wácness
Meanness of condition ⬩ mean estate ⬩ vilitas,
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Hí bǽdon, ðæt ða gymstánas (gems which had been pebbles before a miraculous change) áwendon tó heora wácnysse, i. 68, 19
Linked entry: wænys
hlýp
A leap, ⬩ jump
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Heorta hlýpum leaping like the hart, Cd. 203; Th. 252, 5; Dan. 574
tó-sciftan
To divide for the purpose of distribution, ⬩ to divide and distribute
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Se cyng lét tóscyfton ðone here geond eall ðis land tó his mannon the king had the troops divided and quartered all over the country on his men, 1085; Erl. 218, 8
tow-cræft
Skill in weaving or spinning
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According to the Protevangelion, when a new veil for the temple had to be made, it fell to Mary's lot to spin the true purple, c. ix. 4
Linked entry: tow-hús
gúþ-sele
A war-hall ⬩ hall in which warriors sit
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A war-hall, hall in which warriors sit Beo. Th. 890; B. 443
Beormas
The Biarmians
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. - Haldorson's Lexicon Islandico-Latino-Danicum, edited by Rask, has - 'Biarmaland, Biarmia, quæ ob perpetuas nives albicatur, Bjarmeland, Permien.
ge-logian
To place, lodge, dispose, regulate ⬩ ponere, disponere, reponere, collocare
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Godes ðeów se ðe hád underféhþ sceal beón on ða wíson gelogod ðe God tǽhte the servant of God who takes orders must be disposed in the manner that God has taught, ii. 48, 31 : i. 286, 13.
Linked entry: lógian
ge-stillan
To rest ⬩ cease ⬩ be still ⬩ quiet ⬩ mute ⬩ quiescĕre ⬩ sĕdāri ⬩ sĭlēre ⬩ obmutescĕre ⬩ rētĭcēre ⬩ To restrain ⬩ still ⬩ stop ⬩ stay ⬩ calm ⬩ keep in ⬩ compescĕre ⬩ cŏhĭbēre ⬩ sĕdāre ⬩ mītĭgāre ⬩ rĕtĭnēre
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Hæfde Metod regn gestilled the Creator had stilled the rain, Cd. 71; Th. 85, 18; Gen. 1416: Salm. Kmbl. 236; Sal. 117
Linked entries: ge-stellan ge-styllan ge-styllan ge-styltan
tilþ
labour which brings gain, by which acquisition is made ⬩ an employment ⬩ tillage ⬩ cultivation ⬩ work on land ⬩ gain from labour ⬩ produce of labour, ⬩ acquisition ⬩ crop ⬩ produce ⬩ fruit
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Fela tilða hám gæderian, Anglia ix. 261, 16. Da man oððe tilian sceolde oððe eft tilða gegaderian, Chr. 1097; Erl. 234, 25. Ealle eówre wæstmas and eorþlíce tilþa, Wulfst. 132, 14.
irfe-numa
an heir
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Gif se bónda ǽr hé deád wǽre beclypod wǽre ðonne andwyrdan ða yrfenuman swá hé sylf sceolde ðeáh hé líf hæfde if the man of the house before his death were cited; then let the heirs answer as he himself would have had to do if he had lived, L. C.
Linked entry: -numa
frécennes
Danger ⬩ peril ⬩ hazard ⬩ mischief ⬩ harm ⬩ perīcŭlum ⬩ discrīmen ⬩ mălum
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Danger, peril, hazard, mischief, harm; perīcŭlum, discrīmen, mălum Betwuh ða frécennesse stówe inter perīcŭlōsa loca, Cot. 111. For ege máran frécennesse mĕtu mājōris perīcŭli, Bd. 4, 32; Whelc. 365, 18.
HWÝ
WHY.
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Ðá áscade hé Æðelm hwý hit him ryht ne þuhte ðæt we him gereaht hæfden then he asked Æthelm why that did not seem right to him which we had arranged for him, Chart. Th. 171, 12.
ge-sǽlignes
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</b> a hap, fortune, an event :-- Gesundfullum gesǽlinessum secundis successibus, An.
Linked entry: sǽligness
Cædmon
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When he received this answer, then he began forthwith to sing, in praise of God the Creator, the verses and the words which he had never heard . . . Then he arose from sleep, and had fast in mind all that he sleeping had sung. . .
dǽd-bót
An amends-deed, repentance, penitence ⬩ pœnitentia, maleficii compensatio
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Deóplíc dǽdbót biþ, ðæt lǽwede man swá æscære beó, ðæt íren ne cume on hǽre, ne on nægle it is a deep penitence, that a layman be so untrimmed, that scissors [iron] come not on hair, nor on nail, L. Pen, 10; Th. ii. 280, 17: 3; Th. ii. 278, 8.
ge-belgan
To make one angry ⬩ irritate ⬩ enrage ⬩ īra se tumefăcĕre ⬩ irrītāte ⬩ exaspĕrāre ⬩ To anger ⬩ incense ⬩ irrītāre ⬩ exaspĕrāre ⬩ To be angry ⬩ indignāri ⬩ irasci
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Mid gebolgne hond with wrathful hand, Exon. 37 a; Th. 120, 19; Gú. 274. intrans. To be angry; indignāri, irasci Gebulgon wið ða twegen gebróðru indignāti sunt de duōbus fratrĭbus, Mt. Bos. 20, 24
Linked entries: ge-bealg ge-bilegan ge-bolged ge-bolgen ge-bylgan
ge-faran
To go ⬩ proceed ⬩ reach by going ⬩ arrive ⬩ ire ⬩ proficisci ⬩ meare ⬩ to depart ⬩ die ⬩ to proceed ⬩ get on ⬩ fare ⬩ To get by going ⬩ experience ⬩ occupy ⬩ reach ⬩ obtain ⬩ go against
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Eustatius cýdde hú hí gefaren hæfdon Eustace told how they had fared, Chr. 1048; Erl. 178, 6. We nyton hwæt Moises gefaren hafþ we know not what has become of Moses, Exod. Thw. 32, 1, 23. v. trans.
Linked entry: ge-fór
heáh-sele
A high hall ⬩ a high hall
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A high hall Tó ðæm heáhsele to the high hall, Beo. Th. 1298; B. 647
ge-weorþan
to be ⬩ be made ⬩ become ⬩ happen ⬩ fiĕri ⬩ To happen ⬩ come to pass ⬩ befall ⬩ come together ⬩ agree ⬩ be agreeable ⬩ contingĕre ⬩ evĕnīre ⬩ convĕnīre ⬩ plăcēre
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Ic his módor gewearþ I have become his mother, Exon. 11 a; Th. 13, 30; Cri. 210: 9 a; Th. 6, 33; Cri. 93. Ðu ðissum hysse hold gewurde thou hast been gracious to this man, Andr. Kmbl. 1100; An. 550.
Linked entries: ge-wurþan ge-wyrþan tó-wesness
tíman
to teem, ⬩ be productive. ⬩ to be with child, ⬩ bear, ⬩ bring forth young ⬩ to beget, ⬩ have intercourse with (wið) a woman ⬩ to have offspring, ⬩ bring forth ⬩ to vouch to warranty ⬩ to refer property (acc.) to (tó) the person from whom it was obtained in support of the right of possession ⬩ to refer an opinion to the source from which it is derived in its support ⬩ to betake one's self to a place, ⬩ go to ⬩ to resort to ⬩ appeal to in reverence or for help ⬩ to lead to
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Ȝif ha ne mei nawt teamen . . . ha cleopeð ham weolefulle þat teamen hare teames, H. M. 33, 22-25. Ghe sulde sunen and timen, and clepen it Smael, Gen. and Ex. 982.
Linked entries: teáman téman un-tímende