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þeód-loga

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-loga, an; m.

An arch-impostor, ⬩ a great liar

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An arch-impostor, a great liar Ða gódan Godes þegnas sǽdan, ðæt hé (Simon the sorcerer) luge, and hý geswutelodon, ðæt hit eal leás wæs, ðæt se þeódloga sǽde, Wulfst. 99, 23.

Linked entry: loga

módig-ness

Grammar
módig-ness, <b>. I.</b>
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Seó módignyss ys ealra unþeáwa angin and ealra mægna hryre, Wlfst. 2. 19, 4-7. Ǽlc yfel cymð of módignysse, Hml. A. 40, 405. Geseoh heora módignysse and úre æádmódnysse, 107, 163.

wrixlan

Grammar
wrixlan, <b>. II.</b>
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Swá wrixliað ealle þæt hý farað and æft cumað, 62, 30. Add

and-leofen

(n.)
Grammar
and-leofen, es; n. l. e; f., but also gen. andlifenes, acc. ondlifen,
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Seó eá mǽst eall genom þæt binnan þǽre byrg wæs þǽra monna ondliefene, Ors. 4, 7; S. 180, 19. Gode þancie hé his dæghwámlicre ondlyfene, Ll. Th. ii. 420, 7.

ge-timbrung

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Þá stánas bǽron tó þæs húses getimbrunge ( ad aedificationem domus ) ge ealde men ge geonga, Gr. D. 321, 22. Ealle ðás getimbringe hé geendode binnon ðrím geárum, Hml.

for-cwom

(v.; part.)
Grammar
for-cwom, pl. -cwómon

came upon ⬩ sŭpervēnit ⬩ sŭpervēnērunt

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came upon; sŭpervēnit, sŭpervēnērunt Egsa me and fyrhtu ealne forcwómon tĭmor et trĕmor vēnērunt sŭper me, Ps. Th. 54, 5

for-yrman

(v.)
Grammar
for-yrman, p. de; pp. ed [yrman to afflict]

To afflict greatly ⬩ harass ⬩ vehementer afflīgĕre

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To afflict greatly, harass; vehementer afflīgĕre Hí hí ealle foryrmdon they harassed them all, Bd. 1, 12; S. 480, 36

meaht-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
meaht-leás, adj.

Powerless

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Powerless Ðonne ( at the day of judgement ) stent ealra hergea mǽst heortleás and earh, mihtleás and áfǽred, Wulfst. 137, 23

ge-clǽman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-clǽman, p. de; pp. ed

To smear ⬩ linere

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To smear; linere Geclǽm ealle ða seámas mid tyrwan, smear all the seams with tar, Homl. Th. i. 20, 33

Linked entry: ge-dǽledlíce

under-wrítan

(v.)

to subscribe ⬩ sign

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to subscribe, sign Wé ealle mid Cristes ródetácn fæstnedon and underwritan nos omnes subscripsimus, Bd. 4, 17; S. 586, 16

á-líþran

(v.)
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to lather Dó þǽron ealdre sápan cucler fulne . . . on niht álýþre, Lch. ii. 76, 13. v. á-léþran in Dict

Linked entries: a-ledran á-lýþran

be-siftan

(v.)
Grammar
be-siftan, p. te
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To sift over, cover by sifting, sprinkle with dust Ealle heora heáfda wǽron mid duste besyfte, Homl. S. 23, 155

heofon-leóht

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Ðæt ofer his reliquias ꝥ heofonleóht (lux caelestis) ealle niht wæs ofer grstondonde, Bd. 3, II; Sch. 235, 9. Add

lufen

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Nabochodonossor him on nyd dyde Israéla beam ofer ealle lufen tó weorcþeówum (forced them into hopeless slavery), Dan. 73. Add

sǽ-ýþ

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Ðeáh hine ealle séýðan nioðan cynyssende wǽron mid eallan sǽtrogan ðe hé (= se sǽ) forðbrinð, Sal. K. 84, 13. Add

wæstmbǽru

(n.)
Grammar
wæstmbǽru, (o); indecl. f.

Fertility

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Fertility Ðás eorþan ealle hiere wæstmbǽro hé gelytlade terra haec sterilitate suorum fructuum castigatur, Ors. 2, 1; Swt. 58, 20

Linked entry: forþ-bǽro

gást-brúcende

(adj.)

practising in spirit

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practising in spirit, v. gást; III Ealle þá gódnyssa þe hé bebreác, hé wæs gástbrúcende, Hml. S. 23 b, 34

gihþa

(n.)
Grammar
gihþa, an; m.

Itch ⬩ itching

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Itch, itching Unaberendlíc gyhþa ofereode ealne ðone líchaman an unbearable itching overspread the whole body, Homl. Th. i. 86, 12

Linked entries: gyhþa gicþa

geáp

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
geáp, glosses cornas, Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 39 : ii. 16, 76. [Sievers, Angl. xiii. 325, would read coruas=curuas; but the list of words in which the first example occurs contains no other instance of an adjective, and the second example occurs among a group of words very similar to that in which the first is found: so that cornas seems meant for a noun. Perhaps geáp might be the same form as in earn-geáp; or could it be connected with Icel. gaupa a lynx ?]

ildra

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ildra, m. ildre; f. n. comp.

elder ⬩ older ⬩ grand ⬩ greater ⬩ superior

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of eald. elder, older, grand [in grand-father, cf. eald-fæder, -móder] Ældra senior, Wrt. Voc. ii.120, 48. Seó yldre hátte Lia and seó gingre Rachel nomen majoris Lia, minor vero appellabatur Rachel, Gen. 29, 16.

Linked entries: eldra eldre ildest

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