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ge-sceótan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sceótan, he -scýt, -scítt, pl. -sceótaþ; p. -sceát, pl. -scuton; subj. ic, ðú, he -sceóte, pl. -sceóten; pp. -scoten.

to shoot forward, to rush or dart forward with a quick motion, send forth, expend, pay, to fall to any one's share, be allotted tocum impetu movere vel ruere, expendere, cedere in partem alicujusto bring before or refer to any onereferre ad aliquem

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darted to his hoard, his secret hall, Beo.

Linked entry: ge-stoten

rand

(n.)
Grammar
rand, es; m.
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Denoting a part, the boss of a round shield, cf. rand-beáh and O. H. Ger. rant umbo.

Linked entry: rand-beáh

fót-gewǽde

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Ben. 55 substitute Hæbben hý tó fótgewǽdum hosa and meón indumenta pedum pedules et caligas, R. Ben. 89, 14

leás-bregd

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Add: leás-bregda Ne beó þú ná leásbréda oþþe swicol, ac beó sóðfæst and symle getrýwe, Hml. S. 12, 129

Linked entry: brægde

óþ-beran

(v.)
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to bear forth, bear away (cf. æt-beran) Nó ic eów sweord ongeán óþberan þence, Exon. Th. 120, 20; Gu. 274. Mec sǽ óþbær on Finna land the sea bore me forth to the land of the Fins, Beo. Th. 1163; B. 579 : Exon. Th. 404, 20; Rä. 23, 10.

a-sealcan

(v.)
Grammar
a-sealcan, pp. asolcen

To languishto be or become weakidleslothfulremisslanguescereremitteredesidiosum fieri

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To languish, to be or become weak, idle, slothful, remiss; languescere, remittere, desidiosum fieri Ne lǽt ðú ðe ðín mód asealcan wǽrfæst willan mínes let not thou thy mind languish [to be] observant of my will, Cd. 99; Th. 130, 30; Gen. 2167.

Linked entry: a-solcen

ge-hyrtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hyrtan, p. -hyrte; pp. -hyrted, -hyrt [hyrtan to hearten, encourage; heorte the heart]

To encourageanimaterefreshconfortareanimarerefrigerare

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To encourage, animate, refresh; confortare, animare, refrigerare Beó ðú húru gehyrt, and hicg þegenlíce be thou only encouraged, and strive nobly, Jos. 1, 18.

Linked entry: hyrtan

on-þeón

(v.)

to prosperto be successful in ones efforts, to prove serviceable

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Th. 1805; B. 900. to be successful in ones efforts, to prove serviceable Gamele ne móston hilde onþeón the aged might not be of service in battle (in the preceding lines it is mentioned that the very young were excluded from the army), Cd.

hleór-beran

(n.; v.)
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But may not the verb on which beran depends be gewiton, v. 607, vv. 608-11 be parenthetical, and scionon an adverb, the passage then being translated thus, they went bearing above their faces the boar's shape, fairly [scionon] adorned with gold?

Linked entry: hliét

BREGDAN

(v.)
Grammar
BREGDAN, bredan, ic bregde, ðú bregdest, he bregdeþ, pl. bregdaþ ; p. brægd pl. brugdon pp. brogden, bregden.

To move to and fro, vibrate, cast, draw, drag, change, bend, weave;vibrare, vibrare gladium, jactare, stringere, trahere, nectere, plectere to turn into se vertere in aliquid

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To move to and fro, vibrate, cast, draw, drag, change, bend, weave; vibrare, vibrare gladium, jactare, stringere, trahere, nectere, plectere Git mundum brugdon ye vibrated with your hands, Beo. Th. 1033; B. 514.

fæsten-dæg

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Gif hit fæstendagas beón si jejunii dies fuerint, R. Ben. 67, 3. Gif wé on þǽm syx wucan fotlǽtaþ þá syx Sunnandagas þæs fæstennes (Lent), þonne ne bið þára fæstendaga ná má þonne syx and þrítig, Bl. H. 35, 24.

fætt

Grammar
fætt, l. fǽtt,

plumpcorpulentobesefattedplumpfull-bodiedsubstantialoleaginousunctuousrichfertileproductiverich

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Ben. 51, 15) gé underféngon, and ꝥ wanhál wæs gé wiðsócan quod crassum videbatis, assumebatis; et quod debile erat, proicebatis, R. Ben. I. 56, 14. Þá men beóð mægre, þeáh þe hié ǽr fǽtte wǽron, Lch. ii. 242, 4.

folc-toga

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Þæs folctogan (Holofernes') bed. Jud. 47. Þám folctogan, Jul. 225. of a spiritual leader Dryhtnes cempa, from folctoga (Guthlac), Gú. 874

HÝF

(n.)
Grammar
HÝF, e; f.

A HIVE

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Wið ðæt beón æt ne fleón genim ðás ylcan wyrte ðe wé veneriam nemdon and gehóh tó ðære hýfe ðonne beóþ hý wungynde that bees may not fly away, take this same plant that we called veneria and hang it to the hive, then will they be stationary, Herb. 7,

Linked entries: híf héf

hilt

(n.)
Grammar
hilt, es; m. n.

Hilt, handle

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Ða hilt since fáge the hilt many-coloured with treasure, Beo. Th. 3233; B. 1614. Be hiltum by the hilt, 3152; B. 1574

un-tǽle

(adj.)
Grammar
un-tǽle, adj.

Blamelesswithout reproach

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Ic ða leóde wát ǽghwæs untǽle, Beo. Th. 3734; B. 1865. Sýn hý swá gecorene, ðæt hý untǽle sýn and sacerdhádes þurh ealle góde cysta wyrþe, R. Ben. 140, 6. Heó hæfð twá ðing untǽle for Gode, sinscipe and eádmódnysse, Homl. Ass. 40, 399

ge-týd

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Béda, gumena se getyddusta, Angl. viii. 301, 47: 319, 46. Getiddusta, 308, 37. Getyddestum peritissimo, doctissimo, Hpt. Gl. 405, 2

hrind

(n.; v.; adj.)

barkyrindedcaudexcodexlibercortexfrozen to deathto destroydead

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Voc. 38, 56, 57 hrind translates caudex vel codex, and liber is translated seó inre hrind, but perhaps the better reading for the former would be rind = cortex. Otherwise hrinde bearwas might be [?] groves with [large-] stemmed trees.

æf(e)stig

Grammar
æf(e)stig, æfestig.

envious zealous (against)

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Add: in a bad sense, envious Beón andetta ðæt hé æfestig sý, Bl. H. 65, 4. Ne sý hé æfestig zelotipus R. Ben. 121, 13. Æfstig emulus Wrt. Voc. ii. 143, 46. Se æfæstiga mæssepreóst. Gr. D. 117, 18. Æfestiga, æfstigea, 118, 20.

teón

(v.)
Grammar
teón, p. teóde.
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Helm worhte wǽpna smið, wundrum teóde, besette swínlícum, ðæt hine bead*-*omécas bítan ne meahton, Beo. Th. 2909; B. 1452. Tó ðam golde ðe hé him tó gode teóde the gold that he had shaped for a god to himself, Cd. Th. 229, 13; Dan. 216.