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ge-sib

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-sib, -sibb, -syb; adj.

Peaceable, near, related, familiar ⬩ pācĭfĭcus, cognātus, prŏpinquus, fămĭliāris ⬩ consanguineus

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Hý habbaþ freónda ðý má swǽsra and gesibbra they will have more friends dear and near, Exon. 107 a; Th. 408, 34; Rä. 27, 22: 84 a; Th. 317, 21; Mód. 69.

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el-þeódignes

exile ⬩ banishment ⬩ pilgrimage

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Wé habbaþ nédþearfe ꝥ wé ongyton þá blindnesse úre ælþeódignesse; wé send on þisse worlde ælþeódignesse, Bl. H. 23, 2. On ðisse elðídignesse (ælðeód-, v. l.), Past. 252, 18.

swift

(adj.)
Grammar
swift, adj.

Swift, fleet, that does or can move quickly

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Ealle ða menn ðe swyftoste hors habbaþ . . . Ðǽr beóþ ða swiftan hors ungefóge dýre, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 20, 34-21, 6

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scill

(n.)
Grammar
scill, scell, scyll, e; f.

a shell ⬩ shell-fish ⬩ the shell of an egg ⬩ a scale of a fish ⬩ serpent ⬩ a shell-shaped dish ⬩ shell

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Ne ete gé nánne fisc búton ða ðe habbaþ finnas and scilla, Lev. 11, 9. a shell-shaped dish (?) or simply a shell Nim león gelynde, mylt on scylle (a dish or a shell?), Lchdm. i. 364, 24. Wyrme on scille, ii. 42, 16: 310, 6

hiw

(adj.)
Grammar
hiw, l. híw,

shape ⬩ form ⬩ shape ⬩ figure ⬩ a form ⬩ shape ⬩ writing ⬩ appearance ⬩ aspect ⬩ colour ⬩ form ⬩ kind ⬩ nature ⬩ character ⬩ formula ⬩ form ⬩ type ⬩ model ⬩ a pretex ⬩ a fancy ⬩ a kind ⬩ species

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Ealle ðá eahta partes forneán habbað þás twá híw ... Óðer híw is geháten inchoatiua, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 211, 1-14. De figura. Figura is gefégednys oððe híw. Twá híw synd, simplex and composita, 217, 10.

for-gifan

(v.)
Grammar
for-gifan, -gyfan, -giefan; p. ic, he -geaf, ðú -geáfe, pl. -geáfon; pp. -gifen.

to give ⬩ grant ⬩ supply ⬩ permit ⬩ give up ⬩ leave off ⬩ dăre ⬩ dōnāre ⬩ præbēre ⬩ indulgēre ⬩ dēdĕre ⬩ relinquĕre ⬩ FORGIVE ⬩ remit ⬩ remittĕre ⬩ dimittĕre ⬩ condōnāre

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Forgifaþ, gif gé hwæt agén ǽnigne habbaþ dimittĭte, si quid hăbētis adversus ālĭquem, Mk. Bos. 11, 25. Fæder, forgif him. Păter, dimitte illis, Lk. Bos. 23, 34. He forgifþ hit he will forgive it, Cd. 30; Th. 41, 25; Gen. 662

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FREÁ

(n.)
Grammar
FREÁ, [ = freaha], freó; gen. freán; m.

A lord ⬩ master ⬩ the Lord ⬩ dŏmĭnus

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Habbaþ we to ðæm mǽran ǽrende Deniga freán we have an errand to the famous lord of the Danes, Beo. Th. 547; B. 271. Ðis is hold weorod freán Scyldinga this is a band attached to the lord of the Scyldings, 587, B. 291.

ge-wunelic

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Ben. 95, 17. in accordance with the natural order of things Hit nis náuht gecynde ne náuht gewunelic ꝥ ǽnig wiþerweard þing bión gemenged wiþ óðrum wiþerweardum oþþe ǽnige geférrædenne wið habban neque sibi solent adversa sociari, Bt. 16, 3; F. 54, 11

híwung

shaping ⬩ shape ⬩ frame ⬩ make ⬩ constitution ⬩ shape ⬩ form ⬩ species ⬩ kind ⬩ transformation ⬩ an illusory shape ⬩ deceptive appearance ⬩ a pretence ⬩ trick ⬩ simulation ⬩ hypocrisy ⬩ fiction ⬩ irony

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Þurh leáse híwunge, 8. pretence of piety or goodness, hypocrisy: Hí sceolon habban eáðmódnysse on heora æðelum þeáwum mid nánre híwunge, Hml. A. 39, 385.

hel

(n.)
Grammar
hel, hell, helle, e; f.
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Ne sceal nán man wénan ꝥ æalla þá þe on helle beóð habban gelíc wíte. Solil. H. 65, 21. Tó þǽre sweartan helle, Hml. S. 4, 290. Hylle, Sae. 338: 717. Satan . . . helle forð healdan sceolde, Gen. 348. Þá sweartan helle, grǽdige and gífre, 792.

módor

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Habban gýmene ǽgðer ge ðǽre méder ge þæs cildes, 196, 19. Wið suna moeder ( matris ) ðínre. Ps. Srt. 49, 20: 68, 9. Of módres (móder, R. módor, W. S.) hrif, Mt. L. 19, 12. Móderes, Jn. L. 3, 4. Moederes, Lk. p. 4, 5. Beæftan his méder and his mǽgum.

hád

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Manega word synd þe ne magon habban þá twégen forman hádas, ac habbað þone þriddan, 128, 15. in the phrase' to accept or respect the person of any one' = to show partiality Ne onfóh ðú nǽnigne hád on dóme ( non accipies personam, Deut. 16, 19), Ll.

níde

(adv.)
Grammar
níde, neáde, neóde, níde, niéde, nýde; adv. ( a case of níd, q. v.).

of necessity ⬩ as a natural ⬩ inevitable consequence ⬩ from force of circumstances ⬩ of necessity ⬩ because a law, natural, moral or human, is to be satisfied ⬩ from force ⬩ under compulsion ⬩ without free-will

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Ðás béc sceal mæssepreóst néde habban ( these books are indispensable ), and hé ne mæg bútan beón, L. Ælfc. C. 21; Th. ii. 350, 15.

glæd

(adj.)
Grammar
glæd, adj.
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R. 1, 14. with clause Him mæg beón þe glædre his heorte þe hé sum þing hér of undergyte, Angl. viii. 317, 39. of things. of thoughts, looks, expressing gladness Hí gesáwon hine habban glædne andwlitan, Hml. Th. i. 72, 27.

god-webb

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Hæfð hé ánforlǽten ðæt twégea bleó godwebb ðæt hé habban sceolde on ðǽm hálgan hrægle ... For ðon is tóeácan ðǽm twiblión godwebbe ðæt scyle beón twiðrǽwen twín on ðǽm mæssegierelan in superhumeralis ornamento habere coccum bis tinctum nescit ...

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torn

(n.)
Grammar
torn, es; n.

Violent emotion of anger ⬩ grief ⬩ anger ⬩ indignation ⬩ wrath ⬩ unrighteous anger ⬩ rage ⬩ grief ⬩ affliction ⬩ trouble ⬩ distress

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Hý twégen sceolon tæfle ymbsittan, ðenden him hyra torn tóglíde, forgietan ðara geócran gesceafte, habban him gomen on borde, Exon. Th. 345, 3; Gn. Ex. 182. Ðǽr wæs wópes hring torne bitolden, 34, 6; Cri. 538.

wíf-mann

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-mann, (wím-, wim-?), es; m. (but seó wífman occurs). I.

a woman ⬩ female

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God gewítnode ealle lus wímmen ( uxorem ancillasque suas ), Gen. 20, 18. applied to plants, female Gif man scyle mugcwyrt tó lǽcedóme habban, ðonne nime man . . . ða grénan wífmen, Lchdm. iii. 72, 21

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ge-férscipe

a collection of persons, ⬩ a company ⬩ a society of ecclesiastics ⬩ an association, a guild ⬩ a profession, order ⬩ a class, social order ⬩ a retinue, court; ⬩ comitatus :-- ⬩ a company of animals

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Ðæt is eác his andweorc ꝥ hé habban sceal . . . þám þrím geférscipum bíwiste . . . gehwæt þæs þe þá þrié geférscipas behófiaþ, Bt. 17 F. 58, 33-60, 5. a class, social order Þǽr ðú gemunan woldest hwylcra gebyrda þú wǽre and hwylcra burgwara for worulde

ceáp

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Teóþan dǽl ealles þæs ceápes þe gé habban, Bl. H. 41, 25. Þæs þe wé on ceápe habban, 39, 16. Be his ceápe according to the value of the (stolen) goods, Ll. Th. i. 132, 10. Cyning sceal mid ceápe cwéne gebicgan, búnum and beágum, Gu. Ex. 82.

mann

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Habban þá . xii. men heora metscype tógædere, 236, 6: 230, 22. add: of free men Gif mon wille . . . hláford sécan . . . sé þe hine tó men feormie . . . se þe hine tó men onfó, Ll. Th. i. 86, 2-9.