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ge-wita

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Næs ic æt rǽde ne æt dǽde, ne gewita ne gewyrhta, þǽr man mid unrihte N. orf ætferede, 180, 1. (3 a) with gen. of crime :-- wintre cniht mæg bión þiéfðe gewita, Ll. Th. i. 106, 18.

ród

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Hié oncneówon Crístes róde mǽre tácen, An. 1339. Ðis seondan ðára monna noman ðe ðæt geðafedon and mid Crístes róde tácne gefaestnedon, Cht.

gildan

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Gif ic gesealde land ( land which ought to have gone in the male line ) ǽnigre wífhanda, þonne forgyldan míne mǽgas . . . For ðon ic cweþe ꝥ hí hit gyldan . . . Cht. Th. 491, 21-29.

ge-logian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-logian, l. ge-lógian,
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Ne mæg nán wíf hire bóndan forbeódan ꝥ hé ne móte in tó his cotan gelógian ꝥ ꝥ hé wille, Ll. Th. i. 418, 24. Hí wendan on ánum scipe mid swá miclum gaersuman swá hí mihton þǽr on mǽst gelógian tó ǽlcum mannum, Chr. 1052 ; P. 176, 19.

ge-cnáwan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cnáwan, ic -cnáwe, ðú -cnáwest, -cnǽwst, he -cnáweþ, -cnǽwþ, pl. -cnáwaþ; p. -cneów, pl. -cneówon; pp. -cnáwen

To know ⬩ perceive ⬩ understand ⬩ recognise ⬩ noscere ⬩ agnoscere ⬩ sentire ⬩ cognoscere

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Ðæt geðeóde ðe we ealle gecnáwan mægen the language that we can all understand, Past. Swt. 6, 8. Ic hafu gecnáwen ðæt ðú Hǽlend eart middangeardes I have perceived that thou art the Saviour of the world, Elen. Kmbl. 1613; El. 808.

Linked entry: ge-cneów

scop

(n.)
Grammar
scop, sceop, es; m.
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Terrentius se mǽra Cartaina scop Terentius comicus, 4, 10 ; Swt. 202, 26. Geríseþ gód scop gumum. Exon. Th. 341, 18 ; Gn. Ex. 128. Scop hwílum sang hádor on Heorote, Beo. Th. 997 ; B. 496. Hróðgares scop, 2137 ; B. 1066 : Exon.

Linked entry: sceop

þrǽl

(n.)
Grammar
þrǽl, es; m.
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Ðeáh þrǽla hwylc hláforde æthleápe and of cristendóme tó wícinge weorðe, and hitæfter ðam eft geweorðe, ðæt wǽpngewrixl weorðe gemǽne þegene and þrǽle, gyf þrǽl ðæne þegen fullíce áfylle, licge ǽgylde ealre his mǽgðe; and gyf se þegen ðæne þrǽl, ðe hé

wiþerian

(v.)
Grammar
wiþerian, wiþrian; p. ode.

to be against ⬩ be hostile ⬩ to strive ⬩ struggle ⬩ dispute ⬩ to resist ⬩ oppose ⬩ to make hostile ⬩ provoke ⬩ to become provoked

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Eal folc hine tó ðære geðincðe geceás, þeáh ðe hé mid eallum mægne wiðerigende wǽre, Homl.

ealdian

(v.)
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Ðæs ealdigendan mannes mægen bið wanigende. Hml. Th. ii. 76, 21. <b>I a.

glædnes

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Add: the state or feeling of being glad. v. glæd; 1 Syndon eahta heálice mægnu . . . glædnes ( laetitia, cf. Hml. S. 16, 345) and ánrǽdnys (the opposites of unrótnys and ásolcennys), Wlfst. 69, 1 Ꝥte glædnise (gaudium ) mín in iúch sié, Jn.

ildra

(n.)
Grammar
ildra, m.
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Manige bearn beóþ gestrýned tó heora eldrena forwyrde, Bt. 31, l ; F. 112, 9. in pl. more or less distant kinsfolk of a person in direct ascent Se mon sé þe bócland hæbbe and him his yldran (mǽgas, v. l. ) lǽfdon, Ll. Th. i. 88, 16.

ge-

(prefix)
Grammar
ge-, Both ge- and gi- are used in the oldest glossaries: e. g. on
  • p. 48 of O. E. T.
nine words with the prefix occur; in four cases both the Epinal and Erfurt glosses have gi-, in one they have ge-, in two the Epinal has ge- where the Erfurt has gi-, and in two the Epinal has gi- where the other has ge-. In each case the
  • Corpus Gloss.
has ge-. In this glossary, however, gi- is found, e. g. gi-brec,
  • 2152
, and in later glossaries also, e. g. gi-mynd,
  • Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 73.
Besides the forms given may be noted ga-eddun,
  • Erf. 75
; gy-byrdid,
  • Ep. 228.
In the
  • Durham Ritual
the regular form is gi-.
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habban

(v.)
Grammar
habban, tó habbanne, hæbbene; pres. part. hæbbende; pres. indic. ic hæbbe, hafa, ðú hæfst, hafast, he hæfþ, hafaþ, pl. habbaþ, hæbbaþ; p. hæfde; subj. hæbbe, pl. hæbben, habban; imper. hafa, pl. habbaþ; pp. hæfed.

To HAVE, possess, hold, keep

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Gif cniht wǽpn brede gilde se hláford án pund and hæbbe se hláford æt ðæt hé mǽge if a follower draw a weapon, let the lord pay one pound, and let the lord get from him what he can, Th. Chart. 612, 25.

Linked entries: heofon-hæbbende hafa

ge-unnan

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Gewunna ł sella ( exhibebit ) mé mǽ ðon tuelf hergas engla, Mt. L. 26, 53. God hæfð geunnen ðone wurðmynt his gecorenum, Hml. Th. i. 366, 16. Hí habbað geunnen twá land in tó ðǽre hálgan stówe, C.

A

(prefix)
Grammar
A, A. It is not necessary to speak of the form of what are often called Anglo-Saxon letters, as all Teutonic, Celtic, and Latin manuscripts of the same age are written in letters of the same form. There is one exception: the Anglo-Saxons had, with great propriety, two different letters for the two distinct sounds of our th: the hard þ in thin and sooth, and the soft ð in thine and soo
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, pl. mægenu, contracted wæpnu, and mægnu.

DERIAN

(v.)
Grammar
DERIAN, derigan; part.deriende, derigende ic derige, ðú derast, detest, he deraþ, dereþ, pl.deriaþ, deregaþ ; p. ode, ede ; pp. od, ed; v. trans. dat.

To injure, hurt, harm, damage ⬩ nocēre, lædĕre, obesse

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To injure, hurt, harm, damage; nocēre, lædĕre, obesse Him ða stormas derian ne máhan [derigan ne mǽgon MS. Cot.] the storms cannot hurt him, Bt. 7, 3; Fox 22, 6: Bt. Met, Fox 12, 8; Met. 12, 4.

leód

(n.)
Grammar
leód, e; f,

A people ⬩ nation ⬩ race ⬩ country

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A people, nation, race, district occupied by a people [v. preceding word, and cf. mǽgþ],country Hit wæs hwílum on Engla lagum ðæt leód and lagu fór be geþincþum at one time it was in the laws of the English, that the people and the law went according

Mirce

(n.)
Grammar
Mirce, Mierce, Myrce; pl.

The Mercians ⬩ Mercia

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Myrcna cynn, mǽgþ, þeód, 3, 21; S. 551, 23: 4, 3; S. 566, 24: 2, 12; S, 515, 7. Myrcna landes is þrittig þúsend hýda ðǽr mon ǽrest Myrcna hǽt, Cod. Dip. B. i. 414, 15. Myrcena cining, land, Chr. 792; Erl. 59, 1: 796; Erl. 59, 39: L.

Linked entry: Myrce

ge-mearcian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mearcian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To mark, point out, describe, assign, appoint, determine ⬩ nŏtāre, signāre, designāre, assignāre, constĭtuĕre, decernĕre

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Ðú him mete sylest, mǽla gehwylce, and ðæs tídlíce tíd gemearcast to das escam illis in tempŏre opportūno, Ps. Th. 144, 16.

Linked entry: ge-mercian

scild

(n.)
Grammar
scild, sceld, scyld, es; m.
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Ðǽr læg secg mænig ofer scild scoten, Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 19. Dynedan scildas, Judth. Thw. 24, 24; Jud. 204. Scylda parmarum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 96, 30. Eorles heregeata . . . ehta spera and eall swá feala scylda, L. C. S. 72 ; Th. i. 414, 7.

Linked entries: scyld hrung sceld

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