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giefu

(n.)
Grammar
giefu, e; gen. pl. -end; f.

A giftgracefavourdonummunusgratia

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God-bearn on grundum his giefe bryttaþ the divine Child on earth his grace dispenseth, 17 b; Th. 43, 2; Cri. 682. Us giefe sealde uppe mid englum gave us favour above with angels, 17 b; Th. 41, 24; Cri. 660: 32 a; Th. 101, 24; Cri. 1663

cýðere

(n.)
Grammar
cýðere, es; m.

a witness testis a witness

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Bos. 14, 63. a martyr, one who bears witness by his death; martyr = μάρτυς a witness Stephănus is se forma cýðere Stephen is the early martyr, Homl. Th. ii. 34, 13. Þurh ðæs hálgan cýðeres þingunge through the pleading of the holy martyr, 28, 33.

stán-hliþ

(n.)
Grammar
stán-hliþ, es; n.
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Ofereode æþelinga bearn steáp stánhliðo, stige nearwe, Beo. Th. 2822; B. 1409

sacu

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Ne flít hé . . . ne sace ne ástyreð . . . þá beóð Godes bearn þá þe gesibsume beóð and sace ne ástyriað . . . Wé ne magon habban þone heofonlican éþel búton wé fram eallum sacum orsorge beón, O. E. Hml. i. 302, 1-8. <b>I a.

hearh-eard

(n.)
Grammar
hearh-eard, (?)
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, a dwelling in a grove, a grove as a dwelling, Hét mec hláford mín herheard niman (cf. héht mec mon wunian on wuda bearwe, 27. Cf. too, the phrase úpeard niman, Gú. 1051

CEAFL

(n.)
Grammar
CEAFL, es; m.

A bill, beak, snout, jaw, cheek;rostrum, rictus, fauces, maxilla

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Dauid gewylde ðone wildan beran, and his ceaflas totær David subdued the wild bear, and tore apart his jaws, Ælfc. T. 13, 26: 14, 2

Linked entry: ceaclum

beorht-hwíl

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Breohthwíle (bearht-, v. l.), 160, 23. Add:

eofot

(n.)
Grammar
eofot, eofut, eofet, es; n.

A debt, crimedēbĭtum, culpa

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Godes ágen bearn, unscyldigne eofota gehwylces, héngon on heáne beám fæderas usse our fathers hung up God's own son on a high tree, guiltless of every crime, Elen. Kmbl. 846; El. 423

Linked entries: eofet ge-eofot

ge-streónfull

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His ( our heavenly Father's) þá leófan and þá gestreónfullan bearn, Bl. H. 131, 27

heáh-sácerd

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Cyninga bearn and wítegena and heáhsácerda, 129, 437: 131, 489. Hí lǽddon hine ( Joseph ) tó ðám biscope and tó þám heáhsácerdum, 135, 648. Add

reótan

(v.)
Grammar
reótan, ;p. ; reát.

to make a noiseto make a noise in grief, to lament, wail;to weep, shed tears

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. ; to make a noise in grief, to lament, wail; Reóteþ meówle, seó ðe hyre bearn gesihþ brondas þeccan, Exon. Th. 330, 5; Vy. 46. Cerge reótaþ fore onsýne éces déman, 52, 20; Cri. 836.

Linked entries: hrútan wreótaþ reót

ge-ǽbiligan

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Hé ðám fæderum bebeád þæt hí heora bearn ne geǽbiligdon (patres, nolite adiracundiam provocare filios vestros, Eph. 6, 4), ii. 324, 26. Byð geǽbylged indignabitur . Bl. Gl. : Ps. L. 102, 9.

tow-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
tow-cræft, es; m.

Skill in weaving or spinning

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Skill in weaving or spinning Heó (the Virgin Mary) weóx and wearð fulfremed on gódra mægna heányssum, and heó ðá sóna gódum towcræftum onféng, swýðor ðonne ǽnig ðara ðe heora bearn wǽron...

Linked entry: tow-hús

ánfealdlíce

(adv.)
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Thw. 3, 17. simply, without reference to or connexion with anything else Gif hi náne æhta tó sellenne næbben, offrigen hyra bearn ánfealdlíce (simpliciter), R. Ben. 105, 9.

á-dreógan

to bear offsuffer, endureto bear with, tolerateto pass, spend timeto carry out, perform

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Add: to bear off Ic ádreóge digero, An. Ox. 18 b, 22. with the idea of pain :-- Hárnessa ádreóhende canos (suos) ducentes (ad inferos), 3368. to bear what is painful, suffer, endure :-- Ic ádreáh mycel broc, Bl. H. 175, 12.

Linked entry: á-dreósan

gémung

(n.)
Grammar
gémung, e; f.

A marriagenuptiæepulæ

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Se ðe worhte gímungo bearne his qui fecit nuptias filio suo, Rtl. 107, 15. Gímungana nuptiarum, 108, 19: 109, 23

Linked entries: gíming gýmung

cǽg-bora

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D. key-bearer.] Cf. cǽg-hirde

ge-grówan

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D. 198, 28. of soil, to produce, bear Se æcer syððan gegreów .c. síða sélor þonne hé ǽr dyde, Shrn. 137, 25. Swá se fiicbeám ofersceadað ðæt lond ðæt hit under him ne mæg gegrówan, Past. 337, 11

hefelíce

(adv.)

grievouslyseriouslydullyseverelysadlymournfully

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Óðre syngodon hefelícor þonne þú, Wlfst. 299, 3: Past. 313, 3 (in Dict.). with slow action of mind or body, dully, Mt. 13, 15 (in Dict.). severely, in a way that is hard to bear Hefelícor steóre (ł) stýðlícor stíre hé sí underþeód districtiori discipline

for-leógan

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to accuse falsely, bear false witness against: Ic nelle secgan unsoð on me sylfe, ꝥ ic wið þé ne syngie, gif ic mé sylfe forleóge, Hml. S. 12, 196. Se cniht hine sylfne forleáh, 208.