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ge-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-mód, adj. [mód mind]

Of one mind, agreedconcors

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Of one mind, agreed; concors Ðíne freónd næfst ðé swá gemóde swá swá ðú woldest thou hast not thy friends in such agreement with thee as thou wouldest, Shrn. 182, 5. Wæs ðú gemód ðínum ðæm weðerwearde esto consentiens adversario tuo, Mt. Kmbl.

tæflere

(n.)
Grammar
tæflere, es; m.

A gamester, dicer, gambler

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Wé lǽraþ, ðæt preóst ne beó hunta, ne hafecere, ne tæflere, ac plege on his bócum, swá his háde gebiraþ, L. Edg. C. 64; Th. ii. 258, 8

Linked entry: teblere

tæppian

(v.)
Grammar
tæppian, p. ode

To tap, put a tap into a cask

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To tap, put a tap into a cask Gyf ðé gedrýrptes wínes lyste, ðonne dó ðú mid ðínum swýþran scytefingre on ðíne wynstran hand, swylce ðú tæppian wille, and wænd ðínne scytefinger ádúne and twængc hine mid ðínum twám fingrum, swylce ðú of sumne dropan

Linked entry: tæppa

níwlinga

(adv.)
Grammar
níwlinga, adv.
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Þá nýtenu æfter deáþe ne lifiað, and se man onginneþ þonne eft neówlinga (neówunga, v. l. ) lifigean æfter þæs líchaman deáþe, þonne hé geendeþ þis gesewenlice líf jumenta post mortem non vivunt, homo vero tunc vivere inchoat, cum per mortem carnis hanc

Linked entries: níwunga neówlinga

un-gearowitolness

(n.)
Grammar
un-gearowitolness, e; f.
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Want of ready wit, want of clear thought For þon wé hí geseóð swylce hit sý ǽr sunnan uppgange, for þon þe hit nú gýt is in sumre glímunge and ungearewitolnesse (-gearu-, v.l.) úres módes quia quasi in quodam mentis crepusculo haec velut ante solem videmus

daroþ

(n.)
Grammar
daroþ, daraþ, dareþ,es ; m. [derian to hurt]

DART, spear, javelin, weapon telum, jaculum, hasta

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ADART, spear, javelin, weapon ; telum, jaculum, hasta Daroþ sceal on handa the spear shall be in the hand, Menol. Fox 502; Gn. C. 21. Forlét daroþ of handa fleógan let a dart fly from the hand, Byrht. Th. 136, 11; By. 149: 139, 17; By. 255.

Linked entry: daraþ

éce

(adv.)
Grammar
éce, adv.

Ever, evermore, eternally, perpetually in æternum, semper, contĭnuo, perpĕtuo

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Éce standeþ Godes hand-geweorc God's handywork standeth evermore, Canon. Hrs. 369, 17. Ðǽr is help gelong éce to ealdre there is our help for evermore at hand. Exon. 75 a; Th. 281, 14; Jul. 646. Wunaþ symble éce mănet in sēcŭlum sēcŭli, Ps.

a-ginnan

(v.)
Grammar
a-ginnan, ic aginne, ðú aginnest, aginst, he aginneþ, agineþ, aginþ, agynþ; p. agan, pl. agunnon; pp. agunnen; v. a.

To beginto set uponundertaketake in handincipere

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To begin, to set upon, undertake, take in hand; incipere And agynþ beátan hys efenþeówas cœperit percutere conservos suos, Mt. Bos. 24, 49. Hí agynnon hine tǽlan incipiant illudere ei, Lk. Bos. 14, 29: 23, 5.

Linked entries: a-gan a-gynþ

éðel-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
éðel-leás, adj.

Countryless, homeless patria vel dŏmo cărens, extorris, exul

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Kmbl. 148; An. 74- Eðel-leáse ðysne gyst-sele gihþum healdaþ [healdeþ MS.] the homeless hold this guest-hall in memory, Cd. 169; Th. 212, 3; Exod. 533

nos-þyrel

(n.)
Grammar
nos-þyrel, -þyrl, -terl, es; n.

A nostril

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Nosterla hǽr vibrissae, 21, 52. Se brǽþ on heora nosþyrlum, Homl. ii. 98, 9. Dó on ða næsþyrlu (nos-, MS. B.), Lchdm. i. 72, 21

Linked entry: næs-þyrel

ge-mígan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mígan, p. -máh, pl. -migon; pp. -migen
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Ðǽr se hand gemáh where the hound watered, Med. ex Quadr. 9, 13; Lchdm. i. 364, 1

Linked entry: mígan

ge-mirce

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mirce, es; n.
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Angl. i. 508) sóðes and rihtes naturam animi mei nan ignoras, solere me terminum eqaitatis custodire, Nar. 2, 23. a mark, sign: — Gimerco (gemerca, L. ) das gifylgeð signa haec sequentur, Mk. R. 16, 17

Linked entries: -mirce ge-merce

hete-lic

malignanthardsevere

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S. 18, 194. of things, hard, severe Hé mæg him wénan hetelices leánes, Wlfst, 191, 23. Hé ferde on hetelicum wintra, on swá swíðlicum cyle ꝥ sume men swulton þurh þone, Hml. S. 31, 59

ýfer

(n.)
Grammar
ýfer, (?); gen. ýfre.
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Haec sunt nomina pastuum porcorum . . . heánýfre, i. 258, 11. Þis syndon þá landgemǽru . . . þæt is ǽrest heáhýfre; of heáhýfre, C. D. B. i. 117, 26

ganra

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Add Anser [vel ganra (added in another hand )] hwít gós, Wülck. Gl. 284, 13. Gandra (ganra, v. l.) anser Ælfc. Gr. Z. 43, 14. Gif wíf eteð hanan flǽsc oððe ganran, Lch. iii. 144, 24. in a place-name Andlang weges upp on gandran dúne, C.

hámettan

(v.)
Grammar
hámettan, p. te

To provide with a home, to house

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I have now housed them, Th. Chart. 152, 3-7

swilce

(adv.)
Grammar
swilce, swelce; adv. conj.
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Swelce hié cwǽden as if they had said, Past. pref.; Swt. 5, 13. Men gehýraþ myccle stefne on heofenum, swylce ðǽr man fyrde trymme and samnige, Blickl. Homl. 91, 31: Ps. Th. 101, 3.

Linked entry: swálíce

ge-séman

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to a payment of a hundred, and only when this payment had been made would be able to get a legal settlement of the case.]

síþ

(n.)
Grammar
síþ, es ; m.
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Hwílum ús earfoþlíce gesǽleþ on sǽwe ðéh wé síþ nesan frécne geféran at times we have hard hap at sea, though we come safe from and perform our dangerous voyage, Andr. Kmbl. 1030 ; An. 515. Ðære sunnan síþ behealdan, Exon. Th. 203, 27 ; Ph. 90.

Linked entries: síþemest síþmæst

healdan

(v.)
Grammar
healdan, haldan; p. heóld; pp. healden.

to HOLD, keep, grasp, retain, restrain, confine, containto hold, have, possess, occupy, inhabitto rule, governto behave, conductto guard, defend, keep, preserve, protect, maintain, sustain, regard, observe, take heedto hold out, last, hold on, continue, hold withto hold, keep, keep sheepservare, custodire

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Ðære heorde ðe hí healdan sceoldan to the flock that they should have kept, Blickl. Homl. 45, 15. Hí ne dorstan nán gefeoht healdan wið Willelm cynge they dared not have any battle with king William, Chr. 1075; Erl. 214, 8.