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ge-cwid-rǽdden

(n.)
Grammar
ge-cwid-rǽdden, -cwid-rǽden, -cwyd-rǽden, -cwed-rǽden, -rǽdenn, e; f.

An agreementa contractstatuteconspirationratiopactorumconventioconspiratio

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An agreement, a contract, statute, conspiration; ratio, pactorum, conventio, conspiratio He oferbræc heora gecwidrǽdenne he broke through their agreement, Ors. 3, 6; Bos. 57, 40. Gewordenre gecwydrǽdene conventione facta, Mt. Bos. 20, 1.

ge-líþian

(v.)
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Ðæt ryhtlíce and stíðlíce wrecan sceolde, ðæt ðæt ne forielde . . . ðætte tó ungemetlíce ne sié gelíðod ðǽm scyldgan ne hoc, quod agi recte ac graviter potuit, immature praeveniens laeviget, Past. 151, 2

ge-cwide

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Ne má eft tó him hwearf æfter heora gecwide (-cwyde, v.l.) neque ultra ad eum juxta suum condictum rediit, Bd. 4, 25; Sch. 496, 10. a will Ðis is Wulfgates gecwide ... ꝥ is þonne ꝥ geann ǽrest Gode his sáwelscattas ..., C.D.B. iii. 652, 16

wód

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Add: (l b) mad with anger, enraged suwode ǽfre swilce ne gefrédde heora swingla náteshwón, and hí þæs þe wóddran wǽron him tógeánes, Hml. S. 31, 978.

hearm-loca

(n.)
Grammar
hearm-loca, an; m.

An enclosed place where hurt or affliction is suffered, a prison

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his maguþegne under hearmlocan hǽlo ábeád he announced safety to his servant in prison, Andr. Kmbl. 189; An. 95: 2058; An. 1031: Elen. Kmbl. 1386; El. 695

á-sceacan

(v.)
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His geoc of heora swuran ásceacan, 212, 10: R. Ben. 98, 14. of þám slǽpe ásceacen wearð, Hml. 8. 31, 891. to shake (trans.) wæs hyne ásceacende eal swá earn þonne myd hrædum flyhte wyle forð áfleón, Nic. 14, 35

Linked entries: sceacan on-sceacan

HÝD

(n.)
Grammar
HÝD, e; f.

HIDEskin

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Ðá heó [the snake] gefylled wæs hét hý behyldan and ða hýde tóRóme bringan ... heó wæs hundtwelftiges fóta lang, Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 85, 1. healde iii niht hýde [of an ox] and heáfod and sceápes eallswá.

Linked entry: hýd-gild

ymb-fón

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-fón, p. -féng.
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to grasp, clasp fótum ymbféhð fýres láfe, Exon. Th. 217, 6; Ph. 276. Heó ymbféng Drihtnes fét, Blickl. Homl. 157, 17. Ymbféng obuncat (moecham, quam manus tollentis obuncat, Ald. 164), Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 39. Ymbeféng, Beo.

on-bryrdan

(v.)
Grammar
on-bryrdan, p. de.

to instigate, stimulate, incite, inspire, animateto excite to a feeling of compunction

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hí tó geleáfan onbryrde, Blickl. Homl. 107, 2. Hí se héhsta Déma mid elne onbryrde inspired her with courage, Judth. Thw. 22, 37; Jud. 95. Git mid fullwihte onbryrdon ealne ðisne middangeard, Exon. Th. 467, 10; Hö. 136.

ge-bedda

(n.)
Grammar
ge-bedda, . . . an ; f.
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Hire wer bæd seó cwén móste cunnian gif heó mihte hire (Migdonia's) mód gebígan ꝥ heó (Migdonia ] his gebedda wǽre, Hml. S. 36, 303. fig. in connexion with the grave Wyrmum tó mete and tó gebeddan weorðan.

willa

(n.)
Grammar
willa, an; m.

will, the faculty of willingwill, purpose, design, commandwill, determination, resolutionintention, purpose, desire to actwill, desire, wishpleasure, delightwill, dispositionwill, accord, consent, pleasureGer. meinetwillenwill, one's own way

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( Titus ) wæs swá gódes willan ðæt sægde ðæt forlure ðone dæg ðe nóht on tó góde ne gedyde, Ors. 6, 8; Swt. 264, 2. Mid gódum willan fæstan, Blickl. Homl. 37, 27 : 97, 27. Gode underþeódde on gódum willan, 79, 32.

wíte-hús

(n.)
Grammar
wíte-hús, es; n.

A house of punishmenttormentprisonan amphitheatre in which the Christians were martyredhell

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On wítehúse in amphitheatrum (the passage is: In amphitheatrum sanctos ferreis collariis connexos cruentus carnifex imperat duci, Ald. 49), 489, 69. hell héht ðæt wítehús wræcna (the fallen angels ) bídan, Cd. 3, 21; Gen. 39 : 304, 11 ; Sat. 628.

ge-gerwan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-gerwan, -gærwan, -girwan, -gierwan, -gyrwan; p. -gerede; pp. -gered, -gerwed

To preparemake readyclothearrayadornfurnish

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Heó alegde hire hrægl ðe heó mid gegyred wæs and hie gegyrede mid ðon sélestan hrægle she laid aside the garment that she was clothed with, and arrayed herself with the finest garment, Blickl. Homl. 139, 6, 7 : 89, 35 : 103, 3.

Linked entries: ge-gærwan ge-gyrwan

lǽfan

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Hí lǽfað fremdum heora ǽhte relinquent alienis divitias suas Ps. Th. 48, 9. þám yldestan eaforan lǽfde folc, Gen. 1214: 1179. eaferum lǽfde, swá déð eádig mon, lond and leÁdbyrig, þá of lífe gewát, B. 2470.

beótian

(v.)

to threatento threatento threaten witha weapona penalty, to promise

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Þone cwyde ne gespræc ná þý þe hit wolde forðbryngan, ac beótigende (minando), Gr. D. 152, 16. Beótende minax, Wrt. Voc. ii. 58, 43. Wǽran beótende intentarentur, 47, 48. [Yflum onbiótendum malis imminentibus.

ge-sittan

(v.)
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Háligra sáwla gesittaþ Dryhtnes dreámas, GO. 93. to occupy, live in ána gesæt dýgle stówe, Gú. 129. feára sum mearclond gesæt, 145

Crist

(n.)
Grammar
Crist, Krist, es; m.

CHRIST Christus

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Hér is on cneórisse bóc Hǽlendes Cristes liber generationis Iesu Christi Mt. Bos. 1, 1. Hér ys gódspelles angyn Hǽlendes Cristes, Godes suna initium evangelii Iesu Christi, filii Dei Mk. Bos. 1, 1.

Linked entry: Cristes bóc

hlít

(n.)
Grammar
hlít, es; m. (but in Ps. L. 30, 16 the word seems feminine).

lotfatefortune

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Þone gelíce hléte (hlýte, v. l.) geniðrade and ofslóh Eanfridum simili sorte damnavit 3, l; Sch. 192, 22. Nú syndon gesette þá apostolas in hlét ǽ hié bodian now are the apostles appointed to the task(?) of ever proclaiming her Bl. H. 157, 35.

Linked entries: hlét hlot hlyt

ge-gearcian

(v.)
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Þá cyrican þe hí him gegearcod hæfdon, hét hálgian, Chr. 995; P. 128, 37

ráp

(n.)
Grammar
ráp, es; m.
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Swá swá mid gildenum rápum áhafen wǽre, Bd. 4, 9; S. 576, 36. Ánra gehwilc manna is gewriðen mid rápum his synna, Homl. Th. i. 208, 4. worhte áne swipe of rápum (of strengum of small cords, Jn. Skt. 2, 15), 406, 7

Linked entry: nip