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daru

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S. 15, 7. loss, deprivation Þonne se mon bið blind, þeáh mycel áge, ꝥ him bið mycel daru, gif hit geseón ne mæg, Bl. H. 21, 8

drohtnung

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drohtnung, Dele 'in great renown' l. 10,
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ástealde þá stíðan drohtnunge he founded the ascetic life, Hml. S. 16, 99

for-helan

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, Past. 377, 7. with dat. of person from whom something is concealed: Ꝥ ðæs hálgan hǽse forhule (-hǽle, v. l.) his hláforde, Hml. S. 21, 81. with clause (and dat. of person) forhæl him ðæt hine eft ðreátian wolde, Past. 185, 24

geár-getal

Grammar
geár-getal, l. -getæl,
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ꝥ .vii. geárgetælu beón binnon þrím dagum þus gefadode ... Nime him tó .xii. manna and fæsten .iii. dagas ... begite septies .cxx. manna ꝥ fæstan eác for hine .iii. dagas; þonne wyrð gefæst swá fæla fæstena swá bið daga on .vii. geárum, Ll.

ge-cneordlǽcan

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Ox. 1086. to study, apply oneself to learning gecneordlǽhte æfter wísra láreówa gebisnungum ( he studied according to the examples set by wise teachers ), and gefæstnode his láre on fæsthafelum gemynde, Hml. Th. ii. 118, 18.

hwæt

(adj.)
Grammar
hwæt, adj.
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Efficax, hwæt, i. citus, expeditus, astutus, acutus, sollers, peritus arud, 142, 54. swift Gif hwæt biþ, ne tweóþ nǽnne mon ꝥ hwæt ne sié cuicumque velocitas adest, manifestum est esse velocem, Bt. 16, 3; F. 54, 30.

aldor

(n.)
Grammar
aldor, es; n. [aldor = ealdor life] .

lifethe vital parts of the bodyvitaage

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Ðæt se wǽre his aldre scyldig that he with his life should pay [be liable ], Cd. 196; Th. 244, 19; Dan. 450. Ðæt him on aldre stód here-strǽl hearda so that the hard war-shaft stood in his vital parts, Beo.

GEAT

(n.)
Grammar
GEAT, gat, es; pl. nom. acc. u, a, o; n.

A gatedoorportaostiumjānua

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Ðá he geneálǽhte ðære ceastre gate cum appropinquāret portæ civĭtātis, Lk. Bos. 7, 12. Heó ðæt geat ðæs mynstres ontýnde illa apĕruit jānuam Monastērii, Bd. 3, 11; S. 536, 18. Ða gyldnan geatu hát ontýnan bid open the golden gates, Exon.

Linked entry: helle-geat

smedema

(n.)
Grammar
smedema, smeodema, smidema, smedma, an ; m.
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Bere is swíðe earfoþe tó gearcigenne, and ðeáh*-*hwæðere fét ðone mann, ðonne gearo biþ.

Linked entries: smeodoma smidema

(n.)
Grammar
tá, (contracted from) , an; f.

A toe

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Gif heó mid ðám tán stæpeþ, 144, 15. Æt ðám óðrum táum ealswá æt ðám fingrum, L. Ethb. 71; Th. i. 20, 3. Mid ðǽm táum cum mentagris, Lchdm. i. lxxiv, 21 (cf. lxxi, 13).

Linked entries: táhae tán

á-bútan

(prep.; adv.)
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Th. i. 286; 25. rotation Se consul sceolde beón heora yldost tó ánes geáres fyrste; féng ðonne óþer tó óþres geáres firste tó ðám ylcan anwealde, and eóde swá ábútan be heora gebirdum. Jud. p. 161, 25

á-wecgan

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Hét spannan oxan tó, ac hí ne mihton áwecgan þǽt mǽden swá, Hml. S. 9, 107. Seó mycelnes þæs stánclifes wearð upp áweged fram ðám mannum þe hit ymb wunnon, (evulsa) Gr.

Linked entry: wecgan

fót

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Seldon wolde rídan, ac síðode on his fótum. Hml. S. 26, 80. Gebindað him foet and honda, Mt. R. 22, 13. ¶ where a humble position or condition is expressed Heó tó his fótum hí ástrehte, Mk. 7, 25.

ge-mircian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mircian, ge-mercian.
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seolf of inwritting gemercad bið ipse ex inscribtione signalur, 4, 5. to signify, express Gemercade significans, Lk. p. 2, 7. to f orm by marks, portray Gemercade com-pingens (as if from pingere to paint ?)

Linked entry: -mircian

hwílwend-lic

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geheólde þá hwílwendlican geþincþu. Hml. S. 26, 113. <b>II a.

on-rǽs

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Add: of violent movement Férde eall seó heord myclum onrǽse (impetu) niwel on þá sǽ all the herd went with a great rush headlong into the sea, Mt. 8, 32. of hostile movement. by a living creature, attack, assault Án hrem bewerode ꝥ líc . . . and þá

be-ginnan

(v.)
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God him þæs tíþode, and began git biddan (he attempted further intercession), Hml. S. 13, 203. with dat. infin. Gif hwá útácymen man beginne tó þénienne. swelte deáðe externus, qui ad ministrandum accesserit, morietur, Num. 3, 10.

HÚSEL

(n.)
Grammar
HÚSEL, húsul, húsl, es; n.

The HOUSELthe Eucharist

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Ðæt húsel is Cristes líchama ná líchamlíce ac gástlíce ná se líchama ðe on þrowode ac se líchama ðe embe spræc ðá ðá bletsode hláf and wín tó húsle . . . and cwæþ be ðam gebletsodan hláfe Ðis is mín líchama and be ðam gehálgodan wíne Ðis is mín

Linked entry: húsl

a-fliéman

(v.)
Grammar
a-fliéman, p. de; pp. ed

To cause to fleeto banish

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To cause to flee, to banish Síe he afliémed let him be [as one] banished, L. Alf. pol. 2; Th. i. 60, 17

flyþ

(n.)
Grammar
flyþ, es; m.

Flightvŏlātus

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Flight; vŏlātus Forgeaf ðám fugelum flyþ geond ðas lyft he gave to the birds flight through this air, Hexam. 8; Norm. 14, 10