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lor

(n.)
Grammar
lor, es; n. (v. ðæt forlor, Past. Swt. 403, 13).

Lossdestruction

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Ðæt nǽniges mannes feorh tó lore wearð for ðam ofslægenan cyninges bréðer ut nullius anima hominis pro interfecto reges fratre daretur, Bd. 4, 21; S. 590, 23.

Linked entries: los lyre

módigian

(v.)
Grammar
módigian, módigan; p. ode.

to be or become proudto gloryexultto take offence through prideto bear one's self proudlyimpetuously

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Ðá begann hé (Lucifer ) tó módigenne for ðære fægernesse ðe hé hæfde, 10, 22.

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nágan

(v.)
Grammar
nágan, = ne ágan.

not to havenot to be allowedought not

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Náge hé hié út on elþeódig folc tó bebycgganne it shall not be allowable for him to sell her abroad into a foreign people, L. Alf. 12; Th. i. 46, 13. On ða gerád ðæt hine náge nán man of tó áceápienne, Chart. Th. 151, 13.

niþer

(adv.)
Grammar
niþer, adv.

Downbeneathbelow

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Ðé wearþ helle seáþ niþer gedolfen beneath was the pit of hell dug for thee, Exon. Th. 267, 30; Jul. 423. Ðá hé nyþer ábeáh cum se inclinasset, Jn. Skt. 20, 5. Ic nyþer álǽte submitto, Ælfc. Gr. 28; Som. 31, 41. Hé nyþer áléde deposuit, Lk.

Linked entry: nieþer

ge-wealden

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-wealden, part.

Subjectunder the powercontrol of any oneinconsiderablesmall

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Drincan gewealden wínes for eówres magan mettrymnesse modico vino utere propter stomachum, Past. 43, 9; Swt. 319, 6; Hat. MS. Ðá næfdon hí nán wín búton on ánum gewealdenum butruce in uno parvissimo vasculo, Lchdm. iii. 362, col. 1.

ge-feoht

(n.)
Grammar
ge-feoht, -fioht, -feht, es; n.

A fightbattlecontestwarpreparation for warpræliumpugnacongressiobellumprocinctus

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A fight, battle, contest, war, preparation for war; prælium, pugna, congressio, bellum, procinctus Ðæt ungemetlíce mycle gefeoht the very great battle, Ors. 1, 9; Bos. 32, 1 : Homl. Th. ii. 538, 14 : Chr. 603; Erl. 20, 15 : 868; Erl. 72, 28.

un-gemetlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gemetlíc, adj.

immoderateinordinateexcessivetoo greatimmensevery greatnot of the same measurediverse

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For ungemetlícum cyle, 33, 4; Fox 130, 34. Mið ungemetlícre gítsunge intemperans cupido, Txts. 180, 1: Ors. 1, 2; Swt. 30, 28. Of ungemetlícre drígnesse, Lchdm. ii. 56, 17. Ungemætlícre, iii. 72, 30.

west

(adv.)
Grammar
west, adv.
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West, westward, to the west, in a westerly direction, marking the direction of movement Hér fór se here west ðe eást gelende, Chr. 886; Erl. 84, 24: 918; Erl. 102, 23: Cd. Th. 219, 12; Dan. 53. West féran, 220, 25; Dan. 76: Exon.

án-lípe

(adj.)
Grammar
án-lípe, (ǽn-); adj.
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Ox. 7, 386: 8, 401. single, private, not having office Ðá underðióddan and ðá ánlépan menn ðe ǽmtige beóð ðæs ðæt hié for óðre menu suincen . . . Se ǽmetiga and se ánlípa (-lépa, Cott. MSS.), Past. 191, 13-18

be-hátan

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Th. i. 180, 22. reflex, to profess one's self ready for the doing of something (gen.) Sé ðe hine selfne máran gódes behǽt qui fortiori studio intenderat, Past. 403, 5. (Cf. O. H. Ger

beód

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Th. 133, 25. a table for other purposes Beádas (beód, R.) ðára mynetra, Mt. L. 21, 12. Beádo (beódo, R.), Mk. L. ll, 15. a charger, dish Beódas lances, Wrt. Voc. ii. 90, 51: 52, 52. Man sceal habban beódas (dishes or tables ?)

botl

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For þám þá æftran cyningas him botl (uillam) worhton on þám lande þe Loidis is háten, Bd. 2, 14; Sch. 173, 13-21. Þæs cynges botl, Hml. Th. i. 244, 19: ii. 480, 6. Tó Melantian (cf. wíf wæligon ǽhtum, Melantia gecýged, 133) botle, Hml. S. 2, 262.

carian

(v.)
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H. 143, 3. to care for (ymbe), see to the welfare of, be solicitous about Se abbod mid ealre embhýdignesse carige embe þá gyltendan gebróðru omni solicitudine curam gerat abbas circa delinquentes fratres, R. Ben. 50, 18.

feórþa

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Wæs xxxiii wintra and þæs feórþan dǽl þæt hé lífes wegas tácnode for 33 years and part of the thirty-fourth he pointed out the ways of life, Bl. H. 129, 16. Feórþe (ðiú feórða, L.) þǽre wacone quarta vigilia, Mt. R. 14, 25. Ðá feárða wacan, Mk. L.

ge-healdsumnes

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I. 84, 9. preservation, maintenance For sóðere sibbe gehealdsumnesse ( conservatione ), R. Ben. 5, 14.

Linked entry: ge-healtsumnys

ge-hefigian

(v.)
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Add: to make of serious import Ðonne hié willað him selfum ðæt yfel ðæt hié ðurhtugon tó suíðe gelíhtan ðæt hié ðonne ondrǽden for ðæs láreówes ðreáunga ðæt hié hit him gehefegien (-hefgien, v. l.) cum sibi quis malum, quod perpetravit, laevigat, hoc

ge-lǽtan

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For gebétendnysse tó fyrstan synt gelǽtene (nobis) propter emendationem (malorum hujus uite dies) ad inducias relaxantur (R. Ben. I. 5, 6), An. Ox. 58, 8. <b>I a.

ge-lustfulling

(n.)
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Ox. 5377- pleasantness, delight, pleasure Hí ondrǽdað þolian [for] gelustfullunge middaneardes timent carere oblectamento mundi, Scint. 63, 4.

ge-manigfildan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-manigfildan, ge-manigfealdan; p. de.
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[For] gemænigfyldre ofermódnesse propter publicatam insolentiam, An. Ox. 8, 389. Gemaeniflydre, 7, 380. as an arithmetical term Gemænigfyld þá þreó þurh feówer, þriwa feówer beóð twelf, Angl. viii. 328, 20.

ge-myndgian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-myndgian, ge-myndigian.
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Add: to recall the memory of (gen. ) Wé geedníwiað and gemyndgiað ðǽre scylde ðe úre ieldesta mǽg ús on for-worhte parentis primi lapsus iteratur, Past. 313, 15. to remember Symble bið gemyndgad morna gehwylce eaforan ellorsíð, B. 2450.