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ge-wita

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Ꝥ hé nelle þeóf beón ne þeófes gewita, 388, 7. (3 b a) where the crime is denoted by prep. :-- Se hláford þe his þeówan æt þýfðe gewita sý, Ll.

wuldor

(n.)
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wuldor, (-ur, -er), es; n.

Gloryvainglory

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Seó fǽmne, wuldres wynmǽg (Guihlac's sister, seó Cristes þeówe, Guthl. 20 ; Gdwin. 92, 2), Exon. Th. 182, 32; Gú. 1319: (St. Juliana), 278, 20; Jul. 600: 269, 23; Jul. 474. Seeorðan dǽl. . . se wuldres dǽl the body . . . the soul, 184, 11 ; Gú 1342.

Linked entries: wulder wuldor-full

brúcan

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ðe ettað ł búcað qui manducavit , L. 14, 15. ðe brúceð qui manducat , Jn. L. 6, 57. Brúccað, 56. Eów þe ne wyrtum eówrum bútan mé brúcaþ ( utimini ), Coll. M. 28, 23. Gé eówerne beórscipe brúcaþ on unriht, Wlfst. 297, 30.

lagu

(n.)
Grammar
lagu, <b>. I.</b>
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Þis is seó lagu þe wé healdan sculan, 274, 13. Mid stíþum lagum strictis (pudicitiae) legibus, i. ordinibus, An. Ox. 2178. <b>VIII a.

for-búgan

(v.)
Grammar
for-búgan, port, -búgende; p. -beáh, pl. -bugon; impert. -búh, pl. -búgaþ; pp. -bogen; v. trans.

To bend frompass bydeclineavoidshuneschewrecēdĕreprætĕrīredeclīnāreevītāredevītāre

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Se wer wæs forbúgende yfel ĕ rat vir recēdens a mălo, Job Thw. 164, 3. Næs ðæt ná se Godríc ðe ða gúþe forbeáh this was not the Godric who had fled from the war, Byrht. Th. 141, 21; By. 325.

hwílwend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
hwílwend-líc, adj.

Temporary

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Se ælmihtiga se ðe is éce leóht ǽrest ðæt hwílwendlíc leóht geworhte, Boutr. Scrd. 19, 5. Hwílwendlíc líf ... éce líf the life of time ... the life of eternity, Homl. Th. ii. 240, 15-20.

Linked entry: hwílend-líc

un-híre

(adj.)
Grammar
un-híre, -heóre, -hére, -hiére, -hióre, -hýre; adj.

Fiercesavagecrueldeadlydiredreadfulfrightful

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Him geblendon drýas drync unheórne, se onwende wera ingeþanc, Andr. Kmbl. 68; An. 34

á-bútan

(prep.; adv.)
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Th. i. 286; 25. rotation Se consul sceolde beón heora yldost tó ánes geáres fyrste; féng ðonne óþer tó óþres geáres firste tó ðám ylcan anwealde, and eóde swá ábútan be heora gebirdum. Jud. p. 161, 25

á-gǽlan

(v.)
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his ferweme oððe hit ágéle. Cht. Th. 476, 2. to hinder from doing something (gen. ) Ágǽleþ inpedit , Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 8. Hí þone Godes man his horses bereáfodon and hine his síðes ágǽldon, Gr. D. 15, 17.

Linked entry: a-gálan

brǽþ

odourexhalation

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Se brǽð on heora nosðyrlum ne áteorode, Hml. Th. ii. 98, 9. Se wynsuma brǽð beláf, 548, 7, 3. Wundorlices brǽðes swæc, 352, 15. Brǽd olfactum, i. odorem, An. Ox. 315 : odoratum, 3487. Brǽþum swétum odoramentis nectareis, 3325. fig.

ge-swǽs

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Se biscop ðá ungeðwǽran preóstas on sibbe gebróhte mid geswǽsre láre, ii. 516, 16. Ne hlyste gé heora geswǽsan lyffetunge, 404, 29.

híw-cúþ

domesticfamiliar

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Þone deófol þe sit on þínum hneccan ic þé of ábleów, and se deófol his híwcúðe setl sóna forlét, Hml. S. 31, 1191

hwílwend-lic

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</b> physical, not spiritual and eternal :-- Hit gedafenode Godes weorcum ꝥ se ælmihtiga, þe is éce leóht, ǽrest ꝥ hwílwendlice leóht geworhte congruit operibus Dei, ut a luce aeterna lux temporalis primo fieret Angl. vii. 18, 159

lyre

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Him tó cýðenne his ǽhta lyre (cf. se deófol ácwealde ealle his ǽhta), 4), Hml. Th. ii. 450, 30. (2 a) loss by death in battle :-- Bútan þǽra manna lyre þe him mid cómon, Hml.

witan

Grammar
witan, <b>. I</b> I.
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Se mon þe his gefán hámsittendne wite, Ll. Th. i. 90, 3. with gen. , cf. nytan Ꝥ is lǽsse, ꝥ man wite gehwæt hwylces, þonne ꝥ sý, ꝥ his man wite and eác bodie, Gr. D. 138, 4.

gryre

(n.)
Grammar
gryre, es; m.

Horror, terror, dread, something horrible, dreadful

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Wæs se gryre læssa the horror was less, Beo. Th. 2569; B. 1282. Se légdraca grimlíc gryre the firedrake, a fierce terror, 6074; B. 3041: Cd. 195; Th. 243, 20; Dan. 439.

HÚSEL

(n.)
Grammar
HÚSEL, húsul, húsl, es; n.

The HOUSELthe Eucharist

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Ðæt húsel is Cristes líchama ná líchamlíce ac gástlíce ná se líchama ðe hé on þrowode ac se líchama ðe hé embe spræc ðá ðá hé bletsode hláf and wín tó húsle . . . and cwæþ be ðam gebletsodan hláfe Ðis is mín líchama and be ðam gehálgodan wíne Ðis is mín

Linked entry: húsl

ge-rihtlǽcan

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Se cyning wearð gerihtlǽht þurh þǽre cwéne geleáfan, Hml. A. 101, 323. Ðeáh ðe se stunta beó gemynegod, hé ne byð gerihtlǽht ( non emendetur ), Ælfc. Gr. Z. 264, 5. Ne bið se stunta mid wordum gerihtlǽced, Hml. Th. ii. 352, 15.

Linked entry: rihtlǽcan

hǽlan

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Bledsa sáwul mín Dryhten, haeleð ( sanat ) alle áðle ðíne, Ps. Srt. 102, 3. þe wunde lácnian wille geóte wín on . . . and eft ele ðæt hié líðe and hǽle. Past. 124, 12. Ðæt úre haele wunde ut nostra cures vulnera, Ps. Srt. ii. p. 204, 9.

lim

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of an animal body distinct from the head or trunk Ne mæg se múð clypian . . . ne eáge geseón . . . ne nán limn (lim ?