hrepian
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Add: to touch with the hand, come in contact with Ꝥ wíf wearð gehǽled þá ðá heó hrepode (æthrán, Mt. 9, 20) þæs Hǽlendes reáf, Hml. S. 9, 13. Wearð án líc gebróht tó ðæs hálgan byrgene . . . þá árás se deáda mid ðám þe hé hrepode þá byrgene, 18, 307.
weald
High land covered with wood ⬩ wood ⬩ forest.
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High land covered with wood (v.weald-genga), wood, forest. [The word is left in the phrase the weald of Kent and Sussex, the earlier woodland character of which district is shewn by its local names (v. Taylor's Names and Places, pp. 244-5) ; and in wold
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gé
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Gee sint salt eorðes, Mt. L. 5, 13. Gié, 14. Nú gé magan sylfe sóð gecnáwan, An. 1560. Hwí séce gé ymbútan eów þá gesǽlþa ðe gé oninnan eów (iów, v. l.) habbaþ . . . geset ?, Bt. 11, 2 ; F. 34, 4. Þonne gé mannes sunu upp áhebbaþ, þonne gecnáwe gé ꝥ ic
timbran
to build (lit. or fig.) ⬩ construct ⬩ to instruct, ⬩ edify ⬩ to cut timber
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to build (lit. or fig.), construct Ic timbrige struo, construo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 5; Zup. 175, 11. Tóweorp hié, ne dú timbres (aedificabis) hié, Ps. Surt. 27, 5. Timbreþ Dryhten Sion, 101, 17: Ps. Th. 146, 2: Exon. Th. 450, 25; Dóm. 93. Gé timbriaþ (timbraþ
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tó-stregdan
To disperse ⬩ scatter ⬩ destroy ⬩ spargere ⬩ aspergere ⬩ dispergere ⬩ disperdere ⬩ dissipare ⬩ dispertire ⬩ destruere ⬩ To be dispersed ⬩ not to keep within proper bounds
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trans. To disperse, scatter, destroy. The verb occurs mostly in glosses and renders the Latin verbs spargere, aspergere, dispergere, disperdere, dissipare, dispertire, destruere Mildheortnisse míne ic ne tóstregdo (-stréde. Ps. Spl.,-stregde, C.) misericordiam
teóna
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damage, harm, hurt, mischief, annoyance, trouble, vexation, detriment, loss Mid ðý hunige smire . . . ne biþ sóna nán teóna smear with the honey . . . there will be no hurt (from the disease) directly, Lchdm. ii. 104, 23: 156, 30. Ðis weorc biþ deóflum
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gelíce
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Add: in like manner, similarly Eft gelíce ibidentidem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 50. with dat. of a noun, in the manner of, in the same way as, as in the case of Sóðfæste men sunnan gelíce in heora fæder ríce scínað ( justi fulgebunt sicut sol in regno patris
heáfod
HEAD, chief, source, 'the commencing point, or the highest point, of a stream, of a field, hill, etc.
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HEAD, chief, source, 'the commencing point, or the highest point, of a stream, of a field, hill, etc. In reference to running water, the head is exactly converse to the gemýðe or mouths. In the Saxon charters the word is of frequent occurrence
windan
of motion that results from a blow, swing, or other impetus, to fly, leap, start ⬩ to fly, wheel, spring ⬩ of the movement of living things ⬩ of inanimate things ⬩ of abstract subjects ⬩ of twisting ⬩ rolling movement ⬩ of living things ⬩ of inanimate things ⬩ to waver ⬩ to twist ⬩ roll ⬩ to brandish ⬩ wave ⬩ to twist, plait, weave ⬩ to twist, give a curved form to
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intrans. of motion that results from a blow, swing, or other impetus, to fly, leap, start Sió æcs wint of ðam hielfe and eác ús of ðære handa ... Sió æs wient of ðæm hielfe securis manu fugit ... Ferrum de manubrio prosilit, Past. 21; Swt. 167, 7-9.
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FÉDAN
nourish ⬩ support ⬩ sustain ⬩ bring up ⬩ educate ⬩ pascĕre ⬩ cĭbāre ⬩ nutrīre ⬩ engtrīre ⬩ sustentāre ⬩ edŭcāre ⬩ to bring forth ⬩ produce ⬩ gignĕre ⬩ prodūcĕre
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to FEED, nourish, support, sustain, bring up, educate; pascĕre, cĭbāre, nutrīre, engtrīre, sustentāre, edŭcāre Mægen mon sceal mid mete fédan a man must feed strength with meat, Exon. 90 b; Th. 340, 22; Gn. Ex. 115. Wá eácniendum and fédendum on ðám
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GEÁTAS
the Jutes ⬩ Jutæ ⬩ GAUTS ⬩ Gauti in Suecia ⬩ Γαυτοί,
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the Jutes, the ancient inhabitants of Jutland, who, with the Angles and Saxons, colonized Britain; Jutæ, pŏpŭlus Chersŏnēsi Cymbrĭcæ, qui relicta patria ūna cum Saxŏnĭbus Anglisque Britanniam occupāvērunt. Though the Jutes are now regarded as Danes, they
scippan
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to shape, form Ic hiwige oððe scyppe fingo. Ælfc. Gr. 28, 5; Som. 31, 61. to create (of the act of the Deity) Ðú scyppest eorþan ansýne renovabis faciem terrae, Ps. Th. 103, 28. Ælmihtig fæder ðe ða scíran gesceaft sceópe and worhtest, Hy. 10, 2.
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á-mirran
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Add:to á-myrran: to lead astray, misguide, in a physical sense Se yrðlincg ámyrð his furuh ( will not make a straight furrow ) gif hé lócað tó lange underbæc, Hml. S. 16, 180. in a moral sense Irre oft ámirreð monnes mód, ðæt hé ne mæg ðæt riht tócnáwan
ge-hǽlan
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Add: to heal, cure. to heal a person who is sick in body or mind Antecríst geuntrumað þá ðe ǽr hále wǽron; and hé nǽnne gehǽlan ne mæg, búton hé hine ǽrest áwyrde. Ac syððan hé þæne mann gebrocod hæfð, syðþan hé mæg dón swylce hé hine gehǽle . . . hé
ge-lícnes
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Add: the quality of being like or equal Swá micel gelícnys is on ðyssere Hálgan Ðrynnysse, þæt se Fæder nis ná máre þonne se Sunu on ðǽre godcundnysse, ne se Sunu nis ná máre þonne se Hálga Gást; ne nán heora án nis ná lǽsse þonne eall seó Ðrynnys, Hml
ge-stillan
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Add: A. intrans. To be or become still, cease from Ic gestille itel áblinne cessam, desistam, cessavero, Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 4. I. of persons or things. not to be moving Eorðe cwfcede and gestilde (quievii), Ps. Srt. Vos. 75, 9. Hi náuþer ne gestillan
ge-búgan
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Add: intrans. to bow, bend the body Hé hine on cirican gebidde, and tó Godes weófedan gebúge, Ll. Th. i. 334, 30. Se wyrm gebeáh tósomne. ... Gewát gebogen scríðan, B. 2569. Ábogenre ł ge[bogenre] curva, Hpt. Gl. 436, 62. to bend one's steps, turn, go
hopian
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Add: to look (mentally) with expectation to (tô), hope for Án is þæt ðú hefst and brícst and lufast þæt ðæt þú ǽr tó hopedest. Eálá hweðer ic ǽfre cume tó ðám ðe ic tó hopie, Solil. H. 27, 15. Hé forsihþ þás eorþlican gód and hopaþ tó þám tóweardum,
leóht
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Add: of little weight Hwílum ꝥ leóhte fýr úp gewít and sió hefige eorþe sit þǽr niþere, Bt. 39, 13; F. 234, 12. Hét ic .cc. mínra þegna leóhtum wǽpnum (levibus armis) hié gegyrwan, Nar. 10, 27. of a vessel or receptacle, adapted for light loads Leóht
gifan
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Add Doto, -as, dono vel gifu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 142, l. Geben (gibaen, Ep. Gl.) wæs inpendebatur Txts. 71, 1086. to give a thing as a present Se wela þe se cyning gifþ his deórlingum. Bt. 29, 1 ; F. 102, 3. Þú. sealdest mé wilna geniht. For þan þú ne þearft