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ge-þegnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þegnian, -þénian; p. ode; pp. od [þegnian to serve]

To ministerserveministrāre

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To minister, serve; ministrāre Ðú hæfst to þance geþénod ðínum hearran thou host served thy lord so as to please him, Cd. 25; Th. 32, 20; Gen. 506

Linked entry: ge-þénian

þreát

(n.)
Grammar
þreát, es; m.

a troopbandcrowdbody of peopleswarmpressthrongviolencecompulsionforceoppressionpunishmentill-treatment

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Homl. 119, 16

HELM

(n.)
Grammar
HELM, es; m.

HELMhelmeta crownthe topovershadowing foliage of treesa covering

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Mid þyrnenum helme his heáfod be-féngon encircled his head with a crown of thorns, Homl. Th. ii. 252, 26; Mk. Skt. 15, 17.

Linked entry: helmiht

hraðe

(adv.)
Grammar
hraðe, hræðe, hreðe; adv.

Quicklyimmediatelyat oncesoonforthwithstraightway

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He wæs Godes bearn swá hraðe swá he mannes bearn wearþ he was the Son of God so soon as he became the Son of man, Homl. Th. ii. 526, 1. Swíðe hræðe repente, Past. 21, 7; Swt. 166, 14.

Linked entry: hræde

hýnþ

(n.)
Grammar
hýnþ, e; hýnþu [-o]; indecl. f.

Humiliationabasementdisgracecontemptinjuryharmloss

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Ic heóld nú nigon geár wið ealle hýnþa ðínes fæder gestreón I have kept now nine years thy father's wealth from all losses, Homl. Skt. 9, 42

Linked entries: hénþ hiénþo

ge-rǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rǽcan, -rǽcean; p. -rǽhte; pp. -rǽht

To reach, obtain, seize, get, lay hold on, attain, reproach, present, offer

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Homl. 207, 22. Ne ðú ðé ǽfre ne lǽt wlenca gerǽcan never do thou let pride lay hold on thee, Bt. Met. Fox 5, 61; Met. 5, 31. Ðæs landes mǽre gerǽcan to obtain more of the land, Chr. 921; Erl. 106, 21.

Linked entry: mis-rǽcan

un-dón

(v.)
Grammar
un-dón, p. -dyde; pp. -dón

To undoto undo that which is closedto opento undo that which is boundto releaseto releaseabsolveto undo that which closesto open a doorto undo that which binds or fastensto undo a bolt, a knotto undo what has been doneto abrogatedestroy

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Rush. 1, 7. to undo what has been done, to abrogate, destroy, where the object is material Ic undóe tempel ðis ego dissoluam templum hoc, Mk. Skt. Lind.

wæcce

(n.)
Grammar
wæcce, an; f.

wakefulnesssleeplessnesswatchingwatchfulnessa watchvigila division of the nighta watch

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Ðæs módes wæcce is micele betere, ðæt se man hogie hú hé gehealden beó wið ðone deófol, Homl. Ass. 51, 35-49: R. Ben. 35, 2.

trúwa

(n.)
Grammar
trúwa, trúa, an; m.
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(good] faith Heriaþ úrne Ðrihten, se ðe ne forlǽt on hine gelýfende and ða ðe hihtaþ on his micclum trúwan, Homl. Ass. 112, 321. Ðam Snum ic healde mínne trúwan ǽfre. Homl. Skt. i. 7, 56. faith, belief, confidence, trust Se trúwa (trúa, Cott.

Linked entry: trúa

tó-middes

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
tó-middes, prep. (adv.)

in the midst of,amidst,into the midst ofin the midst of,in the middle ofinto the midst of

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Hé stód ðǽr ána tómiddes eallum ðam folce, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 639. following the governed word Hé stód him tómiddes, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 617. Ðǽr ic sylf beó him tómiddes, Homl. Th. ii. 284, 19. Sticaþ him tómiddes, Salm. Kmbl. 1010; Sal. 506.

Linked entries: middes

irman

(v.)
Grammar
irman, p. de

to afflictvex

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Hé hæfde him tó gamene hú hé eorþcyningas yrmde and cwelmde he [Nero] made it his sport, how he could vex and torment the kings of this earth, Bt. Met. Fox 9, 94; Met. 9, 47.

Linked entry: ge-irman

ge-weorpan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-weorpan, -worpan; p. -wearp, pl. -wurpon; pp. -worpen.

to throwcastjacereprojicereto turn one's self awaygo awaydepartpass byavertiabiretransire

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Th. 87, 5. to turn one's self away, go away, depart, pass by; averti, abire, transire Winter sceal geweorpan, weder eft cuman, sumor hát winter shall pass by, fair weather again shall come, hot summer, Exon. 90 a; Th. 338, 11; Gn. Ex. 77

Linked entry: ge-worpan

ge-wrixl

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wrixl, -wrixle, es; n.

A changeinterchangevicissitudeturncourse

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Homl. 91, 24

sunn-ganges

(adv.)
Grammar
sunn-ganges, adv.
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At sólu prosperously; and-sælis against the course of the sun; mostly used of witches or uncanny appearances :-- Sá sauðamaðr Gró at hon gékk út, ok gékk andsælis um hus sín ok mælti erfitt mun verða at standa í mot giptu Ingimundarsona, Vatnsdæla Saga

feng

a takingembracegamecaptureseizure

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L. 123, 6. of concrete things. that which grasps, embraces, catches Arpax geara feng vel lupus, arpago hooc, Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 42. Geara feng peeris (cf. gearufang proceris, 63, 75), 57, 14.

ge-bisnung

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Eall ꝥ hé gegearwode ús on gebysnunge gódes weorces hoc nobis in exemplum actionis praebuit, Gr. D. 60, 23. Ic sylf beó andsǽte þurh swylce gebysnunge (by setting such an example), Hml. S. 25, 98. Hé sceal Críste folgian be Crístes gebysnungum. Hml.

ge-hogian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hogian, p. ode; pp. od.
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Hé þæt on his móde gehogode (-hogod, v. l.) and geteód hæfde (decreuerat), þæt he wolde his þeóde fordón, Bd. 3, 24; Sch. 307, 6.

Linked entry: ge-hycgan

ge-þæf

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gerest ðæt mód hit orsorglíce on ðǽre fortrúwunga, 463, 10 : both passages refer to the same subject) how he will recognize his own faults, and yet wish for no change in them (?

háte

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Substitute: of the sun, hotly, hot. cf. hát; 1 Of heofnum háte scíneð þeós beorhte sunne, Gen. 810. Þonne sunne hátost scíneð, Ph. 209. Ðonne þǽre sunnan scíma hátast scínþ, Bt. 5, 2 ; F. 10, 29. of glowing iron.

ofer-hycgan

(v.)

to despise, contemn, disdain, scorncontemnere, aspernereto be puffed up

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MS. oferhýþ) ðæt hé bió gelíc óðrum monnum dum homo hominibus esse similis dedignatur, Past. 17, 4; Swt. 112, 3.