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a-licgan

(v.)
Grammar
a-licgan, -licgean; p. -læg, pl. -lǽgon; pp. -legen

To liefailconfineperishjacereconquiesceredeficereaboleri

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To lie, fail, confine, perish; jacere, conquiescere, deficere, aboleri Nú sceal eall éðelwyn alicgean now all joy of country shall fail, Beo. Th. 5764; B. 2886. His dóm alæg its power failed, Beo. Th. 3061; B. 1528

Linked entry: a-legen

eltst

(adj.)

eldest nātu maxímus

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Th. i. 24, 7, = yldest; sup. of eald

earfoþ-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
earfoþ-líc, adj.

Irksomelaboriōsus

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Irksome; laboriōsus Eall is earfoþlíc eorþan ríce the realm of earth is all irksome, Exon. 78 a; Th. 292, 28; Wand. 106. Gif eów ǽnig þing þince earfoþlíce si diffĭcĭle vōbis vīsum ălĭquid fuĕrit, Deut. 1, 17

un-hár

(adj.)
Grammar
un-hár, adj.

Very grey

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Very grey (un- seems to have here the unusual force of an intensive) Hróðgár, eald and unhár (cf. the epithets elsewhere applied to him, gamolfeax, 1220; B. 608: blondenfeax, 3586; B. 1791), Beo. Th. 719; B. 357

Linked entry: un-

un-wynsumness

(n.)
Grammar
un-wynsumness, e; f.

Unpleasantness

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Unpleasantness Se stenc wearð áwend tó wynsumum brǽðe, and eall seó unwynsumnyss him weard tó blysse, Homl. Skt. i. 4, 215. Se mann gewyrðeþ tóswollen and tó stence áwended mid unwynsumnysse, Basil admn. 8; Norm. 50; 23

Linked entry: wynsumness

ge-edniwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-edniwian, -edneowian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To restorerenewrenovatechangerestĭtuĕrerenŏvāreinnŏvāre

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To restore, renew, renovate, change; restĭtuĕre, renŏvāre, innŏvāre Helias geedniwaþ ealle þing Elias restĭtuet omnia, Mt. Bos. 17, 11 : Mk. Bos. 9, 12. Geedniwod eald hrægel renovāta antīqua vestis, Ælfc. Gl. 63; Som. 68, 105.

stǽr

(n.)
Grammar
stǽr, stér, steór, es; n.
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A history; historia Tó eallum ðe ðis ylce stǽr becyme úres cynnes tó rǽdanne omnes ad quos haec eadem historia pervenire poterit nostrae nationis legentes, Bd. pref.; S. 472, 33. Ðæt getæl ðæs hálgan stǽres and spelles ...

ymb-habban

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-habban, p. -hæfde.
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Seó séleste gesǽlþ ðe ða óþra gesǽljia ealle oninnan him gegaderaþ and hí útan ymbhæfþ, Bt. 24, I ; Fox 80, 21

ge-lang

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Bið æt Gode ánum gelang eal, hwæt wé gefaran scylon, Wlfst. 122, 8. Is seó bót gelong eal æt þé ánum, Cri. 152.

land-ríce

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Wé Darium oferswýðdon and ús in onweald geslógon eal his londríce Dario superato acceptaque in conditiones omni eius regione Nar. 3, 23. Add

ǽðan

(v.)

To overflowdelugelay waste

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To overflow, deluge, lay waste Cwæþ ðæt he wolde eall á ǽðan ðæt on eorþan wæs said that he would for ever lay waste all that was on the earth. Cd. 64; Th. 77, 24; Gen. 1280

Linked entry: áǽðan

éðan

(v.)
Grammar
éðan, p. de ; pp. ed

To overflow, lay waste vastāre

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To overflow, lay waste; vastāre Ðá eácéðan gefrægn eald-feónda cyn win-burh wera then also I heard that the tribe of ancient foes laid waste the people's beloved city, Cd. 174; Th. 219, 19; Dan. 57

Linked entry: ǽðan

rúnung

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Add: secret talking Hí ( the guards of Christ's sepulchre) námon þone sceatt and swáþeáh múþetton and on synderlicum rúnungum þæt riht eall rǽddon (in secret talks apart they supposed what the truth was ), Hml. A. 79, 161

sliht

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Add 'Eall ꝥ folc þe þú þǽr finde, sleh mid sweorde . . . Æfter þám ilcan slehte (slyhte, v. l. caedem) . . . Þá þe ǽr flugon þone sleht, Gr. D. 198, 6-18

gafeluc

Grammar
gafeluc, Add
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Hí scuton mid gafelucum ... oð ꝥ hé eall wæs beset mid heora scotungum swilce igles byrsta, Hml. S. 32, 116

tó-dreósan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-dreósan, p. -dreás; pl. -druron; pp. -droren

To fall to pieces, fall away, decay

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To fall to pieces, fall away, decay Ðæt goldgeweorc eall tódreás, swá swá weax gemylt æt fýre, Shrn. 156, 15. He schal todreosen so lef on bouh, Misc. 94, 48. Alle þe bones beoþ todrore, 152, 182

Linked entries: dreósan tó-feallan

glædnes

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Hí gesíðodon tó Críste . . . fram eallum costnungum tó ealre glædnysse from all temptations to joy, Hml. A. 26, 42. Mið ege and mið micle glædnise, Mt. L. 28, 8. Fore gladnise prae gaudio, 13, 44. Unródtnis iúero gecerred bið in glædnise, Jn.

ge-tucian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tucian, to torment, ge-tucian to adorn. Substitute: ge-túcian; p. ode.
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Hé Godes þá gecorenan wítnode and hí on yrmðum getintregode, and hí buton gewande getúcude ( the MS. has the accent ) eall swá hé wolde, Hml. S. 23, 15. Man hí tó eallre yrmðe getúcode, and heora lima man ealle tóbrǽd ǽlc fram óðrum, 71

CILD

(n.)
Grammar
CILD, cildes, cild, sometimes cildru, cildra ; n.

A CHILD, infantinfans, puer

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Eálá cild, hú eów lícaþ ðeós spæc O pueri, quomodo vobis placet ista locutio? Col. Monast. Th. 32, 7. Eálá ge cildra O pueri, 35, 33. Mid cilde beón, weorþan, or wesan to be with child, Bd. Whelc. 487, 22

Linked entry: cyld

ge-ícan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ícan, -ícean, -ýcan, -iécan; p. -ícte, -íhton; pp. -íced, -íct

To ekeincreaseaddenlargeaugereextendere

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Eall geíceaþ increase all things, 74; Th. 91, 18; Gen. 1514. Ofer eall ðæt geícte adjecit hoc supra omnia, Lk. Bos. 3, 20. Æðelinga rím feorum geícte he increased the number of men with lives, 58; Th. 70, 33; Gen. 1162.

Linked entries: ge-ýcan ge-écan