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glædlíce

(adv.)
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Add: with feelings of gladness, cheerfully, joyously Manna gehwylc tó weorðunge his Drihtne dó tó góde þæs þe hé mæge wordes and dǽde glædlíce ( hilariter ) ǽfre, Ll. Th. i. 424, 22. Wé tódǽlað þá dagas þurh seofon, and swá glædlíce wé becumað tó þám

íþe-lic

(adj.)
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íþe-lic, adj.
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easy to do Hú iéðelic bið tó forgiefenne sió geðóhte synn, Past. 419, 10. Gif ðú ne wilt ús geðafian in swá ýðelicum (ǽðelicum, v. l.) þinge (in tam facili causa ), Bd. 2, 5; Sch. 135, 3. of a material object, inconsiderable, slight, of moderate size

Linked entry: eáþe-lic

meaht-leás

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Add: weak, impotent, powerless. physically Þá fǽringa sáh hé niðer sprǽce benumen and ealre his mihte . . . hé þurh-wunode swá unspecende and mihteleás forð oð þone Ðunresdæg and þá his líf álét, Chr. 1053; P. 182, 24. Hí wǽron mid þǽre meteleáste mihtleáse

ofer-sceáwian

(v.)

to overlook, superintend

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to overlook, superintend Preóstum gedafenaþ, ðæt hí heora biscope beón eádmódlíce underþeódde, and hé hí ofersceáwige, and heora wísan begíme, swá swá his nama swégeþ: his nama is gecweden episcopus, and ofersceáwigend on Englisc, ðæt hé ofersceáwige

fót-þweál

the washing of the feet of the poor

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¶the washing of the feet of the poor, enjoined by the Church Bisceopes dægweorc ... þearfena fótþweál, Ll. Th. ii. 314, 21. Se ercediácon geáxode má crístenra manna, and hí ... mid fótðweale geneósode, Hml. Th. i. 418, 27. Sceóte man ælmessan ... hwílum

scrífan

(v.; prep.)
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scrífan, p. scráf, pl. scrifon; pp. scrifen

To decree ⬩ appoint ⬩ to decree to a person as his lot ⬩ to allot ⬩ assign ⬩ to fix as his lot for a person ⬩ to decree after judgment ⬩ to adjudge ⬩ doom ⬩ inflict ⬩ impose ⬩ pass as a sentence upon a person ⬩ to shrive ⬩ to impose penance after confession ⬩ to hear confession and then impose penance ⬩ to care for ⬩ regard

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To decree, appoint (cf. ge-scrif) Scribun promulgarunt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 117, 74. Scriben decerni, 106, 22. to decree to a person as his lot, to allot, assign Swá missenlíce Dryhten eallum dǽleþ, scyreþ and scrífeþ, Exon. Th. 331, 10; Vy. 66. Him (God)

Linked entry: be-scrifen

æþeling-hád

(n.)
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æþeling-hád, es; m.
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Princely condition Sóna swá hé tó his cynedóme gecoren wearþ, wæs swíþe gemundige his behátes þe hé on his æþelincghade Gode behét. Lch. iii. 438, 5

earfoþ-wilde

(adj.)
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earfoþ-wilde, adj.
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Hard to subdue His foregengan þe wǽron . . . on ǽnegum gewinne earfoþwylde nǽfre þisne andweald on swá micelre sibbe smyltnesse gehealdan ne mihton, Lch. iii. 436, 12

Linked entry: -wilde

wyrttún-hege

(n.)
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wyrttún-hege, es;
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m, A garden-hedge Swá ꝥ furðon þǽr án ne beláf binnon þám wyrttúnhege ut ne una quidem intra spatium horti remaneret , Gr. D. 67, 18

fǽrlíce

(adv.)
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Add: quickly, rapidly Se maessepreóst þe hé tó fundode swá fǽrlíce (cf. ardlíce, 4, 64) mid gange, Hml. S. 3, 467. Cf. fǽr-lic; II a

heáh-strǽt

(n.)
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heáh-strǽt, e; f.

High road

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High road Swá in ða heáhstrǽt so into the high road, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 167, 21. Tó ðære hǽhstrǽte to the high road, 246, 20

Linked entry: heáh-weg

hræding

(n.)
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hræding, e; f.

Hurry ⬩ haste

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Hurry, haste Be ðisum þeófum ðe man on hrædinge fúle geáxian ne mæg and man eft geáxaþ ðe hé fúl biþ concerning the thieves that are not at once found out to be guilty, and afterwards it is found on enquiry that he is guilty, L. Æðelst. v. 9; Th. i.

þafetere

(n.)
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þafetere, þafettere, es; m.
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One who agrees or consents, one who is remiss in allowing Ðý læs se ðafetere, se ðe wile forgiefan ðæt hé wrecan sceolde, tó écum wítum geteó his hiéremenn ne rector remittendo quod ferire debuit ad aeterna supplicia subditos pertrahat, Past. 20; Swt

un-cweþende

(adj.)
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un-cweþende, adj.

not having speech ⬩ not having a voice ⬩ inanimate

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not having speech Ðeáh ðe gesomnod sý eal ðætte heofon oððe hel oððe eorðe ǽfre ácende, and ánra gehwylc ge ðæra cweðendra ge ðæra uncweðendra hæbbe gyldene býman on múðe, Salm. Kmbl. p. 152, 9. not having a voice, inanimate Hweþer ðú ongite ðæt ða

wiþer-sacian

(v.)
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wiþer-sacian, p. ode.

to blaspheme ⬩ to be apostate

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to blaspheme Ðam ðe wiðersacaþ ongén háligne gást, ne bið dam forgyfen eí, qui in spiritum sanctum blasphemauerit, non remittetur, Lk. Skt. 12, 10. Swá hwylc man swá wyþersacaþ (blasphemes, v. Gospel of Nicodemus c. 4, v. 7) ðam Cásere, hé byþ deáþes

be-wrítan

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To score round Bewrít þú hý (the mandragora) wel hraþe mid íserne, þý lǽs heó þé ætfleó . . . þú hý bewrít mid íserne, and swá þú scealt onbútan hý delfan swá ðú hyre mid þám íserne ná æthríne make a score in the ground round it at once with iron, lest

fiscere

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Add: Wæs ðǽm cyninge (Xerxes) swíþe ange on his móde . . . þæt hé ofer ðá eá cuman ne mehte . . . Him þá tó cóm án fiscere and hiene ánne ofer bróhte piscatoria scapha trepidus transit, Ors. 2, 5; S. 84, 10. Wearð geworden, swá swá God wolde, fiscere

ge-leáflíce

(adv.)
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ge-leáflíce, adv.
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credibly, in a manner that commands or allows belief Hí heofenan ríce mid Hǽlende ástigon swá swá wíse láreówas geleáflíce secgað ( as we are credibly informed by learned doctors ), Hml. Th. ii. 258, 29. Ús is tó witonne þætte ꝥ wæs geleáflíce gestihtod

ge-rihtreccan

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ge-rihtreccan, Substitute: To shew rightly, demonstrate, v. reccan; III. 6
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Ic þé meg secgan þæt ic eom seó gesceádwísnes ðínes módes, þe ðé wið sprecð, and ic eom seó racu ðe mé onhagað ðé tó gerihtreccenne (the demonstration that it is in my power to give you), ðæt þú gesyhst myd ðínes módes eágan God swá sweotole swá þú nú

ge-wand

(n.)
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ge-wand, es; n.
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a turning aside, shrinking, hesitation Hé Godes þá gecorenan búton gewande getúcude eall swá hé wolde, Hml. S. 23, 15. Hí búton gewande sóna in tó þám ciningce eódon, 142. Ic eów bidde ꝥ gé búton gewande dón swá ic eów bebeode, 161. fear of a person