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godspell-bodung

(n.)
Grammar
godspell-bodung, e; f. Gospel-preaching, the period during which the gospel has been preached, the Christian dispensation. Cf. god-spell; <b>I a</b>
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Þreó tída sind on ðysse worulde ... óðer is seó ðe wæs under ǽ; seó ðridde is nú æfter Crístes tócyme. Þeós tíd is gecweden 'under Godes gife.' Hml. Th. i. 312, 28

hǽmed-þing

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Add: with no sense of criminality Þes bisceop sǽde... ꝥ hé nǽfre on his lífe ne cóme neáh wífe þurh hǽmedþing, ac heóld his clǽnnysse, Hml. S. 3, 204.

gramlic

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Ne cwæð þú ná goda, ac gramlicra deófla, 8, 59. of things Nǽron hí geneádode tó ðám gramlican geþeahte, Hml. S. 27, 166. Hé genam áne cuppan mid cwealmbǽrum drence ... and begól þone gramlican drenc, 14, 76.

heonu

Grammar
heonu, eonu, enu, ouu
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Eno nú hwæt wæs seó Salomones ræste elles?, Bl. H. n, 19. Eno ic þé gecýþe, Andreas, 237, 4. Onu þonne gif, Gr. D. 303, 5. Add:

winnan

Grammar
winnan, <b>. A. I b.</b>
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Ná má heó ne byþ winnende on feferádlum, 29, 25. add: where the subject of the verb is a word denoting strife, to be carried on Mé lysteþ ásmeágean hwilc and hú micel wǽre ꝥ gecamp þe wann on þæs mannes breóstum considerare libet quale quantumque in

gyrdan

(v.)
Grammar
gyrdan, girdan; p. gyrde; pp. gyrded

To GIRD ⬩ bind round ⬩ cingere

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Gyrd nú ðín sweord ofer ðín þeóh accingere gladium tuum circa femur, Ps. Th. 44, 4: Lk. Skt. 17, 8. Gyrded cempa a belted warrior, Beo. Th. 4162; B. 2078

ge-stincan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-stincan, p. -stanc, pl. -stuncon; pp. -stuncen

To perceive by the sense of smelling; ⬩ olfacere aliquid ⬩ odorare ⬩ odorari

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Hí ná gestingcaþ [ = gestincaþ] they smell not, Ps. Spl. 113, 14

ge-cnyssan

to batter, dash (of sea, tempest

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Ic eom gecnyssed (-cnysed, v.l.) mid þám stormum þǽre strangan hreóhnesse in þám scipe mines módes in naui mentis tempestatis ualidae procellae illidor, Gr. D. 5, 19.

ge-dafenlic

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Hit is nú swýþe gedafenlic tíma, þæt wé ús sylfe clǽnsian, Wlfst. 103, 17. Mid gedæfenlice conpetenti, Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 70. Of gedafenlicum rǽdelse congrua conjectura, An. Ox. 7, 84.

Linked entry: ge-défelic

ge-swincfulnys

Grammar
ge-swincfulnys, Add: Labour, difficulty, trouble: — Geswincfulnyss nys menn forlǽtan his it is no trouble to a man to leave his things, Scint. 60, ii. v. ge-swincfull;
I.

lim-gesihþ

(n.)
Grammar
lim-gesihþ, physical vision, sight by means of the bodily eye (? cf. A man has na lym þat he is warere wiþ þan wiþ his eghe, Hamp. Ps. 16, 9. Þe lyme of syȝte
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organum visus, N. E. D. under limb; I) Ealle menn árísað mid limgesihðum (corporibus), Ps. Rdr. 301, 4

Linked entry: ge-siht

hǽr

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Ne efesiad eów ne eówre hǽr ne sciron ( non facietis calvitium), Deut. 14, a hair of an animal Of nǽrum (of hérum ðǽra camella, Mt. L. 3, 4) de pilis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 71. 61. Wullan fliásum, hérum. Txts. 151, 4.

ge-stíran

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Ðǽm scamleásan ne wyrð nó gestiéred bútan micelre tǽlinge impudentes ab impudentiae vilio non nisi increpaíio dura compescit, Past. 205, 22. with gen. of action and means Ðætte hie mid hiora onwalde gestieren,(-stíran, v.l.) ðára scylda, Past. 116, 14

HÚ

(adv.)
Grammar
HÚ, adv.

How

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Hú ne synt gé sélran ðonne hig nonne vos magis plures estis illis? 6, 26: 25. Hú sculon wit nú libban how are we to live? Cd. 38; Th. 50, 7; Gen. 805. in exclamations [see also I] Hú la! ne gewearþ unc tó ánum peninge how now!

Linked entries: hú-lic hú-meta hwu

sculan

(v.)
Grammar
sculan, sceolan; ic, hé sceal, scal, ðú scealt, pl. wé sculon, sceolon; p. sceolde, scolde, scealde, scalde; subj. prs. scyle, scile, sciele, scule.

to owe ⬩ debere ⬩ shall ⬩ must ⬩ ought ⬩ have ⬩ am ⬩ am bound ⬩ shall ⬩ ought as being fit, right, proper ⬩ in accordance with reason ⬩ to do appointed work ⬩ to carry out the terms of an agreement ⬩ where the obligation results from a law, statute, regulation ⬩ shall ⬩ must as being decreed by fate or providence ⬩ to be forced ⬩ must because there is no possible alternative ⬩ because one cannot help one's self ⬩ to be obliged ⬩ must ⬩ shall because from the conditions or nature of a case no alternative is admissible ⬩ because a conclusion is inevitable ⬩ shall ⬩ must ⬩ where an end is to be attained or a task to be completed or a purpose to be served

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Ne scyle nán mon blǽcern ǽlan under mittan, 5, l; Swt. 43, 2.

Linked entries: ge-scola sceal

hwat

(n.)
Grammar
hwat, es; n.

Augury ⬩ divination

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Augury, divination Ne gímon hwata ne swefna non augurabimini nec observabitis somnia, Lev. 19, 26. Wé lǽraþ ðæt preósta gehwilc forbeóde hwata and galdra we enjoin that every priest forbid auguries and incantations, L. Edg. C. 16; Th. ii. 248, 3

Linked entry: hwatung

níd-bádere

(n.)
Grammar
níd-bádere, es; m.

One who exacts toll

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One who exacts toll Ic him álýfde alle nédbáde tuegra sceopa, ða ðe ðǽr ábǽdde beóþ from ðǽm nédbáderum in Lundentúnes hýðe, and nǽfre ic ne míne lástweardas ne ða nédbáderas geþrístlǽcen ðæt heó hit onwenden, Chart. Th. 29, 7-14

Linked entry: bádere

Wódnes-niht

(n.)
Grammar
Wódnes-niht, e; f.

The night between Tuesday and Wednesday

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Sunnan-nihtum ne mæssenihtum ne Wódnesnihtum, Wulfst. 305, 23

fræt

(adj.)
Grammar
fræt, ... superbus.

Wanton ⬩ shameful ⬩ foul ⬩ fedus ⬩ turpes

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Wanton, shameful, foul; fedus, turpes, and add Þæt ne blissige [þé] frǽte bǽr ne letetur te fedus (obscenus, turpis) sandapila, Hpt. 31, 4, 12. Þæt bið feóndes bearn ..., hafað frǽte líf, Mód. 48. Frǽtum fugitivus (-is?), Wrt. Voc. ii. 38, 40

scirung

(n.)
Grammar
scirung, e; f.

Separation ⬩ dismission ⬩ rejection

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Separation, dismission, rejection Gif hé swá biþ ðæt hé ne sý wyrðe ðære scyrunge (scirunge, MS. T. : ðæt hé wurðe ne beó, ðæt hé beó ðanon áscyred, Wells Frag.) si non fuerit talis qui mereatur proici, R. Ben. 109, 21

Linked entry: scirian