ge-dwola
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Olimpius wæs eác gedwola on úres Drihtnes geleáfan (in respect to his belief in our Lord), 204. Sé þe him (the apostles and wise teachers) wiðcwyð and heora gesetnessum, hé byð gedwola, 22, 199 : Hml. S. l, 19.
BRIDEL
A BRIDLE ⬩ frenum
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Drihten welt eallra gesceafta mid ðám bridlum his anwealdes the Lord governs all creatures with the bridles of his power, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 3: Bt. Met. Fox 13, 5; Met. 13, 3
on-sægedness
the rite, act of sacrifice or offering ⬩ what is offered at the rite, a sacrifice, oblation
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the rite, act of sacrifice or offering Onsægednys lofes árwurþaþ mé sacrificium laudis honorificabit me, Ps. Spl. 49, 24. Ðonne sceal hé hine áhabban fram onsægdnysse ( immolatione ) ðæs hálgan gerýnes, Bd. 1, 27; S. 497, 4.
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á-spendan
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Hú þes freólsdæg beó áspend mid lofe, i. 436, 29. with the object of expenditure also given Þeáh ðe ic áspende míne ǽhta on ðearfena bigleofan, Hml. i. 54, 2. Hé þás fíf andgitu áspent on unnyt, ii. 374, 2 : Hml. S. 12, 135.
hreppan
to touch ⬩ treat
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Hire on beseón oððe hí hreppan to look upon her or touch her, 7, 151. Hwá dearr hí hreppan, Homl. Th. i. 458, 17. His eágan hreppan mid ðam seáwe to touch his eyes with the juice, Herb. 31; Lchdm. i. 128, 12.
hyse
A young man ⬩ warrior
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Noldon ða hyssas hýran lárum hǽðnum the youths would not listen to heathen lore, Cd. 183; Th. 229, 14; Dan. 217: 184; Th. 230, 11; Dan. 231. Hét hyssa hwæne bade each man, Byrht. Th. 131, 2; By. 2: 135, 34; By. 128: Fins. Th. 96; Fin. 48
land-ríca
a land-lord
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A powerful man in a district, a landed proprietor, a land-lord; the term, seems equivalent to land-hláford, q. v. Heáh landríca ierarchon, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 29. Fó se landríca tó healfan, and tó healfan ðæt hundred, L. Edg. S. 8; Th. i. 274, 30.
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blác
bright, shining ⬩ lucidus, splendidus ⬩ BLEAK, pale, pallid, livid, as in death ⬩ pallidus, de moribundis et mortuis ⬩ pallidus, subalbus
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Lígetta hérgen bláce dýrne Dryhten lightnings bright praise the beloved Lord, Exon. 54 b; Th. 192, 16; Az. 107. Engel ða burh oferbrægd blácan lýge, hátan heaðowealme an angel spread over the town a bright flame, hot warlike floods, Andr.
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blinnan
To cease, rest, leave off ⬩ cessare, desinere
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We Dryhten bletsigaþ, ne ðæs blinnaþ áwa to worulde we bless the Lord, nor cease from this for ever, Ps. Th. 113, 25. Seó éhtnes [MS. ehtnysse] blan the persecution ceased, Bd. 1, 8; S. 479, 17. Blann [blonn MS.
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ge-hátan
to call ⬩ name ⬩ vocare ⬩ nominare ⬩ to call ⬩ command ⬩ promise ⬩ vow ⬩ threaten ⬩ vocare ⬩ arcessere ⬩ jubere ⬩ spondere ⬩ promittere ⬩ vovere
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Ðæt land ðe ys geháten Euilaþ omnem terram Hevilath, Gen. 2, 11 : Jud. 4, 2, 6. to call, command, promise, vow, threaten; vocare, arcessere, jubere, spondere, promittere, vovere Fóre waldende gǽþ bí noman gehátne they shall go before the Lord, called
ge-hnǽgan
To bend down ⬩ humble ⬩ cast down ⬩ subdue ⬩ declīnāre ⬩ hŭmĭliāre ⬩ dejĭcĕre ⬩ subĭgĕre
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Mín Drihten ðé gehnǽde in helle my Lord hash trodden thee down in hell, Blickl. Homl. 241, 5. Hyne Hetware hilde gehnǽgdon the Hetwaras subdued him in war, Beo. Th. 5825; B. 2916.
ge-sceáwian
To spew, manifest, exhibit ⬩ exhibere, monstrāre, manifestāre ⬩ To see, behold, view, look round upon ⬩ videre, perspicere, circumspicere ⬩ To see, consider ⬩ videre, considerare
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To see, behold, view, look round upon; videre, perspicere, circumspicere Heó endestæf gesceáwiaþ they shall behold their end, Cd. 225; Th. 298, 31: Sat. 541. Ðæt deáþ ne gesceáwige qui non videbit mortem, Ps. Th. 88, 41.
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þegnung-mann
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Th. i. 58, 12. a servant of a lord or king, a thane, minister, in a general sense Sint tó manienne ða ðe mildheortlíce sellaþ ðæt hié habbaþ, ðæt hié angieten ðæt hié sint gesette ðæm hefencundan Gode tó ðéningmannum tó dǽlanne ðás lǽnan gód ( ut a coelesti
þegen-scipe
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gewin up áhófon Alexander primam experientiam animi et virtutis suae, compressis celeriter Graecorum motibus, dedit, Swt. 122, 32. in that part of the Genesis which is thought to show Old Saxon influence, the word occurs with the meaning of service to a lord
andettan
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Onditien Dryhtne wundur his bearnum monna oh that men would praise the Lord for his wonderful works to the children of men, 106, 31. to confess a purpose, to promise, vow Wæs hé swá swýþe onbryrded, þæt hé andette Gode, gif hé him ðæs mergendæges geunnan
heolstor
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Gl. 476, 9) latebra, loca occulta, 2968. Of díglum dimhofum ł heolstrum obstrusis latibulis, Hpt. Gl. 405, 61. Of heolstrum de recessibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 81. 10: 26, 51. Of heolhstrum, of díglum de recessibus, i. de occultis vel de secretis, 139, 5.
lengu
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Wæs seó wícstów on lengo .xx. es furlonga long, Nar. 12, 16. Gyf þú hwilce langwyrpe bóc habban wille . . . sete þíne swýþran ofer þínne wynstran earm be þǽre bóce læncge, Tech. ii. 119, 15.
on-secgan
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Srt. 4, 6. to offer a sacrifice to Ðé ic onsecgu onsegdnisse lofes, Ps. Srt. 115, 17. Gúðlác Gode lác onsægde and mæssan sang immolato dominici corporis sacrificio et sanguinis Christi libamine, Guth. Gr. 163, 43.
wád
Woad,
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Man mæg on hærfeste wád spittan, Anglia ix. 261, 16. the growth of woad seems marked by the occurrence of the word in such forms as wád-beorh, wád-denu, wád-lond in charters Of ðære díc on wádbeorgas; of wádbeorgan, Cod. Dip, Kmbl., iii. 77, 15.
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bǽdan
to urge ⬩ press ⬩ compel ⬩ impel ⬩ to require ⬩ exact
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Þæs his lufu bǽdeð love for him requires that, Gn. Ex. 100. Þá gebróðra woldon þæs húses wáh hwéne hérran getimbrian, forþon þæs swá sum neódþearflicu wíse bǽdde (quia res ita exigebat), Gr. D. 124, 23