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ge-mettan

(n.)
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One that eats with another, a guest, and add Maximus gelaðede for oft þone árwurðan wer . . . ꝥ hé wǽre his gemetta; þá forhæfde hé hine ǽfre fram his gebeórscipe, cwæð ꝥ hé ne mihte his gemetta beón þe ánne cásere ofslóh and óþerne áflýmde, Hml.

be-rendan

(v.)
Grammar
be-rendan, p. de
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Nim feowertig lybcorna, berend wel and gegníd, 336, 2 : iii. 18, 29. Berende, 272, 6. Sundcorn wel berended, iii. 18, 13

tó-sceácerian

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sceácerian, p. ode
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Ðá wurdon hí ealle ðearle áfyrhte, and heora gesomnunga ealle wurdon sóna tósceácerode then (at the coming of the emperor Decius) they (the Christians) were all very frightened, and their congregations were at once scattered, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 23

Linked entry: sceácerian

ge-mǽhþ

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mǽhþ, e; f.

Greediness

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Greediness Ic wolde witan hwæðer ðín ealde gýtsung and seó gemǽhþ eallunga of ðínum móde astýfcod wére I wanted to know whether thine old covetousness and greediness were altogether eradicated from thy mind, Shrn. 184, 2

dryhten-hold

(adj.)
Grammar
dryhten-hold, adj.
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loyal to one's lord Wes drihtenhold, Gen. 2282

Linked entry: hold

á-hlýtran

(v.)
Grammar
á-hlýtran, á-hlýttrian
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to make pure Áhlýttra swíþe wel, Lch. ii. 270, 24. Áhlýttre þá buteran, 308, 28. Seáw wel áhlýtred (-ttred, v. l. ), i. 214, 19. Þý áhlýtrede elucubrate, Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 15. Ðá áhlýtredan merulenti, 79, 75: 56, 69

trahtnian

(v.)
Grammar
trahtnian, p. ode. I. trans.
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Mid were ǽwfæstum trahtna (tracta) be hálignysse, Scint. 200, 14. Nú wille be ðyssere freólstíde trahtnian, Homl. Th. i. 104, 9. woldon gefyrn trahtnian be ðam lambe, ii. 278, 11

hǽðen-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
hǽðen-scipe, es; m.
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Heathenism, paganism , forbeódaþ eornostlíce ǽlcne hǽðenscipe.

ge-tinge

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-tinge, -tingce, -tynge; adj.

Skilful with the tongueeloquent

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Wer getinge vir linguosus, Ps. Spl. C. 139, 12

tǽtan

(v.)

to gladden, make cheerful

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to gladden, make cheerful Ful oft ðæt gegongeþ, ðætte wer and wíf in woruld cennaþ bearn, and mid bleóm gyrwaþ, tennaþ and tǽtaþ ( the father and mother try to make the child joyous, to amuse it; Thorpe suggests temiaþ and tǽcaþ ), Exon.

buttuc

(n.)
Grammar
buttuc, es; m.
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Of ðám heáfdon on ðæne weg; of ðám wege on ðá buttucas; of ðám buttucon on ðone bróc, C. D. iv. 19, 32

medumlíce

(adv.)
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byddað þá bóceras þe þás þing fulfremedlíce cunnon ꝥ heom hefelíce ne þince þás þing þe medomlíce iungum cnihtum settað, Angl. viii. 321, 43.

wénan

(adj.)
Grammar
wénan, <b>. I.</b>
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(ii) phrase :-- Hé ǽfre him gehende endedæges wéne uiíe sue diem nouissimum prope esse existimet, Ll. Th. i. 374, 17 : Wlfst. 75, 9. (3b) add :-- Bútan þæs ic sódlícost wéne, þat hyt mín sceádwísnes wére, Solil. H. 3, 10.

betera

(adj.)
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Add Hé conn wel emn bión wið óðre menn, ond hine ná bettran (betran, v. l.) ne déð. Past. 113, 23. Ic me bættran hám ne wéne, Sat. 49.

hærfest-wǽta

(n.)
Grammar
hærfest-wǽta, an; m.
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Autumnal wet; humor æstatis, Ors. 3, 3; Swt. 102, 7

Linked entry: wǽta

Gild-ford

(n.)
Grammar
Gild-ford, Gyldford, Guldeford [Gild a fraternity; ford a ford: Domesd. Gilda ad vadum]

a town in Surrey, on the river Wey

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GUILDFORD, a town in Surrey, on the river Wey, Lye.

rúm-well

(adj.)
Grammar
rúm-well, ( = -full?)

spacious

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spacious Rúmwelle weg spatiosa via, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 7,13

wederung

(n.)
Grammar
wederung, e; f.

Weather

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We shul preyen . . . for alle trewe shipmen, godd ȝeue hem wederyug . . . ; for þe fruyte of þe londe and þe wederyng, E. G. 23. 18, 20. Wederynge of þe eyre temperies, Prompt. Parv. 519.]

Linked entry: wederian

un-tódǽled

(adj.)
Grammar
un-tódǽled, adj.

Undividedunseparated

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Willnade se cyning ðæt se wer him syndriglíce untódǽlede geférscipe ( individuo comitatu ) láreów wǽre, Bd. 5, 19; S. 639, 3

cnotta

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Add: a knot, fastening Hét hé þone wer gebindan and ǽnne mæssepreóst . . . mid heardum cnottum samod, Hml. S. 29, 214. Unbindan þá fæstan cnottan synna, 10, 47. Hé unhand þá rápas and þá cnottan þára bænda, Gr.