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ge-beótian

(v.)
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Ne mæg ꝥ beón leás ꝥ God gebeótode tó þám unrihtwísum mannum falsum non erit quod minatus est Deus, Gr. D. 334. II. Hé geendode þæt hé lange tó þǽm áwergdum gástum gebeótod hæfde, Bl. H. 83, 26. Add

tó-nemnan

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Þonne ðá fíf þing ealle gegædorade beóþ, ðonne beóþ hit eall án ðing, and ꝥ án þing biþ God; and hé biþ ánfeald un-tódǽled, þeáh hí ǽr on manig tónemned wǽre, Bt. 33, 2; F. 122, 19. Add

hand-cláþ

(n.)
Grammar
hand-cláþ, es; n.

A hand-cloth, towel ⬩ a hand-towel

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A hand-cloth, towel Ic geseó Godes engel standende ætforan ðé mid, handcláþe, and wípaþ ðíne swátigan limu I see God's angel standing before thee with a handcloth, and he wipes thy sweaty limbs, Homl. Th. i. 426, 30

scip-líðend

(n.)
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scip-líðend, es; m.

One who goes in a ship

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One who goes in a ship Hé cwæð tó ðǽm sciplíðendum . . . ða sciplíðende ðæt gehérende mearcedon ðone dæg, Shrn. 85, 30-86, 2. Ealla ða þing ða ðe scyplíðendum (navigantibus) nydþearflícu gesewen wǽron, Bd. 5, 9; S.622, 26

fóstor-land

(n.)
Grammar
fóstor-land, es; n.

Land assigned for the procuring of provisions

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Land assigned for the procuring of provisions Ðæt ylce land hí gefreódon Godes þeówan to brýce into fóstorlande they freed the same land for the use of God's servants as foster-land, Th. Diplm. A.D. 963-975; 227, 33

gæd

(n.)
Grammar
gæd, es; n.

A being together ⬩ fellowship ⬩ union ⬩ sŏciĕtas

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A being together, fellowship, union; sŏciĕtas Nolde gæd geador in Godes ríce, eádiges engles and ðæs ofermódan there would not [be] any fellowship in God's kingdom, of the blessed angel and the proud together, Salm. Kmbl. 899; Sal. 449

Linked entry: ge-gæde

ed-níwe

(adj.; adv.)
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ed-níwe, adv.
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God gescypð ǽlce geáre óðre edníwe (cf. Angl. vii. 10, 99 under edníwan) ðæs ylcan gecyndes, for ðan ðe ðá ǽrran áteoriað, Hml. Th. ii. 206, 29. ( This and Ph. 253 might be taken under ed-níwe; adj.) Add

lǽn

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Gif ðæt God geteód hæbbe, and mé ðæet on lǽne gelíð ( it is to be granted me ) ðæt gesibbra ærfeweard forðcymeð wépnedhádes, C. D. ii. 121, 26. Þæt þæt þe heó tó lǽne onféng, Gr. D. 97, 12. Add

irre

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irre, anger.
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God ús forgyfeð his erre gif wé úre monnum forgeofað, Shrn. 80, ii. On mé þurhfóron eorru ( irae ) þíne. Ps. Rdr. Vos. Srt. 87, 17. Add

tó-sprǽc

(n.)
Grammar
tó-sprǽc, e; f.

Speech addressed to a person ⬩ conversation

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Speech addressed to a person, conversation Hine God hiéwcúðlícor on eallum ðingum innan lǽrde ðonne óðre menn mid his gelómlícre tósprǽce quem (Moses) de cunctis interius per conversationem cum Deo sedulam locutio familiaris instruebat, Past. 41; Swt

þeahtere

(n.)
Grammar
þeahtere, es; m.

A counsellor

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ic nǽfre mé ne gebidde on eówer god, Nar. 42, 6

fǽr

a calamity ⬩ disaster ⬩ evil ⬩ accident

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Ǽr him fǽr Godes aldre gesceóde ere the calamity sent by God destroyed them, Dan. 592. Ne con hé yfles andgiet, ǽr hit hine on fealleð. Hé þonne onfindeþ, þonne se fǽr cymeð, Dóm. 73.

Linked entry: fǽr

be-dǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
be-dǽlan, -délan, bi-dǽlan; p. -dǽlde, -délde; pp. -dǽled, -déled

To deprive ⬩ bereave of anything ⬩ to deliver ⬩ release ⬩ free from anything ⬩ privare ⬩ orbare ⬩ sejungere ⬩ liberare ⬩ expertem reddere

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Nele hí God ǽfre góde bedǽlan Dominus non privabit eos bonis, Ps. Th. 83, 13. Be ðære lyfte bedǽled aere privatus, Bd. de nat. rerum ; Wrt. popl. scienc. 17, 11.

Linked entries: be-délan bi-dǽlan

forþ-gang

(n.)
Grammar
forþ-gang, es; m.

a going forth ⬩ progress ⬩ advance ⬩ processus ⬩ progressus ⬩ a passage ⬩ drain ⬩ privy ⬩ meātus ⬩ secessus ⬩ latrīna

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Se hæfþ forþgang fór Góde and fór worulde he shall have progress before God and before the world, Ælfc. T. 1, 7. [gang latrīna] a passage, drain, privy; meātus, secessus, latrīna Forþgang meātus, Ælfc. Gl. 75; Som. 71, 75; Wrt. Voc. 44, 57.

Linked entry: forþ-geong

weorold-ár

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-ár, e; f.
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Gewonie him God his weorldáre ond eác swá his sáwle áre, Chart.

ge-wlitegian

(v.)
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Ðæt tácnað ðætte eal ðá gód and ðá mægenu beón gewlitegode mid ðǽre lufan Godes and monna ut omnia virtutum bona ex caritate decorentur, Past. 87, 4

inweardlíce

(adv.)
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Hú mæg ǽnig man hine inweardlíce tó Gode gebiddan, búton he inwerdlíce (-weard-, v. l. ) on God hæbbe rihtne geleáfan, Wlfst. 21, 2-4. Inweardlíce medullitus (dilexerit ), An. Ox. 7, 114. Inwurdlíce, 2007. Inwerdlí[ce] uoluntatiue, 56, 147.

DEÓFOL

(n.)
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DEÓFOL, deóful, dióful; contracted to deófl; gen. es; dat. ; nom. pl.deóflu , deófol; gen. deófla; m. n.

DEVIL ⬩ diabŏlus

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Then let him know that God created, as a great angel, him who is now the devil; but God did not create him as the devil; but when he was wholly done for and guilty towards God, through his great haughtiness and enmity, then became he changed to the devil

Linked entry: deóful

unnan

(v.)
Grammar
unnan, prs. ic, hé an[n], pl. wé unnon; p. úðe.

to grant a person (dat.) something ⬩ to give ⬩ allow ⬩ to wish something (gen.) to a person (dat. ) ⬩ to wish something (gen.) for a person (dat.) ⬩ to like a person to have something ⬩ to like a condition of things ⬩ to be pleased

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Ðæs steápes onféhð ðe hé ann he receives the cup to whom God gives it, Ps. Th. 74, 7. Gif mé Waldend an lengran lífes, Cd. Th. 110, 18; Gen. 1840. Hæfde gefohten foremǽrne blǽd, swá hyre God úþe, Judth. Thw. 23, 16; Jud. 123.

Linked entries: an ann

clǽnnes

(n.)
Grammar
clǽnnes, -ness, -niss, -nyss, e ; f.

CLEANNESS, chastity, purity, modesty ⬩ puritas, castimonia

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Heó on clǽnnesse Gode þeówode she served God in chastity, 4, 9; S. 576, 21: L. Eth. v. 9; Th. i. 306, 20. Mid clǽnnesse with purity, L. Eth. v. 7; Th. i. 306, 15: vi. 4; Th. i. 316, 2: Ps. Th. 88, 37.