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þeóstre

(adj.)
Grammar
þeóstre, þeóster (-or, -ur), and þiéstre, þístre, þýstre; adj.
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Sume ðara ðýstra gásta quidam spirituum obscurorum, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 40. Þeóstrum nihtum, Bt. 7, 4; Fox 22, 28. Ðeóf sceal gangan in ðýstrum wederum, Menol. Fox 544; Gn. C. 42. Niht biþ wedera þeóstrost, Salm.

BRÝD

(n.)
Grammar
BRÝD, bríd, e; f.

A BRIDE, woman about to be married or newly married, a wife, spouse, womansponsa, nupta, uxor, mulier

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Ðá wæs Adames brýd gáste gegearwod then Adam's bride was endued with soul, Cd. 10; Th. 12, 16; Gen. 186. Him brýd sunu brohte his wife brought to him a son, Cd. 58; Th. 71, 16; Gen. 1171.

fullian

(v.)
Grammar
fullian, fulligan, fulwian, to fullianne; part. fulligende; ic fullige, ðú fullast, he fullaþ, pl. fulliaþ; p. fullode, ede; pp. fullod, ed; v. trans.

To FULL or make white as a fullerto baptizealbārecandĭdum făcĕrebaptīzāreβαπτίζειν

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Iohannes se Fulluhtere cwæþ, witodlíce ic eów fullige on wætere, to dǽdbóte; se ðe æfter me towerd ys ... he eów fullaþ on Hálgum Gáste, Mt.

freó-dóm

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Add: freedom from spiritual bondage, v. freó, (1 b) Ðǽr se Dryhtnes gást is, ðǽr is freódoom, Past. 265, 1. Se freódóm þæs unáræfnedlican þeówdómes, ꝥ is ðæs deófollican onwaldes, Bl. H. 137, 12.

ge-biddan

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Se Hálga Gást is . . . gebeden and gewuldrod, Hml. Th. ii. 598, 9. (4 a) to pray to God for a person :-- Gebide nú for mé þone God ðe ðú wurðast, Hml. Th. ii. 312, 12

á-bútan

(prep.; adv.)
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Dele first passage and add: prep. dat. acc. marking position Stódon him ábútan swearte gástas, Hml. Th. i. 414, 9.

ge-férness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-férness, (?), e; f.
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Going For þon þe mycelre tíde ǽr þǽre hálignesse hús geclǽnsod beón sceolde and seó gastlíþnes þæs Crístes wícsceáweres and seó gifernes gebúend wæs þæs Crístes engles and seó heall þæs hálgan gástes mundabatur enim longo tempore sacrificii domus, sanctitatis

hreósan

(v.)
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Gl. 124. to move or act with violence, fall upon, attack Þá áwyrgedan gástas betwux þá grimlican léga in hruron and feóllon maligni inter favillantium voraginum atras cavernas discurrentes, Guth. Gr. 132, 3

un-wísdóm

(n.)
Grammar
un-wísdóm, es; m.

follystupidityignorance

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Se wísdómc is ðæs Hálgan Gástes gifu; deófol sǽwð ðǽrtógeánes unwísdóm, Wulfst. 52, 26. ignorance Unwísdómes blendnise ignorantiae cecitate, Rtl. 38, 9.

Linked entry: wís-dóm

swǽr

(adj.)
Grammar
swǽr, swǽre, and swár; adj. [Halliwell gives sweer unwilling as a Northumbrian word, and swere dull, heavy, as a Durham one. In Jamieson's Dictionary the forms sweir, swere, sweer, swear are given with meanings lazy, indolent; unwilling; unwilling to give.]
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<b>V a</b>. inactive from weakness, enfeebled, weak :-- Mé is mín gást swǽr geworden defecit spiritus meus, Ps. Th. 142, 7. <b>V b</b>. of sleep, heavy :-- Swá fram slǽpe hwylc swǽrum áríse, Ps. Th. 72, 15.

Linked entry: swár

ufan

(adv.)
Grammar
ufan, adv.

from abovedownaboveat the top

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Se Hálga Gást cumeþ ufan on ðé, Blickl. Homl. 7, 35. Ic on andwlitan sígan lǽte wællregn ufan wídre eorðan, Cd. Th. 81, 24; Gen. 1350. Hé ða eágan þurheteþ ufon on ðæt heáfod it eats its way through the eyes down into the head, Exon.

Linked entries: ufan ufon on-ufan

æt-íwan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-íwan, æt-íwian (-eáw-, -eów-, -éw-, -iéw-, -ýw-. In Ps. L. 16, 15 a dis-tinction between the mutated and not mutated forms seems to be made, the former being transitive (cf.
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MS.) se Hálga Gást on culfran anlíc-nesse, Past. 290, 6. Atíwede, Chr. 1066; P. 196, 2. Ætýwde, Bd. 4, 8; S. 576, 8. . Ðǽm biscope æteáwdon fægre fǽmnan. Shrn. 63, 16.

Linked entry: æt-eáwan

hǽlend

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Mín gást wynsumaþ on God mínum hǽlende, Bl. H. 7, 3. with weakening of force and tending to become a mere title (cf. Christ), where it is not definitely applied to the second person of the Trinity Him wæs Hǽlend God wráð geworden, Sat. 281.

þanne

Grammar
þanne, <b>A. IV.</b>
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Add Gregorius þágýt spræc: 'Onu þonne gif se gást mage beón hæfd on þám men ... for hwan ne mæg hé ...?, 'Gr. D. 303, 25. Add Gif hié brecað his gebodscipe, þonne hé him ábolgen wurðeð, Gen. 430. <b>B. II.

DYRNE

(adj.)
Grammar
DYRNE, dierne; def. se dyrna, seó, ðæt dyrne; adj.

close, hidden, secret, obscure occultus, secrētus, latens, obscūrusdark, deceitful, eviltenebrīcōsus, subdŏlus

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Dyrnra gásta of evil spirits, Beo. Th. 2718 ; 1357: Exon. 71 a ; Th. 264, 22; Jul, 368

Linked entries: derne dierne

scildan

(v.)
Grammar
scildan, scyldan, sceldan, sceoldan; p. de.
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Ðara gásta ðe hine scildon defensiones spirituum bonorum, Bd. 3, 19 ; S. 548, 36. Scild úsig tuere nos, Rtl. 79, 16 : 84, 15. Him wæs lýfnesse sceald, ðæt hé him móste scyldan and besecgan, Bd. 5, 19; S. 640, 11. Scildende protegente, Rtl. 103, 34.

Linked entries: scyldan scehdun

Þú

(pronoun.)
Grammar
Þú, pers. pron.

Thou

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Se hálga gást on þé (ðeh, Lind.: ðec, Rush.) becymþ, Lk. Skt. 1, 35. Þec Sarre áh, Cd. Th. 137, 8; Gen. 2270. Ne forlǽte ic þé, 136, 10; Gen. 2256. Grammar Þú, used reflexively : -- Ne ondrǽd þú þé, Gen. 15, 1: Lk. Skt. 1, 30.

Linked entries: þec þeh þistel

ge-freógan

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Mið ðý ðú gást mid wiðerworde ðínum, sel geornlíce ꝥte ðú sé gefreód from him. Lk. L. 12, 58. to love, embrace Gefrígode hiá complexans eos, Mk. L. 10, 16

hlutor

Grammar
hlutor, l. hlútor,

clearbrightshiningsplendidbrightuntroubledpeaceclearsplendidgloriousillustriousbrilliantguiltdeceitpuresincere

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Ne him hlúttur gást on hracan eardað neque est spiritus in ore ipsorum, Ps. Th 113, 16. Is mínre heortan hige hlúttor and clǽne, 72, 17. Hé hæfde hlúttre lufan, An. 1065. Hé þæt hlúttre mód in þæs gǽstes gód trymede, Gú. 77.

Linked entry: hlútor-líce

tó-slúpan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-slúpan, p. -sleáp, pl. -slupon; pp. -slopen

To slip apart or awaybe relaxeddissolvedto have the connection between several objectsthat between the parts of the same object relaxedto be dissipated,destroyedto be loosedundoneto get relaxed,to be relaxed,get remissto get paralysed,get powerless,

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Skt. i. 6, 255. in reference to the mind Ðá wearð heora heorte tóslopen and heora gást ne beláf on him dissolutum est cor eorum et non remansit in eis spiritus, Jos. 5, 1

Linked entry: tó-swífan