ge-hýdan
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Gehýddum abditis 98, 34. to hide, put out of sight, bury in the ground Dætste ꝥ wíf gehýdeð ( abscondit ) in meolo mitto, Lk. L. R. 13, 21. Ic gehýdde ( abscondi ) cræft ðín on eorðo, Mt. L. 25, 25.
ge-fleón
To flee ⬩ escape
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Se to ánre ðara burga gefliéhþ who to one of those cities escapes, Past. 21, 7; Swt. 167, 20; Hatt. MS. Geflég fugit, Rtl. 147, 15. Alle geflugun omnes fugerunt, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 26, 56. Ðætte gifléga ut fugiant, Rtl. 118, 31.
ge-þweán
To wash
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Búta oftor geþuógon hondo nisi crebro lavarent manus, Mk. Skt. Lind. 7, 3. Búton hí geþwegene beón nisi baptizentur, Mk. Bos. 7, 4. Se ðe geþuǽn is qui lavatus est, Jn. Skt. Lind. 13, 10. Hwí he geþwogen nǽre quare non baptizatus esset, Lk.
á-solcennys
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Þæt ðú mid þínre hýrsumnesse geswince tó Gode gecyrre þe þú ǽr fram buge mid ásolcennysse (per desidiam) ðínre unhýrsumnesse, R. Ben. 1, 5. Náht ásolcenysse (ignavia) fúllícor, Scint. 98, 1. Synna on ásolcennyssa, Angl. xi. 102, 83.
cniht
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Swíðe góde cnihtas, Eustatius þe iunga, and Rógeres eorles þreó sunan, and ealle þá betstboren men þe wǽron innan þisan lande, 1087; P. 224, 28. v. búr-, ceáp-, cípe-, hel-, heorþ-, híréd-, hors-cniht
welig
Wealthy ⬩ rich ⬩ opulent
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Babylonia ðe ðá welegre wæs ðonne ǽnigu óþeru burg Babyloniam, urbem tunc cunctis opulentiorem, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 72, 26.
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un-forbærned
Unburnt ⬩ not burnt up ⬩ not consumed by fire
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Unburnt, not burnt up, not consumed by fire Ðær is ðeáw, ðonne ðǽr bið man deád, ðæt hé líð inne unforbærned mid his mágum and freóndum mónad,... hwílum healf geár ðæt hí beóð unforbærned, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 20, 19-24.
Linked entry: for-bærnan
hengen-wítnung
The punishment of imprisonment
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The punishment of imprisonment Gif forworht man friþstól geséce and þurh ðæt feorh geyrne ðonne sý þreóra án for his feore búte man bet geárian wille wergild éce þeówet hengenwítnung if a man who has forfeited his life gain a sanctuary, and thereby secure
ge-sóm
Unanimous ⬩ united ⬩ peaceable ⬩ concors ⬩ pācĭfĭcus
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Unanimous, united, peaceable; concors, pācĭfĭcus Wǽron gesóme ða ðe swegl búan those that inhabit the firmament were unanimous, Cd. 5; Th. 6, 1; Gen. 82. Wit wǽron gesóme we two were united, Exon. 129 b; Th. 496, 27; Rä. 85, 21: Gen. 45, 24.
ÆSC
an ash-tree ⬩ fraxinus excelsior ⬩ the Anglo-Saxon Rune ᚨ ⬩ an ash-spear ⬩ a spear ⬩ lance ⬩ hasta fraxinea ⬩ hasta ⬩ a small ship ⬩ a skiff ⬩ a light vessel to sail or row in ⬩ navis ⬩ navigium ⬩ dromo
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Gl. 45; Som. 64, 98. the Anglo-Saxon Rune ᚨ; = æ, the name of which letter in Anglo-Saxon is æsc an ash-tree, hence this Rune not only stands for the letter æ, but for æsc an ash-tree, as, — ᚨ; byþ oferheáh, eldum dýre, stíþ staðule the ash-tree is over-high
cyre-líf
A choice of life, where on decease of a lord, the cultivators choose a lord for themselves; optio vitæ, ubi, mortuo domino, villani sibi dominum eligunt
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in the name of God, and his saints, that no one of my kinsmen nor heirs molest any choice of life of those for whom I have paid, and the witan of the West Saxons have rightly confirmed to me, that I might leave them either free or servile, as I will; but
HÝDAN
To HIDE ⬩ conceal
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Nó ðú mínne þearft hafelan hýdan [bury], Beo. Th. 896; B. 446. Hwǽr se wuldres beám under hrusan hýded wǽre where the tree of glory [the cross] under ground was hidden, Elen. Kmbl. 436; El. 218. Ðár da æðelestan hýdde wǽron, 2214; El. 1108
ilding
Delay ⬩ putting off ⬩ deferring ⬩ prolonging ⬩ connivance
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Hwæt is ðæt líf elles ðysses middangeardes búton lytelu ylding ðæs deáþes what else is the life of this world but a little deferring of death? Blickl. Homl. 59, 27.
sundor
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Gebærne wulfes ceácan and ða téþ sundor burn the teeth by themselves, Lchdm. ii. 102, 13. Se Hǽlend genam his twelf þegnas sundor of ðæm weorode, Blickl. Homl. 15, 7. Sundor ácígan to call aside, Elen.
be-tweoh
between ⬩ among ⬩ between ⬩ among
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L. 20, 26. with acc. between :-- Sete weall betuh ðé and ðá burh. Past. 165, 8. among, local (lit. or fig.) Stígan tó heofonum betweoh engla þreátas. Shrn. 50, 16. Betwyh, 118, 2.
ge-mæcca
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Take here in Dict. and add: an equal, a like, fellow Fædor gimacca (but see ge-maca; I.I) Patris compar, Rtl. 164, 3.
here-gild
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Add: tax levied to provide money to buy of the Danes (v. here; I. 2 c ¶ l) On þan ylcan geáre áléde Eádweard cyng ꝥ heregyld ꝥ Æþelréd cyng ǽr ástealde, Chr. 1052; P. 173, 18. Ic ðat só fele síðe só men gildeð hire gilde tó heregilde, C.
hleóþrian
To make a sound ⬩ to sound ⬩ resound ⬩ To speak words
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Hleóþriende concrepans, i. resonans (clangor buc-cinae). An. Ox. 1916. Mid hleóþriendum dreáme consona armonia 2593. Dreámas hleóþriende concentus concrepantes 4914. trans. To speak words Þǽra worda gemyndig þe hé hleóðrade tó Abrahame, Ps.
staca
A stake
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Mon hæfde ða burg mid stacum gemearcod, wulfas átugan ða stacan up, Ors. 5, 5; Swt. 226, 17-19. Álege ðone man upweard, dríf .ii. stacan æt ðám eaxlum, Lchdm. ii. 342, 5.
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be-feolan
to bury ⬩ to bear ⬩ be pleased with ⬩ to apply oneself earnestly to something ⬩ to be urgent with a person ⬩ to press ⬩ to persist ⬩ persevere with something ⬩ to persist in ⬩ continue
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trans. to bury Mon sceal morðor under eorðan befeólan þe hit forhelan þenceþ, Gn. Ex. 115. [Cf. O.