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ǽrend-raca

(n.)
Grammar
ǽrend-raca, ǽrend-wreca, an; m. [ǽrend an errand; raca, wreca from reccan to tell, wrecan to utter]

A messengerambassadoran apostleangelnuntiusapostolusangelus

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A messenger, ambassador, an apostle, angel; nuntius, apostolus, angelus Se ǽrendraca nys mǽrra ðonne se ðe hine sende non est apostolus major eo qui misit eum, Jn. Bos. 13,16. Sende he ǽrendracan misit legatarios, Bd. 5, 21; S. 64a, 34.

Linked entries: ǽrend-wreca -raca

ge-hlýd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hlýd, -hlýde, es; n.

A cryclamournoisetumultmurmuringclāmortumultusmurmur

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A cry, clamour, noise, tumult, murmuring; clāmor, tumultus, murmur Mycel gehlýd wæs on ðære menigeo be him murmur multum ĕrat in turbo de eo, Jn. Bos. 7, 12 : Mt. Bos. 27, 24 : Homl. Th. ii. 336, 18.

fugel-cynn

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In eo etiam monte est auis faenix, Nar. 39, 1-3. On culfran híwe . . . On bócum is gerǽdd be ðám fugelcynne þæt his gecynd is swíðe bilewite, Hml. Th. i. 320, 4. Culfran and turtlan . . . þás twá fugelcyn ne singað ná, 142, 17.

ge-hwearf

Grammar
ge-hwearf, ge-hwerf.
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Geseoh, ic þé sylle þysne man tó gehwearfe for hine ecce, hunc hominem pro eo vicarium praebeo, Gr. D. 180, 20 : 181, 28

ge-swinc

Grammar
ge-swinc, <b>; I.</b> add: <b>I b.</b>
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the produce of labour Ic háte ꝥ gé gangen, tó mínum cyricum, and þǽr gé eówer geswinc sellað (cf. ꝥ gé ágeofan ðá teóðunge tó Godes cyrican, 16), Wlfst. 229, 7

un-árlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-árlíce, adv.

disgracefullyshamefullymercilesslycruelly

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Th. 135, 29; Gen. 2250. mercilessly, cruelly Nǽfre gé mid blóde beódgereordu unárlíce eówre þicgeaþ, Cd. Th. 91, 28; Gen. 1519

Linked entry: ár-líce

weardes

(adv.)
Grammar
weardes, adv.

Wards in to-wards

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Swá eode heó wið his weardes, 684. Ðá arn se ealda wið hire weardes, 599

Linked entry: wiþ

þancian

(v.)
Grammar
þancian, p. ode.
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Ðanca Gode, ðæt he ðé gefultumode, Bt. 5, 3; Fox 14, 8. combining the construction of and Ic þancige Gode and eów eallum ðe me wel fylston, and ðæs friðes ðe wé nú habbaþ, L. Edm.

þearle

(adv.)
Grammar
þearle, adv.
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Geeádmét ic eom ðearle ( nimis ), 37, 8: Ps. Th. 78, 8. Þearle ic deorfe nimium laboro, Coll. Monast. Th. 19, 13. Forþóht þearle (cf. swíþe unrót, Bt. 1; Fox 4, 4), Met. 1, 82.

ge-lengan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lengan, p. de; pp. ed

To prolonglengthenprolongāreprotēlāre

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Eówre dagas sín gelengede protēlentur dics vestræ, Deut. 5. 33 : Homl. Th. ii. 576, 26

Linked entries: ge-længed ge-langian

heardness

(n.)
Grammar
heardness, e; f.

Hardness

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Hardness For eówer heortan heardnesse ad duritiam cordis vestri, Mt. Kmbl. 19, 8: Mk. Skt. 10, 5. Ðú æteówdest ðínum folce heardnyssa ostendisti populo tuo dura, Ps. Lamb. 59, 5

un-geþanc

(n.)
Grammar
un-geþanc, es; m. n.

Evil thought

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Áfyrsiaþ of mínre gesyhðe ða ungeðanc eówra heortena auferte malum cogitationum vestrarum ab oculis meis, Wulfst. 48, 20

fódder

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Hé bær Crístes godspel in fódre ofer his sculdrum swá hwæder swá hé eóde, Shrn. 116, 29. Tégum, fódrum tehis ( = thecis ), Txts. 101, 2010

of-sceamian

(v.)
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Hé þá swýðe gescynd andofsceamod (scamiende, v. l.) eóde confusus valde exivit, Gr. D. 142, 3 : Hml. S. 2, 178. Add

tó-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
tó-weard, adj.

futurethat is to comeabout to comecomingat handapproachingtoward(that is) to happen or be some time or other,(that is) to comeabout to happen(that is) to come soonimminentimpendingto take placecome to passcoming towards a placeapproachingabout to comewith the face towards a person,facing

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Ða þing ðe eów tówearde synd and hú eówer ǽlcon gebyreð ǽr his ende quae ventura sunt vobis in diebus novissimis. Gen. 49, Eallum mannum, ðám ðe nú sint and ðám ðe tówearde sint.

Linked entry: tó-ward

feá-sceaft

(adj.)
Grammar
feá-sceaft, adj.

Having few things, poor, naked, destitute mĭser, pauper, destĭtūtus

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Ic feásceaft eom I am destitute, Cd. 99; Th. 131, 13 ; Gen. 2175: Beo. Th. 13; B. 7. Feásceaft guma the miserable man, Beo. Th. 1950; B. 973: Andr. Kmbl. 3110; An. 1558: Exon. 119 b; Th. 459, 5; Hy. 4, 112.

Linked entry: -sceaft

god-fæder

(n.)
Grammar
god-fæder, m.
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Ic eom Crist ... ic ðé fullwie on mínne godfæder and on mec his efenécne sunu and on ðone hálgan gáste I am Christ ... I baptize thee in the name of my heavenly Father and of me his co-eternal Son and of the Holy Ghost, Shrn. 106, 13: 118, 6.

GÓMA

(n.)
Grammar
GÓMA, an; m.
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Ic eom on góman swétra ðonne ðú beóbreád blende mid hunige sweeter am I on the palate than didst thou blend honeycomb with honey, Exon. 111 a; Th. 425, 18; Rä. 41, 58: 113 a; Th. 433, 11; Rä. 50, 6.

wermód

(n.)
Grammar
wermód, es; m.
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Ic eom wráþre ðonne wermód sý, Exon. Th. 425, 23; Rä. 41, 60. Wermód. Ðeós wyrt ðe man absinthium and óþrum naman wermód nemneþ, Lchdm. i. 216, 17. Se fúla wermód, ii. 312, 18. Dríges wermódes blóstman, 250, 3.

god-fæder

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Ic eom þín godfæder and þú mín goddohtor, Hml. A. 178, 297. Ðá unsprecendan cild beóð gehealdene on ðam fulluhte ðurh geleáfan þæs fæder and þǽre móder and þæs foresprecendan godfæder, Hml. Th. ii. 116, 16; 52, 2.