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ge-þrístlǽcan

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Geðrýstlǽcende áht secgan, Hml. S. 23 b, 645. with dat. infin. Ꝥ þú ná geþrístlǽce ... tó gánne, Ll. Lbmn. 414, 1. Nán man ne geþrístlǽce ǽnigne deófles bígencg tó dónne, Hml.

CNAPA

(n.)
Grammar
CNAPA, cnafa, an; m.

a boyyoung manKNAVEpuerjuvenisadolescensa servant servus

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Abraham férde mid twám cnapum to fyrlenum lande Abraham ducens secum duos juvenes abiit in locum Gen. 22, 3, 5. Syle cnapan [cnafan C.] ðínum da puero tuo Ps. Spl. 85, 15.

hnígan

(v.)
Grammar
hnígan, p. hnáh; pp. hnigen

To bend, bow down, incline, descend, decline, sink

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Hnág ic ðám secgum tó handa I bowed down within the reach of the men, Rood Kmbl. 118; Kr. 59.

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ge-mót

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Hé gecwæð ꝥ hí cómon ealle tó ánum gemóte, ꝥ hé mihte him secgan hwæt him tó dónne wǽre, Hml. S. 36, 205 : An. 650.

mǽte

(adj.)
Grammar
mǽte, adj.

Moderatemeansmallpoorbadinferior

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Ic ðé feáwe dagas mínra mǽttra móde secge I will tell thee the fewness of my days poor and evil; paucitatem dierum meorum enuntia mihi, Ps. Th. 101, 21. Ðe mǽtu sprecaþ ofer me qui maligna loquuntur super me, Ps. Spl. T. 34, 30.

Linked entries: mæctor ge-mǽte

eáre

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Ic secge þé on þín eáre, Angl. viii. 300, 14. Ꝥte in eáre sprecend gié woeron quod in aurem locuti estis, Lk. L. 12, 3. Eówer þonne eádige ége þe hiǽ geseóð and eáran (eáro, L.) eówre þe hiǽ gehérað, Mt. R. 13, 16.

frymþ

(n.)
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Þæt byð secga gehwám snytru on frymðe initium sapientiae, 110, 7. Swá mé on frymðe gelomp yrmðu, Hy. 4, 83. ¶ in phrases denoting the Deity, the beginning or source of all things :-- Fæðer frymþa gehwæs, Ph. 197. Frymþa God, Jud. 33.

inne

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Þǽr inne fealh secg, B. 2226. <b>B.</b> as preposition (following case) :-- Ánn On ꝥ hús þe heó hié inne reste, Bl. H. 147, 2

ǽrend

(n.)
Grammar
ǽrend, ǽrende, ǽrynd, es; n: pl. nom. acc. ǽrendu, ǽrendo

An ERRANDa messagean embassynewstidingsan answerbusinesscarenuntiummandatumnegotiumcura

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He his hláfordes ǽrende secgan sceolde he should tell his lord's message, Bd. 2, 9; S. 511, 19. Hí hæfdon nyt ǽrend they had a profitable errand, 5, 10; S. 624, 21: 3, 6; S. 528, 17: L. C. S. 76; Th. i. 418, 5.

Linked entry: ÁR

FREMU

(n.)
Grammar
FREMU, e; f.

Advantageprofitgainbenefitcommŏdumemŏlŭmentumquæstusfructusbenĕfĭciumsălus

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Ðæt we sceoldon [MS. sceolde] fremena friclan, and us fremu sécan that we might desire benefits, and seek to us advantage, Cd. 89; Th. 110, 25; Gen. 1843. Ne ðǽr freme méteþ fira ǽnig no man findeth profit there, Exon. 68 b; Th. 255, 22; Jul. 218.

Linked entry: freme

tucian

(v.)
Grammar
tucian, (or túcian ?; in Piers P. (v. infra) touked occurs, but the form of the noun is tokkere as well as touker, Prol. 100 A-text, and Halliwell gives tucker = fuller as a western word); p. ode
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Noldon hí ná cweþan ðæt hit wǽre wíte . . . and noldan nǽnne þingere sécan, ac lustlíce hí woldan lǽtan ða rícan hié tucian æfter hiora ágnum willan nec hos cruciatus esse dicerent, defensorumque operam repudiarent, ac se totos accusatoribus judicibusque

Linked entry: ge-tucian

ríht

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</b> add :-- Gif ꝥ riht tó hefig sý, séce þá líhtinge tó þám cynge, Ll. Th. i. 266, 11. add Nathan lícette swelce hé ymb sumes ðearfan ryht sprǽce, and sóhte ðæs cyninges dóm, Past. 185, 19.

tabule

(n.)
Grammar
tabule, (-ele), an; f.: also tabula; m.

a tablea board which is struck to give a signal

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a table Hæfdon hí mid him gehálgode fato and gehálgode tabulan on wigbedes wrixle habentes secum vascula sacra et tabulam altaris vice dedicatam, Bd. 5, 10; S. 624, 34. a tablet, table on which to inscribe Ðæra eára getæl hæfþ seó tabule ðe wé mearkian

ge-drinc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-drinc, ge-drync, es; n.
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Secgas mǽnað meodogáles gedrinc, Vy. 57. v. ofer-, wín-gedrinc

sceam-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
sceam-líc, adj.

shamefast, bashfulshameful, base, disgraceful, ignominious

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Gl. 492, 53. shameful, base, disgraceful, ignominious Ðá ongan hé him secgan hú lytel and hú scomlíc ðæs monnes líf biþ hér on worolde . . . and hú wuldorlíc seó éce eádignes biþ, Shro. 92, 16.

hǽlu

(n.)
Grammar
hǽlu, hǽlo; indecl. f.

Health, safety, salvation

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Uton hǽlu sécan let us seek salvation, Exon. 97 b; Th. 365, 11; Wal. 87. Drihten ús sealde hǽlu and éce álýsednysse the Lord gave us salvation and eternal redemption, Homl. Th. ii. 248, 25. Heó forstæl hire hǽlu she stole her health, 394, 12.

Linked entry: hǽlo

þingere

(n.)
Grammar
þingere, es; m.
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Hí noldon nǽnne þingere sécan defensorum operam repudiarent, Bt. 38, 7; Fox 210, 13. Ða þingeras ( oratores ) þingiaþ nú ðǽm ðe læssan þearfe áhton, Fox 208, 25. Þingeras wið Drihten, Cod. Dip.

Linked entry: cyrc-þingere

durran

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Ic nát hwá hit dyrre (durre, v. l. ) secgan, Bt. 40, 2; F. 238, 5. Ꝥ hé þé leógan ne durre, Bl. H. 179, 29: Ll. Th. i. 418, 11. Ðætte unlǽrde ne dyrren ( audeant ) underfón láreówdóm, Past. 25, 14: 427, 18: 467, 16

geóc

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Þára þe geóce tó him séceð, An. 1154. Sé ðe him tó ðám hálgan helpe gelífeð, tó Gode gióce, Vald. 2, 28. consolation in sorrow or trouble, comfort Flǽsc þæt seó fǽmne gebær geómrum tó geóce, Cri. 124.

ge-rímcræft

(n.)
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Swá swá láreówas secgað on gerýmcræfte, 12, 23. Wé cweðaþ on gerímcræfte Cathedra Sancti Petri seofon nihton ǽr þám mónðe þe wé Martius hátað, Hml. S. 10, I. Wé é manega þing ymbe gerímcræft, Angi. viii. 321, 34

Linked entry: rím-cræft