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ge-fadung

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Ben. 125, 19. Þá wíslican gefadunge þe geset is be incúþra ðinga endebyrdnesse, Lch, iii. 440, 25. Add

ráh-deór

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Add: Þá beóð langswýrede ðe lybbað be gærse, swá swá olfend and assa, hors and hrýðeru, heádeór and ráhdeór, Hex. 16, 3

wilder-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wilder-líc, (?); adj.

Wildbeast-like ⬩ brutish

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Wildbeast-like, brutish Hié be sumum dǽle wildorlíce (wildiórlíce, Cott. MSS. ) beóð ex qua parte bestiales sunt Past. 17; Swt. 109, 23

brýd-ræst

(n.)

a bride-bed ⬩ genialis lectus

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a bride-bed; genialis lectus, Cot. 99

frioh

(adj.)
Grammar
frioh, adj.

Free ⬩ līber

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Free; līber Beó he frioh he shall be free, L. Alf. 11; Th. i. 46, 3: L. In. 3; Th. i. 104, 3

ge-healden

(v.; part.)
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ge-healden, part. p.

Satisfied

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Satisfied Beó gehealden on ðínum gecynde ðonne hæfst ðú genóh be satisfied in thy kind, then hast thou enough, Kmbl. Sal. 264, 21

Linked entry: -healden

un-blíðe

(adj.)
Grammar
un-blíðe, adj.

sad ⬩ sorrowful ⬩ grieved ⬩ unkind ⬩ shewing ill-will or displeasure ⬩ stern ⬩ angry ⬩ unquiet ⬩ not peaceful

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Hú blinde hí (the envious) beóð, ðonne hí beóð unróte for óðerra monna gódan weorcnm and for hira ryhtum gefeán beóð unblíðe quantae caecitatis sint qui alieno provectu deficiunt, aliena exultatione contabescunt, 34; Swt. 231, 17.

ge-bésmed

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bésmed, part.

Bosomed ⬩ bent ⬩ crooked ⬩ sĭnuātus

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Bosomed, bent, crooked; sĭnuātus,Som. Ben. Lye

Linked entry: bésming

DREPAN

(v.)
Grammar
DREPAN, ic drepe, ðú drepest, dripest, dripst, he, drepeþ, dripeþ, dripþ, pl. drepaþ; p. ic, he drep, dræp, ðú drǽpe, pl. drǽpon; pp. drepen, dropen

To strike ⬩ percŭtĕre

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Ðonne biþ on hreðre, under helm drepen biteran strǽle then he will be stricken with the bitter shaft in the breast, beneath the helmet, Beo. Th. 3495; B. 1745. Wæs him feorh dropen his life was stricken, Beo. Th. 5955, note; B. 2981

geond-felan

(v.)
Grammar
geond-felan, -feolan: p. -fæl, pl. -fǽlon; pp. -folen [cf. (?) Goth. filhan: Icel. fela to hide; hence to give into one's keeping; so geondfolen fýre = utterly given up to fire. Or may folen be taken from the literal meaning and so geondfolen compare with the preceding participle geinnod? The meaning of the verb in any case seems to be]

To fill throughout ⬩ mplere

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To fill throughout; mplere, Cd. 2; Th. 3, 29; Gen. 43

Linked entry: geond-folen

flǽsc-ǽt

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The eating of flesh Flǽscǽt (carnium esus) þám untruman sý geðafod; sóna swá hý geedwyrpte beóð, þám flǽscǽte (a carnibus) forhæbben, R. Ben. 61, 1-3. Ealle fram flǽscǽte hí forhæbben carnium quadrupedum ab omnibus abstineatur commestio, 64, 6.

hilde-gráp

(n.)
Grammar
hilde-gráp, e; f.

Hostile grasp

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Hostile grasp, Beo. Th. 2896; B. 1446: 5007; B. 2507. In the latter passage Thorpe and Kemble take gráp to be a verb

byren

(adj.)
Grammar
byren, adj.
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Belonging to a bear; ursinus, Som. Ben. Lye

stóc

(n.)
Grammar
stóc, (stoc ?). A word occurring mostly in local names, either alone or in compounds. The meaning seems, like that of stów, to be place (in the first instance perhaps a place fenced in, cf. (?) staca), and both words remain now only as names of places,
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(With these two passages may be compared the following :-- Apud locum ubi uulgari dicitur nomine æt Stówe, 323, 32.) In Stóce . . . in Súthstóce, 75, 25, 33.

Linked entries: stóc-weard stóc-wíc

ge-rihtan

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Ðas béc hé sceal néde habban, gif hé wyle þám folce æfter rihte wísigan, . . . and beó hé æt þám wær ꝥ hí beón wel gerihte, Ll. Th. ii. 350, 18. to order to be given, assign Wíse worldwitan Críste and cyninge gerihtan þá bóte, Ll.

hyge-leás

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Add: of persons, (i) senseless, Gen. 51 (in Dict.). spiritless (f), without courage Be milte wærce . . . tácn ðǽre ádle hú higeleáse hí beóð (cf. the section to which this heading refers: Tácn þǽre ádle hú híwleáse hié beóð . . . þá men beóð mægre and

ge-hremmed

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hremmed, part.

Hindered ⬩ impĕdītus

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Hindered; impĕdītus Gehremmed beón impĕdīri, R. Ben. 52

ge-scyftan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scyftan, pp. -scyft

To share, distribute

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To share, distribute Beó seó ǽht gescyft swýðe rihte let the property be very fairly distributed, L. C. S. 71; Th. i. 414, 1

hand-tam

(adj.)
Grammar
hand-tam, adj.
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So tame that it may be handled; mansuetus Gif ðú mid wilddeórum mé nú bǽtan wylt hí beóð sóna handtame, Hml. Skt. 8, 86

Linked entry: tam

ge-snid

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Cf. sníþan ; Beóð oft ðá wunda mid ele gehǽlda, ðá ðe mon mid gesnide ( incisione ) gebétan ne meahte, Past. 271, 2. killing. Cf. sníþan; Swá swá sceáptð gesnide, R. Ben. 27, 10

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