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eádig

(adj.)
Grammar
eádig, eádeg; adj. [eád happiness, prosperity; ig]

Happy, blessed, prosperous, fortunate, rich, perfect beātus, fēlix, gaudii plēnus, faustus, abundans, opŭlentus, dīves

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Forðon se biþ eádig therefore he shall be blessed, Cd. 220; Th. 283, 13; Sat. 304. Eádig on eorþan rich on earth, 98; Th. 129, 21; Gen. 2147: Exon. 22 b; Th. 63, 3; Cri. 1014.

Linked entries: eádeg eádga

metod

(n.)
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metod, metud, meotud, meotod, es; m.

fatedestinydeath

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-Ne dorston ða deóflu, ðá ðá hí ádrǽfde wǽron, intó ðám swýnum, gif hé him ne sealde leáfe, ne intó nánum men forðan se metoda drihten úre gecynd hæfde on him sylfum genumen, Homl. Th. ii. 380, 4-7.

ge-nyhtsumian

(v.)
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</b> used impersonally :-- Þí lǽs ðe hit ne genihtsumige ús and eów ne forte non sufficiat nobis et vobis, Hml. Th. ii. 570, 13. ¶ with clause following :--- Wé gelýfað þæt ǽnlípugum munecum genihtsumige þæt hé hæbbe cugelan and syric, R.

ge-endebyrdan

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ge-endebyrdan, ge-endebyrdian.
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Giendebredado ordinata, Rtl. 109, 25. (3 a) of orderly narrative, to set forth in order, narrate :-- Ðæt godspel geendebyrt þá eahta eádignyssa, Hml. Th. i. 548, 9. Wé willað áne feáwa cwydas on ðissere béc geendebyrdian, ii. 520, 6.

þæt

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. ¶ In the charters the word is used almost with the force of until, marking the point reached in tracing a boundary :-- Swá west wið ðan heáfdan ðæt hit cymð tó ðǽre ealdan dúne; andlang dúne west ðæt hit cymeð intó Dinamore ... súð ðæt hit cymeð tó

cot-setla

(n.)
Grammar
cot-setla, cote-setla, an; m. [MS. kot-setla, kote-setla]

A cottager casārius

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Him gebýriaþ v æceras to habbanne, máre gyf hit on lande þeáw sý, and tó lytel hit biþ beó hit á læsse, forðan his weorc sceal beón oft rǽde.

tynder

(n.)
Grammar
tynder, e; tyndren (-in), e (?); tyndre, an; f.

tinderfuela burneran implement which burns

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Wé habbaþ ðone mǽstan dǽl ðære tyndran ðínre hǽle ... nú ðú ne þearft ðe náuht ondrǽdan forðam ðe of ðam lytlan spearcan ðe ðú mid ðære tyndran gefénge lífes leóht ðé onliéhte habemus maximum tuae fomitem salutis ... nihil igitur pertimescas; jam tibi

Linked entries: tender tyndre

mægen-þrymm

(n.)
Grammar
mægen-þrymm, es; m.

MajestygreatnessgloryChristgreat powermightan instance in which the divine glory or power is displayedthe glory of heavenheaventhe angels who inhabit heaven

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(using the attribute for the person), Christ Mægenþrym árás, sigefæst and snottor, Exon. 120 a; Th. 420, 25; Hö. 22. great power, might Gé geseóþ mannes Bearn sittende on ða swýðran healfe Godes mægenþrymmes videbitis filium hominis sedentem a dextris

Linked entry: mæg-þrymm

ge-niman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-niman, -nyman, -nioman; he -nimeþ, -nimþ; p. -nam, -nom , pl. -námon, -nómon; imp. -nim, pl. -nimaþ; subj. p. -náme, pl. -námen; pp. -numen

To take, take up, take away, assume, receive, accept, obtain, comprehend, enter intosūmĕre, tollĕre, auferre, assūmĕre, accĭpĕre, nancisci, comprehendĕre, inīre

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Ðú ðé ánne genim to gesprecan take thou one to thee for counsellor, Exon. 80 a; Th. 301, 25; Fá. 24: Cd. 67; Th. 80, 27; Gen. 1335. Genimaþ eów árlíce lác tollĭte hostias, Ps. Th. 95, 8.

þafian

(v.)
Grammar
þafian, p. ode.
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Eal ðæt hé for ús þafode and ðolode, Wulfst. 23, 22. Ða eádigan martyras mænigfealde earfoðnyssa ðafedon, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 12, 89. Se þeódcyning ðafian sceolde Eofores ánne dóm, Beo. Th. 5919; B. 2963. Þafigan, Cd. Th. 227, 22; Dan, 190.

þeów-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
þeów-dóm, es; m.
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Th. ii. 524, 3. in the more favourable sense For lufan ðæs godcundan ðeówdómes, Bd. 4, 23; S. 593, 31. Godes þeówdómes, Blickl. Homl. 23, 18. Ne þearft ðú nó wénan, ðæt ða wlitegan tungl ðæs þeówdómes áþroten weorðe, Met. 29, 40.

yfele

(adv.)
Grammar
yfele, adv.
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Ðes lǽcedóm sceal tó ðam menn ðe byð yfele on ðam breóstum, iii. 120, 1. marking ill-success Yfele déð him sylfum ( he does badly for himself ) ðe mid swícdóme his tilaþ, and hé bið sceaðena geféra ðe man sceandlíce wítnaþ, Homl.

ge-hýdan

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For passage under III. see next word.]

ge-férscipe

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Ðæt is eác his andweorc ꝥ hé habban sceal . . . þám þrím geférscipum bíwiste . . . gehwæt þæs þe þá þrié geférscipas behófiaþ, Bt. 17 F. 58, 33-60, 5. a class, social order Þǽr ðú gemunan woldest hwylcra gebyrda þú wǽre and hwylcra burgwara for worulde

ge-earnian

(v.)
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For þá óðre swá hý geearnian, Ll. Th. i. 222, 21. Swá wíte swá wuldor swé wé nú geearnian willaþ, Bl. H. 23, 7. <b>I a.</b> to deserve of (tó) a person, with acc. Tó ðǽm ðe þone écean éðel mid móde and mid mægene tó Gode geearniað. Bl.

gird

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., gerd, L.) áne, Mk. 6, 8. a rod for chastisement or punishment Mid gierde mon bið beswungen, and mid stæfe hé bið áwreðed. Gif ðǽr ðonne sié gierd mid tó ðreágeanne, sié ðǽr eác stæf mid tó wreðianne, Past. 127, 1: 117, 8.

ge-wǽcan

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Ic for yldum gewǽht eom, ꝥ ic delfan ne mæg, Hml. S. 23 b, 782. Nis hǽlo on flǽsce míne. Gewǽht ( afflatus ) ic eom, Ps. Spl. 37, 8. Wið þæt hwá mid cyle gewǽht (-wéht, v. l. ) sý, Lch. i. 114, 23.

god-webb

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For ðon is tóeácan ðǽm twiblión godwebbe ðæt scyle beón twiðrǽwen twín on ðǽm mæssegierelan in superhumeralis ornamento habere coccum bis tinctum nescit ... Unde et bis tincto cocco torta byssus adjungitur, Past. 87, 13-19.

Linked entry: gode-webb

wærlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wærlíce, adv.

warily, cautiously, circumspectly,in a way that guards against surprisein a way that guards against an ill result, safelycarefully, heedfully, prudently

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Hú hý ðam deófle wærlícast magan wiðstandan, Wulfst. 80, 3. in a way that guards against an ill result, safely Námon hí tó rǽde, ðæt him wærlícor wǽre, ðæt hí sumne dǽl heora londes wurðes æthæfdon they came to the conclusion, that it would be safer for

wearg

(adj.)
Grammar
wearg, werg, werig, wyrig; adj.

Evil, vile, malignant, accursed,

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Ac ðé willaþ ðonne forseón Godes þeówas, for ðám ðe ðín werige flǽsc hafaþ ðín anweald ... Hú mæg mon earmlícor gebǽron, ðonne mon hine underþeóde his weregan flǽsce voluptariam vitam degas.