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heáfod

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Æt Biédan heáfde, Chr. 675 ; P. 34, 28. the upper end of that which is, or is thought of as, sloping. of land. Cf. æt ðas akeres úpende, C. D. iii. 434, 2. In pl. the word seems often equivalent to andheáfdu, q. v.

ge-búgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-búgan, p. ic, he -beág, -beáh, ðú -buge, pl. -bugon; impert. -búh, pl. -búgaþ; pp. -bogen [ge-, búgan to bow] .

To bow ⬩ bow down oneself ⬩ bend ⬩ submit ⬩ turn ⬩ turn away ⬩ revolt ⬩ se flectĕre ⬩ inclīnāre ⬩ curvāre ⬩ declĕnāre ⬩ transfŭgĕre ⬩ To bow to ⬩ turn towards ⬩ inclīnāre ad

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Ne ðú ne gebúh fram ðære ǽ on ða swíðran healfe ne on ða wynstran ne declīnes ab lēge ad dextĕram vel ad sinistram, 1, 7. Ðæt ðú to sǽmran gebuge that thou should bow to worse, Exon. 71 a; Th. 264, 9; Jul. 361.

ge-cnáwan

to recognize, identify an object ⬩ to acknowledge, ⬩ a claim, to pay by way of acknowledgement, ⬩ to know, be acquainted with ⬩ to know, be conversant with a subject ⬩ to have a clear apprehension of ⬩ to be cognizant of a fact, understand ⬩ to make known, declare

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, ic wylle ꝥ hé cume beforan mé mid his sweotelunge and dóme gecnáwe hwǽr ic hig him ǽr geúðe, C.D. iv. 222, 32

weorold-búende

(adj.)
Grammar
weorold-búende, pl.
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God is wísdóm and ǽ woruldbúendra, 29, 83 : Judth. Thw. 22, 27; Jud. 82. Ðætte rinca gehwylc óþrum gulde weorc be geweorhtum weoruldbúendum, Met. 27, 27

ge-healdan

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Þæt hí Godes ǽwe on riht geheóldan, 45, 26. Ǽgðer ge tó gehérenne ge tó gehealdanne, Bt. 22, 1; F. 76, 21. Æt fruman wæs gehealden seó gecyndelice ǽ in hominibus primus lex bonae naturae servabatur, Angl. vii. 8, 69.

for-gán

(v.)

to forgo ⬩ to abstain from ⬩ go without ⬩ to abstain from

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Hé eft ett þæt hé ǽr mid forhefednysse foreóde, Hml. Th. i. 180, 9. Wæs ǽlc þæs wordes ꝥ him leófre wǽre ꝥ hé land foreóde þonne hé þæne hád underfénge every one declared that he would sooner go without the land than take orders, Cht. Th. 167, 33.

Linked entry: for-gangan

sib

(adj.)
Grammar
sib, sibb, adj.

Sib ⬩ related ⬩ one related ⬩ a relation

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Hé (Augustus) bebeád ðæt ǽlc mǽgþ tógædere cóme, ðæt ǽlc man ðý gearor wiste hwǽr hé gesibbe (sibbe, MS. C.) hæfde, Ors. 5, 14; Swt. 248, 17, Sibbo ł cúðo menn (gisibbe, Rush.) cognatos, Lk. Skt. Lind. 14, 12

ge-bycgan

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Ǽlc þǽra manna þe yt oððe drincð on untíman ... wite hé ꝥ his sáwl sceal sárlíce hit gebicgan (-bycgean, v.l. ), Hml. S. 12, 77.

ge-sécan

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ge-sécan, <b>; II c.</b>
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add: (c α) where the subject is a thing Bið him leófre ꝥ hine geséce ǽlc þǽra yfela þe ǽfre on helle sý, and hine ǽlc ýð geséce ... and hine ǽlc tor geséce ... Verc. Först. 94, 3-13

ǽwe

(n.)
Grammar
ǽwe, f. n. (? v. Hml. Th. ii. 322, 33 infra.)
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Healde gehwá his ǽwe þá hwíle þe heó libbe, 300, 26

stæpe

(n.)
Grammar
stæpe, stepe, es; pl. stæpas, stapas, stæpe; m.
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Æt ðam ódrum stæpe twá pund tó bóte ... Æt ðam þriddan stæpe, etc., L. E. B. 1-8; Th. ii. 240, 242

ge-mǽre

(n.; v.)
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Æt þám ýtmestan eorþan gemǽrum, Bl. H. 119, 25. Æt þá ýtmestan gemǽro in fines orbis terrae (Ps. 19, 4), 133, 35. Oð heofona gemǽru(-o) usque ad terminos coelorum, Mt. W. S. L.

a-wegan

(v.)
Grammar
a-wegan, p. -wæg, -wæh, pl. -wǽgon ; pp. -wegen ; v. trans.

to lift up ⬩ take or carry away ⬩ levare ⬩ auferre ⬩ to weigh out ⬩ weigh to any one ⬩ appendere

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to lift up, take or carry away; levare, auferre Hí á sibbe gelǽraþ, ða ǽr wonsǽlge awegen habbaþ they shall ever advise peace, which the unblest have before taken away, Exon. 89 a ; Th. 334, 25; Gn. Ex. 21: Homl.

Linked entries: a-wæh a-weged a-wegen

gamel

(adj.)
Grammar
gamel, gamol; adj.

Old ⬩ aged ⬩ sĕnex ⬩ vĕtustus

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Ǽr he on weg hwurfe, gamol, of geardum ere he, old, departed on his way from his courts, Beo. Th. 535; B. 265 : 115; B. 58

heófung

(n.)
Grammar
heófung, e; f.

Mourning ⬩ lamentation ⬩ grieving

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Ǽr he tó heófungum sóðre behreówsunge gecyrran mǽge before he can turn to the lamentations of true repentance, Homl. Th. ii. 124, 13

Linked entry: heófing

ge-nihtsum

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-nihtsum, -nyhtsum; adj.

abundant, abounding, copious, rich, plentiful, fruitful ⬩ abundans, ūber, cōpiōsus, affluus, profluus ⬩ satisfied ⬩ sătiābĭlis ⬩ abundans

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Hladungum genihtsumum haustĭbus affluis, 58, 12. satisfied; sătiābĭlis Se ðe ǽr ne wæs níþes genihtsum who ere was not satisfied with slaughter, Cd. 93; Th. 120, 15; Gen. 1995

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þurh-sceótan

(v.)

to shoot through ⬩ transfix ⬩ pierce

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Ðǽr wearð Alexander þurhscoten mid ánre flán ... hé þurh ðæt folc geþrang ðæt hé ðone ilcan ofslóg ðe hiene ǽr þurhsceát in eo praelio sagitta trajectus eatenus pugnavit, donec eum, a quo vulneratus esset, occideret, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 134, 22-27.

wóma

(n.)
Grammar
wóma, an ; m.

Sound ⬩ noise

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Ær ðú gúðe fremme, wíges wóman, Andr. Kmbl. 2709 ; An. 1357. Wíges wómum. Exon. Th. 277, 5 ; Jul. 576

cemban

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.), and nǽnig man ǽr mid cemde ne æfter cembe. Under ðám treówe cembe hyre feax ... ꝥ bið lǽcedóm þǽre ðe hyre heáfod þǽr cembeþ (cæmbeð, v. l. ), Lch. i. 332, 11-18.

fiþere

a wing ⬩ a wing

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Se kok, ǽr ðǽm ðe hé cráwan wille, hefð úp his fiðru, Past. 461, 13. Seó bródige henn tósprǽt hyre fyðera and þá briddas gewyrmð, Angl. viii. 309, 26.