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hálig-ern

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Ðæt háliern wearð geopenod and þá lác wǽron in gebróhte, Ap. Th. 24, 6. On hálierne sacello, An. Ox. 3237. Oð ic ingá on háligern donec intrem in sanctuarium Dei, Ps. Rdr. 72, 17. Of háligetnum de sacrariis, Germ. 392, 43

milite

(n.)
Grammar
milite, pl.
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Wǽron þá milite þæs geréfan men, Nap. 45. Þá milite geworhton þyrnene coronan and setton on his heáfod (milites praesidis (þæs geroefe kempe, R. ) . . . plectentes coronam de spinis posuerunt super caput ejus, Mt. 27, 27-29), 13, 22. See next word

prætt

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Críst sceáwode his heortan and geseah his prættas, . . . foxunga wǽron wunigende on him, Hml. S. 16, 160. Add

sceþ-wræc

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Substitute for the passage Eálá hú swíþe eádge wǽron þá æþelan cennend(ẹ) Sancte Ióhannes, þǽm ne sceþede nǽnig scyld þisse sceþwracan worlde, ne hié nǽnigo firen ne gewundode beati, quos in saeculo isto aliqua culpa non percutit, nullum vulnerat crimen

úþ-wita

(n.)
Grammar
úþ-wita, -weota, an; m.

a philosopherscribegeo metrician

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Ðá wolde se wísa mon his fandigan, hwæðer hé swá wís wǽre swá hé self wénde ðæt hé wǽre, Bt. 18, 4; Fox 66, 27-33. Án úðuutta unus scriba, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 8, 19. Úðwitan sophistae, Hpt. Gl. 449, 46. Ðá clypode se apostol ðone úðwitan Graton, Homl.

fore-wyrd

(n.)
Grammar
fore-wyrd, fore-wyrd, -wyrde, es; n.

a provisoagreementcondition

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What is said before, a proviso, agreement, condition Forewyrde antefata (cf. wǽr*-*word), Wrt. Voc. ii. 100, 28. Þá Pyhtas heom ábǽdon wíf æt Scottum on þá gerád (ꝥ forewyrd, v. l.) ꝥ hí gecuron heora kynecinn on þá wífhealfa, Chr. P. 3, 16.

Linked entries: -wyrd fore-word

þá

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
þá, adv. conj.
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Hwá mæg áuht óþres cweþan bútan ðú wǽre se gesǽligesta, ðá ðú mé wǽre ǽr leóf þonne cúþ, Bt. 8; Fox 24, 26. <b>III a.

Eowland

(n.)
Grammar
Eowland, es; n.

Oeland, an island on the coast of Sweden Oelandia

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Oeland, an island on the coast of Sweden; Oelandia Wǽron us ðás land, ða synd hátene Blecinga ég, and Meore, and Eowland, and Gotland, on bæcbord we had, on our left, those lands which are called Blekingey, and Meore, and Oeland, and Gothland, Ors. 1

treów-geþofta

(n.)
Grammar
treów-geþofta, an; m.
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Ic mid mec gelǽdde mine þrié ða getreówestan frýnd, ða wǽron míne syndrige treówgeþoftan assumpsi mecum íresfidelissimos amicos. Nar. 29, 28

Linked entry: ge-þofta

á-rétan

Grammar
á-rétan, Dele 'set right' (in last two passages á-rétan = to comfort),
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Be eallum þám þe gebrocode wǽron and eft árétte, 28, arg

be-gleddian

(v.)
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Þá stánas wǽron mid his flǽsce begleddode, 15, 55. Mid dégum begleddode fucis illita, Hy. Srt, 22, 5. Áfýledum, begleddedum infectis, i. irrigatis, An. Ox. 380

un-gesǽlig

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un-gesǽlig, <b>. Ib.</b>
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</b> add :-- Þonne hié from gesælgum tídum gilpað, þonne wǽron þá him selfum þá ungesǽlgestan patet apud utrosque misera illa tempora judicata, Ors. 5, 2; S. 220, 12. Add

bald

(adj.)
Grammar
bald, adj.

BOLDaudaciousadventurousconfidentaudaxconfidens

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Wǽron hí ðe baldran gewordene confidentiores facti, Bd. 1, 12; S. 481, 17

Linked entry: baldra

dóm-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
dóm-líc, adj.

Judicial, glorious judiciālis, g1oriōsus

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Wǽron hwæðre monge ða ðe Meotude gehýrdun dǽdum dómlícum there were yet many who obeyed the Creator with glorious deeds, Exon. 62 a; Th. 228, 28; Ph. 445: 62 a; Th. 229, 8; Ph. 452

fóre-teón

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-teón, p. -teóde; pp. -teód

To pre-disposepre-ordainprædispōnĕrepræordĭnāre

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Swá monige swá fóreteóde wǽron to écum life quotquot ĕrant præordĭnāti ad vītam æternam, Bd. 2, 14; S. 517, 36

be-wenian

(v.)
Grammar
be-wenian, p. ede; pp. ed [be, wenian to accustom, draw to one's self, honour]

To entertain, take care ofhospitio accipere

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To entertain, take care of; hospitio accipere We wǽron hér tela bewenede we were here kindly entertained, Beo. Th. 3646, note; B. 1821.

Linked entry: be-þénede

tún-rǽd

(n.)
Grammar
tún-rǽd, es; m.
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A town-council Man beád ðam túnrǽde ðe his suna on áfédde wǽron ðæt man sceolde twégen cempan gescyrpan an order was given to the council of the town in which his sons had been brought up, that two soldiers should be equipped, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 297

wyn-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
wyn-dæg, es; m.

A day of gladness a joyous time

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A day of gladness, a joyous time Wǽrun wudubearwas on wyndagum exultabunt omnia ligna sylvarum, Ps. Th. 95, 12. Ne móstun gé á wunian in wyndagum, ac scofene wurdon in éce fýr, Exon. Th. 140, 3; Gú. 604.

cwic-súsl

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Seó menigo háligra sáula wǽron of þǽm cwicsúsle áhafena, 87, 19. Intó écere cwicsúsle, Wlfst. 289, 9. Uncyst hine besencte on cwycsúsle, Hml. Th. i. 328, 22. On deorce cwicsúsle in tetra tartara, An. Ox. 1249. Add

cneórisn

(n.)
Grammar
cneórisn, e; f.
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Mín Drihten, wé ealle forléton úre cneórisne and wǽron þé fylgende, Bl. H. 229, 21. Mé eádige cwǽdon ealle cneórisna, 7, 5