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mund-gripe

(n.)
Grammar
mund-gripe, es; m.

Hand-gripe ⬩ grasp

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Hand-gripe, grasp Ðæt hé þrittiges manna mægencræft on his mundgripe hæbbe, Beo. Th. 766; B. 380. Strenge getrúwode, mundgripe mægenes, 3072; B. 1534. Æfter mundgripe, 3880; B. 1938.

an-mitta

Grammar
an-mitta, (and-, on-).
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Dele all but second passage, and add: A balance, scale Andmitta (hand-) exagium, Txts. 61, 793. Anmitta statera, Kent. Gl. 343. Habbaþ rihtne anmittan and emne wǽgan statera justa et aequa sint pondera, Lev. 19, 35. On anmittum in stateris, Bl. Gl

hemeþe

(n.)
Grammar
hemeþe, es; n.

a shirt

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Gif þú hemeþe habban wille, þonne nim þú slýfan þé on hand and wege hí. Tech. ii. 127, 6

ge-stíðian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-stíðian, p. ode, ude; pp. od, ud

To become hard ⬩ strong ⬩ indurare

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To become hard, strong; indurare Gistíðia induratam, Rtl. 102, 41. Mægen on him weóx and gestiðode his power waxed and was strengthened, Guthl. 2; Gdwn.12, 26. Ðá ðá he gestíðod wæs when he was grown up, Homl. Th. ii. 38, 3

frécelness

(n.)
Grammar
frécelness, e; f.

Peril ⬩ danger

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Hálo from ǽlcum froecelnisse sanos ab omni periculo, Rtl. 116, 9. In miclum froecelnissum in tantis periculis, 7, 36: 69, 13, 38: 79, 24. Froecilnissum, 17, 19

Linked entry: frécelsod

scydd

(n.)
Grammar
scydd, es; m.

Alluvial ground

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Haec sunt pascua porcorum . . . in communi silua pascuale quod dicitur Palinga Schittas (scyddas ?), ii. 303, 19

ge-wídmǽrsian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wídmǽrsian, p. ode; pp. od

To publish ⬩ spread abroad ⬩ divulge ⬩ celebrate ⬩ divulgare

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To publish, spread abroad, divulge, celebrate; divulgare Ofer ealle Iudéa munt-laud wǽron ðás word gewídmǽrsode super omnia montana Iudææ divulgabantur omnia verba hæc, Lk. Bos. 1, 65: Mt. Bos. 28, 15.

strícan

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Cyninges wífes tácen is þæt þú stréce onbútan heófod (run your hand round your head), and sete syððan þíne hand bufon þín heófod, 128, 25. <b>I a.

stíþ-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
stíþ-líc, adj.

firm, strong ⬩ hard, severe ⬩ hard ⬩ harsh, severe ⬩ stern, hard, fierce

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R. 7, 35. of persons, stern, hard, fierce Ðá Ælfréd ðæt ofáxode, ðæt se here swá stíðlíc wæs, Shrn. 16, 8

beótian

(v.)

to threaten ⬩ to threaten ⬩ to threaten with ⬩ a weapon ⬩ a penalty, ⬩ to promise

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gylpa; forþon oft man cwæð . . . þet hí nǽfre tó sǽ gán ne sceoldan they waited for the great things that had been threatened; for it had often been said. . . that they should never get to the sea, Chr. 1006; P. 137, 5. with dat. infin.

ágen

(n.; v.; adj.; part.)
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Ðá gewænde seó wydewe hám tó hyre ágenum, Hml. S. 2, 144. v. un-ágen

ge-sittan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sittan, p. -sæt, pl. -sǽton; pp. -seten.

to sit ⬩ sit down ⬩ settle ⬩ lean ⬩ recline ⬩ sĕdēre ⬩ consīdĕre ⬩ discumbĕre ⬩ to occupy ⬩ possess ⬩ inhabit ⬩ possĭdēre ⬩ hăbĭtāre

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Sume sécaþ and gesittaþ hámas on heolstrum some seek and occupy houses in caverns, Exon. 33 b; Th. 107, 3; Gú. 53: Cd. 170; Th. 213, 34; Exod. 562.

Linked entry: ge-setenness

be-beódan

'to give . . . generally,' ⬩ to order ⬩ enjoin ⬩ to commit ⬩ commend ⬩ to offer to the gods ⬩ to commit into (on, in) ⬩ to announce

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sanguinem diis propinabat, Ors. 1, 8; S. 40, 33. to commit into (on, in) :-- His gást on (in, v. l.) his handa bebeódende spiritum suum in manus ejus commendando, Bd. 4, 24; Sch. 491, 21. to announce Þæt hé Alexandres wísan besceáwade, swá hé hit him eft hám

sceran

(v.)
Grammar
sceran, sciran, sceoran; p. scær, scear; pl. scǽron, sceáron; pp. scoren.

to cut ⬩ shear ⬩ to shave hair ⬩ to cut the hair of the head ⬩ to shear sheep

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Voc. ii. 84, 77. to shave hair Ic scere tondeo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 6; Som. 29, 9: rado, 28, 4; Som. 31, 24. Ǽghwá mín heáfod scireþ, Exon. Th. 482, 6; Rä. 66, 3. Ne hé his loccas mid sceárum wanode, ne his beard mid seaxe scear, Shrn. 93, 9.

seld

(n.)
Grammar
seld, es ; n.

a seat ⬩ that on which one sits ⬩ a throne ⬩ sedes ⬩ a seat ⬩ residence ⬩ mansion ⬩ hall

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Engel lét his hand cuman in ðæt heá seld (Belshazzar's hall), 261, 7; Dan. 722. Hié tempel strudon, Salomanes seld, 260, 19; Dan. 712. Com tó Heorot, ðǽr Hring-Dene geond ðæt sæld swǽfon, Beo. Th. 2564; B. 1280.

Linked entry: sæld

leóht

(adj.)
Grammar
leóht, léht, líht; adj.

Light ⬩ bright ⬩ cheerful ⬩ shining ⬩ clear

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Eác wǽre ðam earman leóhtne on móde gif hé ðæs rícan mannes welan ne gesáwe also the poor man would have been more cheerful, if he had not seen the rich man's wealth, Homl. Th. i. 330, 11.

circul-ádl

(n.)
Grammar
circul-ádl, e; f.

Circle-disease, the shingles ⬩ zona, circĭnus

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Circle-disease, the shingles; zona, circĭnus Lǽce-dðmas wið ðære ádle ðe mon hǽt circuládl leechdoms for the disease, which man calls the circle-disease or shingles, L. M. Cont. 1, 36; Lchdm. ii. 8, 18: L. M. 1, 36; Lchdm. ii. 86, 5

geómor-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
geómor-líc, adj.

Sad, sorrowful ⬩ mæstus, flēbĭlis

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Sad, sorrowful; mæstus, flēbĭlis Biþ geómorlíc gomelum eorle to gebídanne, ðæt his byre ríde giong on galgan it is sad for an aged man to experience that his child hang young on the gallows, Beo. Th. 4879; B. 2444: Ors. 4, 5; Bos. 81, 31

un-mildheort

(adj.)
Grammar
un-mildheort, adj.

Hard-hearted ⬩ merciless ⬩ pitiless

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Hard-hearted, merciless, pitiless Se déma betǽcþ ða unrihtwísan ðam unmildheortan wítnere, Homl. Ass. 8, 203. Ðe unmiltheortne welige inmisericordem divitem, Lk. Skt. p. 9, 2.

Linked entry: mild-heort

stród

(n.)
Grammar
stród, strod ?, es; n. ? Substitute: <b>stród,</b> es; n.
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Trans. 1895-8, p. 537), and add Haec sunt prata que ad illam terram pertinent .i. et bioccan leá and an súðhealfe stródes an cyninges médum ðá ðe ðǽrtó belimpað, C. D. B. ii. 202, 13