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eorþe

the groundsoillandearththe eartha landcountrysoilmoulddust

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Add: the ground, as a surface Hé ástrehte his líchaman tó eorðan, Hml. Th. i. 66, 22. Wæs his ræst on nacodre eorðan, Bl. H. 227, 11. Þín blód fléwþ ofer eorþan swá swá wæter, 237, 6.

Linked entry: eorþ-lic

fǽhþ

feud

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Hié forgeáfon þǽm Cásere þá fǽhþe þe his mǽg hæfde wið hié geworht, 6, 4; S. 258, 27. Samson hæfde fǽhðe tó ðám folce Samson was at feud with the folk (the Philistines ), Hml. Th. i. 226, 23. as a law term Be fǽhðum, Ll. Th. i. 90, 1

ge-dihtan

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Th. i. 320, 21. Dǽdbóta sind gedihte on mislice wísan, ii. 282, 3. to order, manage, rule Þæt heáfod gewissað þám óðrum limum, swá swí þæt mód gediht ðá geðóhtas. Hml.

linian

(v.)
Grammar
linian, leonian

to leave

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know that my glory and honour were greater than all other kings that ever were in the world, Nar. 33, 2

Linked entry: leonian

ge-fég

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of the solstices and the equinoxes (?

égor-streám

(n.)
Grammar
égor-streám, eágor-streám,es ; m.

A water-stream, water, the seaunda, flŭvius, măre

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Égorstreámas swógan the water-streams sounded, Cd. 69 ; Th. 83, 4; Gen. 1374

Linked entry: eágor-streám

ge-dyrstigan

Grammar
ge-dyrstigan, l. ge-dyrstigian,
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., praesumsisti) þúþú stalodest ?, Gr. D. 25, 7. Þ wíf wel gedyrstgade (praesumsit). Bd. I. 27; Sch. 83, 8. Þám þe gedyrstgoden ꝥ . . ., 5, 21 ; Sch. 677, 19

borh

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</b> what is given as security Fó tó þam borge sé þe þæs weddes waldend sý, Ll. Th. i. 254, 21. add: of a body of persons Hér swutelað seó gewitnes and se borh þe þǽr æt wǽron ( here follows a list of names ), C. D. iv. 235, 19

líþ-ness

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Líðnysse lenocinio (the English word seems to be a gloss to the phrase blandimentorum lenocinio, rather than to the single word. The passage is: Blandimentorum lenocinio (by gentleness) natum flectere nititur. Aid. 43, 25), Angl. xiii. 34, 172.

ge-gearcian

(v.)
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Th. ii. 84, 15. to furnish, provide, supply Hé þé líf gegearcað uitam tibi prestet, Hml. S. 24, 123. Gegearcode prebuit, Germ. 400, 508. Þæt seó sǽ seofon dagas drígne grund þám folce gegearcige, þæt hí his líchaman gesécan magon.

ge-býrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-býrian, l. -byrian, take here ge-berian
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Th. i. 356, 18. Ealle þá þe tó Godes ríce gebyrigað, Hml. Th. i. 236, 30. Þá þing þe swíþost tó Godes lage gebyriað mid rihte, Wlfst. 164, 14. Ne gebyriað þás twégen dǽlas tó ðám cræfte, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 294, 10.

sápe

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Borige on þám beáme stór and finol and gehálgode sápan and gehálgod sealt, i. 402, 1. Ðonne þú sápan abban wille, þonne gníd þú þíne handa tógædere, Tech. ii. 126, 25. Mængc wiþ þá sápan and wiþ þæs æpples gor, Lch. iii. 36, 31. Add

fnésan

(v.)
Grammar
fnésan, fnesan; p. fnæs

pantgasp

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To breathe hard, pant, gasp Þá þá hé sceolde álǽtan ꝥ níhste oroð and ágyfan his gást . . . þá gyt in þám breóste ánum fnæs hwylchugu líflie hǽtu þæs oreþes in solo pectore vitalis adhue calor anhelabat, Gr. D. 324, 19. Substitute:

fóddor-þegu

(n.)
Grammar
fóddor-þegu, fóddur-þegu, fódor-þegu, e; f. [þegu a taking, receiving]

A taking or receiving foodfoodcĭbi acceptiocĭbus

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Léton him ða betweonum tán wísian hwylcne hira ǽrest óðrum sceolde to fóddurþege feores ongildan they let the lot decide between them which of them first should give up to the rest his life for food, 2203; An. 1103.

stroccian

(v.)
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to stroke Gyf þé meolce lyste, þonne strocca (stráca?) þú þínne wynstran finger mid þínre swýþran handa þám gelíce swylce þú melce. Tech. ii. 123, 24

fore-gangan

to precede

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Add: to precede (in time) Þá foregangendan hlǽfdian (praecedentes matres) gewunodon ꝥ hí hit sǽdon þám gingrum nunnum, and nú þá gingran nunnan hit reccaþ, Gr. D. 280, 26.

ende-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
ende-dæg, gen. -dæges ; pl. nom. acc. -dagas; gen. -daga; dat. -dagum; m.

The last day, the day of one's death dies suprémus, dies mortis

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The last day, the day of one's death; dies suprémus, dies mortis Ðá wæs endedæg ðæs ðe Caldéas cyningdóm áhton then was the last day that the Chaldeans held the kingdom, Cd. 209; Th. 258, 22; Dan. 679.

fore-gísel

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A hostage given as security for the performance of a promise Eást-Engle hæfdon foregísla .vi. geseald and þéh ofer þá treówa . . . fóron hié, Chr. 894; P. 84, 20.

Linked entry: gísel

be-hýdan

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Th. 18, 6. Nis mín bán wið þé behýded (occultatum), 138, 13: Bl. H. 93, 35. Behéd lác munus absconditum, Kent. Gl. 780. Of þám díglum stówum þe hí on behýdde (abditi) wǽron. Bd. I. 16; Sch. 44, 14. Behýdde abstrusa, An. Ox. 8, 308.

á-leógan

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Gif hé þæs weddie þe hym riht sý tó gelǽstanne and ꝥ áleóge, Ll. Th. i. 60, 3-7. Gif hé þissa ǽnig áleóge, 332, 23. Ðæt man Gode beháte ne áleóge man ǽfre, Wlfst. 71, 6. Deófol wyle gedón þæt wé áleógan þæt þæt wé behétan, 38, 6. <b>I a.