Gif men synd wænnas gewunod on ꝥ heáfod foran, 46, 21

LÁR

(n.)
Grammar
LÁR, e; f.

LOREteachinginstructionlearningknowledgecunningsciencepreachingdoctrinedogmapreceptexhortationadmonitioncounselsuggestioninstigationpersuasion

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Ðín ríce for his lárum gefealleþ thy kingdom will fall because of his counsels, 181, 34

Linked entries: folc-lár lǽr

þeód-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-scipe, es ; m.
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Homl. 133, 2. .vii. gebróðor geþrowedon deáþ for ðære ealdan ǽ bebode ... Ðá cwæþ se cniht ( the seventh brother ): 'Ic sylle mínne líchoman for ússa fædera ðeódscipe, swá míne bróþor dydon,' Shrn. 111, 20.

ge-þóht

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For hwý bið se ryhtwísa gecostod mid yfle geðóhte, and ne bið gewemmed, búton for ðý ðe ðǽm ryhtwísan ne deriað his yflan geðóhtas, for ðǽm ðe hé næfd gearone willan ðæt wóh tó fulfremmanne, 423, 23-28.

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heals-fang

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Lbmn. 358, 14. to be paid as a penalty Gif for godbótan feohbót áríseð, swá swá wise woroldwitan tó steóre gesettan, ꝥ gebyreð . . . for woroldsteóran tó godcundan neódan, hwílum be wíte, hwílum be wergylde, hwílum be halsfange. Ll.

wealh

(n.)
Grammar
wealh, gen. weales; m.

a foreigner properly a Celt a Celt of Britain; the word occurs mostly in pl., the British the WelshWales a Romana slave servanta shameless person

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Ðár man slóh .cc. preósta, ða cómon ðyder ðæt hí scoldon gebiddan for Walena here, 607; Erl. 20, 29. Hí ofslógon .ii. þúsendo Wala (Walana, v. l. ), 614; Erl. 20, 37. Wala (Weala, v. l. ) cyning, 710; Erl. 44, 4.

ge-cynd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-cynd, f. also has gen. ge-cynd (Bl. H. 31, 32); dat.
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Má wilniaþ ðá nétenu ðæs ðe hí wilniað for gecynde (ex naturae principiis) þonne for willan ... hwílum þæt gecynd (natura ) ofercymþ þone willan, 34, 11; F. 150, 31-152, 12.

þe

(adv.; con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
þe, indecl.
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Hé wæs sundes þe sǽnra, þe hyne swylt fornam, Beo. Th. 2877; B. 1436: Exon. Th. 432, 15; Rä. 48, 6.

Linked entry: þý

BE

(prep.)
Grammar
BE, [abbreviated from big = bí, q. v.]; prep. dat. and instr.

BYnear totoatinonuponaboutwithjuxtapropeadsecusincumoffromabouttouchingconcerningdequoadforbecause ofafterbythroughaccording topropropterersecundumbesideout ofeex

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Kmbl. 2479; El. 1241. for, because of, after, by, through, according to; pro, propter, er, secundum He sette word be worde he set word for word, Bt. pro?m; Fox viii. 3. Be hyra weorcum for their works, Exon. 26b; Th. 79, 13; Cri. 1290.

mǽl

(n.)
Grammar
mǽl, mál, mél, es; n. m. (?)

a measurea marksigncrosscrucifixfixed, suitable, appointed timeseasonoccasionthe time for eatinga meal

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The word is also used for the sword itself brogden mǽl, Beo. Th. 3236; B. 1616: 3338; 8. 1667: Elen. Kmbl. 1574; El. 759.

fæder

a parenta step-fatherforefatherfathersancestorsfathera god-fathera patron

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Ǽnne for mé, óþerne for mínne fæder, þriddan for mínne ieldran fæder, C. D. ii. 176, 7. a god-father On þám fulluhte án fæder (sponsor) mæg beón, gif hit nýdþearf bið, Ll.