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HEGE

(n.)
Grammar
HEGE, es; m.

A HEDGEfence

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Mid heora hegum ðe hí ymbsette wǽron cum septis quibus erant circumdata, Bd. 2, 13; S. 516, 39: Homl. Th. ii. 448, 22. From hegum a silvis, Rtl. 118, 35

Linked entry: fearn-hege

med-trum

(adj.)
Grammar
med-trum, <b>, met-trum;</b> adj.

not strong in healthinfirmweakillof inferior position

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B. mǽteran) men ymb heora nédþearfnesse wǽron ac eác cyningas and ealdormen from hire geþeaht sóhton non solum mediocres in necessitatibus suis, sed etiam reges ac principes ab ea quærerent consilium, Bd. 4, 23; S. 593, 43.

pleó-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
pleó-líc, adj.
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Hiora ingewinn him wǽron forneáh ða mǽstan and ða pleólecestan, Ors. 2, 6 ; Swt. 88, 29. v. un-pleólíc

réce-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
réce-leás, adj.
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Ðú wéndest ðæt steórleáse men and réceleáse wǽron gesǽlige nequam homines alque nefarios felices arbitraris, Bt. 5, 3; Fox 14, 1. Se démþ stíðne dóm ðám réceleásum æt ðam æfterran tócyme, Homl. Th. i. 320, 18.

Linked entry: récce-leás

blód-gýte

(n.)
Grammar
blód-gýte, es; m. [blód, gýte a flowing, from gýt flows out, pres. of geótan].

a flowing or running of bloodsanguinis profluviuma blood-shedding, bloodshedsanguinis effusio

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Wǽron ða mǽstan blódgýtas there were the greatest blood-sheddings, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 67, 31. Bútan blódgýte without bloodshed, Bd. 1, 3; S. 475, 11

Linked entry: blód-geóte

ge-bégan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bégan, p. de; pp. ed; v. trans.

To cause to bowbendbow downreclinepress downhumblecrushflectĕreincurvārehumiliaredeprĭmĕre

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Burga fífe wǽran under Norþmannum nýde gebégde on hǽðenra hæfteclommum lange þrage five towns were under the Northmen by necessity bowed down in the bonds of the heathen for a long space, Chr. 941; Th. 210, 7, col. 1; Edm.9

sibbian

(v.)
Grammar
sibbian, p. ode
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Ðá wǽron on ðam tíman ungeþwǽre preóstas, ða hé wolde sibbian, Homl. Th. ii. 516, 5

strínd

(n.)
Grammar
strínd, strýnd, e; f.
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Hié wǽron of Dauides cynnes strýnde. Blickl. Homl. 23, 28. His cynnes látwua from ðon ðæt fore biþ his strýnde tribunus, ab eo quod praessit tribui Rtl. 193, 15. In strýnd twoelfa in tribus duodecim 78, 26. Doemende twoelf strýnda, Mt. Kmbl.

Linked entry: strýnd

twǽman

(v.)
Grammar
twǽman, p. de
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ðæt hig twǽmdon oððe ætýwdon ða gewitnyssa háligra gewrita, Anglia viii. 334, 11. to part what has been joined Man wite, ðæt hý þurh mǽgsibbe tó gelænge ne beón, ðe læs ðe man eft twǽme ðæt man ǽr áwóh tósomne gedydon (cf. hí ( William and his wife ) wǽron

un-beald

(adj.)
Grammar
un-beald, adj.

Not boldnot confidentirresolute

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Wénde ic ðæt ðú ðý wærra weorþan sceolde, and ðý unbealdra, Exon. Th. 268, 4; Jul. 427

un-weorþlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-weorþlíc, adj.

of little value or importancehumblethat has little honournot famous or splendidpoorignobledisgracefulinfamous

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and ða recceras scoldon ðencean ymb ðæt hélícuste and ða underðióddan scoldon dón ðæt unweorðlícre a subditis inferiora gerenda sunt, a rectoribus summa cogitanda, Past. 18; Swt. 131, 10. that has little honour, not famous or splendid, poor Hié lange wǽron

wiþer-coren

(adj.)
Grammar
wiþer-coren, adj. (ptcpl. ).

reprobatewickedrejectedreprobate

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Ðæt yfel wræc cóme ofer ða wiþércorenan (improbos ), Bd. 1, 14; S. 482, 41 note. rejected from heaven, reprobate as opposed to elect Ðæt ða gecorenan ðý geleáffulran wǽron; and ða wiðercorenan náne beládunge nabbaþ, Homl.

Linked entry: wiþ-coren

wiþer-sæc

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-sæc, es; n.

strivingoppositioncontradictiondenialapostasyrecusancy

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Kmbl. 1135; El. 569. apostasy, recusancy Ðæt heora (the Northumbrians) geleáfa wurde áwend eft tó Gode fram ðam wiþersæce ðe hi tó gewende wǽron, Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 63. Wearð geopenad his earman wífe his mánfullan behát ðam deófle ...

yrfe

(n.)
Grammar
yrfe, (cf. orf; or (?) irfe, q. v.), es; n.
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Gnættas wǽron gewordene on mannum and on yrfe ( in jumentis ), 8, 17. Eft hwyrfende wæs tó ðæm yrfe and tó ðæm ceápe and tó heora gesetum, Blickl. Homl. 199, 6. Ǽgðer ge on mannum ge on gehwelces cynnes yrfe, Chr. 910; Erl. 100, 14.

Linked entry: erfe

bile-witness

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Wǽron hí wundriende þá bilehwitnesse (bylwyt-, bilwit-, bylywyt-, v. ll.) þæs lífes, 1, 26; Sch. 57, 16. Ðǽre culfran biliwitnesse (bil-, v. l.) ... ðǽre nǽdran wærscipe, Past. 237, 22.

blæc

(adj.)
Grammar
blæc, blac black.
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Him wǽron þá nebb and þá cleá ealle blace rostro pedibusque nigris, Nar. 16, 16. Hió an Ceóldrýþe hyre blacena tunecena swá þǽr[a?] hyre leófre beó, Cht. Th. 538, 5. Beátan mid blacum flintum, Hml. S. 11, 99. Dele last paragraph, and add

Linked entries: blac blec

for-feran

Grammar
for-feran, l. -féran,

to perishperish

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Ealle þá forférdon þe æt þám rǽde wǽron, Chr. 1076; P. 212, 16: Hml. Th. ii. 384, 4: Hml. S. 4, 379: 17, 122: Forférdon naufragauerant, An. Ox. 4490: 4621. of spiritual perdition, to be lost, perish Þæt teóðe engla werod forférde, Hml.

ge-horsod

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ge-horsod, ge-horsian.
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Hé sceal beón gehorsad tó hláfordes neóde equum habeat in opus domini sui 436, 18. mounted (of cavalry) On his féðehere wǽron XXXN M. and þæs gehorsedan fífte healf M. Ors. 3, 9; S. 124, 12. XM gehorsedra and eahtatig M féþena.

ge-reording

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Hé sæt tó þám cásere and hí swýðe blýðe wǽron for Martines gereordunge (because Martin feasted with them) Hml. S. 31, 630. Tó þæs líchamon gereordunge (þone lichaman mid tó gereordianne, v.l. ) ad reficiendum corpus, Gr.

ge-earnung

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His geearnunga þǽr wǽron oft beorhte gecýþed, Shrn. 52, 11. Æfter heora geearnunga anddyfene, R. Ben. 13, 7. Þurh Óswaldes ; eearuungum, Hml. S. 26, 39, 108.