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ge-andswarian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-andswarian, ge-ondswarian.

to answerto respond

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D. 210, 9. to respond with action Ðonne ðæt mennisce mód Godes glædmódnesse mid gódum weorcum ne geandsworað cum largientem Deum humana mens boni operis responsione non sequitur Past. 391, 6

wicu

(n.)
Grammar
wicu, wucu, an ; f.
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On ðam seofoðan dæge God geendode his weorc and seó wucu wæs ðá ágán, Lchdm. iii. 234, 16 : Anglia viii. 310, 23. Seó wucu on Grécisc hátte ebdomada and on Lýden septimana; seofon daga ryne ys seó wucu, and feówer wucan wyrcaþ ánne mónð, 319, 3.

út-lah

(adj.)
Grammar
út-lah, adj.

Outlawedan outlawcalling for outlawry

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Se ðe útlages weorc gewyrce (cf. Icel. göra útlaga verk), 13; Th. i. 382, 18. Gif hwá ámánsodne oþþe útlahne (ámánsumodne oþþe útlagene, MS. B.) hæbbe and healde, 67; Th. i. 410, 18.

Linked entries: -lah út-laga

Basilius

(n.)
Grammar
Basilius, g. Basilies; m.

Basil, bishop of CæsarēaKαιδάρεια

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Basilius awrát áne wundorlíce bóc, be eallum Godes weorcum, ðe he geworhte on six dagum, 'Exameron' geháten, swíðe deópum andgite.

þrǽl

(n.)
Grammar
þrǽl, es; m.
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Ðeáh þrǽla hwylc hláforde æthleápe and of cristendóme tó wícinge weorðe, and hitæfter ðam eft geweorðe, ðæt wǽpngewrixl weorðe gemǽne þegene and þrǽle, gyf þrǽl ðæne þegen fullíce áfylle, licge ǽgylde ealre his mǽgðe; and gyf se þegen ðæne þrǽl, ðe hé

ge-hál

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weorc stód gehál, Hml. S. 31, 1235. Ne bæd hé nó ðæt hé hine fortýnde mid gehále wáge, ac hé bæd dura tó, Past. 275, 23. Bróhte him se hræfn gehálne hláf, Shrn. 50, 14.

rind

(n.)
Grammar
rind, e ; rinde, an; f.

Rind. of a tree the bark crust rind

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Dó of ða rinda, Lchdm. ii. 98, 11. metaphorically :-- Þeahtigaþ on hiera módes rinde monig gód weorc tó wyrcanne, ac on ðam piþan biþ óðer gehýded Past. 9, 1; Swt. 55, 22. The word occurs in combination with names of trees, e.g.

Linked entry: rinde

FÆST

(adj.)
Grammar
FÆST, adj.

FAST, fixed, firm, stiff; solid, constant, fortified fixus, firmus, sŏlĭdus, constans, mūnītus

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On ðam weorce fæste in ŏpĕre isto constantes, Jos. 9, 27. Seó burh wæs fæst the city was fortified, Bd. 3, 16; S. 542, 19. Micle burga óþ heofun fæste urbes magnæ ad cælum usque mūnītæ, Deut. 1, 28.

fandian

(v.)
Grammar
fandian, fandigan; to fandienne; p. ede , ode ; pp. ed , od ; v. trans. gen. dat. acc.

To try, tempt, prove, examine, explore, seek, search outtentāre, prŏbāre, exāmĭnāre, expĕrīri, inquīrĕre, vestīgāre

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Ðæm weorce to fandienne to prove the work, Ors. 1, 12; Bos. 36, 37. He gársecg fandaþ he tempteth the ocean, Runic pm. 25; Kmbl. 344, 20; Hick. Thes. i. 135, 50. Ðú fandodest us God prŏbasti nos Deus, Ps. Spl. 65, 9.

Linked entries: fandere ge-fandod

word-cwide

(n.)
Grammar
word-cwide, es; m.

a sayingwordsspeechlanguage

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Ðý ðíne wordcwidas weorðan gefelde (ut jitstificeris in sermonibus tuis), ðæt ðú ne wilnast weora ǽniges deáð, ac ðú synfulle simle lǽrdes ðæt. . . . Ps. C. 53. Ðé ða wordcwydas Drihten on sefan sende . . . Ðú eart on móde fród, wís wordcwida. Beo.

munuc-hád

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Oft on lǽwedum háde and on lǽwedum girelan mid gódum weorcum and mid ryhte lífe man oferðíhð ðone munuchád and ðá óðre ðe ðone hiérran hád habbað quidam in deteriori ordine sortem extremi habitus bene vivendo transcendunt Past. 411. 36. of a woman Heó

HEALT

(adj.)
Grammar
HEALT, adj.

HALT, lame, limping

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Gif hé healt weorþ if he become lame, L. Ethb. 65; Th. i. 18, 14.

of-settan

(v.)

to beset, press hard, oppress

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Mid weorces geswince ofsette, 63, 17: Homl. Th. ii. 120, 8. Se ðe on wræcsít gesihþ mid micelum gyltumheom ofsett getâ cnaþ if a man dreams of being in exile, it betokens that Tie will be weighed down with great crimes, Lchdm. iii. 212, 23.

clǽne

(adv.)
Grammar
clǽne, adv.
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Nán gesceaft swá cléne onwæg ne gewít, þæt hí æft ne cume, ne swá clǽne ne forwyrð, ꝥ hí tó hwan*-*hwugu ne weorðe, Shrn. 198, 17, 18. Swǽ clǽne hió ( learning ) wæs oðfeallenu, Past. 3, 13.

here-beácen

a war-signala beaconan ensigna lighthouse

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Hí átendon heora beácna (herebeácen, herebeácna, v.ll.) swá swá hí férdon, Chr. 1006; P. 137, 2. an ensign Mín weorod . . . herebeácen and segnas beforan mé læddon totum agmen me sequebatur cum signis el uexillis, Nar. 7, 16. a signal for a fleet, a

wissian

(v.)
Grammar
wissian, p. ode.

to shewto shewguidedirectruledeclaremake known

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Ǽlces mannes weorc cýðaþ hwilc gást hine wissaþ. Godes gást wissaþ tó hálignesse; deófles gást wissaþ tó leahtrum, Homl. Th. i. 324, 27, Úre Drihten beád Móyse ðam heretogan, ðæt hé folc wissode, Wulfst. 132, 11.

hlot

on allotted portiona sharelotlotfatefortune

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Hǽðenscipe bið ꝥ man morð-weorc gefremme on ænige wísan, oþþe on blóte (hlotæ, v. l., which the old Latin version renders in sorte; but the better reading seems to be blót.

nán

Grammar
nán, <b>. I b.</b>
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Add Gif ic náne weorc ne worhte on him þe nán óðer ne worhte si opera non fecissem in eis quae nemo alias fecit, Jn. 15, 24. Næs nán rihtwís man ne nán hálig ǽr Abel, Hml. A. 129, 411.

ælmesse

alms, what is given in charitya charitable actionan offering

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Ðæt góde weorc ðára ælmæssena, Gr. D. 320, 25. Geornfull on árfæstum wæstmum ælmesena, Bd. 4, 11; S. 579, 7. Tó ælmessum ad agapem, Wrt.

cot-setla

(n.)
Grammar
cot-setla, cote-setla, an; m. [MS. kot-setla, kote-setla]

A cottager casārius

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Him gebýriaþ v æceras to habbanne, máre gyf hit on lande þeáw sý, and tó lytel hit biþ beó hit á læsse, forðan his weorc sceal beón oft rǽde.