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bád

(n.)
Grammar
bád, e; f. [from bǽdan compellere]

A pledgestakea thing distrainedpignus

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A pledge, stake, a thing distrained; pignus Gif bád genumen sý, ðonne begyte ða báde hám if a pledge be taken, then shall he obtain the pledge home again, or back, L. O. D. 3; Th. i. 354, 6, 7

hreð-mónaþ

Grammar
hreð-mónaþ, hréd-mónaþ, es; m.

March

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Ðonne se hréðmónaþ biþ ágán ðonne biþ seó niht twelf tída lang and se dæg ðæt ilce when March is past then the night is twelve hours long and the day the same, 69, 7

Linked entry: hlýda

hár-wenge

(adj.)
Grammar
hár-wenge, adj.

Hoary, grey-haired

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Hoary, grey-haired Hé wearþ fǽrlíce geþuht cnapa and eft hárwenge he suddenly appeared a youth, and again grey-haired, Homl. Th. i. 376, 13. Hé hæfþ síde beardas hwón hárwencge he has a good deal of hair on his face, rather grey, 456, 18

Linked entry: wang

ilce

(adv.)
Grammar
ilce, adv.
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Eft swá ilce again in the same way, Bt. 16, 1 ; Fox 50, 10

ge-byre

(n.)
Grammar
ge-byre, es; m.

The time at which anything happensa favourable timean opportunityoccasioopportunitas

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The time at which anything happens, a favourable time, an opportunity; occasio, opportunitas Hwonne him eft gebyre weorþe, hám cymeþ when there shall again be an opportunity to him he will come home, Exon. 90 b; Th. 340, 3; Gn. Ex. 105

-ere

(suffix)
Grammar
-ere, -er, es; m. as the termination of many nouns, signifies a person or agent, v. fulwer and fullere a fuller, bleacher, Mk. Bos. 9, 3: from wer a man; plegere a player; sǽdere a sower; wrítere a writer.

ge-trýwlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-trýwlíce, adv.

Faithfullyconfidentlyfĭdēlĭterfīdūciālĭter

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Getrýwlíce oððe baldlíce ic dó on him fīdūciāĭiter ăgam in eo, Ps. Lamb. 11, 6

tó-þringan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-þringan, p. -þrang, pl. -þrungon; pp. -þrungen

To press asunderscatter by pressure

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To press asunder, scatter by pressure Hwílum ic wíde tóþringe lagustreáma full hwílum lǽte eft slúpan tósomne sometimes I (the storm) drive wide apart the cups of the floods (i.e. the clouds), sometimes let them again glide together, Exon.

fórn

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
fórn, fórne; adv.

Beforecōram

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Th. ii. 168, 15, Óþ-ðæt he eft cume hyre fórne geán until he again comes opposite to it, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 8, 13; Lchdm. iii. 248, 17

eft-wyrd

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Add: A becoming again (v. weorþan, ), a renewal of existence, resurrection at doom's day (?)

be-sceáwod

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Sý hé á foregleáw and wel besceáwod on his gebodum prudenter agat. . . In ipsis imperiis suis prouidus et consideratus , R. Ben. 121, 2-15. Seó besceáwode geornfulnyss gemetegað ealle þá missenlicnyssa þises lífes, Nap. 75, 19. Add

ge-wyrpan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wyrpan, p. -wyrpte; pp. -wyrped

To recoververtirecuperare

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Godwine gesíclode and eft gewyrpte Godwin fell sick and got better again, Chr. 1052; Erl. 186, 13. He eft gewyrpte, and ðam orþe onféng he recovered again and got his breath, Guthl. 20; Gdwin. 86, 17.

eornoste

(adj.)
Grammar
eornoste, eorneste; adj.

Earnest, serious sērius, stŭdiōsus

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Biþ eorneste ðonne eft cymeþ, réðe and ryhtwís he will be earnest when he comes again, stern and just, Exon. 20 a; Th. 51, 32 ; Cri. 825. Mid eornestum móde with earnest mind. Homl. Th. i. 386, 20

Linked entry: eornost

ofet

(n.)
Grammar
ofet, es; n.

Fruit, pulseobaz, obez pomum, grosa

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Hit ofetes noman ágan sceolde, Cd. Th. 44, 34; Gen. 719. Ofætes, 30, 4; Gen. 461. Bergena oððe ofeta bacciniorum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 29. Ofætum ł wurtum leguminibus Hpt. Gl. 444, 71: holusculis, leguminibus, 494, 47

Linked entry: ofæt

há-sæta

(n.)
Grammar
há-sæta, an; m.

A rowera thole-sitter, an oarsman, opposed to the captain or helmsman

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A rower And gerǽdde man ðá ðæt ða scipu gewendan eft ongeán tó Lundene and sceolde man setton óðre eorlas and óðre hásǽton tó ðám scipum it was decided that the ships should go back again to London, and other commanders and other rowers were to be appointed

gagátes

(n.)
Grammar
gagátes, indecl. m.

The agate or jeta precious stonegăgātesγăγάτηs

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The agate or jet, a precious stone; găgātes = γăγάτηs Hér biþ eác geméted gagátes, se stán biþ blæc-gym here is also found the agate, the stone is a black gem, Bd. 1, 1; S. 473. 24.

CÓFA

(n.)
Grammar
CÓFA, an; m.

A COVEcaverepositoryinner roomchamberarkcubilecubiculumarca

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Wæs culufre eft of cófan sended the dove was sent again from the ark Cd. 72; Th. 88, 13; Gen. 1464. On cyninga cófum in cubilibus regum Ps. Th. 104, 26

ge-efnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-efnan, p. ede; pp. ed

To doperformcarry outsustain

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To do, perform, carry out, sustain Eft, geblóweþ and geefneþ swá óþ ðæt ǽfen cymeþ it blows again, and does so until even comes, Ps. Th. 86, 6. Hió geefenede swá she did so, Elen. Kmbl. 2028; El. 1015.

Linked entry: ge-æfnan

brýd-lác

(n.)
Grammar
brýd-lác, es; n.

A marriage gift or feast, the celebration of a marriagenuptiale offertorium, nuptiarum celebritates

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nuptiale offertorium, nuptiarum celebritates Ne nán preóst mót beón æt ðam brýdlácum áhwǽr ðǽr man eft wífaþ, oððe wíf eft ceorlaþ nor may any priest be at the celebration of a marriage anywhere where a man marries a second wife, or a woman marries again

ASCE

(n.)
Grammar
ASCE, æsce [g. æscean], acse, ahse, axe, axse, æxe, an; f.

ASHashescinis

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Gebreadad weorþeþ eft of ascan it becomes formed again from [its] ashes, 61a; Th. 224, 9; Ph. 373. Ascan and ýslan ashes and embers, 64a; Th. 236, 18; Ph. 576: 65a; Th. 240, 33; Ph. 648