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wódheortness

(n.)
Grammar
wódheortness, e; f.
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Madness, frenzy, rage Gemunaþ þá forwurdon þe mid wódheortnesse willan tó wǽpnedrhannum hǽmed sóhton, Verc. Först. 178

gǽst-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
gǽst-lic, (gæst- ?); adj.

Terrible, ghastly

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Terrible, ghastly Ongitan sceal gleáw hæle gǽstlic bið, þonne eall þisse worulde wela wéste stondeð, Wand. 73

heáh-ealdor

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-ealdor, es; m.

A chief ruler

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A chief ruler cómon on ðæs heáhealdres hús veniunt in domum arche-synagogi, Mk. Skt. 5, 38

geond-récan

(v.)
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to smoke thoroughly, fill with smoke Þonne restan wille, hæbbe gléda þǽrinne, lege stor on þá gléda, and réc hine mid ꝥ swǽte, and ꝥ hús geondréc, Lch. ii. 348, 6

ge-unweorþian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-unweorþian, ge-unwurþian
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to dishonour befýlað fracodlíce selfe and eác geunwurðiað, Wlfst. 305, 11. ꝥ é Se crístendóm weorð geunwurðod syððan, Hml. S. 19, 149. Gé beóð geunwurðode and eác gewítnode, 11, 95

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sprott

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cwæð ꝥ ealle ne mihton, ne fisceras ne sylf, gefón ǽnne sprot, Hml. S. 31, 1271. Add

ge-rǽpan

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ge-rǽpan, Substitute: To fasten with a rope, bind, chain
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hafað ealla gesceafta gerǽped (cf. hæfð gehæfte, Bt. 25; F. 88, 5) mid his racentum ligans singula nexu, Met. 13, 8. Him þinceð þæt sié racentan gerǽped videbit intus arctas dominos ferre catenas, 25, 37.

ge-bétan

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Gebéte hit mid godcundre bóte, 328, 2. ' Sýn þæs wyrðe þe on þám canone cwæð . . . búton gebétan,' 244, 14. Nymðe heó hit hér mid þingonge bóte gebéte, C. D. i. 114, 27. Á swá mon bið mihtigra . . . swá sceal deóppor synna gebétan, Ll.

gíman

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Gýme ǽgðer ge ðæs sélran ge þæs sǽmran, ꝥ náðor ne misfare, Angl. ix. 260, 9. Ðá hǽðengylclan ðá ðe þæt templ and þǽra goda gýmdon, ii. 482, 33. (4 a) with gen. and acc. :-- gýmð grǽdelíce his teolunge, his gafoles, his gebytlu, Hml.

scip-hláford

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Þá geseah þæs scypes hláford ꝥ Eustachies wíf swíðe fæger wæs; þá gewilnode habban . . . þá bícnode se sciphláford tó his mannum ꝥ hine (Eustachius) út sceoldon wurpan, Hml. S. 30, 169. Add

man

(pronoun.)
Grammar
man, mon; indef. pron. (originally nom. of noun mann q. v. ; cf. French on from homo).

Oneanyonetheypeople

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mæg man ( quisquam ) ingán on stranges hús, búton gebinde ǽrest ðone strangan, Mt. Kmbl. 12, 29. Worhte man hit him tó wíte, Cd. 17; Th. 21, 2; Gen. 318. Hit gedéfe biþ ðæt mon his winedryhten herge, Beo. Th. 6332; B. 3176

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ge-riht-wísian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-riht-wísian, p. ode; pp. od; v. a.

To justifyjustificare

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Ða ðe he him to clypode, ða he gerihtwísode, and ða ðe he gerihtwísode, ða he gemǽrsode those whom he called unto him he justified, and those whom he justified he glorified, Homl. Th. ii. 366, 2. synt gerihtwísode justĭfĭcāta sunt, Ps. Th. 18, 8.

hwanan

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Gif hwá befó ꝥ him losod wæs, cenne sé þe hit æt befó hwanon hit him cóme, Ll. Th. i. 288, 16: 22: 388, 21. (2 b) cf. I. 2b :-- Wundrigende ... hwonon him þá gereordo cóman, Bl. H. 153, 8. Hwanon, Solil.

CÉPAN

(v.)
Grammar
CÉPAN, to cépanne; cépte, cépton; céped, cépt; v. a. gen. acc.

To observe, keep, regard, await, desire, take, betake oneself to, meditate, bearobservare, tenere, manere, appetere, captare, se conferre, meditari, portare

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He nolde him nánes fleámes cépan he did not wish to betake himself to flight, Ælfc. T. 36, 18. Ðonne him cælþ, he cépþ him hlywþe when he is cold, he betakes himself to shelter, Hexam. 20; Norm. 28, 22.

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ge-wil

(adj.)
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. ¶ on n with gen. of person sǽde him an his gewill ondwyrdan (how he wished him to answer) þæs hiene áscade monuit quid sibi tamquam consulenti responderi velut, Ors. 3, 9; S. 126, 29.

fore-stæppan

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Hig þæne forman dæg forestæppað, Angl. viii. 330, 23. Se dæg forestóp þá niht eall oð Crístes ǽriste; ac syððan þá niht gewuldrode mid his ǽriste, heó forestóp þæne dæg, 319, 40. forestóp on heofenan ríce, Hml. Th. i. 50, 3.

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ge-lystan

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hæfde þá hwíle þe him geliste, Chr. 1046 ; P. 164, 30

husc-lic

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Take here hux-lic in Dict. and add: of material things, unseemly Gif hwá wyle wyrcan weófodsceátas Gode . . . of his ealdum cláðum, gesylle þá ealdan and geceápige níwe, ꝥ tó huxlice tó his lácum ne beón, Hml.

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mete

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Wermód drincan ǽr þon þe hié mete þicgan, 32, 1. Ne reccaþ þára metta, Bt. 25 ; F. 88, 19. sió womb weorðe mid swótlecustum mettum gefylled, Past. 311, 9. a meal, meat as in at meat Þonne hira hláf brǽcon æt mete, Shrn. 30, 8.

wíg-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-cræft, es; m.

war-craftmilitary skilla warlike arta warlike enginewarlike forcemilitary power

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him grimme forguldon ðone wígcræft ðe æt him geleornodon vincere, dum vincitur, edocuit I. 2; Swt. 30, 7. hæfde Higeláces hilde gefrunen, wlonces wígcræft (or?) Beo.