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willa

Grammar
willa, will.
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Add Gyf mon méte ꝥ hé feala spera geseó ætsamne, þonne byð ꝥ þæt hé on his feóndum his willan gewryhð (ꝥ þú ofercymst ealle þíne fýnd, v.l.). Lch. iii. 176, 10.

ge-ǽbiligan

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Ic hálsige þé ꝥ þú ne beó geǽbylged ongén þíne þeówene, Hml. S. 30, 349. Add

þes

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Add Þá heofencundan þing þe sint gecynde, næs þǽs eorþlican, Bt. 14, 1; F. 42, 1 (cf. I 1 a). Þǽs lǽnan gesǽlþa, 20; F. 72, 15. Þonne hió þǽs lǽnan lufað and wundrað eorþlicu þing, Met. 20, 223. 1 b.

stalu

(n.)
Grammar
stalu, e; f.
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Gif hwylc man medeme þing stele, ágyfe ða stale ðam ðe hig áhte, L. Ecg. P. ii. 25; Th. ii. 192, 20: iv. 24; Th. ii. 212, 1. a fine payable for theft, Chart. Th. 138, 17.

feoh-gestreón

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Þú wéndest þæt þínra feohgestreóna ende ne gewurde, Wlfst. 260, 22. Feohgestreón gazas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 37. Add

ge-líc

(adj.)
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Funde hé óþerne þurh eall þing him þone gelícestan (swíþe gelícne, v. l. ), Bd. 4, 22; Sch. 457, 6.

déman

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Dém þú þín folc, Ps. Th. 71, 2. to judge a cause, crime Dém þíne ealde intingan judica causam tuam, Ps. Th. 73, 21.

weorold-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-cræft, es; m.
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A secular craft or art Ne sí nán man swá dysig, ðæt hé ðás gelícnysse tó ǽnigum hálgum þinge áwende, for ðan de ðis ( grammar) is woruldcræft (weorld-, v.l. ), Ælfc. Gr. 41; Zup. 246, 2. Ðé gebletsige woruldcræfta wlite and weorca gehwilc, Cd.

beór

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Beóres tácen is þæt þú gníde þíne hand on þá óþre, Tech. ii. 125, 21. Ne dranc hé beór ne ealu ne nán ðǽra wǽtan ðe menn of druncniað, Hml. Th. ii. 38, 6. Biór siceram, Knt. Gl. 1128. Beár, Lk. L. R. i. 15

ge-fylledness

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Ben. 4, 24. fulfilment. v. ge-fyllan, (5 b) Seó níwe gecýþnis wæs gefillednys ealra þǽra þinga þe seó ealde gecýþnis getácnode tówearde be Críste, Ælfc. Gen.

Linked entry: fylled-ness

girn-ness

(n.)
Grammar
girn-ness, e; f.
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Voc. ii. 62, 56. desire expressed in words, petition, prayer Heora módes gyrnesse gehýrað þíne eáran desideria cordis eorum audivit auris tua, Ps. Th. 9, 37

Linked entry: gyrnes

grimlíce

(adv.)
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Shrn. 111, 22. of action by animals or things Þá deór gewrǽðað grimlíce ongén, Nar. 34, 7. Þæt fýr græfeð grimlíce, Cri. 1004

wæl-gífre

(adj.)
Grammar
wæl-gífre, adj.

eager to slayeager to prey on the dead

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Th. 231, 8; Ph. 486: 162, 7; Gú. 972. of things Wǽpen wælgífru, Exon. Th. 292, 16; Wand. 100. eager to prey on the dead Se grǽga mǽw wælgífre wand. Andr. Kmbl. 743; An. 372. Se wanna hrefn, wælgífre fugel, Judth. Thw. 24, 25; Jud. 207.

ge-eácnian

(v.)
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Ox. 3542. to add Þá sóna geeácnode (geécte, v.l. ) hé þǽr tó 'þínes múðes,' Gr. D. 139, 8. Þ hé geeácnige áne elne tó hys anlícnesse adicere ad staturam suam cubitum unum, Mt. 6, 27.

ge-lisfullíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-lisfullíce, (?); adv.
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Eagerly, zealously, earnestly Nán þínra þegna neódlícor ne gelistfullícor (-lisfullícor ?

Linked entry: -lisfullíce

restan

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restan, <b>I a</b> 3.
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Add List ðú and rest þé and Godes þeówa líð æt þínum gatum, Hml. S. 31, 1152

on-legen

(n.)
Grammar
on-legen, e; f.

An on-laying, (medicinal) application

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Mid onlegene swá swá mon of swelcum þingum wyrcþ . . . Lácna mid onlegena beres, 82, 14-24. Gesodene wuduæpla and hlafes cruman and swilce onlegena, 190, 15

incer

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
incer, adj. pron. 2nd person dual.
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Of or belonging to you two Ic nú ðis þing wríte tó ðé gemǽnelíce and tó mínre méder and mínum geswustrum forðon incer lufu sceal beón somod gemǽne nunc tibi et matri mee sororibusque meis de singulis regni mei commodis scribebam, que tibi et illis communia

fleám

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Fleémas fuge, 38, 39. the flight of a defeated force Wearð ǽfre þurh sum þing fleám ástiht, Chr. 998; P. 131, 16. Flugon Péne . . . For þǽm fleáme Hauna mid his folce wearð Rómánum tó gafolgieldum, Ors. 4, 6; S. 170, 25.

ge-lufian

(v.)
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L. 67, 13. to feel desire for a thing, like Gelufadan menn ðióstro, dilexerunt homines tenebras, Jn. L. 3, 19. Gelufadon uuldor monnes, Jn. L.