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ge-reclic

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-reclic, ge-reccelic; adj. That affords proof or explanation, v. ge-rec; III: or orderly, v. ge-rec, II, un-gerec
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He sceal beforan ðǽm ðearlwísan Déman mid gereclicre (ge-reccelicre) race gereccean ðæt hé ðæt ilce self dyde jbe hé ððre men lǽrde opud districtum judicem cogitur tanta in opere exsolvere, quanta eum constat aliis voce praecepisse, Past. 192, 15..

Linked entry: ge-reccelic

fore-rynel

(n.)

a harbinger

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Sé sé ðe ðone sácerdhád onféhð, hé onféhð friccan scíre and foreryneles; ðá hér iernað beforan kyningum and bodigeað hira færelt, Past. 91, 21. On þǽre cyrcan þæs hálgan forryneles and fulluhteres, Hml. S. 23 b, 505. Add

þeów-boren

(adj.)
Grammar
þeów-boren, adj.

Slave-born, ⬩ born of parents in slavery

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Slave-born, born of parents in slavery Ne sceal hé (the abbot) ðone æþelborenan settan beforan ðane þeówborenan, gif se þeówborena ǽr on ðæm mynstre wæs, bútan hé for hwylcum gesceáde hit dó non preponatur ingenuus ex servitio convertenti nisi forte

sceran

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Swá swá lamb beforan þám scyrendan hit, An. Ox. 40, 33

-worþig

(suffix)
Grammar
-worþig, <b>. I.</b>
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Add In þám worþige (platea) beforan þǽre cytan dura stódon . ii. þreátas singende, Gr. D. 285, 21. Hyra worþias wéron þes hlúttrestan goldes platea civitatis aurum mun dum, Verc. Först. 136, 6

dóm-setl

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Beforan dómsetle ante tribunal, Dóm. L. 123. Hé gearwað his dómsetl paravit in judicio sedem suam, Ps. Th. 9, 8. Tó dómsetlum ad subsellia, ad tribunal, Germ. 393, 61.

un-áþrotenlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-áþrotenlíce, adv.

Unweariedly ⬩ unceasingly

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Unweariedly, unceasingly Hí sint tó manienne ðæt hí unáðrotenlíce ða gedónan synna gelǽden beforan heora módes eágan admonendi sunt, ut incessanter admissa ante oculos reducant, Past. 53; Swt. 413, 14.

Linked entry: á-þrotenlíce

hatigend-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
hatigend-lic, adj.
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Hatigendlic (odibilis) beforan Gode and mannum ofermódignyss ( pride is hateful before God and man, Ecclus. 10, 7), 83, 1. Ic wiðsace þám hatigendlicum bígengum þe ðá Iúdéiscan healdað, Hml. S. 3, 605

un-gewiss

Grammar
un-gewiss, ignorance.
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Rómáne swíþost for þǽm besierede wǽroi þe him þæt land uncúþre wæs þonne hit Somnitum wǽre, and on ungewis on án nirewett befóran, Ors. 3, 8; S. 120, 29. Add

birhtan

(v.)

to shine

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Ox. 4203. figurative Hé beforan manna eágum swá manigum wundrum sceán and berhte, Guth. 90, 11. Se noma mid him swá lange sceán and bryhte nomen apud eos tam diu claruerat, Bd. 1, 12; Sch. 33, 3

Linked entries: beorhtan brihtan

heort-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
heort-leás, adj.

cowed

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Without courage or spirit, cowed Ic bidde, man, ꝥ þú gemune hú micel bið se bróga beforan dómsetle Drihtnes þænne, stent hé (ealra hergea mǽst.

nirwett

(n.)
Grammar
nirwett, n. (not m. )
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Add Rómáne on ungewis on án nirewett befóran, Ors. 3, 8; S. 120, 29. <b>II a.</b> a place of confinement :-- Godes Sunu wæs geléd on nearuwre binne, tó ðí þæt hé ús fram hellicum nyrwette (the prison (or (?)

slíf

(n.)
Grammar
slíf, sléf, slýf, e: slífe, an; f.

A sleeve

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Æghwelcere wunde beforan feaxe and beforan sliéfan (sléfan, MS. B.: slýfan, MS. H.) and beneoðan cneowe sio bót bið twýsceatte máre (cf. 45; Th. i. 92, 20 for this double compensation when a wound was not concealed by the hair) L.

Linked entries: slífe slýf sléf

triumpha

(n.)
Grammar
triumpha, an; m.

A triumph

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Hió nolde ðæt hié mon drife beforan ðæm triumphan, 5, 13; Swt. 246, 29. Noldán hié dón ðone triumphan beforan hiora consulum, 4, 7; Swt. 182, 1: 4, 10; Swt. 202, 24. The explanation is called forth by the passage:

ærce-biscop

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Gif mon beforan ærcebiscepe gefeohte, 70, 18. Ic geliornode æt mínum ærcebiscepe, Past. 7, 21: Chr. 601; P. 20, 21. Ercebisc̃, 625; P. 24, 5. Add

fricca

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Sé ðe ðone sácerdhád onféhð, hé onféhð friccan ( fryccean, v.l.) scíre and foreryneles ðá hér iernað beforan kyningum and bodigeaí hira færelt . . .

þearl-wís

(adj.)
Grammar
þearl-wís, adj.

Severe, ⬩ strict

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Beforan ðæm ðearlwísan déman apud districtim judicem, 16; Swt. 105, 10: Bd. 4, 25; S. 599, 36. Þearlwísere, gýmene districto regimine, Hpt. Gl. 486, 61.

smeálíce

(adv.)
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Hé nát hú smeálíce his dǽde sceolon beón gedémde beforan Godes eágum facta illius quam subtiliter judicentur ignorat, 337, 16. subtlely, craftily Oððe hé mid geámeleáste ús gebysgað, oþþe mid smeágungum smeálíce ús hremð, Hml. S. 13, 59

plegan

Grammar
plegan, [In p. 775, col. 2, l. 2 for 361, l. 391.]
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</b> add :-- Hé sang beforan þám kásere scandlicu leóþ and plegode scandlice plegan, Shrn. 121, 10. Æfter þisum forlét Apollonius þá hearpan and plegode, and fela fægera þinga forðteáh, Ap. Th. 17, 12. <b>II b.

for-

(prefix)
Grammar
for-, is used in composition in Anglo-Saxon exactly as the English for: it often deteriorates, or gives an opposite sense, or gives strength to the words before which it is placed; in which case it may be compared with Gothic fra-, Dutch and German ver- [different from the Dutch voor, and German vor]. Forbeódan to forbid; fordéman to condemn; forcúþ perverse, corrupt; fordón to destroy, to do for. — Sometimes fór denotes an increase of the signification of the word before which it is placed, and is then generally to be in English very; valde, as fó;r-eáde very easily,
  • Homl. Th. ii. 138, 35
: fór-oft very often,
  • Bd. de nat. rerum
    • ;
  • Wrt. popl. science 11, 8
    • ;
  • Lchdm. iii. 256, 16.
For- and fór-, or fóre- are often confounded, though they are very different in meaning; as forseón [Flem. versien] to overlook, despise; fór- or fóreseón [Flem. veursien] to foresee. — If a word, having for, fór or fóre prefixed, cannot be found under for-, fór- or fóre-, it must be sought under the simple term, and the sense of the preposition added; thus, fór- or fóre-sendan is from sendan to send, and fór-, fóre before, to send before, etc. [On the vowel in for, fore, see remark in the preface.]

Linked entries: -witol -wríþan stalian syngian meltan myrþrian nefa pyndan of-drincan -sáwenlic scirian seáþ setness -sewen -sewenlic -sewenlíce -sewenness síþ stregdan teón treddan trúwung weorþan manig micel nǽman neáh irman þrǽstness witig wlencan wrégan wundian wyrht brítan fær- feallan fyllan gǽgan gǽgednes trúwian þeahtung þeón þingian -wyrpness

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