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ge-rýman

(v.)
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Þæt him Dryhten þurh deáðes cwealm tó hyra earfeða ende gerýme that for them the Lord by death's pang clear the way to the end of their troubles, Gú. 196

rǽran

(v.)
Grammar
rǽran, p. de
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Hú neáh ðære tíde wǽre ðætte ða bróðru árísan sceolden and Godes lof rǽran and heora úhtsang singan quam prope esset hora qua fratres ad dicendas Domino laudes nocturnal excitari deberent, Bd. 4. 24; S. 599, 4

Linked entry: hebban

CLYPIAN

(v.)
Grammar
CLYPIAN, clypigan, clipian, cleopian, clepian, part. clypiende, clypigende, ic clypie, clypige, ðú clypast, he clypaþ, pl. clypiaþ, p. ode, ade ; impert. clypa, pl. clypiaþ; pp. od, ad

To make a vocal soundspeakspeak aloudto cry outcallsayloquiclamarevocaredicere

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Hlúddre stæfne clypigan to cry with a loud voice Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 12, note. Clypiende dicens R. Ben. 44. Mid micelre stemne clypigende crying with a loud voice Homl. Th. i. 48, 5. Ic clypie to Gode clamabo ad Deum Ps. Lamb. 56, 3.

ge-lǽstan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lǽstan, to -lǽstenne; he -lǽsteþ, -lǽst; p. -lǽste; pp. -lǽsted, -lǽst.

to doperformaccomplishfulfildischargeexecutepayfăcĕreperfĭcĕrepatrārepræstārepersolvēreto accompanyfollowattendservecŏmĭtārisĕquipersĕquiTo continueremainlastenduremănēredūrāre

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Swá lange swá me líf gelǽst as long as life attends me, L. Edg. S. 12; Th. i. 276, 19 : 16; Th. i. 278, 12. Ðæt hý him æt ðám gewinnum gelǽston that they would serve him in the wars, Ors. 4, 9; Bos. 91, 30.

Linked entry: lǽstan

híd

Grammar
híd, hígid.

familia

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Ic sile Forðréde nigen hígida lond . . . tú hîgida lond, 5, 24-30. where assessment is made according to the number of hides: Sé þe hæbbe þreó hída tǽcne óðres healfes hýdes gesettes, Ll. Th. i. 144, II.

Linked entries: hígid híwisc

GEARD

(n.)
Grammar
GEARD, es; m.

An inclosureinclosed placeYARDGARDENcourtdwellinghomeregionlandseptumlŏcus septushortusāreahabĭtācŭlumdomĭcĭliumrĕgio

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Wit forléton on heofonríce gódlíce geardas we two have lost in the heavenly kingdom goodly courts, Cd. 35; Th. 46, 6; Gen. 740 : Beo. Th. 2272; B. 1134. On Fæder geardas in the dwellings of the Father, Salm.

Linked entry: mǽr-geard

dǽd-bétan

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Ástrecce hé hine eallum limum on þám stede þe hé stande, and on þá wísan mid hreówsunge dǽdbéte oð se abbod hine geswícan háte proiciat se in terram in loco quo stat, et sic satisfaciat usque dum ei jubeat abba ut quiescat ab hac satisfactione, 70, 18

ge-metlíce

(adv.)
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Ðǽr ðé áuht tweóge, lofa ðæt gemetlíce, 62 : 70: Solil. H. 48, 19. Hé beór ne drince, and gemetlíce wín and eala, Lch. ii. 88, ii.

wǽpen-getæc

(n.)
Grammar
wǽpen-getæc, -tak, es; n.

A wapentake,

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Icel. vápna-tak, though this is used in a different sense), is thus explained in the document above cited: Cum quis accipiebat prefecturam wapentagii, die statuto in loco ubi consueverant congregari, omnes majores natu contra eum conveniebant, et, descendente

áne

(adv.)
Grammar
áne, ǽne; adv. [án one, with the adverbial -e]

Onceonce for allonlyalonesemelsolumtantum

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Ic ðé ǽne abealh, éce Drihten I alone angered thee, eternal Lord, Cd. 222; Th. 290, 4; Sat. 410

Linked entry: ǽne

dollíce

(adv.)
Grammar
dollíce, adv.

Foolishly, rashlystulte, insāne

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Foolishly, rashly; stulte, insāne Spræc heálíg word dollíce wið Drihten sínne he spake proud words foolishly against his Lord, Cd. 15; Th. 19, 22; Gen. 295: Homl. Th. ii. 330, 26.

grimman

(v.)
Grammar
grimman, ic grimme, ðú grimst, he grimmeþ, grimþ, pl. grimmaþ; p. gram, grom, pl. grummon; pp. grummen.
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to rage, roar, make a loud noise; fremere Ðú hie grimman meaht gehýran thou mayest hear it [hell] rage, Cd. 37; Th. 49, 17; Gen. 793. Hwæl-mere hlúde grimmeþ the whale-mere [the sea] rages loudly, Exon. 101 a; Th. 382, 3; Rä. 3, 5. [Cf. O.

Linked entry: gúþ-mód

grǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
grǽdan, p. de
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Hine mon sceal swíðe hlúde hátan grǽdan oððe singan he must be bidden to cry out or sing very loud, L. M. 2, 5; Lchdm. ii. 182, 26

Linked entry: han-grǽd

gnyrn

(n.)
Grammar
gnyrn, es; m.

Griefsorrowevilwrong

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Wlance drihtne guldon gód mid gnyrne arrogant, they repaid good to the Lord with evil, Cd. 111; Th. 146, 10; Gen. 2420

stród

(n.)
Grammar
stród, (strod ?), es; n.
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The word occurs in local names, Stródwíc Strudwick (Northants), ii. 318, 30. Ðæt land æt Stróðistúne, iv. 288, 18. Perhaps it is left in Strood (Kent). ?

þeód-bealu

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-bealu, wes; n.
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Great ill, grievous ill Þeódbealu on þreó healfa ( referring to three elements in the misery of the lost; cf. O. Sax. thiod-arbédi, applied to the expulsion from Eden ), Exon. Th. 78, 2; Cri. 1268.

ge-grówan

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Swá se fiicbeám ofersceadað ðæt lond ðæt hit under him ne mæg gegrówan, Past. 337, 11

glædlíce

(adv.)
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Wé tódǽlað þá dagas þurh seofon, and swá glædlíce wé becumað tó þám andgite swá myceles gerénes, Angl. viii. 302, 39. of ready, willing action, cheerfully, with alacrity Ꝥ Crístes lofu neádwíse wé gelǽstan glædlíce ( alacriter ), Hy.

út-hleáp

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Substitute : The fine to be paid by a man who goes from his lord without leave Si quis a domino suo sine licentia discedat, útleipa emendetur et redire cogatur, ut rectum per omnia faciat, Ll. Th. I. 543 13. Cf.

a-déman

(v.)
Grammar
a-déman, p. de; pp. ed

To judgeadjudgedoomdeemtryabjudicatedepriveexaminareabjudicarejudicio facto relegare

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try, abjudicate, deprive; examinare, abjudicare, judicio facto relegare Lícode Gode hire ða hálgan sáule eác swylce mid longre hire líchoman untrymnesse adémde and asodene beón it pleased God that her holy soul should also be tried and seethed with long