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ge-ceósan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ceósan, to geceósanne, geceósenne; ic -ceóse, ðú -ceósest, -cýst, -císt, he -ceóseþ, -cýsþ, -cýst, pl. -ceósaþ; p. -ceás, pl. -curon; pp. -coren

To elect ⬩ choose ⬩ decide ⬩ prove ⬩ approve ⬩ eligere ⬩ præeligere ⬩ seligere ⬩ asciscere ⬩ petere ⬩ nancisci

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He wolde geceósan he would choose, Bd. 4, 11; S. 579, 9 : Salm. Kmbl. 780; Sal. 389. Swá ðé leófre biþ to geceósanne ut tibi placeat eligere, Elen. Kmbl. 1210; El. 607. To geceósenne to choose, Beo. Th. 3706; B. 1851.

Linked entries: ge-ceás ge-císt ge-coren gecure

ge-scippan

(v.)
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Þá sár and þá brocu þe se man tó gesceapen is, Bl. H. 59, 34.

lócian

(v.)
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Sat. 727. Lóca ofer londbúende, 684. Lócian ongeán þá sunnan oculos ad lucem solis attollere. Bt. 38, 5 ; F. 204, 27.

fæsten

firmament ⬩ citadel ⬩ fort ⬩ a fortification ⬩ entrenchments ⬩ fastness ⬩ stronghold ⬩ a prison ⬩ a sepulchre ⬩ Hell ⬩ claustrum

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Gelǽdan of leoðobendum fram þám fæstenne, An. 1036: 1070. a sepulchre Út eóde engla Drihten of þám fæstenne, Sat. 521.

wǽpen

(n.)
Grammar
wǽpen, wǽpn, es; n.

a weapon ⬩ membrum virile

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Áwrítaþ hié on his wǽpne wælnota heáp, Salm. Kmbl. 323; Sal. 161. Ic ðý wǽpne gebrǽd, Beo. Th. 3333; B. 1664. Hé ðæs beran ceaflas tótær búton ǽlcum wǽmne, Ælfc. T. Grn. 7, 16. Gif man wǽpn ábregde ðǽr mæn drincen, L.H.E. 13; Th. i. 32, 11.

Linked entries: wǽmn wǽpen-mann wǽpn wǽpned

geáp

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
geáp, glosses cornas, Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 39 : ii. 16, 76. [Sievers, Angl. xiii. 325, would read coruas=curuas; but the list of words in which the first example occurs contains no other instance of an adjective, and the second example occurs among a group of words very similar to that in which the first is found: so that cornas seems meant for a noun. Perhaps geáp might be the same form as in earn-geáp; or could it be connected with Icel. gaupa a lynx ?]

BEORN

(n.)
Grammar
BEORN, birn, es; m. [this word is only used by poets].

a man ⬩ vir ⬩ a prince ⬩ nobleman ⬩ chief ⬩ general ⬩ warrior ⬩ soldier ⬩ princeps ⬩ vir nobilis ⬩ dux ⬩ miles ⬩ rich ⬩ dives

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Me on beáme beornas sticedon soldiers pierced me on the cross Cd. 224; Th. 297,1; Sat. 510.

Cyménes óra

(n.)
Grammar
Cyménes óra, an; m.

Cymen's shore, near Wittering, Sussex ⬩ Cymēni lītus, qui ibi naves ad terrain appulit. Nunc nomen amisit, sed fuisse prope Wittering, in agro Sussexiensi, Charta Donatiònis quam Cedwalla Rex Ecclesiæ Selsiensi fecit, planissĭme convincit

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Camden and, after him, Gibson say, in the preceding Latin, this place was near Wittering on the coast of Sussex. They rely on a Charter which Kemble [Cod.

Linked entry: Cymén

folgere

(n.)
Grammar
folgere, es; m.

aFOLLOWER ⬩ attendant ⬩ disciple ⬩ assecla ⬩ pĕdĭsĕquus ⬩ assectātor

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Hwæt wille we sprecan be ðam cyninge, and be his folgerum what shall we say about the king, and about his followers? Bt. 29, 1; Fox 104, 10.

hreám

(n.)
Grammar
hreám, es; m.

A cry ⬩ outcry ⬩ hue ⬩ crying ⬩ tumult ⬩ uproar

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A cry, outcry, hue and cry, crying, tumult, uproar Ðæra Sodomitiscra hreám ys gemenigfyld clamor Sodomorum multiplicatus est, Gen. 18, 20: Past. 55; Swt. 427, 33: Cd. 229; Th. 309, 28; Sat. 717.

Linked entry: hrýman

líxan

(v.)
Grammar
líxan, lícsan; p. te

To shine ⬩ glitter ⬩ gleam

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Hié gesáwon eóred líxan they saw the host glitter, 149; Th. 187, 28; Exod. 157: Exon. 57 a; Th. 204, 8; Ph. 94. Ðonne lígette líxan cwóman illuxerunt coruscationes tuæ, Ps. Th. 76, 15: Bt. Met. Fox 9, 25; Met. 9, 13. Líxende fulgens, Lk. Skt.

Linked entry: lícsan

mann-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
mann-cynn, es; n.

mankind ⬩ men ⬩ the human race ⬩ a race of men ⬩ a people ⬩ men

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Hé ealle eáðmódnysse wið mancynn gecýðde, 123, 31. a race of men, a people, men (a limited number) Ðonne is sum eáland on ðære Reádan Sǽ ðǽr is moncynn ( hominum genus ) ðæt is mid ús Donestre genemned, Nar. 37, 1.

or-wíge

(adj.)
Grammar
or-wíge, adj.
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Saga hú ðú wurde ðus wígþríst ðæt ðú mec ðus fæste gebunde ǽghwæs orwígne ( without any power of resisting ), Exon.

Linked entries: -wíge on-wíge

GOD

(n.)
Grammar
GOD, es; m.

God ⬩ the Deity ⬩ a god

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Guilty men were the mightiest gods, Salm. Kmbl. p. 121, 40

Linked entry: af-god

wæter-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-scipe, es; m.

A body of water, a piece of water, water

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Úre Drihten gesceóp ealle wæterscypas and ða wídgillan sæ, Hexam. 4;Norm. 6, 24

CNEÓ

(n.)
Grammar
CNEÓ, cneów, es; n.

a KNEE ⬩ genu ⬩ a generation, ⬩ relationship ⬩ generatio, ⬩ propinquitatis gradus

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Hie on cneówum sǽton they sat on their knees Cd. 181; Th. 227, 2; Dan. 180; Chr. 979; Erl. 129, 22; Ors. 3, 9; Bos.68, 35; Exon. 48a; Th. 164, 19; Gú. 1014. Cneó bígeþ bends the knees Exon. 62b; Th. 229, 23; Ph. 459.

Linked entry: cneów

hlystan

(v.)
Grammar
hlystan, p. te

To list, ⬩ listen to, ⬩ hear, ⬩ hearken

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Hlystaþ hwæt ic secge hear what I say, L. I. P. 5; Th. ii. 310, 8. Hlyste hé gódes rǽdes let him hearken to good counsel, Homl. Th. i. 54, 16. Wé biddaþ ðé leóf ðæt ðú hlyste úre sprǽce oramus, domine, ut audias nos, Gen. 43, 20.

rǽd-bana

(n.)
Grammar
rǽd-bana, an; m.
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One who contrives a person's death, but is not the actual perpetrator Gif man secge ðæt hé wǽre dǽdbana oððe rǽdbana if he be said to be the actual perpetrator of homicide, or the deviser of it, L. Eth. ix. 23; Th. i. 344, 26. Cf.

seolh

(n.)
Grammar
seolh, gen. seoles; m.
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Ðás wyrt onsænde seolh ofer sǽs hrygc. Lchdm. iii. 34, 15. Of seoles hýde, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 18, 18. Sioles, 18, 23. Seolas vituli marini, Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 16

Linked entries: seol Syles eá

ge-beorh

(n.)
Grammar
ge-beorh, gen. -beorges, -beorhges; n.

A defence ⬩ protection ⬩ refuge ⬩ tuĭtio ⬩ refŭgium

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To gebeorhge ðæs sǽs for the sea's protection, Bd. 1, 12; S. 481, 12. Wolde he ðám gebeorh gewarnian ðe he heora láre onféng vŏlens scīlĭcet tuĭtiōnem eis, quos et quōrum doctrīnam suscēpĕrat, præstāre, 2, 5; S. 506, 30, MS. B

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