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ge-sadian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sadian, p. ode, ade; pp. od

To satisfy, fillsaturare

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To satisfy, fill; saturare Beóþ gesadode oððe gefyllede treówa feldes saturabuntur ligna campi, Ps. Lamb. 103, 16. Drihten ðé gesadade mid ðý sélestan hwǽtecynnes holde lynde Dominus adipe frumenti satiat te, Ps. Th. 147, 3

Linked entry: sadian

ETAN

(v.)
Grammar
ETAN, to etanne; part. etende; ic ete, ðú etest, etst, itst, ytst, ætst, he, heó, hit, yt, ytt, et, ett, eteþ, ieteþ, iteþ, yteþ, pl. etaþ; p. ic, he æt, ðú ǽte, pl. ǽton; subj. indef. ic ete, æte, pl. eten; p. ǽte, pl. ǽten; pp. eten; v.a.

EAT, consume, devourĕdĕre, cŏmĕdĕre, mandūcāre, vescĕre

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Ðeáh ðe gé of ðam treówe eten [MS. eton] though ye should eat of the tree, Gen. 3, 4. Ðæt gé ne ǽton ut non cŏmĕdĕrētis, 3, 1. 3

folce-getrum

(n.)
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The passage is Him þá Abraham gewát and þá eorlas þrý þe him ǽr treówe sealdon mid heora folce getrume. Perhaps for the last half-line might be read trume mid heora folce

feó-gýtsung

(n.)
Grammar
feó-gýtsung, e; f.

Money-desiregreedavaricepĕcūniæ cŭpīdoavārĭtia

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Money-desire or greed, avarice; pĕcūniæ cŭpīdo, avārĭtia Ðæt he sceolde his treówe for feógýtsunge and lufan forleósan that he should lose his truth for desire and love of money, Bd. 2, 12; S. 514, 40

Linked entry: feoh-gýtsung

bile-witlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
bile-witlíce, (-hwit-, v. Dict.); adv.

Simplyinnocentlyuprightlygently

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Gif hwá gonge bilwitlíce (simpliciter ) treów tó ceorfanne, 165, 25: 167, 6. Bielwitlíce (bile- ?, bil-, v. l.) libban simpliciter vivere, 239, 22.

félnyss

(n.)
Grammar
félnyss, e; f. [félan to feel]

Feelingsensus

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Feeling; sensus Gærs and treówa lybbaþ bútan félnysse ... nýtenu lybbaþ and habbaþ félnysse bútan gesceáde grass and trees live without feeling ... beasts live and have feeling without reason, Homl. Th. i. 302, 15, 16

eóh

(n.)
Grammar
eóh, = iw; m.

The Anglo-Saxon Rune RUNE = eó, the name of which letters in Anglo-Saxon is eóh = íw a yew-tree taxus

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The Anglo-Saxon Rune RUNE = eó, the name of which letters in Anglo-Saxon is eóh = íw a yew-tree; taxus, — hence this Rune not only stands for the diphthong eo, but for eoh a yew-tree, as, — RUNE [Eóh] biþ útan unsméðe treów, heard, hrusan fæst yew is

á-heáwan

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Ðá hǽðenan áheówon þæt treów þæt hit sáh tó ðám hálgan were, Hml. Th. ii. 508, 22-34. Ic him hét þá honda of áheáwan, Nar. 17, 1. Áheáwen cesa, i. abscisa, occisa , Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 2. Áhǽwenum absciso , An. Ox. 1552.

Linked entry: heáwan

un-tweó

(n.)
Grammar
un-tweó, gen. -tweón; m.

Not doubtcertainty

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Not doubt, certainty Bið untweó (-treo, MS.) ðæt ðǽr Adames cyn cwíþeþ gesárgad there is no doubt that Adam's race will lament afflicted, Exon. Th. 59, 31; Cri. 961

Linked entry: tweó

Sweó-þeód

(n.)
Grammar
Sweó-þeód, e; f.
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The Swedish people Ne ic tó Sweóðeóde sibbe oððe treówe wihte ne wéne, Beo. Th. 5836; B. 2922. Swíðe mycel here ǽgðer ge landhere ge sciphere of Swaðeóde (Sweóðode, MS. F.), Chr. 1025; Erl. 163, 9

Linked entry: Swa-ðeód

for-warnian

(v.)
Grammar
for-warnian, for-warenian; p. ode.

to forewarn

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to forewarn Be ðám treówe Críst sylf forewarnode Adam, Nap. 24. Ealle þás þing him wǽron ætýwede tó ðám ꝥ hí sceoldon ús forewarnian, ib. to take heed beforehand Forewarna þú uideas, Hpt. 31, 9, 160

gimmian

(v.)
Grammar
gimmian, p. ode
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.), to put forth buds Sume sind gehátene tropi. . . swá swá is gecweden gemmare uites þæt wín-treówa gimmiað, for ðan ðe wíntreówa blóstman beóð gimmum gelíce, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 295, 10

Linked entry: a-gimmed

tígan

Grammar
tígan, (a)
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Hí lǽddon þone cyning tó ánum treówe, and tígdon hine þǽrtó, Hml. S. 32, 109. Hig tígdon his swuran swíðe mid racenteágum and his handa samod mid heardum ísene and þá fét tógædere, 35. 164. Add

cíþ-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
cíþ-fæst, adj.

Rooted, growingradicatus, crescens

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Rooted, growing; radicatus, crescens Se man ðe plantaþ treówa oððe wyrta he hí wæteraþ óþ-ðæt hí beóþ cíþfæste the man who plants trees or herbs waters them until they are rooted, Homl. Th. i. 304, 26

brastlung

(n.)
Grammar
brastlung, e; f.

A BRUSTLING, rustling, creaking, breaking, crashing;strepitus, crepitus, fractio

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Brastlung treówa rustling of trees, Ælfc. Gr. 1; Som.2, 35: Greg. Dial. 1, 2

Linked entries: BRASTL bærstlung

lang-fǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
lang-fǽre, adj.

Lastingenduringold

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Eác ða treówa ðe beóþ áheáwene on fullum mónan beóþ heardran wið wyrmǽtan and lengfǽrran [langferran, MS. L.], 268, 10.

Linked entries: leng-fǽrra -fǽre

tír-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
tír-fæst, adj.

Of assured glory,glorious

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Of assured glory, glorious From treówe becwom tírfæst ríce Drihten úre Dominus regnavit a ligno, Ps. Th. 95, 9. Cyning tírfæst cystum gecýþed, Beo. Th. 1848; B. 922. Tírfæst Metod, Cd. Th. 64, 2; Gen. 1044.

swiftlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
swiftlíce, adv.
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Zacheus swyftlíce of ðam treówe álíhte, 580, 34. Hí fleóþ swiftlíce, Wulfst. 200, 17

lox

(n.)
Grammar
lox, es; m.

A lynx

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Aristoteles sǽde ðæt deór wǽre ðæt mihte ǽlc wuht þurhseón ge treówa ge furþum stánas; ðæt deór wé hátaþ lox, Bt. 32, 2; Fox 116, 22

un-syn

(n.)
Grammar
un-syn, un-synn, e; f.

Not guiltnot crime

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Not guilt, not crime Ne húru Hildeburh herian þorfte Eótena treowe; unsynnum ( with no faults on her part, undeservedly; gratis. Cf. Similar entries un-synnig, II) wearð beloren leófum æt ðam lindplegan, bearnum and bróðrum, Beo. Th. 2149; B. 1072

Linked entry: syn