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ge-writ

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Æftera gewritt wítgiunges secundum scribturam prophetiae (Zech. 9, 9), Mt. p. 18, 16. of official, formal documents. of law or jurisprudence Gif þǽr bið gewrit oþþe gewitnes si scriptum intersit testamenti et testes, Ll. Th. i. 88, 18.

ÍDEL

(adj.)
Grammar
ÍDEL, adj.

emptydestitutevoiddevoidvainuselessidleidleunemployed

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Hig ðá æfter ridon ídelum færelde they rode after, but their journey was to no purpose, Jos. 2, 7. Guman geþancas ídle synt cogitationes hominum vanæ sunt, Ps. Th, 93, 11.

Linked entries: a-ýdlig ídel

lyft

(n.)
Grammar
lyft, es, e; m. f. n.

Airatmospherebreezeskyheavenscloud

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Nalles æfter lyfte lácende hwearf he went not sporting through the air, Beo. Th. 5656; B. 2832. Hé gesette storm his on lyfte statuit procellam ejus in auram, Ps. Spl. 106, 29. Hé gesceóp ðæt upplíce lyft, Hexam. 4; Norm. 6, 24.

Linked entries: lift loft

steór

(n.)
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steór, and stýr, e; f.
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Eallum him sceal beón án steór and án lár æfter heora geearnunga anddyfene una prebeatur in omnibus secundum merita disciplina, R. Ben. 13, 7. Steór correptio, Scint. 117, 8. Ðæt man cýde búton steóre intingan, Homl. Th. ii. 590, 23.

swerian

(v.)
Grammar
swerian, p. swór (but a weak swerede occurs; cf.
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Hí mé hraþe æfter swerigean ongunnon, Ps. Th. 101, 6. Hé mót swerian for syxtig hída, L. In. 19; Th. i. 114, 11. <b>I a.</b> to swear by or on :-- Swá hwylc swá swereþ on temple . . . swá hwá swá swereþ on ðæs temples golde, Mt.

Linked entry: fore-swerian

weorþscipe

(n.)
Grammar
weorþscipe, es; m.
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Hí wunnon æfter weorðscipe (wyrþ -, v. l. ) on ðisse worulde, and tiledon gódes hlísan, Bt. 40, 4 ; Fox 240, 5. Ealne ðæne bysmor wé gyldaþ mid weorðscype ðám ðe ús scendaþ, Wulfst. 163, 10.

dæg

(n.)
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Tó syllanne on dæge and æfter dæge (in his lifetime and after it) þám þe him leófust sý, iv. 117, 20. ¶ in pl. days of life :-- Swegen geendode his dagas, Chr. 1014; P. 144, 27. time during which an office is held, reign of a king Ic wearð ásend on Æþelrédes

fæste

shakenfirmlyfasturgentlystrictlysolemnlysecurelyfastfastspeedily at once

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S. 31, 857. expressing fixity of intention, attention or purpose: Geréfa mín fæste mynteð þæt mé æfter sié eaforan síne yrfeweardas my steward quite means his children to be heirs after me, Gen. 2182.

Linked entry: fæstlíce

ge-secgan

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Ðá ðing ðá gehérde æfter lufu wundara gesaegde ea quae audierat juxta fidem gestorum narravit, Mt. p. 8, 12. . Nǽnigum menn ðú gecuoeðe ðis ł gesæge (dixeris), Mk. L. 8, 26. Sanctus Ióhannes lífes weorþunga gesecgan, Bl. H. 163, 36.

ge-grípan

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Þám þe se æfterra deáþ gegrípð, Bt. 19; F. 70, 18. Gegrípað capiunt (impium iniquitates suae ), Kent. Gl. 116. Ðá gegráp hine swíðlic ege, Hml. S. 23 b, 212: 460. Gegripun ł gehæfton comprehenderunt, Ps. L. 39, 13.

ge-cýþan

(v.)
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Æfter þǽre gecýþdan ǽriste, 133, 14. His hálines and wundor wǽron manigfealde gecýdde geond ðis égland, Chr. 641 ; P. 27, 25

Linked entry: cýþan

neáh

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
neáh, néh

nighnearnearnearlyaboutof place

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Ágnung biþ nér ðam ðe hæfþ ðonne ðam ðe æfter sprecþ possession is nine points of the law, L. Eth. ii. 9; Th. i. 290, 20.

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.

trymman

(v.)
Grammar
trymman, trymian; p. trymede. I. to make firm or
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Onlegen tó trymmaune ðone magan and to bindanne æfter útsihtan, Lchdm. ii. 180, 24. of mental or moral strength, to confirm, establish, give strength to mind or heart, v. trum, <b>II c</b> Sóð Metod ð ín mód trymeþ, Cd.

ge-bídan

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Ic earfoðhwíle þrowode, breóstceare gebiden hæbbe, Seef. 4. the subject a thing Þæs tún gebád æfter geárum swíðe manigne hláford and swíðe manigne mundboran, Hml. A. 199, 146. Þes wág gebád. . . ríce after óðrum, Ruin. 9.

riht

(adj.)
Grammar
riht, adj.

erect, directright, straight agreeable to the spirit of law, human or divine, just, equitable the requirements of a lawregulation, legitimate, lawful, regular satisfying the demands of conduct, right, proper, fitting satisfying the requirements of a standard, right, correct, true, orthodox

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Wæs ðæt ilce hús hwemdragen, nalas æfter gewunan mennisces weorces ðæt ða wǽgas wǽron rihte, ac git swíðor on scræfes onlícnesse ðæt wæs æteówed, and gelómlíce ða stánas swá of óðrum clife út sceoredon, Blickl. Homl. 207, 17-20.

hyge

(n.)
Grammar
hyge, es; m.

Mindheartsoul

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Mín hyge dreóseþ bysig æfter bócum: hwílum hyge heortan neáh hearde wealleþ, Salm. Kmbl. 122-6; Sal. 60-2. Ðú wást ðæt ic eom unwís hyges tu scis insipientiam meam, Ps. Th. 68, 6.

GRUND

(n.)
Grammar
GRUND, es; m.
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Hordweard sóhte georne æfter grunde the keeper of the hoard sought eagerly along the floor [of the cave], Beo. Th. 4577; 13. 2294: 5523; B. 2765: 5510; B. 2758.

þreágan

(v.)
Grammar
þreágan, þreán, and þreáwian (v. þreápian); p. þreáde [in Bt. 38, 1; Fox 196, 7 a form occurs that might be a strong past of þreán, on the analogy of þweán, sleán Ðæt gewit wæs swíþe sorgiende for ðám ermþum ðe hí ðrógan; cf. the rendering of the same passage in the metres: Ðæt mód wæs swíðe sorgum gebunden for ðǽm earfoþum ðe him on sǽton,
  • Met. 26, 97.
But, perhaps, drugon should be read, as, Latin is:]; pp. þreád.

to reproverebukereproachto punish one who deserves punishmentto chastise by way of discipline, with a view to amendto chastencorrectto torturetormentafflictdistressvexoppress

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Hé ( the man who will not give tithes ) bið mid wítum þreád æfter his deáþe, Blickl. Homl. 49, 25. Synfulle ( those in purgatory ) beóþ þreád, Elen.

Linked entries: þreán þreiga ðrogan

ge-þeón

(v.)
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A. 48, 584. with clause Hé æfter fæce geðeáh (-þáh, v. l.) þæt hine man tó mæssepreóste hálgode postmodum ad ordinem presbyterii promotus est, Bd. 3, 23; Sch. 305, 13: Ll. Th. i. 182, 16.