ge-þingian
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Voc. ii. 73, 73. to lay down the conditions for a person to attain an object Ic bidde ꝥ þú mé geþingie hú ic wurðe his biggenga I pray that thou lay down for me the conditions how I may become his worshipper, Hml.
cluster
A CLUSTER, bunch ⬩ botrus = βότρυς, f: — Cluster ðæt bitereste botrus amarissima,
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Lamb. 193 b, 32
deáþ-cwylmende
Put to death, destroyed, killed ⬩ mortificātus
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Lamb. 78, 11
lof-lǽcan
To praise
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Lamb. 118, 175
micelung
A doing of great things ⬩ magnificentia
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Lamb. 110, 3
ge-hræcan
to set in order ⬩ direct ⬩ dirĭgĕre
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Lamb. 89, 17
ge-near
a refuge, protection ⬩ refugium
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a refuge, protection; refugium Genear [gener, Lamb.] mín eart ðú refugium meum es tu, Ps. Spl. 90, 2
sealm-lof
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Lamb. 146, 1: 17, 50: psalterium, 107, 3. Sealmlof cweðaþ psallite, 97, 4
síþ-wíf
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A noble lady On sumes síþwífes (gódes wifes, 2nd MS.) húse in domum inclytae matronae, Nar. 49, 9
un-holda
A fiend
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A fiend Hé his áras hider onsendeþ, ðí læs unholdan wunde gewyrcen, Exon. Th. 47, 29; Cri. 762
Linked entry: -holda
wunden-stefna
A ship with curved prow
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A ship with curved prow Wundenstefna gewaden hæfde, ðæt ða líðende land gesáwon, Beo. Th. 445; B. 220
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á-fæstan
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To entrust, let out land to a person Hé áfæste wín-geard ðǽm londbígengum, Mk. R. 12, l
cú-býre
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A cow-byre, cow-shed Land æt cúbýrum . . . Oxena gehæg . . . cúbýra[s?], C. D. iv. 77, 26, 29
Linked entry: býre
fæsten-tíd
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Transfer the last two passages to riht-fæstentíd, and add
ge-lytlung
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Diminution, failure, lack Metta gelytlung forscrincan déð gewilnunga yfele escarum indigentia marcescere facit desideria mala, Scint. 57, I
Linked entry: lytlung
lím
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Dele last passage, and ' cola, 20, 24:' in l. 6, and add: — Liim cementum lapidum, Txts. 49, 449
nǽnig
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Þá fuglas ús nǽnige láðe ne yfle ne wǽron aues non nobis perniciem ferebant Nar. 16, 18. Add
un-wælgrim
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Not cruel, gentle Hé wæs swlíe unwælgrim (eallunga lǽs wælhreów, v.l.) minus crudelis fuit, Gr. D. 133, 6
bredan
to weave, BRAID, knit, join together, draw, pluck; ⬩ plectere, nectere, vibrare, gladium stringere ⬩ to change, vary, transform; ⬩ vertere, variare, transformare
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Beadohrægl broden on breóstum læg the armour [lit. war-garment] joined together lay on my breast, Beo. Th. 1108; B. 552: 3100; B. 1548. Byrhtnóþ bræd bill of scéðe Byrhtnoth drew his battle-axe from its sheath, Byrht. Th. 136, 36; By. 162.
on-sittan
to occupy ⬩ to oppress (cf. colloquial to sit on a person) ⬩ to fear (taking like ondrǽdan a reflexive dative)
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Lamb. 104, 38. Hé álýseþ þearfan ðæt him se welega ne mæg wiht onsittan liberavit pauperem a potente, Ps. Th. 71, 12. (with a different prefix, cf. O. H.