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ge-manigfildan

(v.)
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ge-manigfildan, ge-manigfealdan; p. de.
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Þú woldest his cynn gemenigfealdan swá steorran beóð on heofenum multiplicabo semen tuum sicut stellas coeli, Ex. 32, 13.

ge-myndgian

(v.)
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ge-myndgian, ge-myndigian.
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VI. to think of :-- Ic on móde gemyndgade hú mé ǽrran dagas álumpan, metegade on móde þíne mǽran weorc, and ymbe þíne handgeweorc hogode memor fui dierum antiqworum, meditatus sum in operibus tuis, in factis manuum tuarum meditabar, Ps. Th. 142, 5

hirwan

to despisescornderisionscorn to blasphemeblame

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Th. i. 334, 1. of calumny, backbiting Ne ǽnig man óþerne bæftan ne tǽle ne hyrwe tó swýðe, Wlfst. 70, 15. to blaspheme, blame Ná þás gereccende þíne [Dryhten in mé] ic hyrwe gesceafte non haec narrans tuam Domine in me blasphemo creaturam, Angl. xi.

Linked entries: hyrwan herian herwan

un-wís

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wís, adj.

unwisefoolishstupidignorantignorant of something

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Ðú wást ðæt ic eom unwís hyges tu scis insipientiam meam, Ps. Th. 68, 6. Unwís glebo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 109, 81. Hié sealdon ánum unwísum cyninges þegne Miercna ríce tó haldanne, Chr. 874; Erl. 76, 27.

háwian

(v.)
Grammar
háwian, p. ode; pp. od

To view, look, observe, regard, survey, inspect

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To view, look, observe, regard, survey, inspect Ic háwige bufan and ðú beneoþan ego supra aspicio, tu infra, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 47, 49.

hǽlu

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Th. 131, 17. with gen. of saver Sæle mé, Dryhten, þínre hǽlo heht redde mihi laetitiam salutaris tui, Ps. C. loo. Ꝥ Geségon égo mín hǽlo ðín (salutare tuum), Lk. L. R. 2, 30. Sæcgeað Drihtnes hǽlu, Ps. Th. 95, 2. with gen. of saved.

hláf

breada loafcakebreadbreadmannacake

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Th. 13, 9. bread as representing food in general On swáte þínes andwlitan þú brícst þínes hláfes in sudore vultus tui vesceris pane, Gen. 3, 19. Wurdon wíde menn wǽdlan hláfes, Ps. Th. 104, 14.

Linked entry: hláf-gang

mǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
mǽre, adj.

Greatexcellentdistinguishedillustrioussublimesplendidcelebratedfamouswidely knownnotoriousdistinguished by evil deedsinsignis

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On ðam mǽran (inlustri) túne, se is nemned æt Walle, Bd. 3, 21; S. 551, 11: Cd. 205; Th. 254, 10; Dan. 609. Tó ðære mǽran byrig (the heavenly Jerusalem), 227; Th. 304, 4; Sat. 624.

LEÓGAN

(v.)
Grammar
LEÓGAN, p. leáh; pl. lugon

To liedeceivefeign

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Surt.) mentientur tibi inimici tui, Ps. Th. 65, 2: 80, 14. Nú cwǽdon gedwolmen ðæt deófol gesceópe sume gesceafta, ac hí leógaþ, Homl. Th. i. 16, 20.

furþor

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Hé furðor cymeð ufor ánre niht ús tó túne, Men. 33. Ofer midne winter furðor fíf nihtum, 125

heall

a residencepalacea templea court of law

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Ðé is leófre on ðissum wácum scræfum ðonne ðú on healle heálic biscop sitte (Bede's Latin is: Tui claustra deserti huic gradui (the episcopal) praefers), Hml. Th. ii. 146, 28.

hyldu

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Ic þé mín gehát, . . . hyldo gylde vota tua quae reddam Ps. Th. 55, 10. For eówrum hyldum þé gé mé symble cýddon, Ll. Th. i. 276, 19. Ic wæs ðínum fæder fullíce hold on móde and on mægene, and ðé ǽfre on fullum hyldum hold and on fulre lufe, C.

wís-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
wís-dóm, es; m.

wisdomdiscretionknowledge cognizancewisdom knowledge learning philosophy

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Wundorlíc is geworden ðín wísdóm (scientia tua), Ps. 138, 4. Ðú mé lǽr wísdómes word, scientiam dace me, 118, 66. Sefa deóp gewód, wísdómes gewitt, Elen. Kmbl. 2379; El. 1191. Wísdómes gife, 1189; El. 596: Exon. Th. 178, 1; Gú. 1220.

cýþþu

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cýþþu, (-o).
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In cýððo ðínre in cognatione tua, Lk. R. L. 1, 61

Linked entry: cýþ

in-tó

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Hé sǽwð mánfullice geþóhtas intó þæs mannes heortan, Angl. vii. 28, 260-263. in reference to a state or condition Gá intó (cf. on, 23) þínes hláfordes gefeán intra in gaudium Domini tui, Mt. 25, 21.

hálig-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
hálig-dóm, es; m.

holiness, sanctitysanctimoniaholy things, relics, holy work, a sacramenta holy place, sanctuaryrelicholinesssacred thingsrelicsa sanctuarysacramentum, sanctuariumsacred thing, relic, sanctuary

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Tó háligdóm dínre gesibsumnesse tó ásend ad sacramentum tuæ reconciliationis admitte, Lye. Þurh hálgum háligdóm Drihtnes líchaman and blódes per sacrosanctum sacramentum Domini corporis ac sanguinis, Lye.

cwealm

(n.)
Grammar
cwealm, cwélm , es; m. n. [cwelan to die]

Death, destruction, a violent death, slaughter, murder, torment, plague, pestilence, contagion QUALM; mors, pernicies, nex, cædes, homicidium, cruciatus, lues, pestis, pestilentia, contagium

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On ðissum geáre com micel máncwealm on Brytene ígland, and on ðam cwealme forþférde Tuda biscop in this year [A. D. 664] there was a great plague in the island of Britain, and bishop Tuda died of the plague, Chr. 664; Erl. 35, 19: Homl.

Linked entries: cwælm cwelm cwylm

lǽððu

(n.)
Grammar
lǽððu, e; lǽððo; indecl.; f.

An injuryoffencehatredenmitymalice

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Mið lǽðo hæfe ðú fiónd ðínne odio habebis inimicum tuum, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 43. Lǽððo odio, 24, 10.

líxan

(v.)
Grammar
líxan, lícsan; p. te

To shineglittergleam

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Ðonne lígette líxan cwóman illuxerunt coruscationes tuæ, Ps. Th. 76, 15: Bt. Met. Fox 9, 25; Met. 9, 13. Líxende fulgens, Lk. Skt. Lind. 24, 4: lucens, Jn. Skt. Lind. 5, 35. Lícxændum coruscantibus, Rtl. 3, 1.

Linked entry: lícsan

lytlian

(v.)
Grammar
lytlian, p. ode

to lessendiminish

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Ðonne lyttlaþ hé ðæt fæsten tunc breviabit jejunium, L. Ecg. P. Add. 19; Th. ii. 234, 18. Cristes lage wanedon and cyninges lage lytledon Christ's laws waned, and the king's laws were weakened, L. Eth. ix. 37; Th. i. 348, 19.