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dǽlere

(n.)
Grammar
dǽlere, es; m.

DEALER, divider, distributor, agent divīsor, sequester

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Ðam wǽdlan gedafenaþ ðæt he gebidde for ðane dǽlere on the indigent it is incumbent that he pray for the distributor, Homl. Th. i. 256, 33. God gesette ðone wélegan dǽlere on his gódum God appointed the wealthy a distributor of his goods, ii. 102, 28

DRÓF

(adj.)
Grammar
DRÓF, adj.

Draffy; dreggy, dirty, troubled sordĭdus, turbŭlentus, turbĭdus

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H. Ger. trüebe: O. H. Ger. truobi turbĭdus, turbādus.]

Linked entries: DRÉFAN dréfre

blíðe-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
blíðe-mód, adj.

Blithe, of mind, glad, cheerfullætus animo, lætus, hilaris

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Blithe, of mind, glad, cheerful; lætus animo, lætus, hilaris Wæs á blíðemód bealuleás cyning [MS. kyng], ðeáh he lang ǽr, lande bereáfod, wunode wræclástum the innocent king was ever blithe of mind [cheerful], though he long before, bereft of land, dwelt

ge-dwyld

(n.)
Grammar
ge-dwyld, es; n.

Errorheresyerrorhærĕsis

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Ðæt he mid his hálgan láre middaneardlíc gedwyld adwæscte that he might extinguish worldly error by his holy doctrine, Homl. Th. ii. 90, 13 : Deut. 4, 19

stellan

(v.)
Grammar
stellan, stillan; p. stealde; pp. steald.
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to give a place to, set, place óðrum yfele bisene stelep, Past. 28; Swt. 191, 12. Hwelce bisena ðǽr stellende wæs, Ors. 2, 2; Swt. 64, 24. to take a place(?)

þreodung

(n.)
Grammar
þreodung, þridung, e; f.

deliberationhesitation

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hwí nelt ðú út gán?' Wulfst. 140, 13. Tweógendlícere tweónunge þrydunge ancipiti ambiguitatis scrupulo, Hpt. Gl. 422, 34

Linked entries: þridung þrydung

un-dearninga

(adv.)
Grammar
un-dearninga, un-dearnunga, -deornunga; adv.

Without secrecy or concealmentopenly

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Gekýþe ðæt ðæt feoh, undeornunga his cúðan ceápe in wíc gebohte, L. H. E. 16; Th. i. 34, 10

bí-leofen

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Þone þriddan dǽl mé tó biglifene, Hml. A. 201, 190. beget him biglyfne mid his weorce, Hml. S. 30, 214. Þá gesettan bíleofene (annonam), R. Ben. 55, 11. Heó bíleofenæ fundon, Hml. A. 85, 121. Add

bísgian

(v.)
Grammar
bísgian, l. bisgian,

to occupyemployto harasstrouble

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Se láreów ðe bodunge underféhð, ne sceal hine sylfne mid worulðþingum bysgian (printedbysnian), Hml. Th. ii. 532, 27, to harass, trouble Wildeór ús on þǽre nihte bisgodon, Nar. 15, 4

cwellere

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Tó ðám hǽðenan cwellere, Hml. Th. ii. 424, 13. Ne bið þǽr ansýn gesewen bútan þára cwelra þe cwylmað ðá earman non nisi tortorum facies ibi cernitur ulla, Dóm. L. 204. belǽwde þone Hǽlend þám cwellerum, Hml. A. 74, 46. Add

chor

(n.)
Grammar
chor, es; m.
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Ne ne gedyrstlǽce þæt hine þǽm chore geþeóde, R. Ben. 69, 5: 70, 13

ge-hírsum

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Ne sié his giémen nó ðý lǽsse ymb þá gehiérsuman (-hír-, v. l. ), Past. 74, 15. obedient to a person Ðá tunglu þú gedést þé gehýrsume, Bt. 4 ; F. 6, 32. a law, command, &c. Hié wǽron þǽre godcundan ǽ swíþe gehýrsume, Bl. H. 163, 3

Linked entry: ge-hýrsum

ge-hnǽgan

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Full oft hit ðæs deófles dugoð gehnǽgeð, Sal. 399 (2nd ed.). Gehnǽcþ (=?-hnǽgþ, see ge-hnǽcan) deprimit, Germ. 401, 117. Sé þe hine áhæfæþ, bið genægeþ; and sé þe hine genǽgeþ (humiliaverit), bið áhæfen, Mt. R. 23, 12.

ge-dirfan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dirfan, pp. ed.
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Cf. ge-deorfan ; Cild bið on wætere gedyrfed; gif ætwint, langlífe bið, Lch. iii. 184, 4: 188, 4. Gedyrfed jactata, Germ. 402, 46.

ge-twǽman

(v.)
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To separate Healde gehwá his ǽwe ... búton ꝥ gewurðe ꝥ búta geceósan ꝥ getwǽman, Ll. Th. ii. 300, 28. to separate one thing from another, with gen., to prevent from action, v. ge-twǽfan, .

ge-wæterian

(v.)
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S. 14, 177. to pour water on material hét gewæterian ealne þone wudu ait: 'Fundite super ligna,' Hml. S. 18, 125

Lega-ceaster

(n.)
Grammar
Lega-ceaster, e ; f.
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micele fyrd gelǽdde tó Legaceastre (Leige-, v. l. ad ciuitate Legionum, quae a gente Anglorum Legacaester, a Brettonibus autem rectius Carlegion appellatur ), Bd. 2, 2; Sch. 120, 5. lǽdde his ferde tó Legaceastre, Chr. 605 ; P. 23, 5.

on-liþian

(v.)
Grammar
on-liþian, on-leoþian
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D. 222, 4. figurative In hefigum wísum ealle þá (various faults) after deáðe hefigiað, gif nǽron ná ǽr gebétte ne ná onleoðode þá hwíle þe se man wæs in þissum lífe quae cuncta etiam post mortem gravant, si adhuc in hac vita positis minime fuerint

Linked entry: on-leoþian

rodor-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
rodor-líc, adj.

of the firmamentcelestialheavenly

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faraþ tó heofonum and rodorlíce wununga underfóþ, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 83

sǽtung

(n.)
Grammar
sǽtung, e; f.

A lying in wait, plot, snare

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Gif him þince ðæt feala earna ætsomne geseó, ðæt biþ yfel níð and manna ǽtunga and seara, Lchdm. iii. 168, 11.

Linked entries: sétung sǽtnung