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ge-glengan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-glengan, -glencan, -glæncan, -glencgan, -glengcan; p. -glengde, -glencde; pp. -glenged, -glencged, -glengd, -glend

To adornembellishset in ordercomposeornārecōmĕrecompōnĕre

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Ðæt he æfter medmiclum fæce in sceópgereorde mid ða mǽstan swétnesse and inbrydnesse geglencde, and in Englisc gereorde wel gehwǽr forþbrohte hoc ipse post pŭsillum verbis poēticis maxĭma suāvĭtāte et compunctiōne compĕsĭtis, in sua, id est, Anglōrum

Linked entry: glengan

á-blinnan

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Æfter áblunnenre éhtnysse, Hml. Th. i. 544, 9

Linked entry: on-blinnan

glídan

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liquid Hornfisc glád geond gársecg, An. 371. of motion through the air Þonne glád þæt deófol út mid his leásunge swá swá smýc æt his eágdura, Shrn. 52, 32. (2 a) of the motion of the heavenly bodies Se steorra cymeð eástan úp ǽrror sunnan, and eft æfter

traht

(n.)
Grammar
traht, tract, es; m. : e; f.

a textpassagetextustractusa treating of a subjectan expositiona commentary

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a text, passage; textus, tractus (tractus ecclesiastici cantus species, Migne) Æfter fyliaþ traht sequitur tractus: 'Eripe me, Domine,' Anglia xiii. 417, 743. Traht tractus: 'Laudale Dominum,' 425, 855.

Linked entry: tract

for-weorþan

(v.)
Grammar
for-weorþan, -wurþan; ic -weorþe, ðú -weorþest, -wyrst, he -weorþeþ, -wyrþ, pl. -weorþaþ, -wyrþaþ; p. ic, he -wearþ, ðú -wurde, pl. -wurdon; pp. -worden

To become nothingto be undoneto perishdiead nihilum devĕnīrepĕrīreinterlredeficére

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To become nothing, to be undone, to perish, die; ad nihilum devĕnīre, pĕrīre, interlre, deficére Swá sceal ǽlce sáwl forweorþan æfter ðam unrihthǽmede, búton se mon hweorfe to góde so shall every soul perish after unlawful lust, unless the man turn to

ildra

(n.)
Grammar
ildra, an [but the singular rarely occurs] ; m.

A parentancestorfatherforefatherpredecessorelder

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Eafora æfter yldrum the son after the parents, Cd. 56; Th. 69, 1; Gen. 1129. Suna ic lǽrde ðæt hié hýrdon heora yldrum I taught sons to obey their parents, Blickl. Homl. 185, 20.

Linked entries: ældran ildra

seonoþ

(n.)
Grammar
seonoþ, sionoþ, senoþ, sinoþ, synoþ (-aþ, -od), es;
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Æfter ealles sinoþes dóme, 3, 7; S. 530, 35. Be ðæm sinoþe se wæs geworden on ðam felda se wæs genemned Hǽþfeld, 4, 17 ; S. 585, 7. On ðam miclan synoþ æt Greátanleáge, L. Ath. i. 26; Th. i. 214, 7.

Linked entries: seuoþ sinoþ synoþ

scíma

(n.)
Grammar
scíma, an; m.
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Metod æfter sceáf scírum scíman ǽfen, Cd. Th. 9, 5; Gen. 137. Ðá gesundrode Waldend sceade wið scíman, 8, 22; Gen. 128. Se móna gehrán mid his scíman (splendore) ðǽm treówum ufeweardum, Nar. 30, 7.

Linked entry: scímian

þeód-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-scipe, es; m.
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Æfter sumum þeódscipum byþ ðes saltus on .xv. kl. Decembris, Anglia viii. 309, 18. Cf. folc-, leód-scipe

Linked entry: leód-scipe

un-ásecgendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ásecgendlíc, adj.

beyond the powers of language to describeunspeakableindescribableineffablenot proper to tellnot to be told

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Æfter his unásecgendlícum foreþonce, Bt. 39, 5; Fox 220, 2. Unásæcendlícum inenarrabili, Rtl. 38, 5. Unásecggendlícum, Blickl. Homl. 87, 21. Mid unásecgendlícre wurðmynte, Ap. Th. 10, 21.

eáster-dæg

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., and þá seofon dagas þe þǽr æfter wǽron wǽron gecíged dies azimorum, Angl. viii. 330, 19. On Eásterdæges freólstíde in die solemni Paschae, Lk. 2, 41. Hí woldon habban þone hálgan Eásterdæg geblódegodne mid þæs Hǽlendes blóde, Hml.

ge-méde

(n.)
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Æfter þám getídde ꝥ Ecgferð gebohte bóc and land æt Æðelstáne on cynges gewitnesse and his witena, swá his gemédo wǽron [as was agreeable to the king.i. e. the king was satisfied with the transaction ), 208, 9.

ge-tímian

(v.)
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Hé wiste ꝥ hit ( the betrayal by Judas) æfter his geteohhunge ágán (getímian, v. l. ) sceolde, Hml. A. 154, 69. <b>I a.</b> with dat. of object affected :--- Gif ús ungelimpas on ǽhtum getímiað, ii. 328, 27.

Gúþ-lác

(n.)
Grammar
Gúþ-lác, es; m.

The hermitsaint of Crowland died at the age of 41,in A. D. 714

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Gúþlác æfter ðon fiftyne geár ðe he lǽdde his líf, ðá wolde God his þeów gelǽdan to ðǽre écan reste ðæs heofoncundan ríces after Guthlac had led his life for fifteen years, then God would lead his servant to the eternal rest of his heavenly kingdom, Guthl

Linked entry: Crúland

á-slídan

to slipfallto fallbe removed to an unfavourable placeto fall into sinlapserelapseto fallbe hurtdestroyed

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Gif se man æfter his fulluhte áslíde, Hml. Th. i. 292, 23. Gif wé hwǽr áslídon, 170, 18. Þá þe ǽne áslidan, Hml. S. 31, 740. Áslidenum lapsis, Hy. Srt. 7, II: relapsis, An. Ox. 4746:Hml.

oxa

(n.)
Grammar
oxa, an ; m.
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An ox Oxa bos ... oxa on ðam forman teáme unus, on ðam æfteran teáme binus, Wrt. Voc. i. 23, 39, 47-48: ii. 48, 36. Oxa bova, i. 287, 54. Wilde oxa bubalus, 22, 46. Oexen boves, Ps. Surt. 49, 10 : ií. p. 291, 11. Án getýme oxena, Lk. Skt. 14, 19.

Linked entries: axan exen

færeld

(n.)
Grammar
færeld, (n. and) m.

goingwalkinga goingcoursejourneya wayroadthe runcarriagevehicle a trainretinuecourseproceeding

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Hig æfter ridon ídelum færelde, Jos. 2, 7. Faran þreóra daga færeld, Ex. 3, 18. Gif þet Godes wille seó þæt heó ꝥ færeld áge (that she be able to make the journey), Cht. Th. 481, 13.

sunne

(n.)
Grammar
sunne, an (sunnu, Cd. Th. 286, 14; Sat. 352, and acc. sunne, 147, 11; Gen. 2437:
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Æfter sunnan setlgange, Gen. 28, 11: Ex. 22, 26. Æfter sunnan setlráde, Cd.

Linked entries: sunna sunnu sól

háwian

(v.)
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Þæt man geseó þæt ðæt hé æfter háwode ut aspiciat, ut videat, Solil. H. 27, 4.

in-tó

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Malchus on foreweardan intó his þám hálgan geféran, and se bisceop æfter him inn eóde, Hml.