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ge-sylhþ

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sylhþ, a plough. Substitute: a team (of oxen)
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Ger. pfluogide a pair of plough-oxen : but gesylhðe above with plural in e seems to be feminine: oxan seems to be an instance of a gen. pl. in an instead of (e)na.]

ge-fealdan

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Add: to wrap up, roll up Ðæt yfelwillende mód gefielt hit self twyfeald oninnan him selfum, and sió twyfealdnes ðæs yflan willan hiene selfne twyfealdne gefielt oninnan him selfum malitiosae mentis duplicitas sese intra se colligit, Past. 242, 6-9.

ge-windan

(v.)
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Add: intrans. of movement, by living things, to roll together, roll up Se iil . . . sóna suá hiene mon geféhð, suá gewint hé tó ánum cliéwene ericius . . . mox ut apprehensus fuerit, semetipsum in sphaeram colligit, Past. 241, 11. by inanimate things

ge-untrumian

(v.)
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, Past. 101, 3. Ic hopige tó Drihtne, and ic ne weorðe geuntrumod, Ps. Th. 25, 1. Geuntrumod wæs mín mægen, 30, 12. <b>I a.</b> of bodily weakness, ill-health :--- Gif hyra hwylc geuntrumad biþ þæt hé ciricean gegán ne mæge, R.

heófan

Grammar
heófan, also strong forms occur, p. heóf, hóf (an Old Saxon form A. S. heáf?); pl. heófon.

To lamentTo be sorry forgrieve at

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ðá écan yflu, ILLIGIBLE and swá ðára yfela ðisse worulde hiófen ðæt hí hiora tóhopan gefæstnigen tó ðǽm écum gódum sic de bonis praesmtibus gaudeant, ut mala aeterna pertimescant; sic de malis temporalibus lugeant, ut spem in bonis perennibus figant, Past

mægen-þrymm

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Lbmn. 415, 19. mighty power Ðonne hé cymð mid his mægenðrymme tó démanne and his wuldor tó ætiéwanne cum virtutis suae gloriam venit ostendere, Past. 307, 17

on-innan

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Þonne þǽr micel stán . . . oninnan fealþ, Bt. 6; F. 14, 29 : B. 71 : 2089. as prep. preceding the governed word Gefealden oninnan ðæs synfullan monnes ingeðonce, Past. 243, Hí hira yfel helað oninnan him selfum, 449, 9. following the governed word Hire

tó-brítan

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S. 37, 78. to crush with pain, hardship, &amp;c. Seó éstfulle heorte ne bið tóbrýt for nánum ungelimpum, Hml. Th. ii. 92, 28.

un-cúþ

Grammar
un-cúþ, <b>. I.</b>
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III. add: — Uncúð hú longe ðǽr swǽ gelǽrede biscepas sién, Past. 9, 3. Ne hopa ðú tó óðres monnes deáðe ; uncúð hwá lengest libbe, Prov. K. I. Uncúð þæáh mé scamige perhaps I may be ashamed, Solil. H. 49, 7 ; 2 12.

wending

(n.)
Grammar
wending, e; f.

Turninga turning roundrevolutionchangingmutation

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Hit gedéð hit self him selfum suíðe ungelíc for ðære gelómlícan wendinge mutabilitate se varium exhibet Past. 42; Swt. 306, 17. Orsorg líf lǽdaþ woruldmen wíse búton wendinge (cf. unonwendendlíce, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 24) Met. 7, 41

ǽs

fooda bait

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Fugel, ðonne hé gífre bið, hé gesihð ðæt ǽs escam on eorðan, and ðonne for ðǽm luste ðæs metes hé forgiet ðæt grin, Past. 331, 17

wíg-hús

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-hús, es; n. (in Wrt. Voc. i. 36, 41 it is masc.)

A war-housea towerfortification

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Th. 47, ii: Past. 33; Swt. 2 29, 5. Se weall is mid stǽnenum wíghúsum ( habitaculis defensorum ) beworht, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 74, 21. Menn wyrcaþ wíghús him ( elephants ) on uppan, and of ðám feohtaþ, Hex. 9 ; Norm. 16, II

be-dǽlan

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Dele third passage, and add: where attainment is prevented Hé hine wile selfne bedǽlan dǽre bledsunge on ðǽm ýtemestan dæge . . . weorðað hié bedǽlede (-dǽlde, v. l.) ðæs écean éðles, Past. 333, 3-6.

gif

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F. 42, 36. in the past tense, and the principal clause (pres. or fut.) indic, or imper.

healh

a corneran anglecaveclosetrecessa bay

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Add: a corner, an angle, Similar entries v. healhiht Ǽlc wág bið gebiéged twiefeald on ðǽm heale duplex semper est in angulis paries, Past. 245, 13.

feoh

cattlepropertywealthmoneyrichestreasurebribegiftmetalcoin

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Álǽned feoh pignus, gylden wed vel feoh arra, forweddad feoh fiducia, 21, 5-8. price paid. Similar entries v. sellan; IV. Feh blódes hit is praetium sanguinis est, Mt. L. 27, 6.

fird

(n.)
Grammar
fird, faerd, ferd, fierd, fyrd(e).

an expeditioncampaignan armya camp

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[The military part of the trinoda necessitas is variously rendered in Latin charters, e. g. expeditio, C.

lutian

(v.)
Grammar
lutian, p. ode

lurkskulk

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Hú moniga dígla costunga ðæs ealdan feóndes lutigeaþ on ðýs andweardan lífe quanta in hujus vitae itinere tentamenta antiqui hostis lateant, Past. 21, 5; Swt. 159, 24.

slǽpan

(v.)
Grammar
slǽpan, slépan ; p. te. [The Northern Gospels also shew forms from slépian
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Hé æt ðæm stáne slǽpte, Past. 16; Swt. 101, 18. Hwæðer hé wacode ðe slépte, Bd. 2, 12 ; S. 513, 39. Ðá hié sléptun (geslépdon, Lind. ) cum dormirent, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 25. Sléptun (slépdon, Lind. ) dormierant, 27, 52.

Linked entry: slépan

blinnan

Grammar
blinnan, [= be-linnan].

to cease

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Add: of persons, absolute Cleopa and ne blin, Past. 91, 19. Blinnað sinite, Lk. L. 22, 51. to cease from action, with gen. Sé þe nǽfre ne blinð ungestæððignesse cui carnis petulantia sine cessatione dominatur, Past. 70, 3.