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treów

(n.)
Grammar
treów, es; n.

a treea materialwoodtreesa woodroof-treesaddle-treea piece of wooda beamlogstakestaffcudgelgallows-treetree used of the cross

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Gif mon mid treówe geslegen sié, Lchdm. ii. S. 32 : 94, 23. Gé férdon mid swurdum and treówum mé gefón, Mk. Skt. 14, 48. Gewyrcean tor of treówum and of mycclum beámum, Blickl. Homl. 187, 12.

synderlíce

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
synderlíce, adv.

apart, away from all others, in privateseparately, severally, apartspecially, in particularonly, exclusively, solely, to or by one's selfspecially, exceedingly, to a greater extent than in any other case, singularly

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Þeáh heó synderlíce Iohannes gýmene betǽht wǽre, hwæðere heó drohtnode gemǽnelíce mid ðam apostolícum werode, Homl. Th. i. 438, 31: ii. 112, 18-22.

Linked entry: sundorlíce

ge-hwirfan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hwirfan, ge-hweorfan.
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L. 70, 20. (8 a) to change the belief, opinions, &c. of a person, to convert :-- Oft gebyreð ðæt ðá bióð mid líðelicre race gehwirfde (-hwyrfde, v. l.), and eft ðá medwísan oft mid bisenum gehwirfde (-hwyrde, v. l.) illos plerumque ratiocinationis

Linked entry: ge-hweorfan

freónd

(n.)
Grammar
freónd, friónd, es; pl. nom. acc. freóndas, frénd, frýnd, freónd; gen. freónda; dat. freóndum; m. [freónde loving, part. of freón,

A FRIENDămīcus

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Frýnd synd hie míne georne they are my zealous friends, Cd. 15; Th. 19, 7; Gen. 287: Exon. 115 b; Th. 443, 21; Kl. 33. Gé synd míne frýnd, gif gé dóþ ða þing, ðe ic eów bebeóde vos amīci mei estis, si fecĕrītis quæ ĕgo præcĭpio vōbis, Jn.

mægen-þrymm

(n.)
Grammar
mægen-þrymm, es; m.

MajestygreatnessgloryChristgreat powermightan instance in which the divine glory or power is displayedthe glory of heavenheaventhe angels who inhabit heaven

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In ðam mægenþrymme mid ðam sý áhefed heofon and eorþe in that mighty power with which is uplifted heaven and earth, Exon. 93 b; Th. 351, 31; Sch. 88.

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ealdor-dóm

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Þá gecorenan ðe ... þá lǽssan gebróðru oferstígað mid ealdorscipe, þá habbað heora dǽl betwux ðám heofenlícum ealderdómum ( principalities, Col. 1, 16), Hml.

ge-beran

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Hé hyre gecýdde þæt heó sceolde geberan (parere) Godes sunu . . . þá wearð heó on innoðe geeácnod and mid þám cilde wearð sóna, and þæt gebær, ðá hit þæs tima wæs. Wlfst. 22, 5-9.

standan

Grammar
standan, <b>I 2.</b>
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Add Gange hit intó Scã Marian stówæ æal swá hit stænt mid mæte and mid mannum, C. D. iii. 274, 2: 22: Cht. Crw. 23, 3. Seó sixte yld þissere worulde stynt fram Críste ástreht oð dómes dæg eallum mannum ungewiss, Ælfc. T. Grn. 19, 41. v. stille.

spanan

(v.)
Grammar
spanan, p. spón, speón; pp. spanen

To allureenticeluredecoyattracturgesuggerere, suadere, persuadereto allure

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mid listum speón idese on ðæt unriht, 37, 12; Gen. 588.

scolu

(n.)
Grammar
scolu, scól (these two forms may give the later shoal, school as col, cól give coal, cool), e; f.
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Éce fýr wæs Satane and his gesíðum mid, deófle, gegearwad, and ðære deorcan scole, Exon. Th. 93, 9; Cri. 1523. Ðæt gesǽlige weorud gesihþ ðæt fordóne, . . . byrnendra scole, 77, 6; Cri. 1252.

Linked entries: scól sceolu

a-fíndan

(v.)
Grammar
a-fíndan, l. á-findan ; p. -fand, -funde; pl. -fundon; pp. -funden,
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and add: to find out as the result of search, enquiry, trial Ic áfunde Dauid æfter mínre heortan, Hml. S. 18, 30. Man áfunde mid him swutele tácnu, Hml. A. 95, 116.

gífre

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Þeáh gé mínne flǽschoman forgrípen gífran lége, Gú. 346. Rícels gífre gléda bærnað, Ps.

hord

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Hord warian, Rä. 32, 21 : 88, 22. of material valuable for its properties Sege eallum mannum ꝥ sóna swá hí geopeniað míne byrgene, ꝥ hí magon ðǽr findan swá deórwurðne hord ( the miracle-working remains of St.

(adj.)
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Ic wæs on ceóle and mínes cnósles má, Rä. 19, 4. as adj.v. Dict

em-leóf

(adj.)
Grammar
em-leóf, adj.

Equally dear æque cārus

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Equally dear; æque cārus -Him wearþ emleóf, ðæt hý gesáwon mannes blód agoten, swá him wæs ðara nýtena meolc it was equally dear to them to see man's blood shed, as it was [to see] the milk of their cattle, Ors. 1. 2; Bos. 26, 32

eáþ-hylde

(adj.)
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Ðǽre sáwle miht is ðæt heó . . . beó hire eáðhylde, Hex. 40, 4

sceamu

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Ic eom wífhádes mann and eallunga líchamlicum wǽfelsum bereáfod, and þá sceame mínes líchaman hæbbende unoferwrigene, Hml. S. 23 b, 208

bul

(n.)
Grammar
bul, bula; m.
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Ic geann mínre goddohtor þone bule (bul?) ðe wæs hire ealdermóder, Cht. Th. 548, 17. Bulum bullis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 4. Bulas gyldenno gidóe wé ðé murenulas aureas faciemus tibi, Rtl. 4, 3

ge-þeódnes

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Tó brýdbúres geþeódnesse, 3200. company, society Ic wille habban his dohtra tó mínre geðeódnysse, Hml. S. 7, 311. <b>II a.</b> a company, society, fellowship :-- Geférrǽdene, geþeódnysse clientela, An. Ox. 2809

gránung

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Ic swince on mínre gránunge ( gemitu ), Ps. Th. 6, 5. Add