hámettan
To provide with a home, to house
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I have now housed them, Th. Chart. 152, 3-7
ge-witnes
knowledge ⬩ cognisance ⬩ witness ⬩ testimony ⬩ used of persons
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On Moyses bóca gewitnesse by the testimony of the books of Moses, Blickl. Homl. 153, 5. Ðæt is to gewitnesse ðæt hit him ne lícode that is for a testimony that they did not like it, Past. 21, 6; Swt. 165, 13; Hat. MS.
Linked entry: witness
BRÁD
BROAD open, large, spacious, copious ⬩ latus, expansus, amplus, spatiosus, copiosus
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Se hearda þegn lét brádne méce brecan ofer bordweal the fierce thane caused his broad sword to break over the shield, Beo. Th. 5948;B. 2978.
hleów
A shelter, ⬩ protection, ⬩ covering, ⬩ refuge;
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Hé him beád his recedes hleów he offered them the shelter of his house, Cd. 112; Th. 147, 18; Gen. 2441.
a-nýdan
to repel ⬩ thrust or beat back ⬩ keep from ⬩ restrain ⬩ constrain ⬩ force ⬩ repellere ⬩ extorquere ⬩ to expel ⬩ to drive out ⬩ expellere ⬩ depellere ⬩ exigere
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expellere, depellere, exigere Ic anýde híg út on fremde folc I will drive them out among a strange people, Deut. 32, 21
Linked entry: a-nídan
gilp-word
A boastful word ⬩ a boast ⬩ vaunt
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A boastful word, a boast, vaunt Hí him to gylpworde hæfdon 'ðæt him leófre wǽre ðæt hí hæfdon healtne cyning ðonne healt ríce' their boast was 'that they had rather have a halting king than a halting kingdom,' Ors. 3, 1; Bos. 53, 26.
bunda
a wedded or married man, a husband ⬩ maritus, sponsus ⬩ the father or head of a family, a householder ⬩ paterfamilias, œconomus ⬩ wedlock, marriage, ⬩ lawfully born, born in wedlock ⬩ wedlock breaker, an adulterer ⬩ marriage-fast-man, a wedded man, a husband: ⬩ to wed, take a wife ⬩ a wedded man, husband, householder ⬩ one wedded or bound, a husband ⬩ to bind ⬩ person ⬩ agent ⬩ a hammer ⬩ a hammerer ⬩ rule, government, ⬩ a ruler, governor ⬩ bound ⬩ one bound, a husband
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This compound is one of the oldest in the language. It is found in the interpolated passage of Matt. xx. between vers. 28 and 29. The passage is in all the Anglo-Saxon MSS. of the Gospels, except the interlineary glosses.
Linked entry: bonda
D
to cut
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ends in ed, od, but when the letters t, p, c, h, x, and s, after another consonant, go before the infinitive an, the vowel before the terminating d is not only rejected, but d is changed into t; as from dyppan to dip would be regularly formed dypped dipped
ge-bétan
to make better ⬩ improve ⬩ mend ⬩ amend ⬩ repair ⬩ emendāre ⬩ repărāre ⬩ to make strong ⬩ fortify ⬩ surround with a wall ⬩ confirmāre ⬩ munīre ⬩ mūrāre ⬩ to make amends ⬩ reparation ⬩ 'bót' for ⬩ repent ⬩ to obtain a remedy against ⬩ to get 'bót' from ⬩ avenge
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Ne meahte on ðam feorh-bonan fǽhþe gebétan could not avenge the feud on the murderer. Beo. Th. 4922; B. 2465
IN
In ⬩ on ⬩ into ⬩ in ⬩ to ⬩ In
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'In is not found in Alfred's Metres, in the Runic poem, or in Byrhtnoþ; it occurs twice in the metrical Psalms, three times in Cædmon's Genesis; elsewhere in the poetry in and on freely interchange; but in prevails in the North, on in the South.
Linked entries: -standendlic gang-ern
wærcan
to pain ⬩ to suffer pain ⬩ be troubled
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Gif ða þeóh wærce, 312, 7. Ðonne monnes wambe wærce oððe rysle, 318, 20. to suffer pain (?), be troubled Ic werhte eom exercitatus sum (if werhte can be taken as the past tense of the verb, eom is superfluous), Ps. Spl. 76, 3
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DEÓP
DEEP, profound, stern, awful, solemn ⬩ prŏfundus, grăvis, sōlemnis
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Deóp wæter the deep water, Exon. 54 b; Th. 193, 19; Az. 124. Fíftena stód deóp ofer dúnum flód elna the flood stood fifteen ells deep over the hills, Cd. 69; Th. 84, 15; Gen. 1398.
ge-tawa
Instruments; ⬩ instrumenta
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Ðis syndon ða getawa these are the instruments, L. E. I. 2; Th. ii. 404, 3
CÉNE
KEEN, fierce, bold, brave, warlike ⬩ acer, audax, animosus, bellicosus
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Þriste mid cénum the confident with the brave, Exon. 89b; Th. 337, 8; Gn. Ex. 61: Beo. Th. 1541; B. 768. this word is sometimes expressed by the Rune RUNE Ðonne RUNE cwacaþ then the bold shall quake, Exon. 19b; Th. 50, 8; Cri. 797: Elen. Grm. 1258
un-forworht
Not criminal ⬩ innocent
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Se ðe hit áwende æt unforworhtum þingum he who sets aside the grant when there is no criminality on the part of the grantee (cf. the phrase frequent in Oswald's charters: Gif hwá búton gewyrhtum hit ábrecan wille, iii. 21, 30, and often.
Linked entries: for-wyrcan fór-wyrcan
fódder
FODDER ⬩ dry food for cattle ⬩ hay ⬩ corn ⬩ provender ⬩ food generally ⬩ jūmenti pābŭlum ⬩ fœnum ⬩ ĕdūlium ⬩ pābŭlum ⬩ esca ⬩ victus ⬩ a case from which anything is fed ⬩ a case ⬩ cover ⬩ sheath ⬩ thāca ⬩ θήκη
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the fodder, Bt. 14, 2; Fox 44, 23.
bǽr
a BIER ⬩ feretrum ⬩ a couch ⬩ pallet ⬩ litter ⬩ grabatus
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a BIER; feretrum Síe seó bǽr gearo let the bier be ready, Beo. Th. 6202; B. 3105. Gefærenne man brohton on bǽre they brought a dead man on a bier, Elen.
éðel-turf
Native turf or soil, native country, country ⬩ patrium sŏlum, patria, terrĭtōrium
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Ðá com leóf Gode on ða éðelturf then came the friend of God into that country, Cd. 85; Th. 106, 20; Gen. 1774: 127; Th. 162, 6; Gen. 2677: Exon. 60b; Th. 220, 17; Ph. 321
éðel-weard
A country's guardian or ruler, a king ⬩ patriæ custos vel dŏmĭnus, rex
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Giímonna gestrión sealdon unwillum éðelweardas the wealth of men of old their country's guardians unwillingly gave up. Bt. Met. Fox I. 48; Met. I. 24
fóre-gangan
To go before ⬩ precede ⬩ præcēdĕre
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To go before, precede; præcēdĕre Hí wǽron fóregaugende in ðone leg they were going before into the flame, Bd. 3, 19; S. 548, 31. Hine sóþfæstnes fóregangeþ justĭtia ante eum ambŭlābit. Ps. Th. 84, 12.
Linked entry: fóre-gán