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geat

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Neirxna wonges gætto paradisi portas, 124, 7. the gate, doorway of a building Geat janua, Wrt. Voc. i. 81, 13.

ryne

(n.)
Grammar
ryne, es; m.

A course, run, running, ⬩ an orbit ⬩ course, uninterrupted progress ⬩ a course, water-course, a flow, flux of blood ⬩ course, cycle, lustre ⬩ course of life

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A course, run, running, both in the sense of ¨motion and in that of the path in which motion takes place. of a ship Ánes ceóles ryne on London free entrance of one ship into the port of London (cf. ego indico me dedisse unius navis incessum in portu

Linked entry: rine

ge-sund

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-sund, adj.

Sound ⬩ healthy ⬩ entire ⬩ unhurt ⬩ safe ⬩ favourable ⬩ prosperous ⬩ sanus ⬩ integer ⬩ salvus ⬩ incolumis ⬩ prosper ⬩ felix

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Híg cómon gesunde to hýde they came to port safe and sound, Shrn. 147, 10. Hý beóþ ðý gesundran they will be the healthier, Exon. 107 a; Th. 408, 28; Rä. 27, 19.

dál

(n.)
Grammar
dál, es; n.

A division, allotment, portion, DOLE ⬩ discrimen, divisio, portio

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A division, allotment, portion, DOLE; discrimen, divisio, portio Ic sette dál betwux ðín folc and mín folc ponam divisionem inter populum meum et populurn tuum, Ex. 8, 23.

unfriþ-scip

(n.)
Grammar
unfriþ-scip, es; n.

a ship which is carrying on hostilities ⬩ a ship belonging to a hostile country

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, þéh hit unfriðscyp sý, gyf hit undrifen bið omnis ceapscip, i.e. navis institoris, pacem habeat, quae in portum veniet, licet navis sit inimicorum, si non sit abacta tempestatibus (Lat. vers.), L. Eth. ii. 2; Th. i. 286, 21

Linked entry: friþ-scipe

sǽ-wer

(n.)
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a weir of some kind Ðæt mynster æt Wíc, and seó híd ðæ ðǽrtó líð, and .vi. æceras and se íggað æt portes bricge and (mid?) healfe sǽwære and se mylnstede æt Mannæs bricge, C. D. iv. 96, 4. v. wer [where the instances given under (especially C.

ge-wyldan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wyldan, -wildan; he -wyld, -wild, -wylt; p. -wylde; pp. -wyld; v. a.

To exercise power over ⬩ to tame ⬩ subdue ⬩ conquer ⬩ temper ⬩ seize ⬩ take ⬩ dominari ⬩ domare ⬩ subigere ⬩ prehendere ⬩ capere

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Alexander hine [Poros] gewildne gedyde Porus captus est, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 67, 35: Guthl. 12; Gdwin. 56, 23. Mid ele wel gewylde well tempered with oil, Herb. 12, 3; Lchdm. i. 104, 6.

Linked entry: ge-wildan

cleófa

(n.)
Grammar
cleófa, cleafa, cliófa, an; m.

a cleft, chasm, den, cell, chamber ⬩ cubīle, cellarium, cubiculum

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Sinewealt cleófa vel portic absida, Ælfc. Gl. 108; Som. 78, 122; Wrt. Voc. 58, 34. Ðeós sweoster wæs útgangende of hire cleófan hæc soror egressa est de cubiculo, Bd. 4, 9; S. 576, 31

Linked entries: cleáfa cliófa clýfa

ge-wislíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-wislíce, -wisslíce; adv.

Certainly ⬩ exactly ⬩ truly ⬩ especially ⬩ besides ⬩ videlicet ⬩ scilicet ⬩ sane ⬩ utique ⬩ porro

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Gewislíce án þing is neád-behefe porro unum est necessarium, Lk. Bos. 10, 42. Ðú miht blissigan gewisslíce thou mayest certainly rejoice, Homl. Th. ii. 132, 1.

Linked entries: wisslíce ge-wisslíce

HÝRAN

(v.)
Grammar
HÝRAN, heran, hiéran; p. de [with acc., with infin., and with acc. and infin.]

to HEAR ⬩ hear of ⬩ to listen to ⬩ follow ⬩ serve ⬩ obey ⬩ be subject to ⬩ belong to

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Se port hýrþ in on Dene the port belongs to the Danes, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 19, 24. Ic gean ðæs landes æt Holungaburnan and ðæs ðe ðǽrtó hýrþ I grant the land at Hollingbourn and what belongs thereto, Chart. Th. 558, 27.

cýping

(n.)
Grammar
cýping, cýpingc, cíping,e; f. [ceáping, ceáp a price, q. v. II.].

a bargaining, setting a price, marketing, chapping, traffic ⬩ negotiatio, nundina ⬩ a market-place, market ⬩ forum

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44; Th. i. 326, 21: vi. 22; Th. i. 320, 12: v. 13; Th. i. 308, 11: ix. 17; Th. i. 344, 7. a market-place, market; forum Ðæs túnes cýping and seó innung ðara portgerihta gange into ðære hálgan stówe let the market of the town and the revenue of the port

afor

Grammar
afor, l. áfor.
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Por and cawel and eal þá þe sýn áfer, 26, 18. Swá hwylce þincg swá syndon áfore oððe bitere, i. 310, 12. bitter, of complaint, &c. Mid biterum (áfrum) heófum amaris questibus , An.

þegnung-mann

(n.)
Grammar
þegnung-mann, (þéning-, þénig-), es; m.

a serving-man, ⬩ attendant ⬩ a servant of a lord or king, ⬩ a thane, ⬩ minister

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Árás Malchus heora þeningmann, and dyde eall swá his gewuna wæs, nam mid him sumne dǽl feós ... ðæt feoh bær tó porte, 472-486: 447. Se Hǽlend hét ða ðénigmen áfyllan six stǽnene fatu, Homl.

inn

(adv.)
Grammar
inn, in; adv.

In ⬩ within

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Gangaþ inn þurh ðæt nearwe geat intrate per angustam portam, 7, 13: Ps. Th. 117, 19. Ðæne se geat-weard lǽt in whom the porter lets in, Jn. Skt. 10, 3. Hé áwearp ða scyllingas in on ðæt templ he cast the money into the temple, Mt. Kmbl. 27, 5.

cyrce

(n.)
Grammar
cyrce, gen. cyrcan, cyrcean; f.

A church ⬩ ecclesia

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A church; ecclesia Seó cyrce mid hire portice mihte fíf bund manna eáðelíce befón on hire rýmette the church with her porch could easily contain in its space five hundred men, Homl.

Linked entry: cyrc

á-lynian

(v.)
Grammar
á-lynian, -lynnan.
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Áhlinnað ł áhebbað gatu attollite portas, Ps. L. 23, 9. Eall hit wyrð gebunden, bútan gé þá bendas álynian, Wlfst. 178, 5. Ne mæg nán man of mínre handa út álinian ( eruere ), Deut. 32, 39. Út ályniende eiciens, An. Ox. 4424.

heden

(n.)
Grammar
heden, es; m.

A hood, chasuble ⬩ dress ⬩ a jacket of fur or skin

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Sacerd ðonne hé mæssan singe ne hæbbe hé on heden ne cæppan sacerdos cum missam cantat ne portet cucullum nec cappam, L. Ecg. C. 9; Th. ii. 140, 9.

Linked entries: hæðen hed-cláþ

rípung

(n.)
Grammar
rípung, e; f.
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sunne tempraþ ða eorþlícan wæstmas ǽgðer ge on wæstme ge on rípunge, Lchdm. iii. 250, 19. ripeness, maturity Tó ðæs mynstres geate sý geatweard geset, eald and wís ... seó rípung his gestæþþignesse sý swylc, ðæt hine ne worian ne scríðan ne lyste ad portam

nearu

(adj.)
Grammar
nearu, adj.

narrow ⬩ strait ⬩ confined ⬩ not spacious ⬩ narrow ⬩ limited ⬩ poor ⬩ restricted ⬩ strait ⬩ oppressive ⬩ causing anxiety ⬩ oppressed ⬩ not having free action ⬩ strict ⬩ severe

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A. nearu : Lind. naruu : Rush. naru) is ðæt geat intrate per angustam portam ... Quam angusta porta, Mt. Kmbl. 7, 13-14 : Lk. Skt. 13, 24. Se sǽ ðe ǽgðer is ge nearo ge hreóh, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 28, 12.

Linked entry: nearu-cræft

-tig

(suffix)
Grammar
-tig, -ty, a numeral suffix in words denoting the decades; up to 60 such words are formed with a suffix only, from 60 to 120 hund is prefixed and tig suffixed, hund-seofon-tig, hund-twelf-tig. Other dialects make a distinction in the numerals at the same point. Gothic uses tigus (pl. tigjus) in the earlier, -téhund in the later, O. Saxon -tig in the earlier, while 70 is given by ant-siƀunta; in
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O. H. Ger. the two forms are -zug and -zó. In O. Frs. and Icel. the same forms are used throughout. Tig is another form of the root seen in ten (tehan, g for h according to Verner's Law)