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þwang

(n.)
Grammar
þwang, es; m.: e; f.

A thongstrip of leather

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Ðæs ne eom ic wyrðe ðæt ic his sceóna þwanga (ðuongas, Lind.: þwongas, Rush.) búgende uncnytte cujus non sum dignus procumbens soluere corrigiam calciamentorum ejus, Mk. Skt. 1, 7

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wudian

(v.)
Grammar
wudian, p. ode

To cut wood

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Hé him bebeád ðæt hí bǽron wæter tó ðæs folces neóde and wudedon him simble decrevit eos esse in ministerio cuncti populi, caedentes ligna et aquas comportantes. Jos. 9, 27. Me mæcg on sumera wudian, Anglia ix. 261, 11

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efen-gemæcca

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Gif hié ne ongietað ðæt ðá beóð hira gelícan and hira efngemæccan on hira gecynde, ðá ðe him under*-*ðiédde beóð ðurh Godes gesceafte si eos, quos per conditionem tenent subditos, aequales sibi per naturae consortium non agnoscunt, Past. 201, 17

ge-screncan

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Gescrenc hié supplanta eos, 16, 14. Ðá ðóhtun gescrencan gongas míne, 139, 5. Ðá sáwle mid sumre leásunge gescræncan and beswícan animam ex aliqua falsitate laqueare, Gr. D. 339, 23. Ne bióð gescrencte (supplantabuntur) gongas his, Ps. Srt. 36, 31

a-pǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
a-pǽcan, p. -pǽhte; pp. -pǽht

To seducemisleadseducere

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To seduce, mislead; seducere Gif hwá óðres mannes folgere fram him apǽce si quis alius hominis pedisequam ab eo seducat, L. M. I. P. 23; Th. ii. 270, 31

inn

(adv.)
Grammar
inn, in; adv.

Inwithin

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Ðá heó ðá in tó ðære hálgan Elizabethe eode when she went in to the holy Elizabeth, 165, 28. Ðá eode Simon in tó Nerone, 175, 10. Ðá eodan hí in tó swǽsendum, Bd. 3. 14; S. 540, 31.

ed-gift

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Hé bæd ꝥ hé him geþingude wiþ Eádgife his bóca edgift requisivit ut pro eo me (Eádgifu) rogaret quatinus ei redderem libros terrarum suarum, Cht. Th. 202, 33. Cf. ǽ-gift. Add

or-wéna

(adj.)
Grammar
or-wéna, adj. with gen.
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Ic eom orwéna, ðæt. . .Cd. Th. 134, 10; Gen. 2222. Wǽron orwénan éðelrihtes, 191, 7; Exod. 211. Sindon gé firenum bifongne, feores orwénan, Exon. Th. 139, 27; Gú. 599. v. next word

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BYCGAN

(v.)
Grammar
BYCGAN, bicgan, bycgean; ic bycge, bicge, ðú bygest, he bygeþ, pl. bycgaþ, bicgaþ; p. bohte, pl. bohton; impert. byge, bige, pl. bycgaþ; pp. boht; v. a.
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Bycgaþ eów ele emite oleum vobis, Mt. Bos. 25, 9

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be-pǽcan

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Ne bepǽce hé eów mid leásum hopan, Hml. Th. i. 568, 8. Bepǽcan dissimulari, An. Ox. 5348. Þú wylt ealde witan mid þínan lote bepǽcan. Hml. S. 23, 711. Bepǽcendre gesǽlig-nesse fallentis fortunae, Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 74. Bepǽcendre inlecebroso, An.

ge-mǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mǽnan, <b>. I.</b>
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to tell, say, mention a matter Þéh eów lytles hwæt swelcra gebroca on becume, þonne gemǽnað gé hit tó (v. tó; I. 5 f I þǽm wyrrestan tídum, and magon hié hreówlíce wépan if some little of such troubles come on you, then you talk of it as the worst times

hwíl-tídum

(n.)
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A time Ic bidde eów þæt gé þises gewrites gíman and on hwíltídum hit on gemynde habban, Wlfst. 108, 17. ¶ the word occurs almost only in the dat. pl. used as an adverb.

bred

(n.)
Grammar
bred, es; pl. nom. acc. bredu; n.

A surface, plank, board, table, tabletsuperficies, tabula, tabella

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Ic bær ða stǽnenan bredu, on ðám wæs ðæt wedd, ðe Drihten wiþ eów gecwæþ acciperem tabulas lapideas, tabulas pacti, quod pepigit vobiscum Dominus, Deut. 9, 9

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gamen

amusement, mirthjest, gamegamea game, pastime

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Þæt gé eów tó gamene feónda áfillað swá fela swá gé reccað. Wlfst. 132, 20. a game, pastime Sum bið swíðsnel, hafað searolic gomen (dancing and tumbling? cf. sealting), gleódǽda gife for gumþegnum, leóht and leoðu-wác, Crä. 82.

gíming

Grammar
gíming, gímung.
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P. 293, 23. caring, being anxious Behealdað eów ðæt gé ne gehefigien eówre heortan mid monigfaldre giéminge ðisse worolde attendite ut non graventur corda vestra in curis hujus vitae Past. 129, 20

ge-býsgian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-býsgian, [or - bysgian?], -bísgian, -býsigan, -biesgian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [ge, býsgian occupare, affligere, tribulare]

To occupybusyafflicttroublevexoppressovercomeagitateweakendestroyoccupareaffligereturbarevexareopprimerecorripereconficere

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Moyses wearþ gebýsgad for heora yfelum vexatus est Moyses propter eos, Ps. Th. 105, 25 : 76, 6. Wintrum gebýsgad oppressed with years, Exon. 58 a; Th. 208, 28; Ph. 162 : 62 a; Th. 227, 25; Ph. 428.

ge-hínan

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eów gehýnde and in hæft bidráf, Gú. 569. Hwearf þá tó helle, þá hé ; gehéned wæs, Godes andsaca, Sat. 190.

ufera

(adj.)
Grammar
ufera, uferra; cpve.: ufemest; spve.

upperhigherupmosthighestlaterafter

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Gif eówre bearn eów befrínaþ eft on uferum dagum quando interrogaverint vos filii vestri cras, Jos. 4, 6. On uferan dagum, Wulfst. 88, 20: Chart. Th. 356, 7. Uferan dógrum, Beo. Th. 4407; B. 2200: 4773; B. 2392. On uferum tídum, Lchdm. iii. 438, 15.

ge-limplíce

(adv.)
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A. 129, 439. rightly, properly, in accordance with the actual state of the case Gelimplíce hé ús lǽrde and monade hú wé ús gebiddan sceoldan, and hwæðere cwæþ : 'Eówer Fæder wát hwæs eów þearf biþ ǽr gé hine biddan' quite properly he taught us and admonished

ful-georne

(adv.)
Grammar
ful-georne, full-georne; adv.

Full earnestlyvery diligentlyfull welldiligentissĭmeoptĭme

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Full earnestly, very diligently, full well; diligentissĭme, optĭme He wiste fulgeorne ðæt God hine lufode he knew full well that God loved him; qui optime nōvĕrat Dŏmĭnum esse cum eo, Gen. 39, 3

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