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ge-timbran

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Gewearð þá senatos þæt mon eft sceolde getimbran Cartainam Carthago restitui jussa, 5, 5; S. 226, 16. in the Chronicle the word seems to imply fortification Hé getimbrade Bebbanburh; sý wæs ǽrost mid hegge betíned and þǽr æfter mid wealle, Chr. 547;

BORD

(n.)
Grammar
BORD, es; n.

a BOARD, planktabula sectilis, tabulawhat is made of a board, - A table, shieldmensa, clypeusthe board, covering or deck of a ship, the ship itselftabulatum, stegaconstratum, navisat home and abroaddomi et forisa foot-stool

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Lǽd under earce bord eaforan ðíne lead thy children under the covering of the ark, Cd. 67; Th. 80, 23; Gen. 1333: 67; Th. 82, 4; Gen. 1357. Bord oft onféng ýða swengas the ship often received the blows of the waves, Elen. Kmbl. 476; El. 238.

Linked entries: bord-gelác bord-wudu

god-borh

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Cf. the formulae pp. 178-182 beginning on þone Drihten, on Ælmihtiges Godes naman, on lifiendes Godes naman), and will accuse him that he do not carry out any of the pledges that he gave him, Ll. Th. i. 82, 4-6

beód

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Th. ii. 276, 32: Lk. 16, 21. ꝥ Of þám crumum þe of hyra hláforda beódum (beád mensa L.) feallað Mt. 15, 27. Under beádum, Mk. R. 7, 28. Hé beheóld þá beódas and þá þénunga, Ap. Th. 14, 18. <b>Ia.

gafol

(n.)
Grammar
gafol, gafel, gaful, es; n. [gifan to give]

Taxtributerentinterestvectīgaltrĭbūtumcensusūsūra

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Hí ðone fíftan dǽl ealra hiora eorþwæstma ðæm cyninge to gafole gesyllaþ they give the fifth part of all their fruits of the earth to the king for tribute, Ors. 1, 5; Bos. 28, 31 : Byrht. Th. 133, 6; By. 46.

wæl-mist

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-mist, es; m.

A mist that covers the bodies of the slain

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A mist that covers the bodies of the slain Hreám wæs on ýðum, wæter wǽpna ful, wælmist ástáh (the passage refers to the destruction of the Egyptians in the Red Sea) Cd. Th. 206, 12; Exod. 450.

Liger

(n.)
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the Loire Wið þá mycclan eá þe menn hátað Liger, Hml. S. 6, 159

ge-mót

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S. 23, 21. a hostile meeting, an encounter Wénde ic þæt þú þý wærra weorðan sceolde wið sóðfæstum swylces ge-mðtes. þe þé oft wiðstðd, Jul. 426. Oft ic wig seó . . . ic á bídan sceal láðran gemótes, Ru. 6, 10.

hǽðen

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
hǽðen, adj.

HEATHEN, pagan, gentilea heathena heathen, gentile womanethnicus, gentilis, paganus, samaritanusa heathen

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(The same phrase often occurs in the charters in the descriptions of boundaries.) Se hæfde wununge on hǽðenum byrgenum he had his dwelling among the tombs, Homl. Th. ii. 378, 26.

stæppan

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Th. ii. 444, 11. Mid þám ðe hé mótode on his dómsetle sittende, . . . þá stóp him tó Godes engel, and hine ofslóh, 382, 31. Add

ge-mong

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mong, es; n.

A mixture, crowd, throng, companycommixtio, turba, cætus

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Th. 3290; B. 1643. On clǽnra gemong in the company of the pure, Exon. 71 b; Th. 267, 24; Jul. 420: Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 17; Jud. 193: 12; Thw. 26, 1; Jud. 304. Wyrta gemong aromata, Lk. Skt. Lind. 23, 56. Ðæt gemong mixtura, Jn. Skt. Lind. 19, 39

mán-fordǽdla

(n.)
Grammar
mán-fordǽdla, an; m.

One who wickedly destroys

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One who wickedly destroys Mánfordǽdlan ( the sea monsters that attacked Beowulf ), Beo. Th. 1130; B. 563

Linked entry: for-dǽdla

hand-gesceaft

(n.)
Grammar
hand-gesceaft, e; f.

That which is formed by the hand, a creature

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That which is formed by the hand, a creature, Cd. 23; Th. 29, 24; Gen. 455

ge-langian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-langian, -langigan; p. ode; pp. od; v. trans. [ge, langian to long for]

To call forsend fordeliverliberateconvocarearcessereaccersireliberare

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To call for, send for, deliver, liberate; convocare, arcessere, accersire, liberare Ðú gelangast to ðé ðíne leófostan frýnd thou shalt call to thee thy most beloved friends, Jos. 2, 18. Gelangode to him ða bróðru convocavit ad se fratres, Greg.

Linked entries: ge-lengan langian

crístel-mǽl

(n.)
Grammar
crístel-mǽl, (cýrstel-), es; n.
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a cross On wearddúne þǽr þæt crístelmǽl stód, Cht. E. 294, 21. Tó þám cýrstelmǽle ; of þám cýrstelmǽle, Cht. Crw. 25, 24. Tó ðám langan cýrstelmǽle, C.

Linked entry: cýrstel-mǽl

ferþe

(n.)
Grammar
ferþe, es; m.

Skin

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Skin Wiþ tóbrocenum heáfde . . . gespǽt þá wunde, and gif se hála ferþe wille habban reádne hring ymb þá wunde, wite þú þonne ꝥ þú hié ne meaht gehǽlan, Lch. ii. 22, 22

bærnett

burningcauterizinga burnburning heatconsuming by fire

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Th. ii. 62, 22

castel

(n.)
Grammar
castel, (-ell), es; m.
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a castle Þá Frencyscan þe on þan castelle wǽron, Chr. 1052; P. 175, 13. Sume tó Pentecostes castele, sume tó Ródbertes castele, P. 181, 5. Æt ǽlcan castelle, 1075; P. 210, 25.

mægen

Grammar
mægen, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Þæt eorðlice mægn þe þú hér samnast. . . eall þis mægn wát, þe hér tó gemóte cóm, þæt bín heáhsetl is þrymmes áfylled, Wlfst. 254, 13-18. v. full-, god-, heáfod-, helle-, níd-, stíþ-mægen

ge-drípan

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., and add: to cause to fall in drops Þæt Lazarus mid hys fingre hym gedrípte weteris on þá tungan, Solil. H. 67, 29.