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ge-þreátian

(v.)
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Gif mon ceorles mennen tó nédhǽmde geþreáteð, Ll. Th. i. 78, 12. Gif mon wífmon tó niédhǽmde geþreátige, 18. Þæt hí ðá crístenan tó heora mánfullum offrungum geðreátodon, Hml.

geat

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Take here <b>gæt</b> in Dict. and add : the gate of an enclosure, the opening in a fence or wall to allow passage, and provided with a movable barrier, the enclosure a field Gif ceorlas gærstún hæbben gemǽnne . . . gán þá þe ꝥ geat ágan,

godcundnys

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</b> a pious offering :-- Gif hwá ꝥ fæsten áberan ne mæg ðe his scrift him tǽcð, him ys álýfed ꝥ hé mót his fæsten álýsan mid godcundnysse and mid his worldǽhton (pieiate et mundanis suis possessionibus ); ꝥ is þonne, gif hé byð welig, sylle for

lystan

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Voc. ii. 48, 2. with acc. of person, alone Gif þé lyste si placet, Bt. 7, 3; F. 22, 7. Úre frið is wyrs gehealden ðonne mé lyste ( placeat ), Ll.

ǽmettig

Grammar
ǽmettig, ǽmetig, ǽmtig.

empty, void, vacant devoid, void of, free fromunoccupied, at leisure, exempt fromfree to dounmarried

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MS.) tó gástlicum weorcum, 134, 26. unmarried Gif hwylc ǽmtig man vacuus homo gewemme óðres wíf . . . And gif hwylc man ðe on his rihtan gesynscipe libbe ǽmtigne man (vacuam) gewemme, Ll. Th. ii. 164, 32, 34.

Linked entries: ǽmetgian ǽmtig

á-drífan

to drive, cause to move (with violence)to drive off, drive awayexpellere, repudiare

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Gif man folan of ádrífe, Ll. Th. i. 72, 1. Ðæt hé ðæt deófol of men ádrífe, Bl. H. 43, 23. Hí woldon heora kynehláford of his cyneríce ádrífan, Chr. 1075; P. 211, 20: Sat. 174.

secgan

(v.)
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secgan, secgean, secggan, secggean, sæcgan ; p. sægde, sǽde; pp. sægd, sǽd. [Forms as from an infin. sagian—sagast, sagaþ ; p. sagode; imp. saga, are given here.]
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Gif ǽnig mann óðerne wrége and him hwilcne gilt on secge si steterit testis mendax contra hominem, accusans eum praevarica-tionis, Deut. 19, 16. Gif ðé mon sóð on secge. Prov. Kmbl. 70. Gif man secge on landesmann, ðæt hé orf stǽle, L.

ge-met

(adj.)
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[Perhaps here might be taken the passages given at gemet; adj.]

feðer-fóte

(adj.)
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feðer-fóte, adj.

Four-footedquadrŭpes

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-fóta] neáta ðone téðan dǽl to þearfum syllan wolde Eadbyrht would give the tenth part of four-footed cattle to the poor, Bd. 4, 29; S. 608, 17, note, MS. B

fýrian

(v.)
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fýrian, p. ode; pp. od

To make a firegive warmthto cherishfŏcum præbēre

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To make a fire, give warmth, to cherish; fŏcum præbēre Féde þearfan and scrýde and húsige and fýrige let him feed the needy, and clothe, and house, and fire them, L. Pen. 14; Th. ii. 282, 16

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gléd-stede

(n.)
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gléd-stede, es; m.

A place for a firean altar

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On ðæm glǽdstede gild onsægde made an offering on the altar, 137; Th. 172, 10; Gen. 2842

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ge-rǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rǽdan, p. -reórd, -réd, -rǽd

To give counsel, advise, bring about by adviceconsilium dare

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To give counsel, advise, bring about by advice; consilium dare Ðe him ðone teónan gerǽd who brought that injury upon them by his counsel, Cd. 37; Th. 48, 12; Gen. 774: 37; Th. 49, 25; Gen. 797

Linked entries: ge-rǽde ge-rádian

stapa

(n.)
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stapa, an; m.
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One who steps. a name given to the grasshopper or locust Stapan locuste, Wrt. Voc. ii. 52, 20: 71, 62. v. gærsstapa. [O. H. Ger. houui-staffo locusta.] in cpds. án-, eard-, hǽþ-, hild-, mearc-, mór-stapa

þǽr-riht

(adj.)
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þǽr-riht, adj.
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Straight Þárrihtum strictis (but the passage glossed is strictis mucronibus; the glosser seems to have given two senses of the word, as he gives evaginatis besides the English word ), Hpt. Gl. 495, 50. v. next two words

hwá

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Gif ðú hwene gesihst geðeón on góde, blissa on his dǽdum, Hex. 44, 28. with gen. Gif hwá þonne þegena sý þe on his bóclande cyricean hæbbe, Ll. Th. i. 262, 11. hwæt. alone Gif him hwæt mistímað, Hex. 44, 30. Weald hwæt heom tíde, Ll.

mis-rǽdan

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Add: To misread a riddle, give a wrong answer to, misinterpret Swá hwilc man swá mínne rǽdels riht árǽde, onfó sé mýnre dohtor tó wífe, and sé ðe hine misrǽde, sý hé beheáfdod, Ap. Th. 3, II

un-þancol

(adj.)
Grammar
un-þancol, adj.
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Tó hwan eart ðú mé swá unþancul mínra góda and mínra gifa ?, Nap. 66. v. un-geþancfull

EARM

(n.)
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EARM, es; m.

ARM, the limb extending from the shoulder to the hand brachium ocean, etc sĭnus, rāmus

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an ARM, the limb extending from the shoulder to the hand; brachium Gif se earm biþ forad búfan elmbogan, ðǽr sculon xv scillinga to bóte if the arm be broken above the elbow, there shall be fifteen shillings for compensation, L.

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á-feallan

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Nán mon ne bitt óðerne ðæt hé hine rǽre, gif hé self nát ðæt hé áfeallen bið. Past. 441, 10. ¶ used figuratively :-- Ðæt hefige mód glít niðor and niðor, oð hit mid ealle áfielð . . . hit sceal niédenga áfeallan for ðǽm slide. Past. 279, 2-5.

hrepian

(v.)
Grammar
hrepian, and <b>hreppan.</b> [The two forms may be taken together.]
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Ne hrepa þú þæs treówes wæstm, for þan ðe þú bist deádlic, gif ðú ðæs treówes wæstm geetst de ligno . . . ne comedas . . . in quocumque enim die comederis ex eo, morte morieris, Hml.