heofon
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Grein translates heofon lamentation and druron mourned; but may not hergas be from hearg q. v. and parallel to deófolgyld, and the passage be translated the idols and false gods fell to hell and heaven came there?
ge-yrsian
to anger ⬩ make angry ⬩ to be angry
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Th. ii. 476, 34. to be angry He nele swá micclum swá we geearniaþ us geyrsian he will not be angry with us so much as we deserve, 126, 6
Linked entries: ge-eorsian ge-orsod
gewit-leás
Witless ⬩ foolish ⬩ mad ⬩ insanus ⬩ amens ⬩ stultus
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Wurde ðú ðæs gewitleás ðæt ðú waldende þonc ne wisses thou wast so witless that thou wast not grateful to the Lord, Exon. 29 b; Th. 90, 12; Cri. 1473: Bt. Met. Fox 19, 92; Met. 19, 46
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ge-pyndan
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To pound, impound, shut up; circumclūdĕre Nellaþ hie gehæftan and gepyndan hiora mód they will not restrain and shut up their mind, Past. 39, 1; Swt. 283, 13; Hat. MS. 52 b, 26. Ðæt wæter biþ gepynd the water is shut up, 38, 6; Swt. 277, 6; Hat.
tiberness
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Sacrifice, destruction, immolation Rǽde on his bócum hwelce tibernessa ǽgðer ge on monslihtum ge on hungre ge on scipgebroce let him read in his books what sacrifices of life there were by slaughter, famine, and shipwreck (the Latin, which is not closely
rípe
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Wíngeardas (windeardes, MS.) rípe fulle gesihð blisse ge[tácnað] vites maturas plenas uiderit, letitiam significat, Archiv cxxv. 65, 591; Lch. iii. 210, 32. v. hræd-(not sǽd-)rípe. Add
sám-wyrcan
to do a thing incompletely
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Fæsten wæs sámworht the fort was not finished, Chr. 892; Erl. 88, 34. Stántorr ( the tower of Babel ) sámworht stód, Cd. Th. 102, 16; Gen. 1701. Similar entries [Cf. sám-bryce.]
horig
Foul, dirty, defiled ⬩ unclean ⬩ lutulentus, cenosus
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Foul, dirty, defiled Swá hit gedafenlíc is ðæt his reáf ne beó horig so is it proper that his vestment be not foul, L. Ælfc. C. 22 : Th. i. 350, 21. Næs his reáf horig, Homl. Th. i. 456, 20. Mid horium reáfe, 528, 24. Mid horhgum scicelse, Th.
ge-steóran
To steer ⬩ direct ⬩ control ⬩ correct ⬩ contĭnēre ⬩ corrĭgĕre
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To steer, direct, control, correct; contĭnēre, corrĭgĕre Híg wistan ðæt híg ne mihton manegum gesteóran they knew that they might not control many, L. E. G. prm; Th. i. 116, 14. Ðú his ýþum miht ána gesteóran mōtum fluctuum ejus tu mītĭgas, Ps.
BÚGAN
To BOW or bow down oneself, bend, swerve, give way, submit, yield, turn, turn away, flee ⬩ se flectere vel inclinare, curvare, declinare, desistere, cedere, vertere, divertere, fugere
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Bos. l, 7; I knelinge am not worthi for to undo the thwong of his schoon, Wyc.
ge-sam-híwan
Married persons ⬩ conjugati, conjugia
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Married persons; conjugati, conjugia Unriht gewuna is arisen betwih gesamhíwum prava in conjugatorum moribus consuetudo surrexit, Bd. 1, 27; S. 493, 34, note: Bd. 4, 5; S. 573, 14, note
brega
A governor, ruler, prince ⬩ imperator, princeps
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A governor, ruler, prince; imperator, princeps Dá se brega mǽra geladade leóf weorud when the great prince assembled the dear company, Exon. 14a; Th. 29, note 1; Cri. 456, note
hleahtor-bǽre
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Productive of laughter: Ne sceal hé fela sprecan, ne ídele word ne hleahtorbǽre (leahtor-, v. l.) multum loqui non amare, verba vana aut risui apta non loqui R. Ben. 18, 8. Substitute:
ge-sendan
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Gesended ne ꝥ áne word emissum non solum uerbum, Mk. p. I. 10. the object not expressed to send a messenger or a message Gié gesendon tó Ióhanne and cýðnise getrymede, Jn. L. 5, 33. Hí gesendon in alle lond ðǽm, Mt. L. 14, 35
ídel
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Ne dwela ðú on ídel be not deceived without cause (2 Mace. vii. 18), Hml. S. 25 157. idleness, Prov. Kmbl. 1: 61 (in Dict.)
horian
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Th. 27, 1, note
nealles
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Ðonces, nals ná (nalles nó, v.l.) for gestreónum, 137. 20.
un-eáðe
difficult ⬩ hard ⬩ troublesome ⬩ unpleasant ⬩ grievous
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Aþelwold dráf út ða clerca of þe biscopríce, 963; Th. i. 220, 19), Chr. 995; Th. i. 244, 6. of that which is not readily done, to which one is not easily moved, and so is little done Ðú gionga, bió ðé uníðe tó clipianne and tó lǽranne do not let it be
ge-metlic
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giet be sumum dǽle gemetlic þyncan, ǽr Alexander tó ríce féng sufficerent ista ad exemplum miseriarum insinuata memoriae nostrae gesta per Philippum, etiamsi Alexander ei nan successisset in regnum, Ofs- 3i 7 i S. 120, I< 5. keeping due measure, not
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CREÓPAN
To CREEP ⬩ crawl ⬩ repere ⬩ serpere
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Nán wilde deór, ne on fyðerfótum ne on creópendum, nis to wiðmetenne yfelum wífe no wild beast, neither among the four-footed nor the creeping, is to be compared with an evil woman Homl. Th. i. 486, 29.