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scýan

(v.)
Grammar
scýan, (for scýhan), scýn (?); p. de
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To prompt, urge, persuade, suggest Ða ǽrestan synne se weriga gást scýde . . . Forðon mid ðý se weriga gást ða synne scýfþ (scýþ, MS. C.: scýeþ, MS. T.) on móde primam culpam serpens suggessit . . .

bæftan

(prep.)
Grammar
bæftan, beftan; prep. dat. [be-æftan, q. v. ]

afterbehindpostponebehindwithoutsine

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after, behind; post, pone Gang bæftan me vade post me, Mt. Bos. 16, 23. behind, without; sine Bæftan ðam hláforde without the master, Ex. 22, 14

Linked entries: bæfta beftan be-æftan

wlite-seón

(n.)
Grammar
wlite-seón, -sín, e; f.

A sight to gaze ona spectacle

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A sight to gaze on, a spectacle; Wæs be feaxe on flet boren Grendles heáfod, and ðære idese mid, wliteseón wrǽtlíc. Beo. Th. 3304; B. 1650

on-bæc

(adv.)
Grammar
on-bæc, adv.

A-back, backward, behind

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A-back, backward, behind Gang ðú sceocca onbæc, Mt. Kmbl. 4, 10. Ná gewát onbæc heorte úre non recessit retro cor nostrum, Ps. Spl. 43, 21

freó-noma

(n.)
Grammar
freó-noma, an; m.

A surnamenoble namecognōmen

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A surname, noble name; cognōmen Iob Sunu Waldendes freónoman cende Job gave a noble name to the Lord's son, Exon. 17 a; Th. 40, 9; Crí. 636

un-gifu

(n.)
Grammar
un-gifu, e; f.

An evil gift

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An evil gift Hæfð se yfela gást hérongeán seofonfealde ungifa ... ða yfelan ungifa ðæs árleásan deófles syndan ðus genamode insipientia, stultitia..., Wulfst. 52, 7-20: 58, 14

gum-dreám

(n.)
Grammar
gum-dreám, es; m.

The joys of menthis life

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The joys of men, this life He gumdreám ofgeaf Godes leóht geceás he gave up the joy of men, chose God's light, Beo. Th. 4929; B. 2469

huntaþ

(n.)
Grammar
huntaþ, huntoþ, es; m.

Huntinggamevenatio

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Th. ii. 576, 34 Huntaþ dón gestreón getácnaþ to hunt betokens gain Lchdm. iii. 212, 2. Móna se fíf and twentigoþa huntoþas begán nytlíc the five and twentieth moon is good for all sorts of hunting 196, 1

scyldigung

(n.)
Grammar
scyldigung, scyldgung, e; f.
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Wé cwǽdon, se ðe scyldunga (be ðon ðe scyldgunga, other MS.) bǽde æt ofslagenum þeófe ðæt hé eode þreora sum tó . . . and ðone áþ syllen ðæt hý on heora mǽge náne þýfþe nyston . . . and hý gán siþþan .xii. sume and gescyldigen hine of him who asks for

Linked entries: scyldgung scyldung

finger

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Lǽt gán ꝥ getæl swá wé nú cwǽdon, ꝥ þú cume tó þæs lǽstan fingres nægle go on counting as we have just said, till you come to the nail of the little finger, Angl. viii. 326, 31. Gif man þone lytlan finger of áslæhð, .xi. scitt. gebéte, Ll.

efen-edwistlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
efen-edwistlíc, adj.

Consubstantial, of the same substanceconsubstantiālis

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Consubstantial, of the same substance; consubstantiālis Se Hálga Gást is ðæs Fæder Gást and ðæs Suna, him bám efenedwistlíc the Holy Ghost is the Spirit of the Father and of the Son, consubstantial with them both. Homl. Th. ii. 362, 27.

ge-tímian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tímian, -týmian; p. ode; pp. od [tíma time]

To happenbefallaccĭdĕre

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Getímode hit ðæt he becom to heora byrig ðe wæs Gaza geháten it befell that he came to their city which was called Gaza, Homl. Th. i. 226, 24: 318, 15. Him getímode swíðe rihtlíce it happened very justly to them, 88, 29: ii. 160, 14; 304, 24.

Linked entries: ge-tíman tímian

mid

Grammar
mid, <b>;
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., níwe gáte cýse ofergeseted mid þá eágbrǽwas ( laid on by means of the eyelids ), Lch. i. 352, 6

styrigend-lic

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Hit is cúþ ꝥ se gást is styrigendlicran and férendran gecyndes þonne se líchoma liquet quia mobilioris naturae est spiritus quam corpus, Gr. D. 149, 35, Add

hneáw-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
hneáw-líce, adv.

Sparingly, stingily

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Sparingly, stingily; Him ðæs leán ágeaf nalles hneáwlíce to him for that the Lord gave reward with no sparing hand, Cd. 86; Th. 108, 20; Gen. 1809

a-ferran

(v.)
Grammar
a-ferran, p. de; pp. ed

To removetake awayelongareremovere

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To remove, take away; elongare, removere Gást háligne fram me aferredne the holy spirit taken from me [acc. absol. ], Ps. C. 97: Bt. 39, 11; Fox 230, 19

slǽting

(n.)
Grammar
slǽting, e; f.
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William of Malmesbury's statement that he gave the English free leave to hunt), Chr. 1087; Erl. 225, 7

norþ-weard

(adv.)
Grammar
norþ-weard, adv.
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Þonne se dæg langað þonne gǽð seó sunne norðweard . . . Ðonne heó norðweard byð, þonne macað heó lenctenlice emnihte on middeweardum hyre ryne, Lch. iii. 250, 20-25. Add

un-sidelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-sidelíce, adv.
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Indecorously, in an unseemly manner Gif hwylc bróðor . . . intó cyrcan unǽwfæstlíce and prútlíce oððe unsydelíce ( incomposite ) gǽð, Chrd. 60, 34. [O.H.Ger. un-situlího in abusione.] See next word

Linked entry: sídelíce

yfel-sacung

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Swá hwylc man yfelsacunge sǽde on þone Hálgan Gást, 328, 7. Wé gehýrdon his yfelsacunga, Nap. 88