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á-líf

(n.)
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everlasting life Þǽr bið eallum hálgum álíf sceapen, Först. Verc. 99, 2. Tó álífe gesceapen, 92, 15. [Icel. ei-lífi, -lífð.]

á-sánian

(v.)
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Add: to grow dull, to wane Þæt leóht ásánode on þá ylcan wýsan þe hit ǽr wæxende wæs, Vis. Lfc. 57

Linked entries: sǽne -sánian

cyme

(n.)
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Add: event, issue Þæs wítedómes sóð se æfterfylgenda cyme þára wísena ( sequens rerum euentus ) geséðde, Bd. 4, 29; Sch. 530, 12

ge-eácnian

(v.)
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Heó geeácnod wæs of þǽm Hálgan Gáste, 11, 14. Þæt wíf mid bearne geeácnod wæs, Guth. 8, 12. to conceive a child Geeácnaþ concipit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 22. An mǽden sceal geeácnian (concipiet) and ácennan sunu, Hml. Th. ii. 14, 2.

ge-fylcea

(n.)
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ge-fylcea, (?), an; m.
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Of þǽm teóndscipe þe ús ǽr betweónum wæs ꝥ Porrus se kyning seoðþan wæs mé freónd and eallum Gréca herige, and mín geféra and gefylcea (my comrade and ally; or ?

Linked entry: fylcea

ge-lang

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Þæt wæs swíþost on ðǽm gelong, þæt Hasterbal swá late fleáh for þon þe hé elpendas mid him hæfde diu incertus belli eventus fuit, elephantis maxime Romanam infestantibus aciem, Ors. 4, 10; S. 198, 26.

híran

(v.)

to hearto hearto hearto give earhearkenlistenTo listen toto obeyto obeyto obeyto be subject toto serveerrorto belong toauthorityjurisdictionof a dueprivilegeoccupationofficehear ofbe told

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Is nú þearf mycel þæt wé wísfæstra wordum hýran, An. 1169. þǽr þú þám ne hiérde þe unc þisne hearm gerǽd, Gen. 797. Gif him mon hýran nelle, þonne mót se mæssepreóst hit wrecan, Bl. H. 49, 2.

creópere

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Læg þǽr sum creópere lama fram cildháde, 10, 25. Add

fóddernoþ

(n.)
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fóddernoþ, es; m.

Sustenancenourishment

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Sustenance, nourishment Ealle þá stówe þe þǽr ðám mannum tó fóddornoþe beón sceoldon tota illic loca nutriendis hominibus profutura, Gr. D. 193, 17

Linked entry: fódnóþ

forliger-wíf

(n.)
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forliger-wíf, (-legor-), es; n.

A prostitute

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Þú eart meretrix, þæt is forlegorwíf (-legos-, v. l.), 23

Linked entry: forlegis-wíf

ge-hlǽnsian

(v.)
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ge-hlǽnsian, p. ode
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To make lean Gewiss ys þæt þurh forhæfed-nysse flǽsc sí gehlǽnsud ( maceretur ), Scint. 53, 8. Gehlǽnsedum macilento, i. tenuato An. Ox. 2123

ge-meldian

(v.)
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Ǽne ic God spræcan gehýrde, and þæt treówe ongeat tídum gemeldad semel locutus est Deus, duo haec audivi, Ps. Th. 61, ii. Add

geómore

(adv.)
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geómore, geómre; adv.
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Þǽr wæs tóða geheáw hlúde and geómre, Sat. 340

Linked entry: geómre

ge-sĕþness

(n.)
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ge-sĕþness, e ; f.
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Assertion, affirmation Þæt hé geseah hé gesóðode þurh his geséðnysse, þeáh þe hý sume noldon his láre underfón ne his geséðnysse, Nap. 32

hwamm

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Ic mé ána gestód on sumum hwomme þæs cafertúnes, Hml. S. 23 b, 422. Hwommas angulos, Germ. 403, 14: porticus, 396, 175. Add

láþlíce

(adv.)
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Þǽr losað ꝥ cild láðlíce hǽðen, Hml. S. 17. 155. Add

leás-wiht

(n.)
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Satan ) geond þæt láþe scræf, Sal. 727. Leásuhta bepǽcunge lenonum lenocinio An. Ox. 4014. (?)

myndgung

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Þes sylfa þeáw for ðý lange þurh myndgunge þæs hálgan weres on Angelcynnes mynsterum forþweard wæs, Lch. iii. 434, 19 : 440, 5. Add

un-æþelness

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For 'Dial. 2, 23' substitute Seó aeþelnes heora gebyrda gegearwað þæs módes unæþelnesse solet nobilitas generis parare ignobilitatem mentis, Gr. D. 151, 24

wuldor-geweorc

(n.)
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wuldor-geweorc, es; n.
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Glorious work; a glorious work Þæs eádigan Cristofurus wuldorgeworc synd nú lang tó ásecganne þe Dryhten þurh hyne geworhte, Angl. xvii. 122, 4