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gemót-stów

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See first passage under gemót-hús. a place where a law-court is held Hé hæfde áne gemótstówe gecweden ymb sume neódþearfe þæs mynstres erat pro utilitate monasterii causa constituta, Gr. D. 21, l

gód-dǽd

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Add: a good deed, virtuous action Sume synd ealles tó ídele ǽlcere góddǽde, Ll. Th. ii. 322, 13. Þín sáwl sceal wunian oððe on wíte for þínum gyltum oððe on blisse for þinum góddǽdum, Wlfst. 248, 6. For þám his góddǽdum ( almsgiving ), Gr.

íþ-hilde

(adj.)
Grammar
íþ-hilde, adj.
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Ná his éðhylde weldǽde non suo contentus officio, Scint. 133, 3. Hæbbende fódan and mid hwám wé beón oferhelede þám éðhylde ( contenti ) sýn wé, 143, 12. Éðhelde contentae, An. Ox. 11, 26. See earfoþ-hilde under -hilde

Linked entry: eáþ-hylde

mǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
mǽnan, to mean. I a.
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Hwæt mǽnde Sanctus Paulus, ðá hé his láre suá cræftelíce tósceád . . . búton ðæt hé ongeat Títum hwéne monðwǽrran . . . and Timotheus hé ongeat hátheortran . . 291, 19. Add

sceadwung

(n.)
Grammar
sceadwung, e; f.

An overshadowing

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An overshadowing On sumum earde dagas beóþ lengran, on sumon scyrtran for ðære eorþan sceadewunge (sceadwunge, MS. R.) in one land days are longer, in another shorter, because of the way in which the shadow falls on the earth, Lchdm. iii. 258, 4.

sliccan

(v.)
Grammar
sliccan, (?)

to strike, slap

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mid girde qui percusserit servum suum virga Ex. 21, 20. Gif men cídaþ and hira óðer his néxtan mid fýste slicþ (?), and hé dead ne biþ . . . hé biþ unscildig, ðe hine slóh 21, 18-19. Gif hwilc slicþ eacniende wíf 21, 22.

Linked entry: slic

ge-weorþan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-weorþan, -wiorþan, -wurþan, -wyrþan; he -weorþeþ, -weorþ, pl. -weorpaþ; p. ic, he -wearþ, ðú -wurde, pl. -wurdon; subj. pres. -weorþe, pl. -weorþen; p. -wurde, pl. -wurden; pp. -worden.

to bebe madebecomehappenfiĕriTo happencome to passbefallcome togetheragreebe agreeablecontingĕreevĕnīreconvĕnīreplăcēre

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to be, be made, become, happen; fiĕri Hú mágon ðás þing ðus geweorþan quomŏdo possunt hæc fiĕri? Jn. Bos. 3, 9: Elen. Kmbl. 909; El. 456. Ne séc ðú þurh hlytas hú ðé geweorþan scyle seek not by lots how it is to happen to thee, rov. Kmbl. 32. Hú geweorþeþ

hí-réd

(n.)
Grammar
hí-réd, hírd, es; m.

A household,house, family, the body of domestic retainers of a great man or king, a court, the members of a religious house, a company, band of associates

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Ðone geset hys hláfurd ofer his híréd quem constituit dominus suus supra familiam suam, Mt. Kmbl. 24, 45: Cd. 106; Th. 139, 16; Gen. 2310.

Linked entry: hý-réd

wlacu

(adj.)
Grammar
wlacu, and wlæc; adj.

Lukewarmtepid

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Oft ða monðwǽran weorðaþ suá besolcne and suá wlace and suá sláwe saepe mansueti dissolutionis torpescunt taedio, Past. 40; Swt. 289, 15

ge-dǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dǽlan, <b>. I.</b>
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<b>VI a</b> Is se finta fægre gedǽled, sum brún, sum basu, sum splottum beseted, Ph. 295. of a non-material whole, to distinguish the component parts of For þám ꝥ héhste gód wǽre mistlic and on swá manigfeald gedǽled, ꝥ pound; hit nán mon

for-spillan

(v.)
Grammar
for-spillan, -spyllan; p. de; pp. ed [spillan to spill, spoil, destroy]

To spilllosewastedestroydisperseperdĕredisperdĕredissĭpāre

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Se ðe wyle hys sáwle hále gedón, he hig forspilþ; and se ðe wyle hig for me forspyllan, se hig fint qui vŏluĕrit anĭmam suam salvam făcĕre, perdet eam; qui autem perdĭdĕrit anĭmam suam propter me, invĕniet eam. Mt. Bos. 16, 25.

eglan

Grammar
eglan, eglian.
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Ðá ðe hira hláfordas diégellíce tǽlað, and ðeáh suá suá hit him nó ne derige, ne ne egle dum praelatae dignitati saltem innoxie et latenter derogant, Past. 199, 13. Him sculan eglan óðerra monna brocu, 75, 10. Add

sittan

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Þæt folc sum hé þǽr sittan lét, sum þonan ádræfde some of the people he left where they were, some he expelled, 3, 9 ; S. 126, 15. (a 1) :-- His here . . . sum ymb þá burg sæt, Ors. 3, 7; S. 116, 16.

þá

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
þá, adv. conj.
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Surt. 48, 21 : 106, 6. (1 a) where the two forms are separated :-- Þá heó þá in tó ðære hire moddrian eode, sóna ðæt cild onsprang, Blickl.

deópnes

(n.)
Grammar
deópnes, diópnes,deóp-ness, deóp-nys, deóp-nyss,deóp-niss,e ; f.

DEEPNESS, depth, an abyss prŏfundum, altitūdo, ăbyssus = άβυσσos, vŏrāgo

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DEEPNESS, depth, an abyss; prŏfundum, altitūdo, ăbyssus = άβυσσos, vŏrāgo Onafæstnod ic eom on líme deópnesse ... ic com on deópnysse sǽ infixus sum in līmo profundi ... vēni in altitudĭnem măris, Ps. Lamb. 68, 3.

Linked entry: diópnys

hunta

(n.)
Grammar
hunta, an; m.

A hunter

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Venator sum, Coll. Monast. Th. 21, 1-6: 22, 27. Wé lǽraþ ðæt preóst ne beó hunta ne hafecere we enjoin that a priest be not a hunter nor a hawker [cf.

flǽsc-lic

humanmortalanimalnaturalcarnalworldlycarnalsensualsexual

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H. 16, 8. connected by, or based upon, ties of flesh and blood, natural Þám filigde sum flǽsclic bróðor tó mynstre, ná for gecnyrdnysse góddre drohtnunge, ac for flǽsclicere lufe. Se gástlica brðdor . . . and his flǽsclica bróðor, Hml.

hergian

(v.)

to harryplunderto harrass

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Sum his folc hé sende gind þæt lond tó bærnanne and tó hergenne, 4, 8; S. 188, Þá unrihtwísan déman beóð wyrsan þonne herigende here, Ll.

sculan

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D. 46, 27. (13) :-- Hé cwaeð ꝥ sum wer wǽre þe e add: Sóna swá þára Læcedemonia ládteów wiste ꝥ hé wið þá twégen heras sceolde, Ors. 3, 1; S. 96, 15. Hé nyste hwǽr hé út sceolde, Ors. 6, 31; S. 286, 20.

Wiltún-scír

(n.)
Grammar
Wiltún-scír, (Wiltúnes-), e; f.

Wiltshire

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Sum ungerád mann wæs mid Ælfstáne bisceope on Wiltúnscíre on híréde, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 42. Brihtwold biscop féng tó ðam ríce on Wiltúnscíre, Chr. 1006; Erl. 140, 2.