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BEÓT

(n.)
Grammar
BEÓT, es; n.

a threateningthreatcommandmenacecomminatiominæperilpericuluma boastingboasting promisepromisejactantiapromissio gloriosapromissum

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C.] ðæs ealdormannes minas principis non metuit, Bd. 1, 7; S. 477. 23 : Exon. 68 a; Th. 253, 7; Jul. 176. peril; periculum Ðenden [ðen, MS.] in ðam beóte wǽron while they were in that peril Cd. 187; Th. 232, 25; Dan. 265. a boasting, boasting promise

for-wúndian

(v.)
Grammar
for-wúndian, p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed

To wound badlyulcerategrăvĭter vulnĕrāre

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Ða men wǽron forwúndode the men were badly wounded, Chr. 882; Erl. 83, 11: 897; Erl. 96, 13

gál

(adj.)
Grammar
gál, adj.

Lightpleasantwantonlicentiouswickedlĕvislibīdĭnōsusluxŭriōsusmălus

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Gecunnian hwæðer he wǽre god oððe gál to try whether he were good or bad, Gu. 17; Gdwn. 74, 6

mis-wendan

(v.)
Grammar
mis-wendan, p. de.

To pervertapply to a wrong useabuseTo turn in a wrong direction, be perverted

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Hé begann tó þreágenne ða gebróðru ðe miswende wǽron he began to rebuke the two brothers who were perverted, 66, 34. Mid þweorum ðú bist miswend cum perverso perverteris, Ps. Lamb. 17, 27. intrans.

ge-treówian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-treówian, -triówian; p. -ode, ede; pp. od, ed.

to trustconfidehopeto make a treatybe confederateto clear one's self

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Ic me on mínne Drihten getreówige ego in te sperabo Domine, 54, 24: 70, 13. to make a treaty, be confederate [v. ge-treówþ] Ða beorn getreówedon betwuh him and sieredon ymbe ðone fæder the children were confederates and plotted against the father, Bt

glæd-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
glæd-mód, adj.

Glad-mindedcheerfulof good cheerjoyouspleasantkindcourteous

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Glad-minded, cheerful, of good cheer, joyous, pleasant, kind, courteous Glædmód wes ðú animæquior esto, Mk. Skt. Rush. 10, 49. Geát wæs glædmód the Gaut was glad of mind, Beo. Th. 3574; B. 1785: Exon. 62 b; Th. 229, 28; Ph. 462: Andr.

wíd-sǽ

(n.)
Grammar
wíd-sǽ, f. m.
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Hé lét him ealne weg ðæt wéste lond on ðæt steórbord, and ða wídsǽ on ðæt bæcbord, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 10

cláþ

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Add: a cloth Þú noldest þæt ǽnig cláð betweuh wére ( nullo interposito velamento ), Shrn. 185, 34. Stód án cýf oferwrogen . . . hí brúdon of ðone cláð ( operimentum ), Hml. Th. ii. 178, 35. a garment God hyre ásende tunecan.

ge-hende

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
ge-hende, adv.
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Swá hwylc Sunnan-dæg swá þǽr byð gehendost, Angl. viii. 329, 12. of scrutiny, closely Béda and Rabanus þe wel gehende an ásmeádun ymbe þisum cræfte, Angl. viii. 308, 13. of kinship, association, &c.

ge-stal

(n.)
Grammar
ge-stal, an obstacle.
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Pascasius on þám geflite þe geworden wæs weaxendum þám gestále geleáffulra wera ymb Simmachim and Laurentium geceás Laurentium Paschasius in ea contentions quae inardescente zelo fidelium inter Symmachum atque Laurentium facta est Laurentium elegit, Gr

ge-wǽtan

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Substitute: To wet, moisten Geuuéted madefacta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 73. Gehwéteð madefactum, 58, 49. the subject a person Foxes sina genim and on hunige gewǽt, Lch. i. 340, 17. Gedó on scearp eced, gewǽte swíðe, ii. 192, 19.

þeón

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(l a) in greeting :-- Fæder mín leófa, þeóh þú an Críste wel (beneualeas in Christo ), Chrd. 92, 17. Add Þá þá hé geseah hine weaxan and þeón in Godes ege cum eum in timore Domini excrevisse videret, Gr. D. 225, 22.

be-bycgan

Grammar
be-bycgan, be-bycgean.
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Héht hine se hláford bebycgan (ꝥte wére beboht vaenundari, L.), Mt. 18, 25. Add

Finnas

(n.)
Grammar
Finnas, gen. a; pl. m.
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the Finns generally, including Scride-finnas and Ter-finnas, are the inhabitants of the north and west coast from Halgoland [v. map in Ors.

reord

(n.)
Grammar
reord, e: ;f, :; es; ;n.;

Speech, tongue, language, voice;

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Se hálga wer hergende wæs Meotudes miltse, and his módsefan rehte þurh reorde, Exon. Th. 188, 25; Az. 51 : 111, 24; Gú. 131. Ic glidan reorde múþe gemǽne, 406, 23; Rú. 25, 5.

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lufian

(v.)
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lufedon úra wamba fylnesse, Verc. Först. 123, 14. Þárn þe þrowera þeáwas lufedon, Gú. 132. Nǽfre þú geþreátast . . . ꝥ ic þeódscipe þínne lufie, Jul. 178. Gyf sélre geleorniað ꝥ we willað georne lufian (gaudenter amplectimur), Ll.

wicu

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Add: where the reference is to any day but Sunday, week as in week-day Gyf se terminus becymð on ðone Sunnandæg . . . Gyf se terminus gescýt on sumon dæge þǽre wucan, Lch. iii. 244, 17

fultuman

(v.)
Grammar
fultuman, fultumian, fultomian, fulteman, fultemian; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed

To helpassistaidsupportjŭvāreadjŭvāreauxĭliārifăvēre

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We eów fultumiaþ we will aid you, Chr. Erl. 3, 12. Him náuðer ne fét ne fiðeras ne fultumaþ neither feet nor wings support them, Bt. 41, 6; Fox 254, 26. Me ðíne dómas dǽdum fultumiaþ jūdĭcia tua adjŭvābunt me, Ps. Th. 118, 175.

Linked entries: fulteman fultomian

ídel

(n.)
Grammar
ídel, es; n.

Idlenessvanityfutilityfrivolity

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lǽraþ ðæt preóstas ðǽr ne geþafian ne ídele spǽce ne ídele dǽde ne ǽnig ídel we enjoin that priests do not permit there [in the church] idle talk or action or any frivolity, L. Edg. C. 26; Th. ii. 250, 27.

earfoþnes

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For þissum earfoðnessum þe þissum mannan dydon for the hardships we have inflicted on the man, 247, 18. Be þisse worlde earfoþnessum about the troubles of this world, 109, 6.