sécan
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Gif ðú ðé tó swá mildum mundbyrd sécest, Exon. Th. 252, 29; Jul. 170. Heó úrne fultum séhþ, Homl. Th. ii. 112, 18. Gumena gehwylcum ðara ðe geóce tó him séceþ, Andr. Kmbl. 2307; An. 1155.
ge-cýþan
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Gif mon þæs ofslægenan weres bidde, hé mót gecýðan ꝥ hé hine for þeóf ofslóge, ... Gif hé hit dierneð, Ll. Th. i. 116, 4. (3 a) of a statement by one in authority, to announce, proclaim, declare, with acc.
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hé
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Fleógende fugel, ðonne hé gífre bið, hé gesihð ðæt ǽs, Past. 331, 17. Gif se hund má misdǽda gewyrce, and hé ( the owner) hine (the dog ) hæebbe, Ll. Th. i. 78, 6. feminine Hé ásende áne culfran, ꝥ heó sceáwode. . . .
B
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Eng. graƀan = grafan = engrave klioƀan = cleófan = cleave geƀan = gifan = give The Runic letter ᛒ not only stands for the letter B, b, but also for the name of the letter in Anglo-Saxon beorc the birch-tree
ge-sǽlig
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Gif nú hwá cwiþ ꝥ sé seó gesǽlig, sé ðe his woruldlustum fulgǽþ, hwí nyle hé cweþan eác ꝥ ðá nýtenu seón gesǽlige (-sǽlegu v. l. beatae), Bt. 31, I; F. 112, 6.
hýðan
To despoil ⬩ plunder ⬩ lay waste ⬩ pillage ⬩ ravage
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Hýðaþ wíde gífre gléde widely shall the greedy flames lay waste, 23 a ; Th. 64, 28; Cri. 1044. Hit feor and wíde hýððe and hergode longe lateque devastans, Bd. 3, 16; S. 542, 17.
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hors
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Gif hors on hricge oððe on þám bógum áwyrd sý, Lch. i. 290, 10. Wearð his hors ofslagen þe hé on sæt the horse he was riding was killed, Chr. 1079; P. 214, 6. Gif hé aferað ne ðearf hé wyrcan ðá hwíle ðe his hors úte bið, Ll. Th. i. 434, 9.
grówan
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Þæs sǽdes corn bið áweaht mid áscunga ... gif hit grówan sceal, Met. 22, 42.
ge-þafian
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Gif hit tó bóte gegá, and se cyng ꝥ geþafige, þonne béte man, Ll. Th. i. 340, 16. Gif hé þá hand lésan wille, and him mon ꝥ geþafian wille, 66, 5. construction uncertain Béten hi swá swá man geðafige, Ll. Th. i. 168, 20.
ge-wítan
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(bb) to desist, withdraw from doing what ought to be done, fall away, decline :-- Gif hwylc gód man from góde gewíte, ne biþ hé þon má fullíce gód, Bt. 37, 3; F. 190, 28.
rúm
roomy, spacious, ample, extensive ⬩ roomy, open, unencumbered. ⬩ long, extended ⬩ ample, great, liberal ⬩ unrestricted, clear, free from conditions ⬩ lax ⬩ ample, far-reaching ⬩ liberal. ⬩ great, noble, august
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Similar entries v. rúm-gifa, -gifol, -mód v.rúm-heort great, noble, august Ðære rúman a[u]guste, Wrt. Voc, ii. 5, 22. Rúmum augusto, regali, Hpt. G1. 487, 29. Þurh ðæt rúme per augustam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 59. Ðæs æþelan oððe rúme fausta, 33. 76.
þrítig
Thirty ⬩ thirty (years old)
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Hwæt gif ðǽr beóð þrítig? God cwæð: Ne dó ic him ná láð, gif ðǽr beóþ þrítig rihtwísra, Gen. 18, 30. Þrittig fæðma biþ se arc on heáhnisse, 6, 15: Jn. Skt. 6, 19. Ymb þrittig wintra, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 25. Ymb þrítig wintergerímes, Met. 28, 25.
be-gitan
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Gif hwá sleá his néhstan . . . begite hé him lǽce, Ll. Th. i. 48, 10. Begyte hé him þá lácnunge sanationem ei comparet, ii. 210, 25. to get to, find Ðú onfindes ł begetes invenies, Mt. L, . 17, 27. Begettes invenit, 10, 39.
brecan
to shatter ⬩ demolish ⬩ to subdue ⬩ tame ⬩ reflex ⬩ to struggle ⬩ strive
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II. 3) Gif man hine brece ofer gemet to spíwanne, Lch. ii. 268, 29. Hé ongan hine brecan tó spíwenne, Chr. 1003; P. 135, 13. intrans. to force a way out of confinement Up brecon erumperant (fontes aquarum), Kent. Gl. 264.
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feld
plain ⬩ field
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Gif hié (the Danes occupying wooded country) ǽnigne feld sécan wolden, Chr. 894; P. 84, 26. Sum gemyndleás wíf férde wórigende geond wudas and feldas, Hml. Th. ii. 188, 15.
ge-búgan
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Gif preóst tó rihte gebúgan nelle, ac ongeán biscopes gerǽdnesse wiðerige, ii. 296, 17. Ǽr hé hæbbe tó ǽlcum rihte gebogen, i. 250, 1. Þǽm. gebogenan mǽdene to the converted maiden, Hml. S. 2, 88.
of
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Add Gif preóst miswurðige circan þe eal his wurðscipe of sceal árísan, Ll. Th. ii. 294, 10
under-fón
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</b> to receive what is entrusted to one :-- Gif sweordhwíta óðres monnes wǽpn underfó (onfó, v.l.), Ll. Th. . 74, 9. (l b) to receive what moves to meet one :-- Hú manige hleórslægeas hé underféng æt ðæm ðe hine bismredon.
Róm-feoh
Peter's pence
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Gif hit hwá dón nelle, sý he ámánsumod, L. Edm. E. 2; Th. i. 244, 17. Rómfeoh gelǽste man ǽghwilce geáre be Petres mæssan; and se ðe ðæt nelle gelǽstan, sylle ðártóeácan .xxx. peninga, and gilde ðam cyninge .cxx. sciłł., L.
willa
will, the faculty of willing ⬩ will, purpose, design, command ⬩ will, determination, resolution ⬩ intention, purpose, desire to act ⬩ will, desire, wish ⬩ pleasure, delight ⬩ will, disposition ⬩ will, accord, consent, pleasure ⬩ Ger. meinetwillen ⬩ will, one's own way
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Nǽnig wæs weorð, gif mon his willan begeat yfelne, Met. 8, 37. Gelfcnyssa willena qualitates afectionum, Scint. 28, 18.