ge-cnyttan
To tie or fasten to ⬩ to annex ⬩ adnectĕre ⬩ allīgāre
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Betere him ys ðæt án cwyrnstán sí to hys swyran gecnytt expĕdit ei ut suspendātur mŏla asĭnāria in collo ejus, Mt. Bos. 18, 6. Gecnyt, Mk. Bos. 9, 42 : Lk. Bos. 17, 2. Gicnyht, Rtl. 109, 41; Jn. Skt. Lind. 11, 44
Linked entry: ge-cnycc
ge-þwǽrlíce
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Add: in agreement, with one accord. of persons Hí heom betweónan rǽddon and þus geþwǽrlíce cwǽdon: 'Betere wé áhreddon ús sylfé,' Hml.
offrung-sceát
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D. offering; 3] Hió becwið hyre beteran ofringsceát, C. D. vi. 130, 31. Þis synd þá mádmas þe Adeluuold bisceop sealde intó þám mynstre . . . . III. offrincsceáttas, C. D. B. iii. 366, 18
tó-foran
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Þá þe þenceað ꝥ hí beón be dǽle beteran tóforan óðrum mannum, Gr. D. 151, 25
ofer-stige
Astonishment, extasy
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Astonishment, extasy Hé cwæþ tó him sylfum: ' Nú ic wæs of ðam rihtan wege mínes ingeþances, ac betere hit biþ ðæt ic eft fare út of ðysum porte, ðý læs ðe ic tó swíðe dwelige ... gewislíce ic hér ongyten hæbbe ðæt mé hæfþ gelǽht fæste mínes módes oferstige
Linked entries: stige ofer-stigenness
níd-wyrhta
One who acts from necessity ⬩ an involuntary agent
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One who acts from necessity, an involuntary agent Se ðe nýdwyrhta biþ ðæs ðe hé misdéþ, se biþ ðý beteran dómes symle wyrðe, ðe hé nýdwyrhta wæs ðæs ðe hé worhte, L. Eth. vi. 52; Th. i. 328, 23-25.
Linked entry: níd-dǽda
ge-corenes
An election ⬩ choice ⬩ choiceness ⬩ goodness ⬩ electio ⬩ electus ⬩ probĭtas
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Ðe gelýfedre yldo wǽron oððe on gecorenesse heora þeáwa máran and beteran wǽron quæ vel ætāe provectæ vel probĭtāte ĕrant mōrum insigniōres, Bd. 3, 8; S. 531, 33 : Mk. Skt. p. 2, 1
wiþ-hycgan
To be adverse in thought ⬩ purpose ⬩ to set one's self against
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Ðæt hé stán nime, hláfes ne gýme, ða wiste wiðsæce, beteran wiðhyccge (the food refuse, set himself against the better), Elen. Kmbl. 1232; El. 618. v
ge-fleard
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Micle betere is ǽlcum crístenum men þæt hé náne wæccan æt cyrican næbbe, þonne hé þǽr wacyge mid ǽnigan geflearde, Wlfst. 279, 13. Beón hí ( bishops ) á ymbe wísdóm, and ǽghwylc gefleard unwyrð lǽtan, Ll. Th. ii. 316, 27.
hwæt-hwára
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Syricas hwæthwára (-hwega, v. l. modice ) beteran, 91, 11. Þeáh hwet teartlices hwæthwára stíðlíce (hwæthwega stíðlices, v. l. ) geset sý, 5, 11. Cf. æt-hwára
Linked entry: æt-hwára
beðing
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Genim wád, wyl on meolce. on buteran is betere, and wyrc beþinge, Lch. ii. 36, 24; 200, 3. pá ǽrgenemnedan beþunga, 210, 6. Hwí ne bidst þú þé be-þunga and plaster lifes lǽcedðmes cur tibi non oras placidae fomenta medelae ? Dóm. L. 80. Add:
hrægel-hús
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Sýn eác on hrægelhúse gehealden ǽgðer ge cugelan ge syricas beteran þonne þá þe hý gewunelíce weriað, 91, 1-12
líc-hama
The body ⬩ the corporeal
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Is ðæs monnes líchoma betera ðonne ealle his ǽhta ... seó sáwl betere ðonne se líchoma, 32, 2; Fox 116, 11-13: Mt. Kmbl. 6, 25. Hire líchama wæs áfylled mid hreófian, Num. 12, 10.
tó-weard
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sécende intingan and tó-weardne (an occasion, and one in the immediate future) heora gedáles wið Bryttas quaerentes occasionem diuortii, Bd. 1. 15; Sch. 42, 26. 1 a a. without inflexion Leoniþa sǽde þæt þá tída þá yfele wǽron and wilnode ꝥ him tóweard beteran
spédan
To speed ⬩ have success ⬩ succeed in doing something ⬩ accelerare
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To speed, have success, succeed in doing something Eów betere is ðæt gé ðisne gárrǽs mid gafole forgyldon ... ne þurfe wé ús spillan gif gé spédaþ tó dam (cf.
Linked entry: fór-spédian
hwearfung
A turning ⬩ revolution ⬩ change ⬩ exchange ⬩ barter
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A turning, revolution, change, exchange, barter Ðé wæs ðeós hwearfung betere forðam ðe ðissa woruldsǽlþa tó wel ne lyste this change was more tolerable to thee, because thou didst not take too much pleasure in temporal blessings, Bt. 7, 3; Fox 22, 23
Linked entry: hwerfung
ge-dirfan
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Betere ys þæt for manegra hǽlþe án beó genyþerud, þænne þurh ánes leáfe manega beóð gedyrfede ( periclitentur ), Scint. 115, 20. Scypu beóð gedyrfed (per[i] clitautur) on wídsǽ, Archiv cxx. 297, 19
Linked entries: ge-deorfan ge-dyrfan dirfan
ge-cneówian
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Betere is þæt se cásere, þonne hé tó Róme becymð, þæt hé wurpe his cynehelm and gecneówige æt ðæs fisceres gemynde, þonne se fiscere cneówige æt þæs cáseres gemynde. Hml. Th. i. 578, 7.
neáh-west
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Búton hit sy elles hwylc þe máran Godes ege habbe, þæt hit for his neáweste þe betere beó for Gode and for worolde, 269, 13
spearwa
A sparrow
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Beteran manegum spearwum, 12, 7
Linked entry: spear-lira