ge-hýdan
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Gehýdde ł dégelde, 13, 33. to hide an object in order that it may not be found Strión monn gehýdde, Mt. L. 13, 44.
ge-wǽcan
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Þæt bearn ne wurdon gewǽhte ðurh wácmódnysse ( that children should not get spoiled by the weakness of parents ) ... Cildra behófiað swíðlicere steóre, 324, 26-34. Gewǽcede defectos, Ps.
hræd
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Srt. 13, 3. quick in respect to time. not lasting long. Cf. hræd-lic; Þeáh ðe gýt wǽre óðer þúsend geára tó ðám dæge, nǽre hit langsum; for ðan swá hwæt swá geendað, þæt bið sceort and hræd, Hml. Th. i. 618, 28.
preóst
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Fylgde him (bishop Dalfin) Willfrið his preóst (clericus illius; Wilfrið was not yet a mass-priest v. 662, 22), Bd. 5, 19; Sch. 661, 14.
standan
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</b> to maintain one's position, not to yield to pressure Fela samod tugon, ac heó næs ástyrod, ac stód swá swá munt, Hml. S. 9, 102: Shrn. 154, 28
of-teón
to withdraw ⬩ to take away what a person has, deprive a person of anything ⬩ to withhold, keep back, deny a person anything ⬩ abstrahere
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Hond feorhsweng ne ofteáh the hand refused not to strike a fatal stroke, Beo. Th. 4972; B. 2489 : 3045; B. 1520.
hleów
A shelter, ⬩ protection, ⬩ covering, ⬩ refuge;
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Ðæt hé ðonne stán nime wið hungres hleó hláfes ne gýme that he should take a stone then as a protection against hunger, and care not for the bread, Elen. Kmbl. 1228; El. 616
torn
Violent emotion of anger ⬩ grief ⬩ anger ⬩ indignation ⬩ wrath ⬩ unrighteous anger ⬩ rage ⬩ grief ⬩ affliction ⬩ trouble ⬩ distress
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Lífes leóhtfruma leng ne wolde torn þrowigean would not restrain his wrath, 146, 14; Gen. 2422. unrighteous anger, rage Wǽron teónsmiðas (the evil spirits) tornes fulle, cwǽdon ðæt him Gúðlác earfeþa mǽst ána gefremede, Exon. Th. 114, 22; Gú. 176.
gíman
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., and add: to take care of (gen. ) to treat so as not to injure Hit is fúllic þingc . . . þæt hí ne gýmað heora sylfra æt þám unþeáwe. . . þæt hí ne gýmað heora sylfra, swá hí beþorfton, ac befýlað hí selfe, Wlfst. 305, 7-11. to treat so as to restore
gód
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Nát hé þára góda, þæt hé mé ongeán sleá, rand geheáwe he knows not of such advantages as striking at me, hewing my shield (Grendel could not do these things as he had no sword), B. 681. Weán dreógan, góda bedǽled, Sat. 186.
on-fón
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Beád hé ealle his ǽhta wiþ his feore; þá nolde se cyning þæs onfón, Bt. 29, 2; F. 104, 22. to accept, not to offer objection to, take in good part Hié onfooð ðǽre láre micle lusðlícor they will take reproof much more readily, Past. 293, 25.
Beda
Venerable Bede
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C. 6; Th. ii. 344, note 4, 3
wiþ-standan
to withstand ⬩ resist ⬩ to stand against ⬩ succeed in opposing ⬩ be a match for ⬩ refute ⬩ to stand in the way ⬩ be a hindrance ⬩ obstruct ⬩ prevent ⬩ be a preventive ⬩ to stand off ⬩ keep away, ⬩ be absent ⬩ to be hostile
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In. 31; Th. i. 122, 4 note. to be hostile Ic wiðstande ongén eów ponam faciem contra vos, Lev. 26, 17
Linked entries: wiþer-standan wiþ-licgan
topp
a top, ⬩ summit ⬩ a lock of hair, tuft ⬩ a collection of rays of light ⬩ a top to play with ⬩ the hair at the top of the head ⬩ that which has a similarity with it
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Thorpe, p. 41, note, cites two Latin versions, one of which has 'accepto ceromate, cum docta manu circumlavit ei cum subtilitate'; the other 'accepto cyramoco, docta manu circulavit eum': in each case the rubbing after the bath seems to be meant.
ge-tácnung
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Add: a sign, mark. a mark made on an object Bóceras habbað on heora cræfte tácna . . . and mé þingð wynsumlic ꝥ ic þǽra preósta notas þám bócerum gekýðe þe lǽs þe hig witan þá rímcræftige weras sýn bútan cræftigum getácnungum, Angl. viii. 333, 19. a
ge-seón
To see ⬩ videre, conspicere
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Skt. 7, 24, 25, note. Ðæt hí geseónde ne geseón ut videntes non videant, 8, 10. Cum and geseoh veni et vide, Jn. Bos. 1, 46. Ðíne gangas wǽron gesewene visi sunt gressus tui, Ps. Th. 67, 23: Shrn. 97, 30.
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swég
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Voc. ii. 12, 8. regulated, modulated or articulate sound, sound made by living creatures, voice, cry or note of a bird, song Dyptongus is twýfeald swég. Ælfc. Gr. 4; Zup. 7, 13.
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þreátian
to urge ⬩ press ⬩ to oppress ⬩ afflict ⬩ vex ⬩ trouble ⬩ exercise ⬩ harass ⬩ to urge a person to something ⬩ press for something ⬩ force to do something ⬩ to reprove ⬩ rebuke ⬩ to threaten
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Seó wyrd ðe þreátaþ ða yflan tó wítnianne fortuna quae justo supplicio malos coercet, Bt. 40, 2; Fox 236, 25 note. Hé þreátode hine tó hǽþenscipe, Shrn. 33, 10. Ǽghwylc hine þreátode æfter ðám bócum every one tormented him for the books, 123, 29.
fýr
fire ⬩ fire ⬩ fire ⬩ to be on fire ⬩ a fire, fuel in a state of combustion ⬩ a fire on a hearth ⬩ a piece of burning material ⬩ fire ⬩ lightning ⬩ a disease
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H. 125, 2. in fýre wesan to be on fire Gelamp hit ꝥ ꝥ hús eall wæs in fýre contigit culmen domus subitaneis flammis impleri, Bd. 3, 10; Sch. 234, 8 note. a fire, fuel in a state of combustion Fýr haec pira, An. Ox. 18 b, 76.
sculan
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Ne sceolon mé þegenas ætwítan men shall not reproach me (because there will not be the slightest grounds for reproach ), Byrht. Th. 138, 14; By. 220. Wénde ic ðæt ðú ðý wærra weorðan sceolde I expected that you must have got more cautious, Exon.