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hin-síþ

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Perhaps the glosses took the word to be plural and used in the sense 'end of life', and intended to express the idea by hinsíðas. Cf. insíðgryre for hinsíðgryre, Sae. 456), Txts. 181, 39. Add:

ild

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Hé hit eác gefremode, git hé þá ylde hæfde he would have done it too, if he had had the requisite age, 31, 27. of a particular time of life. old age Ábogenre, hnípendre ylde cernua, curua uelustate, An. Ox. 1280.

tó-brítan

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Húmeta God geðafað ꝥ his gecorenan mid swá micclum wítum beón fornumene and tóbrýtte on ðisum andweardan lífe, i. 486, 20

úþ-genge

(adj.)
Grammar
úþ-genge, adj.

Fugitivetransitorynot to be retainedpassing out of one's possession

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Ðǽr wæs Æschere feorh úðgenge there life fled from Aschere, Beo.Th. 4253; B. 2123.

ofer-leóran

(v.)

to pass, pass away, pass byto pass moral bounds, deviate from right, transgress

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to pass, pass away, pass by Hé oferlióræs (-lióraþ, Rush.) from deáþe in lífe transiet a morte in vitam, Jn. Skt. Lind. 5, 24. Oferleóraþ transeant, p. 4, 10. Oferhlióras transibunt, Mk. Skt. Lind. 13, 31.

þweorness

(n.)
Grammar
þweorness, e; f.

crookednessoppositionperversityiniquityevildepravity

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For heora lífes ðwyrnysse, Homl. Th. ii. 530, 24. Forbeóde hé ða þwyrnesse hyra ungeþeahtes prohibeant pravorum prevalere consensum, R. Ben. 119, 9. Hrædlíce bið se Déma tó úrum bénum gebíged, gif wé fram úrum ðwyrnyssum beóð gerihtlǽhte, Homl.

þreál

(n.)
Grammar
þreál, e; f.

Correctioncorrection by wordsreproofrebukecorrection by actschastisementpunishmentdiscipline

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Hé ( John the Baptist ) ða heard-heortan ðeóde mid stearcre ðreále and stíðre myngunge tó lífes wege gebígde, Homl.

ge-angsumian

(v.)
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Hé læg geancsumod, orwéne lífes, 21, 114. Geancsumod on móde, 9, 116. Geangsumod (-anc-, v. l.), 25, 224. Heó wearð oð deáð on móde geancsumed . . . and æt Gode ábæd ꝥ heó hire gást ágeaf, Chr. 1093; P. 228, 13.

ǽdre

(n.)
Grammar
ǽdre, ǽddre, édre, an; f; ǽdr, e; f.

An arterya veinfountainriverarteriavenafonsrivusa nervesinewkidneynervusren

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a channel for liquids, An artery, a vein, fountain, river; arteria, vena, fons, rivus; Similar entries v. wæter-ǽdre Feorh aléton þurh ǽdra wylm they let life forth through the fountain of their veins, Exon. 72b; Th. 271, 6; Jul. 478.

cýpa

(n.)
Grammar
cýpa, cépa,an ; m. [ceáp

a factor, merchant, trader negotiator, mercator

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Ðás hálgan cýpan, Petrus and Andreas, mid heora nettum and scipe him ðæt éce líf geceápodon these holy traders, Peter and Andrew, with their nets and ship bought for themselves everlasting life, Homl. Th. i. 580, 19.

Linked entry: cépa

gneáð

(adj.)
Grammar
gneáð, gnéð; adj.

Sparingfrugalstingyscantysmall parcus

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He self lifde on gneáðum woroldlífe án tunece wæs his gegerela and ðæt wæs hǽren and beren hláf wæs his gereorde he himself lived a frugal life in the world, one tunic was his raiment, and barley bread was his food, Shrn. 110, 4: 77, 4.

Linked entry: un-gníðe

ge-frǽge

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-frǽge, -frége; adj.

Knownrenownedcelebratedremarkablenotedfamousnotoriousinfamousnŏtusmănĭfestuscelĕberfāmōsus

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Wæs úre líf fracuþ and gefrǽge our life was vile and infamous, Exon. 53 a; Th. 186, 23; Az. 24 : Cd. 180; Th. 235, 10; Dan. 304. Hæleðum gefrǽgost most famous among men, 162; Th. 202, 27; Dan. 394

wíde-feorh

(n.)
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long life, an age; the word occurs only in the accusative with adverbial force, for a long time, for ever. v. wíd, VII. Wé sceolon leánum hleótan, swá wé widefeorh ( through all time ) weorcum hlódun, Exon. Th. 49, 11; Cri. 784.

wrǽtlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wrǽtlíce, adv.

wondrouslycuriouslywondrouslyexcellentlybeautifullyelegantlynobly

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wondrously, curiously Hé (the phenix) eft cymeþ, áweaht wrǽtlíce, wundrum tó lífe, Exon. Th. 223, 29 ; Ph. 367 : 224, 19; Ph. 378.

ende-stæf

An endconclusiondeath

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An end, conclusion; especially with reference to the end of life; death (violent or natural) Endistaeb exito, perditio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 107, 57. Endestæf exito, 29, 65. Exitus, finis, effectus, terminus, egressus útgong, endestæf, 144, 83.

ge-swebban

(v.)
Grammar
ge-swebban, p. ge-swefde, ge-swefede: ge-sweflan; p. ode.
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</b> of the sleep of death, to cause to die, deprive of life :-- Crist wæs mid deáðe geswefod on þǽre róde Christus in mice dormivit, Ang. vii. 22, 215. þis mǽden inne læg on deáðe geswefod. of things, to calm, quiet Gelíþewǽhte, geswefede sopita

Linked entry: ge-swefian

þolian

(v.)
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</b> to be without what is unpleasant or evil Heora reáfes gyrla swilc beó ꝥ hé þolige ǽlces ýdeles uanitatis occasione careat, Chrd. 65, 13. ꝥ nǽfre þǽr (in hell) ne þoliað þæs wítes þá þe nǽfre in þisum lífe willað þolian þǽre synne and hyre

á-þolian

(v.)

To hold out under trial,To put up withenduresuffer

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To hold out under trial, of persons Hit bið twýlic hwæðer ðæt cild on life áðolige oð þæt hit þám láreówe andwyrdan mage, Hml. Th. ii. 50, 24.

ge-nerian

(v.)
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</b> to save a person in respect to his life (dat. ) :-- Ǽlmǽr þe se arcb ǽr generede his lífe (æt his life, v./. ), Chr. ion ; P. 141, 26. Blíðe wǽron eorlas . . . aldre generede, Dan. 259. (Goth. ga-nasjan : O.

ǽ-fæst

Grammar
ǽ-fæst, (ǽw-, eáw-, -fest).

religiousmarried

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Mynstermen and widwan eáwfæstes lífes, Ll. Th. ii. 440, 27. Tó ðám ǽwfæstum heápe, Hml. S. 28, 67. Ǽwfæstra manna líc hominum religiosorum cadavera, Ll. Th. ii. 160, 24. Mid eáwfæstum monnurn, 176, 1.