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néðan

(v.)
Grammar
néðan, p. de

To have courage to doto dare to doto venture

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To have courage to do, to dare to do, to venture Néþeþ hwílum meówle ðæt heó on mec grípeþ the maiden has at times the courage to lay hold on me, Exon. Th. 407, 15; Rä. 26, 5.

Linked entry: ge-néðan

ge-wrixl

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wrixl, -wrixle, es; n.

A changeinterchangevicissitudeturncourse

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Nú hæfþ God swíðe gesceádwíslíce geset ðæt gewrixle eallum his gesceaftum God hath very wisely appointed change to all his creatures, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 21: Bt. Met. Fox 11, 111; Met. 11, 56: Shrn. 168, 11.

swǽfan

(v.)
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The Latin original has: Saevior ignibus Aetnae fervens amor ardet habendi, which is rendered in the prose version: Manna gítsung is swá byrnende swá ðæt fýr on ðære helle seó is on ðam munte de Ætne hátte, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 29.

teter

(n.)
Grammar
teter, tetr, es; m.
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The form tetra, perhaps influenced by lepra which precedes it, also occurs :-- Ðonne becymþ of ðám yflum wǽtum oððe sió hwíte riéfþo þe mon on súþerne lepra hǽt, oþðe tetra, oþþe heáfodhriéfðo, oððe óman, Lchdm. ii. 228, 13

ga-máhlic

Grammar
ga-máhlic, Take here <b>ge-máglic</b> in Dict., and add: , <b>ge-málic</b>
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The Latin version has 'fraudulentas locutiones'), Ll.

brosnian

(v.)
Grammar
brosnian, part. brosniende; ic brosnige, ðú brosnast, he brosnaþ, pl. brosniaþ; p. ode, ade; pp. od

To corrupt, decay, rot, perishcorrumpi, deficere, dissolvi, perire

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Brosnade burgsteal the city-place has perished, Exon. 124 a; Th. 477, 23; Ruin. 29

Linked entry: ge-brosnod

hátheort-nes

(n.)
Grammar
hátheort-nes, -ness, e; f.

Wrath, anger, fury, rage, fervour, zeal

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Ðis synt ða ídelnyssa ðisse worlde ... hátheortnys ... sunt vanitates hujus mundi ... furor ..., L. Ecg. P. i. 8; Th. ii. 174, 33.

ofer-hycgan

(v.)

to despise, contemn, disdain, scorncontemnere, aspernereto be puffed up

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Ðonne se mon oferhygþ (Hatt. MS. oferhýþ) ðæt hé bió gelíc óðrum monnum dum homo hominibus esse similis dedignatur, Past. 17, 4; Swt. 112, 3.

ofer-reccan

(v.)

to convince, confute, convict

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Bod.) thou hast completely convinced me, Bt. 34, 3; Fox 138, 11. Ðonne is betere ðæt hié mid ryhtre race weorðen oferreahte and mid ðære race gebundene and ofersuíðde prodest, ut in suis allegationibus victi jaceant, Past. 30; Swt. 205, 3.

spillan

(v.)
Grammar
spillan, p. de

To destroyconfundo,to destroy, spoil

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To destroy Suá huelc soecaþ sáuel his hál gewyrca spilleþ hiá (perdet illam), Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 17, 33: Jn. Skt. Rush. 12, 25. Ðeóf ne cymeþ búta ðætte [hé] spilleþ (perdat), 10, 10. Ne spildic ł ne losade non perdidi, Lind. 18, 9.

holh

(n.)
Grammar
holh, holg, es; n.

A hollow, cavity, hole

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Bene autem hæc eadem fossa unius cubiti esse monstratur, Past. 33, 3; Swt. 219, 1-10. Ðǽr ðǽr se iil hæfde his holh ibi habuit foveam ericius, 35, 3; Swt. 241, 7. In ðæm wæs ðæt holg ðæs nearwan scræfes, Lchdm. iii. 365, col. 1

Linked entry: hol

cýping

(n.)
Grammar
cýping, cýpingc, cíping,e; f. [ceáping, ceáp a price, q. v. II.].

a bargaining, setting a price, marketing, chapping, traffic negotiatio, nundinaa market-place, market forum

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Ne fortruwige he hiene æt ðære cípinge let them not be too confident of their bargain, Past. 44, 6; Hat. MS. 62b, 9. Cýpinga nundinæ, Ælfc. Gr. 13; Som. 16, 21.

for-standan

(v.)
Grammar
for-standan, -stondan; he -stent; p. -stód. pl. -stódon; pp. -standen; v. trans.

to stand up forto defendaidhelpbenefitavaildefendĕreprodesseto understandintelligĕre

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Ne forstent ðæt þweál náuht the washing profits nothing, Past. 54; Hat. MS. to understand; intelligĕre Uneáðe ic mæg forstandan ðíne acsunga I can scarcely understand thy questions, Bt. 5, 3; Fox 12, 15.

ge-sib

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Hát hine selfne oþþe swá gesibne swá hé gesibbost hæbbe, Lch. i. 350, 18. ¶ where marriage is in question :-- Oda arcebiscop tótwǽmde Eádwí cyning and Ælgyfe, for þǽm þe hí wǽron tó gesybbe, Chr. 958; P. 113, 25.

ge-þafian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þafian, -þafigan, -þafigean; p. ode, ude; pp. od, ud [þafian to permit, allow, consent]

To favoursupportpermitallowadmitassentconsentagreeapproveobeysubmit tofăvēresustĭnēresĭnĕreadmittĕrepermittĕreassentīreconsentīreobēdīreconcēdĕre

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Kmbl. 9: Past. 21, 1; Swt. 151, 15; Hat. MS. Beágmund geþafie and mid wríte I, Beagmund, approve and consign, Th. Ch. 475, 16

Linked entry: þafian

gehðo

(n.)
Grammar
gehðo, gehðu, geohðu, geoðu, giohðo, giðu, e; f.

Careanxietycurasolicitudo

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Éðelleáse ðysne gyst-sele gihðum healdeþ the homeless held in memory this guest-hall, Cd. 169; Th. 212, 5; Exod. 534. v. Grm. And. u. El. p. 97

Linked entry: gihþu

un-gelíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gelíc, adj.

Unlikedifferentdissimilardiverse

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Unilícum háde dispari sexu, Hpt. Gl. 461, 5. Ungelíce, Wrt. Voc. ii. 28, 41. Hé reorde gesette eorðbúendum ungelíce, Cd. Th. 101, 21; Gen. 1685.

æppel

(n.)
Grammar
æppel, nom. ac. pl. æp(p)la, ap(p)la, æpplas (apples of eye); gen. pl. appla, æpplena; m.: appla (-u, v. finger-æppel), æppel (? æppel mala, Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 40); n.

an apple (in a special and in a general sense as in oak-apple)an apple-shaped objectan eye-ball

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Beóð ðá æplas hále . . . sió scearpnes ðæs æples (æpples, Hatt. MS.) . . . Ðurh ðone æpl ðæs eágean, Past. 68, 2, 4, 17. Similar entries v. cod-, corn-, hunig-, weax-æppel

ge-beran

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Syndon him twégen beornas geborene bróðorsybbum he has two brothers, An. 690. with a complementary noun or adjective Hé bið mennisc man geboren, Wlfst. 84, 12. Sum cild sié full hál geboren, Bt. 38, 5 ; F. 206, 22.

DRENG

(n.)
Grammar
DRENG, es; m.

A warrior, soldierbellātor, miles

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A warrior, soldier; bellātor, miles Forlét drenga sum daroþ of hands fleógan one of the warriors let fly a dart from his hand, Byrht. Th. 136, 10; By: 149