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forþ-healdan

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-healdan, p. -heóld, pl. -heóldon; pp. -healden

To hold to ⬩ follow out ⬩ maintain ⬩ exsĕqui

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To hold to, follow out, maintain; exsĕqui Mid ðý he ðæt langre tíde forþheóld and dyde quod dum multo tempŏre sēdŭlus exsĕquĕrētur, Bd. 4, 25; S. 600, 24

for-wegan

(v.)
Grammar
for-wegan, p. -wæg, pl. -wǽgon; pp. -wegen

To kill ⬩ interficere

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To kill; interficere Ðæt se an foldan læg forwegen mid his wǽpne that he lay slain on the field with his weapon, Byrht. Th. 138, 30; By. 228

missen-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
missen-líce, adv.

Variously ⬩ diversely ⬩ differently

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Variously, diversely, differently Ðeáh hé hié mannum missenlíce dǽle, Blickl. Homl. 39, 18: Exon. 88 a; Th. 331, 6; Vy. 64: 79 b; Th. 299, 18; Crä. 104

ge-hwilc

Grammar
ge-hwilc, <b>;
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</b> add In gehwylcum men ( in vivente quolibet ) þá hwíle þe hé leofað se gǽst byþ hæfd on þám líchaman, Gr. D. 303, 23

ge-lácan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lácan, p. -léc

To play a trick on ⬩ delude

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To play a trick on, delude On hý geléc ðæt hý mid him wunnon he deluded them into making war with him, Ors. 3,,7; Bos. 60, 2

syn-rǽs

(n.)
Grammar
syn-rǽs, es; m.

A sinful impulse

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A sinful impulse Þence hé swíðe georne hwæt tó bóte mǽge ongeán ǽlcne synrǽs, ðe þurh deófles sǽd ǽr wearð áweaxen, L. Pen. 16; Th. ii. 284, 9

wlæcness

(n.)
Grammar
wlæcness, e; f.

Lukewarmness

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Ðý læs hé for wlæcnesse sié út áspiwen ne tepidus evomatur, Past. 58; Swt. 447, 16, 18

weorold-gewritu

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-gewritu, pl, n.
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Ðá lǽrde se hyne godcunde gewritu ; ðá forlét hé ða woruldgewrytu, Shrn. 152, 20

Linked entry: ge-writ

ám

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Hé sceal habban . . . amb ( = ám?), Angl. ix. 263, 13. Add

carcern-weard

(n.)
Grammar
carcern-weard, es; m.
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A prison-warder, jailor Hé 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 hé hæbbe ferrhrýðer, Lch. iii. 174, 21

ge-myndgung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-myndgung, ge-myndigung, e ; f.
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A memorial, monument Hé 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 hé hundtwéntig sciłł, 66, 16. Hundtwentig scillinge, 390, 25. Add

Linked entry: twéntig

in-hebban

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Hé 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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Hé 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 hé ús ne swencte mid his mægnis nídbáðe, Mod. Philol. 1. 33

tó-drífan

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Add His geféran hé 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 hé 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 hé 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