dreógan
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Add: to do, perform; commit, perpetrate Se þe déð ǽnig unnyt, hé drýhð deófles willan, Wlfst. 279, 2. Wá eów þe ofer*-*drenc dreógað, 46, 15. On gedwimerum þe men on dreógað fela þæs þe hí ná ne sceoldan, Ll. Th. ii. 248, 7. Ne dreáh ic náne óþre dǽda
eáþe
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Add: of action, easily. as being well within one's power Ðæt wé gedón, swǽ wé swíðe eáðe magon mid Godes fultume, ðætte . . ., Past. 7, 9. Þet hí mann eáðe befaran mihte, Chr. 1009; P. 138, 20. Eáðe beþencan, Wlfst. 165, 21: Gen. 48: Cri. 173: Mód. 9
ge-síne
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Take here <b>ge-sýne</b> in Dict., and add: of material objects, visible, to be seen Þ mon þǽre cyrcean flór emlíce gewyrce, ꝥ þǽr nán byrgen gesýne ne sý, Ll. Th. ii. 408, 13. Geséne wére hine cuæð uidendum se dicit, Jn. p. 7, 14. Ceastra
ge-feoht
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Add Gefeoht bellum vel pugna, Wrt. Voc. i. 84, 15. fighting, a. in a military sense, war: — Gefeohtes bodan praefeciales, Wrt. Voc. i. 36, 7. Gefeohtes duelli, ii. 96, 27: 27, 28. Hí cómon fǽrlíce mid gefeohte tó Judan they suddenly attacked Judas, Hml
hearde
firmly ⬩ tightly
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Add: of falling or striking (lit. or fig. ) Hé sume ác ástáh, . . . and hé hearde feóll (cf. in arborem ascendens deciderat deorsum, et contrito corpore spiritum exhalavit, Vit. Cuth. c. 34), Hml. Th. ii. 150, 32. Ic wæs hearde cnyssed impulsus. Ps.
neáh
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Add 'Hér is án lytele burg swíðe neáh' . . . Hé cwæð ðæt hió wǽre swíðe neáh ' est civitas hic juxta . . . parva' . . . Iiuxa dicitur, Past. 399, 25 Sió sunne þǽr gǽð neár on setl þonne on óðrum lande, Ors. l, I ; S. 24, 18. Scipia geáscade ꝥ þá foreweardas
GLÆD
shining ⬩ bright ⬩ glad ⬩ cheerful ⬩ joyous ⬩ bright ⬩ pleasant ⬩ kind ⬩ mild ⬩ courteous
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shining, bright Glæd mid golde bright with gold, Exon. 125 a; Th. 480, 16; Rä. 64, 3. Wyrþ heó ungladu ðeáh heó ǽr gladu wǽre on to lócienne it [the sea] becomes turbid though before it was bright to look at [cf. glæshlutru on to seónne, 24], [and the
gód
Good ⬩ good thing ⬩ good deed ⬩ benefit ⬩ goodness ⬩ welfare
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Good, good thing, good deed, benefit, goodness, welfare Ǽghwylc man sceal on worlde geearnian ðæt him ðæt gód móte to écum médum gegangan, ðæt him his freónd æfter gedéþ. Se getreówa man sceal syllan his gód on ða tíd ðe hine sylfne lyste his brúcan
aldor
life ⬩ the vital parts of the body ⬩ vita ⬩ age
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life, the vital parts of the body; vita Ðonne ðú of líce aldor asendest when thou sendest life from thy body, Cd. 134; Th. 168, 29; Gen. 2790: 126; Th. 160, 27; Gen. 2656: Elen. Grm. 132: Andr. Kmbl. 2702; An. 1353: Beo. Th. 1364; B. 680. Wit on gársecg
dígol
Secret, hidden, private, dark, obscure, profound, abstruse, unknown ⬩ secrētus, occultus, obscūrus, ignōtus
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Secret, hidden, private, dark, obscure, profound, abstruse, unknown; secrētus, occultus, obscūrus, ignōtus Se þeóden gewát sécan dígol land the king departed to seek a secret land, Andr. Kmbl. 1396; An. 698. He ána geset on dígolre stówe he sat alone
Gallias
The Gauls ⬩ the Franks ⬩ Galli ⬩ Galliæ
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The Gauls, the Franks; Galli, ōrum; Galliæ, ārum; Ðǽr wæs Gallia ofslagen twá-hund þúsenda ducenta millia Gallōrum interfecta sunt, Ors. 5, 8; Bos. 107, 33; Hav. 329, 8 : 4, 7; Bos. 89, 7. Gefeaht wið Gallie adversum Gallos conflixit, 4, 7; Bos. 89,
Linked entries: Galleas Gallia ríce Gallie Galwalas
hwílwend-líc
Temporary
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Temporary, lasting only for a time, not eternal Hit is hwílwendlíc est temporalis, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 21. Þreó þing synd on middanearde án is hwílwendlíc ... óðer þing is éce ... þridde þing is éce, Homl. Swt. 1, 25. Manna freóndscipe biþ swiðe hwílwendlíc
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mǽg-sibb
kinship ⬩ relationship ⬩ Love between kinsmen ⬩ affection
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kinship, relationship Eva hine hálsode for sc̃a Marian mǽgsibbe ðæt hé hire miltsade. Heó cwæþ tó him gemyne mín drihten ðæt heó wæs bán of mínum bánum and flǽsc of mínum flǽsce Eve conjured him (Christ) on account of her kinship to St. Mary to pity
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GEÓ
Formerly, of old, before ⬩ quandam, olim, pridem
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Formerly, of old, before; quandam, olim, pridem Ða lióþ ðe ic, wrecca, geó lustbǽrlíce song, ic sceal nu heófiende singan the lays which I, an exile, formerly with delight sung, I shall now mourning sing, Bt. 2; Fox 4, 7: Bt. Met. Fox 10, 68; Met. 10
un-wærlíce
Unwarily ⬩ incautiously ⬩ without caution ⬩ heedlessly
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Unwarily, incautiously, without caution, heedlessly Ic lǽre ðæt hira nán ðara ne wilnie ðe hine unwærlíce begá; and se ðe hí unwærlíce gewilnige, ondrǽde hé ðæt hé hí ǽfre underfénge ut haec, qui vacat, incaute non expetat; et qui incaute expetiit, adeptum
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un-tela
Not well ⬩ ill ⬩ badly
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Not well, ill, badly Ða scamleásan nyton ðæt hié untela dóð, búton hit mon him sæcge impudentes se delinquere nesciunt, nisi a pluribus increpentur, Past. 31; Swt. 206, 1. Swá micle hí onfóð ðǽr máre wíte, swá hí hér gearor witon ðæt hí untela dóð, and
wræc-líc
strange ⬩ wonderful ⬩ wretched ⬩ miserable
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strange, wonderful Fæste is ðín templ éce and wræclíc áwa tó feore sanctum est templum tuum, mirabile in aequi-fate, Ps. Th. 64, 5 : Exon. Th. 26, 12 ; Cri. 416. Geseah cyning wundor on wíte ágangen ; him ðæt wræclíc þúhte, hyssas hále hwurfon in ðam
be-rípan
To strip ⬩ despoil ⬩ plunder
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To strip, despoil, plunder. with acc. of person (or thing) despoiled, alone Hé berýpð þá wannspédigan, Hml. Th. i. 66, ii: 328, 20: ii. 102, 15. Hé berýpte ðá unscæððigan, Hml. S. 19, 8: 3, 444. Ná berýp ðú þeów wísne ne defraudes seruum sensatum, Scint
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ge-grétan
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Add: to approach, visit Seó beó blósman gegrét, Angl. viii. 324, 13. Man cyrican gegréte mid leóhte and lácum, Wlfst. 73, 20. Ꝥ hí Godes cirican griðian and friðian, and mid leóhte and lácum hí gelóme gegrétan, Ll. Th. i. 326, 17. Gódum gegrétan, B.
ge-nóg
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Add: with verb, abundantly, sufficiently Geseah ic balzamum þæs betstan stences genóh of þǽm treówum út weallan video opobalsamum cum optimo odore omnibus undique arborum ramis habundantissime manans, Nar. 27, 22. Genóg fremmað sufficit, Rtl. 191, 37