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bróþor

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Hwæt dó gé, bróður (-or, v.l. ), dóð esnlíce, Past. 363, 2. Ðá Apostolas and þá eldran bróðor (bróðra, v. l.) Apostoli et seniores fratres, Ll. Th. i. 56, 13. Ealle þíne bréþere (bróþor, v. l. ), St. A. 4, 10. <b>II a.

cirlisc

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Th. i. 68, 9-14. in a general sense, common, vulgar, rustic, plebeian, peasant Hwæt is þes ceorlisca wer quis est iste vir rusticus?, Gr. D. 35, 2. Ceorlisc bysmrung, 46, 18.

drý-cræft

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Se deófol geswutelað þǽre wiccan hwæt heó secge mannum, ꝥ þá beón fordóne þe ðæne drýcræft sécað, Hml. S. 17, 113. Hé wæs fyrmest on þám drýcræftum in magicis operibus primus fuit, Gr. D. 27, 20: Hml. Th. ii. 414, 4.

for-swælan

(v.)
Grammar
for-swælan, l. -swǽlan,
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Se storm áðwyhð swá hwæt swá þæt fýr forswǽlð, Hml. Th. i. 618, 12. Se líg ne móste furðon heora fex forswǽlan, Hml. S. 16, 76. Þæt heora fex næs furðon forswǽled quoniam capillus capitis eorum non esset adustus (Dan. 3, 27), Ælfc. T. Grn. 8, 29.

ge-lengan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lengan, to lengthen.
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Munecas þǽre tíde lof mid kyrriole gewurðiað; hwæt hig oft ꝥ lof gelengað, Angl. viii. 320, 7. Hí gelencgdon ðá gebedu, Hml. S. 9, 22. Þæt hé his gebed gelenge (his gebed beó gelend oratio pretendatur, R. Ben. I. 53, 12), R. Ben. 46, 2.

ge-tácnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tácnian, p. ode, ade, ude; pp. od, ad, ud [tácen, tácn a sign, token] .

to denote by a signsignifybetokenshowinstructsignāresignĭfĭcāredenŏtāreinsĭnuāremonstrāreinstruĕreto signmarkwitnesssealsignāreinsignīreobsignāre

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Him gedafenaþ ðæt hí cunnon hwæt heó gástlíce getácnige it is fitting that they know what it betokens spiritually, Homl. Th. ii. 264, 27. Mid ðý is getácnod, ðæt ... by that is signed that..., Bt. Met. Fox 31, 35; Met. 31, 18: Boutr.

ge-dál

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Eálá, þú man, hwæt dést þú ꝥ þú ne sý þám dumban nytene gelíc ? Geþenc hú micel gedál God betweox ús gesceóp, Ll. Th. ii. 394, 29.

rest

(n.)
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rest, e; ;f.;

rest, quiet, freedom from toilrest, repose, sleepa place of rest, resting-placea bed, couch

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. - Hwæt wæs seó Salomones ræste ... ? Ac hwæt mǽnde ðæt syxtig wera stondende wǽron ymb ða reste? 11, 16-23. Ræst ;a sepulchre,; Exon. Th. 459, 28; Hö. 6. On mínre reste ;per stratum meum,; Ps. Th. 62, 6.

Linked entries: ræst reste

rún

(n.)
Grammar
rún, e; f.

a whisperconfidence, counsel, consultationa mysterya secreta rune, a letter.

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Ex. 87. of that which is written, with the idea of mystery or magic Ðæt hé him bócstafas árǽdde and árehte hwæt seó rún ( the writing on the wall of Belshazzar's palace ) bude, Cd. Th. 262,9 ; Dan. 741.

Linked entry: rún-stæf

hlehhan

(v.)
Grammar
hlehhan, hlæhan, hlihhan, hlichan, hlihan. hlihgan; p. hlóh; pl. hlógan

To LAUGH [with gladness or contempt], to deride

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Ðeáh ðé mon hwylces hlihge and ðú ðé unscyldigne wite ne réhst ðú hwæt hý rǽdon hý teóþ ðé ðæs ðe hý sylfe habbaþ though you are derided [or blamed?]

sester

(n.)
Grammar
sester, seoxter, es; m.
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Wæs swýðe mycel hungor, and corn swá dýre, swá nán mann ǽr ne gemunde, swá ðæt se sester ( Henry of Huntingdon renders this : 'sextarius frumenti, qui equo uni solet esse oneri ') hwǽtes code tó, lx. penega and eác furðor.

Linked entry: seolfor-gewiht

sécan

(v.)
Grammar
sécan, sécean; p. sóhte; pp. sóht
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Ðá cwæð Maria tó ðæm engle: Hwæt is ðín nama? Ðá cwæð se engel tó hire: Hwæt sécestú mínne naman? Blickl. Homl. 137, 29. Hé ðá Drihtnes willan sóhte he tried to learn what was the will of the Lord, 225, 30.

þe

(adv.; con.; pronoun.)
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þe, indecl.
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Skt. ii. 30, 131. hwæðer, þeáh ... þe whether ... or Hwæþer hé wacode ðe slépte, Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 39, Hwæðer ðæs landes folc cristen wǽre ðe hǽðen, Homl. Th. ii. 120, 23.

Linked entry: þý

folgere

(n.)
Grammar
folgere, es; m.

aFOLLOWERattendantdiscipleasseclapĕdĭsĕquusassectātor

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Hwæt wille we sprecan be ðam cyninge, and be his folgerum what shall we say about the king, and about his followers? Bt. 29, 1; Fox 104, 10.

frum-sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
frum-sceaft, e; f.

the first creationthe creationbeginningoriginoriginal state or conditionprīma creātioŏrīgoprīmĭtīva vel pristĭna condĭtioa created beingcreaturecreātūra

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Gé mágon hwæt-hwego ongitan be eówrum frumsceafte, ðæt is God ye can in some measure understand concerning your origin, that is God, Bt. 26, 1; Fox 90, 4. Æt frumsceafte at the beginning Exon. 99 a; Th. 371, 21; Seel. 79: Beo. Th. 89; 6. 45: Andr.

swæþ

(n.)
Grammar
swæþ, es; n.
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Rtl. 167, 1, 13. a vestige, trace Hwæt is elles ðiós gewítendlíce sibb búton swelce hit sié sum swæð ðære écean sibbe quod est enim pax transitoria, nisi quoddam vestigium pacis aelernae? Past. 46, 5; Swt. 351, 25. v. bil-, dolh-, fót-swæþ; swaþu

án-rǽdlíce

(adv.)
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Gé habbað gehýred ánrǽdlíce hwæt eów tó dónne is you have heard definitely what there is for you to do, Ll. Th. ii. 362, 17.

ealu

(v.)
Grammar
ealu, (-o,-a). For 'generally indecl. in sing.' substitute: gen. ealoþ (-aþ, -eþ), alþes (Rtl.); dat. inst. ealoþ (-aþ, -eþ); acc. ealu (-o, -a); gen. pl. ealeþa,
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Hwæt drincst þú? Ealu ( cerevisiam ), gif ic hæbbe, oþþe wæter, gif ic næbbe ealu, Coll. M. 35, 11: Bl. H. 165, 11. an intoxicating drink Ne oferdrincað gé eów wínes ne óðera ealeða, Ll. Th. ii. 438, 20. v. æfter-, brýd-, mealt-ealu

frum-sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
frum-sceaft, e; f.
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Grn. 3, 19. origin Eálá gé eorþlican men, hwæt gé þeáh magon hwæthwego ongitan swelce eów mǽte be eówrum frumsceafte, ꝥ is God vos o terrena animalia, tenui licet imagine, vestrum tamen principium somniatis, Bt. 26, 1; F. 90, 4. original constitution

ge-syngian

(v.)
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Gesyngege moechari, 32. trans, to commit a sin Hé teohhode gif hí hwæt gesyngodon (-en, v. l. ) on þám frýdóme ꝥ hí hit eft on ðám freódó;me gebéton, Bt. 41, 3; F. 248, 13