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bismer-líce

(adv.)

irreverently ⬩ blasphemously

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Þá hǽðnan bysmerlíce and synlíce heora godas him laþodan on fultum, Bl. H. 201, 30

gearwe

Grammar
gearwe, dress.
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(heora góda gegearod tó heora geblóte, v. l. ), and hiora siþþan feta wucena ætgædere brúcan, Ors. 6, 21; S. 272, 25

ofer-drync

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Add Gif ðá druncengeornan men heora druncennyssa geswícan nellað, ac þurhwuniað on ðám oferdrincum æt heora ende, Hml. A. 145, 35

fremsumnes

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Wé ongytaþ ꝥ hit þus byð in ðám mundbyrdum háligra martyra, ꝥ hí ná ne cýðað swá manige fremsumnesse þurh heora líchaman swá hí gód eówiað þurh heora reliquias (ut non tanta per corpora sua quanta beneficia per reliquias ostendant), Gr. D. 177, 2.

ge-erian

(v.)
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D. ii. 398, 20. .iii. æceras geerian on heora ágenre hwíle and mid heora ágenan sǽda gesáwan, iv. 306, 27. Add

ge-týdness

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Add: edification Wilnion hí swíðor ... þæs folces getýdnysse ( edificationem ) þonne heora ýdelan herunge, Chrd. 58, 3

weard

(n.)
Grammar
weard, e; f.
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Add In þá heordnesse and weard heora sylfra eádmódnesse in custodiam humilitatis. Gr. D. 205, 10

ge-cyndnes

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Ge-cyndnessa ł wæstmas heora nascentias eorum, 289, 22. Add

rúme

(adv.)
Grammar
rúme, adv.

widely, far and wide, ⬩ liberally, extensively, amply, abundantly, in a high degree ⬩ plainly, clearly ⬩ without contraction, in full

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Heó wíde hire willan sóhte and rúme fleáh, Cd. Th. 87, 29; Gen. 1456 : 86,10 ; Gen. 1428. Gehýran mæg ic rúme and swá wíde geseón, 42, 14; Gen. 673 : 132, 9; Gen. 2190.

Linked entry: rúm-heort

fóre-seónes

(n.)
Grammar
fóre-seónes, -ness, -nys, -nyss, e; f.

A foreseeing ⬩ foresight ⬩ providence ⬩ provĭsio ⬩ provĭdentia

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A foreseeing, foresight, providence; provĭsio, provĭdentia Heó ða cúþestan andsware ðære upplícan fóreseónesse onféng accēpit ipsa certissĭmum sŭpernæ provīsiōnis responsum, Bd. 4, 7; S. 575, 1.

ge-hú

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-hú, adv.

In any manner

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Ðeáh ðe heó sý ge-býged gehú though it be bent anyhow, Hexam. 6; Norm. 10, 30

Linked entry: HÚ

steóp-módor

(n.)
Grammar
steóp-módor, f.
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Heó wæs Philippuses steópmódor, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 110, 26. Ðæt mon hine menge mid his steópméder, Bd. 1, 27; S. 491, 11. Steópmódrum, S. 490, 35. Gé sume hæfdon eówre steópmódur, Past. 32; Swt. 211 9

un-átellendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-átellendlíc, adj.

Innumerable

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Hí bereáfedan hí æt eallon ðan gærsaman ðe heó áhte; ða wǽron unátellendlíce, 1043; Erl. 168, 34. Ðam se fæder becwæð gersuman unáteallendlíce, 1086; Erl. 221, 8. Míne unátellendlíce ( innumerabilia ) beón ic oncnáwe gyltas, Anglia xi. 118, 62

Linked entry: á-tellendlic

ge-wuldrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wuldrian, p. ode; pp. od

To glorify

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Hie gesáwon ðæt heó wæs gewuldrod they saw that she was glorified, Blickl. Homl. 139, 25. Ðú eart gewuldrad mirificatus es, Ps. Th. 138, 12. Ðú gewuldroda cyning thou glorified king, Blickl. Homl. 147, 35

Linked entry: wuldrian

ge-wunelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-wunelíce, adv.

According to custom ⬩ ordinarily ⬩ commonly ⬩ rite

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Heó oft gewunolíce cwǽde solita sit dicere, 4, 19; S. 589, 24

be-clyppan

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Heó beclypte hire neb mid handum, Hml. Th. ii. 184, 1. Hé beclypte hí ealle, Hml. S. 23, 823. Ic eom beclypt mid his earmum, 7, 46. Add

riht-líflád

(n.)
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a right way of life, right conduct Hálige men gebiddað for heora feóndum on þá tíde þe hí magon heora heortan gecyrran tó wæstmbǽrre dǽdbóte and hí gehǽlan mid hyra sylfra rihtlífláde pro inimicis suis orant sancti eo tempore quo possunt ad fructuosam

Linked entry: líf-lád

ge-grápian

(v.)
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Add: to lay hold of with the hand; to reach Seó clǽne beó oft wíde and síde blósman gegrét . . . and hig grimme windas gemétað, and þá wreccan geswencað, ꝥ heó earfoðlíce cýððe gegrápað ( that hardly can she reach home ), Angl. viii. 324, 15.

un-wíd

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wíd, adj.
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(cf. seó hell ys twá swá deóp, and heó ys ealswá wíd. Wlfst. 146, ll), Verc. Först, 109, 5

Linked entry: wíd

wyrms

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Heó ne mihte bedýglian ꝥ weaxende wyrms (wyrmsi, v.l.) and wídl (increscentem saniem), Gr. D. 157, 10.