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anda

(n.)
Grammar
anda, onda, an; m.

Maliceenvyhatredangerzealannoyancevexationrancorinvidiaindignatioirazelusmolestia

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Cot.] per zelum justitiæ, Past. 17, 1; Hat. MS. 21b, 28

CUMBOL

(n.)
Grammar
CUMBOL, cumbl , cuml , es; n.

a sign, image, military standard, ensign, banner signum, imago, signum militare, vexillum morbi signum, vulnus

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Oth.] the surgeon, when he comes to cut the patient, first examines the wound; ad ægrum medicus venerat, secandum vulnus videbat, Past. 26 ; Hat. MS. 36a, 7

Linked entries: cuml cumul

DRAGAN

(v.)
Grammar
DRAGAN, ic drage, ðú drægest, drægst, dræhst, he drægeþ, drægþ, dræhþ, pl. dragaþ; p. dróg, dróh, pl.drógon ; pp. dragen.

DRAG, drawtrahĕreTo draw oneself, to draw, gose conferre, ire

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Hí me drógon, and is hit nyste ... hit mon drægþ swá hit ne gefret traxērunt me et ego non sensi ... trahĭtur et nequaquam sentit, Past. 56, 2; Hat. MS.

drohtnung

(n.)
Grammar
drohtnung, drohtung, e; f. [droht vitæ condĭtio]

Conversation, condition, conduct, life, actions conversātio, condĭtio, stătio, actio

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Óþ-ðæt he full hál sý on his drohtnungum until he be full sound in his conditions, Homl. Th. i. 126, 2

gripe

(n.)
Grammar
gripe, es; m.
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Gripe, grip, grasp, hold, clutch, seizure: pugillus, prehensio, captus Se gripe ðære hand pugillus, Ælfc. Gl. 72; Som. 71, 1; Wrt. Voc. 43. Gripe pugilla, Recd. 38, 72; Wrt. Voc. 64, 75.

Linked entries: greóp hilde-frófor

be-teón

(v.)
Grammar
be-teón, p. -teáh, pl. -tugon; pp. -togen.

to draw over or round, cover, surround, inclose, protectobducere, superinducere, circumducere, concludere, munireto leave by law, bequeathlegareaccusecriminari, accusare

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Se reáda æppel biþ betogen mid ánfealdre rinde, and monig corn on-innan him hæfþ in malo punico uno exterius cortice multa interius grana muniuntur, Past. 15, 5; Hat. MS. 19 b, 22. to leave by law, bequeath; legare, Th. Diplm. A.

ge-hæftan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hæftan, he -hæft; p. -hæftede, -hæfte; pp. -hæfted, -hæft

To taketake captivecast into prisondetainbindcaptarecaptivarevincire

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Handa synt gehæfte my hands are manacled, Cd. 19; Th. 24, 19; Gen. 380 : Exon. 16 a; Th. 35, 22; Cri. 562. Híg mycelum ege gehæfte wǽron timore magno tenebantur, Lk. Bos. 8, 37. Drihten híg gehýrde ðæt híg gehæfton wiþ hine, Josh. 11, 20 [?]

Linked entry: be-hæftan

ge-metgung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-metgung, e; f.

Moderation, temperance, a fit or proper measure, a direction, a regulationmoderatio, temperantia, modus, moderamen

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measure, a direction, a regulation; moderatio, temperantia, modus, moderamen Wísdóm is se héhsta cræft, and se hæfþ on him feówer oðre cræftas, ðara is án wærscipe, óðer gemetgung, þridde is ellen, feórþe rihtwísnes wisdom is the highest virtue, and it has

steng

(n.)
Grammar
steng, es; m.
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Hát wyrcean twegen stengeas (stengas, Hatt. MS.) of ðæm treówe ðe is haten sethim facies vectes de lignis sethim, Past. 22, 1; Swt. 168, 22

Linked entry: stæng

súþ

(adj.)
Grammar
súþ, cpve. súþra; spve. súþmest; adj.
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Ger. sund- and Icel. sunn- point to the n that has been lost from the English word. ] See the compounds which follow, and Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 337, 338, for names of f

Linked entry: be-súþan

swyle

(n.)
Grammar
swyle, es; m.
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Wið swylas, gáte tord; smyre mid ða swylas; hyt hý tódrífþ, and gedéþ ðæt hý eft ne árísaþ, i. 354, 27. v. fǽr-, fót-, geagl-, hand-swyle

Linked entry: swile

þúf

(n.)
Grammar
þúf, es; m.

A tuftthe crest of a helmeta kind of standard, made with tufts of feathers

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-S. version has only Him mon symle ðær tácen beforan bær), Bd. 2, 16. Ðá wæs þúf hafen, segen for sweótum, Elen. Kmbl. 246; El. 123. Sunu Simeones sweótum cómon, þúfas wundon ofer gárfare, Cd. Th. 199, 22; Exod. 342.

Linked entries: þuuf ge-þúf

þreá-níd

(n.)
Grammar
þreá-níd, es; n.: e; f.

Force or compulsion that punishes or causes miseryaffliction that comes from punishment

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Force or compulsion that punishes or causes misery, affliction that comes from punishment Ic hit leng ne mæg helan for hungre; is ðes hæft tó ðan strang, þreánýd ðæs þearl this imprisonment is so hard, so severe the pain of my punishment, Elen.

un-gelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gelíce, adv.

Not in like mannerdifferentlydiversely

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Is hám sceapen ungelíce englum and deóflum, Exon. Th. 56, 11; Cri. 899: 56, 34; Cri. 910: 83, 29; Cri. 1363: 283, 31; Jul. 688. Bið ðám óþrum ungelíce willa geworden, 77, 28; Cri. 1263.

ge-leánian

(v.)
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Ic wille, gif ic ǽnigum menn ǽnig feoh unleánod hæbbe, þæt míne mágas þæt hám geleánian, Cht. Th. 491, 6. to recompense, remunerate Byð geleánod remuneratur, An.

ge-regne

(n.)
Grammar
ge-regne, ge-réne, es; n.
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S. ) uide has magnas aedificationes, Mk. L. 13, 2.

Linked entries: -regne ge-réne

ge-sǽlþ

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Add: ge-sǽlþu, ge-sǽlþo. a hap, fortune, an event Of gesundfullum gesǽlþum secundis, i. prosperis successibus, i. fortunis, An.

stede

(adv.)
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Grn. 15, 39. v. beán-, ceáp-, ciric-, cwealm-, hám-, hleów-, hlós-, mynster-, plog-, treów-, tún-, wáfung-, wer-stede; in-stede; adv

Linked entry: welig-stedende

gár-secg

ocean, seaa particular part of the general body of water, an ocean

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A. 3, 53: Ph. 289: An. 371. a particular part of the general body of water, an ocean Se gársecg þe man hǽt Brittan-isca . . . on óðre healfe þæs gársecges earme is Brittannia, Ors. 1, 1; S. 22, 24.

of-stingan

(v.)

to wound or kill by a thrust, to stab, pierce

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Hât Fabianus ðæt hí man begen ofstunge, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 405. Ðæt ic ðé ne dyrre ofstingan ne compellar confodere te in terram, Past. 40, 5; Swt. 295, 16. Hêr Ǽdmund cyning wearð ofstungen, Chr. 948; Erl. 117, 8

Linked entry: of-stician