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un-gewealden

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gewealden, adj.

Not under controldisordered

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Not under control, disordered ?) Ðonne for miclum cele wamb sié ungewealden (cf. Lǽcedómas tó wambe gemetlícunge, 164, 3), Lchdm. ii. 228, 23. Wamb ungewealden and unýþe ... tunge ungewealden and unsméþe, 242, 5-9. Ðonne se man mete þigð, ðonne áwyrpð

Linked entry: ge-wealden

be-sorgian

(v.)
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to be troubled about. þes man mid tarlicum andwlitan, nát ic hwæt hé besorgað, Ap. Th. 15, 10. Swíðor Drihten besorgade þá heora synna þonne his ágene wunda, Hml. Th. i. 50, 25. Ne þurfan gé nóht besorgian hwæt gé sprecan, Bl. H. 171, 18. Dele passage

Linked entry: sorgian

be-secgan

to announceaccuse

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Add: to announce Seó wearð gebróht and besǽd þám cyninge, Hml. A. 94, 87. with on, to bring a charge against, accuse:-- Dá leásan gewitan him on besǽdon: ' Ne geswícð ðes man . . . ' Hml. Th. i. 46, 1. to deny a charge, excuse one's self, Bd. 5, 19;

folc-gestealla

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A comrade in arms (? cf. fyrd-gestealla) Bigstandað mé strange geneátas, þá ne willað mé æt þám stríðe geswícan . . . hié habbað mé tó hearran gecorene . . . mid swilcum mæg man rǽd geþencean, fón mid swilcum folcgesteallan (= -um ?) with such may one

ge-rádian

(v.)
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Add: to reckon (?) þé is behéfe þing Ꝥ þú gemete on getæl, ys swylce íc þus hyt gehrádige (?or gehradige do it quickly. v. ge-hradian), Angl. viii. 303, 27. to prepare Se mæssepreóst sceal cild fullian, swá raðe swá man raðost mæge hí gerádian tó fulluhte

ge-dafen

(n.)
Grammar
ge-dafen, es; n. (or ge-dafenu; f. ?)
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What is due or fitting Þá wæs þǽr ylding þǽre tíde þe man sceolde þá lícþegnunge and þá gedafenu þǽre byrgene gefyllan and gyldan cum mora esset temporis ad explendum debitum sepulturae, Gr. D. 84, 5. Ágylde se wer þám wífe hire gedafenu (debitum), 218

will-weorþung

(n.)
Grammar
will-weorþung, e; f.

Worship paid to springs

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Worship paid to springs Wé lǽraþ ðæt preósta gehwilc ǽlcne hǽðendóm ádwæsce, and forbeóde wilweorðunga (cf. Hǽðenscipe biþ... ðæt man weorðige hǽiene godas, and sunnan oþþe mónan, fýr oþþe flód, wæterwyllas oþþe stánas, C. S. 5; Th. i. 378, 20. See also

morþ

(n.)
Grammar
morþ, es; n. m.

deathdestructionperditionthat which causes deathmurderslaying with an attempt at concealment of the deedmurderhomicide

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death, destruction, perdition Hit wæs hæleþa forlor menniscra morþ ðæt hié tó mete dǽdon ofet unfǽle it was men's ruin, our race's destruction, that for their food they took that evil fruit, Cd. 33; Th. 45, 5; Gen. 722. Mid morþes cwealme with death's

cwicen

(adj.)
Grammar
cwicen, cwucen , cucen , cucon , cucun ; adj. [cwic alive, -en adj. termination]

Alive, quick vivus

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Alive, quick ; vivus Hwá cwicenne me on ðysum ealdre fréfrade who comforted me quick [living] in this life, Ps. Th. 118, 82. We ne mágon hátan deádne mon for cwucene we cannot call a dead man quick [living ], Bt. 36, 6; Fox 182, 20. Ðone cyning hí brohton

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for-gán

(v.)
Grammar
for-gán, to -gánne; he -gǽþ; p. -eóde, pl. -eódon; pp. -gán

To FOR-GOabstain frompass overneglectabstĭnēretranscendĕreprætĕrire

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To FOR-GO, abstain from, pass over, neglect; abstĭnēre, transcendĕre, prætĕrire Ðæt he smeáge hwæt him sý to dónne and to forgánne that he meditate what is for him to do and what to forgo, L. C. S. 85; Th. i. 424, 6. We lǽraþ, ðæt man freólsdagum and

secg

(n.)
Grammar
secg, es ; m.
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A man (used only in poetry) Secg oððe meówle man or maid, Exon. Th. 387, 15 ; Rä. 5, 5. Nis ǽnig eorl under lyfte, secg searoþoncol, 14, 16 ; Cri. 220. Se beorn, séfteádig secg, 309, 12 ; Seef. 56. Secg, lagucræftig mon, Beo. Th. 422 ; B. 208. Swylc

ster-melda

(n.)
Grammar
ster-melda, an; m.
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The word occurs in the following apparently corrupt passage Gif frigman mannan forstele gif hé eft cuma stermelda secge an andweardne gecænne hine gif hé mǽge if a freeman steal a man; if he (the man who has been stolen) come back to give information

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á-settan

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Add: <b>I b.</b> to put into a position or condition, place, with complement Ic hine ásette ealra heáhstne, Ps. Th. 88, 24. with adv. or prep, phrase Þú ús ásettest on sárcwide úrum neáhmannum, Ps. Th. 79, 6. Hine nyðor ásette Metod, Dan

hǽðen-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
hǽðen-scipe, es; m.

Heathenism, paganism

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Heathenism, paganism Wé, forbeódaþ eornostlíce ǽlcne hǽðenscipe. Hǽðenscipe biþ ðæt man ídola weorðige ðæt is ðæt man weorðige hǽðene godas and sunnan oððe mónan fýr oððe flód wæter-wyllas oððe stánas we earnestly forbid all heathenism : heathenism is

of-settan

(v.)

to beset, press hard, oppress

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to beset, press hard, oppress Hé hig ofsette and geswenct he oppressed and afflicted them servierunt ei Jud. 3, 8. Fearras fǽtt ofsetton ł ymbsǽton obsederunt mé, Ps. Lamb. 21, 13. Feónd úrne ofsete comprime Hymn. Surt. 11, 33. Mid untrumnesse oððe bysegum

land-ágende

(adj.)
Grammar
land-ágende, adj.
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Owning land Gif gesíþcund mon landágende forsitte fyrde, geselle cxx scill. and þolie his landes, L. In. 51; Th. i. 134, 8. Landágende man, L. N. P. L. 49: 52; Th. ii. 298, 4: 10. Landágende men ic lǽrde ðæt hié heora gafol mid gehygdum águldon, Blickl

Linked entries: ágan land-hæbbende

land-bóc

(n.)
Grammar
land-bóc, f.
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A charter in which land is granted Ðis is ðara xxv hída landbóc ðe Eádgár cyng gebócede Gode and Sca. Marian intó Abbandúne, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 29, 10. Ic wylle ðæt man ágyfe ðám híwum æt Domrahamme hyra landbéc, ii. 116, 35. Landbéc donatio, Wrt.

mód-staþol

(n.)
Grammar
mód-staþol, es; m.

The foundation on which the mind rests

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The foundation on which the mind rests Steðe*-*fæst modstaþol biþ witena gehwilcum weorþlícre micle ðonne hé his wísan fágige tó swíðe a firm foundation for the mind is much more honourable for every man of counsel, than an excessive variation of manners

Linked entry: fæstmód-staðol

prófian

(v.)
Grammar
prófian, p. ode
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To esteem or regard as Gif feorrancumen man búton wege gange, and hé ðonne náwðer ne hrýme ne hé horn ne bláwe, for þeóf hé is tó prófianne he is to be regarded as a thief, L. Wih. 28 ; Th. i. 42, 25 : L. In. 20; Th. i. 116, 2

cranic

(n.)
Grammar
cranic, es; m.
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A chronicle Swá swá Hieronimus sǽde on his cranice, Hml. A. 79, 164. Man gesette on cranice ( mandatum est historiis et annalibus traditum ) ǽlc þǽra dǽda þe gedón wæs mid him on þæs cyninges belimpum, 95, 122. Hé hét forðberan þone cranic ( histories