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ge-sceaft

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Hé gelógode on þǽre heofonlican gesceafte, þæt is on heofona ríce, engla weredu, Wlfst. 8, l. the internal condition, nature, constitution of an object Sió geðyld is gesett tó hierde úrre gesceafte custodem conditionis nostrae patientiam esse Dominus

ge-þeón

(v.)
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Ꝥæt se eorðlica man sceolde geþeón and geearnian mid eádmódnysse þá wununga on heofena ríce, Hml. Th. i. 12, 26. Sel ús hiora bissene giðiá da nobis eorum imitatione proficere, Rtl. 62, 16.

staþol

(n.)
Grammar
staþol, (-el, -ul), es; m.
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Ic wæs smeágende be ðære hǽlo úrra sáwla and be ðam staðole úres ríces, L. In. pref.; Th. i. 102, 8. Hé hit nyle up árǽran tó ðam staðole fulfremedes weorces ad virtutis statum consuetudo non erigitur, Past. 11; Swt. 65, 16.

þætte

(con.)
Grammar
þætte, ( = þæt þe; cf. eác wæs ðæt ðe beforan ðæm temple stód ceác, Past. 16; Swt. 105, 1, and : Ðá wæs ꝥte scyttelas wurdan tóbrocene, Blickl. Homl. 87, 5. Þætte is used in the same way as þæt, q. v.); conj.
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Æfter ðæm ðe Rómeburg getimbred wæs twá hunde wintra and IIIIX, þætte ( it came to pass, that ) Cambisis féng tó Persa ríce, Ors. 2, 5; Swt. 78, 2 : 4, 1; Swt. 154, 2. And ðæs embe fíf niht ðætte fulwiht tiid éces Drihtnes tó ús cymeþ, Menol.

wén

(n.)
Grammar
wén, e; f.
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Lind. 13, 7. hope, expectation Hié cwǽdon ðæt heó ríce ágan woldan . . . Him seó wén geleáh, Cd. Th. 4, 5; Gen. 49: 87, 10; Gen. 1446: Andr. Kmbl. 2150; An. 1076: Beo. Th. 4636; B. 2323. Ðæs ic wén hæbbe as I hope, 772; B. 383.

winter

(n.)
Grammar
winter, es; m. (in pl. a neuter form wintru occurs, as well as masculine wintras, winter: the dat. sing. wintra is a trace of earlier u
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Hé geheóld ríce fíftig wintru, Beo. Th. 4424; B. 2209. Siððan hé strýnde seofon winter suna and dohtra, Cd. Th. 69, 21; Gen. 1139. <b>II a.</b> </b> Wine fród wintres, Cd. Th. 72, 29; Gen. 1194

ge-wildan

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ge-wildan, Take here <b>ge-wyldan</b> in Dict., in which dele passage from Nar. 2, 1, and add
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. ¶ of the Harrowing of Hell :-- Se Álýsend cóm þe ðone ealdan deófol gewylde and his gecorenan tó heofenan ríce gelǽdde, Hml.

duguþ

(n.)
Grammar
duguþ, dugoþ, e; f. [dugan vălēre] .

multitude, troops, army, people, men, attendants, the nobles, nobility, the heavenly hostcōpiæ, exercĭtus, pŏpŭlus, hŏmĭnes, comĭtātus, prŏcĕres, mīlĭtia cœlestismajesty, glory, magnificence, power, virtue, excellence, ornament majestas, magnificentia, potentia, virtus, dĕcus advantage, gain, good, happiness, prosperity, riches, blessings, salvation commŏdum, lucrum, bŏnum, prospĕrĭtas, divĭtiæ, ŏpes, sălusbenefit, gift benefĭcium, mūnus, dōnum that which is seemly, suitable, seemliness dĕcōrum

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On ðære dægtíde duguþe wǽron there were riches at that time, 80; Th. l00, 5; Gen. 1659.

heofon-lic

chaste

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On ꝥ éce wuldor þæs heofenlican ríces. Bl. H. 61, 6. Mid heofonlicum þreáte háligra gásta, 95, 6. Ðone weg þe ðé gelǽt tó þǽre heofenlican byrig, Bt. 36, I; F. 172, 29. Nú míne fét gongað on heofenlicne weg (I am dying), Bl. H. 191, 21.

earm

(adj.)
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Swá feala earmra manna swá on þæs rícan neáweste and þæs welegan sweltaþ, 53, 5. Sýn wé earmum ælmesgeorne, 109, 14. Eallum gemǽne, earmum and eádigum, Hml. Th. i. 64, 32. Þǽm earmestum mannum, Bl. H. 53, 19. <b>II a.

willan

(v.)
Grammar
willan, prs. ic, hé wille, wile, ðú wilt, pl. wé willaþ ; p. wolde, walde ; part. prs. willende
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Ðá salde se here áþas ðæt hié of his ríce uuoldon, 878 ; Erl. 80, 17. Ðá woldan hié on écnesse hǽle and trume wið deófla níþum, and wundorlíce deáþ geþrowodan, Blickl. Homl. 171, 30.

Linked entries: walde fǽcan

(pronoun.)
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hé, m: heó; f: hit; n.
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Hyra ys heofonan ríce ipsorum est regnum cælorum, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 10. Hé biþ unscildig ðe hine slóh then shall he that smote him be quit, Ex. 21, 19.

Linked entries: hió heó hie hig

níd

(n.)
Grammar
níd, neád, néd, neód, niéd, nýd, es; n.: e; f.

necessityinevitablenessnecessityneedurgent requirementa necessary businessdutyneedwhat one wantsnecessityneeddifficultyhardshipdistressforcecompulsion

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Heofena ríce þolaþ neád ( vim ), Mt. Kmbl. 11, 12. Néd, Ps. Surt. 37, 13. Nýd, Ps. Spl. 37, 12. the name of the rune, ᚾ, N; hence the symbol is sometimes put instead of writing the word, Runic pm. Kmbl. 341, 8; Rún. 10 : Exon.

ge-neálǽcan

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Th. i. 134, 23. of time or events, to draw nigh Godes ríce geneálǽcð (geneólácað, L., tó gineólicað, R.), Lk. 10, ll. Hyre tóworpennes geneálǽcd (geneolécað, L., gineólicað, R.), 21, 20 : 28. Tíd geneálǽcð, 8: Mt. 26, 45.

ge-fæstnian

(v.)
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Ríce is þín rǽde gefæstnod, Ps. Th. 144, 13. Ꝥte ryhte cynedómas þurh úre folc gefæstnode and getrymede wǽron, Ll. Th. i. 102, 9. to settle, determine, fix a plan, course, &amp;c. Þá gefæstnode hé þisne rǽd wið þæt werod ...

ó-leccan

(v.)
Grammar
ó-leccan, -liccan, -læcan; p. -lecte, -lehte, -læhte.
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Hé nolde ólæcan ænigum rícan mid geswǽsum wordum, Homl. Th. ii. 514, 13. Gif ðú wille ðæt ðé monige ólæcan ðonne ólæce ðú ánum swíðe georne if you wish many to pay court to you, do you sedułously pay court to one, Prov. Kmbl. 79 : 80.

Linked entry: óliccan

gód

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Sum feóll on gód land, Mk. 4, 8. (1 c) of a place Wé on þan gódan ríce gesǽlige sǽton, Gen. 410. of non-material things Mid gefyllednesse góddere þénunge wé weorðaþ heofena ríces yrfeweardas, R. Ben. 4, 24.

(prep.)
Grammar
tó, prep. adv.
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Hé wæs bufan eallum ðǽm ðe on ðam ríce wǽron tó ðæm cyninge, 3, ii; Swt. 148, 5. Sió is mǽst tó Babilonia byrig, Nar. 33, 17. Ðú bist se ðridda man tó mé on mínum ríce, Homl. Th. ii. 436, 5, 17.

Linked entry: -anne

ceáp

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Th. i. 148, 17. what may be bought or sold, goods, chattels, stock Mid hú wáclicum wurðe Godes ríce bið geboht. ... Se ceáp ne mæg wið nánum sceatte beón geeht, Hml. Th. i. 582, 27: B. 2415.

eall

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Man árǽrde cyrcan on his ríce geond eall, 26, 85. Ofer eal gewídmǽrsude late crebresceret, An. Ox. 2584. Ofer eall, Gen. 45, 16. Hé hét geáxian ofer eall sumne drý, Hml. S. 14, 49: 23, 266.