ge-bétan
to make better ⬩ improve ⬩ mend ⬩ amend ⬩ repair ⬩ emendāre ⬩ repărāre ⬩ to make strong ⬩ fortify ⬩ surround with a wall ⬩ confirmāre ⬩ munīre ⬩ mūrāre ⬩ to make amends ⬩ reparation ⬩ 'bót' for ⬩ repent ⬩ to obtain a remedy against ⬩ to get 'bót' from ⬩ avenge
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Lind. 10, 13. to obtain a remedy against, to get 'bót' from, avenge Ðú wille cweðan ðæt ða welgan habban mid hwam hí mǽgen ðæt [hunger, thirst, cold] gebétan you will say that the rich have wherewith they can remedy that, Boeth. 26, 2; Fox 92, 37.
heáfod
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Of ðám stáne tó ðám heáfde; big ðám heáfde, 384, 16. On ðam beorge ðat hit sticað on cheotoles heáfde, 434, 14. Tó dúnan heáfde; ðæt tó Hunes cnolle, v. 313, 13.
þan
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Ðá ne wolde se pápa ðæt geþafigean ne ða burhware ðon má etsi pontifex concedere voluit, non tamen cives Romani potuere permittere, Bd. 2, 1; S. 501, 33.
spellian
To talk ⬩ converse ⬩ discourse ⬩ To announce ⬩ proclaim ⬩ tell ⬩ utter ⬩ amare conterens impudentem ⬩ to tell, announce ⬩ to talk
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Ðá se Wísdóm ðis leóþ ásungen hæfde, ðá ongan hé spellian, Bt. 37, 2; Fox 186, 34. Spelligan, 32, 1; Fox 114, 2. Spellien (spillian, Cote. MS.), 20; Fox 70, 20. trans.
leás-fyrhte
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Be ðám árleásum . . . and be ðám leásfyrhtum, Nap. 42. Add
þigen
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Ðæs hálgan húsles ðygen partaking of the eucharist, Homl. Th. i. 266, 17. Se frumsceapena man wearð ádrǽfed of neorxenawanges myrhðe for ðigene ðæs forbodenan bigleofan, 118, 25.
swán-geréfa
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aldgeryhto wéron ðon cuæð se biscop and ðara hína wiotan ðet hió him néren máran ondeta ðon hit árǽded wæs on Aeðelbaldes dæge ðrím hunde swína mæst ond se biscop (and) ða hígen (tugen, Kemble) áhten twæde ðæs wuda ond ðæs mæstes . . .
geó
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Ðǽr ðá cnihtas iú ǽr eardodon, Hml. Th. i. 62, 25: 318, 14: Bt. 16, 1; F. 48, 35. Wé iú hæfdon ǽrror wlite, Sat. 151.
GÆRS
GRASS ⬩ a blade of grass ⬩ herb ⬩ hay ⬩ grāmen ⬩ herba ⬩ fænum
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Ðá he hét ða menegu ofer ðæt gærs hí sittan cum jussisset turbam discumbĕre sŭper fænum, Mt. Bos. 14, 19 : Ps. Sp1. 105, 20. Ofer gærsa cíþas sŭper grāmĭna, Deut. 32, 2
ge-langian
To call for ⬩ send for ⬩ deliver ⬩ liberate ⬩ convocare ⬩ arcessere ⬩ accersire ⬩ liberare
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Wearþ ðá eft gelangod se geleáffulla apostol of ðam íglande so was the faithful apostle liberated from that island, Ælfc. T. Grn. 16, 28
wic-þegen
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Ðære kycenan wicþénas on ðone Sætresdæg ǽgðer ge fata þweán ge wætercláðas wacsan . . . þweán on ðan sylfan dæge ealra gebróðra tét ǽgðer ge ðære wucan wicþénas ge ðære tóweardan . . . Ða wicþénas (cf. ða wucan þegnas septimanarii, R. Ben.
fore-weard
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Hér swutelað on ðysan gewrite ðá foreward ðe Godwine worhte wið Byrhtríc, C. D. iv. 10, 16. Twégra manna dæg ealswá ðá foreward spreocað, iii. 333, 25. Hú man mǽden weddian sceal and hwylce forewarde þǽr ághon tó beónne, Ll. Th. i. 254, 23.
Linked entries: on-foreweardan fór-weard
cwic-súsl
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Satanas ðæs cwicsúsles ealdor ðære helle Satan the chief of the living torment of hell, Nicod. 26; Thw. 14, 12. On ðam cwicsúsle in hell-torment, 25; Thw. 13, 30: Exon. 16a; Th. 35, 21; Cri. 561: 97a; Th. 362, 18: Wal. 38.
magu-timber
A child ⬩ progeny ⬩ all those who are born
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Icel. manns-efni (efni material, stuff) a promising young man.] progeny, all those who are born Ne sý ðæs magutimbres gemet ofer eorþan gif hí ne wanige se ðás worulde teóde there would be no bounds upon earth to those who are born, if they waned not
níþ-full
Envious ⬩ malicious
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Ðeós costung is of ðam níþfullan deófle, Boutr. Scrd. 23, 10. Níþfullum rancida, amara, Hpt. Gl. 475, 73. Ðá geseah se hálga wer ðæs árleásan preóstes níþfullan ehtnysse, Homl. Th. ii. 162, 34. Níþfulra lividorum, Hpt. Gl. 519, 69
un-getímu
Mishap ⬩ misfortune
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Mishap, misfortune On ðǽm dagum wǽron ða mǽstan ungetína (cf.(?)
smeágan
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add: — Ðæs ðinges onlícnesse ðe hé ymb smeáð quidquid fictis imaginibus deliberando cogitatur, Past. 157, 14. Ðá hwíle ðe hí tó ungemetlíce smeágad ymb ðás eorðlecan ðing intentionem suam dum rebus transitoriis immoderatius implicant, 431, 14.
á-wunian
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Heó ðǽr áwunode þone dægand ðá niht on hire gebede, Hml. A. 121, 145:Guth. 34, 15. Seó beorhtnys þǽr áwunode oð dæg, 86, 22. Seó studu gesund ástód and áwunade (remansit), Bd. 3, 10;Sch. 234, 16.
MÆGEN
MAIN ⬩ might ⬩ strength ⬩ force ⬩ power ⬩ vigour ⬩ efficacy ⬩ virtue ⬩ faculty ⬩ ability ⬩ an exercise of power ⬩ effort ⬩ a mighty work ⬩ miracle ⬩ a force ⬩ military force
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Ða burga on ðám wǽrun gedóne manega hys mægena, Mt.
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wíse
a wise way ⬩ manner ⬩ mode ⬩ fashion ⬩ state ⬩ condition ⬩ an arrangement ⬩ instruction ⬩ a disposition ⬩ direction ⬩ condition ⬩ a thing ⬩ res ⬩ negotium ⬩ a cause ⬩ reason ⬩ res
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Ðæt Léden and ðæt Englisc nabbaþ ná áne wísan on ðære sprǽce fadunge.
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