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be-ládian

(v.)
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Ðára scylda hié wilniað ðæt hié scylen hié beladian, Past. 241, 2. with (neg.) clause Hé mæg hine ðý lǽs beládian ðæt hé næbbe wíte geearnod. inexcusabiliter merebitur supplicium, 347, 19

for-þencan

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Þý lǽs hé hine for ðǽre wynsuman wyrde fortrúwige, oððe for ðǽre réðan forðence ne vos aut tristis fortuna opprimat, aut jucunda corrumpat, Bt. 40, 3; S. 138, 27.

ge-tǽlan

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Ðæt wæs getǽled ðurh ðone múð ðǽre Sóðfæstnesse quod ore Veritatis increpatur, Past. 439, 27. to contemn, despise, mock : — Ðý lǽs ðú gitéla ne despicias, Rtl. 43, 13. Getéled bið contempnatur, Mk. L. 9, 12: inludetur, Lk.

útera

(adj.)
Grammar
útera, cpve. útemest, útmest; spve. adj.

Outeroutmostexternalnot of the inner man

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Hú se láreów ne sceal ða inneran giémenne gewanian for ðære úterran ábisgunge (exteriorum occupatione), ne eft ða úterran ne forlǽte hé for ðære inneran ... ðý læs hé sié gehæft mid ðam úterran ymbhogan, Past. 18; Swt. 127, 8-14.

Linked entry: ýtera

bregdan

(v.)

to pluckpulldrawdragto bindknotto changeto changeto movebe pulledto flash

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Shrn. 154, 28 : 74, 30. to bring a charge (braid in up-braid) Þe lǽs þé God up bréde þone godspellican cwide lest God bring up against you that saying of the gospel, Wlfst. 248, 9. to change Þá brǽd se sceocca hine sylfne tó menn, Hml. S. ii. 222.

ealdian

(v.)
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Þe lǽs þe hí þurh eorþlice dǽda á ealdodon (áealdodon ?: hí ne ealdodon nǽfre, v.l.) fram hyra módes níwnysse ne per humanos actus a novitate mentis veterascerent, Gr. D. 6, 32. Aldadon bán mín inveteraverunt ossa mea, Ps. Srt. 31, 3.

ge-blódegian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-blódegian, -blódgian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [ge-, blódegian to make bloody]

To make bloodycover with bloodcruentāre

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Swilce ðǽr lǽge on ðam disce ánes fingres liþ eal geblódgod as if there lay in the dish the joint of a finger all covered with blood, Homl. Th. ii. 272, 27; Wanl. Catal. 43, 16. Gif ðæt flet geblódgad wyrþe if the dwelling be covered with blood, L.

bísgung

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bísgung, l. bisgung,
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For ðára bisgunge ne sié his giémen ná ðý lǽsse ymb ðá gehírsuman internorum curam in exteriorum occupatione non minuens, Past. 75, 14. Ne sceal hé hyne ábysgian worldlicra bysgunga non debet occupari mundanis negotiis, Ll. Th. ii. 174, 28. and add

blód

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Ǽr him mon blód lǽte, þám þe fela blódes hæfþ, ii. 210, 16. Blód wanian, iii. 184, 16. Wer blóda vir sanguinum, Ps. L. 5, 8: Ps. Spl. 25, 9. Handa mid manna blódum befýlede, Angl. xi. 113, 36. Add

flítan

(v.)
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flítan, part. flítende; ic flíte, ðú flítest, flítst, he flíteþ, flít, pl. flítaþ; p. flát, pl. fliton; pp. fliten

To strivecontenddisputerebelcontendĕrecertāredispŭtārejurgāre

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Ðam ðe wylle on dóme wið ðé flítan, and niman ðíne tunecan, lǽt him tó ðínne wǽfels ei, qui vult tecum jūdĭcio contendĕre, et tŭnĭcam tuam tollĕre, dimitte ei et pallium, Mt. Bos. 5, 40. Flítende contending, Beo. Th. 1836; B. 916.

Linked entry: flítend

Súþ-Seaxe

(n.)
Grammar
Súþ-Seaxe, -Seaxan; pl.
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[Folc læi inne Suð-sæxe, Laym. 15368. Souþsex ( a shire ), R. Glouc. 3, 21.]

wice

(n.)
Grammar
wice, (and wic?), es; m.
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. ¶ perhaps the word is found in the place name occurring in the following :-- Uno in eo loco cui uocabulum est æt Griman laeg . . . Tertio æt Wican, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii, 407, 22 (cf. Ðis syndon ðara halfe híde londgemǽru æt Wican, iii. 464, 2).

Linked entry: wic

deór

(n.)
Grammar
deór, an animal.
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Holmes læst and heofonfuglas and wildu deór, 1516. Manna pað semila, deóra pað callis, Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 42. Dióra, Met. 26, 92. Leó, deóra cénost, Exod. 322.

ge-nóg

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-nóg, adv.
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Hit genóg ǽmettig læg and genóg wéste and ge his náne note ne hæfdon, Ors. 1, 10; S. 48, 24. with adv. Ꝥ wé genóg raðe tó þǽm becwóman, Nar. 11, 27. Bebinde genóh wearme, Lch. ii. 270, 9. Ic ongite genóh sweotule ꝥ . . ., Bt. 7, 1; F. 16, 10.

inc

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Lǽt inc geséman. Past. 349, 12. with bégen Þé and ... þín ágen bearn ... inc bám ic geháte, Hml. S. 23 b, 449: Sat. 488: Wlfst. 259, 15, 16: Gr.

wlencu

(n.)
Grammar
wlencu, (-o); indecl.: wlenc, e; f.

pridehigh spiritpridearrogancehaughtinessinsolencedistinctionsplendourpompdignitymagnificencewealthgreatness

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Ðú forlǽtan scealt ídle ofersǽlþa . . . ne ðú ðé ǽfre ne lǽt wlenca gewǽcan, Met. 5, 31

Linked entries: wlanc wlanc

maga

(adj.)
Grammar
maga, adj. used as subst.

Powerfulstronga powerful person

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Powerful, strong, a powerful person Ic lǽre ǽlcne ðara ðe maga sí I advise every one that is powerful, Shrn. 163, 12. Ne derige se maga ðam unmagan let not the strong injure the weak, L. I. P. 7; Th. ii. 314, 1.

fealh

(n.)
Grammar
fealh, fealh, fealg, felg, e; f.
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[Most, if not all, of these are glosses on: Graculus segetum glumas et laeti cespitis occasdepopulare studet, Ald. 142, 20.] Substitute:

Linked entry: fealgian

ge-hírsum

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Ne sié his giémen nó ðý lǽsse ymb þá gehiérsuman (-hír-, v. l. ), Past. 74, 15. obedient to a person Ðá tunglu þú gedést þé gehýrsume, Bt. 4 ; F. 6, 32. a law, command, &c. Hié wǽron þǽre godcundan ǽ swíþe gehýrsume, Bl. H. 163, 3

Linked entry: ge-hýrsum

weall-fæsten

(n.)
Grammar
weall-fæsten, weall-fæstenn, es; n.

a walled stronghold a fortress a wall for defence a bulwark

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Wyrceþ wæter wealfæsten ( erat aqua quasi murus a dextra eorum et laeva,< Ex. 14, 22; ), 195, 27; Exod. 283