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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

ge-wýscendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-wýscendlíce, adv.

By adoption

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By adoption God Fæder Ælmihtig hæfþ ǽnne Sunu gecyndelíce and menige gewíscendlíce God, the Father Almighty has one Son naturally and many by adoption, Homl. Th. i. 258, 26

Linked entry: -wýscendlíce

ge-cafstrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cafstrian, p. ode; pp. od [cæfester a halter]

To bridlerestrainfrænarerestringere

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To bridle, restrain; frænare, restringere Swelce sió geþyld hæbbe ðæt mód gecafstrod as if patience has restrained the mind, Past. 33, 4; Swt. 218, 22; Cot. MS. 42 a

Linked entry: -cafstrian

ge-cneordlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-cneordlíc, adj.

Diligent

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Diligent Swilce hí swuncon on wíngeardes biggencge mid gecneordlícere teolunge as if they had laboured in the cultivation of the vineyard with diligent tilling, Homl. Th. ii. 74, 33

ge-feaht

(n.)
Grammar
ge-feaht, es; n.

A battleprælium

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A battle; prælium Ðǽr nán hefilíc gefeaht ne wearþ there was no hard battle there, Chr. 868; Erl. 73, 26. Mycclum gefeahtum in great battles, 755; Erl. 49, 26

geó-sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
geó-sceaft, e; f.

That which has been determined of old, fate

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That which has been determined of old, fate Weras wyrd ne cúðon geósceaft grimme [MS. grimme] men knew not their destiny, their grim fate, Beo. Th. 2472; B. 1234

þræc-hwíl

(n.)
Grammar
þræc-hwíl, e; f.
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A time of suffering, a hard time Ongan ðá hreówcearig sár cwánian ... 'Ðú mec þreádes þurh sárslege ... 'Hine seó fǽmne forlét æfter þræchwíle, Exon. Th. 275, 22; Jul. 554

un-becrafod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-becrafod, adj.

Not subjected to claims

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Not subjected to claims Ðǽr se bónda sæt unbecrafod where the husband dwelt without having had any claims made upon him, L. C. S. 73; Th. i. 414, 22

Linked entries: un-crafod be-crafian

ge-rúme

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
ge-rúme, adj.
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Without the pressure of care. v. rume; III Is min mod gehǽled, hyge ymb heortan gerflnie (thought has free play round my heart), Gen. 759

gód-æpple

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Gódæppel ( the MS. has the accent ), 14, 36. Cf. cod-æppel

haswe

(adv.)
Grammar
haswe, adv.
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Greyly Ic eom wráþre þonne wermód sý [þe] hér on hyrstum heasewe (cf. wermód se hára, Lch. iii. 30, 14) stondeþ durior quam glauca absinthia campi, Rä. 41, 61

stíþ-lic

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., hard, the reverse of luxurious Eal his reáf wæs áwefen of olfendes hǽrum, his bigleofa wæs stíðlic, Hml. Th. i. 352, 6

crýpan

(v.)
Grammar
crýpan, p. crýpte; pp. crýped

To creep repere

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To creep; repere He næfþ his fóta geweald and onginþ crýpan he has not the use of his feet and begins to creep Bt. 36, 4; Fox 178, 14

a-breóðan

(v.)
Grammar
a-breóðan, p. -breáþ, pl. -bruðon; pp. -broðen

To unsettleruinfrustratedegeneratedeteriorateperderedegenerare

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Hí abruðon ða ðe he toþohte they frustrated that which he had thought of, Chr. 1004; Ing. 178, 1. Eálá ðú abroðene folc degener O populus, Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 8,10. Hic et hæc et hoc nugas ðæt is abroðen on Englisc Ælfc. Gr. 9, 25; Som. ii, 2

Linked entry: a-bruðon

Burgende

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
Burgende, gen. a; dat. um; m.
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Provence has on the north of it the mountains, which people call the Alps, and on the south of it is the Mediterranean sea, and on the north and east of it are the Burgundians, and on the west the Gasconians, Ors. l, i; Bos. 24, 2

hyge-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
hyge-leás, adj.

Thoughtlesscarelessfoolish

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Thoughtless, careless, foolish Ne geríseþ biscopum ne æt hám ne on síðe tó higeleás [iuncglíc, MS.

ge-habban

(v.)
Grammar
ge-habban, ðú -hæfst, -hafast, pl. -habbaþ; p. -hæfde; pp. -hæfed, -hæfd

To holdbe [ill]haberetenere

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To hold, be [ill]; habere, tenere Gehafa geþyld on me patientiam habe in me, Mt. Bos. 18, 26 : Exon. 105 a; Th. 398, 19; Rä. 17, 10. Ðara synna gé gihabbaþ quorum peccata retinuerites, Jn, Skt. Lind. 20, 23 : Past. 51, 9; Swt. 401, 32; Hat. MS.

Linked entry: ge-hafa