ge-mǽre
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Se líg æt þám gemǽre (illo termino) þæs biscopes ( the bound made by the bishop's person) wearð gecyrred, Gr. D. 48, 9. Wit habbað oferhleódred (-leóred ?) ꝥ gemǽre uncres leóhtes (but the Latin is: excede terminos luci nostri), Nar. 32, 7.
nama
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Heó ongan swegles weard be naman nemnan, Jud. 81. with verb of knowing, individually Ic can þé be naman novi te ex nomine, Ex. 33, 12. on (in) naman in phrases expressing invocation of, reliance on, devotion to, the persons of the Godhead Ðǽr twégen
swíðe
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Hé þearle swíþe wearþ gegladod, 438, 27. Swá swýþe swá hé ðam cyninge wæs líciende, swá swýþe hé him sylfum mislícade, Bd. 5, 13; S. 632, 8. Mé swá swýþe ne lyst, swá . . . Bt. 5, 1; Fox 10, 18. Hí swíþor clypodon illi magis clamabant, Mt.
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ge-fyllan
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Gefylled wearð eall þes middangeard monna bearnum, Gen. 1553. Eorðe and eall þæt heó mid gefyld is terra et plenitudo ejus, Ps. Th. 23, 1.
ge-standan
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Heó wearð gestanden on þá breóst mid cancre cancri ulcere in mamilla percussa est, Gr. D. 279, 26. of that which affects the mind (temptation, astonishment, &c.)
HEÁH
HIGH, tall, lofty, sublime, haughty ⬩ altus, excelsus, celsus, excellens, sublimis
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Wearþ him hýrra hyge he had a haughtier mind, Cd. 198; Th. 247, 2; Dan. 491. Hýrre ic eom heofone higher am I than heaven, Exon. 110 b; Th. 424, 12; Rä. 41, 38.
rǽdan
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Girwan Godes tempel, swá hire gásta weard reórd, Elen. Kmbl. 2043; El. 1023. Hé rád and rǽdde, rincum tǽhte hú hí sceoldon standan, Byrht. Th. 132, 18; By. 18. Ðæt folc eall hrýmde, swá swá Josue him rǽdde, Jos. 6, 5 (20, Grn.).
þúsend
a thousand
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Wearð ðú hund þúsenda ofslægen, Ors. 2, 5; Swt. 78, 28. Ðá com him ongeán twá hund þúsenda monna, 3, 9; Swt. 132, 30. His heres wæs seofon hund þúsenda, 2, 5; Swt. 78, 10. viii c þúsenda, Swt. 80, 4. Ðæt wæs nigon x hund þúsenda, Swt. 84, 29.
for-gifan
to give ⬩ bestow ⬩ grant ⬩ dispense ⬩ to give ⬩ to give ⬩ to give ⬩ to give up ⬩ hand over ⬩ deliver up ⬩ commit ⬩ practice ⬩ to give back ⬩ restore ⬩ to marry ⬩ to grant ⬩ permit ⬩ allow ⬩ to grant ⬩ to give ⬩ cause ⬩ to forgive
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From sceððendum woerdnissum giblinna forgef a noxiis vitiis cessare concede, Rtl. 16, 27. with a coordinate clause from which an object may be inferred Forgif mé, beága weard, hát síðian Agar, Gen. 2782. of action that produces an effect upon an object
ge-gán
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R. 16, 1. of an event, to happen, come to pass Þá þæt geeóde þæt se wer wearð wíne druncen, Gen. 1562.
ge-bétan
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Wæs hunger ofer hrúsan ; ꝥ heofona weard gebétte, Chr. 975; P. 122, 1 : 1087; P. 223, 23. God úre yfel gebétte, and cýdde his mihte and his mildheortnysse ðæt hé swá mycel yfel mihte gebétan.
ge-wítan
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Heó wearð gewundod, ac heó ne gewát swá þeáh, Hml. S. 9, 128: 25, 160. Þá feól hé ádúne and gewát cecidit et expiravit, Hml. Th. i. 316, 29, 34. And ðonne se wer gewíte and then the husband die, Ll. Th. i. 126, 2: Solil. H. 52, 8. Gewitte, 10.
ge-seón
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Símón wearþ fǽringa geong cniht, and sóna eft eald man . . . þá Nerón ꝥ geseah, Bl. H. 175, 6. Hí mín sylfes weorc gesáwon mid eágum, Ps. Th. 94, 9. Geségon, Cri. 1154. Hí ꝥ oncnáwan ne mihton ꝥ hié þǽr gesáwon, Bl. H. 105, 29.
tácn
A token, sign ⬩ a sign, significant form ⬩ an ensign ⬩ a token, a credential ⬩ a sign, monument ⬩ a sign of the Zodiac ⬩ a sign, distinguishing mark (lit. or fig.) ⬩ a sign to attract attention, a signal ⬩ a sign of anything future, a prognostic ⬩ a sign, an action that conveys a meaning ⬩ a sign, indication, mark which shews condition or state ⬩ </b> as a medical term, a symptom ⬩ a sign, symbol, emblem ⬩ a sign which shews the truth or reality of anything, proof, demonstration, evidence ⬩ a supernatural sign, miracle, prodigy ⬩ a signal event, remarkable circumstance
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Him ðæt ( the writing on the wall ) tácen wearð, ðæt hé ligeword gecwæð, Cd. Th. 260, 31; Dan. 718. Ðæt wæs tácen sweotol, Beo. Th. 1671; B. 833. Hwæt dést ðú tó tácne, ðæt wé gelýfon, Jn. Skt. 6, 30.
bisceop
a BISHOP, prelate ⬩ episcopus ⬩ a chief priest of the Jews ⬩ pontifex ⬩ a heathen priest of the Romans and Egyptians
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Æt Mere-túne wearþ Heáhmund biscop ofslegen, and feala gódra monna at Merton bishop Heahmund was slain, and many good men, 871; Ing. 101, 1-9
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sél
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Him wearþ sélle líf bihýded, 227, 3 ; Ph. 417. Wé sculon ídle lustas forseón and ðæs séllran gefeón, 47, 19 ; Cri. 757. Ðæt hé fére him tó ðam sélran ríce ( heaven ), 352, 24 ; Sch. 102. On sýllan mon, 377, 20 ; Deór. 6.
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wracu
pain ⬩ suffering ⬩ misery ⬩ suffering ⬩ punishment ⬩ vengeance ⬩ retribution ⬩ persecution ⬩ hostility ⬩ active enmity ⬩ vengeance ⬩ revenge
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Hé wearð werþeódum tó wræce, Elen. Kmbl. 33; El. 17. Hé hæfde him to gesíþþe sorge and longað, wintercealde wræce, weán oft onfond, Exon. Th. 377, 15; Deór. 4. Wræce bisgodon fǽge þeóda miseries troubled the doomed peoples, Cd.
folc
a people ⬩ a nation ⬩ an army ⬩ a race ⬩ tribe ⬩ sect ⬩ lay-folk ⬩ the laity ⬩ the people ⬩ followers ⬩ the people ⬩ the common people ⬩ country-folk ⬩ folk ⬩ men ⬩ people ⬩ folks ⬩ a crowd ⬩ company ⬩ troop ⬩ people ⬩ folk
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Folces weard, 2666: An. 1070: El. 157. Worldwitan woroldlaga settan folce tó steóre, Ll. Th. i. 348, 14. Þá Dænescan þe wæs geteald eallra folca getreówast . . .
hám
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Wearð ádrǽfed Óslác of earde . . . háma bereáfod, Chr. 975 ; P. 120, 24. Ic geeácnode intó Élégmynstre ðæs þrý hámas ðe ðus sind gehátene, Meldeburna, Earmingaford, Norðwold, C.
þegen
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The more limited sense seems to belong to the word in the following Gif þegen geþeáh ðæt hé wearð tó eorle, L. R. 5; Th. i. 192, 7. Cf. §§ 2, 6; and see L. In. 45, L. C. S. 72, L. M. L. given below.
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