ge-friþian
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Gif hé for slǽwðe his hláfordes forgýmð, ne bið his ágnum wel geborgen ; gif hé eal wel gefriðað þe hé healdan sceal, ðonne bið hé leánes weorðe, Ll. Th. i. 440, 17.
Linked entry: ge-freoþian
horweht
Foul, filthy, dirty
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Foul, filthy, dirty Hine ðá lǽddon on ðone sweartan fenn and hine ðá on ða horwehtan wæter bewurpon they led him then to the black fen and flung him into the foul water, Guthl. 5; Gdwin. 36, 9
Linked entry: horheht
á-mearcian
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híw habbað þá bóceras mid þám hig tódǽlað and ámearkiað heora accentas, Angl. viii. 333, 22.
Linked entry: mearcian
brǽding
to spread, extend ⬩ A spreading ⬩ ampliatio
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A spreading; ampliatio Mæg hine scamian ðære brǽdinge his hlísan he may be ashamed of the spreading of his fame, Bt. 19; Fox 68, 24
Linked entry: brǽdan
þegen
a servant, ⬩ one who does service for another ⬩ an officer, ⬩ minister ⬩ a soldier ⬩ a follower of a great man, ⬩ a retainer ⬩ a follower of a teacher, ⬩ a disciple ⬩ one engaged in a king's or queen's service, whether in the household or in the country, a thane ⬩ a thane who served a bishop ⬩ one engaged in the service of a republic ⬩ a person of rank, one of a class higher than the ordinary freeman (ceorl) ⬩ a brave man, ⬩ noble man, ⬩ good warrior ⬩ vir fortis. ⬩ man, warrior
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His þegnaslǽddon him tó ðone eosol, 71, 5: 15, 13. On Sancte Petres naman, Cristes ðegnes, 205, 14. Ðeignas his (his discipuli Ō his þegnas, Rush.) discipuli ejus, Mt. Kmbl. Lind, 5, 1. Cuédon tó ðeignum his, 9, 11. Ðegnum, 10: Jn. Skt. Lind.
Linked entries: þegen-boren þegen-líc þegen-scipe þegin þén búr-þegen
rǽd-leás
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Nis nevre mon redles Ar his heorte beo witles, O. and N. 691.]
ge-wǽpnian
To arm ⬩ furnish with weapons ⬩ armāre
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He mid ródetácne his múþ and ealne his líchaman gewǽpnode he armed his mouth and all his body with the sign of the cross, Homl. Th. i. 72, 23. Se stranga gewǽpnod his cáfertún gehealt fortis armātus custōdit atrium sum, Lk. Bos. 11, 21: Ælfc.
Linked entry: ge-wǽmnod
ge-wascan
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Niman hí him bréc of hrægelhús; eft swá hý ham cumen, betǽcan him gewoxene (-wahsene, v. l.) femuralia de vestiario accipiant; revertentes lota ibi restituant, R. Ben. 91, 10. Add
fealwian
To grow yellow, ripen, to wither as leaves ⬩ flāvescĕre
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To grow yellow, ripen, to wither as leaves; flāvescĕre On hærfest hit fealwaþ in harvest it ripens, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 23. His leáf ne fealwiaþ its leaves shall not wither, Ps. Th. 1, 4.
lícham-
Bodily
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Hié hine líchomlíce gesáwon they saw him with their bodily eyes, 135, 19. Ðeáh ðe hé lícumlíce æfward wære quamvis corporaliter absens, Bd. 3, 15; S. 542, 6
un-hýðig
Without that which is advantageous or beneficial ⬩ unhappy
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Gewát beorn unhýðig ( Guthlac's disciple when he had just lost his master ), Exon. Th. 185, 32; Gú. 1302. Hié unhýðige gecyrdon luste belorene láðspell beran, Andr. Kmbl. 2157; An. 1080
ge-tímian
To happen ⬩ befall ⬩ accĭdĕre
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Getímode hit ðæt he becom to heora byrig ðe wæs Gaza geháten it befell that he came to their city which was called Gaza, Homl. Th. i. 226, 24: 318, 15. Him getímode swíðe rihtlíce it happened very justly to them, 88, 29: ii. 160, 14; 304, 24.
swinglung
Giddiness, dizziness, vertigo ⬩ to rove ⬩ to reel ⬩ giddy ⬩ vertigo
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For the idea of turning round, seen in vertigo, cf. the following: He dude fore of his cnihtes forte turnen þat hweol . . . ant het swingen hit swift-liche abuten ant tidliche turnen. Jul. 58, 5. See also swengan, geswing] Swinglung scottomia, Wrt.
for-weornian
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Hraðe se líchama áswint and forweornað, gif him oftogen bið his bigleofa, Hml. Th. i. 266, 3. Róme burh on hire sylfre forweornað (weosnað and brosnaþ, v. l., marcescet), Gr. D. 134, 2. Forwærniað marcescunt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 35.
fót-gemet
A foot-measure ⬩ foot-band ⬩ fetter ⬩ pĕdis mensūra ⬩ compes
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A foot-measure, foot-band, fetter; pĕdis mensūra, compes Hí ge-eádmétton on fótgemetum fét his humiliāvērunt in compĕdĭbus pĕdes ejus, Ps. Spl. T. 104, 17
Linked entry: FÓT
wód-lic
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He funde fíf mǽdena, wlitige and rance, . . . and hét ꝥ hí áwendon mid heora wódlican plegan his geþanc fram Críste, Hml. S. jis, 53 : 65. Add
ge-unárian
To dishonor
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To dishonor Hí hys cyn geunáredon they dishonoured his race, Ors. 1, 5; Bos. 28, 31. Sýn geunárode may they be dishonoured, Ps. Sp1. 34, 4
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ge-cwísan
To crush
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To crush Sumes þegnes cniht feóll fǽrlíce of his horse ... and swíðe wearð gecwýsed, ꝥ hí wéndon ꝥ hé þǽrrihte sceolde sweltan, Hml. S. 21, 325
Linked entry: cwísan
bǽde-wég
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Ðá hí him betweónum bǽdewég (beadowig, v. l.) scencton þæs heofonlican lífes dum sese alterutrum caelestis uitae poculis debriarent, Bd. 4, 29; Sch. 528, 13. Add
ge-nóg
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Him ðǽr genóg ðyncð, Past. 449, 14. used absolutely in singular Þá þurfon swíþe lytles þe máran ne willniaþ þonne genóges, Bt. 14, 2; F. 44, 14. Hió gehǽt him ǽghwæs genóg (-nóh, v. l. ), Past. 71, 23.