word-riht
a law expressed in the form of a command ⬩ an ordinance ⬩ a law expressed in spoken words ⬩ a spoken law ⬩ a statement of what is right ⬩ a duty which one has given his word to perform
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Cf. wégehéton, 5261; B. 2634), Beo. Th. 5256; B. 2631
yppe
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Icel. pallr for this sense Eode æþeling ( Beowulf ) tó yppan, ðǽr se óþer wæs, Hróðgár grétte, Beo. Th. 3634; B. 1815. the upper part of a house, an upper chamber Yppe (Ep.
and-lóman
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Ben. I. 62, 1. Inorf, andlu[man] suppellex, An. Ox. 4664: Hpt. Gl. 514, 25. Hé sceal fela tóla tó túne tilian and fela andlómena tó húsan habban, Angl. ix. 262, 27. Andlamena, 264, 8. Andlumena, Cht. Th. 538, 36.
ést-mete
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Ben. 16, 23. Lazarus geseah ðone rícan brúcan his éstmettas (fare sumptuously), Hml. Th. i. 330, 15.
firlen
at a distance
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Ben. I. loi, 12. On fyrlenum at a distance: Onðǽre hwíle þe hé on fyrlenum wæs, Hml. S. 6, 47. On fyrlenum wunigende, 35, 26
ge-geótan
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Ǽlc calic gegoten beó þe man húsl on hálgige, and on treówenum ne hálgige man ǽnig, Ll. Th. ii. 252, 21: Sal. 31
ge-máhlíce
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Ben. I. 18, 2. importunately, pertinaciously Gemáh[líce] pertinaciter (perseverare in precibus), An Ox. 3391; perseveranter, Hpt. Gl. 486, 4. Hé bæd gemáhlíce Paulum ꝥ hé hine gehǽlde, Hml. S. 29, 53.
ge-midlian
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Dumbe beóð þá bydelas and tó fæste gemídlede, þe for ege oððe lufe wandiað Godes riht tó sprecanne, Wlfst. 191, 2-6
geornfulnes
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Ben. 17, 22. desire to do Þæt gefeoht wæs gedón mid micelre geornfullnesse of þǽm folcum bǽm ingentibus utrimque animis pugna committitur, Ors. 3, 9; S. 126, 2: 5, 11; S. 236, 20. earnestness.
gist
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Ben. I. 94, 5
horig
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Gif þú bere horige reáf ( ceruleas (nigras) uestes ), Hpt. 31, 13, 3 25
læs
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Þe lǽste ( ne forte ) beó gemétt bróþor ásolcen, Angl. xiii. 434, 982. as subst. Ic oft wíscte ꝥ hyra lǽs wǽre swá gewinfulra, Nar. 2, 29
ǽfen-sang
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Ben. 38, 15. Se ǽfensancg mid antefene sý gecweden, 39, 20. Se ǽfensang sý geendod mid feówer sealma dreáme, 43, 7. Ðone lofsang (the Magnificat) ðe wé singað on Godes cyrcan æt ǽlcum ǽfensange, Hml. Th. i. 202, 26.
æfter-fylgan
To follow
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Ben. 34, 13: 60, 4. Æfter ðǽm ræpsum æfterfyligan (-fylian, v. 1.) óþre syx sealmas, 33, 21. Ðes æfterfiligenda cwyde is egefull, Hml. Th. i. 130, 28. Seó hálgung ðæs æfterfilgendan bisceopes, Chr. 984; P. 124, 3. Æfterfylgendre prepostero, Wrt.
brant
High, deep, steep, difficult; ⬩ altus, arduus
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Ðe brontne ceól ofer lagustrǽte lǽdan cwómon who came leading a high keel over the water-street, Beo. Th. 482; B. 238. Ymb brontne ford about the deep ford, 1140; B. 568.
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on-bítan
To taste of, partake of
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Gif wulf ǽniges cynnes orf tóslíte, and hit forðon deád beo, ne onbíte gustet his nán Cristen man, L. Ecg. P. iv. 29; Th. ii. 212, 26. Anbíte, iv. 28; Th. ii. 212, 23. Gecýðan ðæt heó ðæs forstolenan ne onbite, L. In. 57; Th. i. 138, 10.
tóh
Tough, ⬩ tenacious, ⬩ holding fast together ⬩ lentus ⬩ tough, ⬩ pliant ⬩ tough, ⬩ sticky, ⬩ glutinous, ⬩ clammy
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Voc. ii. 50, 74. tough, sticky, glutinous, clammy Nim hwetstán brádneand gní dða buteranon ðæm hwetstane mid copore ðæt heó beo wel toh, Lchdm. iii. 16, 22. Makeþ ȝoure speres toȝe and strang, Laym. 5865. Mid toȝen his mæine, 9319.
ge-sceáwian
To spew, manifest, exhibit ⬩ exhibere, monstrāre, manifestāre ⬩ To see, behold, view, look round upon ⬩ videre, perspicere, circumspicere ⬩ To see, consider ⬩ videre, considerare
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Hord ys gesceáwod the hoard has been seen, Beo. Th. 6161; B. 3084. Ðæt ðú ða bisne sweotole gesceáwige that thou mayest clearly view the example, Bt. 22, 2; Fox 78, 15. Him eallum gesceáwodum iis omnibus circumspectis, L. Bos. 6, 10. intrans.
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dígolnes
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Hé him cýtan árǽrde on sumere dígelnysse swylce hé ancersetla beón mihte, 31, 1069. Dígelnesse latibulum, i. obscurum, An. Ox. 3318. Deágelnesse abyssum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 9, 29. Of dégolnessum de recessibus, 28, 51. Dígelnessum, An.
full-fremed
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Ben. 134, 22. Fulfremedum leornerum, 21, 16. of complete excellence Wæs hé on gódum for Gode swíþe fulfremed, Bl. H. 217, 10. Gyf þú wylt fullfremed (ful-, v. l.) beón si vis perfectus esse, Mt. 19, 21: Hml. Th. i. 62, 3.
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