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-líc

(adj.; suffix)
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Swá swá him þincæ þæt mǽ for Godæ þearflucustþ sí, Cht. Th. 554, 36

ofer-módian

(v.)
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to be proud Þæt þurh eádmódnysse ná ofermódige ut per humilitatem non superbiat, Scint. 19, 20. Náteshwón framað on héhnysse eádmódnysse leornian sé þe on neowlum gesett ná geswícð ofermódian (superbire ), 84, 8. Ofermódigende superbiendo, 230, 3

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on-sundrum

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on-sundrum, <b>. I.</b>
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þæt cildra inngân þâ cyrcean ân on-sundron sê gehringed belle ( let a bell be rung without the accompaniment of any other? ; but the Latin is: Unum continuatim pulsetur tintinnabu-lum), Angl. xiii. 380, 211. Add

á-reccan

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Þæt hyra nán ne wandode for mínum ege þætþæt folcriht árehton, Cht. Th. 486, 25. Hwá is þæt þe eall ðá yfel þe hí dónde wǽron ásecgean mæge oððe áreccean ?, Ors. 1, 8; S. 42, 7. tó áreccganne (-secganne?)

ge-sciftan

(v.)
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ge-sciftan, I. to divide into shares among people.
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Take here <b>ge-scyftan</b> in Dict. to assign, appoint, ordain Is lencten ús eallum tó dǽdbóte gescyft, þæt wé on þám fæce . . . wið God gebétan . . . Wlfst. 102, 17.

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ge-dígan

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Feá þæt gedýgað þára þe geræcað rynegiestes wǽpen, Rä. 4, 57. Ic þæt unsófte ealdre gedígde, B. 1655. Gefeónde ꝥ hé þone deáð gedígde (evaserit), Gr. D. 203, 14. Se bróþer gedígde ꝥ wíte frater evasit supplicium, 346, 6.

forht

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L. 1, 20. expressing fear Þá blácan andwlitan and þæt bifiende wered, se forhta cearm and þǽra folca wóp, Wlfst. 186, 18

frimdig

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Ic eom fyrmdig tó ðám híwum þæt hý hine ceósan, C. D. ii. 114, 18. Hé underfǽng þone cnapan swá swá hé frymdig wæs he received the boy even as he requested, Hml. S. 3, 13. Cf. firmettan. Add

fríþ

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Substitute: Fair Mec (the cuckoo) seó friðe mǽg (the bird that hatches the cuckoo's egg) fédde oð þæt ic áweóx the fair lady (cf. freólec mǽg used of a woman) nurtured me, till I grew up, Rä. 10, 9

fót-lic

(adj.)
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fót-lic, adj.
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on foot, that is done on foot Folga mé ná þæt án on fótlicum gange, ac eác swilce on gódra ðeáwa geefenlǽcunge. Hml. Th. ii. 468, 21. fig. pedestrian, low in style Fótlic pedestre, i. uile. Germ. 403, 12

ge-þeód

(n.)
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ge-þeód, e; f.
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Ne sceal hé ágan náne geþeóde náðer ne wið þæt mynster ne wið þá geférrǽdene non debet sociari corpori monasterii, R. Ben. 109, 17

geár-dagas

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Hit gewearð on geárdagum þæt God sylf spæc of Synai munte, 66, 9

ofer-mǽte

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Be ðám þingum þe ðú mé sédest þat þú getyohhod hæafde tó forlétanne . . . þæt is ofermétta wela and ofermýtta wyrðscipe and ungemetlíce ríclic lýf, Solil. H. 38, 2. Hine deófla costodon mid ofermǽte unclǽne luste, Shrn. 52, 22. Add

swíþlíce

(adv.)
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Add Cúðberhtus cwæð þæt Hereberhtus ðá sceolde swíðlíce befrínan (most fully inquire about) his nýdþearfnysse, Hml. Th. ii. 152, 7. Sý spǽc eówer 'Ys, Ys', 'Ná, Ná'; ꝥ þysum swýðlícor (abundantius) ys, fram yfele hit ys, Scint. 135, 8

an-sín

(n.)
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Ox. 1888. sight, visible appearance Næs þæs wyrmes þǽr onsýn ǽnig there was nothing to be seen of the dragon, B. 2772. ꝥ hé leng from Crístes onsýne wǽre that he should be longer without a sight of Christ, Bl. H. 225, 29.

Linked entry: an-sýn

beón

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Swá bið þǽre sáwle and þǽre synne, Wlfst. 240, 4. to consist of (on) Þæt gafol bið on deóra fellum, Ors. l, l; S. 18, 17. with predicate, noun or adjective Ic dó ꝥ gyt beóð (beóþan, R.) manna fisceras faciam vos fieri piscatores hominum, Mt. 4, 19:

cemban

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Under ðám treówe cembe hyre feax ... ꝥ bið lǽcedóm þǽre ðe hyre heáfod þǽr cembeþ (cæmbeð, v. l. ), Lch. i. 332, 11-18. Stríc þú mid þínum fingrum on þín feax nyþerwearad, swilce þú cembe þé, Tech. ii. 127, 5.

ele-fæt

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Hé hét áwurpan út þæt glæsene fæt mid ele mid ealle . . . hét eft áhebban þæt elefæt, 178, 31. Oelefæt full smirinise alabastrum ungenti, Lk. L. 7, 37. Add

nyt-weorþ

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Forgife mé se wilega gifola þæt mé tó ǽgðrum onhagige, ge hér nytwyrðe tó beónne (cf. Alfred's words in the translation of Boethius: Ic wilnode weorþfullíce tó libbanne þá hwíle þe ic lifede, Bt. 17 ; F. 60, 14), ge húru þider tó cumane, Solil.

Linked entry: not-wirþe

gál

(adj.)
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gál, adj.
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Mid clǽnnysse þæt gále gecynd gewyldan, 360, 2. Helle bryne eów wæs gegearwod for eówer gǽlnesse gǽlra dǽda, Angl. xii. 510, 12. Add