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fyrn-wita

(n.)
Grammar
fyrn-wita, -wiota, -weota, an; m.

An ancient sageold counsellorprophetantīquus săpiens

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Wæs se wítedóm þurh fyrnwitan sungen the prophecy was sung by old seers, Elen. Kmbl. 2305; El. 1154

hrycg-hǽr

(n.)
Grammar
hrycg-hǽr, es; n.
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Hair on the back of an animal Gif ðú hafast mid ðé wulfes hrycghǽr and tæglhǽr ða ýtemestan on síðfæte bútan fyrhtu ðú ðone síð gefremest ac se wulf sorgaþ ymbe his síð if you have with you on a journey hairs from a wolf's back and from the tip of its

lísan

(v.)
Grammar
lísan, lýsan; p. de

To loosenreleaseredeemdeliver

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Se sylfa cyning mid síne líchoman lýsde of firenum, Exon. 25 b; Th. 74, 22; Cri. 1210. Gif hé ða hand lésan [álýsan, MS. H; lýsan, MS. B.] wille ... gelde swá tó his were belimpe, L. Alf. pol. 6; Th. i. 66, 5: Byrht. Th.132, 57; By. 37: Elen.

Linked entries: lésan lýsan

be-smitenes

(n.)
Grammar
be-smitenes, -ness, -nyss, e; f.

Dirtiness, SMUTTINESS, filthiness, pollution, abomination, infectionsordes, inquinamentum, pollutio, coinquinatio

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Dirtiness, SMUTTINESS, filthiness, pollution, abomination, infection; sordes, inquinamentum, pollutio, coinquinatio Tilode se Drihtnes wer ða stówe fram unsyfernyssum geclǽnsian ðara ǽrrena mána and besmitenessa the man of God toiled to cleanse the place

ge-fá

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fá, [ = ge-faa], án; m. [fáh a foe]

A foean enemyinimicusadversarius

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A foe, an enemy; inimicus, adversarius Gif se man [MS. mon] his gefán wite if the man know his foe, L. Alf. pol, 42; Th. i. 90, 2, 4, 14.

Linked entry: -fá

geornan

(v.)
Grammar
geornan, giornan, giornian; p. de, ade, ede; pp. ed

To desire, begdesīdĕrāre

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Se cyng and his witan georndon friþes the king and his witan desired peace, Chr. 1011; Erl. 144, 21. To geornanne mendicare, Lk. Skt. Lind. 16, 3. Giornade, giornede, giornde begged, Mk. Skt. Lind. 10, 46: 1, 40: Jn. Skt. Lind. 9, 8

Linked entry: gyrnan

ufan-weard

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
ufan-weard, adj.

top of

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Ðá gesáwon wé westan ðone leóman sunnan and se leóma gehrán ðǽm treówunt ufonweardum videmus ab occidente jubare fulgentibus Phebi radiisque percussa arborum cacumina, Nar. 28, 25

un-gehádod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gehádod, adj.

Not ordainednot in holy orders

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Si puella aliqua cum ordinatis habitet, et se eidem ordini destinet ... non erit insons coram Deo, etiamsi non sit ordinata, L. Ecg. P. ii. 17; Th. ii. 180, 19-188, 9-12. Gewylces ungehádodes wífes tácen is..., Techm. ii. 129, 18

Linked entries: ge-hádod un-hádod

un-gelífed

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gelífed, adj.

Not possessed of beliefunbelievinginfidel

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Not possessed of belief, unbelieving, infidel Se ungelýfeda Ualens genam Godes circean of ðám Godes þeówum, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 318. Hí ofslógon swíðe ða hǽðenan, ðæt ðǽr nán ne beláf ðæra ungelýfedra cucu, Homl. Th. ii. 212, 33.

Linked entry: ge-lífan

un-weaxen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-weaxen, adj.

Not grown upyoung

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Se eorl wolde sleán eaferan sínne unweaxenne ( Isaac ), Cd. Th. 204, 1; Exod, 412. Isaac bearn unweaxen, 173, 34; Gen. 2871. Hé hét ealle árísan geonge ... Ðá upp ástódon eaforan unweaxne, Andr. Kmb1. 3252; An. 1629

be-lǽwan

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þe unscildigne man belǽwe wið médscette, Deut. 27, 25. Þú hæfst ús beswicen and belǽwed, Wlfst. 240, 26. Wé synd belǽwde tó úre lífleáste, Hml. A. 99, 254. a thing Sum leógere belǽwde ꝥ feoh, Hml. S. 25, 756

blód-læswu

(n.)
Grammar
blód-læswu, blód-lǽs, e; -lǽswu, e; f.

Blood-letting

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Æfter þon þe se líchoma sié þurh þá blódlǽse geclǽnsad, 210, 18. Substitute:

for-hátan

to renounceoutlawproscribe

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Th. 173, 6) Se forhátena (the devil who tempted Eve) spræc, Gen. 609

for-leógan

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Se cniht hine sylfne forleáh, 208. Ðá sǽdon þá hýrédmen ꝥ hit sóð wǽre, and ealle mid áðe Eugenian forlugan, 2, 222. Hí fundon leáse gewitan þe forlugon Naboð (cf. viri diabolici dixerunt contra eum testimonium, 1, Kings 21, 13.), 18, 196.

ge-lífedlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-lífedlíce, adv.
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Se ealdormon geliéfedlíce mid sibbe þára ǽrenda anféng, 3, 1; S. 96, 19

ge-lósian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lósian, l. ge-losian,
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L. 15, 24. trans. to lose ðe gelosas sául his fore mec, infindes hiá qui perdiderit animam suam propter me, inveniet eam, Mt. L. 16, 25. to destroy Sóhton hine gelosage ł tó spillanne quaerebant eum perdere, Jn. L. 10, 59

ge-tawian

(v.)
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terra, Bd. 4, 28; Sch. 521, 3. to treat a person (ill), bring or put to shame, of personal action Sume wurdon getawod tó scande some were shamefully entreated, Chr. 1076; P. 212, 28. of the operation of disease Án man wæs yfele getawod, and hine æt se

ge-þeódrǽden

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Gif hwylc bróðor gedyrstlǽcð ꝥ hé ǽnige geþeódrǽdene nime wið þone ámánsumedan si quis frater presumpserit fratri excommunicato se jungere, 50, 11

ge-treówleás

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S. 19, 232. not holding the true faith, infidel Gif se getreówleása gewíte infidelis si discedit (1 Cor. 7, 15), R. Ben. 53, 3. Þá gemynd þára getreówleásra (-trýw-, v. l.) cyninga regum perfidorum memoria, Bd. 3, 1; Sch. 193, 9.

hind

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Cwæð se cyning tó hire hwylcne dǽl þæs landes hió onfón wolde hyre bróðrum tó wergilde. Hió cwaeð ꝥ hió his ná máran ne gyrnde þonne hire hind útan ymbe yrnan wolde þe hire ealne weg beforan arn ðonne hió on ráde wæs . . .