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gim-stán

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Tó þám geweorce ( the tabernacle ) bróhte þæt folc deórwirðe gimstánas . . . þá gimstánas getácnodon mislice fægernissa on Godes mannum (v. Ex. 35, 27), Ælfc. T. Grn. 23, 40-45. Gymstána gemmarum An. Ox. 1073. Of gimstánum gemmis 3194. Add

ongelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ongelíce, ongelíc; adv.
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In the same way, similarly: — Hé beád þæt man ongelíce tó him onbúgan sceolde swá tó Gode, Ors. 6, 9 ; S. 264, 8. Ongelíc (sic MS.) similiter, Lk. L. 10, 32: 17, 31: 20, 31. Ongelíc, 16, 25

reádian

(v.)
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Þæt þú wite hwæs blód reádaþ on rosan gelícnysse, and hwæs líchama hwítað on lilian fægernysse, Hml. S. 34, 112. Eágan reádiað, Lch. ii. 258, 14. Wyl þás þreó on meolcum oþ ꝥ hý reádian, 292, 5. Add

be-helan

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Þý lǽs mé ówiht in þǽm londe beholen oððe bedégled wǽre ne quid mihi in ignotis subtraheretur locis, Nar. 20, 21. From þǽm uncystum ðe mé beholen synt ab occultis delictis meis, Ps. Th. 18, II. Add

hild

(n.)
Grammar
hild, hild, es; m.

grace ⬩ safe keeping ⬩ preservation ⬩ safety

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Th. 133, 2. preservation, safety experienced by a person Þæt hí fore his hyldon (gehylde, v. l.) heora béne geóten pro eius custodia preces fundant, Bd. I. 27; Sch. 73, 14

wrítan

Grammar
wrítan, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Þonne mon þá hláfas wrát tó þicgeanne, þonne orn þǽr blód út cum panes per convivia frangerentur, cruor e mediis panibus fluxit, Ors. 5, 10; S. 234, 5. Add Hé Cristes róde tácen þǽr tóweard wrát signum crucis edidit, Gr. D. 105, 9

ge-húslian

(v.)
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Hé hí gehúslode mid þæs Hǽlendes gerýnum, Hml. S. 3, 80. Add

eást-þeód

(n.)
Grammar
eást-þeód, e; f.
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An eastern people Þǽm eástþeódum gewelgode orientis provinciis ditati, Nar. 3, 26

and-wyrdan

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Andwyrt se godfæder þæs cildes wordum, Hml. Th. ii. 52, 4. Add

hraþe

(adv.)
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Ne þæt hé yldan þóhte, ac hé geféng hraðe rinc, B. 740: El. 669.

bisceop-seonoþ

(n.)
Grammar
bisceop-seonoþ, es; m.
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A synod of bishops Se bisceopsinoð þæs Nícéniscan geþeahtes, Angl. xi. 8, 1

Linked entry: seonoþ

ge-cwicung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-cwicung, e; f.
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Vivifying, quickening þurh þæs líchaman gecwicunge per vivificationem carnis, Gr. D. 218, 17

Linked entry: -cwicung

hramma

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Of þæs magan ádle cumað monige ádla, . . . hramma, Lch. ii. 174, 25. Add

tó-cwísedness

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Geunrétte for þæs ofhrorenan bróðres tó-cwýsednysse ( contritione ), Gr. D. 125, 11. Add

tó-lǽtan

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Þæs módes bósum byð tólǽten mentis laxalur sinus, Gr. D. 173, 9. Add

un-hwílen

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Þǽr cyning engla clǽnum gildeð leán un-hwílen,Hpt. 33, 73, 26. Add

mód-geþanc

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Hwylc man wát þæs mannes módgeþancas bútan þæs mannes gást, þe on him sylfum byð? quis scit hominum quae hominis sunt, nisi spiritus hominis qui est in ipso ?, 137, I

ge-fyllan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fyllan, to fill with (gen. dat. (inst.) or with preps.). v. ge-fellan, ge-fillan
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Þæt hé þæs earman líchoman gefylle, Bl. H. 37, 29. Ꝥ wé gefyllon þæs þearfan wambe mid úrum gódum, 39, 29.

B

Grammar
B, THE sound of b is produced by the lips; hence it is called a labial consonant, and has the same sound in Anglo-Saxon as in English. In all languages, and especially in the dialects of cognate languages, the letters employing the same organs of utterance are continually interchanged. In Anglo-Saxon, therefore, we find that b interchanges with the other labials, f and
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p Ic hæbbe I have, he hæfþ he hath. When words are transferred into modern English, b is sometimes represented by f or v :-- Beber or befor a beaver; Ober, ofer, over. In comparing the Anglo-Saxon aspirated labial f with the corresponding letter in Old

ár-weorþlíce

(adv.)
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Swá þæt wé on dæge árwurðlíce ( honeste ) faron, Hml. Th. i. 604, 6. Add

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