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sécan

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Ox. 56, 314. 3. Add Hé healdeð Meotudes ǽ. . . and gebedu séceð, Ph. 458. Hý fæsten lufiað . and gebedu sécað, Gú. 781. Secge wé . . . ꝥ þá beón fordóne þe ðæne drýcræft sécað, Hml. S. 17, 113. Ðú symle furðor feohtan sóhtest, Vald. 1. 18.

híréd

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híréd, l. híred,

a familya familyhousethe familycourt

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Ox. 817. where the devil is the father: Forgit þæt hús and þone híred þínes leásan fæder, þæt ys deófol obliviscere domum patris tui, Ps.

grówan

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Ox. 17, 30. Grówan, mitescian mitescere (perhaps this gloss belongs to Ald. 53, 19, mitescere ac maturescere, in which case grówan may apply to, or be influenced by, maturescere ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 8

wilde

(adj.)
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wilde, adj.

Wildwildnot domesticnot tamednot broken inwildnot cultivatedwilduncultivateduninhabitedwildturbulentungoverned

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Wilde oxa bubalus Wrt. Voc. i. 22, 46. Wilde bár aper, tam bár verres 32, 70. Assa asinus, wilde assa onager 23, 27. Se getemeda assa . . . Se wilda fola, Homl. Th. i. 208, 20-22. Wilde goos cente, Wrt. Voc. ii. 103, 68: gente 109, 63.

Linked entries: ge-wilde wild-cyrfet

irnan

(v.)
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Ox. 1580. of machinery (a mill or millstone) Þá orn seó cweorn ðurh godcunde miht, Shrn. 145, 23.

á-breóþan

(v.)
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Ox. 46, 2. Ábroþen (abroten, MS., but see Angl. viii. 450) vel dwǽs vafer vel fatuus vel socors, Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 62. Apostatan ábroðene, Wlfst. 164, 10 note. of actions, to fail, come to nought Ábreóðe his angin, By. 242. trans, and wk.

Linked entries: a-broten á-broþenness

ge-fyrn

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ge-fyrn, long ago.
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Ox. 56, 93. in contrast with 'just now,' where a comparatively short period may be in question Hé gefyrn smeáde hwǽr hí bigleofan biddan sceoldon, ðá ðá hí ðá fare férdon búton wiste, Hml. Th. ii. 138, 32.

ge-myntan

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Ox. 2699. to destine a thing for a person, with dat. of person Ic stihte ł ic gemynte gekýþnysse mínum gecorenum disposui testamentum electis meis, Ps. L. 88, 4. Hé sceal þæt wíte ðolian ðe hé ðé gemynte, Hml. Th. i. 372, 16.

ge-rím

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Ox. 3227. Þa hig wǽron on gehríme scortum cum essent numero brevi, Ps. L. 104, 12. Heora tel oferstíhð sandceosles gerím, Hml.

ge-tríwe

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Ox. 9, 7. Ne beó ǽnig man ǽniges teámes wyrðe búton hé getrýwe gewitnysse hæbbe, Ll. Th. i. 388, 21. true to a person or thing, loyal, faithful Ic eom getrýwe ( fidelis ) hláforde mínon, Coll. M. 20, 19. Ic wille beón N. hold and getríwe, Ll.

gár

a weapon with a pointed headan arrowthe heada wedge-shaped piece of land.

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Ox. 2098. a weapon that is hurled Gár jaculum Kent. Gl. 965. Oft hé gár forlét, wælspere windan on þá wícingas, By. 321. a weapon with which a thrust is made Hé mid gáre stang wlancne wícing, By. 138.

heofon-lic

chaste

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Ox. 328. Geimpod tó ðǽm hefenlicum (hefon-, v. l.) diógolnessum, Past. 99, 18. Þú gegæderast dá hiofonlicon sáwla and ðá eorþlican líchoman, Bt. 33, 4; F. 132, 23. proceeding from or belonging to the Deity, divine. Similar entries Cf. heofon; VI.

hrægl

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Ox. 3588.

be-sárgian

(v.)
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Ox. 5266. Besárgiendes conpatientis, 903. a person, with dat. Besárgode hé ðǽre sorhfullan méder, Hml. Th. ii. 150, 17. with acc. Hé spræc tó ðám ceastergewarum, þá hé mid fæderlicere lufe besárgode, Hml. Th. i. 402, 11. with prep.

Linked entry: sárgian

ge-nyhtsumian

(v.)
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Ox. 1690. Genihtsumiendum geánwurfe exuberanle reditu, 558. to be sufficient, suffice Ꝥ genihtsumaþ ꝥ þú dydest, Nar. 44, 6. Ic hæbbe áne burh þe unc bám genihtsumað, Hml. S. 24, 101. Tuu hund penninga ne genyhtsumiað ( sufficiunt ) him, Jn. L.

ge-endebyrdan

Grammar
ge-endebyrdan, ge-endebyrdian.
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Ox. 5412. Geendebyrd digestum (libelli textum ), 5489. Geendbyrde digesta, i. ordinata, composita, enarrata, Wrt. Voc. ii. 140, 23: Hml. Th. i. 554, 9

ge-crístnian

(v.)
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Ox. 4084. Gecrístnodes catacumini, 2207. Gecrístnode catacuminos, 2881

Linked entry: crístnian

hold

(adj.)
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hold, adj.
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Ox. 9, l. Eálá hwilc heófung holdra geleáffulra (boldra and geleáffulra, Hml. Th. ii. 518, 14), Hml. S. 31, 1382. in a general sense, friendly, well-disposed Boetius. . . wæs on Greácas hold was friendly towards the Greeks Met. l, 56.

hors

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Óðer healf hund æcera and þǽrtó þrittig oxna and twéntig cúna and týn hors, Cht. Th. 312, 20. Hæbbe Eádwold hyre taman hors, 539, 6. Hors anstyllan, Angl. ix. 262, 23.

á-wendan

(v.)

To turn.to give a certain direction toto returnto reducebring into subjectionto turn aside,to remove divertto avertto pervertto changeto turn into something elsetransformto translatereproduce something with other materialto exchangeTo turntake a certain direction

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Ox. 158. Tó duste áwende, Hml. Th. 1, 72, 6.

Linked entry: on-wendan