neáh-freónd
A near friend or relation
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A near friend or relation Ðǽr wæs mycel menigo manna gegaderod his mága and eác óðra his néhfreónda, Guthl. 12; Gdwin. 56, 22
ge-diht
A composition
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A composition Fela fægere godspel we forlǽtaþ on ðisum gedihte many excellent gospels we omit in this composition, Homl. Th. ii. 520, 1
Linked entry: diht
ge-leðran
To lather ⬩ saponem illinere ⬩ sapone bullas excitare
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To lather; saponem illinere, sapone bullas excitare Ðæt heó sý eall geleðred so that it may be all lathered, Lchdm. iii. 2, 3
mónaþ-bót
Penance extending over a month
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Penance extending over a month Sumon geárbóte, sumon má geára ...; sumon mónþbóte, sumon má mónþa; sumon wucubóte, sumon má wucena, L. Pen. 3; Th. ii. 278, 12
ge-wundian
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Gif hé wígie and man gewundie, Ll. Th. i. 170, 9. Gewundige 202, 21: 404, 8. Gif man óðerne gewundige, for þæs blódes gyte fæste .xl. nihta, ii. 148, 24: 294, 6.
herian
To praise
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Hit is áwriten ne hera ðú nǽnne man on his lífe it is written 'Praise no man during his life,' Homl. Th. ii. 560, 13. Ðá silfne ne hera do not praise thyself, Salm. Kmbl. 262, 21. Here ðú, Sion, swylce ðínne sóþne God lauda Deum tuum, Sion, Ps.
Linked entry: hergan
cniht
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</b> an unmarried man. v. cniht-hád, Hit bið rihtlic líf þæt cniht þurhwunige on his cnihtháde, oð þæt he on rihtre ǽwe gewífige, Wlfst. 304, 20: Ll. Th. ii. 332, 28. a servant, man, follower Cniht clitus vel clientulus, Wrt.
geafu
A gift ⬩ dōnum
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A gift; dōnum Ic mót meorda hleótan, gingra geafena I may obtain rewards, new gifts, Exon. 48 a; Th. 164, 21; Gú. 1015
irfe-geflit
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A dispute about inheritance Ðá gehýrde wé manegu yrfegeflitu then did we hear of many disputes about the inheritance, Chart. Th. 486, 12
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ge-rád
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God gescifte ǽnne swá gerádne maim ( a good Christian) . . . se ilca góda mann. . . Hml. 8. 23, 410-417. Swá geráde mánswican, Wlfst. 55, 6. Sume yfele menn swá geráde beóð perversi quique tales sunt, Past. 363, 15.
Linked entry: sam-rád
sǽlan
To happen, betide, fortune
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Hú ðé sǽle how it may happen to thee, what your success may be, Andr. Kmbl. 2710; An. 1357
ge-hǽlan
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Ac syððan hé þæne mann gebrocod hæfð, syðþan hé mæg dón swylce hé hine gehǽle . . . hé gebrocað mænigne man díhlíce, and gehǽlð eft ætforan mannum, Wlfst. 97, 10-18. Ic wát míne sáule synnum forwundod, gehǽl þú hý, Hy. 1, 4.
ge-trýwsian
To justify one's self ⬩ se justĭfĭcāre
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To justify one's self; se justĭfĭcāre Ðæt he hine ðæs getrýwsige that he may justify himself thereof, L. Ed. 6; Th. i. 162, 18
ge-tyddrian
To produce ⬩ bring forth
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To produce, bring forth Swilce he swá fela wínboga getyddrode as if it so many vine-branches brought forth, Homl. Th. ii. 74, 7
ge-nǽstan
To contend
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To contend Se ðe wiþ mægenðisan mínre genǽsteþ he that contends against my main force, Exon. 107 b; Th. 410, 3; Rä. 28, 10
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hand-tam
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So tame that it may be handled; mansuetus Gif ðú mid wilddeórum mé nú bǽtan wylt hí beóð sóna handtame, Hml. Skt. 8, 86
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hætsan
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Perhaps the word may be connected with hǽts(e) ( v. hægtesse), cf. (?) later English hag to incite, urge. v. N. E. D
earn
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Se earn úp gewít bufan þá wolcnu styrmendum wederum, ꝥ him þá stormas derian ne mahan, Bt. 7, 3; F. 22, 4. Þæs earnes gelícnys belimpð tó Jóhanne, for ðan þe se earn flýhð ealra fugela ufemest, and mæg starian on þǽre sunnan leóman, Hml.
berian
To bare ⬩ make naked ⬩ expose ⬩ exhibit ⬩ make a shew of ⬩ nudare ⬩ denudare ⬩ in medium proferre ⬩ ostentare
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To bare, make naked, expose, exhibit, make a shew of; nudare, denudare, in medium proferre, ostentare Benc-þelu beredon they made bare the bench floor, Beo. Th. 2482; B. 1239.