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eáwunga

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Þæt hé ǽnige sprǽce wiþ hý áge, eáwunga oþþe dearnunga, R. Ben. 141, 1. Ðá synfullan sýn eáwunga (-e, v. l.) geþreáde beforan ealre geférrǽdenne peccatores coram omnibus arguantur, 129, 17. Eáwunga manifestum, Mt. L. 12, 16.

eornost

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
eornost, es; n. (not f.)

in earnestseriouslyindeed

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Ús eallum tó woruldscame, gyf wé on eornost ǽnige cúðan to the shame of'us all, if we really could feel any, Wlfst. 163, 8. with weakened force, indeed.

Linked entries: eornoste ornest

flocc

a companya troopbandlegiona banda flockherd

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Hé mid þám óðrum flocce férde mid wíge. Jos. 8, 10. Swá fela manna (6666) wǽron on þám eórode . . . On þám flocce wǽron þá fyrmestan menn . . . Hml.

ge-líffæstan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-líffæstan, ge-líffæstian; p. ge-líffæste, ge-líffæstade; pp. ge-líffæst, ge-líffæsted.
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H. 163, 18. to endow with active properties Ic wæs gemedemod gebiddan þá gerýnu þǽre deórwurðan and þǽre gelíffæstan róde, Hml. S. 23 b, 467

ge-mǽte

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Substitute: meet, of suitable dimensions, made to fit (with dat. ) Heó ðone cláð hire on ádyde, and wæs swíðe gemǽte hire micelnysse ( it was a very excellent fit), Hml. S. 7, 157.

geond

(adv.)
Grammar
geond, adv.
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</b> with a verb of looking :-- Ic lócade hider and geond ( huc illucque ), Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 622, 2

ge-beórscipe

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Ǽlc ðǽra manna ðe ðæne deófollican unðeáw hæfð, ꝥ hé wile on his gebeórscipe þurh his hálsunge and ðurh his neádunge gedón, ꝥ óðre men nimað máre ðonne hit gemet sý, 145, 22. Dydon hí þá mǽstan gebeórscype, Hml. S. 30, 387.

ge-feccan

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Substitute: <b>ge-feccan, ge-fecgan</b> to fetch, to go in quest of and bring back, the object a person Hé him hét tó wífe gefeccan Cleopatron Cleopatram sibi occurrere imperavit, Ors. 5, 13; S. 246, 1: Hml. S. 8, 9.

gewrixlian

(v.)
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Fýnd ongeáton þæt hié hæfdon gewrixled wíta unrím þurh heora miclan mód, Gen. 335

hen

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Beóð henna (galline) gelíce þám þe mid ús beóð reádes híwes; and gyf hí hwylc man niman wile oððe hyra æthríneð, þonne forbærnað hí sóna eall his líc, Nar. 33, 26. Henna hróst, Angl. ix. 262, 4. Æt .x. hídum tó fóstre . . . .x. gees, .xx. henna, Ll.

offrung

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</b> the bread and wine offered in the Eucharistic service :-- Gyf þú offrunga habban wille, þonne wege þú þín reáf and hefe úp þíne twá handa, Tech. ii. 120, 3. v. ǽfen- (Chrd. 30, 21), eall-, ídelgild-offrung

rót

(adj.)
Grammar
rót, adj.

gladcheerfulnoble, excellent

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Se yela swá hé oftor on ðære fandunge ábrýð, swá hé forcúðra biþ, and deófle neár, óþ ðæt hé færþ of ðisum lífe tó ðam écan wíte, Homl. Th. i. 268, 26-31. Drihten cwæþ, ðæt wé sind miccle róttran ðonne ða fugelas (cf.

wǽge

(n.)
Grammar
wǽge, (see also wǽg), an; f.

a weighta weyan implement for weighinga balancescale

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Ǽlc ðæra ðinga ðe man wihð on wǽgan, Ælfc. Gr. 13; Zup. 84, 3. Áwegene on ánre wǽgan, Homl. Th. ii. 454, 23: 436, 12. On wǽgum (wégum, Ps. Surt. Spl.) in stateris, Ps. Lamb. 61, 10

Linked entries: wége wégi

ǽg-hwǽr

Grammar
ǽg-hwǽr, Dele á-hwǽr, and add: -hwár, -wern.

in every place,to every place, in every directionin every casein every respect

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[In Met. 10. 58 substitute :-- the likes of them are everywhere.] to every place, in every direction Se wind mæg féran ǽghwǽr, Rä. 41, 69.

hálsung

(n.)
Grammar
hálsung, heálsung, e; f.

Supplication, beseeching, entreaty, adjuration, exorcising, exorcism, augury, greetingsupplicationomen, auspiciumgreeting

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Mid wépendre hálsunga hine bǽdon with weeping supplication prayed him, Blickl. Homl. 87, 8. Hé breác ealdre heálsunge vetere usus augurio, Bd. 1, 25; S. 486, 40. On hálsunge in auspicium, 2, 9; S. 510, 13.

Linked entries: hǽlsung hálsian

hatian

(v.)
Grammar
hatian, hatigean; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed

To hate

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With a perfect hatred I hated them. So shall God's enemies be hated, 46; Swt. 353, 5-8. Hé sceal rýperas and reáferas hatian and hýnan he must hate and humiliate robbers and plunderers, L. I. P. 2; Th. ii. 304, 19: Beo. Th. 4627; B. 2319

Linked entry: hættende

gang-dagas

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gang-dagas, Add:

days on which processions were made during which prayers for peace and prosperity were recited.

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Bútan wíte oð Gongdagas, 222, 23. Inne ðá háli wuca æt Gangdagas in sancta ebdo-mada rogationum C. D. iv. 209, 18

gál-ness

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Sé ðe wile his gálnysse gefyllan swá oft swá hine lyst, Hml. Th. i. 148, 23. Add

brice

(n.)
Grammar
brice, bryce, es; m. [from briceþ, brycþ, pres. of brecan to break ]

A breaking, rupture, fracture, fragment, violation, breachfractio, ruptura, fractura, fragmentum, violatio

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Wǽron seofan spyrtan afyllede mid ðám bricum seven baskets were filled with the fragments, ii. 396, 9: i. 190, 4. II. Ðæs borges bryce a violation or infraction of the pledge or security, L. Alf. pol. 3; Th. i. 62, 9, 10, 12

Linked entry: bryce

cræftiga

(n.)
Grammar
cræftiga, cræftega, cræftica, cræftca, cræftga, an; m.

A craftsmanworkmanartificerarchitect artifexopifexarchitectus

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Se cræftega wyrcean mæg to ðæm ðe he wile the workman can make what he likes of it Past. 37, 3; Hat. MS. 50b, 6. Cræftiga opifex, Ælfc. Gl. 9; Som. 56, 128; Wrt. Voc. 19, 11. Cræftca opifex Wrt. Voc. 73, 38.