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ge-swǽs

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Add: — Geswǽse blandum, Wülck. Gl. 257, 8. of persons, kind, charitable, loving Hé wæs swíðe geswǽs eallum swinc-endum, and on mislicum yrmdum mannum geheólp (cf. hé swincendum fylste, Hml. S. 31, 53), Hml. Th. ii. 500, 16. God cymð ungesewenlice tó

hwílwend-lic

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Take here the passages under hwílend-lic, and add: of duration, temporary, not of long duration, not eternal Ðreó þing synd on middanearde, án is hwílwendlic, þe hæfð ǽgðer ge ordfruman ge ende. . . Óðer þing is éce, swá ꝥ hit hæfð ordfruman and næfð

lyre

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Add: perdition, destruction Lyre, forwyrd perditio, An. Ox. 56, 35. God heóld hine wið his sáwle lyre. Hml. Th. ii. 454, 4. Þæt; hé ne sý on lyre forswolgen, R. Ben. 51, 6. the fact of losing something. the being deprived of, failure to keep a possession

on-rǽs

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Add: of violent movement Férde eall seó heord myclum onrǽse (impetu) niwel on þá sǽ all the herd went with a great rush headlong into the sea, Mt. 8, 32. of hostile movement. by a living creature, attack, assault Án hrem bewerode ꝥ líc . . . and þá

sægen

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add: of a particular statement Modicum et non videbitis me, et reliqua . . . Wundrodon hí swíðe þǽre sægene, Hml. A. 73, 19. Holofernes æfter þissere segene gebealh hine cum cessasset loqui Achior verba haec indignatus est Holofernes, 107, 145. Hé cwæð

six

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Add: as adjective with a subst. expressed Siex míla from ðǽre byrig. Ors. 2, 4; S. 70, 25. Siex mónað, 2, 8; S. 94, 2. Sex weðras, sex gósfuglas, C. D. i. 312, 8. Fato sexo (sex, L.) hydriae sex, Jn. R. 2, 6. Æfter dagum sex, Mt. L. R. 17, 1. Æfter dagum

mann-cynn

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mann-cynn, II. add: (i)
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men, a number of people Hwæt þǽr moncynnes forwearð on ǽgðere hand quantas nationes, quantosque populos idem turbo involverit, Ors. 1, 11; S. 50, 14. Hié gegæderedon eal moncynnes ꝥ þǽr lǽfed wæs, 2, 6; S. 88, 6. Mann slóh eall þet mancynn ꝥ man árǽcan

rím

(n.)
Grammar
rím, es ; n.

Number

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Number Rím miclade monna mǽgþe geond middan-geard, Cd. Th. 75, 21; Gen. 1243. His dógora wæs rím áumen, 98, 6 ; Gen. 1626 Seofon geteled rímes 80, 30; Gen. 1336. Ic feówertig folce ðyssum wintra rímes wunade neáh forty years in number I dwelt near this

eard

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Add: a land, country, region Óðres eardes landseta colonus, Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 49. Eall gærs and wyrta ealles eardes omnem herbam regionis, Gen. 2, 5. Ne þú ne ætstande on þisum earde nec stes in omni circa regione, 19, 17. Ealne þone eard Asiam, Hml.

neósian

(v.)
Grammar
neósian, p. ode with gen. acc. or clause.

to search outfind out by enquiry or inspectionto inspectto seekvisitto seek with hostile intentto visit with calamity, disease

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to search out, find out by enquiry or inspection, to inspect Wolde neósian Nergend, hwæt his bearn dyde, Cd. Th. 53, 2; Gen. 855. Gewát neósian heán húses hú hit Hring-Dene gebún hæfdon he came and inspected the lofty house, how the Hring-Danes had ordered

seonoþ

(n.)
Grammar
seonoþ, sionoþ, senoþ, sinoþ, synoþ (-aþ, -od), es;
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m, A synod, council, meeting Sinoþ sinodus, Wrt. Voc. i. 72, 76. mostly used of the councils of the Christian Church Seonod (sinoþ) wæs æt Ácleá, Chr. 782 ; Erl. 57, 6. Wæs senoþ (sinoþ, MS. E.) æt Heorotforda, 673; Erl. ; 36, 2 : 822; Erl. 62, 13

Linked entries: seuoþ sinoþ synoþ

scíma

(n.)
Grammar
scíma, an; m.
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Splendour, brightness, lightBt. 5, 2 ; Fox 10, 28: Cd. Th. 232, 23; Dan. 264. Ðonne ðære sunnan scíma hátast scínþ, Ðæs leóhtes scíma wæs swá mycel cujus radius lucis tantus exstitit, Bd. 4, 7; S. 575, 17: 5, 10; S. 625, 9. Se scíma gástlícre beorhtnysse

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á-búgan

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Add: to bow, bend, turn, of motion (lit. and fig. ) Hé tó eorðan ábeáh, Hml. S. 14, 134. Ðá ábeáh seó módor tó hire bearne, 25, 174. Hwæþer þé of móde ábeáh has it escaped your memory?, Gr. D. 40, 24. (1a) where motion indicates reverence :-- Hí on cneówum

folc-lic

publicnationalcommongeneralpublicplebeiancommoncommonpopulous

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Add: that concerns the whole people, public, national Hí woldon ferian mid folclicum wurðmynte þone hálgan líchaman, and læcgan innan þǽre cyrcan they wanted to give the body a public funeral, Hml. S. 32, 174. Hí gewǽpnode út férdon mid folclicum truman

grymetan

Grammar
grymetan, l. grymettan, grymetian.
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Take here <b>grimetan</b> in Dict., and add Ic grimette (grymetige, [grimmete, 12 cent.] v. ll.) fremo, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 168, 1. Grymetteþ frendit, i. stridet dentibus, rugiet, Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 55: gemit, clamat, 59. Grymettende irascens, frendens

hentan

to seizetaketo arrestto capturestriketo try to get

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Substitute: with gen. () to seize, take, to arrest a person Gif hé man tó deáðe gefylle . . . his hente mid hreáme (hearme, MS. The old Latin version has 'persequatur eum cum clamore.' Cf. too: Gif hwá þeóf geméte, and hine áweg lǽte búton hreáme, 392

Agustin

(n.)
Grammar
Agustin, es; m: Agustīnus, Augustīnus, i; m:

St. AugustineAugustinus

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Lat. St. Augustine, the missionary sent by Pope Gregory to England, A. D. 597; Augustinus A. D. 597, Hér com Augustínus and his geferan to Engla lande now, A. D. 597. Augustine and his companions came to England, Chr. 597; Th. 35, 41, col. 2. Gregorius

ge-feoht

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Add Gefeoht bellum vel pugna, Wrt. Voc. i. 84, 15. fighting, a. in a military sense, war: — Gefeohtes bodan praefeciales, Wrt. Voc. i. 36, 7. Gefeohtes duelli, ii. 96, 27: 27, 28. Hí cómon fǽrlíce mid gefeohte tó Judan they suddenly attacked Judas, Hml

ge-teón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-teón, ic -teó, ðú -týhst, he -týhþ, pl. -teóþ; p. -teáh, -teág, -téh, pl. -tugon; pp. -togen.

to drawleadinciteexciteconstrainrestrainbring upinstructbring to an endcompletedraw or bind togetherstring a musical instrumenttrahereducereperducerestringereevaginareexcitareconstringereeducareinstitueread finem perducerecomplerenervis aptare vel instruereto bring as an offering or giftcontributebestowgiveconferre

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to draw, lead, incite, excite, constrain, restrain, bring up, instruct, bring to an end, complete, draw or bind together, string a musical instrument; trahere, ducere, perducere, stringere, evaginare, excitare, constringere, educare, instituere, ad finem

ǽg-hwæðer

(pronoun.)
Grammar
ǽg-hwæðer, pron. [á + ge + hwæðer].

eithereachbothuterqueevery oneeachunusquisque

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of two, either, each, both; uterque Ǽghwæðer óðerne earme beþehte they embraced each other, Andr. Kmbl. 2029; An. 1017. Beámas twegen ðara ǽghwæðer efngedǽlde heahþegnunga háliges gástes two pillars, each of which shared alike the high services of the