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godspell-traht

(n.)
Grammar
godspell-traht, es; m.
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Ic cweðe þæt ic nǽfre heononforð ne áwende godspeltrahtas of Lédene on Englisc, Hml. Th. ii. 594, 19

Linked entry: traht

stelan

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Gang , and æfter þysum ne stel þú nán þing, 25, 19. Hé begann tó stelenne on heora gewunan he began to steal according to their custom, Ælf. T. Grn. 17, 18. Add

bisenung

(n.)
Grammar
bisenung, e; f.

exampleexampleproof

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Náþor ne hí mid bodengum wel lǽraþ ne mid bisnuncgum wel tǽcaþ, Wlfst. 376, 25. Hí mid bysnungum wel ne lǽdað, Ll. Th. ii. 328, 2. example, proof Bysnung documentum, An. Ox. 4539

rúmedlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
rúmedlíce, adv.

liberallyat large, fully

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Ne óðerra monna ne reáfiaþ, ne hierarúmedlíce dǽlaþ, Past. 23; Swt. 177, 7. Ðonne hwá ǽgðer ge mete ge hrægl þearfendum rúmedlíce (rúmodlíce, Hatt.

Linked entry: rúmed-líc

wicce

(n.)
Grammar
wicce, an; f.
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cwyð sum wíglere, ðæt wiccan oft secgaþ swá swá hit ágǽð . . . secge wé . . . ðæt se deófol . . . geswutelaþ ðære wiccan hwæt heó secge mannum . . .

clǽn-georn

(adj.)
Grammar
clǽn-georn, adj.

puritatis amans

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Ne mágon swilce men macian wununge ðam clǽn-geornan Gode on clǽnre heortan no such men can make a dwelling in a pure heart for a God desirous of purity, Basil, admn. 7; Norm. 48, 19

wærþu

(n.)
Grammar
wærþu, (-o); indecl. f.

Sagacity, cunning, cleverness

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Sagacity, cunning, cleverness Gif him lífes weard of móde ábrít ðæt micle dysig ðæt hit oferwrigen mid wunode lange, þonne ic wát ðæt hí ne wundriaþ mæniges þinges ðe monnum wærþo and wunder þynceþ (many a thing that now seems very clever and wonderful

wígan

(v.)
Grammar
wígan, [p. wag, pl. wigon; pp. wigen]

to fightdo battle

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to fight, do battle sceal hond and heard sweord ymb hord wígan, Beo. Th. 5012; B. 2509. Móises getealde ðæs folces meniu wígendra manna numeravit Moyses omnem sianmam filiorum Israel a viginti annis et supra, Num. 26, 1.

Linked entries: wígende wigian

cweþan

Grammar
cweþan, <b>. I.</b>
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'Ne cwæð ðú goda, ac gramlicra deofla' (say not gods' (worship), but cruel devils'), Hml.

hrínan

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Ne wæs ǽnig þára þæt mé þus þríste swá þú þá mid hondum hrínan dorste, Jul. 512. the agent non-personal Hé on þá tíd ðe hé inne bið ne bið hrinen (hríned, v. l.) mid þí storme ðæs wintres (hiemis tempestate non tangitur ), Bd. 2, 13; Sch. 165, 25.

for-georne

(adv.)
Grammar
for-georne, adv.

Very diligently

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Very diligently Geseó wé forgeorne, Bl. H. 111, 23

Linked entry: georne

on-hrínan

(v.)
Grammar
on-hrínan, with gen. dat.

To touch

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To touch Sió sunne ne onhrínþ ðæs dǽles ðæs heofenes ðe se móna on irnþ, ne se móna ne onhrínþ ðæs dǽles ðe sió sunne on irnþ, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 232, 27-29. Ða hundas. . . his náne onhrinon, Shrn. 145, 5. Ðá ne onhrán ðæt fýr him, 53, 24.

ge-munan

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Ne gemyn ne memineris, Ps. Vos. 78, 8. þú gemyne, 24, 7. Gemyne reminiscere, 6. Ge-mynen remintscentur, 21, 28. Add

Eáster-tíd

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Is beboden on ðám regole þe ús gewissað be þǽre Eástertíde ꝥ nǽfre ne sý se hálga Eásterdæg gemǽrsod ǽr þan þe seó lenctenlice emniht sý ágán, 256, 11. On Eástertíd, Chr. 774; P. 51, 28. Ðám mannum ðe ic on Eástertídum feoh sealde, C.

líchamlíce

(adv.)
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His micelnesse ne mæg nán monn ámetan ; nis þ líchonilíce (lícum-, v. l. ) tó wénanne, ac gástlíce, Bt. 42 ; F. 258, 13. carnally, having no regard to spiritual interests Þá lufedon hí hyre mágas líchamlíce (carnaliter) . . . and ne hogodon þeáh

nón

(n.)
Grammar
nón, m. (not n. )
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Se bere . . . tó middes dæges hám cóm, þonne him wæs beboden ꝥ hé tó nónes sceolde, ne hé hit ne ylde æt nón, þonne hé tó middes dæges sceolde hám cumin, Gr. D. 206, 20-23. Fram Sæternes-dæges nóne oð Mónandæges líhtincge, Wlfst. 117, 4.

ceorian

(v.)
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Ne þurfe wé ceorian þæt Drihten nis líchamlíce on ðyssere worulde wunigende , 438, 27. Ceorian hwí hí móddru nǽron and eác swylce mǽdenu, Hml.

ildan

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Ne yllde (ylde, v. l. ) hé hit þá leng, Bd. 2, 12; Sch. 152, 4. with clause Tó won yldest þú ꝥ þú tó Gode gecyrre?, Archiv cxxii. 257, 9. Ne yld þú ꝥ þú gecyrre . . . Sé þe yldeð ꝥ hé ne gecyrre.

git

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
git, yet. l. gít. [The word is often accented in the MSS., and only in such cases is the accent given in the following passages.]
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Ic ne beládige gýt mé for ylde, Hml. Th. ii. 516, 27. with defining words. Cf. 2 Gé hit ne magon giet (git, v. l., nunc ) áberan, Past. 237, 13. Ic cóm . . . and git ic mínne múþ ne ontýnde, and hé cóm and slóh cymbalan, Gr. D. 62, 21.

ge-dyrstlǽcan

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'Ne gedyrstlǽce nán man be mǽgðháde bútan sóðre lufe, Hml. Th. i. 54, 10. with a reflexive dative For hwig gedyrst- lǽhtest þú þé ꝥ ðú ꝥ geþanc ásendest ?, Nic. 17, 6