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ge-fultuman

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. ¶ the object to be got expressed by a clause :-- Bæd Burgréd Æþelwulf þæt hé him gefultumade þæt him Norþ-Walas gehiérsumode, Chr. 853; P. 64, 25. (3 b) to help a person (dat. ) to do something :-- Hí bǽdon þæt hié him gefultumadon þæt hié wiþ þone

ge-teón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-teón, -tión; p. -teóde; pp. -teód

To make ⬩ form ⬩ frame ⬩ appoint ⬩ determine ⬩ decree ⬩ ordain ⬩ assign ⬩ făcĕre ⬩ stătuĕre ⬩ constĭtuĕre ⬩ decernĕre

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Se ðe geteód hæfde qui decrēvĕrat, Bd. 3, 24; S. 556, 12: Blickl. Homl. 19, 35. Geteód to ðǽm écan wítum destined to eternal torments, 37, 4: 31, 22. Ðonne biþ ðam heard dóm geteód a hard sentence will be the lot of that man, 95, 36.

windig

(adj.)
Grammar
windig, adj.

windy ⬩ windy ⬩ flatulent

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Ic sǽnæssas geseón mihte, windige weallas, Beo. Th. 1148; B. 572: 2721; B. 1358. Swá síde swá sǽ bebúgeþ windge eardweallas (wind geard weallas, MS.), 2452 ; B. 1224.- fig.

midd

(adj.)
Grammar
midd, adj. with superl. midemest, midmest

Mid ⬩ middle

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Ðá wé wǽron on middre ðære sǽ ( in medio mari ), Bd. 5, 1; S. 613, 23. Is on middre ðære cyricean, 2, 3; S. 504, 39. Hire ( the axis ) midore ymbe (cf. ymb ða eaxe middewearde, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 23), Bt. Met. Fox. 28, 46; Met. 28, 23.

lád

(n.)
Grammar
lád, e; f.

excuse

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Láde wyrðe beón to be entitled to clear one's self (by oath or by ordeal), L. C. S. 20; Th. i. 386, 21.

Linked entry: ládian

morþ

(n.)
Grammar
morþ, es; n. m.

death ⬩ destruction ⬩ perdition ⬩ that which causes death ⬩ murder ⬩ slaying with an attempt at concealment of the deed ⬩ murder ⬩ homicide

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be given up to the kinsmen (of the slain man), and if the accusation be brought, and the attempt of the accused to clear himself fail, let the bishop pass sentence, L.

sín

be

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be

sió

(v.)

be

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(be)

clǽn-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
clǽn-líc, adj.

Pure. CLEANLY ⬩ purus, mundus

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CLEANLY; purus, mundus Mid clǽnlícre lufe with pure love, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 38: Bt. Met. Fox 11, 183; Met. 11, 92

mere-torr

(n.)
Grammar
mere-torr, es; m.

A tower formed by the sea (the walls formed by the waters of the Red Sea)

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A tower formed by the sea (the walls formed by the waters of the Red Sea), Cd. 167; Th. 208, 16; Exod. 484

grim-full

(adj.)
Grammar
grim-full, adj.
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Fierce, terrible Gif on Wódnesdseg bið ácenned, sé bið scearp on gewinne and grimful, E. S. 39, 348. [v. N. E. D. grimful.]

riht-wer

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Gif be cwicum ceorle wíf hig be óðrum were forlicge, . . . hæbbe se rihtwer eall ꝥ heó áhte, Ll. Th. i. 406, 8. Add

ge-beorglic

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Man dóm æfter dǽde medemige be mǽðe swá for Gode si gebeorhlic, 318, 6. Ne tǽce wé ná mid swá gerádum bysenum and gebeorhlicum lárum, þæt hé leahtras fyrðrige, ac þæt hé snotorlíce hý wanige, R. Ben. 121, 7

Linked entries: -beorglic ge-beorhlic

FÆST

(adj.)
Grammar
FÆST, adj.

FAST, fixed, firm, stiff; solid, constant, fortified ⬩ fixus, firmus, sŏlĭdus, constans, mūnītus

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Fæste móde fixa mente, Bd. 4, 3; S. 569, 14; Exon. 8 a; Th. 1, 10; Cri. 6. Se wille fæst hús timbrian he will build a firm house, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 7, 10 Cd. 151; Th. 189, 1; Exod. 178. Mid fæstum geleáfan with firm faith, Boutr.

ge-cynd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-cynd, ge-cind, acc. ge-cynd, ge-cynde; f. also ge-cynd, ge-cynde, nom. acc; gen. -cyndes; dat. -cynde; pl. nom. acc. -cyndu, -cyndo, -cynd; gen. -cynda; dat. -cyndum; n.

nature ⬩ kind ⬩ manner ⬩ condition ⬩ gender ⬩ natura ⬩ indoles ⬩ ingenium ⬩ proprietas ⬩ modus ⬩ qualitas ⬩ conditio ⬩ genus ⬩ generation ⬩ nakedness ⬩ generatio ⬩ natales ⬩ partes ⬩ genitales ⬩ verenda ⬩ offspring ⬩ proles

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On swíðe lytlon hæfþ seó gecynd genóg with very little nature has enough, Bt. 14, 1; Fox 42, 10. Is sió þridde gecynd betere the third nature is better, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 373; Met. 20, 187. On ða beteran gecynd into the better nature, Andr.

ge-sǽlignes

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Bt. 14, 2 ; F. 44, 5. <b>I a.</b> a hap, fortune, an event :-- Gesundfullum gesǽlinessum secundis successibus, An.

Linked entry: sǽligness

hríþer

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Hrýðeres belle . . . bið ánes sciłł weorð, and is melda geteald, Ll. Th. i. 260, 16. Begete hé þára syxa ǽnne æt ánum hrýðere, oþþe æt þám orfe þe þæs weorð sý, 160, 1. Be .xxx. pæñ. oþþe be ánum hrýðere, 232, 7.

hættian

(v.)
Grammar
hættian, p. ode; pp. od

To take the hair and skin from a person's head

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To take the hair and skin from a person's head Ðonne dó man út his eágan and ceorfan of his nóse and eáran and uferan lippan oððe hine hættian then let his eyes be put out and his nose and ears and upper lip be cut off; or let him have the hair and skin

a-wegan

(v.)
Grammar
a-wegan, p. -wegede, -wegde ; pp. -weged

To move ⬩ shake

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To move, shake Aweged, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 18: Bt. Met. Fox 7, 48; Met. 7, 24: Mt. Bos. 11, 7

brim-man

(n.)
Grammar
brim-man, -mann, es; m.

A seaman ⬩ sailor ⬩ nauta

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Th. 140, 29; By. 295. Brimmannagen. pl. 133, 12; By. 49