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ge-metlǽcan

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For the passage substitute Ðeáh nú ofer úre mǽð ðencen and smeágen, ðæt we dooð for Gode; ðonne hit eft gemetlæcað, ðonne dóð ðæt for eów sive mente excedimus, Deo; sive sobrii sumus, vobis, Past. 101, 12

wénan

(adj.)
Grammar
wénan, <b>. I.</b>
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(ii) phrase :-- Hé ǽfre him gehende endedæges wéne uiíe sue diem nouissimum prope esse existimet, Ll. Th. i. 374, 17 : Wlfst. 75, 9. (3b) add :-- Bútan þæs ic sódlícost wéne, þat hyt mín sceádwísnes wére, Solil. H. 3, 10.

wǽcan

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Mid miclum sáre wéht (wǽced, v.l.) tanto adfectus dolore, Bd. 4, ll ; Sch. 405, 15. Deáþe beóé wǽcede morte afficimur, Ps. Rdr. 43, 22.

for-gildan

(v.)

to pay backrestorepay damagesto pay forbuy offto repaypay outrequiteto payperform

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Forgylde hine .XI. síðan, 366, 20. the object a misdeed Sceolan mid úre ánre sáule forgyldan and gebétan ealle þá þing þe ǽr ofor his bebod gedydon, Bl.

ge-hildelic

(adj.)
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ge-hildelic, adj.
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Safe (cf. ge-hild; ) Se weg is mycele gesund-licra, and ꝥ is myccle gehyldelicre líf tutior est; via . Gr. D. 348, 10

on-cunness

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on-cunness, accusation.
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Ðá werian gástas mid gelómlicum oncunnissum (crebris accusationibus) tiledon, ꝥ hí him ðone heofonlican weg forsetton, Bd. 3, 19 ; Sch. 278, 8. Add

cwic

(adj.)
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On þám tíman ðe Eádwerd cing wes cucu and deád after King Edward&#39;s lifetime, C.D. iv. 233, 5: 13. Add

wíf-leást

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-leást, e; f.

Lack of women

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Lack of women Menn hæfdon on frymðe heora mágan tó wífe, and swá wel mósten for ðære wífleáste, Homl. Skt. i. 10, 216

áþ-gehát

(n.)
Grammar
áþ-gehát, áþe-gehát, es; n. [áþ an oath, gehát a promise]

A promise on oathsacred pledgean oathsacramentum

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A promise on oath, sacred pledge, an oath; sacramentum Áþ-wed vel áþe-gehát sacramentum, Ælfc. Gl.13 ; Som. 57, 119 ; Wrt. Voc. 20, 56

Linked entries: áþe-gehát áþ-wed

mód-swíð

(adj.)
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mód-swíð, adj.

Strong of mind or soul

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Strong of mind or soul Wec ðú in mé módswíðne geþanc crea in me spiritum rectum, Ps. C. 50, 89; Ps. Grn. ii. 278, 89

wullian

(v.)
Grammar
wullian, p. ode

To wipe with wool

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To wipe with wool Wið scurfum; rammes smeoru; and meng ðǽrtó sót and sealt and sand, and hyt wulla on weg, Lchdm. i. 356, 24

mundbyrdan

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Add: to defend, protect Hit gelamp ꝥ se hálga wer mundbyrde his ágene þegnas (bewerede his gingran, v. l. discipulos defendit ), Gr. D. 43, 13

bútú

(pronoun.)
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bútú, [bú = bá both, tú = twá two]
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Wit him bútú sprecaþ we both [lit. we two both] speak to him, Cd. 27; Th. 36, 20; Gen. 574: 39; Th. 52, 4; Gen. 838: 40; Th. 52, 22; Gen. 847. Ðǽr hie sǽton bútú where they both [lit. they two both] sat, 133; Th. 168, 8; Gen. 2779

Linked entries: bútá búte

hel-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
hel-líc, adj.

Hellishinfernal

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wǽron mid eallum úrum fæderum on ðære hellícan deópnysse we were with all our fathers in the deep of hell, Nicod. 24; Thw. 12, 19. Ða hellícan fýnd the fiends of hell, Homl. Th. i. 380, 27

Linked entry: helle-líc

réce-leás

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Bútan geþylde and þeáwfæstnysse yrsiað . . . and lythwón þencað hú sceolon æt Gode miltsunge begitan nú swá réceleáse syndon and swá réþe ús betwýnan, Hml. S. 28, 141. Add

á-helpan

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sié áholpeno foveamur , Rtl. 30, 29. sié áholpen adjuvemur , 46, 28. Add

ende-byrdlíce

(adv.)
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Sió godcunde foreteohhung welt ǽlces þinges endebyrdlíce, 39, 6; F. 220, 17. sprecað be ðǽre heofonlican cwéne endebyrdlíce æfter wífháde we are quite in order in speaking of the heavenly queen as if she were woman, Hml. Th. i. 546, 14.

réceleást

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Ðonne hwæthwugu steórweorðes ongietað . . . and gebǽrað for úre réceliésðe (reccelíste, v. l.) swelce hit nyten cum cogitationes nostrae ea, quae . . . arguenda cognoscunt, pigredine deprimente dissimulant, Past. 195, 4. Add

ár-weorþ

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ár-weorþ, -wierþe (u, y).
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Se árwierþa (-wurþa, v. l. ) wer, Chr. 716; P. 42, 14. Swíð árwyrðe wer, 1052; P. 173, 17: Bl. H. 209, 15. Þæt árwyrðe weófod, 207, 15. Móder árwyrðe mater honorificata, Rtl. 45, 25: veneranda, 66, 21.

lim-nacod

(adj.)
Grammar
lim-nacod, adj.

naked

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With uncovered limbs, naked Se eádega wer [Noah ] him selfa sceáf reáf of líce; læg ðú limnacod, Cd. 76; Th. 94, 23; Gen. 1566