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heofonisc

(adj.)
Grammar
heofonisc, adj.

Heavenly

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Heavenly ðæt heofenisce fýr forbærnde ðæt lond on ðæm wǽron ða twá byrig on getimbred Sodome and Gomorre how fire from heaven consumed the land in which were built the two cities Sodom and Gomorrah, Ors. tit. 3; Swt. 1, 6

geónian

(v.)
Grammar
geónian, part. geóniende; p. ode; pp. od

To yawnhiāre

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todydon heora múþ ongeán me swá swá leó ðonne he geónaþ aperuerunt in me os suum, sicut leo rapiens, Ps. Th. 21, 11

ge-lóm

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-lóm, adj.
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Frequent worhton áne cyrcan þám hálgan, for þan þe gelóme ( or adv. ?) wundra wurdon set his byrgene. Hml. S. 32, 172. Þá wunda þe þá hǽþenan mid gelómum scotungum on his lîce macodon, 182. mid gelómum siccetungum mǽnde, 31, 1019

Linked entry: -lóm

ge-fædlíce

(adv.)
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Miht ðú ásmeágan gefædlíce ( in how orderly a manner ) seó sunne gesíhð on þám dægmǽle, eall swylce sum getýd wer sitte and sum metervers mid his feðere áwríte, Angl. viii. 317, 21. Add

á-stundian

(v.)

To take upon one's self

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Substitute: To take upon one's self Eal mót ástundian swá hwæt swá fram his gingrurn, forgýmeleásod bið ad ipsum respicit quicquid a discipulis delinquitur, R. Ben. 61, 7. Búton gé ámeldian, gé sceolon heora wíte ástundian, Hml. S. 23, 299

Linked entry: stundian

segnian

(v.)
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ǽton þæt lamb æfter ðám ealdan gewunan, and syððan sóna sénode húsel, Hml. Th. ii. 244, 30

út-lah

(adj.)
Grammar
út-lah, adj.

Outlawedan outlawcalling for outlawry

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Outlawed; substantively, an outlaw. of a person in respect to his own country Gif man tó deáðe gefylle, beó útlah, L. E. G. 6; Th. i. 170, l0: L. Edg. H. 3; Th. i. 258, 19: L. Eth. i. 1; Th. i. 282, 15: L. C.

Linked entries: -lah út-laga

gíme-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
gíme-leás, adj.
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Ðǽm unbealdum is tó cýðanne giémeleáse hié bióð ðonne hié hié selfe to suíðe forsióð inconstantibus intimandum est, quod valde se despicientes negligunt Past. 305, 16.

for-healdan

(v.)
Grammar
for-healdan, for-healden.

withholdkeep backdisregardneglect

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Gif hit þonne for[h]ealden sí, ꝥ his man brúcan ne mæge, þonne forbærne hit man, Ll.

Linked entry: for-healden

ge-gaderian

(v.)
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. :-- hordað, and nát hwám hit gegaderað (congregat ), Hml, Th. i. 66, 5. Eallne þone welan ðe gegaderigaþ, Bt. 11, 1; F. 32, 6. Ꝥ gegaderige ungerím þissa welena, 26, 3; F. 94, 13.

lár-leást

(n.)
Grammar
lár-leást, -lýst, e; f.
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Lack of learning or instruction Þurh lárleáste ne cunnon ne lǽdan ne lǽran through want of knowledge they cannot guide or teach them, L. I. P. 19; Th. ii. 326, 28.

ge-cennan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cennan, p. de; pp. ed.

to begetbring forthproduceto cleardeclareprovepurgareadvocaremanifestare

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H. Ger. kiichennan gignere.] to clear, declare, prove; purgare, advocare, manifestare Gif he gecenne if he prove, L. Eth, ii. 8; Th. i. 288, 17. Ic ðé écne God ǽnne gecenne I confess thee the only everlasting God, Grn. Hy. 10, 4

Linked entry: ge-cænnan

twelf-feald

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
twelf-feald, adj.
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-fealdum ágife ðone ciricsceat, L. In. 4; Th. i. 104, 11. Forgilde mid twelffealdan, L. Eth. ix. 11; Th. i. 342, 28: Wulfst. 311, 6

un-forbærned

(adj.)
Grammar
un-forbærned, adj.

Unburntnot burnt upnot consumed by fire

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Unburnt, not burnt up, not consumed by fire Ðær is ðeáw, ðonne ðǽr bið man deád, ðæt líð inne unforbærned mid his mágum and freóndum mónad,... hwílum healf geár ðæt beóð unforbærned, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 20, 19-24.

Linked entry: for-bærnan

wudian

(v.)
Grammar
wudian, p. ode

To cut wood

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To cut wood Gelamp on Móyses dagum ðæt Móyses fór þurh ánne wudu mid his werode. Ðá gesáwan hié ǽnne ceorl, hwǽr stód and wudede him, Wulfst. 2 20, 11, 15.

Linked entries: wudere wudung

foreþanclíce

(adv.)

carefully

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with forethought, carefully Ðá gódan weorc ðe longe ǽr foreðonclíce timbrede quidquid diu labore provida construxit, Past. 215, 18. Ðæt foreðonclíce ongieten ut provide perpendant, 429, 3.

lácan

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Swilce þá woruldsǽlþa wǽron rihte þá ðé mǽst geóleccan swilce nú sindon, þeáh þe þé liólcen (óleccan, v. l.) on þá leásan sǽlþa fortuna talis erat, cum blandiebatur, cum tibi falsae illecebris felicitatis alluderet, Bt. 7, 2; F. 18. 2.

mancus

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hæfde þrý mancas (tres aureos) áhýdde . . . þá fundon þá ylcan þrý áhýdde mancas . . . secge him se bróþer ꝥ sý onscunod fram eallum þám gebróðrum for þám mancessum (pro solidis) . . . tóweorpað þá . .III. mancossas (aureos) ofer hine, Gr.

níþ-full

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Níðfulle (printed hið-) synd, grame synd odiosi sunt, molesti sunt, Scint. 3, 4. Níþfulra swicful feónda gereónung liuidorum (i. inuidorum) fraudulenta emulorum factio, An. Ox. 2240

á-feorsian

(v.)
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Ic áfyrsige ðá yfelan deór eów fram, Hml. S. 13, 162. Seó hálgung þe deófla áfyrsað, Ll. Th. i. 360, 32. Áfyrseþ aufert , Ps. Spl. 75, 12. Áfyrseþ þás earfoðnesse fram ús, Bl. H. 247, 4. áfyrsiað nǽddran, Hml. Th. i. 304, 20.