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ge-sellan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sellan, -syllan; p. -sealde, -salde; pp. -seald

To give, give up, betray, selldare, tradere, vendere

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Ðú me ge-sealdest sweord thou gavest me a sword, 120 b; Th. 463, 18; Hö. 72. Ðe feorh gesealdon who gave up life, Andr, Kmbl. 3231; An. 1618: 865; An. 433.

Linked entry: ge-syllan

un-geendod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geendod, adj.

endlesswithout endnot coming to an endinfinitevery great in number, extent

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Gif ðú getælest ða hwíle ðisses hwílendlícan wið ðæs ungeendodan lífes hwíla, Bt. 18, 3; Fox 66, 5. Swá écum lífe swá ungeendodon wíte sive vitam aeternam, sive infinitum supplicium, L. Ecg. P. iv. 65; Th. ii. 226, 14.

Linked entry: ge-endian

wynsumian

(v.)
Grammar
wynsumian, p. ode

To rejoiceexultbe joyful

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Ná wynsuma ðú (non iocunderis) on bearnum árleásum, Scint. 176, 6. Wynsumiaþ Gode jubilate Deo, Ps. Surt. 65, 1. Gefeáþ and wynnsumiaþ gaudete et exultate, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 12. Wynsumiaþ, Ps. Th. 31, 13: Blickl. Homl. 191, 35.

Linked entry: wyn-sum

bred

a boardplanka tablet

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Ic ðé bidde ðæt ðú mé on ðǽm scipgebroce ðisses lífes sum bred gerǽce, ðæt ic mæge on sittan, oð ic tó londe cume, Past. 467, 24. Legs bred þweores ofer þá fét, Lch. ii. 342, 6. Ðá ungesewenlican brega (breda? cf. (?)

ge-stihtian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-stihtian, ge-stihtan.
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Ðú gestihtades him yfel, 72, 18: 83, 7. (testamentum) gestihtade to Abraham, 104, 9. with infin. to arrange to do On ancerlifes drohtnunge he gestihtode his lif geendian in anchoretica conuersatione uitam jinire disposuit, Bd. 3, 19; Sch. 283, l

lóc

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Ac lóca nú hwæþer ðú wille . . . sed visne . . . 35, 5 ; F. 162, 30. forming indefinite relatives Lóca hwylce concurrentes beón, Angl. viii. 302, 23. Lóca hwylce hig beóð, 304, 46. Lóca hwæt þǽr ofer sý, 300, 34, 36. Loca hú God wylle, Hml.

hæft

(n.)
Grammar
hæft, es; m.

one seized or taken, a captiveone taken and enslaved, a slave, servanta prisoner, bondmanjoinedvinctus, captivus

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Wé ðé biddaþ ðæt ðú gehýre hæfta stefne we beseech thee to hear the voice of the captives, Exon. 13 a; Th. 22, 32; Cri. 360.

Linked entry: hæftan

tó-eácan

(adv.)
Grammar
tó-eácan, adv., prep.

In addition,besidesIn addition to,besides

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Ðú hæfst tóeácan eall ðæt ic ðé ǽr tealde, Bt. 10; Fox 28, 37. Óþre fífe ic tóéke gestriónde alia quinque superlucratus sum, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 25, 20. Micel git hér tóeácan, Wulfst. 165, 21. prep, with dat.

ge-sprecan

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Add: absolute, to speak, (i) to have the faculty of speech, not to be dumb Dumbo dyde ꝥte hiá gesprecas mutos fecit loqui, Mk. L. 7, 37. Gebróht wæs him dumb, and geleicnade hine suǽ ꝥ hé gespræc, Mt. L. 12, 22.

feld-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
feld-wyrt, e; f.

Field-wortgentiangentiāna

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Ðeós wyrt, ðe man gentiānam, and óðrum naman feldwyrt nemneþ, heó biþ cenned on dúnum this herb, which is called gentian, and by another name field-wort, is produced on downs, Herb. 17, 1; Lchdm. i. 110, 2

Linked entry: ferd-wyrt

leód-rúne

(n.)
Grammar
leód-rúne, an; f.

A witchpythonissa

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M. 375 on the forms of feminine names in -rín, -rúna]:-- Wið ǽlcre yfelre leódrúnan ... eft óðer dust and drenc wið leódrúnan, L. M. 1, 64; Lchdm. ii. 138, 23, 26. Cockayne translates the word 'heathen charm.' Cf.

ge-gnídan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-gnídan, p. -gnád, pl. -gnidon; pp. -gniden

To rubrub togethercomminutefricaredefricarefricando comminuereplanarelevigare

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To rub, rub together, comminute; fricare, defricare, fricando comminuere, planare, levigare Nim ðas ylcan wyrte dryg he ðonne and gegníd to duste take this same wort, then dry it, and rub it to dust, Herb. 90, 10; Lchdm. i.196, 12.

þurh-sleán

(v.)

to smite throughstrike throughto smite

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Ger. durh-slahan percutere, pulsare.]

un-glæd

(adj.)
Grammar
un-glæd, adj.

Dullcheerless

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Dull, cheerless Swá eác se súþerna wind hwílum miclum storme gedréfeþ ða sǽ ðe ǽr wæs smylte wedere glæshlútra on tó seónne; ðonne heó swá gemenged wyrð mid ðan ýðum, ðonne wyrþ heó swíþe hraðe ungladu, þeáh heó ǽr gladu wǽre on tó lócienne si mare volvens

efen-éce

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Ðurh ðínum euenécum wísdóme, ii. 598, 31. On mec his efenécne sunu, Shrn. 106, 13. Add

for-syngian

(v.)
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Ðurh mistlice forligern forsyngode swýðe, 165, 32

Linked entry: for-singian

ge-wilwan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wilwan, ge-wilwian, ge-wylian.
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D. 101, 13, 18. to roll together, band together Hí drífað þá dráfe crístenra manna fram sǽ tó sǽ út ðurh þás þeóde gewylede (-wil-, -wel-, v. ll. ) tógædere, Wlfst. 163, 6. v. wilwan

fiðere

(n.)
Grammar
fiðere, es; n.

A wingālaWingsālæpennæ

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Under fiðerum [Th. fiðrum: Lamb. fyðerum] his ðú hopudest sub pennis ejus spērābis, Ps. Spl. 90, 4: Lk. Bos. 13, 34. Nabbaþ hí æt fiðrum fultum they have no help from wings, Bt. Met. Fox 31, 15; Met. 31, 8.

Linked entries: FEÐER fyðera

hrǽw

(n.)
Grammar
hrǽw, hráw, hreáw, hrá, es; n. m.

a corpsecarcasetrunkcarrion

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Ðú earma nú ðú byst geworden ðæt fúleste hreáw and wyrma mete thou miserable thing, now art thou become a very foul corpse and food for worms, L. E. I. prm; Th. ii. 398, 16. Hrá wundum wérig the body weary with wounds, Andr.

Linked entries: hráw hreáw hrá

ilca

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
ilca, pron. [occurs in the weak declension only].

The same

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Ðú byst se ilca se ðú ǽr wǽre tu idem ipse es, Ps. Th. 101, 24. Se ilca hét ácwellan ða rícostan witan the same man [Nero] ordered the greatest senators to be killed, Bt. Met. Fox 9, 47; Met. 9, 24.