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ge-leáfleást

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Ádrǽfde þín lár þá geleáfleáste from mé, Hml. S. 5, 110. Láriówas út gewitun of Angla lande for þǽre geleáfléste þe him þá onsǽge gewearþ, Cht. Crw. 19, 7.

Q

Grammar
Q, This letter occurs but seldom in Anglo-Saxon; in those native words where qu is now found, e. g. quick, quoth, cw or cu was written, cwic, cuic, cwæþ, cuæþ. In the glossary (belonging to the eighth century) given in Wrt. Voc. ii. 98 sqq. are six instances of words beginning with qu, and four others occur in the same volume; in the Blickling Gloss the form quémde glosses complacebam, and the foreign word
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reliquias retained its original form

wrégan

(v.)
Grammar
wrégan, (wrecan) ; p. wrégde, wréhte; pp. wreged, wreht

To bewray ⬩ accuse ⬩ denounce ⬩ to accuse ⬩ to accuse ⬩ to accuse ⬩ to denounce

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Fund mann nan þing uppon hemm to wreþenn, Orm. 416. Goth. wróhjan to accuse: O. Sax. wrógian: O. Frs. wrógia, wréia: O. H. Ger. ruogen: Icel. rægja.] Similar entries v. for-, ge-wrégan

scip-bryce

(n.)
Grammar
scip-bryce, es; m.
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Ship-wreck, what comes ashore from wrecks Ic habbe gegeofen Ælfwine abbod intó Ramesége . . . scipbryce and ða sǽupwarp on eallen þingen swá wel swá ic hit mé seolf betst habbe bí ða sǽrime áhwǽr in Engelande, Chart. Th. 421, 33. (Cf. L.

gehæft-world

(n.)
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A world of captivity or bondage, the world before redemption through Christ Eálá Maria, eall þeós gehæftworld bídeþ þínre geþafunga; for þon þe God þé hafaþ tó gísle on middangearde geseted, and Adames gylt þurh þé sceal beón geþingod . . . þurh þé sceal

híwcúþlíce

(adv.)
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Þú scealt þínon Drihtne híwcúðlíce æt his weófode þénian ad altare cum Domino famularis, Chrd. 67, 37. Hé wæs gebunden tó mé híwcúþlíce (heów-, v. l.) mid freóndlicre lufan amicitiis familiariter obstrictus, Gr. D. 3. 28.

orne

(adj.)
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, injurious Úsic þá earfeðo forléton, and wé ðá sioðþan bútan orenum þingum mete þigdon ( ab securis nobis epulę capiuntur ), Nar. 24, 2

of-wundrod

(n.; adj.; part.)

astonished

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Ic eom swíðe ungemetlíce ofwundrod hwí eów þince . . . vehementer admiror, Bt. 13; Fox 40, 5. Seó cwén wæs tó ðan swíðe ofwundrod, ðæt heó næfde furþor nǽnne gást, Homl. Th. ii. 584, 18. Maria and Ioseph wǽron ofwundrode ðæra worda, i. 144, 15.

sendan

(v.)
Grammar
sendan, p. sende ; pp. sended, send
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Þinga gehwylces ðara ðe ðú mé sendan wylle tó cunnunge, Exon. Th. 453, 32 ; Hy. 4, 23.

læfer

(n.)
Grammar
læfer, e; f.

a rush

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Genim læfre neoðowearde take the lower part of a bulrush, Lchdm. i. 382, 21. a thin plate of metal Gylden læfr bractea, Ælfc. Gl. 58; Som. 67, 111; Wrt. Voc. 38, 34.

Linked entries: leber lifer

land-riht

(n.)
Grammar
land-riht, es; n.
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Eác of manegum landum máre landriht áríst tó cynges gebanne the law as regards the thane is that he do three things for his land. Also for many lands or estates, more extensive dues arise upon decree of the king, L. R. S. 1; Th. i. 432, 6

MANIG

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
MANIG, maneg, monig, mænig; adj.

MANY ⬩ many a

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Ðyllícu þing and óðre manega, Shrn. 35, 28. Mænige gefóþ hwælas, Coll. Monast. Th. 35, 1. Hwí árísaþ swá mænige wið mé, Ps. Th. 3, 1. Ðǽr módlíce manega sprǽcon, Byrht. Th. 137, 43; By. 200.

ge-efenlǽcan

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Þínum Drihtne geefenlǽc, 21, 371. Wé sceolon geefenlǽcan þysum hyrdum, and wuldrian úrne Drihten, Hml. Th. i. 44, i. absolute Nelle þú geeuenlǽcan mid þám áwyrgendum noli emulari in malignantibus, Ps. L. 36, 1. Earfoþe tó geefenlǽcenne, R.

ge-wilnian

(v.)
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Ne gewilna ( concupisces ) þú þínes néhstan ierfes mid unrihte, Ll. Th. i. 44, 21. with dat.

for-seón

(v.)
Grammar
for-seón, -sión; ic -seó, ðú -sihst, -sixst, he -sihþ, -syhþ, pl. -seóþ; p. -ic, he -seah, ðú -sáwe, -seáge, pl. -sáwon, -ségon; impert. -seoh; subj. he -seó; pp. -sewen

To overlook ⬩ despise ⬩ contemn ⬩ scorn ⬩ be ashamed of ⬩ neglect ⬩ reject ⬩ renounce ⬩ despĭcĕre ⬩ temnĕre ⬩ contemnĕre ⬩ spernĕre ⬩ erŭbescĕre ⬩ neglĭgĕre ⬩ posthăbēre ⬩ rejĭcĕre

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Óþ-ðæt ðú meahte ǽlc eorþlic þing forsión until thou mayest look down upon every earthly thing, Bt. Met. Fox 24, 14; Met. 24, 7. Ic forseó temno, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 4; Som. 31, 17. Ic fracuþe forseó feóndas míne ĕgo vĭdēbo inĭmīcos meos. Ps. Th. 117, 7.

Linked entry: for-sión

húru

(adv.)
Grammar
húru, adv.

At least ⬩ at all events ⬩ at any rate ⬩ in any case ⬩ however ⬩ even ⬩ yet ⬩ only ⬩ indeed ⬩ certainly ⬩ especially

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Óðre lytle fugelas sind læssan ðonne heó sý and hwæðere hí ofsleáþ sum þing húru ðás fleógan other little birds are less than it [the dove] is, and yet they kill something, at any rate these flies, Homl. Th. ii. 46, 17.

Linked entry: híru

ymb

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Nú wylle ic bysne ætíwan ymbe þá þing þe wé nú handledon, Angl. viii. 304, 24. cf. Dict. 3 d. Nú wé sculon fón ymb þæt Punica gewin, Ors. 4, 4; S. 164, 8. Þá þíng þe wé fæste ymbe wǽron, Angl. viii. 304, 24.

geá

etiam, jam

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Mé þincð nú þæt þé þince þæt. . . Geá, swá mé þincð, Solil. H. 20, 9. ; 'Gif þú þone man tó mé gelǽdest . . . ic wille gelýfan.

manigfeald-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
manigfeald-líc, adj.

Manifold ⬩ having many parts ⬩ of many kinds ⬩ various

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Manifold, having many parts, of many kinds, various Ðeáh hit ús manigfealdlíc þince, sum gód, sum yfel, hit is ðeáh him ánfeald gód, Bt. 39, 6; Fox 220, 8.

blis

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Gá intó þínes hláfordes blisse (gaudium), Mt. 25, 21. Add

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