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ge-dál

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Ðý lǽs hié for ðǽm gedále ðæs feós wilnigen ðisses lǽnan lífes . . . Ðonne hé his ælmessan dǽlð, Past. 323, 12. Gif hé ǽr ðǽm gedále cann gemetgian hwæt hine anhagige tó sellanne, 341, 12. Hé ðá láre him forgeaf þæt hí hí dǽldon eallum ðeódum.

CYN

(n.)
Grammar
CYN, cynn,es; n.

every being of one kind, a kindred, kind, race, nation, people, tribe, family, lineage, generation, progeny, KIN genus, gens, natio, populus, stirps, tribus, familia, natales, origo, generatio, proles, progeniesGender genus a sex sexus

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Fór cynn æfter cynne tribe went after tribe, Cd. 161; Th. 200, 3; Exod. 351. Ðis cynn ne byþ útadryfen hoc genus non ejicitur, Mt. Bos. 17, 21. Ðæt wíf wæs hǽðen, Sirofenisces cynnes erat mulier gentīlis, Syrophœnissa genere, Mk. Bos. 7, 26.

mǽrþu

(n.)
Grammar
mǽrþu, mǽrþo; indecl.: mǽrþ, e; f.

greatnesshonourgloryfamea greathonourableglorious actiona wonderful thingmighty work

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Kmbl. 29; El. 15. a great, honourable, glorious action, a wonderful thing, mighty work Hé hét ða hýde tó Róme bringan and hié ðǽr tó mǽrþe áþenian for ðon heó wæs hundtwelftiges fóta lang corium (serpentis) Romam devectum (quod fuisse centum viginti

ge-mynd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mynd, es; n: e; f.

Mind, memory, memorial, memento, remembrance, commemorationremembrance

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Mannum to écre gemynde for a perpetual remembrance to men, 127, 22; 189, 15. Ðis to gemyndum habban to have this as a memento, 113, 34: Beo. Th. 5600; B. 2804.

þweorh

(adj.)
Grammar
þweorh, þwerh, þwyrh; adj.

crookedcrossadverseopposedcrossangrybitterperversewrongevildepravedfrowardwronglyevilly

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crooked, cross, Similar entries for the literal sense see þweores. fig. Ðuer wig perversa via, Kent. Gl. 772. On ðweorum wige in via perversi, 812. Þwuru (þweoru, MS. A.) beóþ on gerihte erunt prava in directa, Lk. Skt. 3, 5. adverse, opposed (cf.

burg

(n.)
Grammar
burg, burh, burhg, buruh (-ug, -ig), byrg, byrig; gen. byrig, burge, burhge, burcge; dat. byrg, byrig, byrh, burh; n. acc. pl. byrg, byrig, burh, burga, burha; gen. pl. burga, burha; dat. pl. burgum, burhum, byrgum.
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For íserne weall betuh ðǽm wítgan and ðǽre byrig (byrh, v.l. ), Past. 165, 10. Hine wærlíce healdan on ðǽre byrg his módes intra mentis castra se munire, 431, 6. Hé tówearp ðá burg æt Hierusalem destruxit muros Ierusalem, 311, 6.

ceaster

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[For the use of burh, ceaster respectively cf. the translation of Orosius, in which burh is always used in speaking of Jerusalem, Sodom, Gomorrah and Babylon (and of other towns), with the passages from the poetry in which ceaster is used of the same.

deáþ

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Hwæt syndon þá woruldsǽlþa óþres búton deáþes tácnung, for þám se deáþ ne cymð tó nánum óþrum þingum bútan ꝥ hé ꝥ líf áfyrre, Bt. 8; F. 26, 3-7. Hwæt is ꝥ líf elles buton lytelu ylding þæs deáþes?, Bl. H. 59, 28.

ealdor

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Eardcundes aldores terreni parentis, Rtl. 33, 36. an author, source Hé Martinum wurðode, for þan ðe hé wæs ealdor his hǽle, Hml. S. 31, 526.

etan

to devourconsumedestroy

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H. 239, 7. to provide food for a person (dat.) Hí ǽton (eoton, v. l.) him of Hamtúnscíre and of Súð-Seaxum, Chr. 998; P. 131, 17. to devour, consume, destroy Þú etst (etest, v. l.) úre æceras nostri agros depastas, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 104, 19.

ge-líhtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-líhtan, to lighten, <b>ge-líhtan</b> to alight. Substitute: <b>ge-líhtan;</b> p. te.
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Hí ridon tó þǽre eá, and þǽr gelíhton sóna for ðám langsuman færelde, Hml. S. 28, to descend from a higher to a lower place (v. N. E. D. light; 7) Cóm þegen Hílendes hám tó helle . . . segde ús þætte seolfa God wolde helwarum hám gelíhtan.

ge-swinc

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Bydele gebyreð sum landstycce for his geswince, 8. with respect to suffering, travail, trouble, hardship, tribulation Ðyncð him gesuinc ðæt hé bið bútan. woroldgesuincium laborem deputant, si in terrenis negotiis non laborant, Past. 129, 1.

ge-eáþmédan

(v.)
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A. 190, 265. with the idea of condescension, of human beings Tó ðon þaeti for mínum synnum hí ( the clergy of Worcester ) heó geeáðmédden þaette heó wáeren þingeras wið Drihten, C.

ge-wuna

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. ¶ on gewunan bringan, habban; tó gewunan niman to make a practice of, to be in the habit of using or doing :-- Nú þincð heom þis syllic tó gehýranne, for þám þe hig habbað heora yrmðe swá on gewunan gebróht, Wlfst. 269, 28.

wǽdla

(n.; adj.)

poorneedyindigentwantingdeficient inpoor inbeggingpoorneedya poor, needy persona poor, needy persona beggar

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For yrmðum ðæra wǽdlena (wéðlena, Ps. Surt.) propter miseriam inopum, Ps. Th. 11, 5. Déð Drihten dómas ðe wǽdlum weorðaþ faciet Dominus judicium inopum, 139, 12. Hé ðone welegan wǽdlum efnmǽrne gedéð, Met. 10, 31

ǽr

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
ǽr, adv.

earlyexpressing readiness, quickness, soonearlier, beforepreviously, beforehandsooner beforesoonerfirst

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Se apostol cwæð tó him: 'For hwon árise ðú swá hraðe?', Gr. D. 227, 4. Nýtenu etað swá ǽr swá hí hit habbað, Hml. S. 16, 317. Ðú wilt higian ðon ǽr ðe ðú hine ongitest, Bt. 11, 2; F. 34, 8.

fýr

fire firefireto be on firea fire, fuel in a state of combustion a fire on a hearth a piece of burning material firelightninga disease

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., for þám þe fýr bið þeóf . . . sió æx bið melda, nalles þeóf, Ll. Th. i. 128, 19. On þissum geáre atýwde ꝥ wilde fýr (v. wilde, IV.), Chr. 1032; P. 159, 4. Fýr oððe fýres god Vulcanus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 95, 6.

ge-byrd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-byrd, gen. dat. -byrde; acc. -byrde, -byrd; pl. nom. gen. acc. a; dat. um; f : ge -byrdo; indecl. in s; f : found in both s. and pl. without any apparent difference of meaning.

birthoriginbeginningparentagefamilylineagenativitasorigostirpsgenusnaturequalitystateconditionlotfatenaturaqualitasconditiosorsfatum

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Cennan bearn mid gebyrdum to bring forth children by birth, Exon. 89 a; Th. 334, 32; Gn. Ex. 25. Wæs he líchomlícre gebyrde æðeles cynnes erat carnis origine nobilis, Bd. 2, 7; S. 509, 15.

CYRICE

(n.)
Grammar
CYRICE, cirice, cyrce, circe; gen. an, ean; f: cyric, ciric, in the compound cyric-ǽwe, etc. q. v. cyrc, e; f. circ,

in the compounda church, the material structure ecclesiaa heathen temple templum paganum

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in the compound circ-líc, etc. q. v. the CHURCH as a temporal and spiritual body; ecclesia = ἐκκλησία Seó cyrice on Breotone hwæt hwugu fæc sibbe hæfde the church in Britain for some time had peace, Bd. 1, 8; S. 479, 17.

Linked entries: cyrce circe cirice

GLEÁW

(adj.)
Grammar
GLEÁW, adj.

Clear-sightedwiseskilfulsagaciousprudentgoodsagaxprudensastutussapiensgnarus

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Ic andette écne Drihten ðæne goodan God forðan ic hine gleáwne wát confitemini Domino quoniam bonus, Ps. Th. 106, 1: 117, 1.

Linked entries: glǽw gléw