plihtan
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.), to compromise [To plight has later the meaning of to promise under peril of forfeiture, to make a solemn engagement for which one has to answer] Gif hwá bútan leáfe of fyrde gewende ðe se cyng sylf on sý plihte him sylfum and ealre his áre it shall
gífer-nes
Greediness ⬩ avarice ⬩ voracity ⬩ gluttony ⬩ aviditas ⬩ gula
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Greediness, avarice, voracity, gluttony; aviditas, gula Gífernys biþ ðæt se man ǽr tíman hine gereordige oððe æt his mǽle to micel þicge mid oferflówendnysse ǽtes oððe wǽtes greediness is a man's eating before the time, or taking too much at his meal
Linked entry: giefernes
ge-séðan
To state as true, declare, prove, show, affirm ⬩ effāri, testĭfĭcāri, vērĭfĭcāre, contestāri, prŏbāre
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Ða wurdon mid manegum tácnum geséððe which were proved by many miracles, Homl. Th. ii. 130, 11
eornost
in earnest ⬩ seriously ⬩ indeed
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Git mæg þeáh bót cuman, wille hit man georne on eornost áginnan, Ll. Th. i. 348, 24. Ús eallum tó woruldscame, gyf wé on eornost ǽnige cúðan to the shame of'us all, if we really could feel any, Wlfst. 163, 8. with weakened force, indeed.
húru-þinga
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A. 141, 87. v. húru; 3 Hwilcan geþance mæg ǽnig man ǽfre húruðinga ꝥ dón ?, Ll. Th. i. 334, 28
hálgian
To hallow, make holy, consecrate, sanctify ⬩ consecrare
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To hallow, make holy, consecrate, sanctify Hweðer hie ða ciricean hálgian dorston on óðre wísan whether they durst consecrate the church otherwise, Blickl. Homl. 205, 21, 24.
gang-dagas
days on which processions were made during which prayers for peace and prosperity were recited.
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Inne ðá háli wuca æt Gangdagas in sancta ebdo-mada rogationum C. D. iv. 209, 18
spíwan
to spew, vomit, spit up ⬩ to spit ⬩ to spit
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Th. 206, 9;Exod. 249. without a case Stinge him gelóme on ða hracan, ðæt hé máge spíwan, Lchdm. ii. 62, 12. Gelóme tó spíwanne, 174, 21: 286, 20.
Linked entry: spiwian
gifan
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Ágife (gyfe, v. l. ) man þám ágenfrígean his ágen, Ll. Th. i. 390, 7.
ge-bǽdan
To compel ⬩ constrain ⬩ force ⬩ impel ⬩ urge ⬩ oppress ⬩ compellĕre ⬩ cōgĕre ⬩ persuādēre ⬩ impellĕre ⬩ urgēre ⬩ prĕmĕre
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Mon sceal gebídan ðæs he gebǽdan ne mæg a man ought to wait for what he cannot hasten [compel to come], 90 b; Th. 340, 2; Gn. Ex. 105.
Linked entry: ge-béded
þreá-níd
Force or compulsion that punishes or causes misery ⬩ affliction that comes from punishment
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Force or compulsion that punishes or causes misery, affliction that comes from punishment Ic hit leng ne mæg helan for hungre; is ðes hæft tó ðan strang, þreánýd ðæs þearl this imprisonment is so hard, so severe the pain of my punishment, Elen.
á-bycgan
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H. 91, 12. to pay for, atone for wrong-doing Gif frí man wið fríes mannes wíf geligeð, his wergelde ábicge, Ll. Th. i. 10, 7. Þu me smite . . . ah sare þu it salt abuggen. Lay. 8158, Bute ȝif he abugge þe sunne þet he wrouhte, A.
druncen
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Wín, ꝥ is ǽlces cynnes drinc þe man mæg of (fore, v. l. ) druncen beón, Ll. Th. ii. 134, 21. Wíne druncen crapulatus a vino, Ps. Th. 77, 65: Gen. 1563: Jud. 67: B. 1467. Beóre druncen, 531. Se druncena ( ebriosus ) wín onféhþ, Scint. 107, 8.
for-swerian
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Ne ǽnig man hine sylfne mid máne ne forswerie, Wlfst. 70, 10. Þú wylt besyrwian óðerne and þé sylfne forswerian, Hml.
ge-hende
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Add: local Ne mæg þǽr ǽni man gedyrstig wesan déman gehende nullus ibi confidit judice praesens Dóm. L. 170. Sume naman syndon . . . stówlice . . . propinquus gehende, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 14, 20. Gehendes proxime Germ. 388, 54.
gár-secg
ocean, sea ⬩ a particular part of the general body of water, an ocean
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Add: ocean, sea as opposed to land or air Sǽ mare vel aequor, gársecg oceanus Wrt. Voc. i. 41, 64. Folde . . . gársecg, Gen. 117. Ealne middangeard yrnbféran swá gársecg (oceanus) beligeð, Nar. 20, 15.
of-stingan
to wound or kill by a thrust, to stab, pierce
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Hé (Pilate) hiene selfne ofstong sua se transverberans manu, 6, 3; Swt. 258, 10: Shrn. 33, 5. Hé wolde ofstingan Eádwine, ac hé ofstang Lillan his þegn. Chr. 626; Erl. 23, 29: 755; Erl. 48, 23.
Linked entry: of-stician
ge-strangian
To make strong ⬩ strengthen ⬩ confirm ⬩ establish ⬩ rōbŏrāre ⬩ corrōbŏrāre ⬩ confortāre ⬩ conflrmāre
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Ne biþ gestrangod man non confortēmur hŏmo, Ps. Spl. 9, 20: Ps. Th. 138, 4, 15. Wes ðú gestrangad and ne ondrǽd ðú ðé be thou strengthened and fear not, Blickl. Homl. 231, 2: Lk. Bos. 1, 80.
Linked entries: strangian ge-strongian
a-hwettan
to whet ⬩ excite ⬩ excitare ⬩ accendere ⬩ to provide ⬩ adhibere ⬩ subministrare ⬩ to cast away ⬩ drive away ⬩ abigere ⬩ repudiare
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to whet, excite; excitare, accendere Ðæt ic ðé mǽge lust ahwettan that I may excite thy desire, Andr.
Linked entry: a-hwæt
a-rǽman
To raise ⬩ lift up ⬩ elevate ⬩ excitare ⬩ erigere ⬩ elevare ⬩ To raise or lift up one's self ⬩ to arise ⬩ se erigere ⬩ se elevare ⬩ surgere
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To raise, lift up, elevate; excitare, erigere, elevare Ða ge mihton rǽdan, and eów arǽman on ðám which ye may read, and elevate yourselves in them, Ælfc. T. 31, 15. v. intrans.