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(n.)
Grammar
sǽ, m. f.; sǽs, sǽes, , sǽwe, seó; ǽs, ; dat. sǽm, sǽum, sǽwum.

Sea .sea seaseaa seaa sea, lake

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Gang tó ðæs sǽs waroþe ... Hé eode tó ðære sǽ, Blickl. Homl. 231, 29-36. Gán ofer sǽs ýþa, 177, 18. Geswencede of ðisse sǽwe hreónesse, 233, 26 : 235, 1. Hreónesse ðære sǽwe, 235, 5.

ge-streón

(n.)
Grammar
ge-streón, -strión, es; n.

Gainproductemolumentwealthrichestreasureusurybusinessmercesmercātusquæstuslucrumēmŏlŭmentumŏpesthesaurusūsūranēgōtium

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Gain, product, emolument, wealth, riches, treasure, usury, business; merces, mercātus, quæstus, lucrum, ēmŏlŭmentum, ŏpes, thesaurus, ūsūra, nēgōtium Gestreón quæstus vel lucrum, Ælfc. Gl. 114; Som. 80, 6; Wrt. Voc. 60, 42.

Linked entries: streón ge-strión

slǽd

(n.)
Grammar
slǽd, sléd, es; n.
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Loke a littel on þe lannde on þi lyfte honde & þon schal se in þat slade þe self chapel, Gaw. 2147

beran

to carrybringto bearto sufferto carryfruit

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Add: Fero ic bere gǽð ðus; fers ðú berst (byrst), fert hé berð (byrð), Ælfc. Gr. Z. 199, 6. Bierð bajulat. Wrt. Voc. ii. II, 66. Bireþ gestat, 41, 59. with sense of motion, to carry, bring. with concrete object Hié mé on heofenas beraþ, Bl.

tredan

(v.)
Grammar
tredan, p. træd, pl, trǽdon; pp. treden.

to treadtread downtrample uponto tread uponstep uponwalk upon

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Forð gán, foldweg tredan, Andr. Kmbl. 1550; An. 776. Gewát him se hearda sǽwong tredan, Beo. Th. 3933; B. 1964. Tredan elþeódigra foldan, Exon. Th. 329, 4; Vy. 29. Ic seah turf tredan .vi. gebróðor, 394, 10; Ra. 14, 1.

ǽg-hwilc

(n.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
ǽg-hwilc, -hwelc, -hwylc; adj. [á + ge + hwý + líc]

Everyallwhosoeverwhatsoeverevery onequicunqueunusquisqueomnis

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Ǽghwylcum máððum gesealde he gave a present to every one. Beo. Th. 2104; B. 1050. Ǽghwylcne ellþeódigra unumquemque alienorum, Andr. Kmbl. 51; An. 26. Wreðiaþ fæste ǽghwilc óðer each supports the other firmly, Bt. Met. Fox 11, 69; Met. 11, 35.

Linked entries: á-hwylc ég-hwelc

BÉN

(n.)
Grammar
BÉN, gen. dat. béne; acc. bén; pl. pl.nom. béna, béne; f.

A prayingprayerpetitionan entreatya deprecationsupplicationdemandboneBOONdeprecatiooratioprecespostulatio

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Hí heom ðæra béna forwyrdnon they gave to them a denial of their requests Ors. 2, 2; Bos. 40, 34. Micelra béna dæg litania major Martyr. 25, April

Linked entry: ge-bén

cnapa

Grammar
cnapa, cnafa.
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Se áwyrgeda gást gewát of ðámmen, Hml. Th. ii. 510, 32

gegninga

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gegnunga from Gode cóme, 683. directly to an end, without modification, completely, simply Þæt mæg secgan sé þe wyle sóð sprecan, þæt se mondryhten, sé eów geaf eóredgeatwe . . . génunga gúðgewǽdu forwurpe ( that he simply threw away the weapons he gave

húsel-hálgung

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(From this passage it would seem that húsel-hálgung and húsel-gang have the same meaning.) Add:: holy communion, the sacrament of the Lord's Supper :-- Húselhálgung næs ǽr þám se Hǽlend gehálgode hláf and win tó húsle, Hml. A. 71, 155.

hwíl-wende

(adj.)
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Þú wǽre nú oð þis úpáhafen on þisse worulde ǽhtum and hwílwendum weorcum; nú gedafnað þé ꝥ þú beó úpáhafen on gást-licum welum, Hml. S. 30, 118

ge-angsumian

(v.)
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Heó wearð oð deáð on móde geancsumed . . . and æt Gode ábæd ꝥ heó hire gást ágeaf, Chr. 1093; P. 228, 13. Hé micclum wearð geangsumod, and for his mágum swíðor þonne for him sylfum, Hml. A. 97, 168.

hleówþ

(n.)
Grammar
hleówþ, hleóþ, hlíwþ, hlýwþ, e; f.

Shelter, protection, warmth

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Gé hyra hulpon and him hleóþ géfon ye helped them [the poor] and gave them shelter, Exon. 27 b; Th. 83, 11; Cri. 1354

Linked entries: hlíwþ hlýwþ

dæg-réd

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-réd, dæg-rǽd,es ; n.

Dawn, daybreak, early morningdilūcŭlum, matutīnum, aurōra

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Ic út on dægrǽd exeo dilūcŭlo, Coll. Monast. Th. 19, 13: Ælfc. T. 24, 11

morgen

(n.)
Grammar
morgen, es; m.

morningmornthe morning of the next daymorrow

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Morghenas, iii. 6, 17. the morning of the next day, morrow and cum tó morgenne go, and come to-morrow, Past. Swt. 325, 1. On morgne on the morrow. Beo. Th. 4961; B. 2484. On morne, Bd. 2, 6; S. 508, 7. Tó morgen cras, Ex. 8, 23: Mt.

Linked entries: margen morne regn

pund

(n.)
Grammar
pund, es; n.
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seó wǽge wulle tó .cxx. p. (tó healfan punde, MS. G.), L. Edg. ii. 8 ; Th, i. 270, 3. of other money Ánum hé sealde fif pund ( talenta ), Mt. Kmbl. 25, 15, 16, 20, 22. Hé sealde týn pund ( mnas ), Lk. 19, 13.

Linked entries: mund-bryce borh-leás

Columba

(n.)
Grammar
Columba, an; m.

An Irish priest, the Apostle of the Highlands

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He preached to the Picts, whose king gave him the Western Isle, Iona, in which he founded his abbey and college.

ge-fricgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fricgan, -fricgean; p. -fræg, pl. -frǽgon; pp. -frigen

To learn by asking or by inquiryhear of

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We feor and neáh gefrigen habbaþ Moyses dómas hæleðum secgan we far and near have heard that Moses gave laws to men, Cd. 143; Th. 177, 28; Exod. 1

Linked entry: ge-frægen

tál-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
tál-líc, adj.

that conveys reproach, calumny, etc., calumnious, blasphemousthat deserves reproof, blameable, reprehensible

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Nis ðæt clǽne herigendlíc, ne ðæt gále tállíc, gif him steorran forgéfon, ðæt hí swá lyfedon, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 281. v. tǽl-líc, and next word

Linked entries: tǽl-líc teál-líc

ge-receness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-receness, e; f.
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K. p. 150, 4. interpretation, explanation Tó mǽgwlite gást-licre (-a, v. l.) gerecenesse (-a, v. l.) ad formam interpretationis, Bd. 5, 23 ; Sch. 696, 4. proof, testimony. C. ge-reccan ; III. 6 Gerecenesse congerie (v. (?)

Linked entries: rece-ness ge-recness