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lá

(int.)

Lo ⬩ Oh ⬩ Ah

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Ðæt lá mæg secgan se ðe sóð and riht fremeþ that indeed may he say who does truth and right, Beo. Th. 3404; B. 1700: 5720; B. 2864. Ðæt lá wæs fæger, Cd. 223; Th. 293, 18; Sat. 457. Uton lá geþencan let us then determine, 227; Th. 305, 9; Sat. 644.

DEORC

(adj.)
Grammar
DEORC, def. se deorca, seó, ðæt deorce; adj.

DARK, obscure, gloomy, sad ⬩ tenebrōsus, obscūrus

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Feónd seondon réðe, dimme and deorce our foes are fierce, dim and dark, Cd. 215; Th. 271, 13; Sat. 105: Ps. Th. 73, 19: 113, 12.

Linked entry: deorcian

hwæðer

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hwæðer, pron.

either ⬩ both

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Salm. Kmbl. 853; Sal. 426. Gebíde gé hwæðer sél mǽge wunde gedýgan uncer twega, Beo. Th. 5054; B. 2530.

Linked entry: hwæðer

ge-hǽlan

(prep.)
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Hé mé sára gehwylc gehǽlde, hygesorge, Gú. 1219. God mæg gehǽlan hygesorge heortan mínre, Cri. 174. to mate safe, save a person Hé þearfigendra sáwla gehǽleð animas pauperum salvas faciet, Ps. Th. 71, 13. Sió Segor gehǽlde Loth fleóndne.

ge-sécan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sécan, -sécean; to -sǽcanne, -sécenne; part. -sécende, ic -séce, ðú -sécest -sécst, he -séceþ, -sécþ, pl. -sécaþ; p. -sóhte, pl. -sóhton ; pp. -sóht; v. a.

to seek, inquire, ask for ⬩ quærere, requirere, inquirere ⬩ to seek, go to, approach, look for, visit, come to ⬩ adire, ire vel proficisci, aliquo vel ad aliquem, visitare, venire, pervenire aliquo ⬩ to seek with hostile intention, to persecute, afflict, invade ⬩ hostiliter aggredi, invadere, corripere ⬩ to seek; go to, visit ⬩ ire, proficisci ⬩ to appoint, dispose, beset ⬩ exigere, disponere

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Ðonne ic ðas ilcan óðre síþe wíc geséce when I seek this same dwelling a second time, Cd. 109; Th. 144, 23; Gen. 2394. He óðer líf eft geséceþ he shall seek another life hereafter, Cd. 218; Th. 277, 30; Sat. 212: Salm.

Linked entries: ge-sahte ge-soecan

háw

(n.; suffix)
Grammar
háw, Kemble says, ' In all probability, a look out, or prospect'; Middendorff compares the word with -hau in German place-names, and takes it to mean a clearing, a place where trees are cut down (cf. heáwan). But perhaps in the one passage where the word occurs
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hlawe should be read Haec sunt supradictarum uocabula terrarum, aet Uuineshauue (cf. scuccanhlau, 196, 1), C. D. i. 195, 30

þreát

(n.)
Grammar
þreát, es; m.

a troop ⬩ band ⬩ crowd ⬩ body of people ⬩ swarm ⬩ press ⬩ throng ⬩ violence ⬩ compulsion ⬩ force ⬩ oppression ⬩ punishment ⬩ ill-treatment

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Hié ealle worlde weán and ealle þreátas ( all the woes of the world and all miseries ) oferhogodan ... hié ealle worldlíce tintrega and ealle lichomlícu sár oforhogodan, Blickl. Homl. 119, 16

Linked entries: ge-þreát þreáp þreátend

ge-wendan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wendan, p. -wende; pp. -wended, -wend.

To turn ⬩ change ⬩ translate ⬩ incline ⬩ bring about ⬩ To turn [one's self] ⬩ change ⬩ go ⬩ return

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He gewendeþ on ða wyrsan hand he turns to the worse side, Salm. Kmmbl. 997; Sal. 500. Hwílum hie gewendaþ on wyrmes líc sometimes they turn into the body of a snake, 305; Sal. 152.

gæst

(n.)
Grammar
gæst, gest, gist, giest, gyst, es; pl. nom. acc. gastas; m.

a GUEST ⬩ hospes ⬩ sŏcius ⬩ a stranger ⬩ an enemy ⬩ vir aliēnĭgĕnus ⬩ hostis

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Gif hine sǽ byreþ gæsta [gasta?]

Linked entries: giest gist gast gyst GEST

ge-openian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-openian, -openigean; p. ode; pp. od, ad.

To open, manifest, shew, reveal ⬩ To open

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To open Ðá geopenode seó sǽ togeánes Moysen the sea opened before Moses, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 63, 228

Linked entry: openian

fen

mud ⬩ mire ⬩ dirt ⬩ fen

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Mid sǽ, mid fænne, Bt. 18, l; F. 62, 23, 26. Mid wudum and mid muntum and mid fænnum, 18, 2; F. 62, 35. Fuglas þe on fennum ne sién, Lch. ii. 254, 20. Swá se hrefen þurh þá fennas upp áflígeð, swá þú him æfter rów, Guth. 50, 10

ge-wuna

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-wuna, adj.
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. :-- Sincalda sǽ . . . æflástum gewuna, Exod. 473. Seó gyfu ne bið oncnáwen of þǽre medemnesse, ac gewuna is hí tó getácnigenne of þǽre sáwle dǽdum, Hml. S. 23 b, 241.

Linked entry: be-wuna

of-gifan

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Hwæðer fámig sǽ dǽl ǽnigne grénre eorðan ofgifen hæfde, Gen. 1454. to give up a state or condition Hí (Adam and Eve) éðles wyn geómormóde ofgiefan sceoldon, Ph. 412. <b>III a.

tíd

Grammar
tíd, <b>. I a.</b>
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Wearð ðáre sǽ smiltnesse áwænd fǽringa betwux twám tídum ( in the course of two hours ), Ap. Th. 10, 25. v. bell-, cenning-, dæg-, edmǽl-, frum-, gereordung-, gewin-, hǽlu-, hwíl-, mǽl-, mæsse-, onríp-, úhtan-, unriht-tíd. Add

ofer-faran

(v.)

To pass, go off ⬩ to pass, cross ⬩ to pass through, traverse ⬩ to pass through ⬩ to pass through, penetrate ⬩ to come upon, come across, meet with

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Moyses oferfór ða Reádan Sǽ, Wulfst. 210, 12. Oferfóren egrederentur, Hpt. Gl. 464, 64. Ðá gebeótode án his þegna ðæt hé mid sunde ða eá oferfaran wolde, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 72, 29: Bd. 1, 7; S. 478, 9.

Linked entry: ofer-féran

tó-sleán

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sleán, p. -sloh, pl. -slógon; pp. -slegen

To strike to pieces, ⬩ knock to bits ⬩ to demolish, ⬩ knock down a building ⬩ to divide in two by a blow or stroke ⬩ to drive away thoughts

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Shrn. 114, 25. to divide in two by a blow or stroke Hé to-slóh sǽ interrupit mare. Ps. Lamb. 77, 13.

ge-set

(n.)
Grammar
ge-set, es; n.
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See ge-sǽte

fægnian

(v.)
Grammar
fægnian, fægenian, fagnian, fagenian, fahnian; p. ode; pp. od [fægen, fægn glad, joyful]

To rejoice, be glad, exult, applaud, to be delighted with, to wish for ⬩ gaudēre, jubĭlāre, lætāri, exultāre, plaudĕre, appĕtĕre

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We fægniaþ smyltre sǽ we rejoice at the serene sea, Bt. 14, 1; Fox 40, 18. Fægniaþ fealdas gaudēbunt campi, Ps. Spl. 95, 11: Bt. Met. Fox 29, 187; Met. 29, 95. Fægnode mín cild on mínum innoþe exultāvit in gaudio infans in ŭtĕro meo, Lk. Bos. 1, 44.

Linked entries: a-fægniende fægenian fagenian fahnian

eges lic

Grammar
eges lic, l. eges-lic,
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Egeslic nýten on sǽ oððe on lande belua, 77, 74. Egslic horrida, An. Ox. 50, 55. Se egeslica dómes dæg, Bl. H. 27, 27. Egeslices horrentis, An. Ox. 3635. Mid egeslicum gebode imperio terrente, i. tremefaciente, 1940.

heolstor

Grammar
heolstor, [In the first passage perhaps hrúse might be read for hrúsan and heolstre be dat. (inst.), as in El. 1082 þá þe in foldan deópe bedolfen sindon, heolstre behýded. Or possibly (?) a form heolstre exists alongside heolstor. v. Germ. 399, 447 infra, and cf. eówestre (?).]
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Nán mon Godes mihte forflíhð on nánum heolstrum heofenan oððe eorðan oþþe sǽ ðriddan, Hml. Th. ii. 146, 31. Hleostrum bibulis buccis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 126, 6.

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