irre
Gone astray ⬩ wandering ⬩ confused ⬩ perverse ⬩ depraved ⬩ angry ⬩ enraged ⬩ wrathful ⬩ indignant
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Gone astray, wandering, confused, perverse, depraved Ðæt wæs earfoþcynn yrre and réðe genus pravum et peramarum, Ps. Th. 77, 10. Óþ ðæt his eáge biþ æfþancum ful yrre geworden until his eye is filled with evil thoughts and gone astray, Salm.
eácan
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Beorhtne sunu, beam eácen Godes, Cri. 205. Eald sweord eácen, B. 1663. Eácne eardas, 1621. Ic heáfde forcearf Grendeles módor eácnum ecgum, 2140. (2 a) endowed, inspired with something :-- Eácen afflatus (praesago spiritu, Ald. 35, 13), Wrt.
ge-þinge
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Ne seleð Gode geðinge his non dabit Deo placationem suam, Ps. Srt. 48, 8. <b>II a.</b> as a legal term :-- Be diernum geðinge.
ge-ágnian
to have as one's own, possess, occupy ⬩ to get ⬩ secure possession of, acquire ⬩ to adopt ⬩ to prove one's title to ⬩ secure by shewing title ⬩ to usurp
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Se arcebiscop geáhnode (acquisivit aeternam hereditatem) Gode and S Andrea þá land, Cht. Th. 273, 23. Hé lét þá Godas þeówas þǽra áre brúcan þe him geáhnod wæs, Hml.
sacan
to fight, strive, contend ⬩ to disagree, ⬩ to wrangle ⬩ to bring a suit ⬩ to accuse, blame ⬩ to refuse, deny.
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Ðú tælnissum wið ða sélestansacan ongunne thou didst attempt to strive with the best (the gods) with insults, 254, 23; Jul. 206. Wǽran sacende emulabantur, Wrt.
sáwel
The soul ⬩ the soul, the animal life ⬩ the soul, ⬩ a soul, a human creature
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Sáwl and lícchoma wyrcaþ ánne mon . . tó ðære sáwle and tó ðam líchoman belimpap ealle ðás ðæs monnes good, ge gástlíce ge líchomlíce . . .
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brego
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Gode ic hæbbe ábolgen brego moncynnes, Hy. 4, 78. Add
ge-þyht
Good ⬩ advantageous
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Good, advantageous, Exon. 94 a; Th. 353, 25; Reim. 18
rǽd-leás
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cræfta nán þing ne gýmaþ, ðý is folces forfaren máre ðonne scolde oððe þearf wǽre, and for ðam hit wearð swá rǽdleás ðe hit Godes beboda forgýmde the people is become so miserable, because it neglected God's commandments, Wulfst. 46, 20.
á-gǽlan
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Hí þone Godes man his horses bereáfodon and hine his síðes ágǽldon, Gr. D. 15, 17. Gif hé hine ágǽlde Godes þeówdómes if he hindered himself from doing God's service , Bl.
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DURRAN
DARE, presume ⬩ audēre
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Ger. turran, tar, turrumés, torsta, Goth. daursan, dars, daursum, daursta.]
ge-offrian
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Hé geoffrode his lác þám almihtigan Gode, Hml. S. 25, 794. the object a person Anna geoffrode Gode Samuhel, Hml. A. 34, 260. Gif hwylc ríce mon his bearn Gode on mynstre geoffrian wile, R. Ben. 103, 11
rǽd-mægen
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, force that is productive of good or abundant good (?), cf. lof-mægen (v. rǽd, IV) Ðá wæs wæstmum áweaht world onspreht ... rǽdmægne oferþeaht the world was aroused to fruitful life, and overspread by productive force, Exon. Th. 353, 10; Reim. 10
un-leóf
Not dear ⬩ not beloved ⬩ odious ⬩ hateful
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Not dear, not beloved, odious, hateful Sodomware, Gode unleófe, Cd. Th. 148, 6; Gen. 2452. Gigantmæcgas, Gode unleófe, Metode láðe, 77, 1; Gen. 1268. Wigláf seah on unleófe ( the followers who had failed Beowulf in his need ), Beo. Th. 5719; B. 2863
ge-þeahting
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Þá þing þe beóð on Godes geþeahtunge (design, cf. ge-þeaht; ) (þá þe beóð Godes geþeahtunge, v. l.) quae Dei sunt, Gr. D. 137, 4
gold-óra
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A mass of gold Wudebǽre gyrda bearewum on smǽtum rédes goldórun, [gold- ?] wecgum vimina siluestria (e frondosis) nemoribus (allata mutavit) in obrizum flauentis auri metallum (cf. ðá grénan gyrda wurdon tó reádum golde áwende, Hml.
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healf
a half ⬩ side, part
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[Goth. halba: O. Sax. halba: O. Frs. halve: Icel. hálfa: O. H. Ger. halb, halba, Grff. iv. 882-6: Ger. halbe.]
méd-sceatt
payment in reward of service done ⬩ a reward ⬩ wages ⬩ fee ⬩ payment for service or favour expected ⬩ a gift ⬩ present ⬩ a bribe
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Hé ne sealde Gode nánne métsceat for his sáule ... Ðæt is ðonne se médsceat wið his sáule ðæt hé him gielde gód weorc non dabit Deo pretium redemtionis animæ suæ...
flítan
to strive ⬩ to strive ⬩ to strive ⬩ quarrelsome ⬩ contentious ⬩ to dispute ⬩ argue ⬩ lay blame on
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Æfre gé fliton ongén God semper conlentiose egistis contra Dominum, 31, 27. Hý fliton exercebantur (adversum me; cf. me wiðerwearde wǽron ealle, Ps. Th. 68, 13), Bl. Gl.
ge-hínan
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Gehéned exac-toratus 70, 9. to oppress, afflict, reduce to misery Þæt gehýreð God, and hí gehýneð eác God shall hear, and afflict them (A. V. ), Ps. Th. 54, 19. Ne gehéne (gehýn, v. l.) þú hine mid þý eácan non eum usuris opprimes Ll.