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ge-leáflic

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Augustinus sǽde þæt án þing wǽre ungeleáflic . . . For ðyssere twýnunge nolde wé hreppan his ðrowunge. Heó is swáðeáh eall full geleáflic, búton ðám ánum þe Augustinus wiðsæcd, ii. 520, 11-19. catholic Þæs geleáflican geleáfan catholice fidei, Wrt.

híwere

a pretendera decoy

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Similar entries v. híwian; Hé cwæð ꝥ hé Críst sylf wǽre ... and sum bisceop ... gelýfde þám híwere, Hml. S. 31, 838. a decoy (?) Híweres (hireres, MS.) aucupis, Kent. Gl. 129

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lytling

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</b> 7 b Gif ǽgðer ge biscopas ge preóstas æfter heora rihtan gesettednesse lifdon, þonne wǽre hit oferflówennis ús litlingum ( nobis exiguis ) áwiht níwes tó trahtnienne, Chrd. 2, 4

ofer-findan

(v.)
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Hé þóhte, siþþan ꝥ folc oferfunden wǽre, ꝥ hié siþþan wolde eall þæt hé wolde, Ors. 6, 37 ; S. 296, 6

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sáwlung

(n.)
Grammar
sáwlung, e; f.

expiring

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The giving up the ghost, expiring Cwæð sum hálig biscop ðá hé wæs on sáwlenga be ðeossum fæder: Arsenius ðú wǽre eádig forðon ðú hæfdest á ðás tíd beforan ðínum eágum a certain holy bishop, when he was expiring, said of this father: 'Arsenius, blessed

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ge-síclian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-síclian, -sýclian; p. ode; pp. od [seóc sick]

To be taken sick or illto be infirmægrōtāreinfirmāri

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To be taken sick or ill, to be infirm; ægrōtāre, infirmāri Ðæt his fæder wǽre gesíclod quod ægrōtāret păter suus, Gen. 48, 1 : Chr. 1003; Erl. 139, 10.

ge-þénsum

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-þénsum, adj.

Obsequiousobligingserviceableofficiosus

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Obsequious, obliging, serviceable; officiosus He wearþ geset cumena þén ðæt he mynsterlícum cumum geþénsum wǽre he was appointed servant of guests that he might attend upon the monastic guests, Homl. Th. ii. 136, 24.

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á-gælwed

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Hié áfyrhtede wǽron and ágælwede incredibili totius civitatis metu , Ors. 4. 10; S. 194, 10

cennend

(n.)
Grammar
cennend, es; m.
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A parent Eádge wǽron þá æþelan cennend Sancte Jóhannes, Bl. H. 161, 32. Be þǽra cennendra gefyrhtum, 163, 26. On þǽm cennendum, 16

crypel

(n.)
Grammar
crypel, es; m.
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Sume wǽron crypeles, 180, 363.]

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esne-wyrhta

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Hú manige esnewyrhtan (fela esnewyrhtena, v. l.) wǽron in mínes fæder húse quanti mercenarii in domo patris mei, Gr. D. 107, 4. Add

feall

(n.)

a fall

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Þá getimbru wǽron gehrorene mid gelómlicum feallum, Gr. D. 134, 12

ge-hæft

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ge-hæft, es; m.
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A captive Ðæt ðá bendas sumes gehæftes ( captiui ) tólýsende wǽron, Bd. 4, 22; Sch. 454, 9. v. hæft a captive; ge-hæft; adj

hearm-plega

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Oft wǽron teónan wǽrfæstra wera weredum gemǽne, heardum hearmplega (cf. Facta est rixa inter pastores gregum Abram et Lot, Gen. 13, 7). Add:

tyhting

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Hí tihton heora geféran ꝥ hí unforhte wǽron ... Betwux þysum tihtingum tengdon þá hǽþenan, Hml. S. 28, 66. v. leás-, on-tyhting. Add

un-nídelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-nídelíce, adv.
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Not scantily, moderately Swíþe wundorlice wísan ꝥ wǽron, þá þe ic gehýre and náht unnédelíce bliþe (non mediacriter læta) Gr. D. 346, 9

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cwealm-bǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
cwealm-bǽre, cwylm-bǽre; adj. [-bǽre, an adj. termination; producing, bearing]

Death-bearing, deadly mortifĕrus

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Death-bearing, deadly; mortifĕrus Ðeáh ðe he cwealmbǽre wǽre though he was death-bearing, Wanl. Catal. 164, 48, col. 1 . Drenc mid ðam cwealmbǽrum áttre gemenged a drink mingled with deadly poison, Homl. Th. ii. 158, 17: 260, 11.

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freom

(adj.)
Grammar
freom, adj.

Firmstrongpowerfulfirmusstrēnuusfortis

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Se wæs má on cyriclícum þeódscypum gelǽred, ðonne he freom wǽre in weoroldþingum măgis ecclesiastĭcis discĭplīnis instĭtūtum, quam in sēcŭli rēbus strēnuum, Bd. 4, 2; S. 566, 18

ge-uferian

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

To exaltelevatedelayput off

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To exalt, elevate, delay, put off Ðæt he mid ðæs wurþmyntes wuldre geuferod wǽre to be exalted with the glory of that honour, Homl. Th. ii. 122, 26. Ic geseah árleásne geuferodne vidi impium elevatum, Ps. Lamb. 36, 35.

BET

(adv.)
Grammar
BET, bett; [? from bet well; comp. betor better? contracted to bet; sup. betost contracted to betst, q. v.]

BETTERmelius

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BETTER; melius Ðá acsode he, to hwylcum tíman him bet wǽre interrogabat ergo horam ab eis in qua melius habuerit, Jn. Bos. 4, 52. Ðæt se hwǽte mǽge ðý bet weaxan that the wheat may grow the better, Bt. 23; Fox 78, 24.

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