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geþwǽr-lǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
geþwǽr-lǽcan, -lécan; p. -lǽhte; pp. -lǽht

To agreeassent toconcordāreassentīre

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Ða hǽðengyldan ðísum cwide geþwǽrlǽhton the idolaters assented to this proposal, Homl. Th. i. 70, 34. Geþwǽrlécan to agree, Boutr. Scrd. 21, 1

ge-cnǽwe

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Se cing cwæð ꝥ Leófsige and mænige men ðǽre, spǽce gecnǽwe wǽron, 540, 12. of things, acknowledged, recognized as valid Hit wæs gecnǽwe on Súð-Seaxan and on West-Seaxan, Cht, Th. 273, 19

býre

(n.)
Grammar
býre, es; m. An event, the time at which anything happens, a favourable time, an opportunity; eventus, tempus quo accidit aliquid, opportunitas, occasio, = καιρός
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Wæs ðǽr mid him óþ ðone býre ðæt Swegen wearþ deád was there with him until the time that Sweyn was dead, Chr. 1013; Th. 272, 22. Ðá he býre hæfde when he had opportunity, Byrht. Th. 135, 21; By. 121

earn-geát

(n.)
Grammar
earn-geát, e; f. [gǽt, gát a goat] The goat-eagle, vulture; harpe = ἅρπη, vultur, Glos. Epnl. Recd. 153, 40: Mone A. 2.

for-wyrd

(n.)
Grammar
for-wyrd, -wird, e; f. [wyrd fortune; for-weorþan to perish] Loss,

damagedestructionperditionruindeathdetrīmentumintĕrĭtusintĕrĭtioperdĭtiopernĭciesinternĕcio

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damage, destruction, perdition, ruin, death; detrīmentum, intĕrĭtus, intĕrĭtio, perdĭtio, pernĭcies, internĕcio Hér is geswutelod úre forwyrd here is made manifest our destruction, Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 30; Jud. 285. He alýsde ðin líf of forwyrde qui redĭmit

Linked entries: for-wird fǽr-wyrd

hinder-geap

(adj.)
Grammar
hinder-geap, hinder-gep. l. hinder-geáp, hinder-gép, and in the bracket of 1. 6 for hiþer l. luþer.

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wǽpen-getæc

(n.)
Grammar
wǽpen-getæc, -tak, es; n.

A wapentake,

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On this explanation see Stubbs' Const. Hist. i. 99 sq Wé willaþ ðæt man namige on ǽlcon wǽpengetæce .ii. trýwe þegnas, L.N.P.L. 57; Th. ii. 298, 31. Ǽlc ðara ceápa ðe hé bigcge oððe sylle áðer oþþe [on] burge oþþe on wǽpengetæce, L.

ed-recedroc

(n.)
Grammar
ed-recedroc, -rocc,es; m.

The belching thing rūmen

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The belching thing; rūmen, Cot. 169, Som. Ben. Lye

þrimen

(n.)

a third

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a third Nim sealtes þrymen, Lchdm. ii. 124, 4

Linked entry: þrymen

stunt-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
stunt-líc, adj.
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Foolish Stuntlíc ys ǽnig þing swýþor lufian ðænne God stultum est aliquid plus amare quam Deum, Scint. 17, 16. Hé nán þing stuntlíces ongeán God spræc Job charged not God foolishly (A. V.), Homl. Th. i. 472, 33

-e

(suffix)
Grammar
-e, is also the usual letter by which adverbs are formed from adjectives ending in a consonant; as, Rihte rightly, sóþlíce truly, yfele badly.

hræfn-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
hræfn-cynn, es; n.

The raven-kind

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The raven-kind: Nán þing hrefncynnes, Lev. 11. 17

for-wénan

(v.)
Grammar
for-wénan, p. de
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To suspect, think ill of Forwéned suspecta, Nap. 25

wuldor

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Add Wulderes þínes glorię tuę, Ps. Rdr. 25, 8

heáh-geréfa

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-geréfa, an; m.

A high reeve, reeve of high rank

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Kemble, Saxons in England, ii. 156, observes of this word, 'It is a name of very indefinite signification, though not of very rare occurrence.

FREMEDE

(adj.)
Grammar
FREMEDE, fremde, fremþe, fræmde; adj.

Strangeforeignestranged fromdevoid ofaliēnusperegrīnusaliēnātusaversusremōtusexpers

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Ðæt ða þing ðíne ágene síen, ða ðe heora ágene gecynd ðe gedydon fremde that those things can be thine own, which their own natures have made foreign to thee, Bt. 14, 1; Fox 40, 32.

tó-nemnan

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Þonne ðá fíf þing ealle gegædorade beóþ, ðonne beóþ hit eall án ðing, and ꝥ án þing biþ God; and hé biþ ánfeald un-tódǽled, þeáh hí ǽr on manig tónemned wǽre, Bt. 33, 2; F. 122, 19. Add

ge-wemman

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</b> to destroy :-- 'Anlícnes, sænd mycel waeter ... swá þæt sién gewemmede ealle þá on þisse ceastre syndon' (cf. þæt þú on þis folc forð onsende wæter to wera cwealme, An. 1509) ... sió onlícnes sendde mycel wæter swá sealt, and hit æt manna líchaman

ge-limpan

(v.)
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Gif beforan óðrum biscepe þis gelimpe, Ll. Th. i. 70, 20: 332, 5. Gif þises hwæt gelimpe, 86, 18. representing a clause that follows the verb Gif ꝥ gelimpeþ, ꝥ hé hit eft spíwende ánforlǽteþ, Bl.

ge-fylnes

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Oþ þá gyfylnesse þisse worolde, Bl. H. 145, 16. Add