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ge-líc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-líc, [-líce?],es; n.

Likenesssimilitudesĭmĭlĭtūdo

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Likeness, similitude; sĭmĭlĭtūdo Næfdon hí máre monnum gelíces ðonne ingeþonc they had no more likeness to men than the mind, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 186; Met. 26, 93

Linked entry: líc

ám

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Aam cautere; cautere, ferrum id est haam, Txts. 47, 352. Cautere i. aam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 129, 78. Hé sceal habban . . . amb ( = ám?), Angl. ix. 263, 13. Add

wrixend-lic

(adj.)
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Mutual In þám freóndlican geflite þǽre wrixiendlicari eádmódnesse in hac mutuae humilitatis amica contentione. Gr. D. 116, 7

ymbhygdig-lic

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Mid tý þe þis wæs gehealden for þám gewunan þæs ymbhýdiglican regoles cum hoc de usu regulae sollicite (sollicitae has been read) servaretur, Gr. D. 126, 21. Add

orne

(adj.)
Grammar
orne, adj.

Unhealthy, harmful

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Unhealthy, harmful Mid Godes fultume ne wyrð him nán orne with God's help no harm will be done him. Lchdm. iii. 16, 5. Wið ornum útgange, 70, 25

Linked entry: orenum

ge-slyht

(n.)
Grammar
ge-slyht, -sleht, -sliht, es; n.

Battlefightconflict

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Battle, fight, conflict Swá he níþa gehwane genesen hæfde slíþra geslyhta so he had come safely out of every enmity, every fierce conflict, Beo. Th. 4787; B. 2398

ge-wealden

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-wealden, part.

Subjectunder the powercontrol of any oneinconsiderablesmall

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Hond biþ gelǽred wís and gewealden the hand is instructed, wise and under control, Exon. 79 a; Th. 296, 4; Cra. 46; 91 a; Th. 341, 7; Gn. Ex. 122.

spic

(n.)
Grammar
spic, es; n.

Baconlardthe fat flesh of swine the mast on which the swine were fedpopa,lardumfat of seals, whales, etc., blubberblubber, lardlard

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Ðonne hé spic behworfen hæfþ when he has attended to the bacon, L. R. S. 7; Th. i. 436, 23. Etan spice, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 111. Spic occurs in names of places where swine were fed, e. g. Holan-spic, Cod. Dip.

Linked entry: spec

dæges

(adv.)
Grammar
dæges, adv.
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Substitute: By day, during the day, day Se sunnan seáð bið dæges hát and nihtes ceald, and se mónan seáð bið nihtes hát and dæges ceald, Nar. 36, 26. Ymb his ǽ smeágende dæges and nihtes, Ps. Th. 1, 2: Bl. H. 47, 11.

a-bylg-nes

(n.)
Grammar
a-bylg-nes, æ-bylig-nes, æ-bylig-nys, -ness, e; f. [abylgan to offend]

An offencescandalangerwrathindignationoffensairaindignatio

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An offence, scandal, anger, wrath, indignation; offensa, ira, indignatio He him abylgnesse oft gefremede he had oft perpetrated offence against him, Exon. 843; Th. 317, 35; Mód. 71

fæst-gongel

(adj.)
Grammar
fæst-gongel, adj.

Firm and sure going, faithful, constant sēcūrus progressus, fĭdēlis

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Firm and sure going, faithful, constant; sēcūrus progressus, fĭdēlis Sum geþyld hafaþ,fæstgongel ferþ one has patience, a faithful soul, Exon. 79 b; Th. 298, 4; Crä. 80

friþ-candel

(n.)
Grammar
friþ-candel, e; f.

A peace-candlethe sunpācis lucernasol

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A peace-candle, the sun; pācis lucerna, sol Folca friþcandel furðum eóde the peace-candle [sun] of nations had just mounted, Cd. 118; Th. 153, 15; Gen. 2539

un-sewenlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sewenlíc, (?); adj.

Invisible

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MS. has unwénlícran, and the Latin is: Quid reliqua, quae, cum sit aspera ), Bt. 40, 2; Fox 236, 24

tídre

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tídre, <b>. II.</b> dele third passage. <b>II a.</b>
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Þone hád týdera manna infirmantium personam, Gr. D. 267, 18. Add

ǽr-ildo

(n.)
Grammar
ǽr-ildo, (?); f.

Former age

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Ǽreldo anteritus (has the glosser read anteritas?), 5, 52

cunnian

(v.)
Grammar
cunnian, p. ode, ade , ede; pp. od , ad , ed ; v. a.

to prove, try, inquire, search into, seek for, explore, examine, investigate, tempt, venture probare, tentare, explorare, requirere, experiri, periclitari with gen. To have, experience of, to make trial of periclitari, experiri

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He ðín cunnode he has proved thee, Cd. 163; Th. 204, 16; Exod. 420: Bd. 3, 2; S. 525, 15. with gen.

a-screncan

(v.)
Grammar
a-screncan, p. -screncte; pp. -screnct [a, screncan to supplant]

To supplant

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To supplant Ne eft sió þræsþing ðæs líchoman ðæt mód ne ascrence mid upahæfenesse ne aut istos afflicta caro ex elatione supplantet, Past. 43, 9; Hat. MS. 60b, 3

án-willíce

(adv.)
Grammar
án-willíce, adv.

Obstinatelystubbornlypertinaciouslypertinaciter

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Obstinately, stubbornly, pertinaciously; pertinaciter Ic tó ánwillíce winne wið ða wyrd I too pertinaciously attack fortune, Bt. 20; Fox 70, 20: Past. 7, 2; Hat. MS. 12 a, 15

fóre-þencan

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-þencan, -þencean; p. -þohte, pl. -þohton; pp. -þoht

To FORETHINKconsider beforehandpræcōgĭtārepræmĕdĭtāri

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To FORETHINK, consider beforehand; præcōgĭtāre, præmĕdĭtāri Se láreów sceal mid geornfullíce ingehygde fóreþencean the teacher must consider beforehand with careful meditation, Past. 15, 5; Hat. MS. 20 a. 1

mǽl

(n.)
Grammar
mǽl, e; f.

A speechtalkconversation

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A speech, talk, conversation Gemuna ða mǽla ðe wé oft æt meodo sprǽcon think of the talks that we oft had at table, Byrht. Th. 137, 66; By. 212