EÓWU
EWE, female sheep ⬩ ŏvis fēmĭna
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The milk was used for domestic purposes: butter and cheese were made from it; for Ælfric teaches the shepherd [sceáp-hyrde] to say, 'On fórewerdne morgen ic drífe sceáp míne to heora lease, and ic agénlǽde híg to heora loca, and melke híg tweówa on dæg
for-cúþ
Perverse ⬩ bad ⬩ infamous ⬩ wicked ⬩ perversus ⬩ mălus ⬩ nēquam
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Bod.] gehealden they have lost the best part of humanity, and kept the worst [worse ], Bt. 37, 3; Fox 192, 4.
Linked entries: fercúþ for-cúþlic
óþ-wítan
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Dryhten him swelc óþwát the Lord charged them with such a fault, Past. 1, 2 ; Swt. 27, 13 : 15, 1 ; Swt. 89, 16. Ðæt wé him sume opene scylde óþwiéten, 32, 1 ; Swt. 209, 22. Ðæt hé mé ðæt ne ótwíte ut non hoc nobis imputet, Bd. pref. ; S. 472, 32.
ráp
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Voc. i. 56, 58 : lora, ii. 51, 40 : restes, 93, 4 : funes, Ps. Th. 118, 61. Hig hine gebundon mid twám bæstenum rápum ( novis funibus ) . . . Ða rápas tóburston, Jud. 15, 13-14 : 16, 9. Hwæt beóþ ða feówere fǽges rápas?
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ge-belgan
To make one angry ⬩ irritate ⬩ enrage ⬩ īra se tumefăcĕre ⬩ irrītāte ⬩ exaspĕrāre ⬩ To anger ⬩ incense ⬩ irrītāre ⬩ exaspĕrāre ⬩ To be angry ⬩ indignāri ⬩ irasci
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To anger, incense; irrītāre, exaspĕrāre Ðæt he écean Dryhtne bitre gebulge that he had bitterly incensed the eternal Lord, Beo. Th. 4651; B. 2331. Ðá wæs Herodes swýðe gebolgen tunc Hērōdes irātus est valde, Mt.
Linked entries: ge-bealg ge-bilegan ge-bolged ge-bolgen ge-bylgan
ge-hiwian
to form ⬩ fashion ⬩ make ⬩ transform ⬩ transfigure ⬩ formāre ⬩ plasmāre ⬩ fingĕre ⬩ fĭgūrāre ⬩ transfĭgūrāre ⬩ to seem ⬩ appear ⬩ pretend ⬩ sĭmŭlāre
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Ne lufa ðú ðínne broðor mid gehiwodre heortan do not love thy brother with a dissembling heart, Basil admn. 5; Norm. 46, 4
Linked entries: ge-heowian ge-hiowian ge-hywian hiwian
GEORN
Desirous, eager, anxious, ardent, zealous, studious, intent, careful, diligent ⬩ cupĭdus, appĕtens, sollĭcĭtus, studiōsus, intentus, dīlĭgens ⬩ eagerly ⬩ brisk, quick ⬩ earnestly ⬩ earnestly, eagerly ⬩ willingly, earnestly ⬩ desirous ⬩ willingly ⬩ willingly ⬩ willingly ⬩ desirous ⬩ intentus, cupĭdus, stŭdiōsus, prōnus ⬩ yearning for ⬩ gladly ⬩ fain, willingly ⬩ eager, willing
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Azarias, dǽdum georn, Dryhten herede Azariah, ardent in deeds, praised the Lord, Exon. 53 a; Th. 185, 5; Az. 3. Ic beó láreów georn I am a diligent instructor, 71 b; Th. 267, 3; Jul. 409. Mǽrþa georne eager for glory, Cd. 80; Th. l01, 5; Gen. 1677.
brand
a fire-brand ⬩ a torch ⬩ burning ⬩ brand
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brand, blight causing leaves, &c. to look as though burnt (v. N. E. D. brand, 7. Cf. O. H. Ger. wintbrant rubigo: Ger. brand blight) Brond, com (? or brand-oom, q. v.) rubigo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 34.
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spelian
To act as the representative of another ⬩ to represent ⬩ to take, or stand in, the place of another
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Se abbod, for ðig ðe hé Godes gespelia is (quia uices Christi in monasterio creditur agere), sig hláford geháten ... for ðæs lufe ðe hé spelaþ for the love of him whom he represents, R. Ben. 114, 24. Næs Isaac ofslegen ac se ramm hine spelode, Homl.
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ge-swígian
to be silent ⬩ to pass over in silence; with the genitive ⬩ to silence
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Ðá for ðæs bysceopes hálignysse geswígdon eall ða deófolgyld then on account of the bishop's holiness all the idols were silent, Shrn. 151, 31. to pass over in silence; with the genitive Nelle ic lofes ðínes geswígian I will not pass over thy praise
Linked entries: ge-súgian ge-súwian ge-sweógian ge-swúgian
ÆG
An EGG ⬩ ovum
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Sceáwa nú on ánum æge, hú ðæt hwíte ne biþ gemenged to ðam geolcan, and biþ hwæðere án æg look now on an egg, how the white is not mingled with the yolk, and yet it is one egg, Homl. Th. i. 40, 27, 28.
árian
to give honour ⬩ to honour ⬩ reverence ⬩ have in admiration ⬩ honorare ⬩ honorificare ⬩ venerari ⬩ to regard ⬩ care for ⬩ spare ⬩ have mercy ⬩ pity ⬩ pardon ⬩ forgive ⬩ consulere ⬩ propitium esse ⬩ misereri ⬩ parcere
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Onsægednys lófes áreþ me sacrificium laudis honorificabit me, Ps. Spl. T. 49, 24. He áraþ ða gódan he honoureth the good, Bt, 41, 2; Fox 246, 19.
for-fón
to take violently or by surprise ⬩ clutch ⬩ arrest ⬩ seize ⬩ vehementer căpĕre ⬩ imprōviso adventu căpĕre ⬩ prehendĕre ⬩ apprehendĕre ⬩ deprehendĕre
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For ðam gylpe gumena drihten forfangen wearþ, and on fleám gewát for that boast the lord of men [Nebuchadnezzar] was seized [with madness], and in flight departed. Cd. 205; Th. 254, 19; Dan. 614. [O. Sax. farfahan: Ger. verfangen.]
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N
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If, however, n and s come together by the loss of an intervening vowel the n remains, e. g. winstre; O. H. Ger. O. Sax. winistar. The character which appears in the Runic poem is ᚾ and the verse, in which the name (cf.
ge-wyrht
Work ⬩ deed ⬩ merit ⬩ desert
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Seóþ ðonne on éce gewyrht they shall look then on an everlasting state [one whose character is determined by their deeds], Exon. 116 b; Th. 448, 29; Dóm. 61
self-líce
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Self-love, self-complacency, self-satisfaction, -conceit, arrogance Ðonne ðæt selflíce gegriépþ ðæt mód þæs recceres amor proprius cum rectoris mentem ceperit, Past. 19, 1; Swt. 143, 5.
ge-fér-scipe
Society ⬩ fellowship ⬩ brotherhood ⬩ sŏciĕtas ⬩ cŏmĭtātus ⬩ clērus
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For lufan ðínre and geférscype for thy love and fellowship, Exon. 51 a; Th. 177, 24; Gú. 1232 : Nicod. 11; Thw. 6, 3. Wið ðone geférscipe with the fellowship, L. Ath. v. § 1, 1; Th. i. 228, 20.
Linked entries: ge-fǽrscipe ge-fér-rǽden
ge-rídan
To ride, reach or obtain by riding, get into one's power, subject
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Se here geridon Wesseaxna lond and gesǽton micel ðæs folces ofer sǽ adrǽfdon and ðæs óðres ðone mǽstan dǽl hie geridon the [Danish] army rode to Wessex and occupied it; much of the folk they drove over sea and most part of the rest they got into their
GEÓ
Formerly, of old, before ⬩ quandam, olim, pridem
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Geó ǽr long before, Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 17. Geó dagum in days of old, formerly, 4, 27; S. 605, note 2. Geó geára formerly, Bt. 31, 1; Fox 112, 15. Geó hwílum in times of old, formerly, 2; Fox 4, 9
un-tweógendlíce
without feeling doubt ⬩ certainly ⬩ unhesitatingly ⬩ so as not to cause doubt ⬩ unequivocally ⬩ indubitably
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æfter heom ácende wǽron, Wulfst. 2, 12. so as not to cause doubt, unequivocally, indubitably Hé his ǽrendracan ásende tó ðære ðeóde, and him untweógendlíce secgan (say in a way that should leave no room for doubt) hét, ðæt hié óðer sceolden, oþþe ðæt lond
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