ge-endian
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Hé fægere ende his líf betýnde and geendade pulchro uitam suam fine conclusit, Bd. 4, 24; Sch. 488, 8: Hml.
án
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Ná ꝥ án his fínd ac eác swilce his frínd, Ap. Th. 7, 12. Andbidiað ánum ( only ) fíf dagas, Hml. A. 108, 186. Þám þe Gode áne þeówodon to those that did nothing but serve God, 118, 54.
fullian
To FULL or make white as a fuller ⬩ to baptize ⬩ albāre ⬩ candĭdum făcĕre ⬩ baptīzāre ⬩ βαπτίζειν
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After this, we do not find fulled, y-fulled, fullynge; yet in A. Sax. Mk. Bos. 9, 3, we have fullere: Wyc. 1389, fullere [or walkere of cloth, note]: Tynd. 1526 and Eng. version 1611, fuller.
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-ing
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On the contrary it is a power of that termination to denote the genitive or possessive, which is also the generative case: and in some local names we do find it so used : thus Æðelwulfing lond [Cod. Dipl.
LǼDAN
TO LEAD ⬩ conduct ⬩ take ⬩ carry ⬩ bring ⬩ bring forth ⬩ produce
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Ða fíf cyningas mit húde lǽddan (predati sunt) Loth gebundenne, Prud. 2 a. Mé lǽddon me deduxerunt, Ps. Spl. 42, 3. Ða ilcan ðe ǽr landgemǽre lǽddon the same that before had marked the boundaries of the land, Chart. Th. 376, 19.
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hwilc
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Ic wolde witon hwæþer þú wéndest ꝥ hwilc án ðára fíf góda worhte ðá sóþan gesǽlþe, 34, 6 ; F. 140, 26. Hí ǽlce synne geþencen . . . for ðǽm ðonne hié for ánre hwelcre hreówsiað, ðonne hreówsiað hié for ealle, Past. 413, 24.
EAL
sometimes used indecl ⬩ without substantive, and sometimes governing the genitive ⬩ are sometimes used, almost adverbially
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Ealra wǽron fífe in all they were five, Exon. 112 b; Th. 432, 1; Rä. 47, 6. [Wyc. Piers P. al, pl. alle: Chauc. all: Laym. al: Orm. all, alle: O. Sax. al: Frs. O. Frs. al, ol: Dut. al, alle, alles: Ger. all, aller, alle, alles: M. H.
heard
firm ⬩ steadfast ⬩ resolute ⬩ bold ⬩ resolute ⬩ obdurate ⬩ rigid ⬩ unyielding ⬩ oppressive ⬩ rigorous ⬩ strict ⬩ harsh
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H. 241, 3. of persons, capable of great physical endurance or exertion, hardy, bold in fight (lit. or fig.) Is his eafora nú heard hér cumen, B. 376. Róf óretta heard under helme, 2539.
Linked entries: heard-fyrde heard-lic heardlíce heardness hearh-eard
FEÐER
FEATHER ⬩ penna ⬩ plūma ⬩ Wings ⬩ ālæ ⬩ pennæ ⬩ what is made of a feather ⬩ A pen ⬩ penna ⬩ călămus
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Nim ðíne feðere and wrít fíftig take thy pen and write fifty, Lk. Bos. 16, 6
hergian
To harry ⬩ pillage ⬩ plunder ⬩ ravage ⬩ waste ⬩ devastate ⬩ make an incursion or a raid ⬩ make war
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To harry, pillage, plunder, ravage, waste, devastate, make an incursion or a raid, make war Ða Cwénas hergiaþ hwílum on ða Norþmen ofer ðone mór hwílum ða Norþmen on hý sometimes the Fins made incursions across the mountains on the Norwegians, sometimes
ildra
elder ⬩ older ⬩ grand ⬩ greater ⬩ superior
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Gewurþe hé swá swá gingra seðe yldra ys betwux eów qui major est in vobis fiat sicut junior, 26. Ða ðe synt yldran habbaþ anweald on him qui majores sunt, potestatem exercent in eos, Mt. Kmbl. 20, 25
LEÁF
LEAVE ⬩ permission ⬩ license
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Lóciaþ ðæt ðiós eówru leáf ne weorðe óðrum monnum tó biswice videte, ne forte hæc licentia vestra offendiculum fiat infirmis, Past. 59, 6; Swt. 451, 32. Gif him líf seald wǽre, Bd. 1, 23; S. 486, 8, note.
ge-lang
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magon geseón on óþre healfe úrra feónda hwǽr se drinca is gelang . . . ac . . . wé him ne magon búton gefeohte tó cuman aquam quidem in conspectu esse respondit, sed eam ferro vindicandam, Ors. 5, 8; S. 232, 10. the object non-material Þǽr is ár gelang fíra
ge-scot
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</b> rapid movement of a missile, flight of an arrow :-- Þá wǽmna flugon mid swiftum gesceote on heora fínd, Jud. Thw. 162, 8. a part of a building shut off from the rest, chancel Gesceot cancella, Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 8.
hlísa
Sound, ⬩ rumour, ⬩ report, ⬩ reputation, ⬩ renown, ⬩ fame, ⬩ glory
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Sume hí gebycgaþ weorþlícne hlísan ðisses andweardan lífes mid heora ágnum deáþe forþam hí wénaþ ðæt hí næbben nán oðer fioh ðæs hlísan [hliosan, Bod.] wyrðe bútan hiora ágnum fiore nonnulli venerandum sæculi nomen, gloriosæ pretio mortis, emerunt, Bt
fæder
a parent ⬩ a step-father ⬩ forefather ⬩ fathers ⬩ ancestors ⬩ father ⬩ a god-father ⬩ a patron
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Félix wæs his (Gregory's) fífta fæder Felix ejus fuit atavus (Bd. 2, 1), Hml. Th. ii. 118, 9. On þám is swiotol ealla þá duguþa hiora fæder and heora eldran fæder vel paterni vel aviti specimen elucet ingenii, Bt. 10; F. 28, 32.
rǽdan
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Hé hálsaþ ǽlcne þára ðe þás bóc rǽdan lyste, Bt. proem; F. viii. 11. to learn by perusal, find a statement recorded Rǽde hé on his bócum hwelce ungetína hié dreógende wǽron, Ors. 1, 11; S. 50, 17.
twégen
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Miððý wéron onfence fíf hláfo and twé fiscas, Mk. Skt. Lind. 6, 41. Brýda twá, Cd. Th. 65, 33; Gen. 1075. Twá þeóda . . . twá folc, Gen. 25, 23. Sinhíwan twá, Cd. Th. 49, 9; Gen. 789. Ðæt tweágea (twégea, Hatt.
up
Up. ⬩ up ⬩ on high ⬩ up ⬩ erectly ⬩ up ⬩ to a high point
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Iosue hí up áhéng on fíf wácum bógum Iosue suspendit eos super quinque stipites, Jos. 10, 26. Heó stód upp on ánre upflóra, Homl. Skt. i. 18, 341. .vii. upp hangene bella, Chart. Th. 430, 4. Lyft up geswearc, Cd. Th. 207, 4; Exod. 461.
gafol
Tax ⬩ tribute ⬩ rent ⬩ interest ⬩ vectīgal ⬩ trĭbūtum ⬩ census ⬩ ūsūra
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Hí ðone fíftan dǽl ealra hiora eorþwæstma ðæm cyninge to gafole gesyllaþ they give the fifth part of all their fruits of the earth to the king for tribute, Ors. 1, 5; Bos. 28, 31 : Byrht. Th. 133, 6; By. 46.
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