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geócor

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For passage from Beowulf substitute Þæt [he, MS.] wæs geócor síð þæt se hearmscaða tó Heorute áteáh, B. 76, 5. Add: :-- Ne sorge wæg, geócorne sefan, dreórigne hyge, Gú. 1111

geátan

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Ic hit iéte, Chr. 675 ; P. 37, 33. Ꝥ he scolde ꝥ géten mid his writ, P. 35, 33. geátte mannan heora wudas and slǽtinge, 1087 ; P. 223, 33. Add

heard-sǽlig

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Hwílum gebyrede ðám heardsǽlgan (-sǽlegum, v. l.) ꝥ him wǽre betere ꝥ bearn næfde ðonne hæfde carentem liberis infortunio dixit esse felicem, Bt. 81, 1; F. 112, 20. Add:

hoppian

(v.)
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Sum man gesette his ðeówan man on fetera. sæt lange on ðám bendum oð ꝥ bestæl út mid his stafe hoppende (hoppegende, v. l. ). Hml. S. 21, 417. Add

leác

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leác sette he planted vegetables Shrn. 61, 20. v. cípe-, rysc-leác, fugeles leác. Add

scrín

(n.)
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.: — Ðis mycel is gegolden of þǽre cyricean W. cyninge syððan þis land áhte . . . of þǽre hlangan scríne .viii. pund, Cht. Th. 439, 32. forlét þá á

hand-sliht

(n.)
Grammar
hand-sliht, -slyht, es; m.

A slaying with the hand

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A slaying with the hand Ne meahte ealdum eorle hondslyht giofan he could not give a deadly blow to the old warrior, Beo. Th. 5937: B. 2972: 5851; B. 2929

hlemman

(v.)
Grammar
hlemman, p. de

To cause to sound to clash

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To cause to sound, to clash ymbe ða herehúþe hlemmeþ tógædre grimme góman about the prey he clashes his fierce jaws together, Exon. 97 b; Th. 363, 30; Wal. 61

Linked entry: hlimman

Indéas

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Æfter þǽm for on Indie ... , geeóde Nisan, India heáfodburg ... Æfter þǽm þe hæfde ealle Indie him tó gewildon gedón ... cóm on India eástgemǽra post haec Indiam petit ... Nyssam urbem adiit ... Perdomita India ...

FYLGEAN

(v.)
Grammar
FYLGEAN, fylgan, fylgian, fyligean, fylian, filian, feligean; p. de; pp. ed; v. trans. dat. acc.

To followattendfollow or carry outsĕquiinsĕquiexsĕqui

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He ne lét him ǽnig ne fyligean non admīsit quemquam se sĕqui, Mk. Bos. 5, 37: 8, 34. Ða he on his weorcum wæs geornlíce fyligende which he was diligently carrying out in his works, Bd. 3, 28; S. 560, 17.

mægen-þyse

(n.)
Grammar
mægen-þyse, an; f.

Violenceforce

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Violence, force Sóna ðæt onfindeþ se ðe mec féhþ ongeán and wið mægenþisan mínre genǽsteþ ðæt hrycge sceal hrusan sécan soon doth he find that fights against me, and with my force comes into conflict, that with his back he must visit the earth, Exon

Linked entry: þyse

ge-mettan

(n.)
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One that eats with another, a guest, and add Maximus gelaðede for oft þone árwurðan wer . . . ꝥ wǽre his gemetta; þá forhæfde hine ǽfre fram his gebeórscipe, cwæð ꝥ ne mihte his gemetta beón þe ánne cásere ofslóh and óþerne áflýmde, Hml.

sácerd-lic

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hine hálsode þæt þurh hine sácerdlice þénunge onféngce, þæt hine móste gehádigan tó mæssepreóste and tó þénunge Drihtnes weófodes adjurare coepit eum, ut sacerdotale officium per eum susciperet, Guth. Gr. 156, 40.

stelan

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Þá gewunode án þeóf ꝥ stáh ófer þone hege and dígellíce stæl (stæll, v. l. ) þá wyrta, Gr. D. 23, 24. Gang nú, and æfter þysum ne stel þú nán þing, 25, 19. begann tó stelenne on heora gewunan he began to steal according to their custom, Ælf.

fóre-cweðan

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-cweðan, p. -cwæþ, pl. -cwǽdon; pp. -cweden

To foresaypredictprædīcĕrepropōnĕre

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To foresay, predict; prædīcĕre, propōnĕre Hét he him sillabas and word fórecweðan addĭdit et syllăbas ac verba dīcenda illi propōnĕre, Bd. 5, 2; S. 615, 13.

wacian

(v.)
Grammar
wacian, p. ode

To watchwaketo remain awakenot to sleepto be freed from obstructionto opento be alertto watchbe on the watchbe on guardto watchbe on the watch to injure

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wecð hine selfne, ðæt wacie on ðære geornfulnesse gódra weorca (ut studio bonae actionis evigilent), 64; Swt. 461, 14. Wacige, 461, 16. Ðæt heó mihte beón ácenned, and wacian, and árísan, and faran of stówe tó óþerre, Blickl.

Linked entries: a-wacian wæcian

gird

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hét ealle beswingan mid gyrdum, and siððan beheáfdian, Hml. S. 29, 283. <b>I a.

syngian

(v.)
Grammar
syngian, ode

To sin

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Ðæt hié óþre syngiende rihtaþ, Blickl. Homl. 63, 24

Linked entry: singian

geond

(adv.)
Grammar
geond, adv.
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Add: marking position, yonder, away there Hér synd full gehende geond on Célian dúne here they are quite close away there on the Celian hill, Hml. S. 23, 305. synd hér geond on þám scræfe æt Célian dúne, 734.

láþ

(adj.)
Grammar
láþ, adj.
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Ac ne geefenlǽcað ná Abrahame þe his leófran sunn tó láce geoffrode, Hml. A. 35, 265. unwilling, loath (?) Láþ inuitam (but perhaps the glosser has read inuisam ), An Ox. 5406