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rǽd-gifa

(n.)
Grammar
rǽd-gifa, an; m.
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[Cleope nu to ræde þine rædȝiuen gode, Laym. 11615. O. Sax. rád-geƀo : O. Frs. réd jeva : O. H. Ger. rát-gebo : Icel. ráð-gjafi.] Cf. rǽd-bora and next word

ge-líhtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-líhtan, p. -líhte

To lightenmitigateassuagealleviare

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I assuaged my thirst [or gelehte from geleccan], Nar, 12, 11

Linked entries: ge-lýhtan ge-lýhtan

ge-líðian

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

To soothesoftenmitigaterelieveappeaselēnīremītĭgāreplācāre

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His ðurst wæs gelíþad his thirst was appeased, Shrn. 130, 5.

Linked entry: líðigian

ge-mǽne-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-mǽne-líce, adv.

Commonly, in common, generally, mutually, in turn, one amongst anothercommuniter, generaliter, invicem

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Þurh hí sende gemǽnelíce ða þing eall ða ðe to cyrican bigange and þénunge nýdþearflíco wǽron misit per eos generaliter universa quæ ad cultum erant ac ministerium ecclesiæ necessaria, Bd. 1, 29; S. 498, 8.

scypen

(n.)
Grammar
scypen, e; f.
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Ða þing tó begánne ðe tó scipene belimpaþ, Anglia ix. 260, 4. Út wæs gongende tó neáta scypene ( ad stabula jumentorum ), Bd. 4, 24; S. 597, 9. Nǽnig mann scypene his neátum ne timbreþ, l, l; S. 474, 32.

Linked entries: scepen scipen scoppa

þerscold

(n.)
Grammar
þerscold, þerxold, þrexold, þersc-wold, -wald, es; m.
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Fram deáþes ðrecswalde (þirsc-, Bd. M. 398, 23) ab ipso mortis limite, Bd. 5, 6; S. 618, 34. Of ðæs portices dura ðærscwolde, Blickl. Homl. 207, 11. Ofer ðone ðerscold, Past. 13; Swt. 77, 22. Ðerscwold, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 413.

þurst

(n.)
Grammar
þurst, es; m.

Thirst

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Thirst (lit. and fig.) Ne biþ ðǽr hungor ne þurst, Blickl. Homl. 65, 19: Exon. 101, 20; Cri. 5661. Beóð ðé hungor and þurst hearde gewinnan, 118, 27; Gú. 246. Hungorse háta ne se hearde þurst, 238, 33; Ph. 613. Se háta þurst, 430, 6; Rä. 44, 3.

un-tíma

(n.)
Grammar
un-tíma, an; m.

a wrong timean improper timea bad timean unhappy condition of thingsa mishap

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Skt. i. 12, 76: Anglia xi. 113, 26. a bad time, an unhappy condition of things, a mishap (cf.

Linked entries: un-tíme un-tímness

á-cirran

(v.)
Grammar
á-cirran, p. de
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Synd ealle ðáseorðlican þing ácerrede, ðæt heó ne syndon swylce heó iu wǽron, Wlfst. 212, 1. [Add:passages from á-cerran, -cyrran in Dict.]

Linked entries: a-cerran á-cyrran

be-geondan

(prep.; adv.)
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Begeondan þisse sǽ, Chr. 885; P. 78, 31. Be-gonden sǽ, 1013: P. 144, 20. Fram begeondan sǽ, 1041; P. 162, 8. with acc. Begeondan lordánen, Mt. 19, l. temporal Ne mæg beón ǽr þám dæge ne begeondan xiii. Kl. Mai . . . ne mæg beón ǽr xi. kl.

deáþ-berende

(adj.)
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Fram ðǽm deádberendum a funesto, 2, 30. of things, physical, deadly, pestilential Deáðberende smíc gǽð of heora múðe, Wlfst. 201, 1. Se deádberenda drinc pestifer potus, Gr. D. 104, 29.

egesa

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Uton wé þæs dæges fyrhto and egsan on úre mód settan, 125, 6. what excites fear or horror, a terrible thing Mannum þincþ heora deáð leófra þonne ðone egesan tó gehýranne it will seem to men better to die than to hear that awful tempest, Wlfst. 196, 7

fadian

(v.)
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Ox. 56, 326. absolute Seofon þing gedafenað rihtwísum cyninge . . . seofoðe, ꝥ hé be freóndan and be fremdan fadige gelíce on rihtlican dóme (that in the matter of just judgement his ordering be the same for friends and for strangers), Ll.

ge-sceapennys

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Th. ii. 206, 22. disposition, ordering of events Nán yfel þing næs on þám englum, ne nán yfel ne cóm þurh Godes gesceapennisse, Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, 28

hrífe

(adj.)
Grammar
hrífe, (?); adj.
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Alle ðá ǽttrena and gett ðá rífista feerrǽsenda ǽc nétna sceðende omnia venenata et adne ferociora repentia et animalia noxia, Rtl. 125, 31. [ of things, destructive Ðére vii. niht gyf win[d] byoð, fír byð swýðe rýfe þý geáre si in septima nocte fuerit

hýr

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</b> where the thing is money, interest, usury :-- Hýre fęnoris, usurę, Germ. 389, 45. payment contracted to be made for personal services, wages Gif mé nú mettas and wín, and ic hit þé gilde eft of míre hýre I will pay ii you back out of my wages

samod

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Ic nú þás þing wríte tó þé gemǽnelíce and tó mínre méder and mínum geswustrum, forþon incer lufu sceal beón somod gemǽne tibi et matri mee sororibusque meis de regni mei commodis scribebam, que tibi et illis communia esse arbitror, Nar. 3, 9.

sprecan

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Th. i. 206, 6 substitute : (the claim made on account of the slain thief?s death)] add: where the subject is an agreement, whose terms are stated Ealswá ðá foreward spreocað, C.

un-wreón

(v.)
Grammar
un-wreón, p. -wráh, -wreáh, pl. -wrigon, -wrugon; pp. -wrigen, -wrogen

To uncover (lit. or fig.) what is coveredto reveal

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Ða deópan þing beóð unwrogene, Anglia viii. 334, 7

Linked entries: an-wreón on-wreón

wæstm-berende

(adj.)
Grammar
wæstm-berende, adj.

Fruit-bearing, fertile, fruitful, productive,

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Fruit-bearing, fertile, fruitful, productive, referring to inanimate things Se dǽl se ðæt flód ne grétte ys gyt wæstm*-*berende on ǽlces cynnes blǽdum, Ors. 1, 3; Swt. 32, 13.