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ge-lǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lǽtan, -létan; p. -leórt; pp. -lǽten

To allowmake over to any one

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To allow, make over to any one Eádgár æðeling wearþ belandod of ðám ðe se eorl him ǽror to handa gelǽten hæfde Edgar Atheling was deprived of those lands which the earl had before made over to him, Chr. 1091; Erl. 227, 24.

un-forbærned

(adj.)
Grammar
un-forbærned, adj.

Unburntnot burnt upnot consumed by fire

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Tiburtius eode ofer ða byrnendan gléda unforbærnedum fótum, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 380

Linked entry: for-bærnan

Hæestingas

(n.)
Grammar
Hæestingas, Hestingas, Hæstinga ceaster

Hastings

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Hastings And ða hwíle com Willelm eorl upp æt Hestingan and that time Earl William landed at Hastings, Chr. 1066; Erl. 203, 3. Ðá férde se cyng tó Hæstingan then the king went to Hastings, 1094; Erl. 229, 35.

torn-wyrdan

(v.)
Grammar
torn-wyrdan, p. de

To address abusive words toto vituperate

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abusive words to, to vituperate Hiera wíf him ongeán iernende wǽron, and hié swíþe tornwyrdon, and ácsedon, gif hié feohtan ne dorsten, hwider hié fleón woldon; ðæt hié óðer gener næfden búton hié on heora wíf hrif gewiton (the Latin, however, is: Uxores eorum

Linked entry: torn-word

talian

(v.)
Grammar
talian, p. ode.

to suppose a thing (to be) such and such, consider, reckon, account,to impute, ascribe, lay to the account ofto reckon, enumerate

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eów ðe taliaþ eów sylfe tó ðeódwitan ve, qui sapientes estis coram oculis vestris, Wulfst. 46, 26. Ne talode se ofermóda Phariseus tó suá micle mægene ða forhæfdnesse suá hé dyde, Past. 43; Swt. 313, 4.

wacian

(v.)
Grammar
wacian, p. ode

To watchwaketo remain awakenot to sleepto be freed from obstructionto opento be alertto watchbe on the watchbe on guardto watchbe on the watch to injure

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Ic bidde eów, ðæt gé wacian mid mé, Blickl. Homl. 139, 20. Ne mihtest ðú áne tíde wacian, Mk. Skt. 14, 37. Wacigean, Mt. Kmbl. 24, 43. Man sceal wacigean and warnian, Wulfst. 90, 2. Tó wacene ad vigilandum, Rtl. 85, 1.

Linked entries: a-wacian wæcian

þǽr

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr, þár, þára; adv.
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A.) ic eom ubi sum ego illic minister meus erit, Jn. Skt. 12, 26. Man mót hine gebiddan, beó þǽr þǽr he beó, Homl.

Linked entry: þár

ge-corenes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-corenes, -corennes, -ness, -nys, -nyss, e; f. [corenes an election]

An electionchoicechoicenessgoodnesselectioelectusprobĭtas

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Ne ic on heora gecorenesse becume ǽfre non commĭnābor cum electis eōrum, Ps. Th. 140, 6.

reódan

(v.)
Grammar
reódan, p. reád.

to redden, stain with bloodto redden a person by causing blood to flow from a wound, to wound, kill

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Se eorl wolde sleán eaferan sínne, ecgum (MS. eagum) reódan magan mid méce, Cd. Th. 204, 2;Exod. 412

Linked entry: on-reódan

heáfod-leás

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Þæs bisceopes líc . . . árás and nam his ágen heáfod þe of áheáwen wæs, and eóde forð . . . his Drihten herigende . . . Ꝥ wæs syllic wundor ꝥ se martyr heáfodleás mihte gán God herigende, Hml. S. 29, 307.

ord

Grammar
ord, <b>I a.</b>
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Add Hé bið heora deáðes ord eorum mortis auctor fit, Chrd. 92, 23

winn

(n.)
Grammar
winn, es; n.

labourstrifeconflict

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In wynn (gi-winne, Rush.) hiora in laborem eorum, Jn. Skt. Lind. 4, 38. strife, conflict Hé ongan him winn up áhebban wið ðone héhstan heofones wealdend, Cd. Th. 17, 14; Gen. 259

Linked entry: win

sweór

(n.)
Grammar
sweór, swehor, es; m.
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Su[]r socer, 97, 1878. Sweór, Wrt. Voc. i. 52, 7: 72, 51: Ælfc. Gr. 8; Zup. 27, 13. Se wæs Caiphas sweór (sueór, Lind.), Jn. Skt. 18, 13: Gen. 38, 13. Sweór, swiór, Bt. 10; Fox 28, 13. Hǽdne wǽron begen, sweór and áþum, Exon. Th. 246, 22; Jul. 65.

Linked entries: suhterga swór

be-warenian

(v.)
Grammar
be-warenian, -warnian.

avoidto watchguard

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bewarnian, ꝥ hí ne þurfan cuman ne ipsi veniant, 310, 21. to ward off from one's self þá óþre geseóð þi yfel, tó þon ꝥ hí heom bewarnian þá, and þás beóð þe má wítnode þe hí noldon heom bewarnian þá hellewítu ut isti videant mala quae caveant, illi vero eo

Linked entry: be-warian

strengþu

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Add Hé wæs þǽr áseted, þǽr hit gesewen wæs ꝥ þæs líges mægn and strengð (strencgeo, v. l.) mǽst wæs in eo loco positus est, ubi tota vis flammae videbatur incumbere, Gr.

ǽfen-steorra

(n.)
Grammar
ǽfen-steorra, an; m.

The evening starHesperus

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The evening star; Hesperus; the Grk. ἕσπερος [Lat. vesper], the evening star, is called by Hesiod a son of and Eos, and was regarded by the ancients the same as the morning star, whence both Homer and Hesiod call him the bringer of light, ἑωσ-φόροας,

Linked entry: morgen-steorra

mirran

(v.)
Grammar
mirran, mierran, merran; p. de.

to be a stumbling-block toto hinderobstructto wastesquanderTo err

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Ðæt eów læst þinga mierþ sine impedimento, 51, 7; Swt. 401, 17. Ðæs andwearda wela ámerþ and læt (MS. Cott. myrþ and let) ða men ðe beóþ átihte tó ðám sóþum gesǽlþum, Bt. 32, 1; Fox 114, 3. Merþ, tit. 32; Fox xvi, 12.

Linked entries: meoring myrran

ge-niðerian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-niðerian, -niðrian, -neðerian, -nyðerian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To put down, bring low, subdue, humiliate, condemn

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Útan cumene men eów genyðriaþ strangers shall bring you low, Deut. 28, 43. Ðú genyðerodest te humiliasti, Ps. Spl. 88, 11. He ðurh his ðrowunga deófles ríce geneðerode he through his passion put down the devil's kingdom, Blickl. Homl. 7, 13.

staþol-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
staþol-fæst, adj.
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Ic eów friðe healde strengðu staþolfæstre, Exon. Th. 31, 3; Cri. 490. Mid steaðulfestum aldum cum stabilito sene, Ps. Surt. ii. p. 194, 27. Sele mé staðolfæste heortan, Anglia xi. 114, 71. Staðolfæstne geðoht, Salm.

ge-méting

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Eft bihald ofer ðás gimoetinge (conventionem), and ðín bloedsunge ofer hiá (eos ) ðerhdǽl, Rtl. no, 32. Þá gemétinga and gesomnunga hwíttra monna albatorum hominum conventicula, Gr. D. 319, l. Gemétincga conventicula, conventus, Wrt.