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fyrn-geár

the preceding year

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Quam gibod Godes fernun gére, Hél. 217) Gif þú wille witan hú eald se móna wǽre fyrngeáre on þysne dæg, Lch. iii. 228, 9, 14. [Þe lost of uernyere, Ayenb. 92, 4.]

ge-þring

Grammar
ge-þring, ge-þryng.
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Ðǽr ( in hell) is ealra yrmða gehwylc and ealra deófla geþring (-þryngc, v. l. ), Wlfst. 94, 4. Geðring (-þringc, -þrincg, v. ll. ), 114, 6. Ic mé ongan mæncgan tó óþrum, ꝥ ic wolde inn geþringan ...

ǽht

(n.)
Grammar
ǽht, e; f. [ǽhte = áhte had; p. of ágan to own, possess]

possessions ⬩ property ⬩ lands ⬩ goods ⬩ riches ⬩ cattle ⬩ opes ⬩ substantia ⬩ possessio ⬩ greges ⬩ possession ⬩ power ⬩ possessio ⬩ potestas

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Esau nam ealle his ǽhta, and eall ðæt he ǽhte Esau took all his goods, and all that he possessed, Gen. 36, 6. Grúndleás gítsung gilpes and ǽhta bottomless avarice of glory and possessions, Bt. Met. Fox 7, 30; Met. 7, 15.

geond

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Hundes fleógan cómon geond eall þæt mancyn, Ors. 1, 7; S. 38, 2. Man gengde geond eall ábútan þone port*-*weall, Hml. S. 23, 267: 355. the subject non-material Geond ealle eorþan gǽþ heora swég in omnem terram exiuit sonus eorum, Bl. H. 133, 34.

ge-hrorenlic

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-hrorenlic, adj.
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Perishable, transitory Þós woruld is eall for-wordenlic and gehrorenlic and gebrosnodlic and feallendlic, and eall þeós woruld is gewitenlic, Nap. 30. Sé ðe þæt þeoceð þæt hé of þysse gehrorenlican worulde þone heofonlican ríce begite, ib

weg lá

(int.)
Grammar
weg lá, (wei, wí) ;

interjection

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Weg lá weg ł wá lá wá ł eálá, eálá euge, euge, Ps. Lamb. 39, 16. Wí lá wei (wei lá wei, Cote. MS.), Bt. 35, 6 ; Fox 170, 12

á-willan

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Voc. i. 290, 45, 56: ii. 25, 69, and add Áwyl on súrum ealað, Lch. ii. 34, 14. Áwylle on buteran, 17. Þonne hit beó ǽne áwylled, iii. 14, 15. On áwyldum ealað, ii. 114, 11

Linked entry: á-wyllan

un-dǽd

(n.)
Grammar
un-dǽd, e; f.

An ill deed ⬩ evil action ⬩ a crime ⬩ misdeed

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Scyldig and mánful mid undǽdum eall gesýmed sceleratis impius actis, Dóm. L. 58. Man deófol georne forbúge and his undǽda ealle oferhogie, Wulfst. 68, 12

twi-browen

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-browen, adj. (ptcpl.)

Twice-brewed

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Twice-brewed On twybrownum ealað. Lchdm. ii. 120, 10

ge-botl

(n.)
Grammar
ge-botl, es; n.
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A dwelling þá byrig hé geseah eall on óþre wísan gewend on óþre heó ǽr wæs, and þá gebotla (botla, v. l. ) geond þá byrig eall getimbrode on óþre wísan on óþre hí ǽr wǽron, Hml. S. 23, 511

Linked entry: botl

un-áwendendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-áwendendlíce, adv.

Unalterably ⬩ without possibility of change

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Unalterably, without possibility of change Ic nát hwæþer hit eall gewyrþan sceal unáwendendlíce, ðæt hé wát and getiohhod hæfþ.

mynster-stede

(n.)
Grammar
mynster-stede, es; m.
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A monastic edifice, monastery (as a building) Eall his mynsterstede full fæste gestód, búton þám gebedhúse ánum in þám hé læg seóc; eall hit ábifode dum ejus omnis domus in sua soliditate persisteret, cubiculum in quo jacebat aeger contremuit Gr.

in-híréd

(n.)
Grammar
in-híréd, es ; m.

Household ⬩ family ⬩ house

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Ealle werhádes men his inhírédes ǽgðer ge inbyrdlingas ge gebohte þeówan omnes viri domus illius, tam vernaculi quam emptitii, Gen. 17, 27.

reccend

(n.)
Grammar
reccend, es; m.
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A ruler, governor. applied to the Deity God eálá ðú micele reccend ( rector ), Hymn. Surt. 72, 1 : Exon. Th. 2, 12; Cri. 18. Þeóda reccend, Ps. Th. 101, 1. God is ealra þinga reccend, Bt. 35, 5; Fox 166, 9.

smítan

(v.)
Grammar
smítan, p. smát, pl. smiton; pp. smiten

to daub, smear, smudge ⬩ to defile, pollute ⬩ to smear, anoint ⬩ to cast ⬩ linere ⬩ strike

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Ðissa (oil, grease, and tar) ealra emfela and ðara dusta ealra emfela, gemeng eal ceald tósomne, ðæt hit fram ðám wósum eal wel smítende [sí] (may be adapted for smearing) smire mid Lchdm. ii. 126, 11. [ Ofersmít mid ele 180, 28.] to defile, pollute

mann-cynn

Grammar
mann-cynn, II. add: (i)
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Manncynna ealdor Christ, Hml. Th. i. 588, 18

geómor-mód

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Gewitan him ( the apostles after the ascension ) gongan . . . geómormóde, Cri. 535: An. 406. gloomy from a sense of evil fortune or danger Eald æscwiga, se þe eall geman gárcwealm gumena (him bið grim sefa), onginneð geómormód geongum cempan . . . higes

feormend-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
feormend-leás, adj.

Wanting a polisher ⬩ pŏlītōre cărens

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Wanting a polisher; pŏlītōre cărens Geseah he orcas stondan, fyrnmanna fatu, feormendleáse, ðǽr wæs helm monig eald and ómig he saw bowls standing, vessels of men of yore, wanting a polisher, there was many a helmet, old and rusty, Beo.

un-súr

(adj.)
Grammar
un-súr, adj.

Not sour

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Not sour Eala forgá and meoloc þicge unsúre, Lchdm. ii. 292, 30

Linked entry: súr

trum-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
trum-líc, adj.

firm ⬩ strong ⬩ stable ⬩ of material things ⬩ hortatory ⬩ of exhortation

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Columnan swíde trumlice and fæste colmnnae solidae, 4, 21. of non-material things Seó ealde gesetness ys eall swá trumlíc, swá swá se Hǽlend sǽde on his hálgan godspelle, Jud. 15; Thw. 159, 29. Kyne-wyrðe rǽd and trumlíc, Anglia viii. 308, 33.