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for-bredan

(v.)
Grammar
for-bredan, for-bregdan.

transformto corrupt

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I a wæs fram deóflum forbróden and sweolt he was dragged about by devils and he died, Mart. H. 214, 31: 28, 2. to hurl to destruction Forbregd praecipita, Ps.

LǼCE

(n.)
Grammar
LǼCE, es; m.

A LEECHdoctorphysiciana leech

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Lǽteþ flint brecan his sconcan ne biþ him lǽce gód he shall cause the stones to break his legs, no doctor shall avail him, 206; Sal. 102. Nys hálum lǽces nán þearf non est opus valentibus medico, Mt.

Linked entries: lǽca léce

gafel

(n.)
Grammar
gafel, es; n.

Taxtributevectīgaltrĭbūtum

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Tax, tribute; vectīgal, trĭbūtum Ðæt he mǽge cyninges gafel forþbringan that he can bring forth the king's tribute, L. Wg. 7; Th. i. 186, 14, note 17. Godes gafel lǽston they rendered God's tribute, L. Eth. ix. 43; Th. i. 350, 8.

rǽran

(v.)
Grammar
rǽran, p. de
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Ys his handgeweorc ryhte dómas ða rǽran wyle opera manuum ejus judicium, Ps. Th. 110, 5. to raise, offer (a prayer) Hyra þeódnes dóm ðæt hié to ðam beácne ( the golden image ) gebedu rǽrde, Cd.

Linked entry: hebban

lǽtan

(v.)
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Gif se hláford mildheort bið, ꝥ þá gýmeleáste tó forgyfenesse lǽte, Ll. Thi. 270, 19. Hét se cásere lǽtan león and beran tó þám cynegum, Hml. S. 24, 29. hét lǽtan him tó twégen león, 51. hét áne strange leó lǽtan intó him, 30, 416.

æ-bylignes

(n.)
Grammar
æ-bylignes, -ness; -nys, -nyss, e; f.

Indignationwrathindignatio

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He sende on graman æbylignysse hys misit in eos iram indignationis suæ, Ps. Spl. 77, 54

Linked entries: æ-bilignes ebylgnes

þungenness

(n.)
Grammar
þungenness, e; f.

Excellencevirtue

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Excellence, virtue Mid monigum médum mín fæder and mín móder mé [wǽron] biddende, ðæt ic forléte míne (ge-?) þungenesse ( the speaker wished to become a monk ), Shrn. 36, 26

for-eáþelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
for-eáþelíce, adv.

Very easily

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Very easily, without inconvenience mihtú for sceame ǽniges ðinges æt Gode biddan, gif ðú forwyrnst ðínum gelícan þæs ðe ðú foreáðelíce him getíðian miht?, Hml. Th. i. 256, 7

Linked entry: eáþe-líce

ge-sund

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</b> in valedictory expressions :-- Heó rǽhte hire handa him tó and hét hine gesund faran ( she bade him farewell), Ap. Th. 27, 2. Farað nú gesunde and gesǽlige becumað. Hml. S. 6, 89. háteð gesunde faran, Cri. 1342

swá

(adv.)
Grammar
swá, swǽ, swé (swé is the form in Ps. Surt. ; see also Txts. 600, col. 1. The form also occurs in Blickl. Homl. 23, 7).
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V. 6), so, therefore, on that account him ðet land forbeád .. and hit swá álét he forbade him the land . . . and so he gave it up, Chart.

Linked entries: se swǽ eall-swá

ge-hálgian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hálgian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To consecratededicateinitiateordainhallowmake holysanctifyconsecrārededĭcāresacrāreinĭtĭāreordĭnāresanctĭfĭcāre

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Th. ii. 596, 5 : Hy. 6, 3; Hy. Grn. ii. 286, 3 : 7, 18; Hy. Grn. ii. 287, 18. He wæs gehálgod fram Scottum ordĭnātus a Scottis, Bd. 3, 24; S. 557, 22. On gehálgodre cirican in a consecrated church, L. Edg. C. 30; Th. ii. 250, 19

drohtnian

(v.)
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Mid sóðre lufe drohtnode on ðisum lífe, 44, 23. Bæd móste healdan heora æceras and him méde earnian; and ðǽr drohtnode fíftýne geár, Hml. S. 30, 216.

ǽg-þer

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Ðá dyde him ǽgþer tó gewealdon, Ors. 3, 7; S. 112, 25. ne hæfdon wé ǽr gereht ðæt ðá gesǽlþa and sió godcundnes án wǽre? Sé ðe ðonne ðá gesǽlþa hæfþ, ðonne hæfþ ǽgþer; sé ðe ðon(n)e ǽgþer hæfþ, ne bið sé ðonne full eádig?

Linked entry: ǽg-hwæþer

eówode

(n.)
Grammar
eówode, es; n: eówod, e ; f.

A flock, herd grex

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Feminine, He nýtenum lǽcedðm forgeaf, ahredde fram wódnysse, and hét faran aweg to ðære eówode ðe ofadwelodon he gave medicine to animals, saved them from madness, and bade them go away to the herd from which they had strayed, Homl.

leornung-mann

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Leornigmannes hús gymnasium, An. Ox. 2, 175- ¶ with reference to the teacher :-- 'Wénað wé hwæþer ǽnigne láreów hæfde?' 'Ne gehýrde ic nǽfre ꝥ ǽniges mannes leorningmann (discipulus) wǽre,' Gr. D. 12, 24. Ne mæg beón mín leorningman, Hml.

heáh-nes

Grammar
heáh-nes, heán-, heá-nes, -ness, e; f.

Highness, height, highest point, elevation, loftiness, sublimity, excellence

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Wé ne mágon for ðære fyrlynan heáhnysse nǽfre geseón we cannot ever see it [heaven] for its remote elevation, Lchdm. iii. 232, 15. hæfde swá mycele heánnesse on ðæt cyneríce tantum in regno excellentiæ habuit, Bd. 2, 16; S. 520, 8.

be-swápan

(v.)
Grammar
be-swápan, p. -sweóp, pl. -sweópon; pp. -swápen; [be, swápan to sweep]

To clear up, persuade, cover over, clothe, protectsuadere, cooperire, amicire, munire

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Ðæt he bió wið ǽlce orsorgnesse beswápen that he shall be protected against every pleasure Past. 14, 3; Hat. MS. 17 b, 21

Linked entry: be-sweóp

framian

(v.)
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Sé þe framian ( proficere ) higð, þeáh þe stæpe fulfremednysse átilþ, symle swá þeáh fint ꝥ wexe, Scint. 100, 14

hearpe

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hearpan wynne, gomenwudu grétte, B. 2017. ic þé mid hearpan hlyste cwéman, Ps. Th. 91, 3. Mid his hearpan (Bt. F. 168, 14 has hearepan), Bt. 35, 6; S. 102, 11.

ge-efenlíc

(adj.)
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Ca' substitute Ꝥ swá geefenlíca wǽre ( swá geefenlíco wǽron, v. l.) mid þá gyfe his þingeres aequatus gratia suo intercessori, Bd. 4, 29; Sch. 531, 8