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ge-fædlic

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-fædlic, adj.
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Suitable, proper habbað medomlíce þás þing gehrepod; hit þingð ús gefædlic ꝥ rúmlícor þás gerénu átrahtnion, Angl. viii. 324, 6: 337, 6: Wlfst. 245, 19

Linked entry: -fædlic

weorþung-dæg

Grammar
weorþung-dæg, <b>. II.</b>
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add: a festival Swá oft swá hit ǽnige freólsdagas beón, Sunnandagas oððe mæssedagas oððe þyllice wurðingdagas þe hátað templhálgunga, forlǽten ǽlc óðer wurc, Nap. 68

rétend

(n.)
Grammar
rétend, es; ;m.;

One who cheers; or ;comforts

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; One who cheers; or ;comforts; Wǽron oft gemyngode ðæt sceoldan beón wudewena helpend and steópcilda árigend and earmra rétend and wépendra fréfriend, Wulfst. 257, 4

Datia

(n.)
Grammar
Datia, Ors. 1, 1, § 12; Bos. 19, 3, = Datie; gen.Datia ; pl. m.

The DACIANS Dāci

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Datia] ða ðe iu wǽron Gotan and to the east of them [the Wisle] are the Dacians who were formerly Goths, Ors. 1, 1, § 12; Bos. 19, 3

a-swógan

(v.)
Grammar
a-swógan, p. -swég, pl. -swégon ; pp. -swógen [a, swógan to rush]

To rush intoinvadeoverrunchokeirruereinvadereoccuparesuffocare

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To rush into, invade, overrun, choke; irruere, invadere, occupare, suffocare We witon ðæt we lufiaþ ðone æcer ðe ǽr wæs mid þornum aswógen, and æfter ðæm ðe ða þornas beóþ aheáwene and se æcer biþ onered, bringþ gódne wæstm we know that we love the land

Linked entry: swógan

langian

(v.)
Grammar
langian, p. ode: v. impers. with acc. of pers.
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Ðæt ús nú æfter swelcum longian mǽge swelce ðá wǽron that we should now long for such times as then were, Ors. 2, 5; Swt. 84, 27. Ðá ongan hine eft langian on his cýððe then he began to long again for his native land, Blickl. Homl. 113, 15

á-feormian

(v.)
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Wyrttruman of ðǽre rinde wel áfeormadne, Lch. i. 300, 18. to clear of impurity from an object Ælcne gylt áfeorma ( ablue ), Hy. S. 53, 30. Horu þú áfeormige, 23, 21. ꝥ áfeormian ( purgemus ) ꝥ werste, 14, 15.

ge-liþian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-liþian, ge-leoþian; p. ode
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Seó geleoðode syn þǽre unhýrsumnesse wearð him tó deáde in þám wege peccatum inobedientiae in ipsa fuerit morte laxatum, 294, 26.

Linked entries: on-liþian ge-leoþian

ge-sinhíwan

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sinhíwan, -hígan; pl. m.

Married persons;conjugesconjugaticonjugia

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we be as married people, 40, 20. For gesinhíwum pro conjugiis, Bd. 4, 5; S. 573, 14

HWÝ

(con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
HWÝ, hwí; inst.of hwæt.

WHY.

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Ðá áscade hé Æðelm hwý hit him ryht ne þuhte ðæt we him gereaht hæfden then he asked Æthelm why that did not seem right to him which we had arranged for him, Chart. Th. 171, 12.

Linked entries: hwí hwig

lof-sang

(n.)
Grammar
lof-sang, es; m.

hymnpsalm

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Nú forlǽte ðás lofsangas, Homl. Th. ii. 88, 3. Ic sang úhtsang æfter ðá sungon dægrédlíce lofsangas cantavi nocturnam, deinde cantavimus matutinales laudes, Coll. Monast. Th. 33, 27; Bd. 4, 7; S. 575, 5

ge-wita

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wita, an; m.

One who is cognisant of anythinga witnessan accessorytestisconscius

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We þissa wundra gewitan sindon we are witnesses of these wonders, Exon. 43 b; Th. 147, 10; Gú. 724. Gif heó clǽne sý and ðæs fácnes gewita nǽre if she be innocent and were not an accessory to the crime, L. Ath. v. § 1, 1; Th. i. 228, 17.

ge-ménelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-ménelíce, adv.

In common, commonlycommūnĭter

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In common, commonly; commūnĭter We mynegiaþ eów ealle geménelíce we admonish you all in common, Wanl. Catal. 111, 25, col. 2

þeón

(v.)
Grammar
þeón, p. þeóde
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To do, perform, effect ðæt ǽbylgð nyton, ðæt gefremedon, þeódon bealwa wið ðec ǽfre, Elen. Kmbl. 805; El. 403

tengan

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'Noldon efstan ... gif tó beteran lífe ne becómon ...' Betwux þǽre tihtinge hí tengdon forð, Hml. S. 34, 234. Add

níd-bád

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Add: figurative Hwæt, nú wǽron fægne þæt ne móston bedíglan on ússum scræfum, þæt hé ús ne swencte mid his mægnis nídbáðe, Mod. Philol. 1. 33

castel-men

(n.)
Grammar
castel-men, gen. -manna; pl. m.
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Castle-men; castellani Ða castelmen ðe wǽron on Engla lande him togeánes cómon [MS. comen] the castle-men who were in England came against him, Chr. 1075; Erl. 213, 18

eorþ-hele

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-hele, es; m.

A heaptŭmŭlus

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A heap; tŭmŭlus Wæs ðæt deáw abútan ða fyrdwíc, swilce hit hagoles eorþhele wǽre the dew was about the camp, as it were a heap of hail, Ex. 10, 14

Linked entry: hele

eallneg

(adv.)
Grammar
eallneg, adv.

Alwayssemper

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Always; semper Ðú eallneg siófodest ðæt hí eallneg nǽron on wíte thou always didst lament that they were not always punished, Bt. 38, 4; Fox 204, 10, 11. MS. Cot

Linked entry: ealneg

biliþ

(n.)
Grammar
biliþ, es; n.

An image, a representation, resemblance, likeness, pattern, exampleimago, effigies

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An image, a representation, resemblance, likeness, pattern, example; imago, effigies Biliþe wǽron eorlas Ebréa the men were the images [likenesses] of the Hebrews, Cd. 187; Th. 232, 7, note a