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gelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
gelíce, adv.

Likewisealsoaspariter

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Ne wǽron ðás ealle gelíce lange these were not all alike long, 119, 3. His líf ðæm his naman wæs gelíce gegearwod his life was ordered in accordance with his name, 167, 32.

strǽt

(n.)
Grammar
strǽt, e (but uninflected forms occur) ; f.
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Ceastre and torras and stréta and brycge geworhte wǽron civitates, farus, pontes, et stratae factae, Bd. 1, 11 ; S. 480, 16. a road in a town, a street, a paved road Strǽt wæs stánfáh . . . hié tó sele gangan cwómon, Beo. Th. 645 ; B. 320.

Linked entry: strét

þríste

(adv.)
Grammar
þríste, adv.

Boldlyconfidentlywithout apprehension, fear, hesitation, reservewithout sense of shamepresumptuouslyaudaciously

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Þríste ongunnon georne slépan ða ðe on horsum wǽron, 75, 5. Ðú míne geðóhtas þríste oncneówe thou didst thoroughly know my thoughts; intellexisti cogitationes meas, 138, 2.

wiþer-winna

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-winna, an; m.

An adversaryopponentenemy

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Ða þeóda ða hiora wiðerwinnan wǽron, Ors. 6, 35; Swt. 292, 7. Wiðerwinnena aemulorum, contrariorum, inimicorum, Hpt. Gl. 424, 22: 471, 72: 475, 70.. Gescylde mé wiþ mínum wiberwinnum, gesewenlícum and ungesewenlícum, Bt. 42; Fox 260, 10.

æt-standan

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Corn and wæstmas wǽron ætstandene, Chr. 1075; P. 217, 19 (v. II. in Dict.). to stop, remain in a certain state Hé ne ætstent ł hé ne þurhwunaþ non subsistet , Ps. L. 102, 16. ꝥ hús wearþ forburnen. . . see Ætstód se streám swá steáp swá munt, Hml.

dreám

Grammar
dreám, drém, drím.
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Þá eáran ásláwiað þe wǽron ful swifte tó gehýrenne fægere dreámas and sangas, Wlfst. 148, 3. v. ǽfen-, píp-, sang-, wóden-dreám

for-faran

(v.)

To perishTo destroyto blockade

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Cóm strang wind tó swá ꝥ hí wǽron ealle forfarene búton feówer, Chr. 1050; P. 169, 27. the object a thing Timbrunge forfarene muri consumti, An.

Linked entry: fór-faran

ge-limplíce

(adv.)
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Z. 241, 9. in a becoming manner Hí gelimplíce heora yldran wǽron gehýrsume. Hml.

geoc

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Hú hefig geoc hé beslépte on ealle þá þe on his tídum libbende wǽron, Bt. 16, 4; F. 58, 16. Eálá ofermódan!

ge-brúcan

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L. 6, 25. þá hláfas wǽron fornumene and gebrocene panes consumti fuerunt, Gr. D. 145, 11. to have or possess what gives pleasure, profit, &c. to enjoy Gangað gé and þæs horses mid góde gebrúcað, forþon ic his þearfe næbbe, Gr. D. 15, 24.

sárig

(adj.)
Grammar
sárig, adj.

feeling grief, sorry, sorrowful, sad expressing grief, mournful, sad, bitter

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Hig wæron sárie ( dolentes ¨ ) for hira geswince, Num. 11, 1. Monge ðe hine sárge gesóhtun, freórigmóde, Exon. Th. 155, 12; Gú. 859. Sóhton sárigu tú (the two women at the sepulchre) sigebearn Godes, 460, 2; Hö. 11.

bán

bonea bonethe bone of a limba leg or arm

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Wǽron þá bendas forburnene, þá him on bánum lágon, Dan. 435. Fýrdraca heals ealne ymbeféng biteran bánum, B. 2692

ge-lǽstan

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</b> to perform what is enjoined by law. secular Him ( Edward ) þúhte ꝥ hit mæctor gelǽst wǽre þonne hit scolde, ꝥ hé ǽr beboden hæfde, Ll. Th. i. 162, 3. Wé beódad . . .

leód

(n.)
Grammar
leód, es; pl. [which is more frequent] leóde; m.

A manpoeta princemenpeoplecountry

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Hit ná geweorþan sceolde ðæt se wǽre leóda cyning se ðe ǽr wæs folce þeów it ought not to be, that he that had been a servant to a people, should be a king of men, Ors. 4, 6; Swt. 178, 21.

Linked entries: leóde leód-geld

ge-ceósan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ceósan, to geceósanne, geceósenne; ic -ceóse, ðú -ceósest, -cýst, -císt, he -ceóseþ, -cýsþ, -cýst, pl. -ceósaþ; p. -ceás, pl. -curon; pp. -coren

To electchoosedecideproveapproveeligerepræeligereseligereasciscerepeterenancisci

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Ðætte eallra heora dóme gecoren wǽre ut universorum judicio probaretur, Bd. 4, 24; S. 597, 31.

ge-endian

(v.)
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Ealle ðing wǽron geendode ꝥ ꝥ hálige geurit wǽre gefylled, Jn. 19, 28. to make perfect, perfect Geendades lof perfecisti laudem, Mt. L. 21, 16. Giendig geongo míno perfici gressus meos, Rtl. 167, 1. Ꝥ hí sýn geendode on án.

ildra

(n.)
Grammar
ildra, an [but the singular rarely occurs] ; m.

A parentancestorfatherforefatherpredecessorelder

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Wǽron his yldran fæder and módor hǽðne his parents, father and mother, were heathens, 211, 19 : 213, 2. Úre yldrena lage traditionem seniorum, Mt. Kmbl. 15, 2.

Linked entries: ældran ildra

scotian

(v.)
Grammar
scotian, sceotian ; p. ode.
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wǽron mid strǽlum scotode, Shrn. 135, 29. to shoot a weapon at a person, to hurl Ðæt yrre hys spere scotaþ ongeán ðæt geþyld ira lanceam suam iacit contra patientiam, Gl. Prud. 20 a.

Linked entries: sceotian scotung

blǽdre

(n.)
Grammar
blǽdre, blǽddre, an; f.

That which is blown outan inflated swelling, blister, pimple, blain, pustulepustula, papulathe BLADDER, receptacle for the urinevesica

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Eall folc wæs on, blǽdran, and ða wǽron swíðe hreówlíce berstende all the people had blisters [lit. was in blister], and they were very painfully bursting, Ors. 1, 7; Bos. 29, 37.

Linked entry: blǽddre

ge-dǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dǽlan, p. de; pp. ed

To dividepartimpartseparatedistributesharepartake

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Ic gedǽle bá Sicimam et convallem, ða ǽr samod wǽron dividam Sichimam et convallem, Ps. Th. 59, 5. Hine gedǽlaþ dividet eum, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 24, 51. He sceole wiþ ðæm líchomon hine gedǽlon he must separate himself from the body, Blickl.