ge-orwénan
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Add: absolute Gif ðú georwénst si desperaveris, Kent. Gl. 925. Ne georwén ðú ne desperis, 702. to despair of. with acc. Nán georwénan scyl forgyfenysse nullus desperare debet ueniam, Scint. 48, 6. with (negative) clause Ðá þe hé georwénde ꝥ him nǽfre
gefá
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Add: in a general sense, a foe Sé ðe wæs cyrican éhtere ..., þonne onscunode heó hine swylce hé wǽre hire gefá, Wlfst. 237, 27. in a legal sense, one who is party to a blood-feud as pursuer Gif þeów wealh Engliscne monnan ofslihð ... héden his þá gefán
ge-wealdes
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of deliberate, voluntary action, intentionally, of one's own accord Hý fúl ne friðian willes ne gewealdes, Ll. Th. i. 162, 26. Nǽfre willes ne gewealdes ówiht dón, 178, 6. Ná gelíc þám þe willes and gewealdes misdéð, 328, 22, Gif hwá hwæt t Gif
hana
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Hana gallus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 41, 16. Sumes wífes gást wunode mid hire oð hana sang, Shrn. 30, 29. Hana (gallus) þá licgenda[n] áwecð and þá slápolon hé þreáð, cocc (gallus) þá wiþsacen*-*dan cít; hanan (gallo) cráwendon hopa gehwer[f]þ, Hy. S. 6, 36-7,
innor
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Add: with reference to a place or thing Innor bið se hierde, se hielt ðá leoma útan interior est custodia, quae servat exterius membra, Past. 359, 4. Férde hé forð ... in þá inran land ...; þá gít hé wilnode ꝥ hé innor férde, Hml. S. 30, 310. Hine seó
mǽþ
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Add Swá þæs gyltes mǽð beó secundum modum culpę, Chrd. 62, l. add Nis nánes mannes mǽð ꝥ cunne ásæcgan eal ꝥ gód þe God hæfð gegearwod þám þe hine lufiað, Angl. xii. 514, 29. Se man hæfð gold, þæt is gód be his mǽde, Hml. Th. i. 254, 19. Add Intingan
nón
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Add Se ǽrmerigen . . . se undern . . . se middæg . . . se nón wæs fram Móyse oð Drihtnes tócyme, Hml. Th. ii. 74, 20. Se bere . . . nó tó middes dæges hám cóm, þonne him wæs beboden ꝥ hé tó nónes sceolde, ne hé hit nó ne ylde æt nón, þonne hé tó middes
on-cirran
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Add Wǽron Egypte eft oncyrde, flugon forhtigende, Exod. 451. ¶ figurative :-- Micel bið se Meotudes egsa, for ðon hí seó molde oncyrreð (cf, a cujus conspectu fugit terra, Apocalypsis, 20, 11), Seef. 103. Add On midde niht oncierde ꝥ scip on wónne síðfæt
wacian
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Add Ðeáh ðæt mód slǽpe gódra weorca, hit wacað on ðǽm ymbhogum ðisse worlde . . . Swá hit gebyreð ðæt ðæt mód slíépð ðæs ðe hit wacian sceolde, and wacað ðæs ðe hit slǽpan sceolde, Past. 431, 25-28. add: to watch as a guard Ofer him wacað se Scippend
sǽ-weard
sea-ward,
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sea-ward, keeping watch and ward on the sea-coast; it was a duty that might be required in some cases of the thane and of the 'cotsetla' Of manegum landum máre landriht áríst tó cyniges gebanne . . . sǽweard ( the section refers to the
wæstmbǽrness
Fruitfulness, fertility, produktivity
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Fruitfulness, fertility, produktivity Wæst[m]*-*bérnys fertilita, Wrt. Voc. i. 76, 80. Wæstmbǽrnes fertilitas,i. habundantia, ii. 147, 77. Wæstmbǽrne[s] ubertas, 151, 33. Wæstembiornis fertilitas, Txts. 180, 19. referring to inanimate things Wæstm*-
æf-wirdla
Dispendium, i. damnum, impedimentum, defectio, periculum, detrimentum
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Dispendium, i. damnum, impedimentum, defectio, periculum, detrimentum æfwerdla, wonung, wom, wana, vel hénþa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 140, 68. Æfwyrdlan dispendio, An. Ox. 353: detrimentum, i. contemtum, 452: jacturam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 43, 67. Ðæt hé him ðæs befæstan
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hord-gestreón
Hoarded, accumulated wealth, that which has been acquired and now forms a 'hord'
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Hoarded, accumulated wealth, that which has been acquired and now forms a 'hord' Sum wæs ǽhtwelig in commedia heóld hordgestreón there was one of large possessions, he kept in Nicomedia his stored-up wealth, Exon. 66 a; Th. 244, 3; Jul. 22. Ne mót hé
horh
A clammy humour, phlegm, rheum
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A clammy humour, phlegm, rheum Hrog [ = horg] phlegma, Wrt. Voc. 64, 51. Horg flegma, 282, 67. Sió gíferness áríst of ðæs hores wǽtan the voracity arises from, the humour of the phlegm, L. M. 2, 16; Lchdm. ii. 196, 3. Wið langum sáre ðara tóþa þurh horh
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ofer-wyrcan
to cover by working, to work a covering over something, to overlay
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to cover by working, to work a covering over something, to overlay Hé hit him eft hám bebeád on ánum brede áwriten and siððan hit áwriten wæs hé hit oferworhte mid weaxe qui omnia civibus suis per tabellas scriptas, et post cera superlitas, enunciabat
cóðu
A disease ⬩ sickness ⬩ pestilence ⬩ morbus
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A disease, sickness, pestilence; morbus Mycel orfes wæs ðæs geáres forfaren þurh mistlíce cóða much cattle was destroyed this year through various diseases Chr. 1041; Erl. 169, 9. Swylc cóðe com on mannum ... ðæt mænige swulton such a disease came on
on-sagu
A charge brought against a person, accusation
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A charge brought against a person, accusation Á biþ andsæc swíðere ðonne onsagu, i.e. in a case where a charge is brought against a person, and it is met with a denial attested by the proper legal formalities, the case against him fails, L. Eth. ii.
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slide
A slip, fall ⬩ lapsus ⬩ of an actual slip ⬩ a slip into misfortune or error
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A slip, fall;lapsus Ælfc. Gr. 11;Zup. 79, 9. of an actual slip Ðá wearþ mé slide and ic him (the horse)of áfeóll lapsus decidi Bd. 5, 6;S. 619, 18. fig. a slip into misfortune or error Forðæm hit ǽr hit nolde behealdan wið unnyt word, hit sceal ðonne
snúde
At once, quietly, directly ⬩ to walk fast
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At once, quietly, directly Snúde denuo Jn. Skt. Lind. Rush. 3, 3. Gangaþ snúde go directly Elen. Kmbl. 625; El. 313: 307; El. 154. Hét hine snúde eft cuman bade him quickly return Beo. Th. 3743; B. 1869. Se wyrm gebeáh snúde tósomne 5129; B. 2568. Snúde
ge-þyncan
To seem ⬩ appear
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To seem, appear Ðǽr him wlite-beorhte wongas geþúhton where appeared to them plains beautifully bright, Cd. 86; Th. 108, 11; Gen. 1804. 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