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plihtan

(v.)
Grammar
plihtan, p. te
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Gif ǽnig ámánsumad man ... on ðæs cynges neáweste gewunige, ǽr ðam ðe hæbbe godcunde bóte georne gebogene, ðonne plihte him sylfum and eallan his ǽhtan, v. 29 ; Th. i. 312, 3. Plihte hí heora áre and eallon heora ǽhton, vi. 36 ; Th. i. 324, 14.

ÉCE

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ÉCE, ǽce; gen. m. n. éces; gen. f. écre, écere; dat. m. n. écum; f. écre, écere; def. se écá, écea; seó, ðæt éce; gen. écan, écean; adj.

Eternal, perpetual, everlasting sempĭternus, æternus

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He him éce meaht geceás he chose to himself eternal power, Exon. 45 b; Th. 154, 34; Gú. 852. He us sealde éce staðelas he gave us eternal seats, 17 b; Th. 41, 26; Cri. 661.

Linked entry: ǽce

tíþian

(v.)
Grammar
tíþian, tigþian; p. ode

To grant,concede,of that which is granted

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Ðá oferhogode ðæt him áðer dyde oþþe wiernde oþþe tigþade, Ors. 6, 34; Swt. 290, 22. Ic gelýfe ðæt wille ðé tíðian, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 218: Homl. Th. i. 250, 2. Tó tíþienne is praestanda est, Wülck. Gl. 251, 6. Leafdi, tuðe me mine bone, O.

Linked entry: tigþian

freónd

Grammar
freónd, dat. friénd, frínd, frýnd, freónde.

a relativekinsmana loverone who wishes well to another favourssupportshelpsan upholder of religiona pious persona true Christianone who undertakes responsibility on behalf of anotheranything helpfulone who is on good terms with anothernot at varianceone who is on the same side or of the same party as anotheran associate

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Ǽghwylcum men biþ leófre swá hæbbe holdra freónda má. Bl. H. 123, 1. Seó lícetung heora fieónda, 99, 33. gegæderaþ frínd and geféran, Bt. 21; F. 74, 38.

eges líc

(adj.)
Grammar
eges líc, def. se eges líca, seó, ðæt eges líce; adj. [eges líc a likeness of fear = ]

Fearful, terrible, dreadful, terrific, horrible, awful terrĭbĭlis, terrĭfĭcus, horrĭbĭlis, horrendus

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Ðæt he monig þing ge egeslíce ge willsumlíce geseah that he saw many things both awful and delightful, Bd. 5, 12; S. 627, 29. Se ðe worhte egeslícu on sǽ ðære reádan qui fēcit terribĭlia in mări rubro, Ps. Lamb. 105, 22.

neósian

(v.)
Grammar
neósian, p. ode with gen. acc. or clause.

to search outfind out by enquiry or inspectionto inspectto seekvisitto seek with hostile intentto visit with calamity, disease

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Gewát neósian heán húses hú hit Hring-Dene gebún hæfdon he came and inspected the lofty house, how the Hring-Danes had ordered it, Beo.

fear

(n.)
Grammar
fear, es; m.

A bull, an ox taurus, bos

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A bull, an ox; taurus, bos Gif he hríðeru offrian wille, bringe unwemme fear oððe heáfre si de bobus vŏluĕrit offerre, marem sive fēmĭnam immaculāta offĕret, Lev. 3, 1

middel-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
middel-dæg, es; m.

Mid-day

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ðonne on middeldagum inne gewunode, 1, 72; Lchdm. ii. 146, 13

mótan

(v.)
Grammar
mótan, <b>=(?)</b> métan
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Gif man óðerne sace tihte and ðane mannan móte (meet with; Price translates cite, see his note) an medle oððe an þinge, L.H.E. 8; Th. i. 30, 11

segl-gerǽde

(n.)
Grammar
segl-gerǽde, es ; n.
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Sail-furniture, tackle becwæð his láford his beste scip and ða segelgerǽda ðártó domino suo meliorem suarum navium unam cum sibi pertinentibus armamentis contulit, Chart. Th. 549, 18

Linked entry: ge-rǽde

un-gesceád

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gesceád, adj.

Indiscreetunreasonableirrational

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Indiscreet, unreasonable, irrational Hwá is manna tó ðam ungesceád and ungewittig, ðæt ðæm cyninge his áre ætrecce for ðí ðe his geréfa forwyrht biþ? Lchdm. iii. 444, 7

un-geþeahtendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-geþeahtendlíce, adv.

Inconsideratelyunadvisedly

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Inconsiderately, unadvisedly Nalæs sóna and ungeþeahtendlíce ðám gerýnum onfón wolde ðæs Cristenan geleáfan non statim et inconsulte sacramenta fidei Christianae percipere voluit, Bd. 2, 9; S. 512, 6

derung

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Swilce nǽfre náne derunge (-inge, v. l., laesionem) his líchaman ne þolode, Gr. D. 82, 33. Swylce hit fleónde wǽre þæs Godes weres deringe ( laesionem ), 214, 1. Add

eáster-fæsten

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Add: Ercenbriht . . . ǽrost Engliscra ciningagesette Eástorfeasten (Eásterfæsten, v. l. ) (cf. bebeád þæt feówertiglice fæsten ǽr Eástrum, Bd. 3, 8; Sch. 219, 20), Chr. 639; P. 27, 19

for-mogian

(v.)
Grammar
for-mogian, p. ode

To decay

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To decay Sume cwǽdon ꝥ se líchama þe ǽne bið formogod and tó dúste gewend and wíde tósáwon, ꝥ nǽfre eft tógædre ne cóme, Hml. S. 23, 375

Linked entry: mogian

ge-drehtness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-drehtness, e; f.
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Affliction, contrition on swá micelre þrǽstnesse (gedrehtnessum, v. l.) and forhæfednesse módes and líchaman áheardode in tanta mentis et corporis coniritione duravit, Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 615, 3

Linked entry: -drehtness

ge-fleógan

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Se earn on ðám ófre gesæt, mid fisce geflogen, þone ðǽrrihte geféng, Hml. Th. ii. 140, 3. Add

hrif-wund

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For passage substitute Gyf mon rifwund (on hrife wund, gewundod v. ll.) bið . . . gif ðurhwund bið si quis in ilibus uulneretur . . . si transforatus sit, Ll. Lbmn. 82, 23

líhtan

(v.)
Grammar
líhtan, to lighten.
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Ðá lýhte (hlíhte, líhte, v. ll. ) sóna desiliens. Bd. 3, 14 ; Sch. 257, 12. Hí þá sóna líhton descendentes, Gr. D. 15, 27. v. ofer-, under-líhtan. Add

missenlíce

(adv.)
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gumena cynnes manige missenlíce (under various conditions ? ) men of deáðe áwehte, An. 583. Add