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ge-stælan

Grammar
ge-stælan, l. -stǽlan, dele first passage, in last for leágung l. leásung, and add: to bring home to a person a charge, liability, &c., to prove something to have been committed by, or
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to be due from, a person Gif mon on folces gemóte cyninges geréfan geyppe eofot (þeófðe, v.l.), and his eft geswícan wille, gestǽle on ryhtran hand ( let him make the charge good upon one who more justly may be charged; pertrahat hoc ad rectiorem manum

dál

(n.)
Grammar
dál, es; n.

A division, allotment, portion, DOLE discrimen, divisio, portio

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Swá beóþ mód-sefan dálum gedǽled, sindon dryht-guman ungelíce dispositions are distributed by parts, while people are unlike, 83 b; Th. 314, 29-32; Mód. 21-23

ge-hwyrftnian

(v.)

to tear

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brings its hungry whelps something to eat, then they show in that food which of them can tear it most, Ors. 3, 11; Bos. 71, 39, note

deóp-líce

(adv.)
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M. 33, 11. in other connexions Hí Godes þeówas deóplíce griðe*-*dan they most effectually protected God's servants, Ll. Th. i. 334, 24. tó ðám écan lífe ðe hé deóplíce geearnode to the eternal life that he most thoroughly deserved, Hml.

ǽr-fæstnys

(n.)
Grammar
ǽr-fæstnys, -nyss, e ; f.

Honestygoodnesspietypietas

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Honesty, goodness, piety; pietas Aidanus wæs mycelre ǽrfæstnysse and gemetfæstnysse mon Aidan was a man of much piety and moderation, Bd. 3, 3; S. 525, 31

dyd

(n.)
Grammar
dyd, e; f.

A deed actum

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A deed; actum Se consul [Fauius] gedyde ða bysmerlícestan dyde the consul [Fabius] did the most disgraceful deed, Ors. 5, 2. Barrington, A.D. 1773, 180, 15

lytel-hygdig-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
lytel-hygdig-, , hýdig; adj.

Small-mindedpusillanimous

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Small-minded, pusillanimous Mon ðæs lytelhýdig ne ðæs læthýdig no man of mind so small and so sluggish, Exon. 78 b; Th. 294, 4; Crä. 10

næsse

(n.)
Grammar
næsse, an; f.

A headlandpromontorycape

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A headland, promontory, cape Óþ ða norþmestan næssan on eorþan to the most northerly cape on earth, Met. 9, 43. Næssun (-an ?) litora, Germ. 400, 488

earfoþ-sǽlig

(adj.)
Grammar
earfoþ-sǽlig, adj.

Unblessedinfēlix

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Unblessed; infēlix Ne biþ ǽnig ðæsearfoþsǽlig mon on moldan there is not any man on earth so unblessed, Exon. 78 b; Th. 294, 1; Crä. 8

Linked entry: sǽlig

god-wrecnis

(n.)
Grammar
god-wrecnis, -niss, e; f.
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Wickedness, impiety Hefig mán is and godwrecnis ðæt mon hine menge mid his steópméder cum noverca miscere grave est facinus, Bd. 1, 27; S. 491, 10

Linked entry: -wrecness

blód-wanian

(v.)
Grammar
blód-wanian, p. ode; pp. od

To diminish bloodsanguinem minuere

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[wanian to diminish] To diminish blood; sanguinem minuere Nys ná gód móna blódwanian it is not a good moon for diminishing blood, Lchdm. iii. 184, 16

geóguþ-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
geóguþ-líc, adj.

Youthlike, youthfuljŭvānīlis

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Youthlike, youthful; jŭvānīlis Ic ne wæs mín mód fullfremedlíce bewerigende ðám geóguþlícum unalýfednessum non anĭmum perfecte a jŭvĕnĭlĭbus cohĭbens inlĕcebris, Bd. 5, 6; S. 618, 39

stǽning

(n.)
Grammar
stǽning, e; f.
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stoning, casting of stones Saulus heora mód tó ðære stǽninge geornlíce tihte, Homl. Th. i. 50, 30: ii. 236, 29: Shrn. 32, 1. ornamenting with stones

eár-slege

(n.)
Grammar
eár-slege, es; m.
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Gif him mon ásleá óðer eáre of, geselle .xxx. sciłł. tó bóte, Ll. Th. i. 92, 21

ofer-þeccan

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Seó líchamlice lustfulnes ꝥ mód mid þeóstrum oferþeceþ carnalis delectatio mentem obscurat, Gr. D. 323, 9. Þú oferþece (cooperies) hine mid hǽran, Chrd. 37, 12. Add

wæl-grǽdig

(adj.)
Grammar
wæl-grǽdig, adj.

Greedy for the slain

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Greedy for the slain (an epithet of cannibals) Hæfdon hié áwriten wælgrǽdige wera endestæf, hwænne hié tó móse meteþearfendum weorðan sceoldon, Andr. Kmbl. 269; An. 135

Linked entry: wæl-gífre

gagolbǽr-nes

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Sé ðe eall his mód bið áflogen tó gæglbǽrnesse qui totis cogitationibus ad lasciviam defluens, Past. 73, 11. Add

Linked entry: gagol-bǽre

full-gán

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Hió hyre firenluste fulgán ne móste bútan manna bysmrunge, Ors. 1, 2; S. 30, 33.

a-sterian

(v.)
Grammar
a-sterian, p. ede; pp. ed

To agitatestirmovecommoveremovere

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To agitate, stir, move; commovere, movere He astereþ ðone ródor and ða tungla it moves the sky and the stars, Bt. 39, 8; Fox 224, 6, note

Linked entry: astered

byrig

(n.)
Grammar
byrig, es; n.
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A mulberry-tree; morus He ofslóh byrig heora on hagule occidit moros eorum in pruina, Ps. Spl. 77, 52: L. M. 2, 53; Lchdm. ii. 274, 17