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for-gán

(v.)

to forgoto abstain fromgo withoutto abstain from

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Hé eft ett þæt hé ǽr mid forhefednysse foreóde, Hml. Th. i. 180, 9. Wæs ǽlc þæs wordes ꝥ him leófre wǽre ꝥ hé land foreóde þonne hé þæne hád underfénge every one declared that he would sooner go without the land than take orders, Cht. Th. 167, 33.

Linked entry: for-gangan

ge-hweorfan

(v.)
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poenitentiae lamenta conversus Past. 167, 18. of happening, to be transferred, pass to Asiria anwald gehwearf on Méðas Arbatus regni summam ad Medos transtulit Ors. 2, I ; S. 60, 17 : I. 8 ; S. 42, 6. to turn back, be averted Gesecge man hwǽr ǽnig gewin ǽr

ge-limplíce

(adv.)
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A. 129, 439. rightly, properly, in accordance with the actual state of the case Gelimplíce hé ús lǽrde and monade hú wé ús gebiddan sceoldan, and hwæðere cwæþ : 'Eówer Fæder wát hwæs eów þearf biþ ǽr gé hine biddan' quite properly he taught us and admonished

hund-seofontig

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Sió wæs getimbred Lxxiitigum wintra ǽr Rómeburg, 4, 4; S. 164, 10. Hundsiofontig wintra, Past. 317, 1. Wintra hundseofontig, Gen. 1158. Hé hiora sprǽce tódǽlde on twá and hundseofontig geþeóda. Bt. 35, 4; F. 162, 26.

gærsum

(n.)
Grammar
gærsum, es; m. n. Substitute: gærsurna(-e), an; m. (f.): gærsum, es; m.: e; f. , and add

treasurean article of valuetreasures

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Hé hæfð geinnod ꝥ ǽr wæs geútod þurh Godes fultum ... and þurh his gærsuma, Cht.

bredan

(v.)
Grammar
bredan, ic brede, ðú britst, brist, he brit, bret, pl. bredaþ; p. bræd, pl. brudon; pp. broden, breden.

to weave, BRAID, knit, join together, draw, pluck;plectere, nectere, vibrare, gladium stringere to change, vary, transform;vertere, variare, transformare

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Sweord ǽr gemealt, forbarn broden mǽl, wæs ðæt blód to ðæs hát the sword had already melted, the drawn brand was burnt, so hot was the blood, Beo. Th. 3236; B. 1616.

Linked entries: a-bredan bret brit

ofer-hírness

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-hírness, e; f.

Disobedience, disregard, neglect, contemptdisregard, disobedience

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Ne underfó nán man óðres mannes man bútan ðæs leáfe ðe hé ǽr fyligde. Gif hit hwá dó, béte míne oferhýrnesse, 10; Th. i. 164, 18. Gif hwá gemót forsitte þríwa, gilde ðæs cynges oferhýrnesse . . .

meox

(n.)
Grammar
meox, mix, myx, es; n.

Muckdungorduredirt

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Búton hé ǽrest áríse of ðam reócendum meoxe, ii. 320, 23. Ðone hláf ðe biþ tó meoxe áwend, i. 258, 2. Tó meohxe, Ps. Th. 82, 8. Meoxe (meoxene?) sterquilinio, Hpt. Gl. 488, 21. Mixe, horwe ceno, i. luto, Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 70.

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hǽwen

(adj.)
Grammar
hǽwen, adj.

Blue, azure, purple, discoloured

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Ádó in ǽren fæt lǽt ðǽr in óð ðæt hit hǽwen sý put into a brazen vessel, leave it therein until it be turned colour, Lchdm. iii. 20, 18. Gyf dæt húsl byþ fynig oððe hǽwen if the housel be mouldy or discoloured, L. Ælf. C. 36; Th. ii. 360, 9.

smítan

(v.)
Grammar
smítan, p. smát, pl. smiton; pp. smiten

to daub, smear, smudgeto defile, pollute to smear, anoint to cast linerestrike

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Smíte mon ða sealfe ǽrest on ðæt heáfod iii. 14, 29. Smíte of ðam sylfan blóde on ðæs weofodes hyrnan Lev. 4, 18. Nymon of his blóde and smíton on ǽgðer gedyre Ex. 12, 7.

ge-sceaft

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Þæt sind ǽrest heofonas, and englas . . . and syððan þeós eorðe . . . and sǽ. . . Nú ealle ðás ðing synd mid ánum naman genemnode gesceaft, Hml. Th. i. 276, 8-14.

þǽr

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr, þár, þára; adv.
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In ðam éðle ðǽr hé ǽr ne cwom, Exon. Th. 27, 26; Cri. 436. Tó ðam lande þǽr ðé lust myneþ tó gesécanne, Andr.

Linked entry: þár

ge-fyllan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fyllan, to fill with (gen. dat. (inst.) or with preps.). v. ge-fellan, ge-fillan
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Ðá wæs gefylled ꝥ ǽr gecweden wæs, Bl. H. 69, 24. Hé hæfde gefylled swá ǽr biforan sungon wítgena word, Cri. 468. Gefyld, Chr. 607; P. 22, 5.

Bebban burh

(n.)
Grammar
Bebban burh,
  • Chr. 547; Th. 28, 25; 29, 24 : 641
  • ;
  • Th. 49, 3 : 993
  • ;
  • Th. 240, 17; 241, 16, col. 2
  • :
Bæbba-burh,
  • Chr. 1093; Th. 360, 6
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Bebba-burh,
  • Chr. 1095 ; Th. 361, 39, 40
  • :
gen. -burge ; dat. -byrig ; acc. -burg, -burh; f.

BAMBOROUGH, in NorthumberlandBabbæ oppidum in provincia Northanhymbrorum

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He timbrode Bebban burh, seó wæs ǽrost mid hegge betýned, and ðǽr æfter mid wealle here [A. D. 547] Ida began to reign, from whom arose the royal race of the Northumbrians, and reigned twelve years.

Linked entries: Bæbban burh Bebba-burh

fénix

(n.)
Grammar
fénix, es; m.

the fabulous bird phœnixφoινιξa genus of palmsthe date treedate palmphœnix dactylĭfĕra

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the fabulous bird phœnix = φoινιξ Fénix, swá hátte án fugel on Arabiscre þeóde, se leofaþ fíf hund geára, and æfter deáþe eft aríst ge-edcucod, and se fugel getácnaþ úrne æríst on ðam endenéhstan dæge phœnix, so a bird in Arabia is called, which lives

hundred

(n.)
Grammar
hundred, es; n.

A hundred

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Ǽrest ðæt hí heó gegaderian á ymb feówer wucan and wyrce ǽlc man óðrum riht how the [assembly of the] hundred is to be held. First, they [the men of the hundred] are to assemble themselves every four weeks; and each man is to do justice to other, L.

set

(n.)
Grammar
set, es; n.
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Cf. set-gang, setl. of men, a place where people remain, of an army, a camp, entrenchment, cf. to sit down before a place Ne com se here oftor eall úte of ðǽm setum ðonne tuwwa, óðre síþe ðá hié ǽrest tó londe cómon . . . óðre síþe ðá hié of ðǽm setum

Linked entries: seotu set-gang siota

be-leán

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Ðǽm lytegan is ǽresð tó beleánne hiera selflíce, ðæt hié ne wénen ðæt hié sién wiése in hebetibus hoc primum destruendum est, quod se sapientes arbitrantur, Past. 203, 9.

pund

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</b> add :-- Man geald ǽrest gafol Deniscan mannum . . . ꝥ wæs .x. þúsend punda, Chr. 991; P. 127, 5. Twá and twéntig þúsend punda goldes and seolfres mon gesealde þám here of Ænglalande wið friðe, Ll.

stede

(adv.)
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Ærest man ásmeáð þæs húses stede, Angl. viii. 324, 8. <b>II b.</b> add :-- Seó gítsung næfde nǽnne stede on heora heortan, Hml. Th. i. 326, 35. Smeága gehwá on his móde, gif ðás beboda habbað ǽnigne stede on his heortan, ii. 228, 21.

Linked entry: welig-stedende