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herigend-lic

praiseworthyapprobationexcellent

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Swá swá sume men gewuniaþ ꝥ hí singað mid hergendlicum cræfte ǽr há etan (the translator has misunderstood the Latin, which is: Sicut quidam ludendi (laudandi seems to have been read) arte victum solent quaerere), Gr. D. 62, 13

car-ful

Grammar
car-ful, (care-).
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Th. i. 438, 15. careful, heedful Mid carfulre gýmene solerti cura, Scint. 121, 2

fóre-weard

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
fóre-weard, fór-weard, -werd, -ward; adj.

FORWARDforeformerearlyprōnusantĕriorprior

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Fóreweard fót the fore [part of the] foot, the sole of the foot; planta, Ælfc. Gl. 75; Som. 71, 95; Wrt. Voc. 45, 3. Ða sylfan tiid [=tíd] folc habbaþ fóreweard geár at the same time people have the fore [part of the] year, Menol. Fox 12; Men. 6.

án-feald

(num.; adj.)
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Ánfald simpla, 120, 55. as numeral, single, sole Anfealdre simplo (volumine), An. Ox. 2376. Tó ánfealdan gewinne ad singularem pugnam, R. Ben. l. 10, 2. Náht elles búton his ánfealdne gegyrelan, Bl. H. 215, 3.

BLIND

(adj.)
Grammar
BLIND, def. se blinda, seó, ðæt blinde; adj.

BLIND, deprived of sightcæcusa blind or inward wounda bite, the wound of which does not appear because of the swelling of the part affectedmorsus, cujus vulnus non apparet præ tumore partis affectæ,

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Ðæt ðú grápie on midne dæg, swá se blinda déþ on þistrum ut palpes in meridie, sicut palpare solet cæcus in tenebris, Deut. 28, 29: Mt. Bos. 23, 26. Æt-hrán he ðæs blindan hand he took the hand of the blind [man], Mk. Bos. 8, 23.

tácnung

(n.)
Grammar
tácnung, e; f.

Significationan indication, sign, characteristic mark, symptoman indication, evidence, proofan indication of what is future, a presage, prognosticfigurative representation, an emblemdirection, ordering

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Gewuniaþ tó tácnuncge his mægenes gelómlíce wundor hǽlo geworden beón ad indicium virtutis illius solent crebra sanitatum miracula operari, 4, 3; S. 570, 9. an indication of what is future, a presage, prognostic Is seó stów nemned Heofenfeld wæs heó

Linked entry: tǽcning

trúwa

(n.)
Grammar
trúwa, trúa, an; m.
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Th. 527, 3. a solemn assurance of good faith, a covenant, word Se Frysa lét hine faran on his trúwan, Homl. Th. ii. 358, 22. Ic sette mín wedd on écne trúwan ( in foedus sempiternum). Gen. 17, 19. Ic behét mínne trúwan pepigi foedus, Ex. 6, 4.

Linked entry: trúa

ge-eáþmédan

(v.)
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Gif ǽnig man geeáðméde hine tó sunnan and tó mónan adoret solem et lunam, Deut. 17, 3. where submission is made Geeádmédaþ eów sylfe tó Godes willan, Hml. A. 165, 23, Þ folc ne sceal forhycggan ꝥ hí tó him ( the clergy) hí geeáþ-médon, Bl.

úþ-wita

(n.)
Grammar
úþ-wita, -weota, an; m.

a philosopherscribegeo metrician

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Swá swá úþwitena gewuna is ut geometrae solent, Bt. 34, 4; Fox 138, 28. Sume of úðuutum (-wutum, Rush.) quidam de scribis, Mk. Skt. Lind. 7, 1. Wǽ iúh uuðutum, Mt. Kmbl, Lind. 23, 29.

ge-sprǽc

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Th. ii. 402, 38. a speaking to or with, colloquy, dialogue, conversation Mé simle is swýþe leóf ealldra manna gespræc (sprǽc, gespræca, v. ll.) mihi senum collocutio esse semper amabilis solet, Gr. D. 79, 18.

án-lípig

Grammar
án-lípig, (ǽn-).
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Gr. 284, 5. single, sole, by one's self, alone Ánlípig aldormon one or other alderman acting by himself; MS. E has ealdormen ) and cyninges þegnas oft ráde onridon, Chr. 871; P. 72, 14. Hwílum ánlépig, hwílum tógædere gedón, Lch. ii. 62, 6.

ge-férrǽden

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Th. i. 162, 5. of things Hú ne wást þú ꝥ hit nis náuht gewunelic ꝥ ǽnig wiþerweard ðing beón gemenged wiþ óðrum wiþerweardum, oððe ǽnige geférrǽdenne wið habban neque enim sibi solent adversa sociari, Bt. 16, 3 ; F. 54, 13.

ge-wunian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wunian, p. ode; pp. od.

to dwellinhabitto remainstayabidecontinueTo stop, live, associate withcontinue in or withto be accustomed, wont

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Ðæt hy ðis lǽne líf long gewunien that they continue long in this poor life, Exon. 62 b; Th. 230, 33; Ph. 481. to be accustomed, wont Se árwyrþa bisceop gewunade oft secgan reverentissimus antistes solet referre, Bd. 3, 13; S. 538, 7: 4, 23; S. 594,

ÁN

(n.; num.; adj.; pronoun.)

ONEunusunaunumaloneonlysoleanothersolusaliussolealone of its kindsingularuniquewithout an equalunicuseximiusa certain onesome onequidamaanaaneachevery oneallunus-quisqueuna-quæqueunum-quodqueOneother

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Eth. ix. 1; Th. i. 340, 2. alone, only, sole, another; solus, alius: with these meanings it is used definitely, and generally written ána, m. and sometimes aina, ánna, ánga, q. v Án God ys gód God alone is good; solus [unus] est bonus, Deus, Mt.

ge-wunian

(v.)
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Þá gesǽlða ne magon simle gewunigen, Met. 2, 19. to be or become accustomed, be wont, to accustom oneself Ic gewunige soleo, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 204, 11.

lǽce-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
lǽce-dóm, es; m.

Medicinea medicineremedycure

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Him lǽcedom bǽron illis solent adferre medelam, 4, 6; S. 574, 10. Ðá sóhte Colemannus ðysse unsibbe lǽcedóm quæsivit Colmanus huic dissensioni remedium, 4, 4; S. 571. 6.

Linked entry: lǽce-cræft

ge-ban

(n.)
Grammar
ge-ban, -bann, -benn, es; n.

a commandordinancedecreeproclamationmandātumstătūtumdecrētumthe indictionindictioedictum

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It was used by the Roman emperors in the solemn Edictum or Indictio, relative to the taxes, and adopted by the Church to denote the cycle of 15 years.

lácan

(v.)
Grammar
lácan, p. leólc, léc; pp. lácen.

to swingwave aboutto playfightto play

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Brondas lácaþ on ðam deópan dæge fires shall flame up on that solemn day [cf. to play applied to flame, and Icel. logi lék um þá v. Cl. and Vig. Dict. leika II. 2],; 116 b; Th. 448, 23; Dóm. 58.

Linked entries: leólc be-leólc

god-spell

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. ¶ referred to in case of solemn appeal :-- Ic eów hálsie ... þurh þá hálgan godspel and ðá reliquias þe on ðisse cyrcan syndon, Ll.

ge-settan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-settan, p. -sette; pp. -seted, -set, -sett

To set, put, fix, confirm, restore, appoint, decree, settle, possess, occupy, place together, compose, make, compare, expose, allay

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Ðú gesettest sunnan and mónan tu fecisti solem et lunam, Ps. Th. 73, 16. Ic ðé gesette manegra þeóda fæder a father of many nations have I made thee, Gen. 17, 5: Homl. Th. ii. 136, 23.