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forþ-fór

(n.)
Grammar
forþ-fór, e; f. [fór a going]

A going forth ⬩ departure ⬩ death ⬩ exĭtus ⬩ ŏbĭtus ⬩ mors

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Bos. 4, 47: Bd. 4, 24; S. 598, 28, 37: 5, 3; S. 616, 17. Be his forþfóre de ŏbĭtu ejus, 2, 3; S. 504, 13. Heora gemynde and forþfóre mid mæssesange mǽrsade syndon their memory and decease are celebrated with mass-song, 2, 3; S. 504. 41

lah-ceáp

(n.)
Grammar
lah-ceáp, -cóp, es; m.
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In the note on the latter passage an illustration is quoted from old Danish Law, where 'bylagh' [town law] being lost under certain conditions after an absence of a year and a day, a man 'bör at köbe sigh thet igen a ny.'

Linked entry: land-ceáp

be-seón

(v.)
Grammar
be-seón, -sión, bi-seón; ic -seó, ðú -sihst, he -sihþ, -syhþ, pl. -seóþ; p. ic, he -seah, ðú -sáwe, pl. -sáwon; impert. -sih; pp. -sewen; [be by, near, about; seón to see]

to look about or around ⬩ circumspicere ⬩ to see, look, behold ⬩ videre, aspicere ⬩ to go to see, visit ⬩ visere, visitare

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Bos. 9, 8. Ðá he beseah, ðá geseah he olfendas when he looked about, then he saw the camels, Gen. 24, 63. to see, look, behold; videre, aspicere Abraham beseah upp and geseah þrí weras Abraham looked up and saw three men, Gen. 18, 2.

ge-brócod

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-brócod, -brócad, -bróced, -brócud [or -brocod ?]; part. p. [ge-, brðcod; pp. of brócian to oppress, vex]

Afflicted ⬩ broken up ⬩ injured ⬩ afflictus ⬩ confractus

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Ða óðre gebrócade aweg cómon the others came away afflicted, Ors. 4, 1; Bos. 78, 1. Hie wǽron gebrócede they were afflicted, Chr. 897; Erl. 94, 30. We ealle on hǽðenum folce gebrócude wǽron we were all afflicted by the heathen folk, Cod.

un-gemetgod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gemetgod, adj.

Immoderate ⬩ excessive ⬩ intemperate ⬩ indiscreet

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Ne durre wé ðás bóc ná miccle swíðor gelengan, ðí læs ðe heó ungemetegod sý, Homl. Th. ii. 520, 4. Ungemetegod lufu, 220, 6: Homl. Skt. i. 16, 276. Tunge ungemetegud(-ad) lingua immoderata, Scint. 78, 10: Kent. Gl. 507.

Linked entries: ge-metgian un-gemetegod

Dene-mearc

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Dele the bracket, and add Wæs him on þæt bæc*-*bord Denamearc, Ors. 1, 1; S. 19, 26. Sume férdon tó Dænmarce (tó Dænmercan (Denmarcon, v. l. ), 30), Chr. 1070; P. 207, 16. On Denemearcon, 1036; P. 159, 18. Tó Denemarcon, 1076; P. 211, 22, 36.

sǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
sǽlan, de.

to fasten with a cord ⬩ to restrain, repress, confine

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Sǽlde sǽgrundas the bound sea-depths (in contrast with the relaxing of the bonds which held the sea, when a passage was made through it for the Israelites), Cd. Th. 196, 9; Exod. 289

brid

(n.)
Grammar
brid, bridd, es; m.

The young of any of the feathered tribe; ⬩ pullus

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Bos. 2, 24: Lev. 1, 14: Ps. Spl. 83, 3. On swealwan bridda magan in the maw of the young ones of a swallow, L. M. 3, 1; Lchdm. ii. 306, 7. Hit sculon beón micle briddas it should be big young ones, L. M. 3, 1; Lchdm. ii. 306, 14.

Linked entries: bird briddas

hám-weard

(adv.)
Grammar
hám-weard, adv.

Homeward, in the direction of home ⬩ domum versus, retro

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Ðá hý hámweard wǽron when they were on the way home, Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 85, 38, Égeas wearþ gelǽht fram atelícum deófle hámwerd be wege ǽrðan hé tó húse cóme Ægeas was seized by a horrible devil on the way home, before he came to his house, Homl.

fóþer

food ⬩ nutriment ⬩ a covering ⬩ the body of a waggon ⬩ the amount contained in a waggon ⬩ a waggon-load

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Voc. ii. 29, 30. the body of a waggon(?); the amount contained in a waggon, a waggon-load Fóþer altitudo, wǽngehrado tabula plaustri (in a list 'de plaustris et de partibus ejus'), Wrt. Voc. i. 284, 52. Fóder altitudo (? alitudo, v. I), ii. 8, 13.

Linked entry: ge-féþrian

Sciððeas

(n.)
Grammar
Sciððeas, Sciððie, Sciððige, a; pl.

The Scythians ⬩ Scythia

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On Sciððie (Sciððige, Bos. 43, 42) Swt. 72, 24

Linked entry: Sciððia

gleáwlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
gleáwlíce, adv.

Prudently ⬩ wisely ⬩ clearly ⬩ well

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Lk Bos. 16, 8. Gleáwlíce astute, Blickl. Gloss. Gleóulíce clare, Mk. Skt. Lind. 8, 25.

Linked entry: gleów-líce

ge-dyrstignes

presumption, audacity ⬩ a bold undertaking

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Þ hé heora oferhýd tóweorpe and gedyrstignesse (-þyrstignesse, v.l.) dréfe ut superbiam eorum dissipet et conturbet audaciam, Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 3628. a bold undertaking Gedyrstignessum ausis Wrt. Voc. ii 9, 32

borgas

(n.)

sureties, debtors

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Eth. i. 1; Th. i. 280, 21; pl. of borh

fore-beódan

(v.)

to announce ⬩ preach

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to announce, preach Forebodan (= -bodad? v. forebodian) bið praedicabitur, Mt. L. 24, 14

Linked entry: beódan

bogen

(n.)

rosemary

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M. 3, 30; Lchdm. ii. 324, 25, = boðen, q. v

ge-beág

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-beág, -beáh

bowed

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bowed,Beo. Th. 2487; B. 1241 : 3085; B. 1540 : 5128; B. 2567;

cifes-boren

(adj.)
Grammar
cifes-boren, adj.
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Born of a concubine Ortrýwes ciuesdómes, cifesboren perfidi pelicatus, An. Ox. 5042

spryttan

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Add Fela bóga treówes of ánum wyrtwalan spryttað (procedunt), Scint. 3, 17

haca

(n.)
Grammar
haca, an; m.

A hook [?], bolt or bar of a door ⬩ pessulus ⬩ a hook ⬩ uncinus, furca ⬩ a hook, clasp ⬩ the chin

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, bolt or bar of a door; pessulus, Gl. Mett. 658

Linked entries: hæcce hacod hæca