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geómor-mód

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Þám folce geómormódum ( the people threatened by Holofernes' army ), Jud. 144. of birds Fugelas cyrrað from þám gúþfrecan geómormóde eft tó earde, Ph. 353

stregdan

(v.)
Grammar
stregdan, [There are two verbs of this form, a strong and a weak. The conjugation is further complicated by the frequent loss of g, so that forms of the strong verb are found (?) belonging to two classes (cf. bregdan): while in the Northern Gospels strong and weak inflections are combined in the same word. The two verbs are here put together] ; ic stregde, strigde, stréde, hé stregdeþ, strigdeþ, strét; p. (strong) strægd, pl. strugdon and strǽdon (v. strédun, Mk. 11, 8: but the form may be weak = strægdon) : (weak) stregde, strédde, strugde (North.); pp. (strong) strogden : (weak) stregd, stréded, stréd
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To strew, spread, scatter, sprinkle. to strew something Se ðe ne somnigas streigdæs que non congregat, spargit. Mt. Kmbl. 12, 30. Geswerc swé swé eascan strigdeþ (spargit), Ps. Surt. 147, 16. Monige ðæt wæter on ádlige men strédaþ. Bd. 3, 2; S. 524,

Linked entries: strédan strégan

foxes glófa

(n.)
Grammar
foxes glófa, an; m. [foxes clófa MS. B.]

Foxglove ⬩ digĭtālis purpŭrea

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V. fol. 60 a, not an English plant, and certainly not foxglove.

wudian

(v.)
Grammar
wudian, p. ode

To cut wood

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Hé him bebeád ðæt hí bǽron wæter tó ðæs folces neóde and wudedon him simble decrevit eos esse in ministerio cuncti populi, caedentes ligna et aquas comportantes. Jos. 9, 27. Me mæcg on sumera wudian, Anglia ix. 261, 11

Linked entries: wudere wudung

geáp

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
geáp, glosses cornas, Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 39 : ii. 16, 76. [Sievers, Angl. xiii. 325, would read coruas=curuas; but the list of words in which the first example occurs contains no other instance of an adjective, and the second example occurs among a group of words very similar to that in which the first is found: so that cornas seems meant for a noun. Perhaps geáp might be the same form as in earn-geáp; or could it be connected with Icel. gaupa a lynx ?]

bád

a pledge ⬩ expectation ⬩ waiting

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Hé generede mé of þǽre báde (expectatione) Judéa folces, Gr. D. 107, 26. For þǽre báde his ændes, 282, 10. Hit neálǽhte þǽre tíde his deáþes . . . Hine þá on þǽre sáwle báde (while the soul expected its departure) ácsode his wíf, 301, 25

ge-ríman

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Seó ungemetlice mengeo þæs folces wæs þá iéðre tó oferwinnanne þone heó ús sié nú tó gerímanne. Ors. 2, 5; S. 80, 12. Is gerímed supputatur. An. Ox. 3832. Add: —

sib

(n.)
Grammar
sib, sibb; f.
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Add Fríne hié mon æfter hú monegum wintrum sió sibb gewurde þæs þe hié ǽst unsibbe wið monegum folcum hæfdon, Ors. 4, 7; S. 182, 17. <b>V a.

staþolfæstness

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Swylce seó wætergesceaft wǽre onwænded in fæstes wáges staðolfæstnysse ac si illud elementum liquidum in soliditatem parietis fuisset mutatum, 220, 17. non-physical Hí ætbrúdon folces menn fram woruldlicum gedwyldum tó staðolfæstnysse lybbendra eorðan

seón

(v.)
Grammar
seón, p. seah, pl. sáwon, sǽgon, ségon ; pp. sewen, sawen.
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Th. 104, 31; Gen. 1743: B. 2364; B. 1180. with prepositions, to look at, on On ðæt ða folc seóþ, Exon. Th. 80, 2 ; Cri. 1301. Seóþ on éce gewyrht, 448, 29; Dóm. 61. Ealle synd gedréfede ðe hí on sióþ conturbati sunt omnes qui videbant eos, Ps.

stefn

(n.)
Grammar
stefn, e; f. A summons, citation (in rád-stefn a summons carried by a mounted person. v. rád-stefn, where this meaning may be substituted for the one there given).

ge-búgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-búgan, p. ic, he -beág, -beáh, ðú -buge, pl. -bugon; impert. -búh, pl. -búgaþ; pp. -bogen [ge-, búgan to bow] .

To bow ⬩ bow down oneself ⬩ bend ⬩ submit ⬩ turn ⬩ turn away ⬩ revolt ⬩ se flectĕre ⬩ inclīnāre ⬩ curvāre ⬩ declĕnāre ⬩ transfŭgĕre ⬩ To bow to ⬩ turn towards ⬩ inclīnāre ad

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Eall folc him to gebogen wæs all people submitted to him, Chr. 1013; Erl. 148, 2, 21 : L. Edm. S. 4; Th. i. 250, 1. Ðe ǽr fram him gebogene wǽron who had formerly turned from them, Ors. 2, 5; Bos. 45, 44. v. trans. acc.

Linked entries: ge-beág ge-bogen ge-búh

ge-þringan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þringan, p. -þrang, -þringde [North. Gospels], pl. -þrungon; pp. -þrungen
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Hú he þurh ðæt folc geþrang how he pressed through the people, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 68, 30. Geþrincgas to ingeonganne contendite intrare, Lk. Skt. Lind. 13, 24. Hæfde ðá se æþeling in geþrungen then had the noble one pressed in, Andr.

Linked entry: folc-geþrang

GILP

(n.)
Grammar
GILP, gelp, gielp, gylp, es; m.

Glory ⬩ ostentation ⬩ pride ⬩ boasting ⬩ arrogance ⬩ vain-glory ⬩ haughtiness ⬩ gloria ⬩ ostentatio

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Hú Orosius spræc ymb Rómána gylp hú hí manega folc oferwunnan how Orosius spoke of the glory of the Romans, how they overcame many peoples, Ors. Bos. 12, 42. Is ðæt unnet gelp that is useless glory, Bt. Met. Fox 10, 34, 26; Met. 10, 17, 13.

scearu

(n.)
Grammar
scearu, scyru, e; f.
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C. 47; Th. ii. 254, 12. a share, v. folc-, hearm-, land-, leód-, sceap-scearu

Linked entry: scyru

seldan

(adv.)
Grammar
seldan, (-on, -un, -um) ; cpve. seldnor ; adv.
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Ðæt dysie folc ðæs hit seldnor gesihþ swíðor wundriaþ, Met. 28, 66

Linked entry: seldnor

cirlisc

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Se feórþandǽl byð quadrans gecíged, beó hyt penig oððe pund, swá ꝥ wel wát ceorlisc folc, Angl. viii. 306, 31. Vulgaris dies, ꝥ byð ceorliscdæg, 317, 11. Cyrlisc plebeia, Germ. 393, 115: barbarus, An. Ox. 56, 228.

heáh-fæder

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Margaret's ) fæder wæs hǽþenra monna heáhfæder (of ꝥ heðene folc patriarke ant prince, Marh. 2, 14; patriarch he was wel hei, Marg. 4; erat gentilium patriarcha et idola adorabat, Hml. A. 209, 25), Shrn. 101, 11

on-búgan

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Hé wæs ꝥ folc cwielmende tó ðon þæt hié him anbugen, Ors. 1, 12 ; S. 54, 19. Hí nellað onbúgan ðám leahtrum . . . ac winnað him tógeánes, Hml. S. 17, 62.

wundor

(n.)
Grammar
wundor, es; n.

a wonder ⬩ a circumstance ⬩ act that excites astonishment ⬩ a circumstance that excites astonishment as being out of the usual course of nature, ⬩ a prodigy ⬩ portent ⬩ a wonder ⬩ miracle ⬩ a miracle ⬩ a wonderful object ⬩ wondrous thing ⬩ wonderful ⬩ miraculous power ⬩ wonder ⬩ admiration

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Eal ðæt folc ðe ðis wundor (the giving sight to the blind man) geseah, Blickl. Homl. 15, 29. Ic bebeóde wundor geweorðan, Andr. Kmbl. 1459; An. 730: Cd. Th. 245, 31; Dan. 471: Elen. Kmbl. 2241; El. 1122.

Linked entries: wunder wundrum

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