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carcern-weard

(n.)
Grammar
carcern-weard, es; m.
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A prison-warder, jailor wæs on carcern sænded . . . , and æfter twelf dagum cóm se carcernweard, Shrn. 54, 13, 16. Sc̃s Arthemius wæs ǽr carcernweard, 89, 23, 27

fearr-hríþer

(n.)
Grammar
fearr-hríþer, es; n.

A bull

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Gif him þince ꝥ hæbbe ferrhrýðer, Lch. iii. 174, 21

ge-myndgung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-myndgung, ge-myndigung, e ; f.
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A memorial, monument þǽr his selfes longe gemyndgunge (-mynegunge, Bos. 54, 14) gedyde magnum monu-mentum in reparatione ejus operatus est, Ors. 3, l ; S. 98, 25

Linked entries: myndgung ge-mynegung

ge-recenian

(v.)
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Add: to arrange, set in order Þá he hæfde ealle his fare gerecenod (ge-reconod, v./. ). Chr. 1052; P. 180, 15. Gerecanade condito, Wrt. Voc. ii. 18, 45

hund-twéntig

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Geselle hundtwéntig sciłł, 66, 16. Hundtwentig scillinge, 390, 25. Add

Linked entry: twéntig

in-hebban

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wénde swíðe þæt ǽnig ælda ǽfre [ne] meahte swá fæstlice forescyttelsas on écnesse ó inhebban (o in hebba, MS. ), oððe þæs ceasterhlides clúster onlúcan, Cri. 313. Add

mælan

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mǽlde and him beforan sǽde praedixit, Gr. D. 103, 32. Add

níd-bád

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Add: figurative Hwæt, wé nú wǽron fægne þæt wé ne móston bedíglan on ússum scræfum, þæt ús ne swencte mid his mægnis nídbáðe, Mod. Philol. 1. 33

tó-drífan

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Add His geféran tódráf, Chr. 1036; P. 158, 24. Add Seó þiccnys þára woruldcara swíðe áwésteð and tódrífeð ( devastat ) ánra gehwilces bisceopes mód, Gr. D. 41, 8

un-gebét

Grammar
un-gebét, un-gebétt.
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I. add Þá synne þe ǽr ungebéted hæfde, Gr. D. 329, 3. Him nǽnig syn ungebéted (-bétedu, v.l. ) bútan wrace áleoðod wæs, 332, 3

worn

Grammar
worn, (l b).
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Swá swá spræc tó fæderum úrum (Abraham) and sǽdes worne (sædsworne, MS.) sicut locutus est ad patres nostros Abraham et semini eius, Ps. Rdr. 296, 55. Add

yfel-sacung

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Add:: blasphemy on ðǽre yfelsacunge swealt, Gr. D. 290, 2. Swá hwylc man yfelsacunge sǽde on þone Hálgan Gást, 328, 7. Wé gehýrdon his yfelsacunga, Nap. 88

fyniht

(adj.)
Grammar
fyniht, adj.

Produced in marshy, fenny places

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He must abstaine from maryshe fyshes and fennie

ge-þrístian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þrístian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [þríst, þríste bold]

To darepresumeaudērepræsūmĕre

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Forðam he geþrístade quod se præsumpsisset, Bd. 1, 7; S. 477, 15

Linked entry: -þrístian

folc-land

(n.)
Grammar
folc-land, -lond, es; n. [folc folk, land land] .

the land of the folk or people

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he previously desist, L.

BRÁD

(adj.)
Grammar
BRÁD, def. se bráda, seó, ðæt bráde ; comp. m.brádra, f.n. brádre,brǽdre; superl. brádost; adj.

BROAD open, large, spacious, copiouslatus, expansus, amplus, spatiosus, copiosus

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Sceolde he ða brádan lígas sécan he must seek the broad flames, Cd. 36;Th, 47, 20;Gen. 763.

Linked entries: brǽd bréd bréden

GÉN

(adv.)
Grammar
GÉN, gién; adv.

Again, moreover, besides, at length, yet, hithertoiterum, denuo, adhuc, insuper, denique

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Again, moreover, besides, at length, yet, hitherto; iterum, denuo, adhuc, insuper, denique Ðǽr he gén ligeþ there he still lies, Exon. 18 b; Th. 46, 9; Cri. 734. Swá he nú gén déþ as he still does, Beo.

ge-unrótsian

(v.)
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his gebróðru ne geunrótsige, R. Ben. 54, 13, 14. hí líðelíce ólehte ðá ðá hí geunrótsod hæfde tristem blanditiis delinivit, Past. 415, 30. Sárnys ðé hrepode, and ðú eart geunrótsod ( conturbatus es ), Hml.

Linked entry: un-rótsian

ÉCE

(n.; adj.)
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ÉCE, ǽce; gen. m. n. éces; gen. f. écre, écere; dat. m. n. écum; f. écre, écere; def. se écá, écea; seó, ðæt éce; gen. écan, écean; adj.

Eternal, perpetual, everlasting sempĭternus, æternus

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He him éce meaht geceás he chose to himself eternal power, Exon. 45 b; Th. 154, 34; Gú. 852. He us sealde éce staðelas he gave us eternal seats, 17 b; Th. 41, 26; Cri. 661.

Linked entry: ǽce

hefig-ness

oppressivenessburdensomenessa troubledullnessdiseaseoppression

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Seó sául þá hwíle þe heó on þám lícuman byð ne mæg God geseón swá swá heó wilnað for þæs lícuman hefenesse and gedréfednesse, Solil. H. 29, 14. disease Ðe ilca úsra untrymnise í hefignise gebær ipse nostras aegrotationes portavit, Mt.