ge-ǽswícod
To offend
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Tó hwý gedréfest þú þíne geþóhtas tó geǽswicianne on mé swylce ic hwylc gást syrwiende gebedu fremme scandalizabatur in mente putans ne spiritus esset, qui se fingeret orare Hml. S. 23 b, 283. Ic swýðe geǽswicod (ashamed.
hærfest
Harvest, autumn ⬩ autumpnus ⬩ autumn ⬩ autumnus ⬩ autumn
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Ðis wæs on hærfest this was in autumn, Chr. 918; Erl. 104, 16
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Coludes burh
Colud's city ⬩ Coldingham ⬩ Berwickshire ⬩ Scotland ⬩ Coludi vel Coludana urbs, Colania, in agro Barovici
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Hér Coludes burh forbarn mid godcundum fýre in this year [A. D. 679] Coldingham was burnt with divine fire Chr. 679; Erl. 41, 12.
sogoþa
hiccough, heartburn ⬩ gastric juice
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cause that against which this is to be done ii. 28, 1. Wið sogoþan and geohsan ðe of milte cymþ 248, 1.
hnáh
Bent down, ⬩ low, ⬩ lowly, ⬩ humble, ⬩ abject, ⬩ mean, ⬩ poor
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Nó ic me hnágran talige ðonne Grendel hine I think myself no worse man than does Grendel himself, Beo. Th. 1359; B. 677.
ge-þrýn
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gihríno ðá ðe útan on sint and hit gihrínade mid golde (cf. the riddle on a book: Mec (the parchment ) wráh hæleð hleóbordum, hýde beþenede, gierede mec mid golde; for þon mé glíwedon wrætlic weorc smiða, Rä. 27, 11-14). to repress, restrain Ná for þí
Linked entry: ge-þrýde
æt-sacan
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Ne ætsace ic þín non te negabo . Mk. 14, 31. Hé ætsæcð Crístes, Wlfst. 85, l. Þæt hí Godes ætsacan and deófle tó gebúgan, 97, 3. with acc. , Mk. 14, 72 : Lk. 22, 34. v. æt-sæcst in Dict
swice
departure, escape, ⬩ escape from that which threatens to befall, evasion ⬩ outcome, event, issue ⬩ deceit, fraud, treachery ⬩ offence, stumbling-block, snare ⬩ scandalum
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Th. 164, 6 ; Gú. 1007. outcome, event, issue :-- Hé þenceþ ðæt his wíse þince unforcúþ biþ ðæs óþer swice ðonne hé ðæs fácnes fintan sceáwaþ he thinks that his ways appear respectable; their event will be different when he observes the result of the
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slǽd
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Loke a littel on þe lannde on þi lyfte honde & þon schal se in þat slade þe self chapel, Gaw. 2147
Linked entries: sléd wíþig-slǽd wæter-slæd
worþ
a close ⬩ an enclosed place ⬩ an enclosed homestead ⬩ a habitation with surrounding land ⬩ land ⬩ a place enclosed by buildings ⬩ a court ⬩ hall ⬩ a place ⬩ street
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a close (?), an enclosed place (?) Út on rigewyrðe (the rye-close ?) westeweardne, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 437, 35. Uppan rigeweorðe on ða ealdan díc; of ðære die út on rigewurðe heal, v. 377, 21. On lindwyrðe, iii. 375, 6. an enclosed homestead, a habitation
un-brád
Not broad ⬩ narrow
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Not broad, narrow Eall swá brád seó sunne is swá eall eorðan ymbhwyrft, ac heó þingð ús swýðe unbrád, Lchdm. iii. 236, 8. Se unbráda þistel scolimbos, Wrt. Voc. i. 69, 12.
on-teón
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to withdraw, pull away, extract Ðonne þû wîn habban wille, þonne dô þû mid þînum twâm fingrum swilce þû tæppan of tunnan onteón wille, Tech. ii. 120, 10. to pull apart, untie Gewunedon þá þwangas . . . of mycclum dæ̂le ontogone (un-, v. l.) magna ex
stille
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Add Þú þe ealle ðá unstillan gesceafta tó þínum willan ástyrast, and ðú self stille and unáwendedlic þurhwunast, Bt. 33, 4; F. 128, 10
sǽ-genga
a sea-goer, a mariner ⬩ a vessel, ship
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wel hig understandaþ ðæt eorþlíce líchamlíce beóþ fulran on weaxendum mónan ðonne on wanigendum the skilful mariners well understand that earthly, corporeal things are fuller with a waxing than with a waning moon, Anglia viii. 327,21 . a vessel, ship
Linked entry: sǽ-líðend
ofer-sleán
to reduce, subdue
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to reduce, subdue Ðæt ða munecas furþor restan ðonne healfe niht ðæt seó dæges þigen tófered sý on ðære nihtlícam reste and seó hǽte ðære þigene oferslegen that the monks may rest more than half the night, so that the food of tie day may be distributed
twi-dǽlan
to divide in two ⬩ to differ
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Ðone twydǽledan wísdóm, ðæt is andweardra þinga and gástlicra wísdóm, Lchdm. iii. 440, 29. Ðás twidǽledan hanc bi-partitam, divisam in duas paries Hpt. Gl. 434, 32. to differ Twydǽlþ discrepat, Scint. 125, 6.
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þeóf
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S. 29; Th. i. 392, 17: while a reward was given to him who seized a thief: Se ðe þeóf geféhþ, hé áh .x. sciłł., L. In. 28; Th. i. 120, 5. To let a thief go, when caught, was a crime, L.
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ge-hát
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Eal þín gehát þe þú mé gehét, 143, 28. Ne hopa ðú tó swíðe tó ðám ðe ðé man geháte; ðǽr lyt geháta bið, ðǽr bið lyt lygena ( where there are few promises, there are few lies ), Prov. K. 7.
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hwettan
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D. iii. 430, II. to make a person keen (hwæt), incite, excite, egg on. absolute Swá þín sefa hwette, B. 490. with acc. Þonne wín hweteð beornes breóstsefan, Mód. 18.
on-ginnan
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Ongin nú stranglíce, and þín gemynd stent on herunge, 29, 272. Onginnað nú þegenlíce, . . . and syllað eówer ágen líf for ðǽre sóðfæstan ǽ, 25, 248