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ge-hédan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hédan, p. de; pp. ed.

to hideconcealcondĕreabscondĕreto acquireobtainseizeobtĭnēredeprehendĕre

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Fox 20, 302; Met. 20, 151. to acquire, obtain, seize; obtĭnēre, deprehendĕre Ǽr he gehéde ðæt he ǽr æfter spyrede until he seizes that which he before sought after, Bt. Met. Fox 27, 29; Met. 27, 15.

þrymm

(n.)
Grammar
þrymm, es; m.

a hostgreat body of peoplea forcemultitudea great body of waterforcepowermightglorymajestymagnificencegreatnessgrandeur

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Heora godas ne mihton gescyldan wið mínne ðrymm ( host or power? ), Homl. Th. i. 568, 10. forheówan Heaðobeardna þrym, Exon. Th. 321, 21; Víd. 49: 461, 14; . 35. Cyning ( God ) on gemót cymeþ þrymma mǽste, 52, 15; Cri. 834.

Linked entry: þrym

mǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
mǽnan, to mean. I a.
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Hwæt mǽnde Sanctus Paulus, ðá his láre suá cræftelíce tósceád . . . búton ðæt ongeat Títum hwéne monðwǽrran . . . and Timotheus ongeat hátheortran . . 291, 19. Add

an-gin

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Hpt. Gl. 507, 61, which has limina), 4342.

ge-hrínan

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Hiá gibédun hine ꝥte giwédun his gihrionon (-hrinon, L.), and swá oftor gihrionun him hále giwurdun, 6, 56. ꝥte gihrine dǽm ut tangeret eos 10, 13. ꝥ hiǽ him gihrionun, 3, 10. with acc. Ic þone ðerscwold gehrán, Hml. S. 23b, 413.

þeáh

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Ðeáh úre heorda hwylc án sceáp forgýme, wé willað ꝥ hit forgylde, Ll. Th. ii. 326, 24. (2 a) add :-- Genóh wǽre þám wǽdlan his untrumnys, þeáh þe wiste hæfde; and eft him wǽre genóh his hafenleást, ðeáh ðe gesundful wiére, Hml.

hlystan

(v.)
Grammar
hlystan, p. te

To list, listen to, hear, hearken

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Hig hlyston hím audiant illos, Lk. Skt. 16, 29. sceal bóclárum hlystan swyðe georne he must pay diligent attention to the teaching of books, L. I. P. 2; Th. ii. 306, 8. Hig fundon hine hlystende they found him listening, Lk.

ísen-ordál

(n.)
Grammar
ísen-ordál, es; n.
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The ordeal by hot iron, in which the accused who wished to clear himself had to bear, on the naked hand, a piece of red hot iron.

Linked entry: or-dál

ge-rád

(n.)
Grammar
ge-rád, es; n.

Consideration, account, condition, reason, wisdom, prudence, mannerratio, conditio

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Ðám ealdum gedafenaþ ðæt tǽcon sum gerád heora geonglingum ad senes spectat juvenes prudentia erudire, Ælfc. Gr. pref; Som. 1, 33. On ðæt gerád ðet he gesylle ǽlce geáre on the condition that he give every year, Th.

swígan

(v.)
Grammar
swígan, p. de.
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MS.) é stefne se dígla Déma gehírde, Past. 4; Swt. 38, 16-20: Blickl. Homl. 7, 16. Þú ána swígende tǽlst thou alone by thy silence dost blame her, Ap. Th. 16, 21.

wódness

(n.)
Grammar
wódness, e; f.

madnessfuryfrenzyrageblasphemy

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His sáwul is ðurh deófol gedreht; him is neód ðæt his ágene wódnysse tócnáwe, Homl. Th. ii. 110, 29. On wódnessum ł gewytlýstum leásum in insanias falsas, Ps. Lamb. 39, 5. Wodnyssa and réðnyssa furias atque ferocia, Hymn.

geómor

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Him wæs geómor sefa, . . . hyge murnende, Cri. 499. Geómor sefa, murnende mód, B. 49. Geómor sefa, hyge gnornende, Gú. 1181. Sefa geómor, mód morgenseóc, Hy. 4, 94. geómor wearð, sárig for his synnum, Dóm. 87.

fleón

(v.)
Grammar
fleón, [/a the following passages given under I. in Dict. fleón is intransitive
    By.
  • 247
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  • Ps. L. 54, 8
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  • Gen. 2080
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  • Bt. F. 116, 17
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  • Ælfc. Gr. 36
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  • 28, 6
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  • Ps. Th. 103, 17
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  • Ps. L. 113, 3
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  • Met. l, 20
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  • Mt. 8, 33
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  • Ps. L. 30, 12
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  • El. 134
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  • Gú. 228
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to fleeto fleeto run awayto pass awayto flyto run away fromto avoidto declineto avoideschew

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Se man þe ætfleó (fleó, v.l.) fram his hláforde oþþe fram his geféran for his yrhðe, sý hit on scypfyrde, sý hit on landfyrde, Ll. Th. i. 420, 5-9. to go into banishment Gielden þá médrenmǽgas þæs weres þriddan dǽl, þriddan dǽl þá gegyldan.

sécan

(v.)
Grammar
sécan, sécean; p. sóhte; pp. sóht
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Se ðe sécþ, hyt fint, Mt. Kmbl. 7, 8. Hwæðer gé willen on wuda sécan gold ðæt reáde? . . . Hit witena nán ðider né séceþ (cf. gé hit ðǽr ne sécaþ, ne finde gé hit nó, Bt. 32, 3; Fox 118, 9), Met. 19, 8.

cuma

(n.)
Grammar
cuma, an ; m. [cum, imp. of cuman to come ; -a, termination, q. v.]

A comer, guest, stranger advena, hospes

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Mon cýðe cynewordum, se cuma hátte let a man make known in fitting words, how the guest is called, Exon. 112b ; Th. 430, 30; Rä. 44, 16: Beo. Th. 3616 ; B. 1806 .

þeówen

(n.)
Grammar
þeówen, þíwen, [n]e; þeówene, an; f.
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sceáwode ða eáþmódnesse his þeówene, Blickl. Homl. 7, 4. Swá eágan gáð earmre þeówenan ( ancillae ), ðonne heó on hire hlǽfdigean handa lócaþ, Ps. Th. 122, 3. Heó hié sylfe tó ðeówene genemde, Blickl. Homl. 9, 24. Þeówene, 89, 12.

á-reccan

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Add: I. to stretch out, spread out Álecge his swiþran hand him under heáfod áreahte, Lch. ii. 214, 10. to hold out to, to grant, v. reccan, Árecte (-æ) concesserim, Txts. 53, 523 (cf. 106, 1089). Áræctæ, Wrt.

ge-lícettan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lícettan, p. te.
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Voc. ii. 91, 66. to make a thing appear like something better than it is, to give an appearance of goodness to a thing Ðonne hwá on ðá leásunga beféhð, ðonne ne mæg of, ac sceal ðonne niéde ðencean hié gelícettan mæge, Past. 239, 13.

Linked entry: ge-liccettan

ge-fetian

(v.)
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Wurdon gefætte ætforan þám déman þá crístenan, Hml. S. 2, 197. the object a thing ofer six míla him wæter on heora exlum gefetton, Hml.

synnig

(adj.)
Grammar
synnig, adj.

sinful, wickedguilty, culpable

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Gif ceorl ceáp forstelþ . . . biþ se his dǽél synnig (scyldig, MS. H.) bútan ðam wífe ánum, L. In. 57; Th. i. 138, 17. Se ðe þeóf ofslihþ, se mót gecýðan mid áðe ðæt hine synnigne (scyldigne, MS. B.) ofslóge, 16; Th. i. 112, 8.