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feorh-leán

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Recompense for life saved Se yldra cyning wearð yrfeweard ingefolca . . .

ge-hédan

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For 'to hide, conceal' substitute to keep, store up (cf. hédd-ern). For 'to acquire, . . . seize' substitute to take charge or possession of, to take, have. In Met. 27, 15 gehende is to be read rather than gehéde. v. ge-hendan. Dele

weorold

Grammar
weorold, <b>. II</b> I c. ¶
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Þá gebróðra áhton mycele feohspéda for worulde multas pecunias in hoc mundo possederant, Gr. D. 273, 2. Wæs Tilman mǽre wer and for worulde (weorulde, v.l.) eác swylce æþelra gebyrda vir inlustris et ad saeculum nobilis, Bd. 5, 10; Sch. 604, 12.

of-sittan

(v.)

to sit upon, press down by sitting ⬩ to sit upon, oppress ⬩ to sit upon, occupy, take possession of (with idea of force or wrong) ⬩ to sit about, besiege ⬩ to repress, check, present motion

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Ðú wilt cweþan ðæt ungemetfæstnes hí ofsitte, Bt. 36, 6; Fox 182, 2. Ete ælþeódig folc ðíne tilinga and ðe mid bismore ofsittan sis calumnian sustinens, Deut. 28, 33.

Linked entry: of-setenness

wandian

(v.)
Grammar
wandian, p. ode.
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Ne wandige ná se mæssepreóst nó for ríces mannes ege, ne for feó, ne for nánes mannes lufon, ðæt hé him symle riht déme, Blickl.

Linked entries: ge-wand á-wandian

berht

(adj.)
Grammar
berht, adj.

Bright ⬩ splendidus ⬩ clarus

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Fox 22, 43; Met. 22, 22

býsigan

(v.)
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Fox 22, 60; Met. 22, 30

gearod

(v.; part.)
Grammar
gearod, = gear-wod; pp. of gearwian.

clothed ⬩ endowed

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clothed, endowed, Bt. 14, 3; Fox 46, note 7, MS. Cott

lár-hús

(n.)
Grammar
lár-hús, es; n.

a school ⬩ gymnasium

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A house for instruction, a school; gymnasium, Hpt. Gl. 405, 11

ge-drǽfnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-drǽfnes, ness, e; f.

A disturbance ⬩ perturbatio

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Fox 22, 121; Met. 22, 61

ge-gador-wist

(n.)
Grammar
ge-gador-wist, e; f.

An assembly for feasting ⬩ contubernium

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An assembly for feasting; contubernium, Ælfc. Gl. 93; Som. 75, 87

tawa

(n.)

an implement, a tool, an article for use in an employment.

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an implement, a tool, an article for use in an employment. (?)

dǽdbótnys

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For Scint. 9 substitute Be dǽdbótnysse de penitenlia Scint. 41, 4

dafen-lic

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Substitute for citation Þæslicum, dafnlicum congruis i. oportunis, An. Ox. 1331

dryht-ealdor

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For brýdguma l. dryhtguma, and add: v. driht-ealdor in Dict

dwínan

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For Cot. 190 read Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 42, and add:

ele-byt

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For example substitute Ǽrenu elebyt lenticula, Wrt. Voc. Ii. 50, 75

frǽ-ofestlíce

(adv.)
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For Cot. 178 substitute Frǽofestlíce propere, Wrt. Voc. ii. 95, 44

Linked entry: ofostlíce

ge-benn

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For Cot. 79 substitute Gebennum edictis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 33, 12

ge-lengan

(v.)
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to call for Gelængdum dǽdum pervocatis actibus, Hy. S. 90, 9

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