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ge-liþian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-liþian, ge-leoþian; p. ode
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Seó geleoðode syn þǽre unhýrsumnesse wearð him tó deáde in þám wege peccatum inobedientiae in ipsa fuerit morte laxatum, 294, 26.

Linked entries: on-liþian ge-leoþian

hreóf-lig

Grammar
hreóf-lig, (l. hreóflig).
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His líchama wæs geþúht swylce hé hreófli wǽre in corpore ejus varietas leprae morem imitari videreiur, Gr. D. 159, 2. Hé forgeaf . . . hreóflium sméðnysse heora líchaman, Hml. Th. i. 26, 11. Hí reóflige geclǽnsodon, ii. 490, 23. Hreóflige, Hml.

ofer-féran

(v.)

to pass over or through, to cross, traverseto come upon or across, meet with

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Se mór swá brád swá man mæg on twám wucum oferféran, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 18, 34. to come upon or across, meet with Se here férde intó Myrcean and fordydon eall ðæt hé oferférde, Chr. 1016; Erl. 157, 12. Similar entries v. ofer-faran

be-lífan

(v.)
Grammar
be-lífan, ic -lífe, ðú -lífest, -lífst, he -lífeþ, -lífþ; p. -láf, pl. -lifon; pp. -lifen

To remainabideto be leftsuperessemanereremanere

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To remain, abide, to be left; superesse, manere, remanere Ne se rysel ne belífþ óþ morgen nec remanebit adeps usque mane Ex. 23, 18. He ána beláf ðǽr bæfta mansit solus Gen. 32, 24 : Ps. Spl. 105, 11.

Linked entries: lífan lífan

mearc-stapa

(n.)
Grammar
mearc-stapa, an; m.

One who wanders about the desolate mark or border-land

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Hié gesáwon swylce twegen micle mearcstapan móras healdan; óðer wæs idese onlícnes óðer on weres wæstmum wræclástas træd ... Hié dýgel lond warigeaþ, wulfhleoþu, windige næssas, frécne fengelád, 2698-2722; B. 1347-1359. v.

self-líce

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
self-líce, adj.
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Self-satisfied, self-complacent, conceited, arrogant Oft se welega and se wædla habbaþ suá gehweorfed hira þeáwum ðæt se welega biþ eáðmód and sorgfull and se wædla biþ upáhæfen and selflíce plerumque personarum ordinem permutat qualitas morum, ut sit

fúlnes

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Voc. ii. 66, 63. in a moral sense Fúlnys obscenitas, i. turpitudo, An. Ox. 3674. Fúlnesse obscenitatis, 1727. Fólnesse (but the o is not quite distinct) turpitudinem, Kent. Gl. 171

ge-niþerian

(v.)
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</b> to condemn to a punishment :-- Hig genyðeriað (geniðredon, L.) hyne tó deáðe condemnabunt eum morte, Mt. 20, 18. Hí hine deáþe genyþeriað (geniðriað tó deáðe, L. R.) damnabunt eum morte, Mk. 10, 33. <b>II b.

Linked entry: niþerian

deáþ

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Deáða swælteþ morte moriatur, Mt. R. 15, 4. Giniðrias hine tó deóða, Mk. R. 10, 33. Of deóða his de morte ejus, Jn. R. 11, 13. Deóðe, Lk. R. 23, 15. Hé líchomlicne deáþ geþrowode, Bl. H. 103, 10. Oþ þone deáþ hé hine tintregaþ, 59, 30.

pæþþan

(v.)
Grammar
pæþþan, p. de
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Ic mearcpaþas træd, móras pæþde, Exon. 485, 8 ; Rä. 71, 10

Linked entry: peþþan

ge-mengan

(v.)
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VII. to infect with moral evil :-- Swá hyra aldor dyde máne gemenged, Dan. 184. Synfulle beóð máne gemengde, El. 1296. B. intrans.

ge-scrincan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scrincan, p. -scranc; pp. -scruncen

To shrink, dry up

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For ðæm ciéle him gescruncan ealle ða ǽdra ðæt him mon ðæs lífes ne wénde [ cum in præfrigidum amnem descendisset]obriguit, contractuque nervorum proximus morti fuit, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 64, 38. Gescriungon aruerunt, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 13, 6.

be-smitenes

Grammar
be-smitenes, be-smitennes.
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Ox. 3482. moral ꝥ hire bid besmitennys (pottutio), Ll. Th. ii. 156, 9. Bútan besmiten*-*nysse sine pollutions peccati, Hml. A. 112, 329. Bútan leahtra be*-*tmitenesse sine macula, R. Ben. 3, 18. Geclǽnsode fram deófolgilda besmitennysse, Hml.

LÆS

(adv.)
Grammar
LÆS, adv. also used in conjunctional phrases and as a noun.

Lesslest

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Swá man máre sprycþ swá him læs manna gelýfeþ the more a man speaks, the fewer men believe him, Prov. Kmbl. 38. Swá mid læs worda swá mid má whether with fewer words or with more, Bt. 35, 5; Fox 166, 12.

Linked entry: læsast

for-swelgan

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H. 93, 4. of non-material agenes Se deáð hý forswylcð on écnesse mors depascet eos, Ps. Th. 48, 13. Oððæt hí mid ealle deáð forswelge, Hml. S. 23, 326

ge-wuldrian

(v.)
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Th. 88, 6. to advance the glory of God by action Hé bécnade of huelcum deáðe giuuldrad uére God significans qua morte clarificaturus esset Deum, Jn. L. 21, 49. to make glorious, bestow glory upon Þú hine gewuldrast gloria coronasti eum, Ps.

ge-synto

(n.)
Grammar
ge-synto, indecl. in sing; gen. pl. -synta, -synto; dat. pl. -syntum; f.

Healthwelfaresafetyprosperitysuccessadvantageprofitbenefitsānĭtassospĭtassălusprospĕrĭtas

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Him wǽre mín gesynto leófre ðonne hiora seolfa hǽlo magis pro mea salute mori paratos, Nar. 30, 17: 8, 6

Linked entries: -synto -synto

secg

(n.)
Grammar
secg, es; m. n.
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See also eolhx, hamer-, mór-secgr Grein cites risc-seccas carices.] Cf. secg a sword

Linked entries: segc sæcg

gós

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Góse bróc scýt on mór, C. D. iii. 215, 33. .v. goes and .x. hennfuglas, i. 293, 9: 297, 1: 299, 23. Gósa tungan gebrǽdde and geþicge, Lch. ii. 90, 8. Add

un-witende

(adj.)
Grammar
un-witende, adj.

Unwittingnot knowingnot aware of what is doneunconscious

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the Latin is: Ut voluntariam sibi conscivisse mortem putaretur) áwierged, 6 36; Swt. 294, 11