ge-híwian
To marry
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To marry Forðæm hit is awriten ðæt hit síe betere ðæt mon gehiewige ðonne he birne, forðæm bútan synne he mæg gehíwian for it is written that it is better to marry than to burn, because a man may marry without sin, Past. 51, 9; Swt. 401, 33; Hat. MS
Linked entries: ge-híwendlic ge-hýwian híwian
eall-lencten
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The season of Lent Fram idus Septembris oð lenctenes anginne hý on án mǽl tó nónes gereorden; ofer ealllencten (eal-, v. l.) oþ Eástran hý oð ǽfen fæsten ab idibus Septembris usque ad capud quadragesime ad nonam semper reficiant; in quadragesima usque
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folc-gestealla
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cf. fyrd-gestealla) Bigstandað mé strange geneátas, þá ne willað mé æt þám stríðe geswícan . . . hié habbað mé tó hearran gecorene . . . mid swilcum mæg man rǽd geþencean, fón mid swilcum folcgesteallan (= -um ?)
hete-lic
malignant ⬩ hard ⬩ severe
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S. 18, 194. of things, hard, severe Hé mæg him wénan hetelices leánes, Wlfst, 191, 23. Hé ferde on hetelicum wintra, on swá swíðlicum cyle ꝥ sume men swulton þurh þone, Hml. S. 31, 59
wæfþ
A sight ⬩ show ⬩ spectacle
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Hwá mæg forbæran ðæt hé swylcre wæfte ne wundrige, ðætte ǽfre swylc yfel gewyrþan sceolde under ðæs ælmihtigan Godes anwealde quae fieri in regno potentis omnia Dei nemo satis potest admirari, Bt. 36, 1; Fox 172, 14
heáfod-stede
A chief place ⬩ toparchia
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Hwílum wǽran heáfodstedas and heálíce hádas micelre mǽðe wyrðe formerly the chief places and high ranks were entitled to much honour, L. Eth. vii. 3; Th. i. 330, 6
bencian
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To furnish with benches Hé mæig findan hwæt hé mæig on byrig bétan . . . betweox húsan bricgian, beóddian, bencian, Angl. ix. 262, 22
eáðelíce
Easily ⬩ făcĭle
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Easily; făcĭle Eáðelícor mæg se olfend gán þurh ánre nǽdle eáge it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, Lk. Bos. 18, 25. He sóhte hú he eáðelícost hine gesealde he sought how he might most easily betray him, 22, 6
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helpe
Help
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Hé him helpan ne mæg ǽnige gefremman he can give him no help, Beo. Th. 4888; B. 2448
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leáfa
Belief ⬩ faith
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Belief, faith Hú mæg se leáfa [other MS. geleáfa] beón forþgenge gif seó lár and ða láreówas áteoriaþ how can belief be prosperous if teaching and teachers fail, Ælfc. Gr. pref; Som. 1, 37. Leáfa fides, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 8, 10: 15, 28. Leáfo, 21, 21
húslian
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Man sceal húslian þone seócan þá hwýle hé hit for*-*swelgan mæg, and man ne sceal hit ná dón nánum sámcwyce men, for þan þe hé hit sceal etan, Ll. Th. ii. 390, 23. Gé sculon húslian þá cild bonne hí gefullode beóð, and hý Add: —
ge-þwǽre
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Manega gesceafta beóþ swá geþwǽra ꝥte nó ꝥ án ꝥ hí magon geféran beón, ac heora furþum nán búton óþrum beón ne mæg, Bt. 21; F. 74, 17.
mædere
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Mædre sandix, An. Ox. 8, 345. Mædere, wád sandix, i. iacinto, 2, 436. Wealhbasu ł mædre uermiculo, 35, 4. On længtene . . . mederan settan, línséd sáwan, Angl. ix. 262, 10. Add
for-yldan
To put off ⬩ defer ⬩ differre ⬩ sŭpersĕdēre
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To put off, defer; differre, sŭpersĕdēre Ne mæg mon foryldan ðone deóran síþ no one may put of the severe journey, Salm. Kmbl. 721; Sal. 360.
bláte
Lividly, pallidly ⬩ livide, pallide
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Ðæt fýr ne mæg foldan and merestreám bláte forbærnan the fire cannot pallidly burn up earth and sea, 20, 229; Met. 20, 115
ge-grápian
To grope ⬩ touch ⬩ palpāre
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To grope, touch; palpāre Sió gefrédnes hine mæg gegrápian the feeling may touch it, Bt. 41, 4; Fox 252, 10 : Ps. Th. 113, 15 : 134, 18. Hand hí habbaþ and híg ne gegrápíaþ mănus hăbent et non palpābunt, Ps. Lamb. second 113, 7.
sidefulness
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Mæg[þ]hádlícere sidefulnysse pudicitiae (castitatis) virginalis, 440, 65 : 447, 9. Wífmen ne beón bútan sidefulnysse. Homl. Skt. i. 13, 120
syn-wracu
The punishment of sin
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Ðære synwræce siþþan sceoldon mægð and mæcgas morþres ongyldon, 153, 27; Gú. 832. Ic ne heóld teala, ðæt mé Hǽlend mín bibeád; ic ðæs sceal geseón synwræce, 50, 2; Cri. 794
þwínan
To get less ⬩ dwindle ⬩ be reduced
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Tácn ðæt se swile þwínan ne mæg, ne út yrnan on ðære litre, 162, 3: 212, 9
for-úton
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Substitute: <b>for-útan;</b> prep. without Án speorwa on grýn ne mæg befeallan forútan his foresceáwunge (cf. bútan eówrum Fæder, Mt. 10, 29), Chr. 1067; P. 201, 25.