ge-unsóþian
To disprove ⬩ refute ⬩ prove false ⬩ refellĕre
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To disprove, refute, prove false; refellĕre Gif se óðer ðæt geunsóþian mǽge ðæt him man onsecgan wolde if the other can disprove that which any one would charge to him, L. Edg. ii. 4; Th. i. 266, 24; L. C. S. 16; Th. i. 384, 22
Linked entry: un-sóþian
gleáw-hýdig
Wise of thought ⬩ heedful ⬩ prudent ⬩ sagacious
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Glæd man gleáwhýdig seteþ sóðne dóm þurh his sylfes word jucundus homo disponet sermones suos in judicio, Ps. Th. 111, 5
ge-dafen
What is due or fitting
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What is due or fitting Þá wæs þǽr ylding þǽre tíde þe man sceolde þá lícþegnunge and þá gedafenu þǽre byrgene gefyllan and gyldan cum mora esset temporis ad explendum debitum sepulturae, Gr. D. 84, 5.
spor-wrecel
What is tracked after being driven off (?)
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Ðá forstæl hé ða unlǽdan oxan æt Funtial, and dráf tó cytlid, and hine mon ðǽræt áparade, and his speremon áhredde ða sporwreclas the man who tracked him rescued the cattle that had been driven off (?), Chart. Th. 172, 26
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morþor
murder ⬩ mortal sin ⬩ great wickedness ⬩ torment ⬩ deadly injury ⬩ great misery
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Morþur homicidia, 15, 19. mortal sin, great wickedness Wælhreówes árleásta fela, mán and morþor, misdǽda worn (cf. hwilc mán and hwilce ǽrleásnesse Neron weorhte, Fox 58, 2), Bt. Met. Fox 9, 13; Met. 9, 7.
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a-byrgan
To taste ⬩ gustare
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To taste; gustare We cýðaþ eów ðæt God ælmihtig cwæþ his ágenum múðe, ðæt nán man he mót abyrgean nánes cynes blódes.
Linked entry: býrian
dryht-guma
A popular man, man of the people, warrior, retainer, follower, - pl. men, people ⬩ vir popŭlāris vel nŏbĭlis, mīles, sătelles, - hŏmĭnes
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A popular man, man of the people, warrior, retainer, follower, - pl. men, people; vir popŭlāris vel nŏbĭlis, mīles, sătelles, - hŏmĭnes Semninga biþ, ðæt, ðec, dryhtguma, ðeáþ ofer-swýðeþ suddenly it will be, that thee, warrior, death overpowers, Beo
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freónd-rǽden
A friend-condition ⬩ friendship ⬩ amīcĭtia
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Gif man wille fulle freóndrǽdene [freóndrǽddene MS. B.] habban if a man will have full friendship, L. E. G. 12; Th. i. 176, 2. God gefégþ mid freóndrǽdenne folc togædere God joins people together with friendship, Bt. 21; Fox 74. 37
æþelborenness
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Hé wæs æðelboren, ac hé oferstáh hís æðelborennysse mid hálgum ðeáwum, 118, 10. nobleness, nobility, dignity 'Mycel æðelborennys bið ꝥ man bé Crístes ðeów' ...
feter
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Add Feotur, fetor pedo vel paturum, Txts. 85, 1552. a fetter for a person Sum man gesette his ðeówan man on fetera. Hé sæt lange on þám láðum bendum, oð þæt hé bestæl út mid his stafe hoppende and gesóhte ðone sanct . . .
for-helan
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Gif hwilc túnes man ǽnigne pænig forhele oþþe forhæbbe, Ll. Th. ii. 300, 5. Nǽnne sacleásan man forsecgean, ne nǽnne sacne forhelan, i. 294, 6. Hú magan þá cyningas forhelan hiora unmihte, Bt. 29, 1; F. 104, 13.
first
a rafter ⬩ a ceiling
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Ǽrest man ásmeáð þæs húses stede, and eác man ꝥ timber beheáwð . . . and þá ræftras tó þǽre fyrste gefæstnað, Angl. viii. 324, 9
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leód
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A man of a particular country Itthamar wæs Cantwara leód Ithamar oriundus de gente Cantuariorum, Bd. 3, 14; Sch. 253, 13. Gif man leúd ofsleá an þeófðe, Ll. Th. i. 42, 13. Beeástan him sindon Osti þá leóde, Ors. 1,; S. 16, 29 : 22, 7.
á-drencan
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Add: where the subject is a person Hí man on sǽ ádrencte, Hml. S. 28, 127. Brettas hié bedrifon út on áne eá and monige ádrencton, Chr. 890; P. 82, 14. Hí ádrengton má ðonne ǽnig man wiste tó tellanne, 1087; P. 224, 19.
gyrdan
To GIRD ⬩ bind round ⬩ cingere
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Se ðe hine man gelome gyrt qua semper præcingitur, Ps. Th. 108, 19. He girde hine he girded him, Lev. 8, 7. Hine se hálga wer gyrde grǽgan sweorde the holy man girded himself with a grey sword, Cd. 138; Th. 173, 22; Gen. 2865; Fins. Th. 27; Fin. 13.
á-smeágan
to investigate, ⬩ to find out by investigation ⬩ devise
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Man ne mihte geþencan ne ásmeágan (-smǽgian, v. l.) hú man of earde hí gebringon sceolde, Chr. 1006; P. 137, 16 (v. p. 295). Ásmeáde elucubratam, An. Ox. 5101
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helpan
To help ⬩ aid ⬩ assist ⬩ succour
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Wé sceolon earmra manna helpan we ought to help poor people, 442, 14. Helpa fovere, Rtl. 122, 37
ge-bycgan
To buy ⬩ procure ⬩ purchase ⬩ redeem ⬩ emere ⬩ redimere
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Gif mon hwelcne ceáp gebyceþ if a man buy any kind of cattle, L. In. 56; Th. i. 138, 10. Gif man mægþ gebigeþ if a man buy a maiden, L. Ethb. 77; Th. i. 22, 1. Se man gebigþ ðone æcer homo emit agrum illum, Mt. Bos. 13, 44.
forþ-gelǽdan
To lead or bring forth ⬩ produce ⬩ conduct ⬩ prodūcĕre ⬩ provĕhĕre
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To lead or bring forth, produce, conduct; prodūcĕre, provĕhĕre He wolde manna rím forþgelǽdan he would lead forth a number of men, Cd. 222; Th. 289, 24; Sat. 402. Se forþgelǽdeþ on muntum hig qui prodūcit in montĭbus fœnum, Ps. Spl. 146, 9.
ge-ǽtred
Poisoned ⬩ envenomed ⬩ poisonous ⬩ infectus ⬩ toxĭcātus ⬩ vĕnēnātus
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Poisoned, envenomed, poisonous; infectus, toxĭcātus, vĕnēnātus Forwearþ micel heres for geǽtredum gescotum many of the army died from poisoned arrows, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 68, 38. Geǽttred infectus, Cot. 104.