ge-fére
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Gelaðige se abbod eal þæt gefére (omnem congregationem), 15, 5, 2, 8
heorte
breast ⬩ bosom ⬩ will ⬩ intellect ⬩ mind ⬩ soul ⬩ intent ⬩ will ⬩ desire ⬩ inclination ⬩ disposition ⬩ temperament ⬩ character
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Hé gebǽrð suá geðyldelíce suelce hé hit hæbbe mid ealre heortan forlǽten, Past. 225, 18. Gelýfst ðú mid ealre heortan ?, Hml. Th. i. 420, 35 Ne herede heó hine nó mid wordum ánum, ac mid ealre heortan, Bl. H. 13, 6.
flǽsc-hama
Flesh-covering ⬩ the body ⬩ a carcase ⬩ carnis tegmen ⬩ corpus
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Bil eal þurhwód fǽgne flǽschoman the falchion passed ah through her fated carcase, Beo. Th. 3140; B. 1568: Andr. Kmbl. 307; An. 154. Lǽgon on greóte fǽgra flǽschaman the carcases of the slain lay on the sand, 2171; An. 1087
Linked entry: ge-flǽschamod
þrot-bolla
The gullet ⬩ windpipe
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Eal þrotbolla chautrum, i. 43, 42: ii. 22, 59. Gif monnes þrotbolla biþ þyrel, gebéte mid .xii. sciłł., L. Alf. pol. 51; Th. i. 94, 18. Ðrotbollan gurgilioni, Lchdm. i. lxx, 9. Þrotbollan gurguliones, Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 45: Hpt. Gl. 490, 20
Centingas
Men of Kent, Kentish men ⬩ Cantiani
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Men of Kent, Kentish men; Cantiani Hí forneáh ealle west Centingas fordydon they ruined nearly all the west Kentish men, Chr. 999; Th. 248, 12, col. 2: 1011; Th. 267, 7, col. 1
eorþ-gesceaft
An earthly creature ⬩ terrestris creatura
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An earthly creature ; terrestris creatura Men habbaþ [MS. habbæþ] geond middangeard eorþ-gesceafta ealle oferþungen men have all surpassed earthly creatures throughout the middle earth, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 387; Met. 20, 194
un-scoren
Unshorn ⬩ unshaven
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Hí lange tíd eodon ealle unscorene and sídfeaxe, Ap. Th. 6, 12
Linked entry: sceran
ǽfen-dreám
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Se ǽfensang sý geendod mid feówer sealma dreáme . . . ealle ðá óþre sýn tó ðám ǽfendreáme gesungene vespera quattuor psalmorum modulatione canatur . . . reliqui omnes in vespera dicendi sunt, R. Ben. 43, 7-18. Add
fremfullíce
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Add: to profit or advantage Drihten ealle gód him fremfullíce ( to his profit ) tówearde dyde, Lch. iii. 436, 22. Fremfullíce ( only fremfi is left in MS.) effica[citer ], R. Ben. I. 1, 5
hleahtrian
deride
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To laugh to scorn, deride Ealle geseónde mé hlehtredon ł tǽldun [mé] omnes uidentes me deriserunt me Ps. L. 21, 8. Gif þú mid þan þeáwe tǽlendra mé hleahtrige, Guth. Gr. 101, 23
hnescian
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To become soft Wylle ealle ðas rinda on háligwætere oð ðæt hý wel hnexian, Lch. Iii. 14, 6. trans. To make soft Sió hnescað que modlit (sermones suos), Kent. Gl. 25
sprott
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Hé cwæð ꝥ hí ealle ne mihton, ne fisceras ne hé sylf, gefón ǽnne sprot, Hml. S. 31, 1271. Add
eorþ-waru
Inhabitants or population of the earth ⬩ terrĭcŏlæ, terrĭgĕnæ
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Ofer ealle eorþwaran over all the inhabitants of earth, Fast. 43, 9; Hat. MS. 60 b, 7
hynden
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It will appear from the following passage that the hynden was an association of ten tithings Ðæt wé tellan á x. menn tógædere and se yldesta bewiste ða nigene tó ǽlcum ðara geláste ðara ðe wé ealle gecwǽdon and syððan ða hyndena heora tógædere and ǽnne
Linked entry: hynden-mann
be-fón
to seize ⬩ catch ⬩ take, ⬩ to seize ⬩ take forcible possession of ⬩ to seize a criminal ⬩ lost property ⬩ to catch ⬩ get to see a person ⬩ to get ⬩ attain to ⬩ to surround ⬩ encompass ⬩ to enclose, ⬩ to serve as a covering for ⬩ contain ⬩ to put into a covering ⬩ to encircle, ⬩ to lie round ⬩ to place round ⬩ to include ⬩ contain ⬩ comprise ⬩ to surround with words ⬩ furnish with a commentary ⬩ to have to do with an object ⬩ to engage in an occupation ⬩ get involved in an action
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Helmstán þis eal on þon áþe beféng, Cht. Th. 170, 27. Befongen compressa. Wrt.
heord-rǽden
Guard ⬩ guardianship ⬩ care ⬩ keeping
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Guard, guardianship, care, keeping Him is sinderlíce betǽht hyrdrǽden ofer eallum cristenum monnum to him is especially committed the guardianship over all christian men, Homl. Th. ii. 290, 26.
Linked entry: hyrd-rǽden
rót
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ealle ðære burh Chr. 1086; Erl. 220, 20
be-geótan
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Hí beguton hine ealne mid ealdum miggan, 35, 153. Begeót ðæne andwlatan ðǽr mid, Lch. i. 200, 9: 272, 5. Hé hét hine begeótan mid weallende leáde he ordered boiling lead to be poured upon him, Shrn. 83, 16: 154, 3.
freóls
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Add: freedom in respect to land granted, grant of land that enjoys immunity; libertas Þis is ealra þára landa freóls þe Eádgár cyning geedfreólsade Wulfríce his þegene (cf.
húru-þinga
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And ealle Godes þeówas . . . and húruþinga (maxime) sácerdas, Ll. Th. i. 364, 5-11. On eallum tídum gedafenað crístenum mannum þæt hí góde weorc begán, . . . and swíðost on þisum fæstene.