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eáþmédlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
eáþmédlíce, adv.
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With humility, humbly Hé eal ꝥ se ar̃b. at him crafede eádmédlíce gefylde, Chr. 1070; P. 206, 17

be-hwilfan

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Eal middangeard mid gestreónum þe heofon behwylfeð (behweolfeð, Sal. K. p. 86, 3), Verc. Först. 76, 8. Add

earme

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Judas wæs on ðǽra twelf apostola rím geteald ǽr hé hine sylfne swíðe earme and unlǽdlíce of ðǽre gemánan ealra Godes gecorenra ádwǽscte and ádílgode, Hml. A. 153, 48. Add

á-cweccan

(v.)

To quiver

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Eall ðæs scipes fæt wæs ácweht (quassatum), Gr. D. 248, 25. intrans. To quiver Hé hine sylfne hetelíce ðýde, ðæt him on ácwehte, Hml. Th. i. 88, 10

saltere

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Add Eálá þú psaltere (psalterium) and hearpe, Ps. L. 56, 9. <b>II b.</b> add :-- This syndon thá cyrican mádmas on Scírburnan. Thǽr synd twá Crístes béc . . . i. mæssebóc and i ymener and i salter, C. D. B. iii. 660, 32.

geap

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geap, geáp, geápes.
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Gép (astutus ) ealle déð mid geþeahte, 199, 10. Mann gép ( uersuttis ) bedíglað ingehýd, 94, 17. Án fox þe is geápest ealra deóra, Shrn. 14, 19. Sé þincð nú wærrest and geápest þe óðerne mæig beswícan, 17, 23

ge-metlíce

(adv.)
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Hé beór ne drince, and gemetlíce wín and eala, Lch. ii. 88, ii. Ne gémdon hié nánes fyrenlustes, búton swíþe gemetlíce þá gecynd beeódan ; ealne weg hí ǽton ǽne on dæg Bt. 15 ; F. 48, 7.

be-hýpan

(v.)
Grammar
be-hýpan, p. -hýpte; pp. -hýped [hýpe a heap]

To heap or cover over ⬩ surround ⬩ encompass ⬩ contegere ⬩ circumsepire ⬩ circumdare

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To heap or cover over, surround, encompass; contegere, circumsepire, circumdare He wæs mid wǽpnum and mid feóndum eall útan behýped cum armis et hostibus circumseptus erat Bd. 3, 12; S. 537, 28

feðer-scette

(adj.)
Grammar
feðer-scette, adj.

Four-cornered ⬩ quadrangŭlāris ⬩ in quătuor plăgas porrectus

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Four-cornered; quadrangŭlāris, in quătuor plăgas porrectus Eall ðeós leóhte gesceaft, feðerscette, full fyrngestreóna all this bright creation, four-cornered, full of ancient treasures, Salm. Kmbl. 63, MS. B; Sal. 32, note

of-wundrod

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Þá cwæð eall seó meniu þe ðǽr mid stód ofwundrod, Hml. S. 12, 228. Dionysius þá áxode þone ǽrendracan ofwundrod, 'Eart þú, lá, se blinda þe swá geboren wǽre?', 29, 64. Add

offrung

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</b> the bread and wine offered in the Eucharistic service :-- Gyf þú offrunga habban wille, þonne wege þú þín reáf and hefe úp þíne twá handa, Tech. ii. 120, 3. v. ǽfen- (Chrd. 30, 21), eall-, ídelgild-offrung

gang-dagas

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gang-dagas, Add:

days on which processions were made during which prayers for peace and prosperity were recited.

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Se móna on gangdagum ne mæg beón iungra þonne án and twéntig uihta eald, ne yldra þonne nigon and xxtig, Angl. viii. 324, 35. Geseah hé swýþe mycele weorud swylce on gangdagan. Vis. Lfc. 11.

hríþer

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Án ald hríðr, 312, 7. .i. eald hríðer, 297, 1. Tú hriéðeru, óðer sealt, óðer fersc, v. 164, 29. Hríðero armenta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 80, 16. Hríþeru, An. Ox. 2448. Hruþeru, 2, 86. Tú eald hríðeru (.ii. ealde hrýðeru, v. l. ), Ll. Th. i. 146, 18.

trum-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
trum-líc, adj.

firm ⬩ strong ⬩ stable ⬩ of material things ⬩ hortatory ⬩ of exhortation

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Columnan swíde trumlice and fæste colmnnae solidae, 4, 21. of non-material things Seó ealde gesetness ys eall swá trumlíc, swá swá se Hǽlend sǽde on his hálgan godspelle, Jud. 15; Thw. 159, 29. Kyne-wyrðe rǽd and trumlíc, Anglia viii. 308, 33.

flex

(n.)
Grammar
flex, es; n.

Flax ⬩ līnum

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Eall hira flex and hira bernas wǽron fordóne linum et hordeum læsum est, Ex. 9, 31

land-efne

(n.)
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land-efne, es; n.
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Amount of landed property Se cyng lét tóscyfton þone here geond eall þis land tó his mannon, and hí fǽddon þone here ǽlc be his landefne, Chr. 1085 ; P. 216, 3

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gild-scipe

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Gif hwilc gilda forþfære, gebrynge hine eal se gildscipe þǽr hé tó; wilnie . . . Wrece eal gildscipe þone gildan, 611, 2, 25. Of Alwines gildscipe . . . Of þám gildscipe on Lége, 610, I. 9. Add

un-wrenc

(n.)
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un-wrenc, es; m.

an evil trick ⬩ a malicious wile ⬩ a wicked artifice ⬩ an evil practice ⬩ a vice

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Hé (Antichrist) bið eal unwrenca full, Wulfst. 97, 16. Mid ðám unwrencan bið Antecrist eal áfylled, 54, 15. an evil practice, a vice For ðæm unwrence ðære ungeðylde per impatientiae vitium, Past. 33; Swt. 215, 19

brǽd

(n.)

flesh

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flesh Þonne (after the burning) brǽd weorþeð eal edníwe eft ácenned inde reformatur qualis fuit ante figura, Ph. 240

tó-seóðan

(v.)
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tó-seóðan, p. -seáð ; pp. -soden

To boil to pieces

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To boil to pieces Seóð on cetele and wylle óþ ðæt hió sié eal tósoden, Lchdm. ii. 230, 8