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ge-scildnes

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Hí bǽdon Godes gescyldnysse wið þone Syriscan here, Hml. A. 107, 70- Gescyldnesse tutamini, i. protectioni, An. Ox. 394: clypeo, 2100 : defensaculo, 2390 : defensionem, i. gubernationem, 2795.

ge-wirdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wirdan, to injure, spoil.
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Take here <b>ge-wyrdan</b> in Dict., and add Eác hylpð gif mon mid eástánum onbærnedum þá meoluc gewyrð ( turns the milk ), Lch. ii. 218, 24.

Linked entries: ge-werdan ge-wyrdan

hand-lín

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[Take here the two instances given in the Dictionary.] Ðonne þú handlín habban wille, ðonne stríc þú mid þínre swýðran handa eclinga ofer þíne wynstran, Tech, ii. 120, 1

synderlíce

(adv.)
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Se here þe tó Grantanbrycge hiérde hine gecés synderlíce him tó hláforde (the Danes of Cambridge acted by themselves ), Chr. 921; P. 103, 19

on-bútan

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
on-bútan, prep. (adv.)

About

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Se here sceolde bión getrymed onbútan Hierusalem, Past. 21; Swt. 161, 25. Seó eá gǽþ onbútan ðæt land, Gen. 2, 11. Ðæt folc him sáh eall onbútan, Homl.

Linked entries: bútan á-bútan

fylstan

(v.)
Grammar
fylstan, filstan, ic fylste, he fylsteþ; p. [fylstede = ] fylste. pl. fylston; subj. pres. fylste, pl. fylsten, fylston; pp. fylsted; v. trans. dat. [fylst e; f. help]

To helpgive helpaidprotectadjŭvāreauxĭliāriprotĕgĕre

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To help, give help, aid, protect; adjŭvāre, auxĭliāri, protĕgĕre Ongan him fylstan began to give help to them, Byrht. Th. 139, 37; By. 265. Hig bícnodon hyra geferan, ðæt hí him fylston annuērunt sŏciis, ut adjŭvārent eos [that they should give help

Linked entry: filstan

gǽst-gehygd

(n.)
Grammar
gǽst-gehygd, es; n.

Thought of mindănĭmi cōgĭtātio

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Thought of mind; ănĭmi cōgĭtātio Him seó unforhte ageaf andsware, þurh gǽstgehygd, Iuliana the fearless Juliana gave him answer through her mind's thought, Exon. 67 b; Th. 251, 20; Jul. 148

torn-wracu

(n.)
Grammar
torn-wracu, e; f.
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Grievous revenge Gé hér áteóþ in ða tornwræce ( the destruction with which the evil spirits threatened Guthlac if he remained in his hermitage ) sigeleásne síð, Exon. Th. 120, 16; Gú. 272

un-gefeá

(n.)
Grammar
un-gefeá, an ; m.
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Unhappiness Ðá men þe mǽstne dreám bútan Godes ondrysnum úp áhebbað hér on wornlde, hié þonne eft mǽste unrótnesse bútan ende and mǽstne ungefeán bútan ǽnigre blisse hiá onfóó. Nap. 64

Linked entry: ge-feá

cuffie

(n.)
Grammar
cuffie, an; f.

A capcoifhoodhead dress pileuscuculluscapitis tegmen

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A cap, coif, hood, head dress; pileus, cucullus, capitis tegmen Hió an Æðelflǽde hyre cuffian she gives to Æthelfled her hood Cod. Dipl. 1290; A. D. 995; Kmbl. vi. 133, 20

eorl

a hero

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Similar entries v. eorl-dóm. a hero, &c

lenden-brǽð

Grammar
lenden-brǽð, lende-brǽð, e, f: -brǽda, an; m.

A loin

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, Herb. 1, 10; Lchdm. i, 74, 3. Sió helt ða lendenbrǽdan it [the liver] has a hold on the false ribs, L. M. 2, 17; Lchdm. ii. 198, 1

sceam-full

(adj.)
Grammar
sceam-full, adj.

Modest, chaste

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Chaucer uses the word in its modern sense ignominious As shamful deeth as herte may deusye Come to these Juges, C. T. Group C. 290

leód-hata

(n.)
Grammar
leód-hata, an; m.

A tyrant

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Hér sind on earde leódhatan grimme ealles tó manege herein the land are fierce tyrants all too many, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 109, 155. Áwyrgede womsceaðan, leáse leódhatan, Elen. Kmbl. 2597; El. 1300.

fit

(n.)

a poem

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Hér mæg findan sé ðe hine lysteð leóðgiddunga hwá þás fitte fégde, Hpt. 33, 71, 2. Add

gránian

(v.)
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Þonne grániað and wániað þá þe hér blissedon and fægnedon, Wlfst. 245, 2: Angl. viii. 336, 41. Gránode rugiebam, Bl. Gl. Seó grániende gesceaft, Wlfst. 186, 5: 187, 1. Add

leahter-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
leahter-lic, adj.
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Vicious, faulty, defective Ic bidde þone gelǽredan and þone geleáfullan, gif hé hér hwylc hleahterlic word onfinde obsecrans, si illic vitiosus sermo aures eruditi lectoris perculserit Guth. Gr. 101, 11

dweola

(n.)
Grammar
dweola, dweolda

error, heresy

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error, heresy

a-hérian

(v.)
Grammar
a-hérian, to hire. l.
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á-héran

Butting-tún

(n.)
Grammar
Butting-tún, es; m.
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BODDINGTON, Gloucestershire Offóron hie ðone here hindan æt Buttingtúne on Sæferne staðe they followed after the army to Boddington on the bank of the Severn, Chr. 894; Erl. 92, 22. Mr.