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for-gifnes

Grammar
for-gifnes, for-gifennes (-gifenes).

releasemildnesslenityindulgencelaxity

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Ic wille ꝥ ealle þá freódóm and ealle þá forgiuenesse þe míne forgengles geáfen, þet hit stande, Chr. 963; P. 117, 5. release Tó bodanne hæftedum forgefnisse praedicare captiuis remissionem, Lk. R. L. 4, 18. forgiveness of sin, offence, &c.

ge-mǽnelic

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Th. i. 546, not ceremonially clean Gemǽnelicum (communibus) mið hondum, ꝥ is unðuegenum, Mk. L. 7, 2. (O.H.Ger. ge-meinlíh communis.)

Linked entry: -mǽne-lic

ge-wealdan

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Wið feóndseócum men, þonne deófol þone monnan innan gewealde mid ádle when a devil possesses a man, Lch. ii. 136, 25, <b>III a.

onettan

Grammar
onettan, l. ónettan, and in 1. 26 for 1529
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</b> of too quick procedure, to hurry :-- Gif hé unendebyrdlíce ónet mid dǽre sprǽce si inordinate ad loquendum rapitur, Past. 93, 18.

sand

(n.)
Grammar
sand, es; m. [? or should the passages that follow be put under sand; f.? cf. the later application of witness to a person]

A messenger, envoy

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A messenger, envoy Ðá wæs Lýfing ƀ mid ðám kincge . . . Ðá com Xp̃es cyrc̃ sand tó ðám ƀ and hé forð (fór ?) ðá tó ðám kincge bishop Lyfing was then with the king. . . Then came a messenger (or message?

Linked entries: sand sond

wád

(n.)
Grammar
wád, es; n.

Woad,

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Wið bryne, wád wyl on buteran, smire mid, Lchdm. ii. 132, 1, and see i.174, 1-5.

Linked entry: waad

gýmen

(n.)
Grammar
gýmen, gémen; f.

Careheedsolicitudediligencesuperintendencerulecura

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Man sceal healdan ðæt hálige húsl mid mycelre gýmene the holy eucharist must be kept with great care, L. Ælf. C. 36; Th. ii. 360, 11.

Linked entries: gémen geómen gýme

ge-sprecan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sprecan, -specan; p. -spræc, pl. -sprǽcon; pp. -sprecen

To speakspeak withagree

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Mid ðý ðe hie ðis gesprecen hæfdon when they had said this, Blickl. Homl. 143, 14: 191, 23: Elen. Kmbl. 2568; El. 1285. God hí gespræc ðá God addressed them then, Homl. Th. ii. 456, 26: 156, 16.

tin-tregian

(v.)
Grammar
tin-tregian, -tergian; p. ode

To torment,torture,afflict

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Se kásere hine tintregode mid unásecgendlícum wítum, Shrn. 116, 1. Ða ðe tintergedon ðone hálgan wer, 73, 1. Hí tintregodon hine and forléton hine sámcucene plagis impositis abierunt semivivo reticto, Lk. Skt. 10, 30.

Linked entry: tregian

þǽr-tó

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-tó, adv.

Theretonextthenbesidestheretofor that end

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Grammar þǽr-tó, marking association Ðá stód ðære sunnan cræt mid feówer horsum on áne healfe; on óðre healfe stód ðæs mónan cræt and ða oxan ðǽrtó, Homl. Th. ii. 494, 24. Hé becwað his láford his beste scip, and ða segelgerǽda ðártó, Cod. Dip.

bǽdan

to urgepresscompelimpelto requireexact

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Ðonne ðá sácerdas tó weorðunga úres Álié-sendes ne bǽdað (exigunt) ðá ðe him underðiédde bióð mid hira lífes geearnungum, Past. 135, 10. Mǽru cwén bǽdde byre geonge (cf. v. 1182), B. 2018.

bærnan

to expose to the action of heatto cauterizeto cause to give lightto consume by fire

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Ꝥ hine mon lǽde tó þám rícum ꝥ mon þǽr mæge sníþan and bærnan his unþeáwas, Bt. 38, 7; F. 210, 3. of a lamp, to cause to give light Ꝥ gé wacian mid mé and wé bærnan gástlico leóhfato, Bl. H. 145, 4. to consume by fire Ic folcsalo bærne, Rä. 2, 5.

þider

(adv.)
Grammar
þider, þieder; adv.
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Hí tó ðon ðider ( illo) sende wǽron, ðæt hí sceoldon ðæt gyldene mynet mid him geniman ðætte ðider (eo ) of Kent com, Bd. 3, 8; S. 530, 40. Ðá férde hé ðyder, Blickl. Homl. 225, 7. Nú þyder ingongaþ and mé ætstondaþ, 207, 2.

Linked entry: þyder

Róm-feoh

(n.)
Grammar
Róm-feoh, gen. -feós; n.

Peter's pence

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Denum, wíte mid Englum,' Th. i. 170, 2.

sang

(n.)
Grammar
sang, es; m.

song, singinga singing, chantingsong, poetry,a songa poem

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Ðá hæfde hé mé gebunden mid ðære wynnsumnesse hissanges me carminis mulcedo defixerat, Bt. 22, 1; Fox 76, 6. Mé Gúðhere forgeaf máþþum songes tó leáne, Exon. Th. 322, 22; Víd. 67. Galan sigeleásne sang, Beo. Th. 1578; B. 787.

Linked entry: song

waru

(n.)
Grammar
waru, e (but acc. waru, Ps. Th. 118, 17) ; f.

Watchful careobservancekeeping of a commandheedcarecare for the safety of otherssafe-keepingcustodykeeping from injuryguarddefenceprotection against attackguard

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Antiochus giémde hwæt né hæfde monna gerímes, and ne nom náne ware húlíce hié wǽron, Ors. 5, 4; Swt. 224, 22. care for the safety of others Se hýra ne bið náðor ne mid ware ne mid lufe ástyred, Homl. Th. i. 240, 28.

Linked entry: wer-genga

wilisc

(adj.)
Grammar
wilisc, adj.

foreign, not Englishservile

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Valskr Norman) æt-tforan mid ðam cynge, Chr. 1048; Erl. 178, 15, 24. 1a. referring to the Celts of England, Welsh:-- Be Wilisces monnes londnæfene. Gif Wylisc mon hæbbe híde londes, L. In. 32.; Th. i. 122, 9. Englisc . . .

Bedewinda

(n.)
Grammar
Bedewinda, an; m.

BEDWIN, Wilts

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BEDWIN, Wilts Ic, Ælfréd, West-Seaxena cining [MS. cingc], an Eádweade, mínum yldran suna, ðæs landes æt Bedewindan I, Alfred, king of the West-Saxons, give the land at Bedwin to Edward, my elder son [lit. made a grant of the land at Bedwin ], Alfd.

bénsian

(v.)
Grammar
bénsian, part. ende; p. ode; pp. od [bén a prayer, sian or sigan to fall down]

To fall down in prayerto prayentreat in prayersupplicaredeprecariorare

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He wæs bénsiende ða uplícan árfæstnesse mínra gesynta supplicans erat supernæ pietati pro sospitate mea 5, 6; S. 619, 35 : 3, 12; S. 537, note 20

Linked entry: ge-bénsian

frǽcne

(adj.)
Grammar
frǽcne, adj.

Grievousdiredangerousdīrusperīcŭlōsus

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Grievous, dire, dangerous; dīrus, perīcŭlōsus Awend ðín ansýne fram mínum frǽcnum firenum turn thy face from my grievous sins, Ps. Ben. 50, 10; Ps. Grn. ii. 149, 10.