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mǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
mǽlan, p. de

To speak

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Him ða tó wuldorgást wordum mǽlde, Cd. 141; Th. 176, 16; Gen. 2913. Him Andreas wið, wine þearfende, wordum mǽlde, Andr. Kmbl. 600; An. 300. Him ðá tógénes ða gleáwestan wordum mǽldon, Elen. Kmbl. 1072; El. 537.

Linked entries: mǽl sam-mǽle

god-borh

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Cf. the formulae pp. 178-182 beginning on þone Drihten, on Ælmihtiges Godes naman, on lifiendes Godes naman), and will accuse him that he do not carry out any of the pledges that he gave him, Ll. Th. i. 82, 4-6

gearwian

(v.)
Grammar
gearwian, gerwian, gerwan, girwan, gierwan, gyrwan, gyrian, girian, gierian; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed

To make readyprepareprocuresupplyput onclothepărārepræpărārepræstāreinduĕrevestīre

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Ðæt selfe wæter ðegnunge gearwode beforan his fótum the very water did reverence before his feet, St. And. 22, 19. v. Grm. D. M. 984

ge-reord

(n.)
Grammar
ge-reord, -reorde, es; n.

A meal, refection, food

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Him beád reste and gereorda offered them rest and refreshment, Cd. 112; Th. 147, 17; Gen. 2441: Exon. 96 a; Th. 357, 29; Pa. 36: Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 26, 7. Heofonlícu gereordu heavenly food, Shrn. 30, 28: 64, 2.

un-gewunelíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gewunelíc, adj.

unusualunwontedunfrequenteduninhabitable

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unusual, unwonted Ðæs wundredon men, for ðí ðæt hit wæs ungewunelíc, Homl. Th. i. 184, 30. Fela fægera þinga ðe ðam folce ungecnáwe[n] wæs and ungewunelíc, Ap. Th. 17, 14.

Linked entry: un-gewynelíc

hwít

(n.)
Grammar
hwít, es; n.
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Gif hit festendæg sié selle mon uuége cǽsa and fisces and butran and ægera ðæt mon begeotan mæge, C. D. i. 293, 10

scegð

(n.)
Grammar
scegð, scǽð, es; m.: e; f.

A light, swift vessel

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Hér bebeád se cyng ðæt man sceolde ofer eall Angelcynn scipu wircean; ðæt is ðonne of þrým hund hídum and of x hídon ǽnne scegð (scægð, MS. D.), Chr. 1008 ; Erl. 141, 18. See note. Scéthas curuanas (?), Wrt. Voc. ii. 137, 52

sýferness

(n.)
Grammar
sýferness, e; f.

Sobriety, moderation, temperance, abstinence, purity purificatio, purgatio.

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Began ðá his geþanc tó sýfernysse ( opposed to lust, v. 197, 75) gehwyrfan, Homl. Ass. 198, 96

Linked entry: sýfer-ǽte

wiþer-rǽdness

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-rǽdness, e; f.

Contrarietyoppositionhostilityill-willunfavourablenessdisadvantageoppositeness of nature

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Gr. 47; Zup. 275, 7. hostility, ill-will, Similar entries v. wiþer-rǽde, I Wið hunda réðnysse and wiðerrǽdnysse; se ðe hafaþ hundes heortan mid him, ne beóð ongeán hine hundas céne, Lchdm. i. 372, 3. unfavourableness, disadvantage, Similar entries v.

Linked entry: wiþer-rǽde

and-swaru

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Ðá bysmrode ic hine mid mínum ondswarum . . . þá wæs hé ge*-*feónde mínra ondswaro, Nar. 18, 13-18. Ondsuearum (-sworum, R.) responsis, Lk. L. 2, 47. Add

ge-hrepod

(v.)
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Z. 255, 3. to touch with the hand Gehrepa hire byrigene, and þú bist sóna hál, Hml.

mann-swica

Grammar
mann-swica, mán-swica ?. [In favour of mán- it may be noted that mann- does not occur as the first part of this compound, but does occur with -slaga; in Wlfst. 55, 6 the a has the accent in two MSS. (though in one of these mán- is written in mánslagan, Wlfst. 26, 14), and at 114, 13 manswican is a v. l. for mánsworan.]
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Mánsworan (manswican, v. l. and þá heora hláford beswícaþ and hine forlǽtaþ his feónda(n) tó handa), 114, 13. Þyder scylan manslagan and þyder scylan manswican, 203, 21. Seó éhtnes þe crístene þoledon oft and gelóme þurh wælhreówe manswican, 83, 18

weard

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
weard, adv.

Ward in to-ward

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Thw. 23, 1; Jud. 99. v. eást-, for-, forþ-, hám-, hider-, hindan-, norþ-, súþ-, þider-, west-weard

ofer-hlifian

(v.)

to tower above, rise high aboveto exceed, surpass, excelto tower over in a threatening manner

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to tower above, rise high above Sóna swá seó sunne sealte streámas heá oferhlifaþ, Exon. Th. 206, 3; Ph. 121. to exceed, surpass, excel Ofer[h]lyfaþ praecellat, superemineat, Hpt. Gl. 413, 48.

ge-neósian

(v.)
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Þ seó upplice gifu hine geneósode, Gr. D. 38, 7. Hé wearð geneósod þurh God, and se hálga gást hét hine faran tó Alexandria byrig, Hml.

eom

(v.)
Grammar
eom, [eam, am], ðú eart [earþ, art, arþ], he is, ys;

I am, thou art, he is sum, es, est

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sylfum, and þurh hine sylfne wunigende 'Sum,' I am, is the substantive verb, and belongs exclusively to God alone, because God is ever without beginning, and without end in himself, and existing by himself, Ælfc.

latian

(v.)
Grammar
latian, p. ode

To be slowto lingerloiterdelay

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Ðeáh ðe hé ðá get latode on ðissum líchomlícum gebyrde though his birth was still deferred, Blickl. Homl. 167, 7. Hit is swytol ðæt man ðæs latode ealles tó lange, Wulfst. 168, 2. Ne lata ðú ne cuncteris, Wrt. Voc. ii. 60, 34.

Linked entry: elcian

hǽmed

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Add: of legitimate connexion Gif ðá gesinhíwan tó ungemetlíce hié gemengað on ðǽm hǽmede conjuges immoderatae admixtioni servientes, Past. 397, 11. Gif hire liófre sié óðer hémed tó niomanne if sie prefer to make a second marriage, C.

tó-cleófan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-cleófan, p. -cleáf, pl. -clufon; pp. -clofen

To cleave asunder

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Se réða kyning hine tócleáf on twá, Ælfc. T. Grn. 9, 21. Tócleófende sulcans, Wülck. Gl. 254, 21. Monnes cinbán gif hit biþ tóclofen, gesette mon xii. sciłł. tó bóte, L. Alf. pol. 50; Th. i. 94, 16. Ða sticcu ðæs tóclofenan hriddores, Homl.

be-windan

(v.)
Grammar
be-windan, bi-windan; p. -wand, -wond, pl. -wundon; pp. -wunden; v. a.

To wind or bind around or about, entwine, wrap, enwrap, encircle, surround, wind, turnamplecti, involvere, cingere, circumdare, volvere

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Abraham bewand ða hleóðorcwydas on hige sínum Abraham turned the revelations in his mind, 107; Th. 140, 34; Gen. 2337