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wín-treów

(n.)
Grammar
wín-treów, es; n.

A vine

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Hwylc treów is ealra treówa betst? Wín-treów, Salm. Kmbl. p. 188, 10. Wæstma ðæs wíntreówes, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 21, 34. Of ðissum cynne wíntreós (-trées, Lind.) de hoc genimine vitis, 26, 29

orped

(adj.)
Grammar
orped, adj.

Grown up, of full strength, stout, active, bold

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Grown up, of full strength, stout, active, bold Lá orpeda cleric, gif ðú wylle witan ða terminos ðe wé ymbe sprǽcon, wite hwylc gér hyt sý ðæs mónan ðæt man hǽt lunaris, Anglia viii. 325, 5.

ge-seón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-seón, -sión, ic -seó, ðú -sihst, he -syhþ; p. -seah, ðú -sáwe, pl. -sáwon, -ségon; imp. -syh, -seoh; subj. pres. ic -sáwe; pp. -sawen

To seevidere, conspicere

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Hwí férde gé geseón ... hwí férde gé to geseónne quid existis videre, Lk. Skt. 7, 24, 25, note. Ðæt hí geseónde ne geseón ut videntes non videant, 8, 10. Cum and geseoh veni et vide, Jn. Bos. 1, 46.

Linked entry: ge-sión

Þú

(pronoun.)
Grammar
Þú, pers. pron.

Thou

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Hwí swingst þú ána? ... Ne miht þú ána hit ácuman, Ex. 18, 14, 18. Þú ána canst ealra gehygdo, Andr. Kmbl. 135; An. 68. Þé wæs leófra his hyldo, þonne Þín sylfes bearn, Cd. Th. 176, 34; Gen. 2921.

Linked entries: þec þeh þistel

hǽl

Grammar
hǽl, health.
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Suá hwá suá hæfð fulle hiéle his líchoman (valetudinem corporis), Past. 251, 3. Nis nánum crístenum menn álýfed bæt hé his hǽle gefecce æt nánum stáne, Hml.

irfe

(n.)
Grammar
irfe, ierfe, yrfe, es; n.

Inheritanceproperty

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Gif hwá gefeohte on cyninges húse síe hé scyldig ealles his ierfes, L. In. 6 ; Th. i. 106, 3.

swencan

(v.)
Grammar
swencan, p. te; pp. swenced, swenct (cf. swinkt = wearied, Comus v. 293)
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Hwí swencst ðú ðis folc . . . Pharaon swencþ ðín folc cur afflixisti populum istum?. . . Pharao afflixit populum tuum, Ex. 5, 22-23.

áscian

(v.)
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Hié sculon God áscian, Past. 103, 8. to ask a person (dat. acc. ) a question Ic ácsige þé hwí latast þú swá lange, Dóm. L. 65. Hé ácsode hiom hwæs tácen ꝥ bión mihte, H. R. 5, 13. to ask, enquire about, with gen.

Linked entry: áhsian

lǽce-feoh

(n.)
Grammar
lǽce-feoh, g. -feós; n.
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A physician's fee, money paid to a doctor Swá hwylc man swá óðrum wonwlite ongewyrce forgylde him ðone womwlite and his weorc wyrce óþ ðæt seó wund hál sig and ðæt lǽcefeoh ðam lǽce gylde, quicunque homo alio vulnus in faciem inflixerit, emendet ei vulnus

syn-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
syn-leás, adj.

Sinless, without sin

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Sinless, without sin Hwylc eówer sí synleás ( sine peccato ), Jn. Skt. 8, 7. Crist þrowade for ús synleás, Wulfst. 121, 14: 151, 5. Ne biþ nǽfre nán man leahterleás ne synleás ealra þinga, 233, 24.

ge-sibling

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Æt hwám nimað eorðlice cynegas gafol, æt heora gesiblingum oþþe æt ælfremedum (a filiis suis an ab alienis, Mt. 17, 25), Hml. Th. i. 510, 33. Gesiblingum contribulium, amicorum, An. Ox. 3, 3.

ge-fædere

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Th. i. 364, 25: Wlfst. 271, 12. of the relation between sponsor and child, a godmother; matrina Gif hwylc man wífige on his gefæderan ( matrinam ), Ll. Th. ii. 188, 17

bád

a pledgeexpectationwaiting

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Th. i. 354, 5. expectation, waiting Hwet is bád (expectatio) mín ?, Ps. Srt. 38, 8. Hé generede mé of þǽre báde (expectatione) Judéa folces, Gr. D. 107, 26. For þǽre báde his ændes, 282, 10. Hit neálǽhte þǽre tíde his deáþes . . .

for-ceorfan

(v.)
Grammar
for-ceorfan, part, -ceorfende; ic -ceorfe, ðú -ceorfest, -cirfst, -cyrfst, he -ceorfeþ, -cyrfþ, pl. -ceorfaþ; p. ic, he -cearf, ðú -curfe, pl. -curfon; pp. -corfen

To cut or carve outcut downcut off or awaycut throughdivideexcīdĕreconcīdĕresuccīdĕreincīdĕreintercīdĕre

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Forceorf hine, hwí ofþricþ he ðæt land succīde illam, ut quid ĕtiam terram occŭpat? Lk. Bos. 13, 7: Homl. Th. ii. 408, 4. Ælc treów, ðe gódne wæstm ne bringþ, byþ forcorfen omnis arbor, qrtæ non făcit fructum bŏnum, excīdētur. Mt. Bos. 3, 10: Homl.

GILP

(n.)
Grammar
GILP, gelp, gielp, gylp, es; m.

Gloryostentationprideboastingarrogancevain-gloryhaughtinessgloriaostentatio

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Geþenc be ðám gebyrdum gif hwá ðæs gilpþ hú ídel and hú unnyt se gilp biþ consider birth; if any one boast of that how vain and how useless is the boast, Bt. 30, 1; Fox 108, 20: Cd. 219; Th. 280, 12; Sat. 254: 4; Th. 5, 10; Gen. 69: Blickl.

bí-geng

(n.)
Grammar
bí-geng, (big-).

practiceexercisedoingcultivationtillageobservanceworship

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Hwí ðú úre goda biggencgas forseó, Hml. S. 8, 57. Godes biggengas, Hml. Th. ii. 66, 16. Bysega and bígengas þysses Drihtenlican þeówdómes, R. Ben. 5, 10

bróþor

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Hwí lá, bróðer dést ðú ꝥ . . . ?, Angl. viii. 315, 4. Gesión cíð on ðínes bróþur eágan, Past. 224, 1. Bróðres ðínes, Mt. L. 7, 3. Bróðeres, 18, 15. Bróðere fratri , 5, 22. Broeðer, 7, 4. Hwæt dó gé, bróður (-or, v.l. ), dóð esnlíce, Past. 363, 2.

ge-laþian

(v.)
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Voc. ii. 9, 30. to a person Gif hwá geuntrumod beó, þæt hé gelaþige him his sácerd tó si quis infirmatus sit, ut vocet ad se sacerdotem suum, Ll. Th. ii. 178, 24. to a place Se Hǽlend hine on ðám dæge tó heofonum gelaðod hæfde, Hml.

Linked entry: laþian

cyric-sceat

(n.)
Grammar
cyric-sceat, ciric-sceat,es; m.

Church-scot, church-money, tax or rate

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Gif hwá ðæt ne gelǽste, sié he scyldig lx scill and be xii fealdum agife ðone ciric-sceat of church-scots. Let church-scots be given at Martinmas.

Linked entry: ciric-sceat

nearuness

(n.)
Grammar
nearuness, e; f.

a straitoppressiondistressdistressanxietytribulationtroublegrief

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Swá hwá swá ða flǽsclícan unþeáwas forlǽtan wile hé sceal geþolian micele nearanesse corporis voluptatum appetentia plena est anxietatis, 31, 1; Fox 110, 26. Seó hreówsung ne beoþ ná bútan sorge and búton nearonesse, Fox 110, 29.

Linked entry: nirwett