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ge-swætan

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Srt. has geswecton) haereditatem tuam uexauerunt, Ps. Cam. 93, 5

wil-weg

(n.)
Grammar
wil-weg, es; m.

A pleasant waya desirable way

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Ðæt hí ðé heóldan, ðæt ðú wilwega wealdan móstest ut custodiant te in omnibus viis tuis, Ps. Th. 90, 11

brim-ceald

(adj.)
Grammar
brim-ceald, -cald; adj. [brim, ceald cold]

Cold as the water of the sea, ice-cold frigidus ut aqua maris, frigidissimus, gelidus

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Wæter wynsumu of ðære moldan tyrf brimcald brecaþ pleasant waters, sea-cold, break forth from the turf of the earth, 56 b; Th. 202, 9; Ph. 67

Linked entry: brym-ceald

horsc-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
horsc-líce, adv.

Readily, promptly, with activity [bodily or mental], wisely, prudentlynaviter, strenue, agiliter

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Readily, promptly, with activity [bodily or mental], wisely, prudently Biþ seó tunge tótogen forðon heó ne mæg horsclíce [MS. horslíce] wordum wrixlan wið ðone wergan gǽst the tongue shall be rent asunder, therefore it will not be able to converse readily

gearcian

(v.)
Grammar
gearcian, gærcian; p. ode; pp. od [gearo ready]

To preparemake readyprocurefurnishsupplypărārepræpărāreappărāreexhĭbērepræbēre

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On láfum ðínum ðú gearcast [MS. gearcost] andwlitan heora in relīquiis tuis præpărābis vultum eōrum, Ps. Spl. 20, 12. On him gearcode fæt deáþes in eo părāvit vāsa mortis, 7, 14 : Gen. 19, 3

Linked entries: gærcian ge-gearcian

feónd

(n.)
Grammar
feónd, fiónd, fýnd, fiénd, es; pl. nom. acc. feóndas, fýnd, feónd; gen. feónda; dat. feóndum; m. [feógan, feón to hate]

FIENDenemyfoethe devilōsorinĭmīcushostisdiabŏlusδιάβoλos

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Ðíne feónd fǽcne forwurdan inĭmīci tui sonāvērunt, Ps. Th. 82, 2: 91, 8. Hý fæder ageaf on feónda geweald her father delivered her up into her foes power, Exon. 68 a; Th. 252, 7; Jul. 159: Elen. Kmbl. 135; El. 68.

Dryhten-lic

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Add: Of the Lord Eálá þú drihtenlica cempa O tu herilis miles, Hpt. 31, 17, 473. Se drihtenlica ǽrist anastasis dominica, An. Ox. 2753. Drihtenlic gebed, þæt is Pater noster, R. Ben. 41, 13. Þysses drihtenlican þeówdómes dominici servitii, 5, 11.

ge-miltsian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-miltsian, -mildsian, -milsian; p. ode; pp. od.

to shew mercy, have compassion, to pity, pardonmĭsĕrēri, propĭtiārito make mild, make kind, softenpropĭtium reddĕre, mītĭgāre

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Árleásnýssum úrum ðú gemiltsast impietātĭbus nostris tu propĭtiābĕris, Ps. Spl. 64, 3: 24, 12. Gemiltsode se Hǽlend him mĭsertus eōrum Jēsus, Mt. Bos. 20, 34. Gemiltsa me God, gemiltsa mín mĭsĕrēre mei Deus, mĭsĕrēre mei, Ps. Spl. 56, 1: 50, 1: Ps.

Linked entries: miltsian ge-mildsian

gleáwe

(adv.)
Grammar
gleáwe, adv.
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Ic wát and can þæt þú mín God gleáwe wǽre agnovi quoniam Deus meus es tu, 54, 8. Eart þú edneówe, earne gelícast, on geogoðe nú gleáwe geworden, 102, 5

híd

Grammar
híd, hígid.

familia

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Ic sile Forðréde nigen hígida lond . . . hîgida lond, 5, 24-30. where assessment is made according to the number of hides: Sé þe hæbbe þreó hída tǽcne óðres healfes hýdes gesettes, Ll. Th. i. 144, II.

Linked entries: hígid híwisc

feorm

provisionsstoresa feastan entertainmententertainment

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D. i. 312, 5-18. dead stock in contrast with live stock: Þú sweltan scealt mid feó and mid feorme morte morieris tu et omnia quae tua sunt (Gen. 20, 7), Gen. 2659.

EÁCA

(n.)
Grammar
EÁCA, an; m.

An addition, EEKING, increase, usury, advantageadditāmentum

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Alf. 35; Th. i. 52, 23; neque humĭlia ilium ūsūra tua, Wilk. 31, 45. ¶ To eácan besides, moreover Ðæt wæs to eácan óðrum unarīmedum yflum that was besides other innumerable evils: literally, in or for, addition to, etc. Bt. 1; Fox 2, 11.

lytlian

(v.)
Grammar
lytlian, p. ode

to lessendiminish

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Ðonne lyttlaþ hé ðæt fæsten tunc breviabit jejunium, L. Ecg. P. Add. 19; Th. ii. 234, 18. Cristes lage wanedon and cyninges lage lytledon Christ's laws waned, and the king's laws were weakened, L. Eth. ix. 37; Th. i. 348, 19.

tyge

(n.; v.; part.)
Grammar
tyge, tige (v. double forms togen, tigen, pp. of teon), es; m.
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a pull, tug Gange him tó mínre byrgene and áteó áne hringan up, and gif seó hringe him folgaþ æt ðam forman tige, ðonne wát hé ðæt ic ðé sende tó him. Gif seó hringe nele up þurh his ánes tige, ðonne ne sceall hé ðínre sage gelýfan. Homl.

Linked entry: tige

á-hildan

(v.)
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Ne áhaeld ðú from ðiówe ðínum ne declines a servo tuo, Ps. Srt. 26, 9

Linked entries: á-held á-hyldan

fore-sceáwung

considerationcontemplationforeseeingforeknowledgeforethoughtforesightprovidencedivine providence

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Ðínum hǽse and foresceáunge tua jussione et providentia, Rtl. 98, 35. Foresceáuunge prudentia, 108, 25. divine providence: Hí wǽron gemynte on þám micclan dihte Godes foresceáwunge tó his sceápa getele, Hml. A. 70, 121

Linked entry: fore-gesceáwung

mægen-strengþu

(n.)
Grammar
mægen-strengþu, indecl.: <b>-strengþ,</b> e; f.

Great strengthpower

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Great strength, power Hí ðíne mægenstrengþu mǽrsien wíde magnitudinem tuam narrabunt, Ps. Th. 144, 6.

ge-scógan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scógan, ge-sceón
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to shoe, put on shoes, furnish with shoes; calciare Gisceó ðec sceohðongum ðínum calciate caligas tuas, Rtl. 58, ii. Cóm se Godes wer gescód (-sceód) mid gehammenum scón, Gr. D. 37, 12. Gescód, Lch. iii. 200, 22, 23.

Linked entry: ge-sceód

ge-toge

Grammar
ge-toge, l. ge-tog, ge-toh,
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Fore syna getoge, 110, 25. that with which one draws, a trace Þá múlas þe ꝥ cræt tugon áfyrhte tómengdon þá getogu, ꝥ hí teón ne mihton, Hml. S. 31, 973

hran-fisc

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Add: The word seems used of some other fish than the whale in the following Hié of ðǽm neáhéum and merum þá hronfiscas úp tugon, and þá ǽton, and be þǽm lifdon, and ꝥ wæter æfter druncon (this very imperfectly translates the Latin, which is: Hii assueti