ge-beterian
To better ⬩ make better ⬩ meliōrāre ⬩ emendāre
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To better, make better; meliōrāre, emendāre Ðe mid ðære láre gebeterode wǽron who were bettered by that instruction, Homl. Th. i. 406, 32. Ða scamfæstan beóþ oft mid gemetlícre láre gebetrode the modest are often improved with moderate instruction.
Linked entry: beterian
ge-myndelíce
By memory, without book ⬩ mĕmŏrĭter, sĭne libro
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By memory, without book; mĕmŏrĭter, sĭne libro Lǽraþ ðisne cantic Israéla bearn, ðæt híg hine gemyndelíce singon, and sí me to tácne ðis leóþ gemang Israéla folce cantĭcum istud dŏcēte fĭlios Israel, ut mĕmŏrĭter tĕneant et ore decantent, et sit mihi
roð-hund
A large dog ⬩ molossus ⬩ blood-hound and band-dog
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[In later English vocabularies molossus is translated by blood-hound and band-dog. v. Wrt. Voc. i. 177, 15 :187, col. 2. ] Roðhund molosus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 114, 24 : 56, 41 : i. 288, 27. Rothundas molosos, ii.91, 9. Hroð-hund inutilis canis, i.23, 36
winter-gerím
numbering by years ⬩ a number of years
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numbering by years Ymb þrítig wintergerímes after thirty units of a numbering which takes a year as the unit, i. e. after thirty years (cf. ymb þrittig wintra, 39, 3; Fox 214, 25 ), Met. 28, 26. a number of years Gé ða wintergerím on gewritu setton,
ÁR
A messenger ⬩ legate ⬩ herald ⬩ apostle ⬩ angel ⬩ minister ⬩ servant ⬩ man ⬩ soldier ⬩ nuntius ⬩ legatus ⬩ præco ⬩ apostolus ⬩ angelus ⬩ minister ⬩ vir
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Stíðlíce clypode Wicinga ár the herald of the Vicings firmly proclaimed, Byrht. Th. 132, 34; By. 26. Æðelcyninges ár the noble King's messenger [Christ's apostle ], Andr. Kmbl. 3354; An. 1681.
a-sceacan
to shake off ⬩ remove ⬩ excutere ⬩ to be removed ⬩ forsake ⬩ desert ⬩ flee ⬩ excuti ⬩ fugere ⬩ aufugere ⬩ deserere ⬩ to shake ⬩ brandish ⬩ to be shaken ⬩ vibrare ⬩ quatere ⬩ concuti ⬩ labefieri ⬩ infirmari
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Offa æscholt asceóc Offa shook his ashen spear, Byrht. Th. 138, 35; By. 230. Wilsumne regn wolcen brincgeþ, and ðonne ascaceþ God sundoryrfe pluviam voluntariam segregabis, Deus, hereditati tuæ, etenim infirmata est, Ps. Th. 67, 10
ge-sellan
To give, give up, betray, sell ⬩ dare, tradere, vendere
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Ælfnóþ and Wulfmǽr feorh gesealdon Ælfnoth and Wulfmær gave up their lives, Byrht. Th. 137, 11; By. 184
Linked entry: ge-syllan
dryge
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Take here the examples given under drige, and add Sumor byð wearm and drígge, Angl. viii. 299, 29. Drége bite bucella sicca, Kent. Gl. 587. Dríg (corrected from driu) gewarð arefacta, Mt. p. 18, 18. Gangende swá swá on drígum, Hml.
heóflan
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Árleás sáwl byð heófud inpia anima plangitur, 42, II
web
A web, woven stuff
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Webb byþ gefylled mid þrǽdum tela consummatur filis, Scint.216, 2. Webbes pepli, Hpt. Gl. 459, 26. Goldfág scinon web æfter wágum shot with gold shone the work of the loom along the walls, Beo. Th. 1994; B. 995. Webbum peplis, Hpt. Gl. 507, 12.
Linked entry: wæbb
á-tyhtan
to stretch ⬩ tendere ⬩ attendere ⬩ extendere ⬩ in-tendere ⬩ to persuade ⬩ incite
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Þænne geþanc ná tó bebodum só;ðre lufe byð átiht (tenditur), 53, 7. Átyht, Past. 301, 19. Óðer bið tó ungemetlíce átyht inordinate extenditur, 293, 13. ¶ Átyht intent :-- Átiht mid bígenge his gebedes orationis studio intentus, Gr.
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hopa
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Hopa þe byð ge-lencged geswencð sáwle (Prov. 13, 12), 9. Fandung wyrcð hopan ; hopa ná gescynt, 7, 19. Ne þǽr árfsestnes, ne sib, ne hopa, ne swige gegladað nec pax, nec pietas, spes nulla quietis flentibus arrident Dóm. L. 220: Wlfst. 139, 12.
clǽnsian
To CLEANSE, purify, chasten, clear oneself ⬩ mundare, purgare, castigare, se liberare
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Heó ða iungran lǽrde and clǽnsade ge mid hire láre ge mid lífes býsne she taught and purified the younger ones both by her doctrine and by the example of her life, Bd. 4, 9; S. 576, 23. Clǽnsa me munda me, Ps. Spl. 18, 13.
Linked entries: be-clǽnsian clǽnsnian clǽsnian clénsian
gafol
Tax ⬩ tribute ⬩ rent ⬩ interest ⬩ vectīgal ⬩ trĭbūtum ⬩ census ⬩ ūsūra
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Ðæt gé ðisne gárrǽs mid gafole forgyldon that ye buy off this warfare with tribute, Byrht. Th. 132, 47; By. 32. Freólsdóm gafola freedom from imposts, L. Wih. 1; Th. i. 36, 15
Linked entries: gæfel gafel gaful gauel gauel-sester gæfel gafol-gilda gafol-rand
a-þrysman
To suffocate with smoke or vapour ⬩ to suffocate ⬩ stifle ⬩ fumo suffocare
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Sunne wearþ adwæsced, þreám aþrysmed the sun was darkened, stifled by sufferings, Exon. 24 b; Th. 70, 5 ; Cri. 1134
Linked entry: a-ceócian
bádian
To pledge ⬩ seize ⬩ take by way of a pledge ⬩ pignerare ⬩ pignus auferre
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To pledge, seize, take by way of a pledge; pignerare, pignus auferre Of ǽgdran stæðe on óðer man mót bádian, búte man elles riht begytan mǽge from one shore to the other one may take a pledge, unless he can get justice in another way, L. O.
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Íra-land
Land of the Irish ⬩ Ireland
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In the Anglo-Saxon version of Bede's History Hibernia generally is rendered by Hibernia Scotta eáland
þurh-wund
Wounded by a weapon which has passed quite through
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Wounded by a weapon which has passed quite through Gif mon biþ on hrif wund, geselle him mon .xxx. sciłł. tó bóte; gif hé þurhwund biþ, æt gehweðerum múðe .xx. sciłł., L. Alf. pol. 61; Th. i. 96, 11. [Cf.
ge-rówan
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L. 8, 23. to reach by rowing (sailing, & c. ), sail to a place Dona gehréwun enauigauerunt, Lk. L. 8, 26. to traverse in a vessel, row along a boundary Ða ic sylf stundum gerád, stundum gereów, C. D. v. 331, 2
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wealg
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Tie meaning 'insipid, nauseous' is borne out by what follows áspiwen For ðǽm ǽlc wæter bið ðý unwerodre tó drincanne, æfter ðǽm ðe hit wearm bið, gif hit eft ácólað, ðonne hit ǽr wǽre, ǽr hit mon ongunne wleccan. The '?