gild
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Voc. ii. 90, 7. a divinity, heathen deity Behátað þæt gé wyllað þám deófolgyldum wiðsacan, and þone sóðan God wurðian. . . . ' Beó Godes grama ofer ús, gif wé ǽfre tó hǽðenum gylde búgað, ' Hml. Th. ii. 488, 7. Gield numina Wrt.
heall
a residence ⬩ palace ⬩ a temple ⬩ a court of law
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Hwearf þá tó healle . . . þæt hé ofer his ealdre gestód, ábeád for þǽre duguðe deóp ǽrende, Az. 166. Swá swá ǽlces cynges háma; beóð sume on búre, sume on healle, sume on ódene, Solil. H. 44, 19. Cyning sceal on healle beágas dǽlan (cf.
hirde
a keeper ⬩ guardian ⬩ protector ⬩ director ⬩ guide ⬩ pastor ⬩ the keeper ⬩ a keeper ⬩ a guard ⬩ watchman
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Hyrdas (ðá hiordas, R. dá hiorde, L. pastores) wǽron nihtwacccan healdende ofer heora heorde, Lk. 2, 8. Hyrdas (hiordas, R., hiorda), 15. Bodan hyrdum cýðdon, Cri. 450. Oxena hierdas bobulcos, Wrt.
libban
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H. 57, 9. ꝥ Sume hí leofodon be ofete and wyrtum, Hml. Th. i. 546, 4. to procure oneself the means of subsistence Hí be heora ágenum handgewinne lifigeað (lifiað, v. l.) proprio labore manuum vivunt, Bd. 4, 4; Sch. 371, 7.
lytel
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For ðám ðe þú wǽre getrýwe ofer lytle þing, ic gesette þé ofer mycle, Mt. 25, 21. of persons, inferior in rank or condition, not distinguished Lytel hé bið genemned in ríc heafna . . . ðes micil bið geceigd, Mt. L. 5, 19.
sunne
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Sunne up on morgentíd glád ofer grundas. . . sió æþele gesceaft sáh tó setle, Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 13-17.
wís-dóm
wisdom ⬩ discretion ⬩ knowledge ⬩ cognizance ⬩ wisdom ⬩ knowledge ⬩ learning ⬩ philosophy
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Gif hé hafaþ ofer ealle men wísdóm, Exon. Th. 299, 16; Crä. 103. Wísdóm swelgan, 147, 31; Gú. 735. Wísdóm cýþan, 500, 19; Rä. 89, 9. Wísdóm onwreón, Elen. Kmbl. 1344;El. 674. Se ðe men lǽreþ micelne wísdóm qui docet hominem scientiam, Ps.
ceorl
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Wearð forðféred sumes wífes ceorl ... and sæt ꝥ wíf ofer þám líchaman hire forðférdan ceorles, Gr. D. 215, 18: Gn. Ex. 97. Þú wilnast ceorles, Hml. S. 3, 396. Wǽron wydewan fornýdde on unriht tó ceorle, Wlfst. 158, 11. Ceorl maritum, An. Ox. 5166.
ge-brengan
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Wolde ic biddan þæt þu ús gebróhte ofer hwæles éðel on þǽre mǽgðe. An. 273. Hé bebeád ꝥ mon þone apostol gebróhte on Bothmose Apostolus in Patmum relegatus fuit, Ors. 6, 9; S. 264, 10. Ne mæhtun gebrenga (offere) hine him, Mk. L. 2, 4.
ge-weorc
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Þá. micclan mǽrða, ꝥ syndan ðá geweorc þe Alexander hét gewyrcean magna insignia que Alexander operari jusserat, Nar. 33, 20. v. græft-, heáh-, ofer-geweorc. <b>VI a.
háwian
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ðǽr mon ðone grundweall on lecgge tunc fabrica robusta construitur, cum prius locus solidus, in quo fundamentum poni debeat, providetur, Past. 308, 3. where a condition, stated in a clause, is to be ascertained by looking Drihten lócað of heofenum ofer
ord
a point, ⬩ of a weapon ⬩ a spear, pointed weapon ⬩ one who is at the topmost point, a head, chief, prince ⬩ head, front ⬩ line of battle, forefront ⬩ the beginning, origin, source (applied to persons and things)
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Ða hwíle ðe se móna ðære sceade ord ( the shadow of the earth ) ofer yrnþ, Lchdm. iii. 240, 26. Hafaþ tungena gehwylc xx orda, hafaþ orda gehwylc engles snytro, Salm.
hí-réd
A household, ⬩ house, ⬩ family, ⬩ the body of domestic retainers of a great man or king, ⬩ a court, ⬩ the members of a religious house, ⬩ a company, ⬩ band of associates
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Ðone geset hys hláfurd ofer his híréd quem constituit dominus suus supra familiam suam, Mt. Kmbl. 24, 45: Cd. 106; Th. 139, 16; Gen. 2310.
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rǽdan
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(Cf. last passage under rǽcan.) v. á-, be-, for-, ge-, mis-, ofer-rǽdan
ge-bétan
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Ælc burh sý gebét . xiiii. niht ofer Gangdagas, Ll. Th. i. 206, 14. (1 a) to trim a lamp, kindle or mend a fire :-- Hé gebétte ꝥ leóht refovebat lumen, Gr. D. 227, 6.
ge-wunian
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Ic gesæh ðone gást ádúne stígende suælce culfræ and gewunede ofer hine, Jn. L. R. 1, 32. Hafuc sceal on glófe gewunian the place for the hawk is the (falconer's) glove, Gn.
geond
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Swá wé on laguflóde ofer cald wæter ceólum líðan, geond sídne aǽ sundhengestum flódwudu fergen, Cri. 853: Gen. 1331. within an area, through, about a country (or people) Hí ealle heora lífláde geond missenlice þeóda ( per diversas prouincias ) farað,
up
Up. ⬩ up ⬩ on high ⬩ up ⬩ erectly ⬩ up ⬩ to a high point
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Hé ástáh ofer sunnan up ascendit super occasum, Ps. Th. 67, 4. Gewende se engel up, Homl. Skt. ii. 27, 100: i. 21, 56. Hé geseah windum ðone réc up ofer ðære burge wallas áhefenne, Bd. 3, 16; S. 543, 2.
CWÉN
a woman ⬩ femina ⬩ a wife ⬩ uxor ⬩ a king's or emperor's wife, a QUEEN, empress ⬩ regina, imperatrix, augusta
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a woman ; femina Seó clǽneste cwén ofer eorþan the purest woman upon earth, Exon. 12a ; Th. 17, 27; Cri. 276 . Þurh ða æðelan cwénn through the noble woman, 25b ; Th. 73, 34 ; Cri. 1199 . Cwéna sélost the best of women, Menol. Fox 334; Men. 168.
swín
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Cf. swín-líca, eofor-cumbol, -líc Swín ofer helme, Beo. Th. 2577; B. 1286. Æt ðæm áde wæs éþgesýne swátfáh syrce, swýn eal-gylden, eofer írenheard, 2227; B. 1111