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ge-dreósan

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Scúrbeorge gedrorene, 5. to fall, perish. of persons, to die Mægen eall gedreás, þá hé gedrencte dugoð Egypta, Exod. 499. of material things Mín líchoma gedreósan sceal, swá þeós eorðe eall, Gú. 343.

hlútor-ness

sinceritysimplicity

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sincerity, simplicity Micle swýðor is tó hál-sienne ealra gesceafta Drihten mid ealre eáðmódnesse and mid ealre underþeódnesse and módes hlútternesse (cum omni humilitate et puritatis devolione) . . .

sceard

(n.)
Grammar
sceard, es ; n.

A gap,notch

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A gap,notch Dó of ðam feórþan deále eall ðæt seó sǽ his ofseten hæfþ and eall ða sceard ðe heó him on genumen hæfþ subtract from this fourth part (of the earth) all of it that the sea has covered, and all the gaps (bays and creeks) it has taken ; huic

singal-flówende

(adj.)
Grammar
singal-flówende, adj. (ptcpl.)
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Continually flowing Singalflówende fluvius, Wrt. Voc. i. 54, 18

Þú

(pronoun.)
Grammar
Þú, pers. pron.

Thou

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Eálá þú Hǽlend þurh þíne þrowunga þe þú getuge tó þé ealle ða sáwla, H. R. 15, 3

Linked entries: þec þeh þistel

án-genga

(n.)
Grammar
án-genga, -gengea, an; m. [án unus, solus; gengan ire]

A lone-goera solitarysolivagussolitarius

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A lone-goer, a solitary; solivagus, solitarius Blódig wæl eteþ ángenga the lone-goer will eat my bloody corpse, Beo. Th. 902; B. 449. Fela fyrena atol ángengea oft gefremede many crimes the foul solitary oft perpetrated, 332; B. 165

earendel

(n.)
Grammar
earendel, earendil, es; m?

A shining light, rayjŭbar

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Eálá earendel! engla beorhtast! ofer middangeard monnum sended O ray! brightest of angels! sent to men over mid-earth, Exon. 9 b; Th. 7, 20; Cri. 104

Linked entry: eorendel

geópan

(v.)
Grammar
geópan, ic geópe, ðú gýpst, he gýpþ, pl. geópaþ; p. geáp, pl. gupon; pp. gopen

To take up, take to oneself, receiveaccĭpĕre

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To take up, take to oneself, receive; accĭpĕre Óþ-ðæt ic spǽte eal-felo áttor, ðæt ic ǽr geáp until I spit the very baleful venom which I took up before, Exon. 106 b; Th. 405, 29; Rä. 24, 9

ge-híwodlíce

(adv.)
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ge-híwodlíce, adv.
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Hí magon eác sume beón geðeódde datiuo gehíwodlíce : amicus illi est hé is him freónd . . . Sume nimað accussatiuum gehíwodlíce: exosus bella onscuniende gefeoht, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 250, 13-251, 1

Linked entry: -híwodlíce

ge-scildend

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Add: a defender, saviour Þú eart mín friðiend and mín gefultumend and mín gescyldend adjutor meus et liberator meus es tu, Ps. Th. 39, 21. Gescyldend ultorem, Ps. Spl. 8, 3: defensorem, Ps. Rdr. 8, 3. Gescyldendas protectores, p. 291, 38

hosp-word

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'Wé oncnáwað þæt þú eart wód,' Hml. Th. ii. 232, 16. Add

Carendre

(n.)
Grammar
Carendre, an; f, A province of Germany, now the duchy of
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Be eástan Carendran is Pulgara land to the east of Carinthia is the country of the Bulgarians, 1, 1; Bos. 19, 1

eorþ-cyning

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-cyning, es; m. [cyning a king]

An earthly king, king of the land terræ rex

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He eorþcyningas yrmde and cwelmde he oppressed and slew the kings of the earth, Bt. Met. Fox 9, 93; Met. 9, 47: Ps. Th. 88, 24

ufenan

(prep.; adv.)

From aboveAbovebesides

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Above, besides Ufenan eall ðis insuper, Dom. L. 10, 144: 18, 271. Ufenon eal ðis, 14, 212. Hé ða bóc hire tó lét..., and ufenan ðæt hire áð sealde, Chart.

hwílwend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
hwílwend-líc, adj.

Temporary

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Nalæs ðæt án ðæt hé hí fram yrmþum écre niðerunge ac swylce eác fram ðam mánfullan wæle hwílwendlícre forwyrde generede non solum eam ab ærumna perpetuæ damnationis, verum et a clade infanda temporalis interitus eripuit, Bd. 4, 13; S. 582, 27.

Linked entry: hwílend-líc

wearm

(adj.)
Grammar
wearm, adj.

Warm

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Ða sceolon beón wearme offerrent eam calidam, Lev. 6, 21. Wearme wederdagas, Exon. Th. 191, 30; Az. 96. Sumor æfter cymeþ, wearm gewideru, Met. 11, 61. Wearme gewyderu, Menol. Fox 177; Men. 90

ge-dréfnes

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Add: in a physical sense, disturbance, tempest On þǽre hreóhnesse, gedréfnesse ea tempestate, i. ea turbine, An. Ox. 2420. disturbance of mind, perturbation, confusion Bið se módsefa gebunden mid gedréfnesse, Met. 5, 40. Gedrǽfnesse, 22, 61.

Linked entry: ge-drǽfnes

a-sæcgan

(v.)
Grammar
a-sæcgan, p. -sægde, -sǽde; pp. -sægd, -sǽd

To speak outrelatetellsayexpressexplainannounceproclaimedicereeffariexprimerereferreenarrareannunciare

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To speak out, relate, tell, say, express, explain, announce, proclaim; edicere, effari, exprimere, referre, enarrare, annunciare Ne mǽge we nǽfre asæcgan, hú ðú æðele eart, éce Drihten we may never express, how excellent thou art, everlasting Lord, Hy

mǽrsung-tíma

(n.)
Grammar
mǽrsung-tíma, an; m.

A time of celebration or glorification

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A time of celebration or glorification Ðá wæs his mǽrsungtíma, ðæt se Fæder hine mǽrsode swá ðæt hé hine sette tó his swíðran on heofenan ríce, and him forgeaf andweald on heofenan and on eorþan, and eác ofer hellwarum, Homl. Th. ii. 360, 25

ge-sewenlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-sewenlíc, adj.

Visible

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Visible Ðíne gesceafta gesewenlíce and eác ungesewenlíce thy creatures visible and also invisible, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 128, 5: Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 1, 12; Lchdm. iii. 232, 14: Bt. Met. Fox 20, 13; Met. 20, 7: 253; Met. 20, 127