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ge-leódan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-leódan, p. leád, pl. -ludon; pp. -loden

To spring ⬩ grow ⬩ descend ⬩ crescere ⬩ germinare

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To spring, grow, descend; crescere, germinare From ðám gumrincum folc geludon nations grew from these patriarchs, Cd. 75; Th. 93, 28; Gen. 1553.

Linked entry: ge-ludon

wrǽþu

(n.)
Grammar
wrǽþu, (-o); indecl.: wrǽþ, e; f.

Wrath ⬩ anger

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Hæfþ eal folc micele wrǽþe æt Gode þurh his ǽnne gilt, þe hé nolde healdan ða þincg. Wulfst. 174, 27. From tóweard wuráðo a futura ira, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 3, 7

Linked entry: wrǽþ

cristnian

(v.)
Grammar
cristnian, p. ode; pp. od

To christianize ⬩ catechize ⬩ catechizare

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To christianize, catechize; catechizare Ðæt Paulinus ðǽr ðæt folc cristnode and fullode [MS. cristnade RUNE fullade] that Paulinus might there christen and baptize the people, or as the original Latin of Bede has it, with greater precision, — ut Paulinus

færest

Grammar
færest, færeþ goest, goeth, Bt. Met. Fox 24, 56; Met. 24, 28: Elen. Kmbl. 2546; El. 1274;
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2nd and 3rd pers. pres. and fut. of faran

feore

(n.)
Grammar
feore, to, for or with life,
  • Exon. 39 a
    • ;
  • Th. 128, 32: Beo. Th. 1161
    • ;
  • B. 578
    • ;
dat.
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and inst. of feorh

þeód-sceaþa

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-sceaþa, an; m.
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Cf. folc-, leód-sceaþa

Numantie

(n.)
Grammar
Numantie, Numentie, Numentíne, Numentínas; pl.

The Numantians

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The Numantians Se consul fór on Numentíne, Ispania folc, Ors. 5, 2; Swt. 218, 29. Numentie áhnescaden, 5, 3; Swt. 222, 15. On Numantie, 220, 22. Numantia duguþ, 222, 8. Numentia fæsten, 5, 2; Swt. 218, 32. On Numantium, 5, 3; Swt. 220, 19.

ge-hǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hǽlan, p. -hǽlde; pp. -hǽled

To heal ⬩ cure ⬩ save ⬩ sanare ⬩ salvare

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He gehǽlde manega folc he saved much people, Gen. 50, 20. Ðæt gé him sára gehwylc hondum gehǽlde that ye should heal with hands each of his sores, Exon. 42 b; Th. 144, 12; Gú. 677

Linked entry: ge-hélan

ge-anmétan

Grammar
ge-anmétan, l. ge-anmédan [cf. ge-eáþmédan for forms of p. tense and pp. ]

Similar entry: an-mód

forhtian

(v.)
Grammar
forhtian, forhtigan, forhtigean, forhtegean; to forhtianne; part. forhtiende, forhtigende; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [forht affrighted, and the terminations -an, -anne, -gan] .

To be afraid or frightened ⬩ tremble ⬩ păvēre ⬩ trĕmĕre ⬩ trĕpĭdāre ⬩ formīdāre ⬩ To fear ⬩ be frightened at ⬩ dread ⬩ tĭmēre

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v. intrans. To be afraid or frightened, tremble; păvēre, trĕmĕre, trĕpĭdāre, formīdāre Ongan he forhtian, and sárgian cæpit păvēre, et tædēre. Mk. Bos. 14, 33: Boutr. Scrd, 21, 22. Ongunnon hí forhtigan they began to be afraid, Bd. 1, 23; S. 485, 30.

Linked entries: frohtian ge-frohtian

GÁL

(n.)
Grammar
GÁL, es; n.

Lust ⬩ wantonness ⬩ lightness ⬩ folly ⬩ lascīvia ⬩ lĭbīdo ⬩ luxŭria ⬩ lĕvĭtas

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Lust, wantonness, lightness, folly; lascīvia, lĭbīdo, luxŭria, lĕvĭtas Hie hyra gál beswác their folly deceived them, Cd. 18; Th. 21, 21; Gen. 327. Gódes oððe gáles of good or evil, Exon. 23 a; Th, 64, 9; Cri. 1035

Linked entries: gagol hyge-gál gǽl gál-wrǽne

be-fealdan

to fold up ⬩ roll up ⬩ to bendthe body ⬩ to fold up in something ⬩ wrap up ⬩ to entwine; ⬩ implicare ⬩ to involve ⬩ implicate ⬩ to attach

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H. 87, 36. to fold up in something, wrap up Hé þone líchaman on scýtan befeóld, Lk. 23, 53. Befeald hyt on caules leáfe, Lch. i. 106, 17.

disig

(n.)
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folly, Hy. 7, 107; Hy. Grn. ii. 289, 107

freá-beorht

(adj.)
Grammar
freá-beorht, -briht, frǽ-beorht; adj.

Exceedingly bright ⬩ glorious ⬩ præclārus ⬩ clarissĭmus

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Lamb. fol. 183 b, 15. Blickl. Homl. 229, 28

Linked entry: frǽ-beorht

huntaþ-faru

(n.)
Grammar
huntaþ-faru, e; f.

hunting

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A hunting expedition, hunting Cýpinga and folcgemóta and huntaþfara and woroldlícra weorca on ðam hálgan dæge geswíce man georne let people diligently abstain from marketings and folk-moots and hunting expeditions and secular employments on the holy

fefer-ádl

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Þá folc bútú on feferádle mid ungemete swulton gravissima pestilentia uterque exercitus angebatur, Ors. 4, 10; S. 198, 35. Wearð hé untrum on feforádle, Bl. H. 217, 16: 227, 5: 209, 11. Miclum feberádlum magnis febribus, Lk. L. 4, 38: Mt. L. 8, 15.

worþig

(n.)
Grammar
worþig, weorþig, wurþig, wyrþig [P s. Surt. has forms as from worðign; one such form is found in Ps. Spl. C. , and a dative worðine occurs in Bd. S. 539, 42], es; m.

enclosed homestead ⬩ a place surrounded by buildings ⬩ place ⬩ street ⬩ platea

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this word, which remains in proper names in the form -worthy, has much the same meaning as worf (q. v.), and seems sometimes to exchange with it (cf. In Beniguurthia, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 70, 27, with : In loco qui dicitur Benninguuyrð, ii. 152, 19). In

Linked entries: weorþig worþ

-wintre

(suffix)
Grammar
-wintre, The form is combined with the cardinals to make adjectives denoting the age of the object to which the adjective is applied. v. e.g. án-, fíf-, sixtíne-, sixtig-, hundseofontig-, hundtwégentig-wintre.

óþ-healdan

(v.)
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to withhold, keep back Gif hwelc folc biþ mid hungre geswenced, and hwá his hwiǽte gehýt and óþhielt hú ne wilt hé ðonne hiera deáþes si populos fames atlereret, et occulta frumenta ipsi servarent, auctores proculdubio mortis existerent, Past. 49, 1;

Sigel-waras

(n.)
Grammar
Sigel-waras, -ware ; pl.
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Folc Sigelwara populus Aethiopum, 86, 3. Sigelwara land, Cd. Th. 182, 2 ; Exod. 69. Hé ( St. Matthew ) gelǽrde Sigelwara mǽgþe, and of Sigelwarum hé flýmde twegan drýas, Shrn. 131, 27 : Apstls. Kmbl. 127 ; Ap. 64. Cf. Sigel*-*hearwa

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