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ge-bringan

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Add: to bring to or from a place. where the object is animate Gif mon cierliscne mon on hengenne álecgge (gebringe, v. l. ), Ll. Th. i. 84, 4. Gif mon þeóf on carcerne gebringe . . . forgyldan hine oþþe hine eft þǽrinne gebringan, 198, 21-26.

Linked entry: ge-brengan

ge-férrǽden

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Add: abstract, of persons Socius geféra, societas geférrǽden, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 17, 13. Geþeódlicre geférrǽdenne contubernali sodalitate, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 22 : An. Ox. 2532. Gefér-rǽddene consortio, contubernio, 2148. Gefǽrrédena, Hml. S. 3, 395.

snotor

(adj.)
Grammar
snotor, snottor (-er, -ur); adj.

Prudent, wise, sagacious prudens

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C. 54: Beo. Th. 1656; B. 826. Snotur Ps. Th. 118, 23. Ðæs snottor in sefan ðæt ána mǽge ealle geríman stánas on eorðan Cd. Th. 205, 19; Exod. 438. Fród wita, snottor ár Exon. Th. 313, 18; Mód. 2.

Linked entry: snytre

FYLGEAN

(v.)
Grammar
FYLGEAN, fylgan, fylgian, fyligean, fylian, filian, feligean; p. de; pp. ed; v. trans. dat. acc.

To followattendfollow or carry outsĕquiinsĕquiexsĕqui

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To follow, attend, follow or carry out; sĕqui, insĕqui, exsĕqui Ðæt hearma swá fela fylgean sceolde monna cynne that so many ills must follow to mankind, Cd. 33; Th. 44, 15; Gen. 709: L. Eth. ii. 9; Th. i. 288, 29.

cot-líf

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Wo is him þat uvel wif bryngeþ to his cotlyf (cf. wif hom bryngeþ, 265) Misc. 118, 259.] in the charters of Edward the Confessor the word seems used in the sense of manor; the places to which it is applied are in the possession of individuals, and have

ge-beorg

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Voc. ii. 118, 74. verbal abstract. protection, saving of an object Bið gebeorges þe bet wyrðe, þe for neóde dyde dyde. Ll. Th. i. 412, 13. Gebeorhges, 328, 24.

ge-rýne

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sealde hi[m] hálige gerýne Crístes líchaman and blódes, Hml. S. 30, 97. Clǽne girýne sacrificium, Rtl. 109, 21. Ðá gerýnu (-o, v. l.) þæs heofonlican cyninges sacra­menta caelestis regis, Bd. 2, 9 ; Sch. 143, 17 : Hml. S. 23 b, 112.

Linked entry: rún

gífre

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Add Ðá gífran avida. Wrt. Voc. ii. i. 4. greedy of food. of persons Gífre ambro Wrt. Voc. ii. 96, 49. Gífre, grǽdig consumptor, i. devorator, gluto, 134, I. Etol, gífre edax, i. vorax, vorator 142, 29. Ðá gífran gulae dediti, Past. 308, 15.

hord

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Add: an accumulation of valuable things hidden away or laid by for preservation or future use (see also ). of precious metals, jewels, &c. Sege ús hwǽr se ealda hord ( of coins ) þe þú dígellíce fundest, Hml. S. 23, 661.

irfe

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wolde his irfe (ierfe, v. l.) geteóðian (cf. cunctorum quae dederis mihi decimas offeram tibi, Gen. 28, 22), 101, 17. <b>II a.</b> on éce irfe in perpetuity :-- Mon ágefe ðæt lond innhígun on ǽce ærfe, C.

óþ

(prep.)
Grammar
óþ, prep. l. oþ.
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Add Of ðám gedwolan þe ic on þisum dwealde, Solil. H. 13, 10. þám gemǽnan ende, Hml. Th. ii. 330, 7. Add Man hine bebyrgde in þám seáðe oþ þone gyrdels, Shrn. 125, 34; An. 1577. wolcna hróf, Exod. 298 : . 1286.

tíþian

(v.)
Grammar
tíþian, tigþian; p. ode

To grant,concede,of that which is granted

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To grant, concede, with gen. of that which is granted Bed Beorn ðæt sceolde faran mid him ðam cynge . . . and ðæs tíðode, Chr. 1046; Erl. 174, 10. Treówe and hyldo tíðiaþ , Cd. Th. 152, 7; Gen. 2516.

Linked entry: tigþian

ge-mǽre

(n.; v.)
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Add: <b>ge-mǽru, ge-mǽro</b>, e (or indecl. ?); f. A border, margin, coast ðǽm gemǽrum ad oras, Wrt.

on

Grammar
on, Add: <b>A. I.</b> 5 ¶
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Ðæt fǽmna mynster on Brytene is nemned on Bercingum (on Byrcingum, in Bercingum in loco qui nuncupatur in Berecingum, Bd. 4, 6; Sch. 383, 19), Shrn. 138, 2 Is swá þeáh gód weorc on þám gódan wordum, Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 25.

þeóf

(n.)
Grammar
þeóf, es; m.
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A thief [the secrecy implied by the word is marked in the following passage from the Laws dealing with injury done to a wood: Fýr biþ þeóf ... sió æsc biþ melda, nalles þeóf, L. In. 43; Th. i. 128, 19-23. Cf.

Linked entry: þeáf

a-fyrran

(v.)
Grammar
a-fyrran, -fyran; p. ede, de; pp. ed [a from, fyrr far]

To removetake awayexpeldeliveramovereavertereelongareauferreeripere

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Ðú afyrdest of Jacobe ða graman hæftnéd avertisti captivitatem Jacob, Ps. Th. 84, 1. Ðú me afyrdest frýnd ða nýhstan elongasti a me amicum et proximum, 87, 18; 88, 36: Bd. 2, 20; S. 522, 23: 4, 11; S. 579, 34.

Linked entry: a-fyran

CARR

(n.)
Grammar
CARR, es; m.
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at Charmoulh against the crews of thirty-five ships, Chr. 840; Th. 120, 3, col. 1, 2, 3; 121, 3, col. 1, 2, 3: 833; Th. 116, 4, col. l, 2, 3; 117, 4, col. 1, 2, 3.

Linked entry: Carrum

cyn-ren

(n.)
Grammar
cyn-ren, cyn-ryn,es; n. [cyn a kindred, race, nation, family, generation; ren, ryn a course]

A family course, family, generation, kind, nation, posteritygeneratio, genus, natio, progenies, propago

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Spl. 17, 51. ge nædrena cynryn progenies viperarum, Mt. Bos. 12, 34. Cynren propago, Ælfc. Gl. 91; Som. 75, 17; Wrt. Voc. 51, 62

meahtig

(adj.)
Grammar
meahtig, <b>mæhtig, mehtig, mihtig;</b> adj.

mightypowerfulablePossible

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mighty, powerful, able Meahtig God, Ps. Th. 98, 9: Exon. 44 a; Th. 149, 12; . 760: Hy. 4, 108; Hy. Grn. ii. 285, 108. Dryhten strong and maehtig ( potens ), Ps. Surt. 23, 8: 71, 12: Mk. Skt. Lind. 9, 29. Mæhtih, Lk. Skt. Lind. 24, 19.

med-trum-ness

(n.)
Grammar
med-trum-ness, <b>, med-trym-ness, met-trum-ness, met-trym-ness</b> e; f.

Infirmityill-healthsicknessillness

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Th. 5, arg: 6, arg: 15, arg: Guthl. 20; Gdwin. 82, 13. Ða lǽcas cunnon heora medtrumnesse ongitan, Bt. 39, 9; Fox 226, 16. Mettrymnysse infirmitates, Ps. Spl. C. 15, 3. Metrymnisse ægrotationes, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 8, 17.