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ge-háwian

(v.)
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Add: to notice, observe an object Ǽlc man ðára þe æágan heft ǽrest háwað þæs ðe hé geseón wolde oð ðone first þe hé hyt geháwað Þonne hé hyt geháwad heaft, ðonne gesyhð hé hit, Solil. H. 27, 7. Þæt ic þé geháwian mæge ut aspiciam te, 11, 18.

mǽte

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Ðá druncengeornan synt micele mǽttran ðonne nýtenu, Hml. A. 145, 27.

stæppan

(v.)
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stæppan, steppan; p. stóp; pp. stapen
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Ðonne heó tó hyre hláforde on reste gá, ðonne cweþe heó: 'Up ic gange, ofer ðé stæppe,' Lchdm. iii. 66, 18-26. Ic steppe on grénne græs, Exon. Th. 396, 16; Rä. 16, 5.

ge-witan

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'Ðone uoeg gié uuton' . . . 'Huu mago ué ꝥ weg gewuta?' 'uiam scitis' . . . 'Quomodo possumus uiam scire?', Jn. L. R. 14, 5. to know, get knowledge of, learn. absolute Ne walde ǽnig gewuta nec uolebat quemquam scire, Mk. L. R. 9, 30. with acc.

þrǽl

(n.)
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þrǽl, es; m.

A thrall ⬩ slave ⬩ servant

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Ðonne beó gé ealle þrǽlas tunc eritis omnes servi, Coll. Monast. Th. 29, 25

eáþ-dǽde

(adj.)
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eáþ-dǽde, adj.
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Easy to do Wæs hit hyre eáðdǽde, Lch. iii. 428, 30

drync

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Ðætte hié ðone hálwendan drync ðæs æðelan wínes ne gehwyrfen him selfum tó áttre quia saluberrimum vini potum in veneni sibi poculum vertunt, Past. 365, 9. Wyrc tó duste, dó hys dǽl on wínes drinc, Lch. i. 336, 16. Drync poculum, Ps. Srt. 22, 5.

HEARD

(adj.)
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HEARD, hard; adj.

HARD, harsh, austere, severe, rigorous, stern, stubborn, firm, hardy, brave ⬩ durus, rigidus, asper, acer

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Se líchoma ðonne on ðone heardestan stenc and on ðone fúlostan biþ gecyrred the body then shall be turned to the strongest and foulest stench, Blickl. Homl. 59, 12.

fíc-beám

(n.)
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fíc-beám, es; m.

A fig-tree ⬩ fīcus

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Behealdaþ ðone fícbeám vĭdēte fīculneam, Lk. Bos. 21, 29. Forwurdan heora wíngeardas and fícbeámas percussit vīneas eōrum et fīculneas eōrum, Ps. Th. 104, 29. [beám a tree, v. I]

mannian

(v.)
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mannian, p. ode

To supply with men ⬩ to garrison

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To supply with men, to garrison Heora ǽlc férde tó his castele and ðone mannoden and metsoden swá hig betst mihton every one of them went to his castle and garrisoned and provisioned it as well as ever they could, Chr. 1087; Erl. 224, 16

BLEÁT

(adj.)
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BLEÁT, def. se bleáta, seó, ðæt bleáte; adj.

Wretched, miserable ⬩ miser, miserabilis ⬩ nudus ⬩ nudus ⬩ nudus ⬩ pauper, miser

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Wretched, miserable; miser, miserabilis Ǽnig ne wæs mon on moldan ðætte meahte bibúgan ðone bleátan drync deópan deáþwéges there was not any man on earth that could avoid the miserable drink of the deep death-cup, Exon. 47 a; Th. 161, 24; Gú. 963

ge-onbyrdan

(v.)
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ge-onbyrdan, p. de; pp. ed

To bear against, strive against, resist

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To bear against, strive against, resist Gif he on ðone geonbyrde ðe hine slóg if he strove against him who slew him, L. In. 76; Th. i. 150, 18: L. E. G. 6; Th. i. 170, 13: L. Eth. v. 31; Th. i. 312, 11

Linked entry: ge-ondbyrde

ge-scendnys

(n.)
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ge-scendnys, -scyndnys, se; f.

A confounding ⬩ confusio

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Ðone deófol ðe ða synfullan gelǽt to gescyndnysse. Babilonia seó Chaldeisca burh is gereht gescyndnys the devil that leads the sinful to confusion. Babylon, the Chaldean city, is interpreted 'confusion,' Homl. Th. ii. 66, 21

teorung

(n.)
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teorung, e; f.
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Fainting, failing, exhaustion Sum gemyndleás wíf férde wórigende geond wudas and feldas and ðǽr gelæg ðǽr hí seó teorung gelette a certain witless woman went wandering about the woods and fields, and lay down where exhaustion prevented her going further

á-hreósan

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Add: to fall down Áhreósað ealle steorran nyðer, Wlfst. 137, 10. On áhriásð incidat ( = -et), Kent. Gl. 830. Wit unc ondrédon hwonne wit sceoldon feallan of þám olfende and of áhreósan. Hml. A. 202, 228. to be destroyed Áhriósð corruet, Kent.

Linked entry: á-hríran

bénsian

(v.)
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Dele bracket, and 'To fall down in prayer'; add: To suppli-cate, implore Hine boensendu hwæthwugu from him petens aliquid ab eo, Mt. R. 20, 20. Folce boensandi populo supplicanti. Rtl. 93, 17: 80, 9.

dæg-cúþ

(adj.)
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dæg-cúþ, adj.
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Clear as daylight, perfectly known Ne þǽr ówiht inne ne belífe on heortscræfe heánra gylta, ꝥ hit ne sý dægcúð, ꝥ ꝥ díhle wæs, openum wordum eall ábæred nec lateat quidquam culparum cordis in antro, omnia quin luci verbis reddantur apertis, Dóm.

ford

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Ac Iudas him cóm tó ... and oferférdon ðone ford, and fuhton wið þá hǽþenan, Hml. S. 25, 432. ¶ The word occurs very frequently in the Charters both in composition and as an independent word. Add

hofer

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Wæs sum earm ceorl egeslíce gehoferod and ðearle gebíged þurh ðone brádan hofor . . . Hé wearð gehǽled . . . swá ꝥ næs gesýne on his hricge hwǽr se hofor stóde, Hml. S. 21, 95-106. Dele '[?]', and add:

weoroldlíce

(adv.)
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Add: temporally (in contrast with eternally) Þǽr wæs swíþe ryht dóm geendad ꝥ hié þone woroldlíce forbærndon þe hié þóhte bærnan on écnesse justo Dei judicio ipsi eum vivum incenderunt, qui propter eum morti vitio erroris arsuri sunt, Ors. 6, 34; S.