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on-drǽdendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
on-drǽdendlíc, adj.

To be feared, terrible

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Gif ðes bealdwyrda biscop ácweald ne biþ, siððan ne biþ úre ege ondrǽdendlíc, Homl. Th. i. 420, 3. Ðises godspelles geendung is swíðe ondrǽdendlíc : 'Fela sind gelaðode, and feáwa gecorene,' ii. 82, 3

twi-bóte

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-bóte, adj.

Needing double compensation

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Gif ðisses hwæt gelimpe þenden fyrd úte sié, oþþe in Lenctenfæsten, hit sié twybóte, 40; Th. i. 88, 12

Linked entry: twi-béte

ge-tinge

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-tinge, -tingce, -tynge; adj.

Skilful with the tongue ⬩ eloquent

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Gif se Hǽlend gecure æt fruman getinge láreówas if the Saviour had chosen at first eloquent teachers, Homl. Th. i. 578, 1. Wer getinge vir linguosus, Ps. Spl. C. 139, 12

gilplíc

(adj.)
Grammar
gilplíc, adj.

Ostentatious ⬩ pompous ⬩ proud ⬩ vain-glorious

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Ostentatious, pompous, proud, vain-glorious Ðæt wǽre swíðe gilplíc dǽd gif Crist scute ðá adún it would have been a very vain glorious act if Christ had thrown himself down then, Homl. Th. i. 170, 21.

bædling

Grammar
bædling, (bǽd- ?). Substitute

An effeminate person ⬩ mollis

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Gif se bædling mid bædlinge (mollis cum molli) hǽme, Ll. Th. ii. 228, 13-17. Bædling cariar, Wrt. Voc. ii. 129, 6. oððe bædlingas, Effeminati, molles 29, 7

a-cwolen

died

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died, Chr. 918; Gib. 105, 37, note a

Dene

(n.)
Grammar
Dene, nom. acc; gen.a ; dat.um; pl. m.

The Danes ⬩ Dāni

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Gif hláford his þeówan freóls-dæge nýde to weorce, gylde lahslihte inne on Dena lage, and wíte mid Englum if a lord oblige his servant to work on a festival-day, let him pay penalty within the Danish law, and fine among the English, L. E.

lilie

(n.)
Grammar
lilie, lilige, an; f.

A lily

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Genim ða twá wyrta, ðæt is, lilie and róse; ber tó bearneácenum wífe ... gif heó nimþ lilian, heó cenþ cnyht; gif heó nimþ rósan, heó cænþ mǽden, 144, 10-13.

ge-libban

(v.)
Grammar
ge-libban, ge-lifian, ge-leofian; p. ge-lifde, ge-lifode, ge-leofode
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Gif swá biþ geleofad si sic vivitur, Ps. L. 185 a, 16. to escape spiritual death Ðis dó ꝥte ðú gelifige, Lk.

Linked entries: ge-leofian ge-lifian

or-wíge

(adj.)
Grammar
or-wíge, adj.
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Æfter ðære ilcan wísan mon mót feohtan mid his geborene mǽge, gif him mon on wóh on feohteþ.

Linked entries: -wíge on-wíge

ealu

(v.)
Grammar
ealu, (-o,-a). For 'generally indecl. in sing.' substitute: gen. ealoþ (-aþ, -eþ), alþes (Rtl.); dat. inst. ealoþ (-aþ, -eþ); acc. ealu (-o, -a); gen. pl. ealeþa,
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Ealu ( cerevisiam ), gif ic hæbbe, oþþe wæter, gif ic næbbe ealu, Coll. M. 35, 11: Bl. H. 165, 11. an intoxicating drink Ne oferdrincað gé eów wínes ne óðera ealeða, Ll. Th. ii. 438, 20. v. æfter-, brýd-, mealt-ealu

ge-dyrstlǽcan

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Z. 247, 3-5. with an object Gif wé mid rícan mannan hwæt embe úre neóde manian willað, þæt wé ne gedyrstlǽcað ( prae sumimus ) bútan mid micelre eáðmódnesse, R. Ben. 45, 16. Gif hwá hit bútan his leáfe gedyrstlǽce, 79, 19.

án-forlǽtan

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Chr. 658; P. 32, 7. to give up what one has a claim to Gif wé ússe brýde ánforlǽtað if we give up those who ought to be our wives. Shrn. 86, 22

Linked entry: for-lǽtan

mynster

(n.)
Grammar
mynster, es; n.

a monastery ⬩ a place where a body of monks or of nuns resided ⬩ a church ⬩ minster

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Gif hwá gefeohte on cyninges húse síe hé scyldig ealles his ierfes . . . Gif hwá on mynstre gefeohte, hundtwelftig sciłł. gebéte, L. In. 6; Th. i. 106, 4. Gif hwá gefeohteþ on mynstre bútan circean gebéte . . . be mynstres mǽðe, L.

ge-métan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-métan, he -méteþ, -métt, -mét; p. -métte, pl. -métton; pp. -méted, -métod, -métt, -mét

To find, find out, discover, come upon, meet with ⬩ invĕnīre, compĕrīre

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Gif ic geméte fíftig rihtwísra wera si invĕnĕro quinquaginta justos, Gen. 18, 26, 28. Gif hwá þeóf geméte if any one find a thief, L. C. S. 29; Th. i. 392, 14: L. In. 49; Th. i. 132, 12.

Linked entries: métan ge-mittan

ge-feoht

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Gif preóst óðerne man ofsleá of fighting by priests. If a priest slay a man. Ll. Th. i. 74, 18. Be gefeohte. Gif hwá gefeohte on cyninges húse ... Gif hwá on mynstre gefeohte ...

twelf-hynde

(adj.)
Grammar
twelf-hynde, adj.
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Gif hé sié twelfhynde, L. Alf. pol. 31; Th. i. 80, 14. Gif hió sié cirlisc mid .lx. sciłł. gebéte . . . Gif hió sié xii-hyndu .cxx. sciłł. gebéte, 18; Th. i. 72, 15. Be twelfhyndes monnes wífe forlegenum.

Linked entry: six-hynde

mǽg

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Gif hé clǽne beó nime hé upp his mǽg, 296, 10. Beó hé feówertig nihta on carcerne . . . and his mǽgas (mágas, v. l. ) hine féden gif hé self mete næbbe, 60, 10: 120, 6: 124, 7: 148, 18: 164, 11: 202, 15: 206, 5: 228, 26 : 238, 31 : 286, 32.

be-scúfan

Grammar
be-scúfan, -sceófan.

to thrust

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Gl. 254, 36. to force to something Gif hé hí neédunge tó his ðeówte gebígde, oððe gif hé hí tó yfelnysse bescufe, Hml. Th. i. 112, 7. Hwá dorste ðæs gewilnian, þæt se Ælmihtiga Cyning sceolde besceófan tó cwale his áucennedan. æðeling?, ii. 6, 21.

rǽd-fæst

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Leofa þín líf, gif ðú lǽwede mann sý on rihtum sinscipe, mid rǽdfæstum móde, Hml. A. 7, 158.