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ymb-gesett

(adj.)
Grammar
ymb-gesett, adj. (ptcpl.)
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Placed round about, neighbouring Hé ðæt ymbgesette folc (vulgus circumpositum) feor and wíde ... gýmde tó gehwyrfanne ... on his fótum gongende com tó ðám ymbgesettum túnum (ad circumpositas villas), Bd. 4, 27 ; S. 604, 2-13

ge-fylced

(v.)
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Substitute: <b>ge-fylcian;</b> pp. ed To array troops, set in order for fighting Wyllelm him cóm ongeán on unwær ǽr his folc gefylced wǽre, Chr. 1066; P. 199, 29

Linked entry: fylcian

bí

(prep.)
Grammar
bí, prep. dat. [Bí is more frequently shortened into be. In compounds it is generally written be- or bi-; but bí- is long where it is used for big, or is a contraction, thus, - bí-spell for big-spell, and as bí-breád for beó-breád. v. be.]

By, near to, at, in, upon ⬩ juxta, prope, apud, in ⬩ Of, about ⬩ de, quoad ⬩ By, through, because of, after, according to, in comparison with ⬩ per, secundum, pro, ex

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dat. By, near to, at, in, upon; juxta, prope, apud, in Arás bí ronde oretta the champion arose by his shield, Beo. Th. 5069; B. 2538. He bí sesse geóng he went by the seat, 5506; B. 2756. Bí staðe fæste fast by the shore, Exon. 96 b; Th. 361, 11; Wal

ge-eofot

(n.)
Grammar
ge-eofot, es; n.

A debt ⬩ dēbĭtum

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A debt; dēbĭtum Gif mon on folces gemóte ge-eofot uppe if a man declare a debt at a folk-moot, L. Alf. pol. 22; Th. i. 76, 6, MS. H

weorold-stund

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-stund, e; f.
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Time spent in this world Mé ne woldon folc oncnáwan, ðeáh ic fela for him æfter woruldstundum ( in the hours I spent on earth ) wundra gefremede, Elen. Kmbl. 725 ; El. 363

un-tígan

(v.)
Grammar
un-tígan, p. de

To untie ⬩ unbind ⬩ loose

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Gyt gemétaþ assan folan getíged ... untígaþ hyne. Gif inc hwá áhsaþ hwí gyt hyne untígeaþ ... Ðá hig hine untígdon, ðá cwǽdon ða hláfordas: 'Hwí untíge gé ðæne folan,' 19, 30-33: Mk. Skt. 11, 2-4. Petrus ðone ryððan untígde, Homl. Th. i. 374, 2.

básnian

(v.)
Grammar
básnian, básnan; p. ode; pp. od

To expect ⬩ await ⬩ exspectare

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To expect, await; exspectare Gestód ðæt folc básnende stabat populus exspectans, Lk. Lind. War. 23, 35. Básnode hwæt him gifeðe wurde he awaited what should befall him, Andr. Kmbl. 2131; An. 1067

Linked entry: barenian

un-fremful

(adj.)
Grammar
un-fremful, adj.

Unprofitable ⬩ not advantageous

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Unprofitable, not advantageous Unfremful bið ðæt folc beó bútan steóre oððe bútan ǽ him eallum tó hearme, Homl. Skt. i. 13, 126. Unfremful imperfectum (incomplete, not of use), Hpt. Gl. 524, 66

Linked entry: fremfull

ge-brócod

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-brócod, -brócad, -bróced, -brócud [or -brocod ?]; part. p. [ge-, brðcod; pp. of brócian to oppress, vex]

Afflicted ⬩ broken up ⬩ injured ⬩ afflictus ⬩ confractus

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We ealle on hǽðenum folce gebrócude wǽron we were all afflicted by the heathen folk, Cod. Dipl. 314; A. D. 880-885; Kmbl. ii. 113, 16

hǽst

(adj.)
Grammar
hǽst, hǽste[?]; adj.

Violent, vehement, impetuous

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Ðæt sceal wrecan swefyl and sweart líg sáre and grimme hát [Junius háte] and hǽste hǽðnum folce sulphur and swart flame, sorely and, fiercely, hot and vehement shall avenge it on the heathen folk (Junius' reading might be taken and hǽste would then be

be-féran

(v.)
Grammar
be-féran, p. de; pp. ed

To go about ⬩ to go round ⬩ surround ⬩ circumire ⬩ circumdare

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He beférde ðæt Israhélisce folc he surrounded the people of Israel, Ex. 14, 9

Linked entries: bi-fǽrende be-faran

sliht

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Add 'Eall ꝥ folc þe þú þǽr finde, sleh mid sweorde . . . Æfter þám ilcan slehte (slyhte, v. l. caedem) . . . Þá þe ǽr flugon þone sleht, Gr. D. 198, 6-18

firding

(n.)
Grammar
firding, e; f.

An expedition ⬩ army ⬩ expĕdītio ⬩ exercĭtus

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An expedition, army; expĕdītio, exercĭtus Swíðe micel folc ðú hæfst on ðínre firdinge to ðam gefeohte i-s/>very much people thou hast in thine army for the battle, Jud. 7, 2

cú-cealf

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Voc. ii. 123, 77. a cow's calf Gif man of myran folan ádrífþ oððe cúcealf ( or cú (gen. ) cealf), Ll. Th. i. 70, 23

orsorg-ness

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</b> want of due care, carelessness Ꝥ úre folc ne wurðe losad þurh náne orsorhnesse (negligentia) bútan fulwihte and bisceopunge and predicunge, Chrd. 50, 4

ge-fǽrede

(v.; adj.; part.)
Grammar
ge-fǽrede, larvatos, An. Ox. 2, 405. [For (?) [un-]gefæ[g]rede; v. ǽ-fægred.]

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-noþ

(suffix)
Grammar
-noþ, v. droht-, fisc-, fód-, fóddor-, fóstor-, fugel-, hæft-, hleó-, hunt, sǽd-, wig-noþ (-naþ).

Linked entry: -naþ

wilde

Grammar
wilde, wild.
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Nú hé hét faran tó wegum and hegum, getácnigende þæt wilde folc þe hé gegaderode of eallum middanearde, Hml. Th. ii. 372, 15-19

or

(prefix)
Grammar
or, This form occurs in A. Sax. only as a prefix, but in
Goth. us
, in
Icel. or, ur,
in
O. H. Ger. ur
it is found also as a preposition.

without ⬩ original, early

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It has the meaning without, e. g. or-mód ; also that of original, early, e. g. or-eald

Ebreisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Ebreisc, adj.

Hebrew, belonging to Jews ⬩ Hebræus

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Of Seme com ðæt Ebreisce folc from Shem came the Hebrew people, Ælfc. T. 7, 25

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