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ǽwirdla

Grammar
ǽwirdla, -werdla, -wyrdla.
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R.) damnatione , Lk. L. 23, 40. Ǽwyrdlan jacturam , Wrt. Voc. ii. 76, 8. Gif hwá wíf gewerde, béte þone ǽwerdlan, Ll. Th. i. 48, 18. Ǽwyrdlan, 50, 28 note. Éwyrdlu detrimentum , Mt. R. 16, 26. Add

ǽ-láreów

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-láreów, es; m.

A doctor of the law, a Pharisee

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A doctor of the law, a Pharisee Gebed ðæs ǽláruas oratio pharisaei, Lk. p. 9, 13. Mið ǽlárua apud pharisaeum, p. 7, 10. Ǽláruas pharisaei, p. 5, 5. Ðá ǽláruuas, 5, 17. Tó ðǽm aeláruum, Jn. 9, 13

Linked entry: láreów

á-settan

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<b>I c.</b> with non-material object, to apply :-- Ásete him þá unriht tó þe hí geearnedan, Ps. Th. 68, 28. <b>I d.</b> to remove, take away, cf.

wilde

Grammar
wilde, wild.
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Add Wilde weorf, Ll. Th. i. 356, 4. Mettas . . . þá þe gód blód wyrceað, swá swá sint. . . wilda hænna and ealle þá fugelas þe on dúnum libbað, Lch. ii. 244, 25. <b>I a.

an-filt

(n.)
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Z. 60, 8: 178, ll. Ómiges anfiltes scabrae incudis. An. Ox. 479. Anfealte onsméðre, ii. 67

ful-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
ful-lic, adj.
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Cf. full; <b>V a</b> Hér wæs geflit and fullíc (wæs geflitfullíc, sæt full, v. ll. ) senoþ, Chr. 785; P. 52, note 2

Linked entry: fallic

ge-píned

(v.)
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Substitute: <b>ge-pínian;</b> p. ode To torment, punish [Ðá þá leásen gewíten hí swíðe gepínedon, Hml. A. 174, 161. Hé heom átealde of þan Nazarenisscen kinge, hwu hé gepíned wæs, 194, 38.] Gepínodes semustulati, Germ. 397, 348.

gedwol-godas

(n.)
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Substitute: <b>gedwol-god</b>, es; m. n. A false god Ðes gedwolgod (Mercury) . . . is Óðon geháten on Denisce wísan, Wlfst. 107, 6.

afæstla

(int.)
Grammar
afæstla, interj.

O certainly! ⬩ O assuredly! ⬩ O certe

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O certe Afæstla, and hi lá hi, and wella well, and þyllíce óðre syndon Englisc interjectiones O certainly, and alas, and well well, and such other are English interjections, Ælfc. Gr. 48; Som. 49, 28

ciric-hata

(n.)
Grammar
ciric-hata, an; m.
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An enemy of the church, a persecutor Lá, hwæt fremað cyrichatan crístendóm on unnyt; for ðám ǽlc þǽra bið Godes feónd þe bið Godes cyrcena feónd, Wlfst. 67, 18. Godes wiðersacan and cyrichatan hetole, 164, 11. Cyrchatan and sácerdbanan, 298, 14

Linked entry: hata

geongling

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Take here <b>iungling</b> in Dict., and add Iungclingc eam ic adolescentulus sum ego, Ps. L. 118, 141. Iunglincg, Gen. 4, 23. Iunglingc pubescentem, An. Ox. 3608. Cnihtas, geonglingas puberes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 12.

ge-treówsian

(v.)
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<b>I a.</b> with reflex. pron. :--- to prove true, clear of a charge of falseness Hé be his hláfordes were hine getreówsie (-tríw-, v. l. ), Ll. Th. i. 64, 5

losian

(v.)
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Lá, haesere, we losaiað praeceptor, perimus, Lk. L. 8, 24. Sé ðe losade bitwih wígbed and ꝥ wághrǽle, Lk. L. R. 11, 51. Þá óðre losodon. Hml. S. 4, 367. Gif se hund losige (perierit), Ll.

eo

(n.)
Grammar
eo, I. unaccented, generally stands before two consonants lc, ld, lf, rc, rd, rf, rg, rh, rl, rm, rn, rp, rr, rt, rþ, x; as, Geolca a yolk, sceolde should, seolfor silver, deorc dark, sweord a sword, ceorfan to carve, beorgan to protect, beorht bright, eorl earl, beorma barm, eornost earnest, weorpan to throw, steorra a star, heorte the heart, eorþe the earth, meox dung. II. eó accented, the diphthong, generally stands before the consonants c, d, f, g, h, l, m, n, p, r, s, st, t, w; as, Seóc sick, beódan to bid, þeóf a thief, fleógan to fly, hreóh rough, hweól a wheel, leóma a ray of light, beón to be, deóp deep, beór beer, ceosan to choose, breóst the breast, fleótan to float, leóþ a song, ceówan to chew. 2. eó is also the termination of many words, and then the ó in eó is always accented; as, Beó a bee; ic beó

I shall be

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I shall be; freó free; gleó glee; seó the; seó sim, sis, sit; treó a tree; breó three, etc

riht-hámsócn

(n.)
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housebreaking which is such in the eye of the law, housebreaking which has been actually committed (not merely attempted) Inuasio domus vel curię, quod dicitur rihthámsócne (cf. infectam inuasionem, quod Angli dicunt unworhtre hámsócne, 615, 16), Ll.

Linked entry: hám-sócn

láþ

(adj.)
Grammar
láþ, adj.
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Dele passage in l. 19, and add Láþe exosas Wrt. Voc. ii. 30, 25. hateful, repulsive Láþ unclǽnnys detestanda obscenitas An. Ox. 4301. Láþera inuisorum (uitiorum), 885. <b>I a.

æt-sacan

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Shrn. 182, 7. with clause Ætsace (oð-, v. l. , neget ) sé, sé þe dyrre, þæt þæt angin nǽre gestilled for Code, Ors. 6, 4; S. 260, 4. <b>I a.</b> </b> absolute Gif man ætsace, ládige hine mid þry-fealdre láde, Ll.

læt

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</b> </b> with gen., B. 1529: Dóm. 89 (in Dict.). with prep., An. 46: Ll. Th. ii. 404, 20 (in Dict.). with dat. infin., Past. 281, 6 : Lk. 24, 25 (in Dict.). with clause, Bl.

ge-fillan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fillan, p. de.
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Ofer ðone se stán bið gifælled supra quem lapis ceciderit, Lk. R. L. 20, 18. to cause to cease, put an end to Þæt Pater Noster morðor gefylleð, ádwǽsceð deófles fýr, Sal. 41. Geflit gefælde, Lk. p. II, 4.

ge-treówian

(v.)
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Take here <b>ge-trywian</b> in Dict., and add: to trust Ué getríuadon confidemus, Rtl. 7, 7. with dat., to trust to Wé nytan nánum óðrum þingum tó getreówiganne, Ll.

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