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lár-spell

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Marcus, þe wæs mid Petre on láre, wrát þá óðre bóc ( the second gospel) be Petres bodunge be þám þe hé geleornode on his lárspellum (the discourses in which he (Peter) instructed Mark ), Ælfc. T. Grn. 12, 35.

stǽlan

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Him on edwít oft ásettað swearte súslbonan, [Satan on] stǽleð fǽhðe, þǽr þe hié freódrihten oft forgeáton the enmity they showed their Lord in frequently forgetting him is made a reproach to them by the devils, and is laid to their charge by Satan, Sat

hild

(n.)
Grammar
hild, hild, es; m.

gracesafe keepingpreservationsafety

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Substitute: watchful care, safe keeping exercised by a person with respect to persons Þú eart se gooda gleáw on gesyhðe þára háligra þe þínne held curan, Ps. Th. 51, 8. Hálgum gástum þe his hyld curon, Dan. 481.

ge-healdan

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Ꝥ hé þone áð funde . . . þe se onspeca on gehealden wǽre, Ll. Th. i. 158, 20. Þá dyde hió swá hió dorste áþe gebiorgan. Þá næs hé þá gyt on þám gehealden, bútan hió sceolde swerian ꝥ his ǽhta þǽr ealle wǽron, Cht. Th. 290, 2.

drincere

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Add: drunkard, wine-bibber Drinceras, ꝥ synd þá þe druncennysse lufiað ebriosi, Hml. S. 17, 41: Hml. Th. ii. 330, 26

eádig-ness

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þe þæt éce líf begyteþ, þon bið éce eádignes geseald, Bl. H. 97, 30. Seó upplice eádignes, 101, 35. Seó eádignes þæs heáhengles tíde, 197, 3. Éces eádignisse meardo aeterne beatitudinis premia, Rtl. 51, 19.

cwéne

Grammar
cwéne, l. cwene, for last reference substitute Wlfst. 161, 20,
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Unrihthǽmeras, þá fúlan þe forlǽtað heora cwenan and nimað óðre, and þá þe habbað má þonne heora rihtæðelcwéne, 298, 17

folgian

(v.)
Grammar
folgian, p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed; v. trans, dot. and acc.

to FOLLOWgo behindrun afterpursuesĕquiinsĕquito follow as a servant, attendant or disciplecŏmĭtāriadhærēre alicuiservīresubdĭtus esse

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Ath. i. 8; Th. i. 204, 5: i. 22; Th. i. 210, 21: iv. 1; Th. i. 220, 21.

Linked entry: FYLGEAN

cyning-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
cyning-dóm, es; m. [-dom dominion, power]

Kingly power, a KINGDOM regimen, regnum

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Caldéas cyningdóm áhton the Chaldeans held the kingdom, 209; Th. 258, 24; Dan. 680

ge-líc

(adj.)
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Bið ꝥ gelícost þon þe hig æteówen þone staðol hyra geleáfan, Ll. Th. ii. 426, 1. without dat.

ge-tíðian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tíðian, -týðian, -tigðian; p. ode; pp. od

To grantallow

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To grant, allow Him nolde Alexander ðæs getíðian Alexander would not grant him that, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 65, 7. Ðæs him getíðaþ Drihten Crist the Lord Christ grants him that, Homl. Th. i. 76, 22.

Linked entries: ge-tigþian tíþian

ge-hlæstan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hlæstan, p. -hlæste; pp. -hlæsted, -hlæst

To loadadorn

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To load, adorn Mid ðý hí þæt scyp gehlæsted hæfdon when they had freighted the ship. Bd. 5, 9; S. 623, 17 : Exon. 52 a; Th. 182, 8; Gú. 1307. Ða eádigan mægþ beágum gehlyste the blessed maid adorned with rings, Judth. 10; Thw. 21, 30; Jud. 36

Linked entry: hlæstan

ciric-ǽ

(n.)
Grammar
ciric-ǽ, ciric-ǽw
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church-marriage, the relation of the priest to the church on account of his orders Ꝥ syndon þá ǽwbrecan þe þurh heálicne hád ciricǽwe underféngan and ꝥ ábrǽcan . . . Ciric is sácerdes ǽwe, Ll. Th. ii. 334, 14, 23

hæfenleást

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Take here hafenleást in Dict. and add Genóh wǽre þám wǽdlan his untrumnys, þeah ðe hé wiste hæfde ; and eft him wǽre genóh his hafenleast, ðeáh ðe he gesundful wǽre, Hml. Th. i. 330, 17. Þis earme wíf mé gesóhte . . .

be-bod

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Man mót wífian æt þám þriddan cneó æfter þǽre ealdan ǽ bebode (secundum veteris legis sanctionem), Ll. Th. ii. 216, 21. Hét hé beódan þæt hié fóron ealle út ætsomne. Þá ætsǽton ða Centiscan beæftan ofer his bebod, Chr. 905; P. 94, 6.

ge-hycgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hycgan, -hicgan; p. -hogde, -hogede, -hogode; pp. -hogod [see March, § 222]

To thinkconceiveconsiderdevisereflectbe mindfulthink aboutcareintendresolve

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Th. 113, 18 : Exon. 33 a; Th. 105, 5; Gú. 18

for-wyrnan

(v.)
Grammar
for-wyrnan, -weornan, -wiernan, -wirnan, -wernan; p. de; pp. ed

To prohibitdenyrefuserestrainpreventhinderprohĭbērerecūsāredenĕgārerenuĕre

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Þearfum forwyrndon, ðæt hí under eówrum þæce mósten ingebúgan ye prohibited the needy, that they might enter under your roof, Exon. 30 a; Th. 92, 4; Cri. 1504. Ðæt ðú me ne forwyrne that thou deny me not, Beo. Th. 862; B. 429.

súþ-fór

(n.)
Grammar
súþ-fór, e; f.
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Gif hiora óðrum oððe bǽm súðfo[r] gelimpe, biscop ðæt lond gebycge swá hié ðonne geweorðe if it happen that one or both go to Rome, the bishop shall buy the land as shall then be agreed between them, Txts. 442, 20. [In C.

-en

(v.; adj.; suffix)
Grammar
-en, is a termination of adjectives, — hence from fyr fire is fýren fiery, stǽn a stone; stǽnen stony: -en is also the termination of pp. in strong verbs; arisen risen, from arísan to rise; dolfen digged, from delfan to dig; when known, from witan

to know

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to know

blind-nes

obscurity

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Th. i. 132, 10. of darkness, obscurity Ic wæs mid þá blindnesse þára þýstra útan betýned, Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 621, 22. figurative, of persons Hé þurh þá menniscan gecynd úre stefne blindnysse gehýreþ, Bl. H. 19, 28.