bisceop-scír
a diocese
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Ealle þá witan þe in þǽre biscopscíre (-ríce, v. l.) (episcopio ) wǽron, Gr. D. 67, 30. Sumne híred on his (St. Martin) bisceopscíre, Bl. H. 225, 6. Wæs tódǽled in tuá bisc̃scíra West-Seaxna lond; ǽr hit wæs án, Chr. 709; P. 40, 26. Add
for-liger
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Th. ii. 322, 34. (Perhaps the last two examples belong to previous word.) Add
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ge-fylsta
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Th. i. 518, 32. Wé sind Godes gefylstan we are labourers together with God; Dei sumus adjutores, 8, 8: Hml. S. 11, 309. Hí tó Antecríste búgað and weorþað his gefylstan eallum heora mihtum, Wlfst. 93, 10. Add
ge-gafelian
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Substitute: <b>ge-gafolian;</b> p. ode To seize as tax or tribute, confiscate Wǽre gegafelod infiscaretur (ne ab Imperatoribus locuples gazarum opulentia infiscaretur, Ald. 43, 23), Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 68: 46, 69.
ge-hlǽg
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and add Oft wé gewuniað ꝥ wé þám woruld-mannum hwæthugu mid sprecað for gehlæge. and þá ylcan sprǽce wé nimað lustlíce, þeáh þe heó sí ús unwyrðelíce and unrihtlic tó sprecane dum plerumque eis ad quaedam loquenda condescendimus, paulisper assueti, hanc
ge-nǽman
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To take away by force Hé hét þriddan dǽl ágifan þám mannum þe hé hit ǽr on genǽmde, Guth. 14, II.
ge-þreát
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Þá þe fæste heora geleáfan on God hæfdon, and for nánes mannes geþreáte heora Drihtne wiðsacan noldon, 23, 70
gifend
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Th. 10, 8. <b>I a.</b> applied to the Deity, v. gifan; Drihten þe is ealra gereorda gifend, R. Ben. 69, II. one that is in the habit of giving, a liberal person Gifend largus Wrt. Voc. ii. 151, 30
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met
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Add: measure Ealdes mannes eágan beóþ unscearpsýno; þonne sceal hé þá eágan weccan mid gnídingum, mid gongum, mid rádum, oþþe mid þý þe hine mon bere oþþe on wǽne ferige; and hý sculan nyttian lytlum and forhtlicum metum ( these means are to be employed
sweor
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Feówer þing synt ealra þinga behéfost ... þám þe þencð tó þám écan lífe; ꝥ synt feówer sweras, iustitia, ... prudentia, ... temperantia, ... fortitudo, Wlfst. 247, 11-16
ormǽtness
Excess, immensity
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Th. ii. 186, 15. Micelre ormǽt[nysse] mirae magnitudinis. Hpt. Gl. 454, 77. Náht elles gestincan búton unstenca ormǽtnessa, Wulfst. 139, 8
ge-tígan
To tie ⬩ bind
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To tie, bind Forhwon fealleþ se snáw wæstmas getígeþ why does the snow fall, bind up the fruits? Salm. Kmbl. 606; Sal. 302. Ðǽr stód án ramm getíged be ðam hornum there stood a ram tied by the horns, Homl. Th. ii. 62, 3: i. 206, 10: Lk.
FǼMNE
A virgin, damsel, maid, woman ⬩ virgo, puella, fēmĭna
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P. 4, 68; Th. ii. 228, 10. He mid fǽmnan on flet gǽþ he walks with the woman in the court, Beo. Th. 4074; B. 2034.
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be-smítan
To BESMUT, defile, dirty, pollute, contaminate ⬩ polluere, inquinare, coinquinare, contaminare
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Bos. 7, 15: Cd. 127; Th. 162, 14; Gen. 2681: Judth. 10; Thw. 22, 12; Jud. 59: Exon. 81 a; Th. 305, 8; Fä. 85. Ic besmíte polluo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 3; Som. 30, 49: Ps. Spl. C. 88, 34.
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brosnian
To corrupt, decay, rot, perish ⬩ corrumpi, deficere, dissolvi, perire
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Him hyge brosnaþ his mind corrupts, Exon. 81 a; Th. 304, 11; Fä. 68. Brosnaþ enta geweorc, hrófas sind gehrorene the work of giants is decaying, the roofs are fallen, Exon. 124 a; Th. 476, 4; Ruin. 2: Beo. Th. 4512; B. 2260.
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síþ-fæt
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I. 32 ; Th. ii. 430, 25. Ðý ongunnenan síþfate, Bd. 5, 19 ; S. 641, 2 : Kent. Gl. 307 : Cd. Th. 211, 4 ; Exod. 521 : Judth. Thw. 26, 19 ; Jud. 336.
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seld-
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Wundor syllíc ( the pillar of fire ), Cd. Th. 184, 17 ; Exod. 109 : Rood Kmbl. 25 ; Kr. 13. Hé wundur worhte seldlíc, Ps. Th. 125, 3. Ǽnlicra and fægerra, symle sellícra, Exon. Th. 357, 17 ; Pa. 30.
ge-dwild
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Secgað sume þá Denisce men on heora gedwylde þæt sé Iouis wǽre, þe hý Þór hátað, Mercuries sunu, þe hí Oðon namiað, Wlfst. 107, 9: 106, 22.
þeód-scipe
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A people Him cierde tó eall se þeódscype on Myrcna lande all the people of Mercia, Chr. 922; Erl. 108, 25. Eal þeódscype hine hæfde for fulne cyng, 1013; Erl. 148, 36. Þes þeódscype the English, Wulfst. 163, 19. Se ðeódscype the Jews, 14, 7.
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BEÓ
A BEE ⬩ apis
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The keeping of bees was an object of much care in the economy of the Anglo-Saxons. The great variety of expressions, taken from the flavour of honey, sufficiently account for the value they placed upon it.
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