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hwider

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Th. 138, 5. to what state ? Hwyder gewiton þá welan and þá ídlan blissa ? hwyder gewiton þá mycclan weorod þe him ymb stódan ?, Bl.

stocc

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Of þǽre lége þæt hit cymð tó frobirig stocce ( to Froburg stocks ?), Cht. Crw. 25, 48. Þá yrsodon þá cempan ongeán þone cniht, and gesettan hine on ǽnne heardne stocc and his sceancan gefæstnodon on þám fótcopsum, Hml. S. 35, 147

mere-men

Grammar
mere-men, mere-menn.
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Ic geháte gewítan fram mé þá mæremen þe synt smere (sirene?) gecíged, and eác þá castalidas nymphas, ꝥ synt dúnylfa, Angl. viii. 325, 25. Add

Linked entry: men

ge-feccan

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Th. i. 138, 5. Nán Crísten mann ne sceal his hǽle gefeccan búton æt ðám Scyppende, 470, 20. Swá þá sculon þe hiora ǽfengifl on helle gefeccean sculon tamquam apud inferos coenaturi, Ors. 2, 5; S. 86, 2. Hé wolde þæs beornes beágas gefecgan, By. 160

open

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Mid þǽm þe hié þára dura hwelce opene gesáwon, þonne hié gieredon hié tó wíge, Ors. 3, 5; S. 106, 16.

ǼS

(n.)
Grammar
ǼS, es; n.

Foodmeatcarriona dead carcaseescacibuspabulumcadaver

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Lǽton him behíndan ðone earn ǽses brúcan they left behind them the eagle to eat of the carrion, Chr. 938; Th. i. 207, 30, col. 2; Æðelst. 63. Ǽse wlanc exulting in carrion, Beo. Th. 2668; B. 1332 : Ps. Th. 146, 10

ge-fyllan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fyllan, p. ede, de; pp. ed; v. a.

To fillfulfilmake a totalcompletefinishaccomplishsatisfyimpleresaturare

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Th, 104, 35. Dú gefyldest foldan and rodoras wuldres ðínes thou hast filled earth and skies with thy glory, Exon. 13 b; Th. 25, 29; Cri. 408. Óð ðæt ðú gefylle ðíne ðegnunge until thou fulfil thy business, Blickl.

gíme-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
gíme-leás, adj.
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Th. 70, 10. of cattle, stray, untended, un-watched Gif þé hecuje óðres giémeleás fioh on hand si occurreris bovi inimici tui aut asino erranti (Ex. 23, 4), Ll. Th. i. 54, 9.

ceaster

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[For the use of burh, ceaster respectively cf. the translation of Orosius, in which burh is always used in speaking of Jerusalem, Sodom, Gomorrah and Babylon (and of other towns), with the passages from the poetry in which ceaster is used of the same.

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Tó ðyssere dǽde wearð þæs cynges heorte áblicged, Hml. Th. ii. 474, 19. (j) add :-- Ciricsceat mon sceal ágifan tó þám healme and tó þám heorðe þe se mon on bið tó middum wintre, Ll. Th. i. 140, 13. Hí tó Godes híwunga gesceapene wǽron. Bl.

gilda

(n.)
Grammar
gilda, gylda, an; m.

A member of a guild

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A member of a guild Se gylda ðe óðerne misgrét the guildbrother that insults another, Th. Chart. 606, 22: 609, 10

Linked entries: gylda hǽðen-gilda

byrgen

(n.)
Grammar
byrgen, byrgenn, birgen, byrigen, burgen, e; f. [beorg tumulus]
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It has been supposed that cremation was originally the mode of burial in use among the Angles; and that the Saxons and Jutes buried the body entire, or that they had adopted this mode of burial when they came into Britain.

déman

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Hié gescyldaþ þá unscyldigan, and þá scyldigan þearlwíslíce démaþ, Bl. H. 63, 20. Dém þú þín folc, Ps. Th. 71, 2. to judge a cause, crime Dém þíne ealde intingan judica causam tuam, Ps. Th. 73, 21.

leger-stów

(n.)
Grammar
leger-stów, e; f.

A burial-placecemetery

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Edg. i. 2; Th. i. 262, 12: L. C. E. 11; Th. i. 366, 24: 3; Th. i. 360, 23. Ðæt hí þolian woroldǽhta and gehálgodre legerstówe that they forfeit worldly possessions and a consecrated burial-place, L. Edm. E. 1; Th. i. 244, 14: 4; Th. i. 246, 6.

ge-wunian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wunian, p. ode; pp. od.

to dwellinhabitto remainstayabidecontinueTo stop, live, associate withcontinue in or withto be accustomed, wont

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Th. 139, 3: Cd. 215; Th. 271, 9; Sat. 103. to remain, stay, abide, continue He leng on ðam lande gewunian ne mihte he could not stop any longer in the country, Blickl. Homl. 113, 11: Ap. Th. 7, 4.

néðan

(v.)
Grammar
néðan, p. de

To have courage to doto dare to doto venture

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Hé in ðæt búrgeteld néðde he ventured into the pavilion, Judth. Thw. 25, 25; Jud. 277. Git on deóp wæter aldrum néðdon ye ventured into deep water at the risk of your lives, Beo. Th. 1024; B. 510 : 1080; B. 538.

Linked entry: ge-néðan

á-geolwian

(v.)
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Þá téð ágeolwiað, þá þe wæron hwíte. Wlfst. 148, 6. Micge ágeolwod, Lch. ii. 258, 15. Þá ágeolewedan crocata , Wrt. Voc. ii. 137, 12. Add

dǽd-weorc

(n.)
Grammar
dǽd-weorc, es; n.

A work of works, great workfacinus egregium

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A work of works, great work; facinus egregium Hereþreátas for ðam dǽdweorce Drihten héredon the army-bands praised the Lord for that great work, Cd. 170; Th. 214, 26; Exod. 575

un-besorh

(adj.)
Grammar
un-besorh, adj.

Not the object of carethat one does not care about

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Not the object of care, that one does not care about Ðá hét se cyning clypian him tó unbesorge men ( men that he didn't care about ), Homl. Th. ii. 486, 9

Linked entry: be-sorg

heolstor

(adj.)
Grammar
heolstor, adj.

Dark

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Dark Ðǽr wunian sceal in ðam heolstran hám hyhtwynna leás there shall dwell in that dark abode reft of the joys of hope, Judth. 10; Thw. 23, 14; Jud. 121