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hí-réd

(n.)
Grammar
hí-réd, hírd, es; m.

A household,house, family, the body of domestic retainers of a great man or king, a court, the members of a religious house, a company, band of associates

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Gif beó tó ðam gewelegod ðæt hýréd and éht áge if he be so enriched as to have a household and property, L. Wg. 7; Th. i. 186, 23 [cf. 13 híwisc landes]. Frióne hieréd a free monastery, L.

Linked entry: hý-réd

dem

(n.)
Grammar
dem, demm,es ; m.

mischief, harm, injury, loss, misfortunedamnum, mălum, noxa, injūria, detrīmentum, calămĭtas

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He ðone demm his giémeliéste gebétan ne mæg he cannot remedy the mischief of his neglect, Past. 36, 3; Hat. MS. 47 a, 22.

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ge-wanian

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

to lessendiminishto be wanting

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He his godcundnesse nán wiht ne gewanode he did not at all diminish his divinity, Blickl. Homl. 91, 9. Gewanude, Th. Chart. 203, 36. Gewonade, Exon. 44 a; Th. 148, 19; Gú. 747.

Linked entries: ge-wonian ge-wane

ge-nerian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-nerian, -nergan, -nerigan; p. ede, ode; pp. ed, od

To save, deliver, take away, set free, preserve, defendservare, redimere, liberare, eripere, salvum facere, defendere

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He híg generode of Egipta lande he delivered them out of the land of the Egyptians, Ex. 18, 9. Alýs me and genere eripe me et libera me, Ps. Th. 143, 8: 139, 1. Ðæt ðú generige oððe alýse me ut eruas me, Ps. Lamb. 39, 14: Ps. Th. 88, 41.

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carian

(v.)
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Ben. 46, 11. to care about, be interested in; with negative, to be indifferent to hwónlíce carad ymbe Godes beboda and his sáwle ðearfe, Hml. Th. i. 342, 1. náteshwón ne carað ymbe Crístes teolunge, 412, 15.

for-gǽgan

to go beyondexceedtransgressto pass byomit to doneglectto pass away

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Th. ii. 200, 1. to pass away Bebod gesette and hit ne gewíteþ ł hit ne forgǽgð (non praeteribit), Ps. L. 148, 6

on-gildan

(v.)

to pay (a penally for), to be punished for (with gen. acc. of crime or clause)to payto give an offering, to offer

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Sceal wearh ongildan, ðæt ǽr fácen dyde he shall pay the penalty for previous wrong-doing, Menol. Fox 573; Gn. C. 56. Sceolde ða dǽd ongyldan, Cd. Th. 19, 23; Gen. 295. Monig sceal ongieldan sáwel súsles shall be tormented, Exon.

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hyht

(n.)
Grammar
hyht, es; m. [f. Ps. Th. 77, 53.]

Hopejoyous expectationjoy

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hí on hihte holdre lǽdde deduxit eos in spe, Ps. Th. 77, 53. Ic háligne gást hyhte belúce emne swá écne I believe the Holy Ghost to be just as eternal, Hy. 10, 41; Hy. Grn. ii. 293, 41. him forgeaf éces lífes hyht, Blickl. Homl. 137, 7.

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geond

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S. 23, 79. within a space, through, about, in Heó hwearf geond þæt reced, B. 1981. hwearf geond þone wudu, Bl. H. 199, 13: Ll. Th. i. 114, 15. Hié hine tugon geond þǽre ceastre lanan, Bl. H. 241, 25.

mǽl

(n.)
Grammar
mǽl, mál, mél, es; n. m. (?)

a measurea marksigncrosscrucifixfixed, suitable, appointed timeseasonoccasionthe time for eatinga meal

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gereordade æt ánum mǽle fif þúsend manna he fed at one (meal) time five thousand men, 293, 27. Yfel biþ ðæt man rihtfæstentíde ǽr mǽle ete, L. C. S. 47; Th. i. 402, 24: Homl. Th. ii. 590, 25.

réðe

(adj.)
Grammar
réðe, ;adj.;

Fierce, cruel, savagesevere, stern, austere, zealouswild, savage, fierce;severe, cruel, fierce, dire;

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Wolde heofona helm helle weallas forbrecan ... réðust ealra cyninga (;Christ at the harrowing of hell;) Exon. Th. 461, 16; Hö. 36. applied to animals, ; wild, savage, fierce; Réðe deór ;bellua,; Wrt. Voc. i. 22, 40.

Linked entry: hréðe

cúþ-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
cúþ-líce, cúþe-líce; comp. or; adv.

certainly, manifestly certo, aperte for, indeed, therefore nempe, igiturfamiliarly, courteously, kindlyfamiliariter, civiliter, comiter

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Ðæt he eáþmédum ellorfúsne oncnáwe cúþlíce that he should with affability kindly treat the ready to depart, Andr. Kmbl. 643 ; An. 322: Ps. Th. 118, 146, 154: 54, 16: 90, 15

Linked entry: cúþe-líce

for-spillan

(v.)
Grammar
for-spillan, -spyllan; p. de; pp. ed [spillan to spill, spoil, destroy]

To spilllosewastedestroydisperseperdĕredisperdĕredissĭpāre

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He his gód forspilde dissipasset bŏna ipsīus, Lk. Bos. 16, 1: 15, 13. Ne forspil ðú sáwle míne ne perdas anĭmam meam, Ps. Spl. 26, 9. Ðæt he fordó oððe forspille of lande gemynd heora ut perdat de terra mĕmŏriam eōrum, Ps. Lamb. 33, 17

for-wandian

(v.)
Grammar
for-wandian, -wandigan; p. ode; pp. od [wandian to fear] .

To reverencehave in honourvĕrĕrirevĕrĕriTo be afraidbe confoundedhesitateconfundicuntāri

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He forwandode ðæt he swá ne dyde he hesitated to do so, 49, 5; Hat. MS. Gescamian and forwandian, ðe ðe sécaþ sáwle míne let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul, Ps. Spl. T. 69, 2: Ps. Spl. 39, 19.

mǽrlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
mǽrlíce, adv.

Magnificentlyexcellentlynoblysplendidlywith distinction

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mǽrlíce weorhte magnifice fecit (he hath done excellent things, A. V.), Cant. Es. 5. Sum welig man . . dæghwamlíce mǽrlíce (splendide) leofode, Homl. Th. i. 328, 13. Joseph leofode on ðam lande (Egypt) mǽrlíce Ælfc. T. Grn. 5, 8.

ge-fégan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fégan, -fégean; p. de; pp. ed; v. trans.

To joinunitecompactcomposejungĕreconjungĕrecompingĕrecompōnĕre

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To join, unite, compact, compose; jungĕre, conjungĕre, compingĕre, compōnĕre Con he sídne ræced fæste gefégan he can firmly compact the spacious dwelling, Exon. 79 a; Th. 296, 8; Crä. 48 : 79 a; Th. 297, 10; Crä. 66.

un-medume

(adj.)
Grammar
un-medume, (-ome, -eme); adj.

Unmeetunfitunworthy

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Ða ðe unmedume gemétte ðes Godes geleáfan, Anglia x. 141, 18

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un-trum

(adj.)
Grammar
un-trum, adj.

Weaksickillinfirm

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Ðá wearð untrum on feforádle, Blickl. Homl. 217, 25. Nǽnig næs tó ðæs untrum, ðæt sóna hǽlo ne onfénge, 223, 23. Ðæt flǽsc is untrum caro infirma est, Mt. Kmbl. 26, 41.

un-twifeald

(adj.)
Grammar
un-twifeald, adj.

not doublesimplesincerehonestpurenot doubleunitedwithout division

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Hí untweofealde treówa gehealdaþ, Met. 11, 95. not double, united, without division Ðeáh hwelcne wæstm forð brenge gódes weorces, gif ne bið of gódum willan and of untwiefaldre (-twy-, Cott.

Linked entry: twi-feald

eáþ-médu

(n.)
Grammar
eáþ-médu, f.: -méde, es; n. (Cf. ofer-méde.)
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on eáðmédum bád on beorge, wæs him botles neód, Gú. 299. <b>I a.