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ge-sweotulian

(v.)
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Fácn geswuteled strofam pro*-*palatam, An. Ox. 3653. to shew, prove, demonstrate by action Ic gesweotelige ł ic geséde þé God þín ic eam testificabor tibi Deus tuus ego sum, Ps. L. 49, 7.

ge-bindan

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Word óðer fand sóðe gebunden one word followed the other without interruption, B. 871. denoting restraint, hindrance Seó orsorge wyrd gebint ǽlc bára móda þe hire brýcþ, Bt. 20; F. 70, 36.

healh

a corneran anglecaveclosetrecessa bay

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Healum cubilibus, Germ. 402, 54. a bay: Strénæs hale (alch, halch, v. ll.) quod interpretatur sinus fari, Txts. 140, 210. Streánes halh, 200.

magan

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</b> ii. add :-- On ǽghwelc þára fata mihte twégen mittan oþþe þreó (cf. hyrdriae capientes singuli metretas binas vel ternas, Ju. 2, 6), Shrn. 48, 29

sittan

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Add þǽr sæt on þám lande swýðe swýþlic hungor vehemens fames incubuerat, Gr. D. 251, 10. Þǽr on sæt mycel hunger, 145, 5. Heofonflód micel on sæt (set, v. l. ), Bd. 3, 24; Sch. 309, 16. Þeáh ðe him ádl on ne sitte, Hml. Th. i. 614, 16.

ge-weorþan

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S. 23, 261. to get into a state of action, fall to Hí gewurdon on slǽp, Hml. S. 23, 257. (ȝ) geweorþan tó. of change in condition, to become, turn to: — Ðæs líchaman wlite gewyrðeð to dúste. Hex. 50, 17.

for-gifan

to givebestowgrantdispenseto giveto giveto giveto give uphand overdeliver upcommitpracticeto give backrestoreto marryto grantpermitallowto grantto givecauseto forgive

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Hié forgeáfon þǽm cásere þá fǽhþe þe his mǽg hæfde wið hié ǽr geworht, ond hé forgeaf him ꝥ unryht and ꝥ fácn ꝥ hí him dón þóhton Claudius omnium factorum dictorumve veniam sanxit, Ors. 6, 4; S. 258, 27-29. Sié hit (gylt) healf forgifen, Ll.

friþ

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. ¶ figurative :-- Þonan ǽnig ne mæg firendǽdum fáh frið gewinnan from hell may no sinner escape to a sanctuary, Cri. 1001. terms made with an enemy of the law. Mowing of an outlaw.

ge-sécan

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Gif hwelc mon cirican geséce, 64, 20. to reach a position of rest, arrive at, get as far as Þá scipu tóscuton and hé ðone grund gesóhte mid horse mid ealle he went to the bottom horse and all, Hml. Th. ii. 304, 28.

morþ

(n.)
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morþ, es; n. m.

deathdestructionperditionthat which causes deathmurderslaying with an attempt at concealment of the deedmurderhomicide

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be a death and it afterwards appear that the man was murdered, the (supposed) murderer being discovered, let the latter be given up to the kinsmen (of the slain man), and if the accusation be brought, and the attempt of the accused to clear himself fail

stede

(n.)
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stede, es; m.
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Ðá stód seó sunne on ðam stede, Jos. 10, 12, 13. standing as opposed to moving, stopping, standing still. v. sunn-stede Hwæt is ðæs Hǽlendes stede oððe hwæt is his fær? Homl. Th. i. 156, 33. <b>IV a.

Linked entries: bed-stede hám-stede

þeówan

(v.)
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þeówan, þéwan, þíwan, þýwan, þýgan, þeón, þían, þýn, and þeówian, þíwian, þýwian; pres. ic þý, hé þýþ; p. þeówde, þéwde, þíwde, þýwde, þýgde, þeóde, þýde; ppr. þýwende, þíende; pp. þéd, þýd.
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He sum fæc ðone swyle mid ðýgde (or midðýgde? mid þýde, Bd. M. 382, 29) aliquandiu tumorem horum adpositione comprimere curabat. Bd. 4, 32; S. 611, 41.

yfel

(adj.)
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yfel, adj.
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Ðá gecuron hig ða gódan (fiscas) on hyra fatu, ða yflan hig áwurpon út, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 48. of what is grievous, hurtful, etc., of animate objects Yfel wiht phantasma, Mk. Skt. Lind. 6, 49. Hé sealde yfelan wyrme hiora wyrta, Ps. Th. 77, 46.

á-biddan

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Hí ábǽdon (petierunt ) æt ðám Egiptiscon hira fatu, Ex. 12, 35. Ðǽm ðe bið máre befæst, from ðǽm máre bið ábeden, R. Ben. 14, 4. where the person for whom is given Willtú wit unc ábiddan drincan?

ge-líc

(adj.)
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Ox. 4601. of a comparison, between equal things, fair 'Hwæþer ðára twégra ( a walker and a crawler ) þincþ þé mihtigra?'

geond

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Cóm micel hǽte giend Rómáne, Ors. 2, 6; S. 88, 15. distribution to or diffusion through many places Hé þæt wín tódǽlde geond ealle þá kyfa and geond ealle þá fatu, Gr. D. 58, 22-24.

HRING

(n.)
Grammar
HRING, hrincg, es; m.

A RINGcirclecircuitcycleorbglobefestoon

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Ðonne ðæt gecnáwaþ feónd ðætte fira gehwylc on his hringe biþ fæste geféged when the devil knows that any man is fast fixed in his ring [fetters, chain or circle over which his power extends? ], 97 a; Th. 362, 22; Wal. 40.

leger

(n.)
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leger, es; n.

a lyingdeadsicknessdeatha coucha laira grave

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Ðá cwæþ se cyng ðæt mihte beón geboden him wið clǽnum legere then the king said, the offer might have been made to him, if the death had been by fair means [it was by drowning], 31. a place to lie in, a couch, a lair, a place where the dead lie, a grave

Linked entries: clǽne ÁDL

ge-rǽdan

(v.)
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ge-rǽdan, to advise, ge-rǽdan to arrange. [These two verbs seem to have coalesced (v. rǽdan), and are taken together.]
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II a. to dress, equip, harness, v. ge-rǽdod. to determine a condition, decide, settle a course of action Ic fare swá hwider swá þú mé tó mundbyrdnesse gerédst, Hml. S. 23 b, 454.

ge-swícan

(v.)
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ge-swícan, ic -swíce, ðú -swícest, -swícst, he -swíceþ. -swícþ, pl. -swícaþ; p. -swác, pl. -swicon; pp. -swicen

To leave offdesiststopceaserest fromturn fromwithdrawrelinquishfaildeceivebetrayintermitteredesisterecessarequiescererequiesceredesererediscedererelinqueredeficerefallereproderewith the genitive with the dative

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To leave off, desist, stop, cease, rest from, turn from, withdraw, relinquish, fail, deceive, betray; intermittere, desistere, cessare, quiescere, requiescere, deserere, discedere, relinquere, deficere, fallere, prodere. v. n He nolde geswícan he would