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gælæþ

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Dele, and see ge-léd

bát-swán

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Dele, and see next word

bealo-ware

(adj.)
Grammar
bealo-ware, bealu-ware.
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Dele and see bealo; adj

beáw-hyrnet

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Dele, and see preceding word

be-boren-inniht

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Dele, and see be-beran

leó

(n.)
Grammar
leó, g. león; [a dat. leóne and acc. f. leó are found as well as regular forms león: the dat. pl. leónum is put under leóna q.v.] m. f.

A lionlioness

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Ðá ongan seó leó fægnian ... Seó leó mid hire earmum scræf geworhte, Glostr. Frag. 110, 7, 15. Ðonne seó leó bringþ his hungregum hwelpum hwæt tó etanne, Ors. 3, 11; Swt. 142, 24.

Linked entries: leá león leóna

eald-ness

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eald-ness, old age.
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Seó endlyfte tíd bið seó forwerode ealdnyss, þám deáðe geneálǽcende. ... Sume beóð gelǽdde tó rihtum lífe on forwerodre ealdnysse, Hml. Th. ii. 76, 21-26. Ealdnesse vetustatem, R. Ben. I. 91, 16. Add

ge-sión

(v.)

to seebeholdvidere

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to see, behold; videre Wénaþ ða dysgan ðæt ǽlc mon síe blind swá hí sint; and ðæt nán mon ne mǽge seón [gesión, note] ðæt hí gesión ne mágon the foolish think that every man is blind as they are; and that no man is able to see what they cannot see, Bt

hreáðe-mús

(n.)
Grammar
hreáðe-mús, e; f.

a bat

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Swilce eác cwóman hreáðemýs ... hæfdon hie eác ða hreáðemýs téþ in monna gelícnesse sed et vespertilionum vis ingens ... habentes dentes in morem hominum, Nar. 15, 5-8

Linked entry: hrére-mús

ed-niwan

(adv.)
Grammar
ed-niwan, l. -níwan,
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God gescipð symle edníwan of þám ǽrran ꝥ hí ne áteorian ex primordialibus seminibus non incognitae oriuntur naturae, sed notae saepius, ne pereant, reformantur, Angl. vii. 10, 99. Ðæs landes bóc ðe Eádréd cyngc ednýwon gebócade, C.

oftrǽdlíce

(adv.)
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Ðá ðe oftrǽdlíce lytla scylda wyrceað. . . ðá ðe oftrǽdlíce syngiað, and ðeáh lytlum scyldum qui minimis, sed crebris noxis immerguntur . . . qui licet minima, crebro tamen illicita faciunt, Past. 437, 1-6.

ealdor-biscop

(n.)
Grammar
ealdor-biscop, es; m.

An elder or chief bishop, an archbishopsĕnior episcŏpus, archiepiscŏpus

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An elder or chief bishop, an archbishop; sĕnior episcŏpus, archiepiscŏpus; the Pope is so called by king Alfred Ðá wæs Vitalianus Papa ðæs apostolícan setlesealdorbiscop then Pope Vitalian was the chief bishop of the apostolic seat; sedi apostŏlĭcæ præerat

mere-deáþ

(n.)
Grammar
mere-deáþ, es; m.

Death in the seadeath by drowning

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Death in the sea, death by drowning, Cd. 169; Th. 210, 9; Exod. 512. Meredeáþa mǽst (the destruction of the Egyptians in the Red Sea), 166; Th. 207, 9; Exod. 464

ildra

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

elderoldergrandgreatersuperior

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Hwæðer ys yldra ðe se ðe þénaþ ðe se ðe sitt quis major est qui recumbit an qui ministrat? Lk. Skt. 22, 27. Gewurþe hé swá swá gingra seðe yldra ys betwux eów qui major est in vobis fiat sicut junior, 26.

Linked entries: eldra eldre ildest

settan

(v.)
Grammar
settan, p. sette; pp. seted, set[t] (
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</b> to set down :-- Ðá hét se apostol ða bǽre settan, Homl.

Linked entry: on-settan

ǽ

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ, ǽ(w); g. d. ac. ǽ, ǽe, ǽwe (g. ǽs in N. Gospels); g. pl. ǽa; f. and n.
    (? in
  • Bd. 4, 5
  • ;
  • S. 573, 17
  • ).

law, &c.matrimony

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Similar entries See also ǽw in Dict

ild

(n.)
Grammar
ild, e ; f.

an ageævumsæculumageyearsætasmatureeldsenectusvetustasage

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Hér wæs seó forme yld ðissere worulde and seó óðer yld wæs óþ Abrahames tíman ... Seó þridde yld wæs ðá wuniende óþ David at this time was the first age of this world, and the second age was till Abraham's time ...

Linked entries: yld eld

eorþe

the groundsoillandearththe eartha landcountrysoilmoulddust

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Swá seó hefige byrþen siteþ on þǽm deádan líchoman þǽre byrgenne, and hié se stán and seó eorþe þrycce, Bl. H. 75, 9. Þú eart eorþe, and þú scealt eft tó eorðan weorðan, 123, 9. Se eorðan dǽl the body, Gú. 1340. Wyrcað weófod of eorðan, Ex. 20, 24.

Linked entry: eorþ-lic

un-forworht

(adj.)
Grammar
un-forworht, adj.

Not criminalinnocent

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Se ðe hit áwende æt unforworhtum þingum he who sets aside the grant when there is no criminality on the part of the grantee (cf. the phrase frequent in Oswald's charters: Gif hwá búton gewyrhtum hit ábrecan wille, iii. 21, 30, and often.

Linked entries: for-wyrcan fór-wyrcan

ge-liþian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-liþian, ge-leoþian; p. ode
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Mæg se biscop þæs mannes syngrína þurh Godes þafunge þe swýðor geliðian þe þus wile georne helpan him sylfan, Wlfst. 155, 26. Seó hálige sáwl wæs álysed and geleoðod of þám líchaman sancta illa anima carne soluta est, Gr. D. 282, 17.

Linked entries: on-liþian ge-leoþian