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ge-þýwan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þýwan, -þýan, -þíwan, -þéwan, -þeón, -þeówan; p. -þýwde, -þýde; pp. -þýd

To press ⬩ impel ⬩ urge ⬩ force ⬩ impress ⬩ rebuke ⬩ oppress ⬩ prĕmĕre ⬩ trūdĕre ⬩ urgēre ⬩ compellĕre ⬩ imprĭmĕre ⬩ incrĕpāre ⬩ opprĭmĕre

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Gesáwon hí swilce mannes fótlǽsta fæstlíce on ðam stáne geþýde they saw as it were a man's footsteps firmly impressed on the stone, Homl. Th. i. 506, 12

dreórig

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Se mann ðe bið dreórig, hé behófað sumes frófres, Hml. Th. ii. 370, 20: Wand. 25. Begann se wer dreórig wépan, Hml. Th. ii. 142, 13. Maria stód wið ðá róde ðearle dreórig . . . Ðá clypode Drihten tó his dreórian méder, 256, 25.

útera

(adj.)
Grammar
útera, cpve. útemest, útmest; spve. adj.

Outer ⬩ outmost ⬩ external ⬩ not of the inner man

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Lind. 5, 23. external, not of the inner man Úre mann úttra noster homo exterior, Scint. 53, 20.

Linked entry: ýtera

tilþ

(n.)
Grammar
tilþ, e; also tilþe, an; f.

labour which brings gain, by which acquisition is made ⬩ an employment ⬩ tillage ⬩ cultivation ⬩ work on land ⬩ gain from labour ⬩ produce of labour, ⬩ acquisition ⬩ crop ⬩ produce ⬩ fruit

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Ic geann ðæs landes mid mete and mid mannum and mid ealre tylðe swá ðǽrtó getilod biþ, 529, 18, and often in the same will. Fela tilða hám gæderian, Anglia ix. 261, 16. Da man oððe tilian sceolde oððe eft tilða gegaderian, Chr. 1097; Erl. 234, 25.

Linked entries: tilþe tylþ

sægen

(n.)
Grammar
sægen, sæcgen, segen, e; f.

a saying, statement, assertion ⬩ tradition, report, story ⬩ a narration, relation

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Of ealdra manna gewritum oððe sægene ex scriptis vel traditione priorum, Bed. pref.; S. 472, 19. Se hlísa ðe þurh yldra manna segene tó ús becom opinio quae traditione majorum ad nos perlata est, 2,1; S. 501, 2.

Linked entries: sæcgen segen

BEARD

(n.)
Grammar
BEARD, es; m.

a BEARD ⬩ barba

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Lamb. 132, 2. the Anglo-Saxons were proud of their beards, and to shave a layman by force was a legal offence Gif man ðone beard ofascire, mid xx scillinga gebéte.

fætels

(n.)
Grammar
fætels, fetels, es; pl. nom. acc. fætelsas, fætels; m. n. A vessel, vat, sack, bag, pouch; vas, saccus, pēra = πήρα, marsūpium =

μαρσύπιoν

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Ðeáh man asette twegen fætels full ealaþ oððe wæteres, hý gedóþ ðæt óðer biþ oferfroren if a man set two vats full of ale or of water, they cause that either shall be frozen over, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 23, 8.

Linked entries: fetels fételsco

líðian

(v.)
Grammar
líðian, p. ode
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Miltsige man for Godes ege and líðige man georne let mercy be shewn for fear of God, and let kindness be diligently shewn, L. Eth. vi. 53; Th. i. 328, 28.

Linked entry: líðan

óþ-feallan

(v.)
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Cf. æt-feallan. to fall away, fail, decay Gif hwam seó sprǽc óþfylþ if speech fail a man, Lchdm. ii. 288, 18. Æfter his fielle wearþ ðara cásera mǽgþ offeallen (óþ-, MS. C. ) Caesarum familia consumta est, Ors. 6, 5; Swt. 262, 6.

þurh-scríþan

(v.)

to pass through ⬩ glide through ⬩ to go through a subject ⬩ examine ⬩ consider ⬩ perlustrare

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our Lord's nature according to the flesh ), ne on him gelýfan swylce hé sý ánfeald man búton his godcundnysse, ac wé sceolon gelýfan ðæt hé ys sóð man and sóðlíce God, Anglia viii. 324, 1

cwíþan

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Srt. 77, 63. to make a legal complaint against, bring a charge against Nis se man on lífe ðe ǽfre gehýrde ðæt man cwídde (cwýdde, Ll. Th. i. 184, 11) oððon crafode hine on hundrede oððon on gemóte, on ceápstówe oþþe on cyricware, ðá hwíle hé lifde.

delfan

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Srt. 93, 13. to bury Ic ásende ofer eów mancwealm, . . . and þá deádan man nát hú man delfe, Wlfst. 296, 16

ge-sibsumian

(v.)
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Lóca hwylc crísten man sý ungesibsum, man áh on þám dæge hine tó gesibsumianne, Wlfst. 295, 5. Hér cýð on ðysum gewrite hú Godwine and Leófwine wurdon ge-sybsumode ymbe ðæt land, C. D. iv. 266, 10

Linked entry: friþsumian

sceáta

(n.)
Grammar
sceáta, an; m.

a corner,angle ⬩ bosom, lap ⬩ a cloth, napkin

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Ðone norþsceátan man hǽt Polores . . . and se súþsceáta hátte Bachinum . . . and ðone west*-*sceátan man hǽt Libeum . . . se þridda sceáta is án hund and syfan and hund syfantig míla westlang, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 28, 2-9. the lower corner of a sail (cf. sheet

Linked entries: súþ-sceáta sceát

ge-sweorcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sweorcan, he -swyrcþ; p. -swearc, pl. -swurcon; pp. -sworcen

To become dark ⬩ be darkened ⬩ saddened ⬩ angry

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Ðá geswearc se Godes man semninga and ongan heardlíce and bitterlíce wépan then suddenly the man of God become sad and began to weep sorely and bitterly; solutus est in lacrymis vir Dei, Bd. 4, 25; S. 600, 29: Exon. 77 a; Th. 290, 3; Wand. 59.

ge-weaxan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-weaxan, p. -weóx; pp. -weaxen

To grow ⬩ grow up ⬩ crescere

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Gyf hit geweaxen man sý fæste I geár if he be grown man let him fast one year, L. Ecg. P. iv. 52; Th. ii. 218, note 11, line 9

Linked entry: ge-wæxen

un-gerád

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gerád, adj.

stupid ⬩ rude ⬩ unskilled ⬩ foolish ⬩ ignorant ⬩ discordant ⬩ disagreeing ⬩ at variance

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Sum ungerád mann ... nolde gán tó ðám axum on ðone Wódnes-dæg, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 41. Dysig bið se wegférenda man, se ðe nimð ðone sméðan weg, ðe hine mislǽt ... Swá eác wé beóð ungeráde, gif wé lufiaþ ða hwílwendlícan lustas, Homl. Th. i. 164, 10.

Linked entry: ge-rád

án-rǽd

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Th. ii. 336, 11. of things ꝥ man menn blód ne lǽte ǽr þám þe se móna and seó sǽ beón ánrǽde, Lch. iii. 154, 2. of one (unvarying) counsel, steadfast, constant, resolute Gestæþþig, ánrǽde constans, stabilis, Wrt.

ge-weorpan

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Add: to throw, cast Mann hæfð inngang swá micelre brǽdo swá man mæg mid liþeran geweorpan habet ingressum amplitudinis quasi iactus fundae, Bd. 4, 13; Sch. 421, 16. <b>Ia.

ge-witan

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Ꝥ hé ásende sumne mann and gewiste ( agnosceret ) and him eft gecýðde hwæt wǽre geworden be Germane, Gr. D. 172, 8.