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gehwǽr

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Th. i. 128, 12. of position Þá welmas þá þe beóþ gehwǽr geond þone líchoman, Lch. ii. 204, 14. somewhere Wæs eác eorðstynung on manegum stówum on Wygracestre and on Wíc and on Deórbý and elles gehwǽr ( in some other places ) and eác ꝥ wilde fýr on Deórbýscíre

gim-stán

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þám geweorce ( the tabernacle ) bróhte þæt folc deórwirðe gimstánas . . . þá gimstánas getácnodon mislice fægernissa on Godes mannum (v. Ex. 35, 27), Ælfc. T. Grn. 23, 40-45. Gymstána gemmarum An. Ox. 1073. Of gimstánum gemmis 3194. Add

wenian

(v.)
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Add: to accustom oneself, be accustomed Hé ne stóp mid þý unbundenum fét ofer þá stówe þe hé ǽr wenede (gewnnude, v.l.) numquam postmodum solutum tetendit pedem ultra locum quo ligatum hunc tendere consueverat, Gr. D. 214, 14

néðan

(v.)
Grammar
néðan, p. de

To have courage to doto dare to doto venture

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Hé in ðæt búrgeteld néðde he ventured into the pavilion, Judth. Thw. 25, 25; Jud. 277. Git on deóp wæter aldrum néðdon ye ventured into deep water at the risk of your lives, Beo. Th. 1024; B. 510 : 1080; B. 538.

Linked entry: ge-néðan

be-þridian

(v.)
Grammar
be-þridian, -þrydian; p. ede; pp. ed [þrýdian from þryþ power, force]
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To force, overpower; cogere, vi superare Ðæt hine man wolde beþridian mid ðam ilcan wrence that they would overpower him by the same stratagem, Ors.6, 36; Bos. 132, 4.

ge-brecan

(v.)
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Hé on þám folce feóndgyld gebræc, Ps. Th. 105, 24. Þára manna bearn þe ǽr man gebræc elisos, 145, 7. Hé eall þæt mægn þæs áwyrgedan gástes on him gebræc, Guth. 60, 5. intrans. with prep.

mundian

(v.)
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God mundað þá stówe, and þá slihð and gescynt þe þǽr sceaðian willað, Hml. S. 25, 804. Godes mynstra cyning sceal mundian ǽfre, O. E. Hml. i. 303, 2. Add

fór-steal

(n.)
Grammar
fór-steal, -steall, -stal, fóre-steall, es; m. [fór, fóre before; steal from stellan to leap, spring; therefore, at least originally, an assault, consisting in one man springing or placing himself before another, so as to obstruct his progress, Thorpe's Glos. to A. Sax. Laws] .

an assaultassultus sŭper ălĭquem in via rēgia factusviæ obstructiothe fine for an assaultmulcta pro assultu

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Wes-Sexan], ðæt is ... fórsteal these are the rights which the king enjoys over all men in Wessex, that is ... the fine for assault, L. C. S. 12; Th. i. 382, 14, note 27, MS. G.

Linked entries: fóre-steall fór-stal

ge-lǽran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lǽran, ic -lǽre, ðú -lǽrest, -lǽrst, he -lǽreþ, -lǽrþ, pl. -lǽraþ; p. -lǽrde; pp. -lǽred, -lǽrd

To teacheducateinstructadvisepersuadeinducedŏcēreerŭdīrepersuādēre

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Ðú us gelǽrdest ðæt we Hélende héran ne sceoldon thou persuadest us that we should not obey the Saviour, 214; Th. 268, 10; Sat. 53. Me gelǽr dŏce me, Ps. Th. 118, 68. Gelǽred doctus, Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 7, 41 : 39; Som. 42, 47, 56.

Linked entry: ge-lǽred

awóh

(adv.)
Grammar
awóh, adv. [a, wóh crooked]

AWRYunjustlywrongfullybadlytortèobliquèmalè

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Ðæt man ǽr awóh tosomne gedydon which they before unjustly joined together, L. Edm. B. 9 ; Th. i. 256, 11

ÆSC

(n.)
Grammar
ÆSC, g. æsces; pl. nom. acc. æscas, ascas; g. æsca, asca; d. æscum, ascum; m;

an ash-treefraxinus excelsiorthe Anglo-Saxon Rune ᚨan ash-speara spearlancehasta fraxineahastaa small shipa skiffa light vessel to sail or row innavisnavigiumdromo

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Gl. 45; Som. 64, 98. the Anglo-Saxon Rune ᚨ; = æ, the name of which letter in Anglo-Saxon is æsc an ash-tree, hence this Rune not only stands for the letter æ, but for æsc an ash-tree, as, — ᚨ; byþ oferheáh, eldum dýre, stíþ staðule the ash-tree is over-high

Linked entries: æscen asca barþ

ceáp

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Sunnandæges cýpinge gif hwá ágynne, þolie þæs ceápes, Ll. Th. i. 170, 16. Nimð him man hyra ceápes ( rei ) hwæthwega, ii. 160, 3. Teóþan dǽl ealles þæs ceápes þe gé habban, Bl. H. 41, 25. Þæs þe wé on ceápe habban, 39, 16.

costnung

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Oþer is seó fandung þe Jacob embe spræc, þæt is seó costnung þe gewemð þone man tó syngienne, Scrd. 23, 8. Add

ár-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
ár-leás, def. se ár-leása; adj. [ár, leás].

void of honourhonourlessdisgracefulinfamouswickedimpiousinhonestusimpiusinfamispitilessmercilesscruelcrudelis

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Hleór geþolade árleásra spátl my face endured the spittle of the impious, Exon. 29 a ; Th. 88, 7 ; Cri. 1436 : Elen. Kmbl. 1668; El. 836. Ða árleásan the impious men, Andr. Kmbl. 1117; An. 559.

ge-gódian

(v.)
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Gegód[ode] indeptam (cirris crispantibus), 4647. (1 a) to endow with property, enrich :-- Se bisceop nýdde þæt folc þæt hí ðone ðriddan dǽl þæs feós underféngon, and hé mid þám twám dǽlum þæt mynster gegódode, Hml. Th. i. 452, 23: Hml. S. 6, 147.

bǽr

a biera litter,

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Hé hreopode þá bǽre . . . Seó bǽr ðe þone deádan ferode, Hml. Th. i. 492, 26. Geneálǽcað ðǽre bǽre, 372, 6. Ofer þá bǽre þe his líc on wæs, Gr. D. 329, 23. a litter, Beer basterna, Wrt. Voc. ii. 101, 43: 10, 64.

hlosnian

(v.)
Grammar
hlosnian, p. ode
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Th. ii. 138, 5. Eoda ðá tó mæssan and hlosnode georne be ðære líflícan onsægednesse he went then to mass and waited eagerly for the living sacrifice, Homl. Swt. 3, 157.

Linked entry: hlysnan

cneów

(n.)
Grammar
cneów, es; n.

a knee; genua generation; generatio

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Th. 94, 6. Hí bígdon heora cneów befóran him they bowed their knees before him Mt. Bos. 27, 29. a generation; generatio In ðære þeóde awóc his ðæt þridde cneów in that nation rose the third generation from him Cd. 209; Th. 258, 16; Dan. 676

Linked entry: cneó

swic-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
swic-dóm, es; m.
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Se cyning swíðor micle wénende wæs ðæt hié ðonon fleónde wǽren ðonne hié ǽnigne swicdóm cýþan dorsten the king thought it was far more probable that they were fleeing thence, than that they would venture to practise any ruse, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 76, 16.

hleahtor

(n.)
Grammar
hleahtor, hlehter, es; m.
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I. 21; Th. ii. 416, 35. Se herewísa hleahtor álegde the host's leader hath put away laughter [is dead ], Beo. Th. 6033; B. 3020.

Linked entries: hlehter leahter