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seóslig

(adj.)
Grammar
seóslig, adj.
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Afflicted, troubled, vexed Se hálga wer ælda gehwylces ðe hine seóslige sóhtun hǽlde líc and sáwle the holy man healed body and soul of all that in affliction sought him , Exon. Th. 157, 29; Gú. 899. Cf. súsl

á-fandod

(adj.)
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Tried, experienced; approved, excellent. v. á-fandian, Se Hǽlend wæs áfandod (-on, MS.) wer ( vir approbatus a Deo ), Past. 443, 5. Hé wæs on forhæfednysse weorcum se áfandedesta geworden, Hml. S. 23b, 24

Linked entry: -fandod

óretla

(n.)
Grammar
óretla, an ; m.
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Hé slóh þone Godes wer mid his brádre hand ofer his wange, ꝥ hé mid óretlan gebysmrod út eóde of þǽre cyrican virum Dei alapa percussit, ut de ecclesia cum contumelia exiret, Gr. D. 200, 16

scilcen

(n.)
Grammar
scilcen, [The word has not necessarily a bad meaning. With the passage given compare the description of the same incident in Gr. D.
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[Þer com o schelchene gon þat wes myd Kayphas (uenit una ex ancillis summi sacerdotis, Mk. 14, 66), Misc. 45, 279.]

wealdend-god

(n.)
Grammar
wealdend-god, es; m.

The Lord God

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The Lord God Ic cleopige tó Heáhgode and tó Wealdendgode ðe mé wel dyde clamabo ad Deum altissimum, et ad Dominum qui bene fecit mihi, Ps. Th. 56, 2. Se is wealdendgode wellícendlíc beneplacitum est Deo, 67, 16

wíd-gangol

(adj.)
Grammar
wíd-gangol, adj.
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Ðonne sittaþ innan ceastre, ús betýnaþ binnan ðǽm locum úres módes, ðý læs for dolsprǽce tó wídgangule weorðen in civitate considemus si intra mentium nostrarum nos claustra constringimus, ne loquendo exterius evagemur, Past. 49; Swt. 385, 7

treów-ræden

(n.)
Grammar
treów-ræden, treów-rædenn, e; f.
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The state or condition of being faithful or true Swá ic ðé lǽre lǽst uncre wel treówrǽdenne as I teach you, maintain our state of mutual faithfulness. Cd. Th. 139, 5 ; Gen. 2305. Cf. hold-rǽden

plaster

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Genim þysse wyrte wyrttruman on ele gesodene and wið wex gemencgedne ðám gemete þe þú plaster oþþe clyþan wyrce, Lch. i. 298, 12. Nim of þám sylfan sǽde, wyrc blaster (plaster, v. l. ), 300, 5. Add

wrítere

Grammar
wrítere, <b>. II.</b>
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Se Drihtnes wer him tó gehét his wrítere (notarium), and him dihtode, 193, 21. v. cranic-, in-, irfeweard-wrítere

of-hnítan

(v.)

to kill by butting, to gore to death

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to kill by butting, to gore to death Gif se oxa wer oððe wíf ofhnít if an ox gore a man or woman, that they die. Ex. 21, 29: L. Alf. 21; Th. i. 48, 27

á-temian

(v.)
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Wudufuglas wel átemede, Bt. 25; F. 88, 16. Add

ge-cope

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-cope, adj.

Fitpropercongruusopportūnus

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Fit, proper; congruus, opportūnus We sculon geleornian ðæt we gecope tíd [MS. tiid] arédigen we must learn to arrange a proper time, Past. 38, 5; Swt. 277, 1; Hat. MS. 51 b, 8.

hynden-mann

(n.)
Grammar
hynden-mann, es; m.
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The head man of a hynden Ðæt ús gegaderian á emban ǽnne mónaþ gif mágon and æmtan habban ða hyndenmenn and ða ðe ða teóþunge bewitan ... and habban ða xii [xi?]

Linked entry: hynden

sicor

(adj.)
Grammar
sicor, adj. with gen.
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Ðeáh nú náuht yfeles ne dón on ðisse worulde, ne sculon ðeáh forðý bión tó orsorge, gif náuht tó góde ne dóþ; forðæmðe swíðe fela unáléfedes oft geþenceaþ.

ár-weorþian

(v.)
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Árweorþian Críst, Bl. H. 11, 7. sceoldan hine árwyrþian, 71, 23. Ǽlcne man mon sceal árweorðian, R. Ben. 16, 20. Add

hafecere

(n.)
Grammar
hafecere, es; m.

A hawker

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A hawker lǽraþ ðæt preóst ne beó hunta ne hafecere we enjoin that a priest be not a hunter, nor a hawker, L. Edg. C. 64; Th. ii. 258, 7

full-oft

(adv.)
Grammar
full-oft, adv.

Full oftvery oftensæpissĭme

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Full oft, very often; sæpissĭme We beóþ fulloft geneádode we are very often compelled, Greg. Dial. pref; Hat. MS. 1 a, 19. Fulloft fyrwit frineþ curiosity inquires very often, Salm. Kmbl. 116; Sal. 57

ge-bréfan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bréfan, p. ed
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To state briefly, epitomize: Gif hwylcum cnihte lyste má þinga and deópra gesetnyssa be him witan þonne hér habbað gebréued, Angl. viii. 308, 11. Nú þás þing habbað sceortlíce gebréued, 322, 22. —

Linked entry: -bréfan

ge-sundlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-sundlíce, adv.

Prosperously;prospere

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We ða niht on ðære wícstówe gesundlíce wícodon we stopped safely in the camp that night; quieta nox fuit usque ad lucem, Nar. 21, 30

Linked entries: -sundlíce ge-sundig

were-wulf

(n.)
Grammar
were-wulf, es; m.
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A wer-wolf, a fiend Ðæt se wódfreca werewolf tó swýðe ne slíte, ne tó fela ábíte of godcundre heorde, L. C. E. 26; Th. i. 374, 30 : L. I. P. 6; Th. ii. 310, 30 : Wulfst. 191, 16

Linked entry: wulf