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ge-weald

Grammar
ge-weald, <b>; I 7.</b>
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A. 36, 312. a muscle, tendon Gif mon óðrum þá geweald forsleá uppe on þám sweóran and forwundie þám swíþe ꝥ hé náge þǽra geweald, Ll. Th. i. 100, 10

bleó-fág

(adj.)
Grammar
bleó-fág, -fáh; adj.

Of various colours, party-colouredversicolor

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Oferslop bleófáh habban ǽrende fúllíc getácnaþ to have a party-coloured overcoat betokens an unpleasant message, Lchdm. iii. 200, 6

ge-fullian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fullian, p. ode; pp. od

To baptizebaptizāre

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To baptize; baptizāre He gefullode ðone sunu he baptized the son, Homl. Th. i. 352, 20. Gyt beóþ gefullode ðam fulluhte, ðe ic beó gefullod baptismo, quo ego baptizor, baptizari, Mk. Bos. 10, 39. Gefullod, Mt. Bos. 3, 14, 16 : Mk.

segnung

(n.)
Grammar
segnung, sénung, e ; f.
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Th. 131, 19. Wæs hé lǽded Brytta biscopum and hé nǽnige hǽle ne frófre þurh heora segnunge (þegnunge ?) onféng qui cum oblatus Brittonum sacerdotibus, nil curationis vel sanationis horum ministerio perciperet, Bd. 2, 2 ; S. 502, 26

þurh-wund

(adj.)
Grammar
þurh-wund, adj.

Wounded by a weapon which has passed quite through

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Wounded by a weapon which has passed quite through Gif mon biþ on hrif wund, geselle him mon .xxx. sciłł. bóte; gif hé þurhwund biþ, æt gehweðerum múðe .xx. sciłł., L. Alf. pol. 61; Th. i. 96, 11. [Cf.

án-standende

(adj.)
Grammar
án-standende, alone.
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Th. ii. 142, 27. Hé ( Adam ) wæs sutne hwíle ánstandende, i. 12, 32. Fleáh hé ánstandende ánre dúne, 162, 6. Þæt hié (hermits) ánstandende ( sola manu) ongeán deófol winnan magan, R. Ben. 9, 7

hornnaap

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Could naap (= náp) be p. t. of nípan, used here figuratively of mental gloom? Further could horn = orn (ran) ? ; and could two quite different glosses have been suggested for the same Latin word, because the glosser was uncertain whether to connectt]

munuc-líf

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Add Ðá mynstra on Wintancestræ Eádgár cining munuclífe gedyde (cf. Chr. 964 ; P. 116, 3 under munuc), C. D. iii. 128, 20. add On ðám munuclífe þe is Lindisfarneá geháten, Hml. Th. ii. 142, 6.

nirwett

(n.)
Grammar
nirwett, n. (not m. )
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</b> a place of confinement :-- Godes Sunu wæs geléd on nearuwre binne, ðí þæt hé ús fram hellicum nyrwette (the prison (or (?) confinement) of hell) álýsde, Hml. Th. i. 34, 32

súþ-sǽ

(n.)
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Th. ii. 128, 19. Ðis synt ðára .xxx. hída landgemǽro Cawelburnan on Wiht . . . on súðsǽ on Eádgýlses múðan; . . . andlang Cawelburnan útt on norðsǽ, C. D. v. 82, 21

þweor-lic

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Þa gesceafta ðe sind þwyrlice gedúhte, hí sind wrace gesceapene yfeldǽdum the creatures that seem evil, they are created for the punishment of evil-doers, Hml. Th. i. 102, 3

ælmes-riht

(n.)
Grammar
ælmes-riht, es; n.

A right or obligation in reference to alms

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A right or obligation in reference to alms (cf. Riht is ðæt man betǽce . . . þriddan dǽl (folces ælmessan) ðám þearfum,) (Ll.

wine-wincla

(n.)
Grammar
wine-wincla, (-e; f.?), an; m. (?)

A periwinkle

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Lchdm. ii. 240, note 1, for these two passages.) Cwice winewinclan gebærnde ahsan, Lchdm. ii. 28, 25. Þicgen hié ostran and winewinclan, 254, 23. Sǽ-winewinclan gebærnde and gegnidene, 240, 4

Linked entry: -wincla

of-healdan

(v.)

to withhold, keep back, retainto retain

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Th. 427, 30

hreám

(n.)
Grammar
hreám, es; m.

A cryoutcryhuecryingtumultuproar

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Ðam hálgan were wæs geþuht ðæt ðæs gefeohtes hreám mihte beón gehýred geond ealle eorþan it seemed to the holy man that the uproar of the conflict could be heard over all the earth, Homl. Th. ii. 336, 17: Cd.166; Th. 206, 10; Exod. 449: Beo.

Linked entry: hrýman

ór

(n.)

beginning, originfront, van

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Th. 492, 6; Rü. 81, 10. Cwealmes on óre at the beginning of the destruction, Cd. Th. 153, 32 ; Gen. 2547. Gif ðú his ne meaht ór áreccan if you cannot tell even the beginning of your dream, 224, 9 ; Dan. 133.

tíd

Grammar
tíd, <b>. I a.</b>
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</b> add :-- Ic bebeóde ðæt mon ymb tuælf mónað hiora tíd boega ðus geuueorðiae ánes dæges Osuulfes tíde, C.D. i. 293, 1-3. <b>II 2 a.

mǽg

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Add: a kinsman Gif áðer oþþe mǽg oþþe fremde þá ráde forsace, Ll. Th. i. 268, 21. Léte heó hit sweolcum hire méga swelce hit hire geearnigan wille, C. D. ii. 100, 22.

ge-hycgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hycgan, -hicgan; p. -hogde, -hogede, -hogode; pp. -hogod [see March, § 222]

To thinkconceiveconsiderdevisereflectbe mindfulthink aboutcareintendresolve

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Th. 113, 18 : Exon. 33 a; Th. 105, 5; Gú. 18

a-bogen

(v.; part.)
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a-bogen, pp. of a-búgan, -beógan

bowed

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bowed; to bow, bend