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ge-mynd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mynd, es; n: e; f.

Mind, memory, memorial, memento, remembrance, commemorationremembrance

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We witon swíþe lytel ðæs ðe ǽr us wæs búton be gemynde and be geacsunge we know very little of that which was before us except by memory and by inquiry, 42; Fox 256, 25. Heora gemynd is forgiten the memory of them is forgotten, Swt. A. S.

feorm

provisionsstoresa feastan entertainmententertainment

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Hié þá miclan feorme þigedon Crístes þonces þe hié ǽr þigedon æt hiora diófolgildum deófla þonces magnificis ludis hic natalis annus a Christiano imperatore celebratus est, Ors. 6, 21; S. 272, 22. Man þǽre sunnan feorme worhte, Hml. Th. ii. 494, 6.

flíma

(n.)

a run-awaydeserteran apostatean outlawexilean outcastwretch

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Wesseaxan . . . ꝥ is mundbryce and hámsócne . . . and flýmena fyrmðe (cf. 1óc hwá þðne flýman feormie, gylde fîf pund þám cyninge, 382, 21; and: On Dena lage hé áh griðbryce and hamsócne . . . and gif hwá þæne friðleásan man feormige, béte ꝥ swí hit ǽr

Linked entry: flýma

ge-líhtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-líhtan, to lighten, <b>ge-líhtan</b> to alight. Substitute: <b>ge-líhtan;</b> p. te.
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Ðonne gehefegað ðone hund ðæt ilce ðæt hine ǽr gelíhte canis, unde levigatus fuerat, rursus oneratur, Past. 419, 30.

ge-wuna

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Wé willað ꝥ munecas regollícor libban þonne hí ǽr þisan on gewunan hæfdon, Ll. Th. i. 346, 28.

óleccan

Grammar
óleccan, ólæcan (l. ólǽcan).
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Hé déð feóndscipe ðǽm ilcan Gode ðe hé ǽr ólehte venientes ad faciem quorumdam hominum magna eis submissione blandiuntur . . . In eum, quem rogaverat, inimicitias exercet, Past. 421, 27-33.

ge-standan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-standan, -stondan; p. -stód, pl. -stódon; pp. -standen.

to standstand stillremainlastexistbestāremănēre. existĕreesseto stand against any oneopposeoppressattackurgeseizeinsurgĕreingruĕreurgĕrecorrĭpĕre

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His fótas ǽr fæste gestódan stĕtērunt pĕdes ejus, Ps. Th. 131, 7: 93, 18. Wese ðín milde mód geswíðed, and me to frófre fæste gestande fiat nunc mĭsĕrĭcordia tua, ut consōlētur me, 118, 76.

Linked entry: ge-stondan

helan

(v.)
Grammar
helan, p. hæl, pl. hǽlon; pp. holen

To concealhidecover

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Hé ðæt hæl ǽrest sce petre he at first concealed that from St. Peter, Shrn. 74, 20. Ealle ða ðe ðone gylt mid him wiston and mid him hǽlon all those who were cognisant of that crime and joined with them in concealing it, Ors. 4, 4; Bos. 80, 24.

Linked entries: ge-hala be-helan hal

Boétius

(n.)
Grammar
Boétius, nom. acc; g. Boéties, Boétiuses; d. Boétie; m. [βoηθόos warlike]

Anicius Manlius Severīnus Boëthius, born in Rome between A. D. 470-475, was Consul in 510. He was so eminent for his integrity and talents that he attracted the attention and obtained the patronage of Theodoric the Great, king of the East or Ostrogoths. He was afterwards accused of treason, and cast into prison, where he wrote his celebrated work De Consolatione Philosophiæ, which king Alfred translated into Anglo-Saxon about A. D. 888. Being condemned to death, without a hearing, he was beheaded in prison about A. D. 524

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Hú se Wísdóm com to Boétie ǽrest inne on ðam carcerne how Wisdom first came to Boëthius in the prison, Bt. title 3; Fox x. 6: 26; Fox xiv. 18. Hér endaþ nú seó æftre fróferbóc Boétiuses [Cot.

wéste

(adj.)
Grammar
wéste, adj.
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Babylonia, seó ðe mǽst wæs and ǽrest ealra burga, seó is nú læst and wéstast, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 74, 23. waste, spoiled Ðonne ealle ðisse worulde wela wéste stondeþ, Exon. Th. 290, 33 ; Wand. 74. deprived, devoid (with gen.)

hæc

(n.)
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Ðæt is, ǽrest of ðáre ealden hæcce æt freoðene felde . . . eft intó ðǽre ealdan hæcce . . . tó ðáre wudehæcche; of ðǽre hæcce . . . wið æffan hecce. . . æt werdhæcce; of werdhacce. . . meó stánweges hacce; of stánweges hacce: In Angrices burne tó ealder-mannes

rihte

(adv.)
Grammar
rihte, adv.

right, due, directly, straight directly, straightway rightly, well, in a manner suited to the circumstances of a case, fittingly, properly, dulycorrectly, in the proper manner, exactly, accurately, truly

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Swá wæs on ðǽm scennum þurh rúnstafas rihte gemearcod, hwam ðæt sweord geworht ǽrest wǽre, correctly Beo. Th. 3395; B. 1695. Swylce hý wǽron rihte ... swilce hí nú sindon they were exactly such then as they are now, Bt. 7, 2; Fox 18, 1.

cristen

(adj.)
Grammar
cristen, def.se cristena; sup. se cristenesta; adj. [Crist Christ]

Christian christianus

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Nero wæs ǽrest éhtend cristenra manna Nero was the first persecutor of Christian men 6, 5; Bos. 119, 22; 6, 9; Bos. 120, 18; Elen. Kmbl. 1956; El. 980.

ge-þeón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þeón, ic -þeó, pl. -þeóþ; p. -þeáh, pl. -þugon; pp. þogen

To growgrow upincreasethriveflourishprospercrescĕreprofĭcĕrevĭgēre

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Wæs his fæder ǽrest cyninges þegn and ðá æt néhstan geþeáh ðæt he wæs cininges þegna aldorman his father was first a king&#39;s thane, and at last rose to be chief of the king&#39;s thanes, Blickl. Homl. 211, 21.

wyrd

(n.)
Grammar
wyrd, e; f.

What happensfatefortunechancefatethe otherwise than humanly appointed order of thingsone of the Fatesfatefortunean eventan eventoccurrencecircumstanceincidentfactwhat happens to a personfatefortunelotconditionfatedeathchanceaccident

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Siþþan wé hit hátaþ wyrd, syððan hit geworht biþ; ǽr hit wæs Godes foreþonc. Ða wyrd hé wyrcþ oþþe þurh ða gódan englas, oþþe . . ., 39, 6 ; Fox 220, 5-23.

Linked entry: weord

ge-sellan

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Eal hé ꝥ ær for Gode gesealde, Bl. H. 215, 5. Gif gé gelýfað ꝥ eów ꝥ tó góde gelimpe ꝥ gé hér syllaþ, þonne biþ hit eów nyt geseald (it will be given to your advantage), 41, 18.

witan

(v.)
Grammar
witan, prs. ic, hé wát, ðú wást, wǽst, pl.witon; p. wiste; pp. witen.

to witknowhave knowledgebe aware,to knowhave knowledge of, be aware ofto be wisebe in one's sensesto be conscious ofto knowto feelshew

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Ǽlc here hæfð ðý læssan cræft ðonne hé cymð, gif hine mon ǽr wát (if people know of it ), ǽr hé cume, Past. 56; Swt, 433, 28. Hé manna ingehygd wát and can, Blickl. Homl, 179, 26.

Linked entries: weotan wietan

ge-tæl

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Nǽron náne tída on þám geárlican getæle ǽr ðám God gesceóp ðá tunglan tó geárlicum tídum, Hex. 12, 21.

wegan

(v.)
Grammar
wegan, p. , pl. ; pp.

to move, bear, carry, bring, transport to bring, cause to bear, support to bear, carry, to have bearwearto haveto be under the influence of havebear to bear, submit toto weigh,to put something in a balance to be equal to To move

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Ðone líchoman ðe heó (the soul) ǽr louge wæg, 367, 21 ; Seel. 11. Ðæt lámfæt ðæt hié (the soul) ǽr lange wæg, 375. 5; Seel. 133. Tír unbrǽcne wǽgon on gewitte wuldres þegnas, Apstls. Kmbl. 173; Ap. 87. Ðú scealt swátig hleór, Cd.

Linked entry: æt-wegan

hér

here . . . there

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Þá ic héer ǽrest cóm, Gen. 2711: Bo. 7: B. 244: 376.