gelíce
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Gelíce lang, iii. 258, 1. Hí syndon Gode gelíce leófe, Wlfst. 300, 5. Wintres and sumeres wuda bið gelíce blédum gehongen, Ph. 37. Náðer ne hí þeder gelíce eáðe cumað, ne hí þér gelíce eáðe ne beóð, Solil. H. 44, 11.
ge-sendan
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Wǽren ǽrendracen gesend of Róme tó Ængla lande Chr. 785 ; P. 55, 3. Wéron gesendene hergas his missis exercitibus suis, Mt. L. 22, 7.
rihtan
to right, to restore to a proper position that which is displaced, erect, direct ⬩ to right a person, ⬩ replace a person in the rights of which he is wrongfully deprived ⬩ to make right that which is faulty, set right, rectify, correct, amend ⬩ to keep right, direct, rule
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Ælþeódige mæn, gif hió hiora hǽmed rihtan nyllaþ, of lande gewíten, amend L. Wih. 4; Th. i. 38, 1. Tó rihtanne ł tó boetanne emendasse, Mt.
hlǽfdige
A lady, ⬩ mistress of a house; ⬩ after Bertric's time it is the title given to the wife of the West-Saxon king,
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Ðá com seó hlǽfdige hider tó lande then came the lady [Ethelred's wife] to this country, Chr. 1002; Erl. 137, 30: 1013; Erl. 149, 29. Æþelflæd Myrcena hlǽfdige, 918; Erl. 103, 1 [cf. Henry of Hunt.
læssa
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H. 181, 6. less, a smaller amount Ne wǽron þás ealle gelíce lange, ac on þyssum wæs þreó þúsend wintra, on sumre lǽsse, on sumere eft máre, Bl. H. 119, 4. Ic for lǽssan leán teohhade, B. 951. Sé þe lǽsse hæbbe, Ll. Th. i. 414, 19 note : Bl.
bót
mending ⬩ repair ⬩ remedy ⬩ improvement ⬩ help ⬩ amendment ⬩ amends ⬩ reparation ⬩ repentance ⬩ penance
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Hié heora land tó bismere oferhergodan, and him ðæs nǽnige bóte dydon, Bl. H. 201, 23. as a legal term Gif hwá óðres god-sunu sleá . . . weaxe sió bót be þám were, Ll. Th. i. 150, 14. Ne sý þǽr nán óðer bót bútan ꝥ heáfod, 282, 1.
heán
low ⬩ poor ⬩ mean ⬩ ignoble ⬩ base ⬩ humbled ⬩ depressed ⬩ dejected ⬩ cast down ⬩ miserable ⬩ wretched ⬩ mean ⬩ base ⬩ low
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Voc. ii. 59, 14. of little worth, mean, ignoble, base Heán waes lange, swá hyne Geáta bearn gódne ne tealdon, ne hyne micles wyrðne Drihten gedón wolde, swýðe wéndon þæt hé sleac wǽre, æðeling unfrom, B. 2183.
swá
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Hé læg fíf dagas beforan ðæs mynstres geate swá hé ne æt ne ne dranc, ac hé bæd ingonges, Shrn. 109, 5. 3. add: the clause contracted Hé læg þǽr swá dǽd lange on þǽre flóra, Hml.
ge-feallan
to fall from a higher to a lower position ⬩ to fall from an erect position, ⬩ to stumble, fall into or over :-- ⬩ to fall in reverence :-- ⬩ to fall dead or wounded, fall in battle :-- ⬩ to fall, ⬩ to perish, be ruined ⬩ to decline, decay, fail ⬩ to fall to doing something, to fall a-doing, busy one's self at something, apply with energy to ⬩ of that which (violently) affects the mind ⬩ to reach by falling, to fall and reach, fall to ⬩ to cause by falling
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Lagu land gefeól ( of the water of the Red Sea when it fell upon the Egyptians trying to follow in the track of the Israelites ), Exod. 482: 491. to cause by falling Hit is on leóðum gesungen hwelcne demm hie Rómánum gefeóllan ( quantam reipublicae orbitatem
Cynewulf
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ᚠ [feoh] ǽghwam biþ <b>F</b> [wealth] will be for every man lǽne under lyfte, failing under the heaven, landes frætwe the ornament of the land gewítaþ under wolcnum. will depart under the welkin. Elen. Kmbl. 2512-2541; El. 1257-1272.
FULL
FULL ⬩ filled ⬩ complete ⬩ entire ⬩ plēnus ⬩ sătiātus ⬩ confertus ⬩ intĕger
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He wæs full cyng ofer eall Engla land he was complete king over all England, Chr. 1036; Erl. 165, 10. Mildheortnysse Drihtnes full is eorþe misericordia Dŏmĭni plēna est terra, Ps.
ge-writ
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Wilhelm cyng grét ealla þá þe þys gewrit tó cymð ofer eall Engla-land, 489, 2. Beháten gewrit pollicita rescripsio, An. Ox. 5455. Hér geswutelað on þison gewrite hú Æðelréd kyning geúðe ꝥ Æðeríces cwyde standan móste, Cht. Th. 539, 31: Ll.
heord
keeping ⬩ custody ⬩ care ⬩ guard
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Gif hǽðen cild binnon .ix. nihton þurh gímelíste forfaren sí . . . gilde .xii. ór for þáre heorde þe hé wæs háðen swá lange (i. e. the priest was to pay a fine, because his care of his flock had been such that an infant member of it had been allowed to
swingan
to swinge, flog, beat, scourge, ⬩ to chastise, afflict, plague ⬩ to give a blow with the hand ⬩ without the idea of hurting, to whip a top, cream, etc. , beat up ⬩ to strike, dash ⬩ to beat the wings ⬩ to wing, soar, ⬩ a wing, pinion ⬩ of a bird to soar
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Ðæt hé swá lange swungen wǽre óþþæt hé swylte. Blickl. Homl. 193, 4. metaphorical, to chastise, afflict, plague Ic ðreáge and suinge (swinge, Cote. MSS. ) ða ðe ic lufige . . God suingeþ (swingeþ, Cole.
á
Ever ⬩ always ⬩ semper ⬩ quite (as) ⬩ at any time ⬩ unquam ⬩ in any case, at all ⬩ strengthening a negation ⬩ (why) ever ⬩ in any degree, any
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Hí á bærndon swá hí geférdon, 1010; Erl. 144, 1. of continuity in space-measurement :-- Wæs ðæt land genemnad Nazanleóg á oþ Certices ford, Chr. 508; Erl. 15, 19. of continuous increase or decrease (with comparatives) :--- Sceal him ðanan forð á þe
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ge-býrian
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Ofer eall ðæt land gebyrað æt gyrde .xii. penegas ..., 24. <b>V a.</b> with dat. of f Ǽhteswáne gebyreð stífearh, Ll. Th. i. 436, 22, 26, 33. Him gebyriað .v. æceras tó habbanne, 432, 23.
hé
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Hit hafað þis land sealtseáðas, and hit hafað hát wæter, 24. Brittania þæt ígland hit is norðeástlang ; and hit is eahta míla lang, Ors. 1, 1 ; S. 24, 12.
borh
payment ⬩ suretyship ⬩ security ⬩ loan ⬩ debt
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betwínon Eádgyfe abbedysse and Leófríce abbode æt þám lande æt stoctúne, Cht. E. 256, 7. Gilébdae borg concesserim vadimonium, Txts. 106, 1090.
wǽg
movement ⬩ a wave ⬩ water ⬩ the wave ⬩ sea
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Ýð wið lande winneþ, wind wið wǽge, Met. 28, 58. Staþelas wið wǽge, wætre windendum, Exon. Th. 61, 8; Cri. 981: 351, 23; Sch. 84. Oft ic (an anchor) sceal wiþ wǽge winnan and wiþ winde feohtan, 398, 1; Rä. 17, 1.
á-drífan
to drive, cause to move (with violence) ⬩ to drive off, drive away ⬩ expellere, repudiare
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Hé ðá hereláfe tó his lande ádráf, Ælfc. T. 9, 38. Hí ádrifon abigerant, An. Ox. 3654. Hié ðone cyning norþ ofer Temese ádrifon, Chr. 823; P. 60, 15. Ádrífende pellentes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 63. Ádrifen, bewered wǽre arceretur, 3, 52.