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geweald-leþer

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Gewaldleðrum habenis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 110, 24. Gewealdleþerum, 42, 60. Hé welt þám gewealdleþerum ealle gesceaftu rerum regens flectit habenas, Bt. 39, 13; F. 234, 22. Geweltleþrum, Met. 29, 77. Þá gewealdleþeru onlǽtan þára brídla frena, remittere, 11,

híre-mann

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Oft for ðæs láreówes unwísdóme misfarað þá híremen, Past. 28, 5. On ðám breóstum ðæs gódan recceres sceal bión gierd. Ðæt is ðæt hé ðreáge his híremenn, 125, 22. Take here hýre-mann and hýrig-mann in Dict., and add

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heort-gesída

Grammar
heort-gesída, heort-gesidu(-a); pl.

The vitals ⬩ entrails

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The vitals, entrails Þone rysle þe þá heortgesida mid beóð oferwrigen adipem qui operit vitalia (v. heorte, I. and cf. uitalia, uiscera, Corp. Gl. H. 120, 209: uitalia, uiscera, renuncule i. lundlagan, Wülck. Gl. 29, 37), Lev. 3, 3. Substitute:

Linked entry: heort-hama

íþ

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Add: — pæt hié iéð mehton þá burg áwéstan, Ors. 2, 7; S. 90, 13: 5, 7; S. 228, 20. past hé ðe iéð mehte winnan, 2, 3; S. 68, 14 : 3, l; S. 96, 16: Past. 211, 15: 459, 2

ofer-drincere

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-drincere, es; m.
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One who drinks to excess, a drunkard Þa þe óeth;re men mid mánáðum beswícað beóð ealswá miceles wítes scyldige swá ðá manslagan and ðá unrihhǽmeras and ðá oferdrinceras, Hml. A. 147, 95: 148, 124: Nap. 66, 4: 71, 7

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spora

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Dele hún-, hand-spor(a?) at end, and add Hí ongunnon heora hors mid heora sperescæftum þerscan and mid heora spurum blódgian and heáwan; ac hwæðre þá hors wǽron mid þám spurum gebló;dgode . . . Gr. D. 14, 26-15, 4

un-gebunden

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Hé tóbræc þone fótcops, and swá þéh æfter þan hé ne stóp mid þý unbundenum fét ofer þá stówe . . . ac hine sylfne beeóde . . . bútan racenteáge in swá mycclun landsticce ungebunden swá hé ǽr gebunden on wunode, Gr. D. 214, 16. Add

weard

(n.)
Grammar
weard, es; m.
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Add Weart uigil, An. Ox. 32, 8. Siþþan Scipia geáscade ꝥ þá foreweardas wǽron feor ð ǽm fæstenne gesette . . . hé diégellíce gelǽdde his fird betuh þǽm weardum, Ors. 4, 10; S. 200, 14. v. dor-, hláf-, hrægel-, líf-, ortgeard-, rǽpling-weard

wíd-gill

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On þǽre sídan þæs wídgellan (-gill-, v.l.) muntes in devexi mantis latere, Gr. D. 12, 17. Of þǽre wídgyllan (-gill-, v.l.) sídan þæs muntes e devexo montis latere, 112, 19. Geond þá wídgellan (-gill-, v.l. ) sídan þæs muntes, 211, 25. Add

forþ-faran

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Forðfærð defungitur, forðfaren defunctus, Wrt. Voc. i. 28, 71, 70. Ádwǽsced, forþfaren, ácweald extinctus, i. peremptus, mortuus, ii. 145, 20. Þá forðfarenan obeuntem, 63, 6. Bysne niman æt forðfarenum mannum, Hml. Th. ii. 532. 31. Dele first passage,

bold

a dwelling ⬩ a town

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Add: a dwelling Þǽr wæs ðá kyninges bold (uilla regia), hét Eádwine þǽr cyrican timbrian, on Donafelda, þá þá hǽðenan mid ealle þí bolde [boðle, v. l.] forbærndon . . . For ðám þá æftercyningas him bold (uillam) worhton on ðám lande þe Loides hátte,

earg

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Add: cowardly, timid, spiritless Earh tremibundus, i. pavidus, An. Ox. 1865: 4896. Þone ungemetlíce eargan þe him ondrǽt máre þonne hé þurfe pavidus ac fugax non metuenda formidat, Bt. 37, 4; F. 192, 21. Earge ignavi, Wrt. Voc. ii. 46, 13: inertes, 92

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fercian

(v.)

to bring ⬩ carry ⬩ conduct ⬩ to support ⬩ To go

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Add: trans. to bring, carry, conduct Þá ealdormenn forléton þá scipo and þet folc, þá þe on ðám scipe wǽron, færcodon (fercodon, v. l.) ðá scipo eft tó Lundene, Chr. 1009; P. 139, 5. to support Wyrtum fercian leguminibus (vitam) sustentare, An. Ox.

gímeleáslíce

(adv.)
Grammar
gímeleáslíce, adv.
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Take here <b>gémeleáslíce</b> in Dict., and add: carelessly, without taking pains, negligently Gif heora hwylc fúllíce oðþe gýmeleáslíce mynstres þing behwyrfe si quis sordide aut neglegenter res monasterii tractaverit R. Ben. 56, 11. Ðára

plegan

Grammar
plegan, [In p. 775, col. 2, l. 2 for 361, l. 391.]
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Add Sum cild plegode gýmeleáslíce and bearn under ánum yrnendum hweóle, Hml. Th. ii. 26, 24. Þá mǽdenu beforan þám leornungmannum hæfdon hí sylfe be handa heom betweónum and þá lange hwíle plegdon (diutius ludentes), Gr. D. 119, 14. Hundas blegan gesihð

rówan

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Þá reów (navigavit) se cyng sylf tó ðám íglande, Hml. Th. ii. 148, 6. Se geréfa reów him tó lande (cf. Hí eódon tó scipe and heora segel árǽrdon, 61), Hml. S. 36, 29: Ap. Th. 5, 11. Cómon hí tó sǽ and þǽr gemétton scip standan, and hí on ꝥ eódon and mid

be-witan

watch over

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Add: in a general sense, to take charge of, watch over Wén is ꝥ hé wille bewitan á his menn ge on lífe ge on deá ðe, Hml. S. 17, 187. of official or professional action, to have charge or direction of, persons Se mágister þe þá cild bewát the schoolmaster

Linked entry: be-witian

ge-healdsumnes

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Add: moral restraint, modesty, sobriety, v. ge-healdsum ; Gehealdsumnyss inpuderatio, Scint. 225, 16. <b>I a.</b> abstinence, refraining from :-- Uton wé yfel forlǽtan and eft ne geed-lǽcan, þæt wé móton Gode geðeón þurh gódre gehaltsumnysse

Linked entry: ge-healtsumnys

ge-welgian

(v.)
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Add Gewelegade donat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 141, 72. Gewelegodum a predito, 2, 3. to become rich Ellenróf úp ástondeð, þrymme gewelgað ( becomes enriched with glory, becomes glorious ), Pa. 41. to make rich. of material wealth, the object a person, to bestow

sittan

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Add Swá micle swá sé bið beforan ðe on ðǽm stóle sitt ðǽm óðrum ðe ðǽr ymb stondað, Past. 435, 27. <b>I α.</b> to sit on an animal, to ride :-- Þá hé on þám horse sæt when he was riding on the horse, Bd. 3, 14; Sch. 257, 10. Wearð his hors