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ge-tǽcan

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fulfremednysse se dǽdbéta gebét hæbbe ꝥ him getǽht wæs ( id quod ei praescriptum erat), Ll.Th. ii. 178, 13. with clause Hé him getǽhte hwæt hí on ðǽm dón sceolden, hwæt ne scolden quid facefe, quidve non facere deberet, indixit, Past. 405, 29. þá á Hálig

ge-writ

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Þweah þonne ꝥ gewrit mid hálig*-*wætre of ðám disce on þone drenc, Lch. ii. 136, 3-9. a writing. a written statement, passage from a book Ꝥ heáflice gewrit wearð fordílegod, and se sárlica cwide eft oncerred . . . 'Terra es tu . .' Bl. H. 123, 6.

crisma

(n.)
Grammar
crisma, an; m. [chrisma, ătis, n. = χρῖσμα, ατος; n. an unction, from χρίω [fut. χρίσω] I touch the surface of a body, I rub or anoint]

χρῖσμα, ατοςχρίσω the chrismunction or holy oil, used for anointing by the Roman Catholic church after baptismoleum chrismatisthe white vesture, called chrisom, which the minister puts upon the child immediately after dipping it in water, or pouring water upon it in baptism chrismale, id est, vestis candida, quæ super corpus baptlzati ponitur.

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ge mæsse-preóstas, míne gebróðra, we secgaþ eów nú ðæt we ǽr ne sǽdon, forðonðe we to-dæg sceolan dǽlan úrne ele, on þreó wísan gehálgodne, swá swá us gewissaþ seó bóc; i. e. oleum sanctum, et oleum chrismatis, et oleum infirmorum, ðæt is on Englisc, hálig

Linked entries: crism-lýsing crysma

furþum

Take herein Dict., and add:even,just

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Hringíren song . . . þá hié tó sele furðum gangan cwómon the armour clanged directly they started for the hall, B. 323. Swá hé furðum oncneów . . . hé heora béne gehýrde, Ps.

lád

(n.)
Grammar
lád, e; f.

excuse

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Se ðe ofer ðæt láde geþafie oððe se ðe hý sylle gilde vi healfmarc he that admits, or he that offers, purgation after that, shall pay six half-marks, Th. i. 298, 7.

Linked entry: ládian

ge-reccan

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Hit is gereht on ðyssere pistolrǽdinge hú se Hálga Gást cóm, Hml. Th. i. 314, l. Gerehtum digessit (l. digestis. v. Ald. 201, l), Wrt.

BURH

(n.)
Grammar
BURH, burg; gen. burge; dat. byrig, byrg; acc. burh, burg; pl. nom. acc. burga; gen. burga; dat. burgum; f. [beorh, beorg = burh, burg the impert. of beorgan to defend] .
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Ðǽr se hálga heáh, steáp reced, burh timbrede there the holy man built a high, steep dwelling, a walled town, 137; Th. 172, 6; Gen. 2840. Burge weall the wall of a city; murus, Ps. Th. 17, 28.

hyht

(n.)
Grammar
hyht, es; m. [f. Ps. Th. 77, 53.]

Hopejoyous expectationjoy

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Mé is hálig hyht on hine spes mea in Deo est, Ps. Th. 61, 7: 70, 4. Ðú eart hyht ealra ðe on ðysse eorþan útan syndon spes omnium finium terræ, 64, 6. Hwílum hié gehéton æt heargtrafum wigweorþunga bǽdon ðæt him gástbona geóce gefremede.

Linked entry: hiht

wilde

(adj.)
Grammar
wilde, adj.

Wildwildnot domesticnot tamednot broken inwildnot cultivatedwilduncultivateduninhabitedwildturbulentungoverned

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Hálig feoh and wilde deór, Cd. Th. 13, 13 ; Gen. 202. Eoferas and wilde deór aperet singularis ferus Ps. Th. 79, 13. Wildu diór, Met. 27, 20: Cd. Th. 91, 22; Gen. 1516. Wildu deór and neáta gehwylc, 240, 20; Dan. 389. Cómon wilde beran and wulfas.

Linked entries: ge-wilde wild-cyrfet

heáh

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God þé gedéð heáhst and mǽrost ealra þeóda faciet te Deus excelsiorem cunctis gentibus, Deut. 28, 1. divine or angelic beings Heáh and hálig þrynes, Cri. 379. Dryhten in Sion micel and héh ofer ealle folc, Ps. Srt. 98, 2.

Linked entry: dynt

wang

(n.)
Grammar
wang, es; m. . I. the word, which is almost confined to poetry, may be rendered by words denoting the surface of the ground taken in their most general sense,
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Se hálga wong Paradise, 227, 5 ; Ph. 418. Brúcan wonges, . . . neótan londes frætwa, 268, I; Ph. 149. Hwæþere him ðæs wonges wyn (cf. londes wyn, 130, 15; Gú. 438) sweðrade whether the land grew less delightful to him, 123, 15 ; Gú. 123.

Linked entries: ge-wenge wencge wenge

earfoðe

(n.)
Grammar
earfoðe, es; pl. nom. acc. a, u, o, e; n. [A feminine earfoþu; gen. e, a, or indecl. seems to occur in the following
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Hé cleopigan ongan, méðe and meteleás: 'Ic eów hálsie þæt gé mé of þyssum earfeðum úp forlǽten,' El. 700. Sceal mon blód lǽtan; þá þe ꝥ ne dóþ on micel[um] earfeþum becumað, Lch. ii. 210, 12.

ge-fón

(v.)
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Sárge gé ne sóhton, ne him swǽslic word frófre gesprǽcon, þæt hý þý freóran hyge móde geféngen, Cri. 1513. to take, bring, carry Geféng (assumpsit) hine dióbul in hálig ceastra, Mt. L. 4, 5. intrans.

ge-wita

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Hálge wítgan . . . mid Háliges Gástes geofum onlýhte . . . wǽron gewitan ealra Gódes dégolra dóma, Bl. H. 161, 16. (1 a) one who through confession had knowledge of something :-- Sé þe bið manna sáwla lǽce and heora dǽda gewita, Ll.

hiw

(adj.)
Grammar
hiw, l. híw,

shapeformshapefigurea formshapewritingappearanceaspectcolourformkindnaturecharacterformulaformtypemodela pretexa fancya kindspecies

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Gást se hálig mid líchomlic huiu (specie) suelce culfra, Lk. L. 3, 22. a figure: Hé geseah ealra wihta ... híw in cuman variorum monstrorum diversas figuras introire prospicit, Guth.

ród

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Th. ii. 304, 15 Hé mearcode him on heáfde hálig róde-tácen] :-- Hé þá nǽdran ácwealde sóna gif hé hí gesegnode mid Crístes róde tácne, swá ꝥ heó swulte for þám mægne þǽre hálgan róde, þonne se Godes wer ꝥ róde tácen áwrát mid his fingre; and eác gif.

be-lúcan

(v.)
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(Ia) to complete a transaction, bargain :-- ꝥ hé beleác on hálre tungon conclusit et omnino confirmavit totum quod pater suus in vita sua fecerat, Cht. E. 212, 9. intrans. To come to an end Ðæt godspel belícð þus, Hml. Th. ii. 574, 4

ge-sprecan

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Se hálga wer hine eft gespræc and git þryddan síðe, and swýðe hine þreáde, 21, 59.

weorod

(n.)
Grammar
weorod, (-ud, -ed, -ad), werod (-ud, -ed), worud (-ad), word, es; n.
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Th. 114, 1; Gen. 1897. a company, assembly Wealhþeów fore ðæm werede ( the company in the hall ) spræc, Beo. Th. 2435; B. 1215. Werede sinagoge, Kent.

mód

(n.)
Grammar
mód, es; n.

the inner manthe spiritual as opposed to the bodily part of manspiritsoulmindsoulheartspiritminddispositionmoodCouragehigh spiritPridearroganceGreatnessmagnificencepride

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Háles módes sane mentis, Mk. Skt. 5, 15. Hé ðá cwices módes ( animi vivacis ) geornlíce leornade, Bd. 5, 19; S. 637, 37. Módes snyttru, Exon. 17 b; Th. 41, 28; Cri. 662: 78 b; Th. 295, 14; Crä. 33: Cd. 52; Th. 66, 26; Gen. 1085.