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magu-þegn

(n.)
Grammar
magu-þegn, m.

A thanevassalfollowerretainerwarriorservant

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Ic maguþegnas ( servants ) míne háte flotan eówerne healdan, Beo. Th. 591; B. 293. Módige maguþegnas ( the Mermedonians ), Andr. Kmbl. 2281; An. 1142 : 3028; An. 1517 : Exon. 77 a; Th. 290, 8; Wand. 62 : Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 1; Jud. 236.

æt-íwan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-íwan, æt-íwian (-eáw-, -eów-, -éw-, -iéw-, -ýw-. In Ps. L. 16, 15 a dis-tinction between the mutated and not mutated forms seems to be made, the former being transitive (cf.
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Ætýwed (-eówed, R. , ædeáwd, L.) on óðrum híwe, Mk. 16, 12. Tácna ætýwde wǽron, Bd. 4, 9; S. 576, 13.

Linked entry: æt-eáwan

ísen

(adj.)
Grammar
ísen, adj.

Iron

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Drihten sett ísen geoc on eówerne swuran dominus ponet jugum ferreum super cervicem tuam, Deut. 28, 48. Ísene bendas vincula ferrea, Ps. Th. 149, 8. Ádrífan ísene næglas þurh ða handa, Homl. Th. i. 146, 11.

segl

(n.)
Grammar
segl, swegel, segel, es ; m. n.
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Gif ðú ðínes scipes segl ongeán ðone wind tóbrǽdst, ðú lǽtst eal eówer færeld tó ðæs windes dóme, 7, 2 ; Fox 18, 32. Fealdan ðæt segl to furl the sail, 41, 3 ; Fox 250, 15. Eówre seglas sendon geseted your sails are set, Shrn. 60, 11.

ge-fadian

(v.)
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Eówer síð ne bið ná swá swá wé wéndon, ac wyrð elles gefadod and on óðre stówe, Hml. S. 6, 86. Ealle ðá gerýnu Crístes menniscnysse wǽron gefadode þurh mihte þæs Hálgan Gástes, Hml. Th. ii. 280, 3

hleahtor

a laugh

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Hlehter (risus) eówer on heófunge byþ gehworfen and bliss on gnornunge, Scint. 171, 6. Hlehter sáre byð gemincged, II. Be hlehtre and be wópe, I.

Linked entry: hleahtrian

ge-sceádwíslic

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On eówerre sáule is andgit and gemynd and se gesceádwíslica willa, Bt. 14, 2 ; F. 44, 25. based on reason or argument Ic eom geþafa ðæs þe ðú segst, for þám þe ðú hit hæfst geséþed mid gesceádwíslicre race assentior, cuncta enim firmissimis nexa rationibus

forhtian

(v.)
Grammar
forhtian, forhtigan, forhtigean, forhtegean; to forhtianne; part. forhtiende, forhtigende; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [forht affrighted, and the terminations -an, -anne, -gan] .

To be afraid or frightenedtremblepăvēretrĕmĕretrĕpĭdāreformīdāreTo fearbe frightened atdreadtĭmēre

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Ne sý eówer heorte gedréfed, ne ne forhtige gé non turbētur cor vestrum, neque formīdet, Jn. Bos. 14, 27. Ðæt óðre forhtian that others may fear, Homl. Th. ii. 300, 15. v. trans.

Linked entries: frohtian ge-frohtian

be-ládian

(v.)
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Ne mæg eówer nán hyne láre beládian, Ll. Th. ii. 424, 24. with (neg.) clause Nán man hine ne sceal beládian þæt hé Godes cyrcan ne geséce Hml. Th. ii. 444, 8.

samod

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Add Swá þæt ic beó gemét samod on blisse eóweres edleánes, ðeáh ðe ic mid eów swincan ne mæge ( etsi uobiscum laborare nequeo, simul in gaudio retributionis inueniar, Bd. 1, 23), Hml. Th. ii. 128, 12.

fæstnian

(v.)

to betroth

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Similar entries v. fæst; I, 1 Fæstniað eówer mód on his wundrum ponite corda vestra in virtute ejus, Ps. Th. 47, 11. to attach firmly to. Similar entries v. fæst; I. 2 Tó þám lifgendan stáne staðol fæstniað, Jul. 654. to betroth.

leód

(n.)
Grammar
leód, e; f,

A peoplenationracecountry

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Ða fǽhþe eówer leóde the hostility of your people, Beo. Th. 1197; B. 596. Tó fela Deniga leóde, 1396; B. 696: 1202; B. 599. Se wæs Cantwara leóde oriundus de gente Cantuariorum, Bd. 3, 14; S. 539, 27.

notian

(v.)
Grammar
notian, p. ode.

to make use ofemployenjoyto discharge an office

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Hwilc eówer ne notaþ cræfte mínon quis vestrum non utitur arte mea? Coll. Monast. Th. 31, 9. Hý scylun lǽca þeáwe notian, R. Ben. 51, 2. Grammar notian, with acc.

eáre

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Eówer þonne eádige ége þe hiǽ geseóð and eáran (eáro, L.) eówre þe hiǽ gehérað, Mt. R. 13, 16. Sé ðe hæfes eáro (eára, R.) tó hérranne, Mt. L. 13, 9. Heáro, 43.

gódian

(v.)
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</b> with a noun as subject Eówer kynedóm gódað þurh heora gódan geearnunga. Hml. S. 5, 444.

oxa

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Né untígð eówer ǽlc on restedæge his oxan (oxo, R. woxo, L. bouuem suum), Lk. L. 13, 15. .xii. þeówe men and .ii. gesylhðe oxan, C. D. iv. 263, 20. Mon selle him tó ðém londe .iiii. oxan, .ii. cý, and .L. scépa, and ǽnne horn, i. 310, 13: 27.

girela

(n.)
Grammar
girela, gierela, am; m.: <b>girelu,</b> e; f.
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God reáfian lǽteð eówere dohtra heora gyrla and tó oferrancra heáfodgewǽda, Wlfst. 45, 25. Ðá ðe Críste folgiað on hwítum gyrlum, Hml. Th. i. 88, 34. Gierelum gielplicum, Gú. 390. Ðá ðe mid hnescum gerelum (gyrlum, W.

Linked entries: gyrla gerela

reáfian

(v.)
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God reáfian lǽteð eówere dohtra heora oferrancra heáfodgewǽda, Wlfst. 45, 25. with a prep. Gif hwylc man reáfige óðerne æt his dehter si homo quis alterum filia sua spoliaverit, Ll. Th. ii. 208, 7. 2.

ge-sceamian

(v.)
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Eówerne andwlitan ná ne gesceamað vultus vestri non erubescent, Ps. Th. 33, 5. Nabbe gé nánne gemánan wið hine, for ðám ðætte hine gesceamige (ut confundatur), Past. 357, 6. Hine sceal on dómes dæg gesceamian, Wlfst. 238, 12.

ge-fricgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fricgan, -fricgean; p. -fræg, pl. -frǽgon; pp. -frigen

To learn by asking or by inquiryhear of

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Syððan æðelingas feorran gefricgean fleám eówerne after nobles from afar shall hear of your flight, 5770; B. 2889. Ðæt ðæt folca fela gefrigen habbaþ that which many peoples have heard of, Cd. 190; Th. 236, 31; Dan. 329 : Bt. Met.

Linked entry: ge-frægen