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þegen-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
þegen-scipe, es; m.
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suae, compressis celeriter Graecorum motibus, dedit, Swt. 122, 32. in that part of the Genesis which is thought to show Old Saxon influence, the word occurs with the meaning of service to a lord, like the Old Saxon thegan-skepi Nis mé on worulde mód ǽniges

deád-lic

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Þára gimma oððe ǽniges þára deádlicena ðinga ðe gesceádwísnesse næfþ, Bl. 13; F. 40, 7. On þissum lǽnan and on ðísum deádlicum ðingum, 32, 3; F. 118, 25. <b>II a.

eafora

(n.)
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Ne þearf ic yrfestól eaforan bytlian ǽnigum mínra ( for any child of mine ), 2176. Cniht, eaforan þínne, 2915. Sunu, eaforan geongne, An. 1112. Hire bearn, ángan eaferan, B. 1547. Aferan, Chr. 975; P. 121, 3.

frécennes

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frécennes, frécnes.
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Gif monn mínne noman nemneð in ǽnigre frécennisse, Shrn. 73, 6 Ðætte hié ongieten under hú micelre frécennesse (frécenesse, v.l.) hié licggeað and hú hié iéceað hiera forwyrd ut cognoscant quantis lapsibus succrescentis ruinae subjaceant, Past. 232, 24

ge-sceaft

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Eallum wísfæstum gesceaftum écne dóm gesetton, 121, 20. (3 b) of other things Gif hwá his wæccan æt ænigum wylle hæbbe, oððe æt ænigre óðre gesceafte (creaturam), Ll. Th. ii. 210, 12.

EALDOR

(n.)
Grammar
EALDOR, aldor, es, ; n: e;

lifevita

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semper, which are used not only with regard to the duration of life, but also in general for an unlimited period of time, independently or with the addition of á, áwa, ǽfre, æfter, éce as well in positive as in negative sentences Ne mæg hine on ealdre ǽnig

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HÚSEL

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

The HOUSELthe Eucharist

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Hé frægn hwæðer hí ǽnig húsel ðǽrinne hæfdon. Ðá andswaredon hí hwylc þearf is ðé húsles . . . Cwæþ hé Beraþ mé hwæðere húsel tó interrogavit, si Eucharistiam intus haberent. Respondebant, 'Quid opus est Eucharistia?'

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scín-lác

(n.)
Grammar
scín-lác, es; n.
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Ða ðe scínlác þrowien etan león flǽsc; ne þrowiaþ hý ofer ðæt ǽnig scínlác, 364, 22. Scínláca praestigiarum . Hpt. Gl. 501, 68. Galdras praestigias, scínlác fantasias , 459, 16.

un-eáðe

(adv.)
Grammar
un-eáðe, adv.

with difficultygrievouslyhardlyunwillinglyhardlyhardlyscarcelyonly just

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Uneáþe ǽnig com tó ende ðære sprǽce ad rem ... cui vix exhausti quidquam satis sit, 39, 4; Fox 216, 16. Uneáðe (pretium scorti) vix (est unius panis, Prov. 6, 26), Kent. Gl. 163. Ungeáþe (uneáþe, Cott. MS.), Bt. 35, 3; Fox 158, 28

un-gearu

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gearu, adj.

not readynot promptindisposed to actnot readynot in a fit state for useuncultivatednot ready, not prepared for attack

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Ðý læs hine ǽnig wuht gǽlde ungearowes (-ewes, Cott.

dreógan

(v.)
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Add: to do, perform; commit, perpetrate Se þe déð ǽnig unnyt, hé drýhð deófles willan, Wlfst. 279, 2. Wá eów þe ofer*-*drenc dreógað, 46, 15. On gedwimerum þe men on dreógað fela þæs þe hí ná ne sceoldan, Ll. Th. ii. 248, 7.

éhtan

Grammar
éhtan, éhtian.
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Gif ǽnig man Godes ciricgrið ábrece . . . éhte his ǽlc þára þe Godes fréond sí, Ll. Th. i. 340, 8. Ðý lǽs hwelc ðára niéhstena his éhte ( persequatur ) and gefoo, Past. 167, 4. Engel éhtiende hig angelus persequens eos, Ps. L. 34, 6.

for-déman

to condemnto condemnsentence to punishmentto confiscatesequestratedecidedetermine

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H. 223, 32. in a civil case Þý lǽs ǽnig man cweðe þæt ic míne mǽgcild mid wó fordémde, Cht. Th. 486, 28. in a criminal case, to condemn, sentence to punishment Hwǽr synd þá ðe þé wrégdon? Ne fordémde (condemnauit) þé nán man ...

ge-sleán

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Þicge hé geseáw broþu . . . and geslegen ǽgru and breád gebrocen on hát wæter, 5. to strike and kill, slay Tó acuoellanne ł gesleá ǽnig interficere quemquam, Jn. L. 18, 31. Þ te wére geslægen occidi, Lk. L. R. 22, 7.

ge-timbran

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Ne mæg ǽnig mann óþerne getimbrian búton hé hine sylfne gelómlíce behealde, 77. Ic wolde eów áne race gereccan, seó mæig eówer mód getimbrian, gif gé mid gýmene hí gehýran wyllað, Hml. Th. i. 412, 36. [Goth. ga-timrjan: O. H.

ge-wyrht

(n.)
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Næs ǽnig mann swá mǽre þæt hé on án ne sceolde tó helle swá hé forðfaren wæs; and þæt wæs ǽrest for Adames gewyrhtum, Wlfst. 16, 15. Þá þe be gewyrhtum (-gewyrhte, v. l.) áwyrgede wǽron qui merito maledicebantur . Bd. 4, 26 ; Sch. 505, 7.

hel

(n.)
Grammar
hel, hell, helle, e; f.
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Substitute: In 1. 22 for ǽfengife l. ǽfengifl, and add: the lower world, the abode of the dead. in Jewish and Christian use 'Leófe dohtor gif ǽnig andgyt sý on helle lǽt þú þæt cwicsúslene hús'.

ge-líc

(adj.)
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Ic ne geseah ǽnigne mann þé gelícne steóran, An. 494. Ic mæg on úrum tídum gelíc anginn þǽm gesecgan ego poteram similia in diebus nostris narrare, Ors. 3, 2; S. 100, 20. Winde gelícra þonne gemetfæstum monnum, Bt. 37, 4; F. 192, 23.

ge-swincfull

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Þæs hádes men þe hwýlum wǽron geswincfulleste on godcundan þeówdóme, þá ne swincaþ á swíðe ymbe ǽnige þearfe, Ll. Th. ii. 322, 20. full of trouble, that has to contend with difficulties, that endures hardships.

lufu

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Hwæðer ðé ǽnig lufe oððe lust sí ǽnigre wemnesse, Solil. H. 36, 13. Eall sió lufu ðæs hǽmedðinges biþ for gecynde haec caritas ex naturali intentione procedit, Bt. 34, 11 ; F. 152, 14.