ge-swinc
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Take here ge-swincg in Dict., and add: with respect to action labour of body or mind, toil, hard work: — Ðǽr wæs suíðe suíðlic gesuinc, and ðǽr wæs micel swát ágoten multo labore sudatum est, Past. 269, 12.
uppe
up ⬩ above ⬩ on high ⬩ up
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Wǽron ða men uppe on londe of ágáne, Chr. 897; Erl. 95, 24. marking arrival, Similar entries v. up, I Dá se cyng geáxode ðæt se here uppe wæs when the king learned that the Danes had appeared upon the scene, Chr. 1016; Erl. 157, 13. referring to heaven
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ge-fæstnian
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Hér gefestnode Eádward cyng frið wið Eást-Engla here, 906; P. 95, 1. Hí mid wedde and mid áþum fryþ gefæstnodon, 926; P. 107, 24. Seó gerǽdnys þe míne witan gerǽddon, and nú mid wedde gefæstnodon, Ll. Th. i. 272, 4.
ná-hwæðer
Neither
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Ne fornime nóder óðer ofer will let neither of you deprive the other against his or her will, Past. 51; Swt. 399. 34. Hí gecýðaþ ðonne hié endiaþ ðæt hié náwðer ne bióþ, 16, 3; Fox 56, 27.
ge-þingþu
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beorhtnysse óðre oferstíge, swá micclum swá hire geþincþe óðra hálgena unwiðmetenlíce sind God's elect shine in heavenly glory each according to his rank; now it is credible that the blessed queen excels others with so much brightness and glory, as much as her
ge-innian
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Hér swutelað hwæt Leófríc hæfð gedón intó Sancte Petres minstre . . .
nán
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Þú þe nelt þé geeówian openlíce nánum óðrum búton þám þe geclǽnsode beóð on heora móde, 5, 20, Þes iunga man ne æfestigað on nánum ðingum ðe hé hér gesihð. Ap. Th. 14, 26. Næbbe wé náne hláfas panes noa habemus, Mk. 8, 16.
settan
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</b> to people or garrison a place with :-- Hér drǽfde Eádgár cyng þá preóstas on Ceastre of Ealdan mynstre . . . and of Middetúne, and sette hý mid munecan, Chr. 964; P. 116, 3.
þæt
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Ábreóðe his anginn, þæt hé hér swá manigne mann áflýmde, By. 243. 2. add: cf. hú; III 2 a a
be-frinan
to ask a person a question, ⬩ to ask ⬩ question, ⬩ to ask about something ⬩ to ask a person about something ⬩ to ask for some-thing ⬩ to ask of a person what one wishes to be told
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and add: to ask a person a question, the question stated Gif eówre bearn eów befrínað, 'Hwæt dóð þá stánas hér?', Jos. 4, 6. Þá befrán se cyning his cnihtas and cwæþ, 'Hwylce méde hæfde Mardocheus?', Hml.
witod
appointed ⬩ ordained ⬩ assured ⬩ certain ⬩ certain ⬩ certainly ⬩ assuredly
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Here bád witodes willan, Cd. Th. 213, 12; Exod. 551. Witodre fyrde, 207, 23; Exod. 471. Sceal ic witodes bídan I must await my certain fate, 137, 18; Gen. 2275. Dóm wutedne judicium certum, Rtl. 92, 18.
scearp
sharp ⬩ pungent, acid ⬩ acrid ⬩ sharp-tongued ⬩ sharp, keen, severe, ⬩ sharp, rough ⬩ sharp, keen, active, strenuous ⬩ effectual, penetrating, ⬩ sharp, keen ⬩ sharp, keen, acute,
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Similar entries (v. scearpness,III.) sharp, keen, active, strenuous Ðá ásende hé him tó ðone scearpan here of Rómána ríce mid réðum wǽpnum, Homl. Th. ii. 302, 18: Homl. As. 61, 244.
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for-gildan
to pay back ⬩ restore ⬩ pay damages ⬩ to pay for ⬩ buy off ⬩ to repay ⬩ pay out ⬩ requite ⬩ to pay ⬩ perform
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Hit weorþeþ forgolden, 195, 23. the object a clause: Hé ús forgyldeþ swá wé nú hér dóþ ge gódes ge yfeles he will requite us for both the good and the evil that we do here, Bl.
DROPA
DROP ⬩ stilla, gutta, stillicĭdium
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Wið ðone dropan against the paralysis [the drop], Herb. 59; Lchdm. i. 162, 4, 7. Heó ǽlc yfel blód and ðæne dropan gewyldeþ it subdues all evil blood and the paralysis [the drop], 124, 1; Lchdm. i. 236, 13
lácnian
To heal ⬩ cure ⬩ tend ⬩ take care of ⬩ treat ⬩ dress(a wound)
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Ðonne ðæt dolh open sý genial ða ylcan wyrte unsodene ... lácna ða wunde ðǽrmid ðonne byþ heó sóna hál when the incision (made by a snake) is open, take the same plant unsodden ... dress the wounds therewith; it will soon be well, Herb. 90, 16; Lchdm.
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sægen
a saying, statement, assertion ⬩ tradition, report, story ⬩ a narration, relation
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Ðú ne tweódast ymbe Honorius segene, hwí tweóst ðú ymbe hera þegena sæcgena, 197, 21-23. Hié sǽdon ðæt sió sibb of his mihte wǽre ac hé fleáh ða sægene he would not admit what they said, Ors. 3, 5; Swt. 106, 33. Sægenum assertionibus, Wrt.
swéte
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Swétum wyrtum with sweet-smelling herbs, 241, 6; Ph. 652. Wynsumra steám, swéttra and swíþra, 358, 15; Pa. 46. Of múðe cwom swecca swétast, 178, 20; Gú. 1247.
GÁT
A she-GOAT ⬩ capra
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Gáta hierde a goat-herd, 288, 21. Gif seó offrung beó of gátum si oblātio est de capris, Lev. 1, 10.
un-gemet
immensity ⬩ an immense number ⬩ immoderation ⬩ excess ⬩ to excess ⬩ without measure ⬩ excessively ⬩ immensely ⬩ very
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immensity, an immense number Ealles his heres wæs swelc ungemet ðæt mon eáðe cweþan mehte ðæt hit wundor wǽre hwǽr hié wæteres hæfden ðæt hié mehten him þurst of ádrincan ut exercitui immensaeque classi vix ad potum flumina suffecisse memoratum sit,
ge-cweþan
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Iulianusgegaderode his here. Hml. S. 31, 95), Hml. Th. ii. 502, 4. Hé gecwæð tó gefeohte ongeán Arfaxað pugnavit contra Arphaxad, Hml. A. 103, 26. to call, name, a person or place Leódscipe Madian gecweden. Jud. 6, 1.
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