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weorod

Grammar
weorod, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Se eádmóda heáp geearnode æt Gode þæt iú ǽr þæt módige werod forleás the humble company (the apostles at Pentecost) obtained by their merit from God what long before the proud host (the people at the tower of Babel) lost, Hml.

and-lícnis

(n.)
Grammar
and-lícnis, -niss, e; f.

A likeness ⬩ similitude ⬩ imago

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A likeness, similitude; imago God gesceóp man to his andlícnisse creavit Deus hominem ad imaginem suam, Gen. 1, 27

ge-scipian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scipian, p. ode; pp. od

To provide with ships

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To provide with ships Se micla here wurdon gescipode the great army got ships, Chr. 893; Erl. 88, 23

Linked entry: scipian

læst

(n.)
Grammar
læst, e; f.
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A fault, sin Wé sceolon biddan georne God þæt hé úre neóda gecnáwe and úre læsta gebéte, Nap. 41

onríp-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
onríp-tíd, e; f.
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Harvest-time Gif þunor bið mycel eást oððe norðeást, mycel wæstm bid and gód onríptíd, Archiv cxx. 48, 24

ofer-ranc

(adj.)
Grammar
ofer-ranc, adj.

Over-luxuriant, extravagant, sumptuous

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Over-luxuriant, extravagant, sumptuous: — God lǽteþ reáfian eówere dohtra heora gyrla and tó oferrancra heáfodge-wǽda. Wulfst. 46, 1

a-belgan

(v.)
Grammar
a-belgan, ic -beige, ðú -bilgst, -bilhst, he -bylgþ, -bilhþ, pl. -belgaþ; p. -bealg, -bealh, pl. -bulgon; pp. -bolgen, v. trans. [a, belgan to irritate]

To cause any one to swell with anger ⬩ to anger ⬩ irritate ⬩ vex ⬩ incense ⬩ ira aliquem tumefacere ⬩ irritare ⬩ exasperare ⬩ incendere

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He abilhþ Gode he will incense God, Th. Dipl. 856; 117, 20. Ic ðe abealh I angered thee, Cd. 222; Th. 290, 4; Sat. 410: Beo. Th. 4550; B. 2280. God abulgan Deum exacerbaverunt, Ps. Th. 77, 41: Ex. 32, 29.

Linked entries: a-bæligan a-bealh a-bolgen a-bulgan a-bylgan æ-bilgan æ-bylgan ebylgan

ge-cyndelíce

(adv.)
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Add: in accordance with nature, v. gecyndelic, Ðá getreówan freónd God gecyndelíce gesceóp tó gemágum, Bt. 24, 3; F. 82, 31. inherently, by natural disposition. v. ge-cyndelic, Críst is good gecyndelíce, Hml. Th. i. 238, 17.

tó-sceáden

(adj.)
Grammar
tó-sceáden, adj. (ptcpl.)

Separate, ⬩ distinct

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Gif ðonne hwelc þing tósceáden biþ from ðam héhstan góde, ðonne ne biþ ðæt nó ðæt héhste gód quod a qualibet re diversum est, id non est illud, a quo intelligitur esse diversum.

Linked entries: -sceáden tó-sceádan

un-swice

(n.)
Grammar
un-swice, es; m. (or -swic, es; n. ?)

Good faith ⬩ absence of deceit or treachery

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Good faith, absence of deceit or treachery Ðá gyrnde hé griðes and gísla, ðet hé móste unswican intó gemóte cuman and út of gemóte he required safeconduct and hostages, that he might come to the meeting and go from it without treachery, Chr. 1048; Erl

twelf-nihte

(adj.)
Grammar
twelf-nihte, adj.
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Twelve days old On xii-niht[n]e mónan byþ gód tó féranne ofer sǽ, Lchdm. iii. 178, 26

heáfod-gewǽde

Grammar
heáfod-gewǽde, [The Latin of Gen. 20, 16 is : Hoc erit tibi in velamen oculorum.]
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God bereáfað eówere dohtra heora gyrla and tó oferrancra heáfodgewǽda (v. Isaiah iii. 18, sqq. ), Wlfst. 46, 1. Add

nos-þyrel

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God gesceóp ús twá eágan and twá eáran, twá nosþirlu and twégen weleras, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 4, 16. Add

ondrysnlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ondrysnlíce, adv.
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Terribly, dreadfully God slóh þysne preóst ondrysnlíce (swíðe ondryslíce, v. l.) hunc Deus terribiliter percussit, Gr. D. 119, 24

Linked entry: ondryslíce

æt-rihte

(adv.)
Grammar
æt-rihte, adv. [æt at, rihte rightly, justly, well]

Rightly or justly at ⬩ near ⬩ at hand ⬩ almost ⬩ pæne ⬩ haud multum abest quin

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Rightly or justly at, near, at hand, almost; pæne, haud multum abest quin Ætrihte wæs gúþ getwǽfed, nymþe mec God scylde, the contest had almost been finished, had not God shielded me, Beo. Th. 3319; B. 1657.

Linked entries: æt-rihtost æt-ryhte

manigfeald-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
manigfeald-líc, adj.

Manifold ⬩ having many parts ⬩ of many kinds ⬩ various

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Manifold, having many parts, of many kinds, various Ðeáh hit ús manigfealdlíc þince, sum gód, sum yfel, hit is ðeáh him ánfeald gód, Bt. 39, 6; Fox 220, 8.

un-onwendedlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-onwendedlíc, adj.

Unchangeable

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Unchangeable Ne wyrð seó burh nǽfre onwend, ða hwule ðe God byð unonwendedlíc ón hire midle, Ps. Th. 45, 4

ge-teald

(n.)
Grammar
ge-teald, es; n.

A tent ⬩ tabernacle ⬩ tabernācŭlum

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A tent, tabernacle; tabernācŭlum God afærþ ðé of getealde ðínum Deus emigrābit te de tabernācŭlo tuo, Ps. Spl. 51, 5

spyrigend

(n.)
Grammar
spyrigend, spyrgend, spyriend, es; m.

An enquirer ⬩ investigator

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Godes spyrigendes of an enquirer after God, Salm. Kmbl. 281; Sal. 140

Linked entry: speriend

twǽming

(n.)
Grammar
twǽming, e; f.
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Úre Drihten forbeád ða yfelan twǽmincge betwux twám ǽwum, ii. 322, 32. separation, distinction Hé cwæð 'ðæs lifigendan Godes' for twǽminge ðæra leásra goda he said 'the living God' to distinguish him from the false gods, Homl. Th. i. 366, 19

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