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heard-heort

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Add: [The Latin of Ex. 33, 3, 5 and of Deut. 9, 6 is populus durae cervicis and durissimae cervicis populus] not affected by pity Similar entries (see first two passages in Dict.) impervious to good influences Gif hiora hwilc swá heardheort wǽre ꝥ hé

mæsse-preóst

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Se biscop sceal þrafian þá mæssepreóstas ꝥ hié*-*healdan Godes ǽwe on riht, and þone híred þe hié ofer beóþ, and þá lǽwedan men þe hié aldormen ofer beón sceolan ; for þon se góda láreów sægde, þonne se mæssepreóst wǽre gelǽded on éce forwyrd, þonne ne

port

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</b> town as opposed to country :-- Hé beád ꝥ ǽlc man þe wǽre unníðing sceolde cuman tó him of porte and of uppelande, Chr. 1087; P. 224, 34

flítan

to striveto striveto strivequarrelsomecontentiousto disputearguelay blame on

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Hý fliton exercebantur (adversum me; cf. me wiðerwearde wǽron ealle, Ps. Th. 68, 13), Bl. Gl.

ge-tucian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tucian, to torment, ge-tucian to adorn. Substitute: ge-túcian; p. ode.
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D. 22, 23 of punishment for wrong-doing Sum man wæs betogen ꝥ hé wǽre on stale ... hí dydon him út þá eágan. Hé cwæð ꝥ hé wurde wólíce swá getúcod, Hml. S. 21, 276. Swilce hé for his synnum swá getúcod wǽre, Hml.

herung

praiseapprobationpraiselauds

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Benedictus gewilnode má ꝥ hé þrowode þysses middan-eardes yfel þonne þá herunga (laudes), and ꝥ hé wǽre for Gode swýðe mid gewinnum geswænced þonne hé wǽre úp áhafen on þám herungum (favoribus) þisses andweardan lífes, Gr. D. 98, 9-12.

winestra

(adj.)
Grammar
winestra, adj.

Left

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Dryhtnes winestre hand is under mínum heáfde. " Sió winestre hand Godes, hé cwæð, wǽre under his heáfde... Eft wæs gecueden ðætte on his winestran handa wǽre wela...

Linked entries: wynstra winstre

efen

(n.)
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Ꝥ ilce ꝥ hé lifde in líchaman, hit wǽre efen þan þe hé eallinga bútan þám líchaman eall wǽre totum jam extra carnem est, hoc ipsum quod vivit in carne, Gr. D. 218, 12.

be-cirran

(v.)
Grammar
be-cirran, (-cerran, -cyrran, q. v. in Dict.).

to turn roundabout to go roundpass byavoidto turnpervertseduceto beguiledeceiveto get round a person

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A. 173, 103. to beguile, deceive; cf. colloquial to get round a person Hé cwæð ꝥ hé gesícled wǽre, and swá ꝥ folc becyrde (beswác, v. l.) Chr. 1003; Th. 252, 30. Cyrtenysse (wǽre) becyrred venustate caperetur, An. Ox. 5258.

Linked entries: be-cerran be-cyrran

ge-myntan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-myntan, p. -mynte; pp. -mynted, -mynt

To determine, resolvestătuĕre, decernĕre

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He befran hwam ða gebytlu gemynte wǽron. Him wæs gesǽd ðæt hí wǽron gemynte ánum sutere he asked for whom those buildings were intended. He was told that they were meant for a shoemaker, 354, 35.

Linked entry: myntan

steóp-cild

(n.)
Grammar
steóp-cild, es; n.
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Steápcildo pupillos, Rtl. 29, 13. fig. one deprived of protection Wé wǽron steópcild gewordene, forðan ðe wé wǽron ástýpede ðæs heofenlícan ríces, Wulfst. 252, 10. Ne lǽte ic eów steópcild, Jn. Skt. 14, 18

sícan

(v.)
Grammar
sícan, p. sác.
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Th. 6, 5. to sigh for, long for Ðæt wǽron ða tída ðe Rómáne nú ǽfter sícaþ en tempora . . . quibus recordatio suspirat, Ors. 2, 8 ; Swt. 92, 35

beren

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Beren eár 54, 11. þá hlafas wǽron berene, Hml. Th. i. 188, 4. Add:

ge-find

Grammar
ge-find, enemies.
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., and add Þá sendon tó Læcedemonium and bǽdon ꝥ hié gefriénd wurden, þéh hié ǽr longe gefiénd wǽren Lacedaemonios quondam hostes, tunc socios adsciscunt, Ors. 3, 7 ; S. 118, 13. Gefýnd (inimici) úre synt déman, Cant. M. ad fol. 31

Linked entry: ge-fýnd

mán

(adj.)
Grammar
mán, adj.
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Þá oðswóran hié mid þǽm bismerlicestan áðe þæt hié him nǽfre on fultume nǽre, þéh þá áðas wǽren neár máne (or sbst.?] þonne sóðe turpissimam rupti foederis labem adcumulavere perjurio, Ors. 4, 3 ; S. 162, 12.

hátheort-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
hátheort-líce, adv.

Furiously, ardently, fervently

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Hie wǽron tó ðon hátheortlíce yrre ðæt hie woldan ðone cásere cwicenne forbærnan they were so furiously angry that they wanted to burn the emperor alive, 191, 11

dwild

(n.)
Grammar
dwild, dwyld,es ; n.

Error, heresy, a prodigy, spectre error hærĕsis = άίρεσιs, prodĭgium, spectrum

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Error, heresy, a prodigy, spectre; error, hærĕsis = άίρεσιs, prodĭgium, spectrum Wærþ mycel dwyld on Cristendóm there was much error in Christendom, Chr. 1129; Erl. 258, 29.

mǽnsumung

(n.)
Grammar
mǽnsumung, e; f.

communionadmission to fellowship with othersparticipation

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communion, admission to fellowship with others (opp. of excommunication) Benedictus cwæþ ðæt hí unámánsumode wǽron . . . Hi underféngon ða hálgan mǽnsumunge æt Gode þurh his þeówan Benedicte, Homl.

Linked entry: ge-mǽnsumung

mæsse-créda

(n.)
Grammar
mæsse-créda, an; m.

The creed used in the service of the mass, the Nicene creed

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The creed used in the service of the mass, the Nicene creed On ðam sinoþe (on ðære ceastre Nicéa) wǽron gesetteða hálgan cyricþénunga, and se mæssecréda, L. Ælfc. C. 4; Th. ii. 344, 9. The mæssecréda is given in Homl. Th. ii. 596, 24-598, 14

á-líhtan

(v.)
Grammar
á-líhtan, to alight.
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Hé manega þe unrihtlíce fram yflum démum genyþrode wǽron álýhte. Hml. S. 30, 8. Álíhte, gehýþegode expedita libera, leuigata, Germ. 391, 33. to alight, descend Zachéus swiftlíce of ðám treówe álíhte, Hml. Th. i. 580, 35