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ge-beorgan

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Ðis is seó líhtingc þe ic wylle eallon folce gebeorg*-*an þe hig ǽr þyson mid gedrehte wǽron this is the alleviation by which I will protect all the people from those things with which they were before troubled, Ll. Th. i. 412, 19. [See also Ps.

ge-wyrht

(n.)
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Th. i. 80, 19.

feorh-scyldig

(adj.)
Grammar
feorh-scyldig, adj.

Life-guiltyliable in one's lifevitæ reusmorte dignus

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Se ðe ofslehþ man binnan ciricwagum, he biþ feorhscyldig he who slays a man within church-walls, he is liable in his life, vii. 13, 15; Th. i. 332, 8, 14

þilian

(v.)
Grammar
þilian, þillian, þillan
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(The section is headed: Ðis is ðære bricge geweorc on Hróuecæstre.)

Linked entry: þylian

hearra

(n.)
Grammar
hearra, herra, hierra, an; m.

A lord

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The use of this word, which occurs only in poetry, is noticeable.

Linked entry: herra

smúgan

(v.)
Grammar
smúgan, p. smeág, pl. smugon; pp. smogen

To creep, crawl, move gradually

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Homl. i. 153, 22, 32. Smuȝð, smuhgð digeliche ii. 191, 7, 15, 17. ]

Linked entries: in-smoh smygel

híran

(v.)

to hearto hearto hearto give earhearkenlistenTo listen toto obeyto obeyto obeyto be subject toto serveerrorto belong toauthorityjurisdictionof a dueprivilegeoccupationofficehear ofbe told

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Nǽfre wé hýrdon hæleð ǽnigne þyslic cýðan, El. 538. with infin. only, to hear say: Ic hiérde secgan þæt. . . Ors. 3, 10; S. 138, 18. Hýrde, B. 582: Reb. I. þone ic Andreas nemnan hérde, An. 1178.

feran

Grammar
feran, l. féran,

to go onproceedto farego onsucceedto comebe derived

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Þú mihtest þé féran betwyx þám tunglum, Bt. 36, 2; F. 174, 10. with road by which motion is effected in dat. or inst. : Ic þǽm wegum férde, Nar. 6, 28. Férdon wé forð þý wege þe wé ǽr ongunnon, 8, 18.

trifulung

(n.)
Grammar
trifulung, e; f.
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Grinding, pounding, threshing In trifelunge in tritiira, Wrt. Voc. ii. 46, 21

snás

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In snásum (printed fnásum) in veribus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 24. Add

eft

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Swá hit eft be eów Esaias mǽlde so, again, Isaiah said it of you, El. 350. ¶ In the Northern glosses the prefix re- in many Latin verbs is rendered by eft, but the English word is separable; cf. eft tó cerranne reuerti, Lk. R. L. 19, 12

swǽs

(adj.)
Grammar
swǽs, adj.
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(one's) own; proprius. v. swǽslice, Ðæt selegescot ðæt ic mé swǽs on ðé gehálgode the tabernacle that I hallowed me as my own in thee Exon.

Linked entries: swáse swés

ge-timbran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-timbran, -timbrian, -timbrigean; part. -timbriende; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed [timbrian to build] .

to make of woodto buildto build upconstructædĭfĭcāreconstruĕreexstruĕreto build up the mindinstructedifyinstruĕre

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Ic getimbre hús I will build a house, Exon. 36 a; Th. 117, 9; Gú. 221. Ic getimbrie, Mk. Bos. 14, 58. Ofer ðisne stán ic getimbrige míne cyrcan over this stone I will build my church, Homl. Th. ii. 390, 2, 10, 11, 12.

stefning

(n.)
Grammar
stefning, stemning, e; f.
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(In E.

rád-stefn

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Perhaps an instance of such service is given in the following Án scírgemót sæt æt Ægelnódes stáne be Cnutes dæge cinges . . . and Tofig Prúda cóm ðǽr on ðæs cinges ǽrende, C. D. iv. 54, 8-13

regn

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Ðá sægde se bisceop ꝥ nǽfre in þǽm londum regnes dropa ne cwóme arbores . . . cum dicerem frequentibus imbribus in tantum creuisse, acerdos affirmabat nunquam in his locis pluuiam adire, Nar. 28, 2-5. Hrægnas pluuias, Ps. L. 104, 32. Add

be-þweán

(v.)
Grammar
be-þweán, ic -þweá; p. -þwóh, pl. -þwógon; pp. -þwegen

To wet, bedew, washrigare

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To wet, bedew, wash; rigare Mid mínum teárum strecednysse míne oððe míne beddinge ic beþweá oððe ic gelecce lacrimis nleis stratum meum rigabo, Ps. Lamb. 6, 7

stéda

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Ic geann Ælfsige bisceope . . . ánes blacan (blácan?) stédan . . . and ic geann Ælmǽre ánes fágan stédan, Cht. E. 226, 10-24. Add

wís-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
wís-dóm, es; m.

wisdomdiscretionknowledge cognizancewisdom knowledge learning philosophy

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Voc. ii. 66, 28. Wæs se wer in wísdóme (scientia) gewrita wel gelǽred, Bd. 5, 8; S. 621, 33. Hé wísdóm háligra gewrita from hím nom, 4, 27; S. 603, 40. Philosophus is se ðe lufaþ wísdóm: of ðam is philosopher ic smeáge embe wísdóm, Ælfc.

gift

(n.; v.; part.)
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Voc. ii. 43, 13