ge-métan
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Hié cwǽdon: 'Þin carcern open wé gemétton, and nǽnige wé þǽr gemétton, Bl. H. 239, 24-28. a phrase Gemétte hé ealle þá apostolas embe þǽre eádigan Marian ræste, Bl.
CEORL
CHURL, countryman, husbandman ⬩ homo liber, rusticus, colonus ⬩ a man, husband ⬩ vir, maritus ⬩ a free man
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Swá we eác settaþ be eallum hádum, ge ceorle ge eorle so also we ordain for all degrees, whether to churl or earl [gentle or simple ], L. Alf. pol. 4; Th. i. 64, 3.
Linked entry: ciorl
under-niman
to take surreptitiously ⬩ to steal ⬩ to take into the mind ⬩ receive what is said, taught ⬩ to take upon one's self ⬩ to blame ⬩ resent
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R.) hit wel, Kath. 117.] to take upon one's self Gif ðú leornian wille hú ðæt gewurðan mæge, ðonne undernim ðú leorningcnihtes híw, Homl. Th. i. 590, 20. [We þis feht habbeoð undernumen buten Arðures rede, Laym. 26734.
Linked entry: under-fón
un-lytel
not little ⬩ great ⬩ not little ⬩ not few in number ⬩ much ⬩ not little ⬩ great
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Hyre wer lǽfde unlytle ǽhta on lande and on feó, Homl.
ge-swígian
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Th. 38, 11. þá þú swá wel ge-wugodes and swá lust*-*láice gehérdest míne láre cum verba nostra tacitus attentusque rapiebas, Bt. 22, 1 ; F. 76, 23.
mǽrlíce
Magnificently ⬩ excellently ⬩ nobly ⬩ splendidly ⬩ with distinction
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Swá hé ús mǽrlícor gifeþ swá wé him mǽrlícor þancian scylon the more excellent his gifts are, the more excellent ought our thanks to be, Wulfst. 261, 20
gold-blóma
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., as well as Goth. and Icel., have forms meaning 'bloom' corresponding to A. S. blóma, and the actual compound, golth-blómo = amellus occurs in O. L. Ger. (Gall. 117).
hamer
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Þeáh ðǽra manna ǽghwylc hæfde ǽnne hamor on handa, and þeáh man . . . mid þám hameron beóte on þæt ísene þell . . . ne áwacode hé nǽfre for eallum þissum, tó ðám wérig hé wǽre, Wlfst. 147, 3-8. Hameras sleánde mallei percutientes, Scint. 171, 14.
brice
A breaking, rupture, fracture, fragment, violation, breach ⬩ fractio, ruptura, fractura, fragmentum, violatio
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We witon ful georne, ðæt to miclan bryce sceal micel bót nýde id compertum est nobis, immanis ubi facta est ruptura, ibi opus esse, ut large resarciatur, Lupi Serm. i. 3; Hick. Thes. ii. 99, 30.
Linked entry: bryce
ge-mengan
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Ðæt we hit gemengen to ðam ǽrran that we mix it with the preceding, Bt. 34. 5; Fox 140, 13. Eorþe wearþ eall mid blóde máne gemenged infecta est terra in sanguinĭbus eórum, Ps.
Linked entries: ge-mægnan ge-mæncgan ge-mencgan ge-mincged
scencan
To skink
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Feónd byrlade ðære idese, and heó ( Eve ) hyre were scencte, Exon. Th. 161, 12; Gú. 957. Mé þyrste, and gé mé scencton (cf. drincan sealdon, l. 21) ... Hwænne gesáwe wé ðé þurstigne, and wé ðé scencton? Homl.
hwearftlian
To turn round ⬩ roll round ⬩ revolve ⬩ move about ⬩ rove
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Se cwyrnstán ðe tyrnþ singallíce and nǽnne færeld ne þurhtíhþ getácnaþ woruldlufe ðe on gedwyldum hwyrftlaþ and nǽnne stæpe on Godes wege gefæstnaþ the millstone that is continually turning and makes no progress, betokens worldly love, that goes round
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ge-untrumian
To enfeeble ⬩ make weak or sick ⬩ infirmāre ⬩ debĭlĭtāre ⬩ To be enfeebled ⬩ be sick ⬩ infirmāri ⬩ ægrōtāre
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To enfeeble, make weak or sick; infirmāre, debĭlĭtāre Deófol geuntrumaþ ða hálan the devil enfeebles the healthy, Homl. Th. i. 4, 22. Ðe God sylf ǽr geuntrumode whom God himself had before enfeebled, i. 4, 27.
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glæd-mód
Glad-minded ⬩ cheerful ⬩ of good cheer ⬩ joyous ⬩ pleasant ⬩ kind ⬩ courteous
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Glad-minded, cheerful, of good cheer, joyous, pleasant, kind, courteous Glædmód wes ðú animæquior esto, Mk. Skt. Rush. 10, 49. Geát wæs glædmód the Gaut was glad of mind, Beo. Th. 3574; B. 1785: Exon. 62 b; Th. 229, 28; Ph. 462: Andr.
teoh
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An association, a company, band Besæt hé ðá sinherge sweorda láfe weán oft gehét earmre teohhe with a mighty host he besieged then those whom the sword had spared, to the wretched band woe he oft promised, Beo. Th. 5868; B. 2938.
wiþer-hycgende
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Ongan meldigan helle hinca ðone hálgan wer, wiðerhycgende, Andr. Kmbl. 2345; An. 1174. Ðú (the devil) scealt, wiðerhycgende (the adversary of God and man ), wergðu dreógan, Elen. Kmbl. 1900; El. 952.
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ge-hende
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Swá hwylc Sunnan-dæg swá þǽr byð gehendost, Angl. viii. 329, 12. of scrutiny, closely Béda and Rabanus þe wel gehende an ásmeádun ymbe þisum cræfte, Angl. viii. 308, 13. of kinship, association, &c.
for-swíþan
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Gif wíf forswýð hire wer hyre fram si mulier virum suum a se rejiciat, Ll. Th. ii. 152, 1
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ge-wǽtan
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Substitute: To wet, moisten Geuuéted madefacta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 73. Gehwéteð madefactum, 58, 49. the subject a person Foxes sina genim and on hunige gewǽt, Lch. i. 340, 17. Gedó on scearp eced, gewǽte swíðe, ii. 192, 19.
steóran
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Se Drihtnes wer ongan hire stýran quam vir Domini compescuit, 216, 22. with gen. of that which is prohibited or from which one is restrained Þá stýrde hé þæs quod prohibuit, Gr.