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heáf

(n.)
Grammar
heáf, es; m.

Lamentation, mourning, weeping, wailing

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Homl. 85, 28: 115, 15: 219, 9: Exon. 48 a; Th. 164, 32; Gú. 1020: Ors. 4, 5; Bos. 81, 28. Ðú gehwyrfdest mínne heáf mé tó gefeán convertisti planctum meum in gaudium mihi, Ps. Th. 29, 11: Blickl. Homl. 195, 17

Linked entry: heóf

inc

(pronoun.)
Grammar
inc, dat : inc, incit; ac : incer; gen.
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Bǽm inc to you both, Exon.13 a; Th. 22, 26; Cri. 357. Inc bám twám, Cd. 27; Th. 35, 30; Gen. 562. Neótaþ inc ðæs óðres ealles wariaþ inc wið ðone wæstm ne wyrþ inc wilna gǽd, 13; Th. 15, 18-21; Gen. 235-6.

Linked entries: git incit

ge-samnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-samnian, -somnian; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed.

to gather, collect ⬩ congrĕgāre, collĭgĕre ⬩ to unite, join ⬩ consŏciāre, jungĕre ⬩ To collect, come together ⬩ congrĕgāri, convĕnīre

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Bos. 13, 2: 26, 3. to unite, join; consŏciāre, jungĕre Geférscipas fæste gesamnaþ firmly unites societies, Bt. Met. Fox 11, 186; Met. 11, 93: Bt. 21; Fox 74, 38. Se gesamnade sáwle to líce he united the soul to the body, Bt. Met.

Linked entries: samnian ge-somnian

GEARD

(n.)
Grammar
GEARD, es; m.

An inclosure ⬩ inclosed place ⬩ YARD ⬩ GARDEN ⬩ court ⬩ dwelling ⬩ home ⬩ region ⬩ land ⬩ septum ⬩ lŏcus septus ⬩ hortus ⬩ ārea ⬩ habĭtācŭlum ⬩ domĭcĭlium ⬩ rĕgio

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Bos. 4, 16. Ðæt ǽlc cóme to his ágenum gearde that each should come to his own land, Ors. 5, 14; Bos. 114, 18. On geard at home, Menol. Fox 215; Men. 109.

Linked entry: mǽr-geard

ge-grípan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-grípan, p. -gráp, pl. -gripon; pp. -gripen

To gripe ⬩ grasp ⬩ seize ⬩ capere ⬩ rapere ⬩ prehendere ⬩ apprehendere ⬩ comprehendere ⬩ arripere ⬩ corripere ⬩ eripere

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Bos. 4, 24. Geneálǽcende he hí upahóf, hyre handa gegripenre accedens elevavit eam, apprehensa manu ejus, Mk. Bos. 1, 31. Hí wurdon gegripene fram móderlicum breóstum they were snatched from their mothers' breasts, Homl. Th. i. 84, 8

ǽg-

(prefix)
Grammar
ǽg-, either a contraction of the prefixes á, ǽ, with a g added, as ǽg, or derived from aa = á, áwa, ǽw. It is used in compound pronouns and adverbs, as ǽg-hwá, ǽg-hwǽr, ǽg-hwilc, etc; but, in its place, we also find the prefix á as,—á-hwǽr, á-hwilc, etc. Both ǽg- and á- impart to their compounds a sense of universality.

Ever ⬩ always ⬩ semper

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Ever, always; semper:

ge-hwæðer

(pronoun.)
Grammar
ge-hwæðer, pron.

Both ⬩ each ⬩ either ⬩ uterque ⬩ promiscuus

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He biþ him self gehwæðer fæder and sunu it is to itself both father and son, Exon. 61 a; Th. 224, 12; Ph. 374. Se willa béga gehwæðres ge . . . ge . . . her will in both respects both . . . and . . . Elen. Kmbl. 1925; El. 964 : Beo.

Linked entry: ge-hwæðeres

bæga

(num.; adj.; pronoun.)

of both

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of both, Th. Diplm. A.D. 804-829; 462, 17

égðer

(con.; pronoun.)

either

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either Égðer ge — ge both — and, Gen. 4, 22

cecin

(n.)
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a board Cecin tabetum, Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 51. (?)

bræsna

(adj.)

strong, bold,

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strong, bold, Cd. 196; Th. 244, 16; Dan. 449

dǽd-hwæt

(adj.)
Grammar
dǽd-hwæt, pl. ; adj.

Deed quick or active, strenuous, bold ⬩ promptus et expeditus ad agendum, acer, strenuus

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Deed quick or active, strenuous, bold; promptus et expeditus ad agendum, acer, strenuus Hæleþ dǽdhwate men prompt of deed, Exon. 65 b; Th. 242, 26; Jul. 2. Ge wǽron dǽdhwæte ye were bold of deeds, Elen.

cænnestre

(n.)
Grammar
cænnestre, an;
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f One who has borne, a mother, dam; genitrix

begea

(pronoun.)
Grammar
begea, gen. of begen

of both

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of both Judth. 11; Thw. 23, 19 ; Jud. 128

dýr

(adj.)

brave, bold

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brave, bold, Cd. 174; Th. 218, 10; Dan. 37

bled

(n.)
Grammar
bled, e; f.

A bowl, the dish of a balance, a scale

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A bowl, the dish of a balance, a scale

ge-capitulod

(adj.)
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furnished with headings to the sections of a book

þríst-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
þríst-lic, adj.
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Bold Se Jeáð is þrístlic. Verc. Först. 104, 1

dæg-réd

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-réd, dæg-rǽd,es ; n.

Dawn, daybreak, early morning ⬩ dilūcŭlum, matutīnum, aurōra

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Bos. 8, 2: Lk. Bos. 24, 1: Ex. 8, 20. To ǽfenne þurhwunaþ wóp and on dægréd blisse ad vespĕrum demorābĭtur fletus et ad matutīnum lætĭtia, Ps. Lamb. 29, 6: Gen. 32, 22.

ge-niðerian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-niðerian, -niðrian, -neðerian, -nyðerian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To put down, bring low, subdue, humiliate, condemn

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Bos. 6, 37. Ne ic ðech geniðro nec ego te condemnabo, Jn. Skt. Lind. 8, 11. Eágan ofermodra ðú genyðeræst oculos superborum humiliabis, Ps. Spl. 17, 29. Útan cumene men eów genyðriaþ strangers shall bring you low, Deut. 28, 43.

Linked entries: ge-neoðerian ge-nyðerian

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