ge-brócod
Afflicted ⬩ broken up ⬩ injured ⬩ afflictus ⬩ confractus
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Næfde se here Angelcyn ealles forswíðe gebrócod the army had not all too much afflicted the English race, Chr. 897; Erl. 94, 30. Surne gebrócode wǽron some were injured, 978; Erl. 127, 12: Homl. Th. i. 476, 19.
ge-licgan
to lie ⬩ lie near, together ⬩ jacere ⬩ adjacere ⬩ conjacere ⬩ to lie down ⬩ fail ⬩ cease ⬩ loiter ⬩ delay ⬩ deficere ⬩ cessare
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Ðá heó ðǽr on gelegen wæs when she had lain down there, Ors. 5, 13; Bos. 113, 23. to lie down, fail, cease, loiter, delay; deficere, cessare Windblond gelæg the wind-storm ceased, Bon. Th. 6284; B. 3146.
ge-limp
An event ⬩ accident ⬩ a chance ⬩ accĭdens ⬩ cāsus
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Ðú woldest witan his naman and his gelimp you wanted to know his name and what had befallen him, 16, 4 : 15, 20, 26
ge-nóg
ENOUGH, sufficient, abundant ⬩ satis, sufficiens, abundans
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Ðú hæfst ǽlces gódes genóh thou shalt have abundance of every good thing, Deut. 28, 11: Exon. 93 b; Th. 352, 8; Sch. 94: Cd. 29; Th. 39, 4; Gen. 619
steóp-cild
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an orphan, one who has lost a parent Steópcild privignus, Wrt. Voc. i. 50, 47: pupillus, 285, 1. Steópcilde orphano, Ps. Spl. 9 second, 17. Eówer bearn beóþ steópcild (pupilli), Ex. 22, 24. Steópcild orphani, Ps. Th. 108, 9.
þreáp
a troop ⬩ band
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Voc. ii. 20, 27; or þreátum; Similar entries v. þreát: but þreáp may have a double sense as þreát has (see, too, þreápian, þreátian); in later English it remains with the meaning strife, contest, e.g.: Wituten threp (ani enuy, alle chidyng) or strijf,
un-forboden
Unforbidden ⬩ not prohibited ⬩ free from any moral or legal hindrance
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Swá ic hit hæbbe, swá hit se sealde, ðe tó syllanne áhte, unforboden ( no one had a right to forbid the entering into possession of the property ), L. O. 13; Th. i. 184, 5. Unforboden and unbesacan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 234, 20.
Linked entries: un-besacen for-beódan
ende-stæf
An end ⬩ conclusion ⬩ death
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Hæfdon hí on rímcræfte áwriten wera endestæf they had written down the date of men's death, An. 135. Substitute:
ge-neah
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Ger. ganah inan abundabit (Mt. 13, 12, ] with subject. to suffice, have sufficient power to do something Nǽnig mennisc tunge ne geneah þæs ácendan engles godcund mægen tó gesecgenne, Bl. H. 165, 5. to have abundance of (?)
ge-swicennes
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Seó sóðe behreówsung and dǽdbót mid geswicennyssum yfeles ús áþwyhð, 12, 144. abstaining from doing again what has been given up. v. ge-swícan; Gif hé ágylte, hé hit georne gebéte and syððan geswíce; for ðí ne bið nán bót náht búton þǽr beó geswicenes
ge-wind
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Substitute what has a curved or spiral shape. a winding ascent. Cf. windan; 2 and 3 Gewind circuitus ascensus, Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 4. Gewend coclea (cf. coclea, ascensus, quia circuit), Corp. Gl. H. 34, 623. a tendril of a vine.
þolian
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evil Heora reáfes gyrla swilc beó ꝥ hé þolige ǽlces ýdeles uanitatis occasione careat, Chrd. 65, 13. ꝥ nǽfre þǽr (in hell) ne þoliað þæs wítes þá þe nǽfre in þisum lífe willað þolian þǽre synne and hyre bútan beón ut numquam careant supplicio, qui in hac
brid
The young of any of the feathered tribe; ⬩ pullus
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Þurh briddes hád through the state of a young bird, 61 a; Th. 224, 7; Ph. 372. Ðæt híg offrunge sealdon twegen culfran briddas ut darent hostiam duos columbæ pullos, Lk. Bos. 2, 24: Lev. 1, 14: Ps. Spl. 83, 3.
heard-sǽlþ
A hard fate, ill fortune, misfortune, unhappiness, wickedness, misconduct
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A hard fate, ill fortune, misfortune, unhappiness, wickedness, misconduct Gong inn and geseoh ða heardsǽlþa and ða sconde ðe ðás hér dóþ ingredere et vide abominations pessimas quas isti faciunt hic, Past. 21, 3; Swt. 155, 8.
COT
A COT ⬩ cottage ⬩ house ⬩ bed-chamber ⬩ den ⬩ casa ⬩ domus ⬩ cubiculum ⬩ cubile ⬩ spelunca
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We witan ðæt hý ne durran hý selfe æt hám æt heora cotum werian we know that they dare not defend themselves at home in their own houses Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 69, 26. Ingá in cotte ðínum intra in cubiculum tuum Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 6, 6.
hnescian
To make, ⬩ or to become, soft, ⬩ to soften
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Lege ðonne on ðǽr hit heardige hnescaþ hyt sóna apply where it is hard, it will at once soften, Herb. 2, ii; Lchdm. i. 84, 4. Ðonne hnescáþ se swile sóna then the swelling will soften at once, L. M. 2, 19; Lchdm. ii. 202, 10.
Linked entries: a-hnescian a-nescian ge-hnesctun
searu-níþ
hostility to which effect is given by treachery ⬩ crafty enmity ⬩ armour-hate ⬩ martial strife ⬩ the strife of armed men ⬩ battle
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Cf. too inwit-níþ), 6126; B. 3067. armour-hate Similar entries (v. searu, IV a), martial strife, the strife of armed men, battle Nó ic wiht fram ðé swylcra searuníþa secgan hýrde, billa brógan, 1168; B. 582
ge-wícian
To dwell ⬩ lodge ⬩ encamp ⬩ hospitare ⬩ castra metari
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To dwell, lodge, encamp; hospitare, castra metari Hý landes hæfdon ðæt hý mihton on gewícian they had land on which they could encamp, Ors. 2, 5; Bos. 46, 36. Ic on fægerum scúan fiðera ðínra gewície in umbra alarum tuarum spero, Ps. Th. 56, 1.
ge-fandod
To try. ⬩ to examine, explore ⬩ to try whether. ⬩ to experience, taste.
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To try. to examine, explore Hé þæt sóna onfand þæt hæfde gumena sum goldes gefandod, heáhgestreóna he soon found that some man had ransacked the treasure, B. 2301. to try whether.
ge-man
the hollow of the hand, sole of the foot ⬩ vola
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the hollow of the hand, sole of the foot; vola, Cot. 198