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dearnunga

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Hé begeat mid his sméhwrencan eall dyrnunga æt Steorran ꝥ him gewearð se þridda penig of þǽre tolne, C. D. iv. 56, 29. Add

eald-wita

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Mé sǽde sum árwyrðe mæssepreóst, þæt him sǽde sum ealdwita, ꝥ hé wǽre gefullad fram Paulino narravit mihi presbyter quidam retulisse sibi quendam seniorem, baptizatum se fuisse a Paulino, Bd. 2, 16; Sch. 178, 19.

éste-líce

(adv.)

graciouslydelicatelyluxuriously

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Genóh estelíce (delicate) hine grápað þe wyle bútan geswince leahtras oferswíþan, Scint. 103, 20

fleardian

(v.)
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To act with (wicked) folly, act wantonly, to stray in the paths of folly þe þreágincga forlǽt, hé fleardað qui increpationes relinquit errat, Scint. 113, 16.

Linked entry: fleardere

fore-gísel

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Salde se here him forgíslas (gíslas, v. l.) and micle áþas þæt hié of his ríce uuoldon, and him eác gehéton þæt hiera kyning fulwihte onfón wolde; and hié þæt gelǽston swá, 878; P. 76, 13. Substitute:

Linked entry: gísel

ge-hwearf

Grammar
ge-hwearf, ge-hwerf.
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(cf. in the charter so endorsed: Placuit archiepiscopo ejusque familia . . . aliquam vicissitudinem terrarum inter se habere), C. D. B. i. 526, 19. Wes ðises gehwerfes tó gewit-nesse hic sunt testes hujas commutationis, C. D. vi. 207, 21, 26.

ge-leórednes

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Geleórednesse oromate, i. in visione somni, 2278. a passing from this world, departure, decease Se dæg wæs tó becumen hire geleórednysse, Hml. S. 33, 285. <b>III a.

geár-gemearc

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In the prose legend the corresponding passage is: Ðan aefteran geáre þe ic þis wésten eardode, þæt on ǽfen and on ǽrnemergen God sylfa þone engcel mínre frófre tó mé sende, Guth. 86, 3-5), ... engel ufancundne, mec éfna gehwám ... and on morgne gesóhte

ge-werian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-werian, to defend.
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þe land gewerod hæbbe be scíre gewitnesse hæbbe hé unbesacen on daege and æfter dæge tó syllenne and tó gifenne þám þe him leófast sý, Ll. Th. i. 420, 18-22

ge-wirdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wirdan, to injure, spoil.
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Ðý lǽs hié mid ðý tóle ðæt hále líc gewierden ðe hié sceoldon mid ðæt unhále áweg aceorfan dum per hoc in se sana perimunt, per quod salubriter abscindere sauciata debuerunt, Past. 365, 12.

Linked entries: ge-werdan ge-wyrdan

gorettan

(v.)
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gorettan, p. te.
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To stare about. of persons, to let the eyes rove Ðæt hine lǽrð se deófol, þæt hé stande and gorette and lócige underbæc út; þæt bið gymeleás gebed, Wlfst. 234, 18. of the eyes or looking, to rove Þǽr ( in hell ) wépað ðá eágan þe nú ðurh unálýfedlice

Linked entry: gorian

hliþ

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Geworhton hí hlǽw on hliðe, wæs . . . wǽglíðendum wíde tó sýne, B. 3158. Beorga hliða (hlida, MS.) búgað and myltað (cf. ðá beorgas búgað and myltað, Wlfst. 137, 6) colles liquescent Dómn. L. 101. Hliuða scuporum Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 37.

Indisc

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Add: as adjective Astriges, se Indisca cyning, Hml. Th. i. 524, 33. as subst. Indisca an Indian Ðá hǽðengyld þe ðás Indiscan wurðiað, Hml. Th. i. 456, 14. Þá Indiscan willað beón eówere gafolgylderas, ii. 482, 31.

inn

Grammar
inn, a lodging, &amp; c.
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Se Gota gewennde tó his inne (húse, v.l.) Gothus ad hospitium reversus, Gr. D. 81, 15. Án lang gealga stænt æt Amanes inne lignum stat in domo Aman, Hml. A. 100, 280. Hí heom in gecuron mid hyra méder, Hml. S. 30, 317. Add

neáh-west

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neáh-west, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Anastasius wæs geþeóded tó Nonnoso, wæs práfost on ðám mynstre þe geseted is in þám munte Soracte, and hé him þeódde tó fore þǽre stówe neáwiste (propinquitate loci), Gr. D. 48, 26.

nytt

(adj.)
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nytt, adj.
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Ic ǽlcne mínra freónda lufige swá mycele má þonne ðone óðerne swá ic ongyte þæt hé betran willað þonne se óðer and his gesceádwisnesse nyttran willan tó dónne tanto magis amo amicos meos, quanta magis bene utuntur anima rationali, vel certe quantum desiderant

ofer-drincan

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Þá þe lufiað ꝥ hí hí sylfe an wíne oferdrincon diligentes se inebriari uino, Chrd. 74, 3.

rǽding

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Cf. rǽdan; <b>II a</b> Se cyning árás and eóde him út swilce for rǽdinge, Hml. A. 100, 270

rícsian

(v.)
Grammar
rícsian, <b>II a.</b>
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Hér ásette se apostol niht for þǽre ealdan nytennysse ðe ríxode ær Crístes tócyme, Hml. Th. i. 602, 34. Ðá hwíle ðe him ǽnig unðeáw on rícsige, Past. 63, 19. Add

scóh

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Þára sceóna tácen is þæt þú sette þínne scetefinger uppon þíune fót, Tech. ii. 126, 13. Þá þwangas þára scóna ongunnon heom sylfe tóslupan . . se deófol him hýrde þá scós of tó dónne, Gr. D. 221, 22-25.