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ge-healdsumnes

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Gif wé þá heáfodleahtras forseóþ þurh gehealtsumnysse (-heald-), 25, 699. <b>Ib.</b> continence, chastity :-- Gehealtsumnesse castitatis, An.

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setl

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Among the cpds. dele burhgeat-, and add. 2 a. a seat that is the right of a member of an official society or body Gif ceorl geþeáh ꝥ hé hæfde setl and sundernote on cynges healle, Ll. Th. i. 190, 17. <b>I a.

(n.)
Grammar
eá, a river.
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On twá healfe þǽre é, Chr. 894; P. 87, 22. On ǽgþere healfe eás, 918; P. 100, 6. In Danai þǽre ié (íe, MS. fluvio ), Ors. 1, 1; S. 8, 10, 11, 14. Forþ bí þǽre eá, S. 17, 22. Æt þǽre ee, S. 24, 33. Tó ánre eá (éá, MS.), Hml. S. 30, 328.

ǽlc

allany

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Hí þegniað ǽlc óðum, Met. 25, 12. adjectival Hwílum on áne healfe, hwílum on ǽlce healfe, Chr. 892; P. 82, 34. combined with án :-- Ǽlc án hagelstán wegeð fíf pund, Wlfst. 228, 6.

hefig-tíme

(adj.)
Grammar
hefig-tíme, -týme; adj.

Grievouswearisometedioustroublesome

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Ða wudewan fram hefigtímum heáfodece gehǽlde healed the widow of a wearisome headache, Homl. Th. i. 418, 22

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ge-dafenlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-dafenlíc, -dæfenlíc; adj. [ge-dafen becoming]

Becomingfitdecentconvenientagreeabledĕcenscongruusconvĕnienshăbĭlis

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Becoming, fit, decent, convenient, agreeable; dĕcens, congruus, convĕniens, hăbĭlis Ðæt is gedafenlíc ðæt ðú Dryhtnes word on hyge healde it is fit that thou shouldst keep in mind the word of the Lord, Elen. Kmbl. 2333; El. 1168 : Bt. Met.

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weorc-stán

(n.)
Grammar
weorc-stán, es; m.
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stone for building Ne bið ðes stýpol getimbrod mid ǽnigum weorcstáne, Basil admn. 2 ; Norm. 38, 14, Hí man mid weorcstáne on ǽghwilce healfe ealle cuce ðǽrinne forwyrce, Homl.

ǽnig

unicus

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Add: substantival, absolute Ic lǽre ðæt ǽnig ne áfýle . . . hine sylfne, ne ǽnig ne healde yrre on his heortan tó lange, ne ǽnig ðurh worldhoge forsorgie tó swýðe, Wlfst. 69, 14-16. Ǽnigum cuivis, cuilibet, Wrt. Voc. ii. 137, 66.

un-weder

(n.)
Grammar
un-weder, es; n.

Bad weathertempest

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Heálíc ungelimp, unwæstm oððon unweder, Wulfst. 170, 1. Hí synd geneádode mid stormum ðæs unwederes (-wedres, MS. F.) tempestatibus acti, Ælfc. Gr. 44; Zup. 260, 12.

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ǽwe

(n.)
Grammar
ǽwe, f. n. (? v. Hml. Th. ii. 322, 33 infra.)
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Healde gehwá his ǽwe þá hwíle þe heó libbe, 300, 26

friþian

(v.)
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L. 54, 27. to protect an operation, keep from unfavourable conditions Héde sé ðe scíre healde ꝥ hé friðige and forðige ǽlce (tilþe) be ðám ðe hit sélest sý, Angl. ix. 259, 14. to grant immunity to a criminal Gif Philippus wolde gefæstnian mid áþe ꝥ

hwít

(n.)
Grammar
hwít, es; n.
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Ðá ðé on þás hálgan tíde magon cýse and ǽgra and fisc forgán, swíþe heálic fæsten ꝥ bið, Ll. Th. ii. 438, II. Gif hit festendæg sié selle mon uuége cǽsa and fisces and butran and ægera ðæt mon begeotan mæge, C. D. i. 293, 10

ná-hwæþer

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God hine ne neádode on náðre healfe, Hex. 22, 30. <b>I a.</b> as a grammatical term, neuter :-- Neutrum is náðor cynn . . . ðis cyn gebyrað oftost tó náðrum cynne, Ælf. Gr.

manian

(v.)
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Wé maniað ꝥ man Sunnandæges freóls mid eallum mægene healde, Cht. E. 231, 18. Add Gif wé mid rícan mannan hwæt embe úre neóde manian willað si cum hominibus potentibus volumus aliqua suggerere, R. Ben. 45. 20.

fæt

a vesselutensila receptacleboxcasketa compartment

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Heald on cyperenum fate, 38, 12. On lǽmenum fæte in vase fictili, An. Ox. 11, 120. Under fæt sub modio, Mk. p. 3, 4. Fæte (fætt, L.), Mk. R. 4, 21. Fatte, Lk. L. 8, 16. Stǽnino fatto ł bydno lapidae hydriae, Jn. L. 2, 6. Fato phialas, Mt. p. 10, 2.

fleógan

to flyto fleeto avoid

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Gif mon óðrum þá hond útan forsleá . . . gif hió healf onweg fleóge, LI. Th. i. 98, 9. to flee. Similar entries [v. fleón.] lit. Þ man gingran mann ne slóge . . . búton hé hine werian wolde oþþe fleóge, Ll.

ge-swutelian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-swutelian, -swuteligan, -swytelian, -sweotulian, -sweotlian; p. ode, ade, ude; pp. od, ad, ud [sweotol manifest, clear, open]

To declarepublishmake knownexplainprovemanifestshowglorifymonstrāredemonstrārepublĭcāreexprĭmĕremanĭfestāresignāreexplānāreprŏbāreclārĭfĭcāre

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He inc geswutelaþ mycele healle gedæfte ipse vobis demonstrābit cænācŭlum grande strātum, Mk. Bos. 14, 15. Geswutelaþ prŏbat, Glos. Prudent. Recd. 139, 25. He him lífes weig geswutelode he manifested to them the way of life, Homl.

be-tǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
be-tǽcan, p. -tǽhte, pl. -tǽhton; pp. -tǽeht; v. a. [be by, tǽcan to teach, shew]

to shewostendereto BETAKE, impart, deliver, commit, put in trustimpertire, adsignare, tradere, commendareto send, follow, pursuemittere, insequi, amandare

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to shew; ostendere He eów betǽcþ mycele healle ipse ostendet vobis cænaculum magnum, Lk.

be-þencan

consider

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Hit is earfoðe eall tó gesecganne þæt sé beðencan sceal ðe scíre healt, Angl. ix. 265, 5. Moniga tó biðencanne gehéht multa cavenda praecefit. Mt. p. 19, 15. reflexive: Be*-*þenc þé animadverte, An.

ymb-hringan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-hringan, p. de.
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Míne fýnd mé ymbhringdon útan on ǽlce healfe, 16, 9. Emhrinced circumseptus, Hpt. Gl. 406, 47. Embþrungen vel (emb)hringed constipata, circumdata, Wrt. Voc. ii. 133, 62. Hé wæs ymbhringed mid his feóndum vallatus exercitu, Bd. 3, 18 ; S. 546, 30.

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