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bor-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
bor-líce, adv.

Eminentlyexcellentlywell

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Wolde ic ꝥ þá æþelan clericas ásceócon fram heora andgites orðance ǽlce sleacnysse, ꝥ hig þe borlícor mihton gecýðan þǽra epactena gesceád, 315, 5

ge-wyrd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wyrd, e; f.

Eventfatedestinycondition

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Event, fate, destiny, condition Ðeós æþele gewyrd this noble event [the crucifixion], Elen. Kmbl. 1291; El. 64. Sume cwǽdon ðæt se steorra his gewyrd wǽre.

Linked entry: -wyrd

hrepung

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</b> (medical) examination by feeling :-- Án æþele lǽce . . . cúðe tócnáwan, gif hé cunnode þæs mannes, be his ǽdrena hrepunge hweðer hé hraðe swulte, Hml.

weorþness

(n.)
Grammar
weorþness, e; f.
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Æþele æfter ðysse worulde wurþnysse ad saeculi hujus dignitatem nobilis, Bd. 4, 9; S. 577, 2.

ord-fruma

(n.)
Grammar
ord-fruma, an; m.

source, originauthor, source,applied to the Deitychief, head, prince

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Danaus ðæs yfeles ordfruma scelerum fabricator Danaus, Ors. 1, 8; Swt. 40, 16: Nicod. 6; Thw. 3, 14: 29; Thw. 17, 4. chief, head, prince Wæs mín fæder æþele ordfruma, Beo. Th. 531; B. 263. Daniel wæs ordfruma earmre láfe, Cd. Th. 225, 10; Dan. 152.

ge-bannan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bannan, -bonnan; p. -beónn, pl. -beónnon; pp. -bannen [ge, and bannan to summon] .

to commandorderproclaimjŭbēremandāreedīcĕreto summoncall togethercĭtareconvŏcāre

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Ðá gebeón Æðelréd ealderman alle Mercna weotan tosomne then alderman Æthelred summoned all the 'witan' of the Mercians together, Th. Diplm. 139, 1l

Linked entries: ge-beón ge-bonnan

gifl

(n.)
Grammar
gifl, giefl, gifel, gyfl, es; n.

Foodmeatpiece of food

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Húsle gereorded ðý æþelan gyfle fed with the Eucharist, with the noble food, 51 b: Th. 18o, 5; Gú. 1275. Lytlum gieflum with the little bits of meat, 88 b; Th. 332, 23; Vy. 89

Linked entry: gifla

leornere

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Ic wilnige ðætte ðeós sprǽc stigge on ðæt ingeðonc ðæs leorneres ( lectoris ), Past. 23, 17. a man of learning, a scholar Sc̃s Augustinus tíd ðæs bisceopes and þæs æþelan leorneres, Shrn. 122, 23.

wederung

(n.)
Grammar
wederung, e; f.

Weather

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Weather Ðæs ilcan geáres wæs swíðe hefelíc gear . . . swá mycel ungelimp on wæderunge swá man náht ǽþelíce geþencean ne mæg; swá stór þunring and lǽgt wes, swá ðæt hit ácwealde manige men, Chr. 1085; Erl. 219, 21.

Linked entry: wederian

setl-gang

(n.)
Grammar
setl-gang, es; m.
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Ðá se æþela glǽm setlgong sóhte, Exon Th. 178, 32; Gú. 1253. marking place, the west Be ðam wege ðe líþ tó sunnan setlgange by the road that runs to the west, Deut. 11. 30. Fram sunnan upgange óþ hire setl-gang from the east unto the west, Ps.

fæst-rǽd

Grammar
fæst-rǽd, fæst-rǽde.
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Hé cwæð mid olecunge ꝥ hí æþele cempan wǽron, and on ǽlcum gefeohte fæstrǽde him betwynan (constant to one another), Hml.

gim

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Mon sceal sécan be sǽwaroðe and be eá ófrum æþele gimmas, hwíte and reáde and híwa gehwæs, Met. 19, 22 : Bt. 32, 3; F. 118, 17. Gymmas, Coll. M. 27, 7. used of the heavenly bodies Hálge gimmas, sunne and móna, Cri. 692.

BREGO

(n.)
Grammar
BREGO, bregu, brega, breogo; indecl. m.

A leader, governor, ruler, prince, king, Lord; imperator, princeps, rex, Dominus

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Norþmanna bregu the leader of North men, Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 33; Æþelst. 33. Brego engla the ruler of angels, Cd. 9; Th. 12, 7; Gen. 181. Brege moncynnes ruler of mankind, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 86; Met. 20, 43.

Linked entries: brega bregu breogo

ge-þafa

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þafa, an; m. [geþafian to consent]

A favourersupporterhelperassenterconsenterfautoradjūtor

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Ðá næs Æðelm ná fullíce geþafa then Æthelm did not fully assent, Th. Ch. 171, 4. We sceolon beón geþafan we must necessarily be consenters, Bt. 34, 12; Fox 154, 7

Linked entries: -þafa ge-þæf

wæstm-berende

(adj.)
Grammar
wæstm-berende, adj.

Fruit-bearing, fertile, fruitful, productive,

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Ðone æþelan Albanum seó wæstmberende ( fecunda ) Bryton forþbereþ, 1, 7; S. 476, 34. Woestimberende fructiferum, Rtl. 34, 14.

lícham-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
lícham-, lícum-líc [cf. cognates under líc-hama]; adj.

Bodilycorporealmaterialcarnal

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Wæs hé líchomlícre gebyrdo æþeles cynnes erat carnis origine nobilis, Bd. 2, 7; S. 509, 15. Lícumlícre gegaderunga copulæ carnalis, 2, 9; S. 511, 1. Ealle ða líchamlícan gód biþ forcúþran ðonne ðære sáwle cræftas, Bt. 24, 3; Fox 84, 5.

týn

(v.)
Grammar
týn, p. týde, tydde (týdde?); pp. týd
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Láreów ðú æþele þeáwas tý doctor egregie mores instrue, Hymn. Surt. 106, 5.

ealu

(v.)
Grammar
ealu, (-o,-a). For 'generally indecl. in sing.' substitute: gen. ealoþ (-aþ, -eþ), alþes (Rtl.); dat. inst. ealoþ (-aþ, -eþ); acc. ealu (-o, -a); gen. pl. ealeþa,
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Æþele alu carenum, 23, 1. Gif ealo áwerd sié, Lch. ii. 142, 10. Twégen fǽtels full ealað oððe wæteres, Ors. 1, 1; S. 21, 16. Lytel níwes ealoð, Lch. i. 388, 8.

eád

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Frumbearnes riht, eád and æþéla, Exod. 339. Beorn monig seah on sync, on sylfor, on searogimmas, on eád, on ǽht, on eorcanstán, Ruin. 37. Se rinc ágeaf eorðcunde eád ( earthly possessions ), Gen. 1627

bósum

wombuter

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H. 165, 24-30 Se Hálga Gást wunode on þám æþelan innoþe and on þám betstan bósme, 105, 15. þǽre méder wæs on slǽpe ætýwed, þá heó myd þám bearne wæs, ꝥ hyre man stunge áne sýle on þone bósum Shrn. 149, 2