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weorold-riht

(n.)
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weorold-riht, es; n.
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Edg. ii. 5; Th. i. 268, 5. the law that should govern the world Dryhten sceáwaþ hwǽr ða eardien ðe his ǽ healden; gesihð ða dómas wonian and wendan of woruldryhte, ða gesette, Exon. Th. 105, 25 ; Gú. 28

blód-gyte

bloodshed

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sægde ꝥ ðæt nǽfre wæs álýfed ǽnigum men ꝥ þǽr ǽnig nýten cwealde oþþe blódgyte worhte negabat licere animal ullum interfici, Nar. 28, 18. Tácnað ꝥ micelne blódgyte on sumre þeóde, Lch. iii. 180, 12.

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cwéman

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H. 47, 11. Ðá men ðé wénað ðæt cwéman Gode ðonne cwellað hyra oxan, Prov. K. 67. Manege tiligaþ Gode tó cwémanne, Bt. 39, 10; F. 228, 13. Cuoemendra ðé placentium tibi, Rtl. 91, 31

dwol-líce

(adv.)
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Add: erroneously, ignorantly, stupidly Dwollíce, (dollíce, v. l. ) etan binnan Godes húse, Hml. S. 13, 72. Þurh ðone deófol þe dwollíce gehýrsumede, 7, 172: 18, 391: Hml. Th. ii. 140, 19.

fæger

(n.)
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fæger, es; n. (not e; f.).

beauty

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Hwæþer ðú beó á þý fægerra for óþres mannes fægere, 30, 1; F. 108, 28. what is beautiful Þeáh mycel áge und feala fægeres, him bið mycel daru gif hit geseón ne mæge, Bl. H. 21, 8

fant-bæþ

(n.)
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fant-bæþ, es; n.
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eóde in (ðá eá) nacod. Þá gefullode hine se bisceop . . . and he eóde of þǽm fantbaðe sóna, Hml. S. 3, 76

fore-lǽrende

(adj.)
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H. 141, 2

fór-mete

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Se ríca berð máre þonne behófige tó his fórmettum. Hml. Th. i. 254, 30. Add

ge-synto

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Bd. 5, 6; Sch. 578, 23. of things þone tóbrocenan calic þǽre ǽrran gesynto eft ágeaf fractum calicem pristinae incolumitati restituit, Gr.

ge-tilian

(v.)
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Sceal gehwá him æteówian hwæt mid ðám punde geteolod hæfð, Hml. Th. ii. 558, 10. to attend to, treat, cure (with gen.)

heáh-sácerd

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lǽddon þæne Hǽlend tó þám heáhsácerde (héhsácerd, L. ad summum sacerdotem) . . . Petrns him fyligde oþ ðæs heáhsácerdes (summi sacerdotis) cafertún. . . .

lǽce-cræft

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áxode gif cúðe áht on lǽcecræfte, Hml. S. 22, 40. medical treatment ꝥ word winð on ús swá swá wís lǽce déð þe mid stíðum lǽcecræfte gelácnað þone untruman, Hml.

lár-spell

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Marcus, þe wæs mid Petre on láre, wrát þá óðre bóc ( the second gospel) be Petres bodunge be þám þe geleornode on his lárspellum (the discourses in which he (Peter) instructed Mark ), Ælfc. T. Grn. 12, 35.

nídinga

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Gyf ðú nédinga hyre on ne sóhtest, þonne wǽre heó clǽne, Hml. A. 135, 656. Add

ofer-méttu

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in gǽð ðurh ðá ofermétta, 463, 31: 53, 16. Ofermétto insolentiam, An. Ox. 7, 368. Add

tó-weard

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tó-weard, <b>I b.</b>
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Add Þá leorningcnihtas tósende geond eall tó ǽlcere birig þider þe tówerd wæs, Ælfc. T. Grn. 13. 31

hǽðen-dóm

(n.)
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hǽðen-dóm, es; m.

Heathendom, paganism

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Heathendom, paganism gecwǽdon ðæt ǽnne God lufian woldon and ǽlcne hǽðendóm georne áweorpan they agreed that they would love one God and zealously put away every kind of heathendom, L. E. G. pref; Th. i. 166, 12.

heáh-þungen

(adj.)
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heáh-þungen, adj.

Of high rank, distinguished, noble

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befæste ðæt ríce heáhþungenum menn Harolde he committed the kingdom to a noble man, to Harold, Chr. 1065: Erl. 198, 11; Edw. 30. Ða kyningas and ða óðre heáhþungene men kings and other men of high rank, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 20, 22.

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on-tyge

(n.)
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on-tyge, es; m.

What one takes upon one's self, an undertaking

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What one takes upon one's self, an undertaking Gif hwylc abbod geþafaþ ðæt maæssepreóst oððe diácon in tó mynstre gange tó ðý ðæt messan singan ... nán þing gedyrstlǽcen ne nǽnne ontige on ðam mynstre bútan ðære mæssan ánre if any abbot permit

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gnornan

(v.)
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gnornan, gnornian; p. ede, ode; pp. ed, od

To grievemournbe sadbewaillamentmœrere

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Gnornaþ he grieves, Exon. 82 b; Th. 311, 14; Seef. 92: 51 a; Th. 178, 6; Gú. 1240. Gif fulle ne beóþ fela gnorniaþ si non fuerint saturati, et murmurabunt, Ps. Th. 58, 15. Ðæt wíf gnornode the woman mourned, Cd. 37; Th. 48, 4; Gen. 770: Beo.