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gærcian

(v.)
Grammar
gærcian, p. ode; pp. od

To prepare ⬩ părāre

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Lamb. 67, 11. Hí gærcodon flána heora on cocere [MS. kokere] părāvērunt săgittas suas in pharetra, 10, 3

geap-neb

(adj.)
Grammar
geap-neb, adj. [geap crooked; neb the head, face, beak, nib]

Crooked- ⬩ nibbed ⬩ with a bent beak ⬩ arched ⬩ curvātus

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Crooked- nibbed, with a bent beak, arched; curvātus Standeþ me hér on eaxelum Ælfheres láf, gód and geapneb Ælfhere's legacy stands here on my shoulders, good and crooked-nibbed, Wald. 94; Vald. 2, 19

palm-treów

(n.)
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Lamb. 91, 13. Palmtreó palmes, Jn. Skt. Lind. Rush. 15, 4. Ðǽr wǽron hundseofontig palmtreówa ( palmae ), Ex. 15, 27. Palmtreówa (-trýwa) twigu ramos palmarum, Jn. Skt. 12, 13

sigor-tiber

(n.)
Grammar
sigor-tiber, es ; n.
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A sacrifice for victory or deliverance Wes ðú on ófeste . . . ðæt ðú lác onsecge sigortifre hasten to offer with a sacrifice, that may deliver you from your peril, Exon. Th. 257, 30 ; Jul. 255

Linked entry: sige-tiber

weorold-hád

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-hád, es; m.
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A secular, lay condition In weoruldbáde drohtiende in saeculari habitu conversata, Bd. 4, 23; S. 592, 42. In weoruldháde geseted, 4, 24; S. 597, 3. Weoruldhád forlǽtan, 598, 2 : 4, 23 : S. 593, 7

ic

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Of láme ic þe leoðo gesette, geaf ic þé lifgendne gǽst, árode þé ofer ealle gesceafte, Cri. 1382. Ic þurh Iúdas ǽr hyhtful gewearð and nú gehýned eom þurh Júdas eft, El. 922. Add

æsc-þrote

(n.)
Grammar
æsc-þrote, an; f: -þrotu, e; f. [æsc ash, þrote a throat]

ASH-THROAT ⬩ vervain ⬩ verbenaca ⬩ verbena officinalis

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Herb. 4, = verbenaca: Lat. = berbena, 67, -verbena, Lat. ] ðæt is æscþrotu the herb verbena, that is ash-throat [= vervain], Herb. cont. 4, 1; Lchdm. i. 8, . Niðeweardre æscþrotan of the netherward [part of] vervain, L. M. 3, 72; Lchdm, ii. 358, 16.

Linked entries: asc-þrotu berbéna

tealtrian

(v.)
Grammar
tealtrian, p. ode

To shake, totter, stagger, be unsteady, to be in an uncertain or a precarious condition

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Lamb. 108, 10

Linked entry: tealtian

ge-hyrtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hyrtan, p. -hyrte; pp. -hyrted, -hyrt [hyrtan to hearten, encourage; heorte the heart]

To encourage ⬩ animate ⬩ refresh ⬩ confortare ⬩ animare ⬩ refrigerare

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Se læg dæg and niht geswógen. He wearþ ðá gehyrt he lay day and night senseless. He then revived, Homl. Th. ii. 356, 27

Linked entry: hyrtan

for-weorþan

(v.)
Grammar
for-weorþan, -wurþan; ic -weorþe, ðú -weorþest, -wyrst, he -weorþeþ, -wyrþ, pl. -weorþaþ, -wyrþaþ; p. ic, he -wearþ, ðú -wurde, pl. -wurdon; pp. -worden

To become nothing ⬩ to be undone ⬩ to perish ⬩ die ⬩ ad nihilum devĕnīre ⬩ pĕrīre ⬩ interlre ⬩ deficére

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Lamb. 1, 6. Hi forweorþaþ pĕrībunt, Ps. Spl. 79, 17: Ps. Th. 63, 5: 67, 2: 72, 22. Hig forwyrþab oððe losiaþ ipsi pĕrībunt, Ps. Lamb. 101, 27.

Linked entries: for-wurþan ge-forwearþan

fór-settan

(v.)
Grammar
fór-settan, p. -sette. pl. -setton; pp. -seted, -sett

To set before ⬩ propōnĕre

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Lamb. 53. 5

mis-lǽran

(v.)

to teach wrongly ⬩ to persuade a person to do what is wrong

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[Luþer men ðat hine mislerede, Laym. 4311.]

Linked entry: lǽran

ge-sendan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sendan, p. -sende; pp. -sended, -send

To send

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Lamb. 33, 8

þeów-cnapa

(n.)
Grammar
þeów-cnapa, an; m.
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A servant-lad His ðeówcnapena án wearð þearle áwéd; ðá sette Martinus his handa him onuppon, and se feónd fleáh forht for ðam hálgan, and se ðeówa siððan gesundful leofode, Homl. Th. ii. 510, 27

cnafa

(n.)
Grammar
cnafa, an; m.
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A boy, lad, young man Gamenian mid cnafan jocari cum parvulo, Scint. 172, 19. Cnafan þínum puero tuo, Ps. Spl. C. 85, 15. Sýn twégen tó þám sylfan gescyfte cnafan ( pueri ), Angl. xiii. 410, 640

brengan

Grammar
brengan, brengean.
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Sé þe mé brengð (bring(ð), v. l.) lác. Past. 342, 8. Hié Gode forhæfd-nesse brengað (briengað, v. l.), 314, 21. Briengað, 395, 36. Bre(n)gað conferunt, Kent. Gl. 889. Bren, bryn affer, affer, 1086. Breng (bring, W. S.) ꝥ lác offer munus, Mt. R.

fiðere

(n.)
Grammar
fiðere, es; n.

A wing ⬩ āla ⬩ Wings ⬩ ālæ ⬩ pennæ

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Lamb. 35, 8: 56, 2: 60, 5. Gehýd me under ðínra fiðera [Lamb. fyðerena] sceade sub umbra ālārum tuārum protĕge me, Ps. Th. 16, 8. Under fiðerum [Th. fiðrum: Lamb. fyðerum] his ðú hopudest sub pennis ejus spērābis, Ps. Spl. 90, 4: Lk. Bos. 13, 34.

Linked entries: FEÐER fyðera

blissian

(v.)
Grammar
blissian, blyssian, blissigan, blissigean; part. blissiende, blissigende; ic blissie, blissige, ðú blissast, he blissaþ, pl. blissiaþ; p. ode, ede, ade; pp. od, ed, ad

To rejoice, exult, be glad or merry ⬩ lætari, gaudere, exultare, ovare ⬩ To make to rejoice, to gladden, delight, exhilarate ⬩ lætificare

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Lamb. 118, 162. Blissaþ se rihtwísa on Drihtne lætabitur justus in Domino, Ps. Lamb. 63, 11: 57, 11: Andr. Kmbl. 1268; An. 634. Ða ðe ondrǽdaþ ðé, geseóþ me, and hí blissiaþ qui timent te, videbunt me, et lætabuntur, Ps.

Linked entry: blyssian

for-gytelnes

(n.)
Grammar
for-gytelnes, -gitelnes, -ness, -nyss, e; f.

Forgetfulness ⬩ forgetting ⬩ oblivion ⬩ oblīvio

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Lamb. 87, 13. Forgytelnesse geseald ic eom oblīviōni dătus sum, 30, 13. Forgytelnesse sý geseald seó swíðre mín oblīviōni dētur dextĕra mea, 136, 5

Linked entry: for-gitelnes

for-lorenes

(n.)
Grammar
for-lorenes, -ness, e; f.

FORLORNNESS ⬩ destruction ⬩ perdĭtio

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Lamb. 87, 12

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