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fretwednes

(n.)
Grammar
fretwednes, fretwodnes, -ness, e; f.

An adorningdecorationornātiodecŏrāmentum

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Beóþ ðonne úre hrægla fretwodnes on ðam écan fýre wítnode then our decoration of garments will be punished in the eternal fire, L. E. I. prm; Th. ii. 394, 11

lyge-torn

(n.)
Grammar
lyge-torn, es; n.
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Th. 3890; B. 1943

ge-delfan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-delfan, p. -dealf, pl. -dulfon; pp. dolfen

To digdelvefodereeffodere

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Ðé wearþ helle seáþ niðer gedolfen the pit of hell was dug beneath for thee, Exon. 71 b; Th. 267, 30; Jul. 423

foca

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He geseah þǽr licgan ǽnne snáwhwítne focan (glossed kake) he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals (sub-cinericius panis, l Kings 19, 6), Hml. S. 18, 164. Hé ásende him ǽnne focan (cf. hláf, Gr. D. 118, 5), Hml. Th. ii. 162, 20.

ge-dreóhlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-dreóhlíce, <b>ge-dreóglíce, ge-dreóhlíce </b> ; adv.
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Substitute: in an orderly manner Gif man wǽpn gedreóhlíce (the Latin versions have discrete; in aliquo secreto loco ; pacifice) lecge þǽr hig stille mihton beón, gif hí móston, Ll.

un-gemetlic

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un-gemetlic, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Tó þreágenne mid ungemettlicre ( the Latin has modesta) ceáste, Gr. D. 145, 17. Sé ðe samnað ungemætlice weolan (immodicas divitias), Ll. Th. ii. 232, 24.

Linked entry: ge-metlic

ríceter

(n.)
Grammar
ríceter, rícetere, es; n.

powerdominionrulegreatnessgloryviolenceforce

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Ne ongyte wé ðæt ðǽr ǽnigra háda andfencg wǽre, ðæt is ðæt ǽnig be líues rícetere, ac ǽlc be his neóde and untrumnesse ancnáwen wǽre we do not understand that in this case there was any acceptance of persons, that is that recognition was made of any one

Linked entry: rícceter

æþele

(adj.)
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Ger. edele, adal]. in the following glosses Aeðile generosus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 109, 58. Þæs æþelan fausta, 33, 76. Þá æþelan emeritos, 32, 73. of persons Æþel gnartis (cultor) , An. Ox. 2637.

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bred

a boardplanka tablet

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On twelf bredun þe þá þeódwitan þǽrtó ámearcode, Angl. viii. 321, 41. Similar entries v. gyrdel-, hand-, nam-, pic-, rihte-, tæppel-, writ-bred

mylen

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Ic gean Ǽdwine muneke þá mylne þe Ringware áhte . . . and ic gean ꝥ myln þe Wulnóð áhte into S Eádmunde, C. D. iv. 59, 11-15. Andlang streámæs on ðá mylne, v. 340, 21

flyge-reów

(adj.)
Grammar
flyge-reów, adj. [reów wild, fierce, cruel]

Wild-flyingwild inflightvŏlātu férus

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Wild-flying, wild inflight; vŏlātu férus Flygereówe þurh nihta genipu neósan cwómon, hwæðere . . . the wild-flying [evil spirits] came in the darkness of night to find out, whether . . . Exon. 37b; Th. 123, 10; Gú. 320

sige-hréð

(n.)
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fame gained by victory Onsǽl sigehréð secgum tell men of the fame you have won (cf. the account of his deeds which Beowulf had given to Hrothgar), Beo. Th. 984 ; B. 490. Cf. gúþ-hréð

morgen

(n.)
Grammar
morgen, es; m.

morningmornthe morning of the next daymorrow

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Th. 18, 5. Morgena gehwilce every morning, Cd. 40; Th. 52, 23; Gen. 848: Ps. Th. 58, 16. Morgna gehwam, Exon. 93a; Th. 350, 7; Sch. 60. Morna, Beo. Th. 4892; B. 2450. Drince þrý morgenas let him drink three mornings, Lchdm. i. 88, 13.

Linked entries: margen morne regn

ge-samnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-samnian, -somnian; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed.

to gather, collectcongrĕgāre, collĭgĕreto unite, joinconsŏciāre, jungĕreTo collect, come togethercongrĕgāri, convĕnīre

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Th. 106, 2. Gesamnedon síde hérigeas folces frumgáras the leaders of the people collected their wide bands, Andr. Kmbl. 2135; An. 1069: Ps. Th. 125, 6. Us gesamna of wídwegum congrĕga nos de nātiōnĭbus, 105, 36.

Linked entries: samnian ge-somnian

hors-weard

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.), the duty of the geneát, which has this name, was the care of the lord's horses when out on an expedition

butere

(n.)
Grammar
butere, an; f. BUTTER; butyrum [= βούτυρον, βοῦς , Boûs a cow,τυρός cheese]
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Dó ðonne mele fulne buteran add then a basin full of butter, L. M. 1, 36; Lchdm. ii. 86, 17, 19, 22. On ðære buteran in the butter, l, 36; Lchdm. ii. 88, 1.

éd

(n.)
Grammar
éd, [eád happiness]

Safety, security, happiness sălus, asȳlum

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Safety, security, happiness; sălus, asȳlum Éd monne safety of men, the ark. Cd. 70; Th. 84, 30, Mann. Some think ed signifies a renewing, restoration, regeneration; renŏvatio: then ed monne might be translated, regeneration of men.

lustlíce

(adv.)
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Th. i. 552, 2. Hé sylþ mé hors oþþe beáh þæt þe lustlícor cræft mínne ic ( the hunter) begancge, Coll. M. 22, 38. Add

mǽrlíce

(adv.)
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Th. ii. 310, 19. Wæs hyre willa mǽrlícor ꝥ heó wolde hyre sylf hyre mægðhád behátan Gode, Hml. A. 32, 200. Se cyng þæt hús (the temple) mǽrlícost tó Gode betǽhte þe ǽfre ǽr ǽnig gewurde Wlfst. 278, 4. Hú hé be Gode mihte mǽrlícost wrítan, Hml.

þing

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'Ne færst þú nǽnigra þinga (ná tó þæs hwón, v.l. nullatenus) fram mé' ... Hé ne mihte ꝥ wíf nǽnigra þinga (þurh nán þing, v.l. nequaquam) forbúgan, 17, 23-32: 151, 5. (14) add :-- Hé ácwealde siððan ǽlc þincg þæs cynnes, Hml.