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hár

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L. 67, 24. grey, of an animal's coat Wulf, hár hǽðstapa, Vy. 13. of bright metal Háre byrnan (cf.

greát

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Áscrep þá greátan rinde of scrape the coarse rind off, Lch. ii. 270, 17. of persons, big, stout Hlǽne macer, greát grossus, smæl gracilis, Wrt. Voc. i. 83, 50. <b>II a.

sprǽc

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Add Spǽce (printed swæce) heów leáse false fashions of speech; insanias falsas Ps. Rdr. 39, 5. Gemetigian ge his spréce ge his swígan, Prov. K. 2. Add Þá wæs seó tunge álýsed sprǽce, Gr. D. 184, 10.

wesan

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wesan, I a.
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</b> add :-- Nán man of þǽre wíc þe of wǽron, Hml. S. 31, 1016. <b>Ill c.</b> add :-- wæs swelce Rómáne þá wyrþe wǽron, Ors. 6, 3; S. 256, 23. v. swilce; <b>III.

ge-andettan

(v.)

to confess, acknowledgeto confessto admit for oneselfconcede, allowto confess, declare one's beliefto confessacknowledge as having a certain character, declare one's faith into make acknowledgement of a benefitgive thankspraise

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Add: to confess, acknowledge wrong-doing, weakness, &c. Geondeton (confitentes) synna hiora, Mt. L. 3, 6. Geandet swá hwætt swá þú þáron wite, Ll. Lbmn. 414, 34. as an ecclesiastical term to confess to a priest trans.

Constantīnus

(n.)
Grammar
Constantīnus, as Lat. gen. i; dat. o; acc. um; m. also gen. es; dat. e; m.

Constantine the Great, Roman Emperor

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Constantine the Great, Roman Emperor, A. D. 306-337. He is said to have been converted to Christianity, about 312, by the vision of a luminous cross in the sky, on which was the inscription ἐν τούτωι, νίκα by this, conquer.

fird

(n.)
Grammar
fird, faerd, ferd, fierd, fyrd(e).

an expeditioncampaignan armya camp

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Add: in glosses or referring to other than English forces, an expedition, campaign Faerd (fertd, Erf. ) expeditio, Txts. 61, 790. Fird, Wrt. Voc. ii. 29, 69. Fird expeditio, i. praeparatio, 145, 41. Fyrda expeditionum, 76, 62: 29, 70.

ge-mót

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Voc. ii. 72, 7 : 17, 45. Hié sellaþ eówic on gemótum (conciliis), Mt. R. L. 10, 17. an ecclesiastical council, a synod [ sinoþ]licum gemóte ad synodale concilium, An. Ox. 2093.

hwæþer

(con.)
Grammar
hwæþer, conj.
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Th. i. 222, 20 (in Dict.). Ic þé bidde, cwyst þú hwæþer hit gelýfenne ... hwæþer þe ...? dic, quaero te, numquid nan credendendum est ... an ...?, Gr. D. 146, 1-6. <b>I a.

MǼG

(n.)
Grammar
MǼG, es; m.

A relativekinsman

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A relative, kinsman Mǽg propinquus, Wrt. Voc. 72, 45 : Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 4, 51. Hwylc þyncþ ðé ðæt ðæs mǽg ðe on ða sceaðan befeóll quis videtur tibi proximus fuisse illi qui incidet in latrones? Lk. Skt. 10, 36. Meig contribulius, Wrt.

Linked entries: még méi ge-mǽg

scrift

(n.)
Grammar
scrift, es; m.
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Libban ðam lífe, ðe scrift ús wísige, Wulfst. 112, 18. Ne mæg þurh ðæt flǽsc se scrift geseón on ðǽre sáwle, Exon. Th. 80, 13; Cri. 1307. Béte be his scriftes geþeahte, L. C. E. 23 ; Th. i. 374, 8 : L. P. M. 1; Th. ii. 286, 15.

bót

mendingrepairremedyimprovementhelpamendmentamendsreparationrepentancepenance

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He on Drihten blyssað, bóte gewéneð (sperabit in eo), Ps. Th. 63, 9. Smeágende hwæt bóte mihte æt þǽm fǽrcwealme, Ll. Th. 270, 9. wyrð ágeaf ðare ceastre bóte (cf. heora ceastre ge-staðolode, 16) Ap.

ge-læccan

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Th. ii. 290, 16-21. to take, pick up food Þá hwelpas gelæccað þá cruman ( catelli edunt de micis, Mt. 15, 27), Hml.

ge-lǽdan

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Add: where there is movement. where the movement of the object is not the act of the subject, to lead, bring, conduct. the subject a person Ic þé út gelǽdde of Ægypta londe, Ll. Th. i. 44, 4.

ge-ceósan

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Geceás him þone deáþ, him mon ofléte blódes on þám earme, Bt. 29, 2; F. 104, 22. Geceós fultum. Hml. S. 25, 399. Healde gehwá mid riht his ǽwe ... búton gewurðe búta geceósan ... getwǽman, Ll. Th. ii. 300, 27. <b>I a.

ge-dréfan

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Gl. 252, 7. in a physical sense, to disturb, move violently, stir up, trouble water, make turbid Se súþerna wind miclum storme gedréfeþ þá sǽ mare volvens turbidus auster, Bt. 6; F. 14, 24 : Met. 5, 8.

innan

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Add: <b>A.</b> as adverb. local, within, inside. in reference to a place or thing Gif þone oxan innan betýnan nolde, Ll. Th. i. 48, 31. Sió sunne ne mæg ealle gesceafta innan geondscínan, Bt. 41, l ; F. 244, 9.

múþ

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is swíðe biter on múþe and þé tirþ on þá þrotan, Bt. 22, 1; F. 76, 29. Ne forbinde dǽm ðerscendum oxum ðone múð, Past. 104, 8. Múða gehwylc mete þearf, Gn. Ex. 125. <b>II a.

ge-réfa

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Geréfa, i. 18, 43 : 60, 31: curator, 57, 39 : prepositus, 72, 67 : preses, ii. 66, 51: coors (cf. coors þreat (a gloss to Jn. 18, 12 cohors et tribunus; so that perhaps it is tribunus not coors to which gerefa belongs), 21, 28.

ge-winnan

(v.)
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Dele in Dict. first two passages under <b>I,</b> and the fourth under (v. IV. below), and add: intrans. To strive, contend, fight Gewon conflixit, i. certavit, Wrt.