ge-limpan
To happen ⬩ occur ⬩ befall ⬩ come to pass ⬩ take place ⬩ accĭdĕre ⬩ evĕnīre ⬩ contingĕre
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Gregorius Gode þancode ðæt Angelcynne swá gelumpen wæs, swá swa he sylf geornlíce gewilnode Gregory thanked God that it had so happened to the English nation, as he himself had earnestly desired, Homl. Th ii. 130, 28 : Beo. Th. 1653; B. 824
hleahtor
Laughter
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Se herewísa hleahtor álegde the host's leader hath put away laughter [is dead ], Beo. Th. 6033; B. 3020. Hleahtor álegdon dá hí swíðra oferstág weard they put away laughter when a stronger guard had overcome them, Exon. 35 b; Th. 116, 1; Gú. 200.
ge-scildan
To shield, cover, protect, defend ⬩ protegere, tueri
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To shield, cover, protect, defend; protegere, tueri Ic gescilde ðé mínre swýðran handan I will cover thee with my right hand, Ex. 33, 22. Ic ðé gescilde on drihtenes name I will protect thee in the name of the Lord, Shrn 15, 19.
Linked entries: scildan ge-scyldan
up-líc
on high ⬩ lofty ⬩ sublime ⬩ celestial
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Uplícne hám, Cd. Th. 287, 5; Sat. 362. Ðara uplícra burhwara geférscipe, Blickl. Homl. 197, 16. lofty, sublime Upplícan anagogen, upplíc andgyt supernum intellectum, Hpt. Gl. 506, 17-19. Uplícum andgite anagogen, Anglia xiii. 28, 15. Wrt.
beór-tún
A beer-hall ⬩ convivis recipiendis locus vel aula ⬩ Mann
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A beer-hall; convivis recipiendis locus vel aula, Mann
eærpung
A harping, harp ⬩ cĭthăra
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A harping, harp; cĭthăra, Ps. Spl. T. 32, 2
in-burh
A hall ⬩ vestibule
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A hall, vestibule Inburh atrium, Wrt. Voc. 84, 35
ge-scænctest
thou hast given drink ⬩ potasti
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thou hast given drink; potasti, Ps. Lamb. 59, 3
healf-sinewealt
Half-round
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Half-round Healfsinewealt semirotundum, Wrt. Voc. i. 55, 20
a-hó
hang ⬩ suspendo
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hang; suspendo,Ælfc. Gr. 26, 6; Som. 29, 12;
ge-unwendness
Unchangeableness
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Unchangeableness Ðeós ungewendnes hæc immutatio, Ps. Th. 76, 9
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sæl
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Dele 'Icel. salr a hall' in bracket, and add:
wín-sele
A wine-hall ⬩ a hall where there is feasting
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A wine-hall, a hall where there is feasting Nis hér (in Hell) wloncra wínsele, ne worulde dreám, Cd. Th. 270, 21; Sat. 94. Se wínsele (Hrothgar's hall), Beo. Th. 1547; B. 771. In ðæm wínsele, 1394; B. 695.
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hentan
to seize ⬩ take ⬩ to arrest ⬩ to capture ⬩ strike ⬩ to try to get
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The old Latin version has 'persequatur eum cum clamore.' Cf. too: Gif hwá þeóf geméte, and hine áweg lǽte búton hreáme, 392, 15) ǽlc þára þe riht wille, Ll. Th. i. 170, 10: 404, II (here the Latin version has 'capiat eum cum clamore').
ge-rǽcan
To reach, obtain, seize, get, lay hold on, attain, reproach, present, offer
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Hí ðæt ríce gerǽht hæfdon they had got that kingdom, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 36; Met. 26, 18. Æfter ðæm ðe ða wíf hí swá scandlíce gerǽht hæfdon after the women had so reproachfully addressed them, Ors. 1, 12; Bos. 36, 12
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á-feallan
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Efne Aman niþer áfeallen tó þǽre cwéne fótum, 100, 272. of that which has been fixed, to fall off, out, away Hym of þám andwlytan nyðer áfeóll se cancer, Hml. A. 183, 70. Him ðá hǽr áfeóllon, Gr. D. 157, 8.
níþ-sele
A hall where one is exposed to the hatred of a foe
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A hall where one is exposed to the hatred of a foe [Grein reads niþ-sele a hall low down, beneath the water. ] Hé [in] níþsele náthwylcum wæs, ðǽr him nǽnig wæter wihte ne sceþede, Beo. Th. 3030; B. 1513
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clemman
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Clæm þú þíne wynstran hand þám gemete þe þú óstran on handa hæbbe shut your left hand as if there were an oyster in it, 124, 12, 20
loc-feax
Hair
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Hair Ðæs wonges locfeax cæsaries, Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 57
þrǽc-wíg
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Hard fighting Þurstige þræcwíges, Cd. Th. 189, 9; Exod. 182