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EALD

(adj.)
Grammar
EALD, ald; adj. comp. yldra, eldra, eoldra; sup. yldest .

old, ancient vĕtus, ætāte provectus, priscus, antīquus

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Hwæt niwes oððe ealdes what of new or old, Exon. 115a; Th. 441, 24; Kl. 4. Se ealda the old one [Satan ], Frag. Kmbl. 61; Leás. 32.

Linked entries: ald eald-spræc

irþling

(n.)
Grammar
irþling, es; m.

a husbandmanfarmerploughman a cuckoo

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Hwæt sægest ðú Yrþlingc quid dicis tu, Arator? Coll. Monast. Th. 19, 11. Hwilce ðé geþuht betwux woroldcræftas heoldan ealdordóm? Eorþtilþ forðam se yrþling ús ealle fétt qualis tibi videtur inter seculares artes retinere primatum?

Linked entries: eorþ-ling ærþling

lange

(adv.)
Grammar
lange, adv.

Longa long timefar

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Hwæt mæg ic leng dón ultra quid faciam? Gen. 27, 37. Hwider mæg ic nú leng fleón quo enim nunc fuciam? Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 27. Swaðer uncer leng wǽre [lifede, 38] which of us two lived the longer, Chart. Th. 485, 29.

Linked entries: lencg leng

ge-treówan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-treówan, -triówan, -triéwan; p. de; pp. ed.

to trustbelievehave confidencehopeconfiderecrederesperareto make true or credibleto persuadesuggestto make one's self out to be trueto clear one's self

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Ðe hálig gást gitrióweþ iówih alle ða ðe swá hwæt ic cweðo iów spiritus sanctus suggeret vobis omnia quæcumque dixero vobis, Jn. Skt.

gifan

(v.)
Grammar
gifan, gyfan, giefan, geofan, giofan; ic gife; ðú gifest, gifst; he gifeþ, gifþ, pl. gifaþ; p. geaf, gæf, gaf, gef, ðú geáfe, géfe, pl. geáfon, géfon; pp. gifen, giefen, gyfen

To givedareimpertire

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Hwæt gifst ðú me quid dabis mihi, Gen. 15, 2. God gifeþ gleáw word godspellendum dominus dabit verbum evangelizantibus, Ps. Th. 67, 12: Hy. 7, 102; Hy. Grn. ii. 289, 102: Ælfc. Gr. 7; Som. 6, 22: Ps. Th. 68, 27.

ge-limpan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-limpan, he -limpeþ, -limpþ; p. -lamp, -lomp, pl. -lumpon; subj. p. -lumpe, pl. -lumpen; pp. -lumpen

To happenoccurbefallcome to passtake placeaccĭdĕreevĕnīrecontingĕre

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Geseón hwæt us gelumpe vĭdēre quid nōbis accĭdĕret, Bd. 5, 1; S. 614, 3 : Exon. 35 a; Th. 113, 32; Gú. 165.

þweál

(n.)
Grammar
þweál, es; n. m.

washingwhat is used in washingointment

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Hwæt forstent him ðæt ǽrre ðweál ( lavatio ), 21. Ðæt wæter his bána ðweáles aqua lavacri, Bd. 3, 11; S. 536, 6. Clǽnsunge ðweáles and bæþes lavacri purificationem, 1, 27; S. 495, 16. Be weres þweále de viri lotione, L.Ecg.

Linked entry: þweán

æt-íwness

(n.)
Grammar
æt-íwness, e; f.
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I. what is seen, a vision, an apparition Hé wolde witan ymbe þá ætýw-nysse þe him æteáwde, and cwæð: Hwæt is þeós gesihð þe mé æteáwde ?, Hml. S. 30, 56. Ealle þá ætýwnysse þára áwerigdra gásta onweg gewiton, Guth. 48, 18. v. æt-ýwnys in Dict

Linked entries: æt-íwedness -íwness

fremian

(v.)
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Hwæt eów betst fremige, 11, 35. Him sylfum fremian sibi prodesse, R. Ben. I. 107, 17. Fremian (framian, v.l. ) his underþeóddan, R. Ben. 120, 9: Hml. Th. i. 62, 8.

ge-friþian

(v.)
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Hys yrþ sí gefriþod wiþ ealra feónda gehwæne, and heó sí geborgen wið ealra bealwa gehwylc, Lch. i. 402, 9. to preserve game Forgá ǽlc man mínne huntnoð, lóc hwǽr ic hit gefriðod wille habban, Ll.

Linked entry: ge-freoþian

ge-hweorfan

(v.)
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hreówsunga ad poenitentiae lamenta conversus Past. 167, 18. of happening, to be transferred, pass to Asiria anwald gehwearf on Méðas Arbatus regni summam ad Medos transtulit Ors. 2, I ; S. 60, 17 : I. 8 ; S. 42, 6. to turn back, be averted Gesecge man hwǽr

ge-limplíce

(adv.)
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A. 129, 439. rightly, properly, in accordance with the actual state of the case Gelimplíce hé ús lǽrde and monade hú wé ús gebiddan sceoldan, and hwæðere cwæþ : 'Eówer Fæder wát hwæs eów þearf biþ ǽr gé hine biddan' quite properly he taught us and admonished

ofer-hírness

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-hírness, e; f.

Disobedience, disregard, neglect, contemptdisregard, disobedience

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Gé (geréfan) híraþ, cwæþ se cyngc, hwæt gé gelǽstan sculan be mínre oferhýrnysse, (on pain of incurring) L. Ath. i. prm.; Th. i. 196, 15.

hleahtor

(n.)
Grammar
hleahtor, hlehter, es; m.

Laughter

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God mé worhte hlehter risum fecit mihi deus, Gen. 21, 6, Hwǽr beóþ ða ungemetlícan hleahtras where are the immoderate laughings, Blickl. Homl. 59, 18: 195, 15

Linked entries: leahter hlehter

bán

bonea bonethe bone of a limba leg or arm

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Hwǽr sint nú þæs Wélondes bán?, Bt. 19; F. 70, 5. Ne synu ne bán lágon, An. 1421. Þá gebrocenan bán, Ps. C. 81: Hy. 7, 88. Bána ossuum, Kent. Gl. 571: Ph. 575. Manna bán ossa hominum, Ps. Th. 52, 6.

be-cweþan

to sayto urgepressto speak forpray forto bequeathegrant by will

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Th. 105, 37. with the idea of remonstrance or reproach; Similar entries cf. be-sprecan:--- Gif hwelc iów bicweðes, 'Hwæt dóað gé?', cueoðas ðætte Drihtne nédþarf is, Mk. R. 11, 3.

cýþþu

Grammar
cýþþu, (-o).
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Th. i. 414, 17. native country, home Hé hine bæd ꝥ hé sǽde hwæt hé on his cýðþe wǽre ( quid in terra sua fuisset ), nalæs hwæt hé þǽr wǽre, Gr. D. 181, 30.

Linked entry: cýþ

Beormas

(n.)
Grammar
Beormas, gen. a; pl. m.

The Biarmians

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Biarmia ortum versus ad mare album vel gandvikam sita est :' - Fela spella him sǽdon ða Beormas, ǽgþer ge of hyra ágenum lande, ge of ðǽm landum, ðe ymb hý útan wǽran; ac he nyste hwæt ðæs sóðes wæs, forðæm he hit sylf ne geseah.

hríðer

(n.)
Grammar
hríðer, hrýðer, es; n.

oxcowheifer

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Bige mid ðam ylcan feó swá hwæt swá ðé lícige hrýðera and sceáp emes ex eadem pecunia quidquid tibi placuerit sive ex armentis sive ex ovibus Deut. 14, 26. Hrýðera and scép, Jos. 6, 21.

Linked entries: hruðer hrýðer

nefne

(prep.; con.)
Grammar
nefne, nemne.

UnlessexceptExcept

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Hwæt hæfðe seó godcunde þurh ða menniscan nemne búton ðæt heó mihte beón ácenned, Blickl. Homl. 19, 22.

Linked entries: nemne nymne