georn
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Ic wæs symles willan þínes georn on móde I was ever eager in my heart to do thy will, An. 66: Gú. 839: El. 268. of that which is to be got Ne sceal hé beón tó georn deádra manna feós, Bl. H. 43, 12. Goddreáma georn gǽst, Gú. 1273.
hlúd
noisy ⬩ talkative ⬩ clamorous ⬩ a blow ⬩ a crash
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Nǽfre mon þæs hlúde býman ábláweð ðæt ne sý seó beorhte stefn hlúdre, Dóm. 111. of action that makes a sound, e. g. a blow, a crash Heard gebrec hlúd unmǽte. Cri. 954.
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on-búgan
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Add Hí bǽdon ꝥ heora geféran . . . heora cwellerum onbugon (should bend their heads: cf. hí ástræhton heora swuran tó slæge, 71 : or under ?) blíþe tó slæge, Hml.
stregdan
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To strew, spread, scatter, sprinkle. to strew something Se ðe ne somnigas streigdæs que non congregat, spargit. Mt. Kmbl. 12, 30. Geswerc swé swé eascan strigdeþ (spargit), Ps. Surt. 147, 16. Monige ðæt wæter on ádlige men strédaþ. Bd. 3, 2; S. 524,
hláford
a ruler ⬩ sovereign ⬩ governor ⬩ captain ⬩ a master ⬩ a major-domo ⬩ an owner ⬩ a proprietor ⬩ a husband ⬩ the husband ⬩ a ruler ⬩ lord
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Swé swé égan ðiówa in hondum hláfarda heara, Ps. Srt. 122, 2.
rodor
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Sende him of heán rodore God gást ðone hálgan, Cd. Th. 230, 21; Dan. 236. Roderas aethera, Kent. Gl. 273. Lyft drysmaþ, roderas reótaþ, Beo. Th. 2756; B. 1376. Dryhten, rodera rǽdend, Andr. Kmbl. 1253; An. 627. Rodra weard, Exon.
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swégan
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Se heáf swégde geond ealle ða ceastre, Ap. Th. 6, 10. Ðæt ne sace óga on swége ne litis horror insonet, Hymn. Surt. 9, 12. (b 1) with a personal subject Drihten swégþ Dominus tonabit, Cant. An. 10. God swégde Deus intonuit, Ps. Spl. 28, 3: Ps.
FUGEL
A bird ⬩ FOWL ⬩ ăvis ⬩ āles
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Ðæt hí gehíran óðerra fugela stemne that they hear the sounds of other birds, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 21: Gen. 7, 31. Hér wæs ðæt micle fugla wæl in this year [A.D. 671] was the great destruction of birds, Chr. 671; Erl. 34, 33.
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hwæðer
either ⬩ both
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hwæt-hwugu hwílum mislícige on óðrum ðæt hie ðæt geþyldelíce forberen admonendi sunt conjuges, ut ea, in quibus sibi aliquando displicent, patientes invicem tolerent, Past. 51, 3; Swt. 395, 32. each of two, both Hwæðer hát and ceald hwílum mencgaþ both heat
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lǽce-dóm
Medicine ⬩ a medicine ⬩ remedy ⬩ cure
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Ýdel biþ se lǽcedóm ðe ne mæg ðone untruman gehǽlan vain is the medicine that cannot heal the sick, Homl. Th. i. 60, 34.
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þrítig
Thirty ⬩ thirty (years old)
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Ðrittiges heáh elngemeta, Cd. Th. 79, 8; Gen. 1308. xxx.-tiges manna mægencræft, Beo. Th. 764; B. 379. Ða hǽþenan ðrittigum síþa máre weorud hæfdon, Bd. 3, 24; S. 556, 22.
ge-stillan
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Voc. ii. 58, 51. to assuage, abate heat Gestilde sedans (torridacum gelidis sedans incendia flabris, Aid. 146, 36), Wrt. Voc. ii. 90, 32. to allay anger, passion, &c. Gestildes eorre ðín mitigasti iram tuam, Ps. Srt. 84, 4.
drincan
DRINK, imbibe ⬩ bibĕre, potāre, imbĭbĕre
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Ac wite ðú, leóf man, ðæt se ðe óðerne neádaþ ofer his mihte to drincenne ðæt se mót aberan heora begra gild, gif him ǽnig hearm of ðam drence becymþ. Úre Hǽlend forbeád ðone oferdrenc.
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lutian
lurk ⬩ skulk
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Dígelne leahter on menniscre heortan lutigende secret sin lurking in the human heart, Homl. Th. i. 496, 18. Cwæþ ðæt hé god wǽre on mannes hiwe lutiende said that he was a god concealed in the form of a man, ii. 474, 22
gift
a gift; as a technical term ⬩ the amount to be given by a suitor in consideration of receiving a woman to wife ⬩ marriage ⬩ nuptiæ
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Gifta dón hearm getácnaþ to keep a wedding betokens harm, Lchdm. iii. 208, 21: L. Alf. 12; Th. i. 46, 17
firding
military service ⬩ fighting ⬩ marching ⬩ an expedition ⬩ militia ⬩ troops ⬩ armament ⬩ military forces
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Th. i. 382, i. the right to compel service in the fird: Nán man ne haue nán onsting ne geold ne feording, Chr. 975; P. 36, 10.] militia, troops, armament, military forces Se here férde swá hé sylf wolde, and seó fyrding dyde þǽre landleóde ǽlcne hearm
ge-swígian
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To cause by being silent Óðer ondréd ðæt hé óngeáte on his swýgean ðæt hé sumne hearm geswigode (-swugade, v. l.) ðǽr ðǽr hé freme gecleopian meahte, gif hé ymb ðæt geornlíce swunce ille ne damna studiosi operis tacendo sentiret, Past. 49, 21. to silence
haga
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Andlang hagan oð cyninges healh . . . oð þone hagan, C. D. i. 257, 33-258, 1 ( and often ). On ðone hagan tó pitan wyrðe . . . ofer þone feld on hagan . . . anlang herepaðes tó ðas hagan ænde, v. 13, 23-28.
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hlæder
a ladder ⬩ flight of steps ⬩ stairs
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Bið hé þám men gelíc þe árǽrþ sume heáge hlǽddre, and stíhð be þǽre hlǽddre stapum oð ꝥ hé tó ðǽm ænde becume, and wylle þonne git stígan ufor, Hml. S. 1, 22. Sum heora mid hlǽddre (hlǽdre, v. l.) wolde unlúcan ꝥ ǽgðyrl, 32, 205, 212.