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HELM

(n.)
Grammar
HELM, es; m.

HELMhelmeta crownthe topovershadowing foliage of treesa covering

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Soc. vols. ii. v. vi, helm, a hovel, an open shed for cattle, a shed built on posts] Wǽges helm [holm?] the covering made by the wave, the sea, Elen. Kmbl. 459; El. 230.

Linked entry: helmiht

séfte

(adj.)
Grammar
séfte, adj. Soft
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</b> in a bad sense, luxurious, voluptuous, effeminate :-- Ðý ne sceolde nán wís man wilnian séftes lífes gif hé ǽnigra cræfta récþ neque enim vos in provectu positi virtutis, diffluere deliciis, et emarcescere voluptate venistis, Bt. 40, 3 ; Fox

Linked entry: sófte

ge-dréfednes

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Seó gedréfednes mæg ꝥ mód onstyrian ea perturbationum valentia est, ut movere loco hominem possit, Bt. 5, 3 ; F. 12, 24. Þá þeóstro þínre gedréfednesse, 6; F. 14, 30.

Linked entry: ge-dréfnis

ge-tǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tǽcan, -tǽcean, -técan; p. -tǽhte; pp. -tǽht [tǽcan to teach]

To teachinstructshowdeclareassigndŏcēreinstruĕreostendereassignāreofferre

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T.] ostendĕre posse se dixit alium, Bd. 4, 1; S. 564, 2. Getǽcean, Ps. Th. 105, 25. Ðe ic ðé getǽce which I will show thee, Cd. 137; Th. 173, 1; Gen. 2854.

Linked entry: ge-técan

weorold-ríce

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-ríce, es; n.
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Ic ongite ðætte ǽlces gódes genóg nis on ðisum woruldwelan, ne æltæwe anweald nis on nánum woruldríce video nic opibus sufficientiam, nec regnis potentiam posse contingere, 33, 1 ; Fox 120, 3.

láreów

(n.)
Grammar
láreów, es; m.

A teachermasterpreacher

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On ðære heó mihte Gode willsumra wífmonna láreów and féstermódur gestandan in quo ipsa Deo devotarum mater ac nutrix possit existere feminarum, 4, 6; S. 574, 17.

ge-þrowian

(v.)
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Th. ii. 590, 31. to sympathize; conpati Sé ðe ne mægi giðrouia untrymnissum úsum qui non possit conpati infirmitatibus nostris, Rtl. 91, 5. <b>III a.</b> to sympathize with, be patient or in harmony with (?)

on-sacan

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</b> to refute On Beelzebub hine mæge cueðende onsóc in Beelzebub eum posse dicentes redarguit, Mk. p. 3, 1. add: to refuse an invitation Tácon soecendum sealla onsóc signum quaerentibus dari negat, Mk. p. 3, 19.

LECGAN

(v.)
Grammar
LECGAN, p. legde, lægde, léde

to layplaceputlayto slay

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Syððan hé ðanne grundweall legþ postea quam posuerit fundamentum, Lk. Skt. 14, 29. Ða ungeþyldegan ne mágon áberan nánwuht ðæs láðes ðe him mon on legþ impatientes ab aliis illata non tolerant, Past. 40, 4; Swt. 293, 17.

ge-winnan

(v.)
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Post haec Parthorum pugnam adgressus: quos delevit propemodum antequam vicit. Inde Drangas subegit, Ors. 3, 9; S. 130, 8-15. Hér cóm Willelm and gewann Ænglaland, Chr. 1066; P. 196, 1. Gewin ł oferwin ( expugna ) þá onwinnende mé, Ps. L. 34, 1.

slege

(n.)
Grammar
slege, slæge,es; m.

a stroke, blowof a serpent's sting,a striking, beating,stamping, coiningclashing, collisiona crash, clap of thundea fatal stroke, slaying, slaughter, death (by violencea defeat, loss inflicted on an army; cladesa stroke of affliction, punishment, diseasean instrument for striking a slaya plectrumplectro]a stroke, blowslayingplaga, ictus, tusio, percussio :a blow, defeat; n. a blow; a defeat, slaughter, loss; a stroke of apoplexy

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Æfter Pendan slæge post occisionem Pendan S. 557, 30. Æfter his slæge (interfectionem) 3, 9; S. 533, 30. On Urias slege (slæge) Hatt. MS. Past. 3; Swt. 34, 23. Be elþiódies monnes slege. Gif mon elþeódigne ofsleá L. In. 23; Th. i. 116, 13.

Linked entries: slæge hearp-slege

searu

(n.)
Grammar
searu, searo, [w]e; f. : [w]es; n.
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Nyston ða searwe ðe him sǽton bæftan ignorans quod post tergum laterent insidiae, Jos. 8, 14. in a good sense, art, skill, contrivance, (in the adverbial inst. searwum skilfully, ingeniously, with art) Searwum ásǽled, Cd. Th. 207, 21; Exod. 470.

Linked entries: searo siru

scíma

(n.)
Grammar
scíma, an; m.
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Heó nǽnig dǽl leóhtes scíman geseón mihte ne minimam quidem lucis alicujus posset particulam videre, Bd. 4, 10; S. 578, 20. Sió beorhtnes ðære sunnan scíman, Bt. 34, 8; Fox 146, 4: 39, 3; Fox 216, 1: 4; Fox 6, 33.

Linked entry: scímian

ge-edlǽcan

(v.)
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Ne geedlǽce hé hig eft ná ne repetat illa postea, Ll. Th. ii. 136, 15 : Hml. Th. ii. 288, 24. Mon sceal þá sylfan sealmas ǽlce niht geedlǽcan, R. Ben. 44, 5. Geydlǽcan, Hpt. 31, 13, 317. Þæt fers sý geedlǽht, R. Ben. 60, 6.

mǽne

(adj.)
Grammar
mǽne, adj.

meanwickedfalseevil

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Kmbl. 1882; An. 943. the word however occurs most often in reference to oaths Se ðe his þances mǽnne áþ swerige and hé wite ðæt hé mǽne biþ æfter ðam qui sua sponte perjuraverit et postea scit quod perjurus est, L. Ecg.

Linked entry: mán

gilpan

(v.)
Grammar
gilpan, gielpan, gylpan, ic gilpe, gielpe, gylpe, ðú gilpst, gielpst, gylpst, he gilpþ, gielpþ, pl. gilpaþ, gielpaþ, gylpaþ; p. gealp, pl. gulpon; pp. golpen

To gloryboastdesire earnestlygloriari

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He gealp, ðæt him nówiht wiðstandan mihte nihil resistĕre posse jactābat, Bd. 3, 1; S. 524, 8. Hréþsigora ne gealp he boasted not of glorious victories, Beo. Th. 5160; B. 2583.

Linked entries: gielpan gelpan

ge-logian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-logian, p. ode; pp. od

To place, lodge, dispose, regulateponere, disponere, reponere, collocare

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To place, lodge, dispose, regulate; ponere, disponere, reponere, collocare God gelogode ðone man Deus posuit hominem, Gen. 2, 8 : Homl. Th. i. 12, 33.

Linked entry: lógian

ge-þeódan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þeódan, he -þeót; p. -þeódde; pp. -þeóded, -þeód

To joinconnectuniteassociateapplyadjusttranslatejungĕreadjungĕreconjungĕrecōpŭlāresŏciāreaptāre

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Ðonne mihte he ðara ríme geþeóded beón posset eōrum nŭmĕro sŏciāri, Bd. 5, 13; S. 633, 36: Ps. Th. 61, 5.

ge-lǽran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lǽran, ic -lǽre, ðú -lǽrest, -lǽrst, he -lǽreþ, -lǽrþ, pl. -lǽraþ; p. -lǽrde; pp. -lǽred, -lǽrd

To teacheducateinstructadvisepersuadeinducedŏcēreerŭdīrepersuādēre

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Gif he ða cwéne gespannan and gelǽran mihte ðæt heó brúcan wolde his gesynscipes si regīnæ posset persuādēre ejus ūti connūbio, Bd. 4, 19; S. 587, 30.

Linked entry: ge-lǽred

fullian

(v.)
Grammar
fullian, fulligan, fulwian, to fullianne; part. fulligende; ic fullige, ðú fullast, he fullaþ, pl. fulliaþ; p. fullode, ede; pp. fullod, ed; v. trans.

To FULL or make white as a fullerto baptizealbārecandĭdum făcĕrebaptīzāreβαπτίζειν

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saide, forsothe Y cristene [ = waische] ȝou in water, in to penaunce; forsothe he that is to cumme after me ... he shal baptise, or cristen ȝow in the Holy Goost, Wyc: Joannes Baptista dixit, ĕgo quĭdem baptīzo vos in ăqua in pœnĭtentiam; qui autem post