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Clofes hoo

(n.)
Grammar
Clofes hoo, Clofes hó;hós; hóas; óa; hóum; m.
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Ðá wæs sionoþlíc gemót on ðære mǽran stówe ðe mon háteþ Clofes hóas then there was a synodal meeting in the famous place which is called Cliff, Th. Diplrn. A. D. 825; 70, II

Linked entry: Cleofes hoo

beátan

(v.)

to beat with (mid)to beat onTo beat on

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Th. ii. 258, 9. Gif man hiné beáte, Ll. Th. i. 348, 5. Þone þe þé beáton sceolde, Hml. S. 4, 148. Sí beáten pulsetur, Angl. xiii. 390, 357. where the instrument is given, to beat with (mid):-- Ic mid fýste breóst míne beáte, Dóm. L. 30.

for-gildan

(v.)

to pay backrestorepay damagesto pay forbuy offto repaypay outrequiteto payperform

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Þæt ic ðé forgulde ealle þá gehát, Ps. Th. 65, 13

ge-hleótan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hleótan, p. -hleát, pl. -hluton; pp. -hloten

To share or appoint by lotto getreceivesortirinancisci

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Gehluton [MS. gehlutan] they obtained, Ps. Th. 113, 2. Gehloten, Exon. 95 a; Th. 355, 18; Reim. 79. Hit wæs gehloten to Iosepes bearna lande it was allotted to the land of the children of Joseph, Jos. 24, 32.

Linked entry: ge-hloten

bí-libban

(v.)
Grammar
bí-libban, p. -lifde; pp. -lifed, -lifd [bí 1. by, upon, libban to live]

To live by or upon, to be sustained or supportedvesci, sustentari

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shed, as it was [to see] the milk of their cattle, upon which they mostly live, Ors. 1, 2; Bos. 26, 31-33.

leóþ-wíse

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Þás þing magon fremian bet þonne þá þe beóð on leóðwísan fægre geglenged, Angl. viii. 304, 3. Add

ge-búan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-búan, p. -búde, pl. -búdon; pp. -búen, -bún [ge-, búan to dwell] .

To dwellabidehabĭtāreversāri alĭquo lŏcoTo inhabitoccupyinhabĭtāreincŏlĕre

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To inhabit, occupy; inhabĭtāre, incŏlĕre Hú hit [ðæt hús] Hring-Dene gebún hæfdon how the Ring-Danes had occupied it [the house], Beo. Th. 235; B. 117.

for-gangan

(v.)

to forgoabstain from

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to forgo, abstain from Forgang þæt ic þé forbeóde. Hwæt mæg hit beón þæt þú forgán sceole? Ic ðé secge, forgang þú ánes treówes wæstm, Hml. Th. i. 14, 8-10. Forgang hwít abstine te ab albo, Ll. Th. ii. 132, 5.

Linked entry: for-gán

ge-unnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-unnan, ic, he -an; ðú -unne, pl. -unnon; p. -úðe, pl. -úðon; subj. -unne, pl. -unnen; p. -úðe, pl. -úðen; pp. -unnen

To givegrantallowconcedeconcedereindulgerepermitterelargiri

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Ǽrðon me geunne éce dryhten, ðæt until to me shall grant the eternal Lord, that, Salm. Kmbl. 499; Sal. 250. Me geúðe ylda waldend, ðæt the Ruler of men granted me, that, Beo. Th. 3326; B. 1661.

ge-gangan

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.), befall Gegangeð þám mannum . . . þæt heó ealle forbeornað, Wlfst. 206, 30: Vy. 10, 1. Ꝥ þǽm biscopum . . . gelíce gegange þǽm biscope þe Paulus geseah, Bl. H. 45, 4.

ge-gódian

(v.)
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Gegód[ode] indeptam (cirris crispantibus), 4647. (1 a) to endow with property, enrich :-- Se bisceop nýdde þæt folc þæt hí ðone ðriddan dǽl þæs feós underféngon, and hé mid þám twám dǽlum þæt mynster gegódode, Hml. Th. i. 452, 23: Hml. S. 6, 147.

ge-wyrht

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wyrht, es; n.

Workdeedmeritdesert

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Seóþ ðonne on éce gewyrht they shall look then on an everlasting state [one whose character is determined by their deeds], Exon. 116 b; Th. 448, 29; Dóm. 61

Linked entries: ge-weorht ge-wriht

swic-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
swic-dóm, es; m.
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Se cyning swíðor micle wénende wæs ðæt hié ðonon fleónde wǽren ðonne hié ǽnigne swicdóm cýþan dorsten the king thought it was far more probable that they were fleeing thence, than that they would venture to practise any ruse, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 76, 16.

ge-myndig

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Wes þú mín gemyndig, 147, 36. Wes þú gemyndig manna bearna, Ps.

án-rǽd

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Hí wǽron swá ánrǽde on geleáfan þæt tintrega hí ne mihte fram Gode gebígan, Hml. Th. ii. 540, 21. Þone ánrǽdestan ( constantissimum ) andettere, Gr. D. 238, 22. Mid ðám ánrǽdystum mannum þe him mid fuhton, Hml.

geóguþ

(n.)
Grammar
geóguþ, geógeþ, giógoþ, geógaþ, gígoþ, iúguþ, e; f.

YOUTH, the state of being youngjuventus, juvenilis ætas vel statusthe youth, young personsjuventus, juvenes

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On geóguþe in youth, 34 a; Th. 108, 19; Gú. 75: Ps. Th. 70, 4. Hie on geógoþe bu wlitebeorht wǽron on woruld cenned they both in youth beautiful were born into the world, Cd. 10; Th. 12, 18; Gen. 187: Ps. Th. 118, 141. On geógoþe in youth, Beo.

Linked entry: eógoþ

CWÉN

(n.)
Grammar
CWÉN, gen. dat. cwéne; acc. cwén, cwénn, cwéne; pl. nom. acc. cwéne, cwéna; gen. cwéna; dat. cwénum; f: cwéne, cwýne; gen. dat. acc. cwénan, cwýnan; pl. nom. acc. cwénan; gen. cwénena; dat. cwénum; f.

a woman femina a wife uxor a king's or emperor's wife, a QUEEN, empress regina, imperatrix, augusta

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Th. 1334; B. 665: Exon. 86a; Th. 324, 29 ; Wíd. 102 . Ofslóh ge ðone cyning, ge ða cwéne slew both the ting and the queen, Ors. 3, 11 ; Bos. 74, 4: Homl. Th. i. 438, 21: Exon. 90a; Th. 338, 22; Gn. Ex. 82 .

wrǽnsian

(v.)
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to be wanton Þá beóð þǽr cwylmed in écum fýre, ðá þe hér swíðost mid wó wrǽnsiað. Nap. 71

cwide

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Þone cwyde þæs sláwan þeówes the sentence on the slothful servant, 23 b, 14. a decree, decision Ǽr se dæg cyme þæt sý cwide árunnen, Sal. 479. Condicta, i. decreta vel cwidas, Wrt.

ǽ-cræftig

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽ-cræftig, adj.

Law-craftyone skilled in lawa lawyerscribelegis peritus

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Law-crafty, one skilled in law, a lawyer, scribe; legis peritus Him ǽcræftig andswarode to them the skilled in law answered, Cd. 212; Th. 262, 10; Dan. 742