ge-dæftlíce
Fitly ⬩ seasonably ⬩ opportūne ⬩ commŏde
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Gedæftelíce seasonably, 15, 6; Swt. 96, 17; Hat. MS. 20 a, 22
Linked entry: ge-deftlice
be-smiþian
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Nim þás næglas and heó besmiþian hát on þínes sunu brídle take these nails and order them to be set in thy son's bridle (cf. þú þás næglas hát . . . on his brídels dón, El. 1175. The Emperour dyde doo sette the nayles in his brydel, H.
ge-metlǽcan
To moderate
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To moderate We hit eft gemetlǽcaþ we afterwards moderate it, Past. 16, 2; Swt. 101, 12; Hat. MS
á-healdan
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to hold Hál from suǽ hwælc unhǽlo uére áhaldan sanus a quocumque languore tenebatur , Ju. L. 5, 4
Linked entry: healdan
earfoþ-sǽlig
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Add:, having hard fortune. After moldan add: þæt hine se árgifa ealles bescyrge módes cræfta. Cf. heard-sǽlig
flot-herge
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Se flothere (the Danes that had killed Edmund) férde eft té scipe, Hml. S. 32, 130. and add
fnǽstian
pant
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To breathe hard, pant Þá men beóð mægre . . . fnǽstiað swíþe (breathe with great difficulty), Lch. ii. 242, 7
Linked entry: fnæstiaþ
slipung
Viscidity
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the text has slipegrum wǽtum. v. slipig) wǽtan ðæs miltes Lchdm. ii. 166, 24
ge-þyldelíc
Patient
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Patient Crist us onstealde geþyldelíce bysene Christ has set us an example of patience, Blickl. Homl. 75, 29
lyb-lác
Sorcery ⬩ witchcraft
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Wið ealra bealwa gehwylc ðara lybláca against every harm from sorceries, Lchdm. i. 402, 11.
Linked entry: unriht-lyblác
ge-cope
Fit ⬩ proper ⬩ congruus ⬩ opportūnus
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Hwæt him gecopust sié what is most fit for them, 13, 2; Swt. 77, 26; Hat. MS. 17 a, 1; Swt. 275, 18
appel
An apple
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An apple Ða reádan appla the red apples; mala Punica, Past. 15, 5; Hat. MS. 19 b, 28
Linked entry: apl
a-þreát
Irksomeness ⬩ disgust ⬩ tædium
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Irksomeness, disgust; tædium Eów wæs lungre aþreát you had soon disgust [at this], Elen. Kmbl. 736; El. 368
Linked entry: a-þrǽt
ge-notian
To use, consume
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To use, consume Hie hæfdon hiora mete genotudne they had consumed their provisions, Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 31
wulf-hliþ
A hill where the wolf has its den
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A hill where the wolf has its den Hié dýgel lond warigeaþ, wulfhleoþu, Beo. Th. 2720; B. 1358
dwǽs-líce
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Foolishly, stupidly Sé ðe wylle drincan and dwǽslíce hlýdan, drince him æt hám, Ll. Th. ii. 357, 40
fore-feax
forelocks
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The hair growing on the front of the head, forelocks Forefex antiae, crines, Hpt. Gl. 526, 43, 44
lang-gestreón
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Treasure that had existed long, ancient treasure Wénde hé þæt hé lytel fæc longgestreóna brúcan móste, B. 2240
briht-líce
Clearly ⬩ brightly ⬩ clare ⬩ splendide
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Hat. 8, 25
or
without ⬩ original, early
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It has the meaning without, e. g. or-mód ; also that of original, early, e. g. or-eald