geþwǽr-lǽcan
To agree ⬩ assent to ⬩ concordāre ⬩ assentīre
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Ða hǽðengyldan ðísum cwide geþwǽrlǽhton the idolaters assented to this proposal, Homl. Th. i. 70, 34. Geþwǽrlécan to agree, Boutr. Scrd. 21, 1
ge-þyncan
To seem ⬩ appear
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Se ðe to-dæg is úre folgere geþúht he who to-day seems our follower, Homl. Th. ii. 80, 20. His loccas and his beard wǽron gylden geþúht his hair and his beard seemed of gold, Nar. 43, 14: Homl. Th. ii. 80, 12.
tó-cínan
To break (intrans.) into chinks, ⬩ split ⬩ crack
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Gemétte hé be wege sumne lícðrowere licgende eal tócinen (the skin all cracked with the disease), Homl. Th. i. 336, 9. Hie drinkeð þat hie tochineð, O. E. Homl. ii. 199, 32. Þe stan tochan, i. 141, 17.
ceác ful
A pitcher full, jug full
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A pitcher full, jug full Brohte Romanus ceác fulne wæteres Romanus brought a jug full of water, Homl. Th. i. 428, 1. Gedó on ceác fulne wínes put [it] into a jug full of wine, L. M. 1, 2; Lchdm. ii. 30, 23
eáþ-médum
Humbly, kindly ⬩ humĭlĭter, benignĭter
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Gewát him se hálga eáþmédum the holy one departed kindly, 1957; An. 981
for-gnagan
To gnaw or eat up ⬩ corrōdĕre ⬩ comĕdĕre
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Gærstapan forgnógon swá hwæt swá se hagol belǽfde locusts gnawed up whatsoever the hail had left, Homl. Th. ii. 194, 1
hungor-geár
A year of famine
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A year of famine Ðá hæfde se hálga wer gedǽled ðæs mynstres þing hafenleásum mannum for ðam hungergeáre the saint had distributed the provisions of the monastery to indigent men on account of the year of famine, Homl. Th. ii. 178, 20
Linked entry: geár
læpeldre
a dish ⬩ platter
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Se ðe bedypþ on disce mid mé his hláf on læpeldre qui intingit mecum manum in parapside [Mt. 26, 23], Homl. Th. ii. 244, 4
leóht-berend
Lucifer
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Ðá wæs ðæs teóþan werodes ealdor swíðe fæger and wlitig gesceapen swá ðæt hé wæs geháten Leóhtberend, Homl. Th. i. 10, 22. Se hátte Lucifer, ðæt ys Leóhtberend, Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, 35
næs-gristle
the gristle or cartilage of the nose
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E, Homl. i. 251, 16.]
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segn-bora
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Homl. 163, 22. Segnbora draconarius (draconarius vexillifer, qui fert vexillum ubi est draco depictus), i. vexillarius, signifer, Wrt. Voc. ii. 142, 5. Segnboran, tácnboran draconarii vel vexillarii vel signiferi, i. 21, 66
be-weardian
To ward, protect, keep ⬩ custodire ⬩ protegere, observare
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Hálige englas ða dǽda beweardiaþ holy angels protect the deeds, L. C. E. 4; Th. i. 360, 31. Beweardigende observantes, Ps. Spl. 30, 7
ge-byre
The time at which anything happens ⬩ a favourable time ⬩ an opportunity ⬩ occasio ⬩ opportunitas
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The time at which anything happens, a favourable time, an opportunity; occasio, opportunitas Hwonne him eft gebyre weorþe, hám cymeþ when there shall again be an opportunity to him he will come home, Exon. 90 b; Th. 340, 3; Gn. Ex. 105
ge-rýnu
A mystery
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A mystery Ðeós gerýnu is wedd this mystery is a pledge, Homl. Th. ii. 272, 6. Þurh gástlícere gerýnu through a spiritual mystery, 268, 29: 260, 12: 262, 22: Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 14, 1; Lchdm. iii. 264, 11
stán-geweorc
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On hire wurðmynte is árǽred mǽre cyrce mid wundorlícum stángeweorce, Homl. Th. i. 440, 18. Cf. stán-weorc
þoterian
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To howl, wail, cry out Þotraþ clamat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 21, 12. Geómriende hell þoteraþ gemens infernus ululat, Hymn. Surt. 84, 34. Gé wépaþ and þoteriaþ plorabitis et flebitis, Scint. 167, 3. Hí ðotorodon swilce óðre wulfas, Homl. Th. ii. 488, 27
un-tíme
Unhappy ⬩ unfortunate ⬩ ill-timed
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Man slǽtte ðá ǽnne fearr, and se fear arn him tógeánes, and hine ðýde ðæt hé his feorh forlét, and gebohte swá ðone untíman drenc, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 74
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un-getogen
Uneducated
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Uneducated Fisceras and ungetogene menn geceás Drihten him tó leorningcnihtum, and hí swá geteáh, ðæt heóra lár oferstáh ealne woruldwísdóm, Homl. Th. i. 576, 28.
ymb-wlátung
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Spiritus gást belimpð tó ðære sáwle ymbwlátunge, Homl. Skt. i. 1, 182. Emwlátunge spectaculum Hpt. Gl. 435, 49. Wídgille emwlátunge passivos oculorum obtutus 405, 64
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brosnung
Corruption, decay ⬩ corruptio, defectio
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Lamb. 29, 10: Homl. Th. ii. 206, 2: 268, 35: 536, 20. Wæs ne wélan brosnung there was no decay of wealth, Exon. 44 b; Th. 151, 25; Gú. 800