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ge-þeódan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þeódan, he -þeót; p. -þeódde; pp. -þeóded, -þeód

To join ⬩ connect ⬩ unite ⬩ associate ⬩ apply ⬩ adjust ⬩ translate ⬩ jungĕre ⬩ adjungĕre ⬩ conjungĕre ⬩ cōpŭlāre ⬩ sŏciāre ⬩ aptāre

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He ðám wordum sóna monig word to geþeódde eis mox plūra verba adjunxit, Bd. 4, 24; S. 597, 27. Ðæt us Gode ðú geþeóddest ut nos Deo conjungĕres, Hymn. Surt. 31, 29.

metan

(v.)
Grammar
metan, p. mæt, pl. mǽton; pp. meten.

to mete ⬩ measure ⬩ to measure out ⬩ mark off ⬩ assign the bounds of a place ⬩ to measure by paces ⬩ to traverse ⬩ pass over ⬩ to measure one thing by or with another ⬩ to compare

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Gr. 31; Som. 35, 32. Ic meotu metibor, Ps. Surt. 59, 8: 107, 8. Ǽlc ðæra þinga ðe man met on fate everything that is measured in a vessel, Ælfc. Gr. 13; Som. 16, 8.

ELLES

(adv.)
Grammar
ELLES, adv.

ELSE, otherwise, in another manner ⬩ ălĭter, ăliōquin, ăliunde, sĕcus

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Gr. 38; Som. 40, 7

Linked entry: el

sáwan

(v.)
Grammar
sáwan, seów, séw; sáwen.

to sow ⬩ to sow ⬩ implant

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Gl. 370. to sow (a field with seed) Hí seówon æceras seminaverunt agros, Ps. Spl. 106, 37. Ne sáw ðú ðínne æcyr mid gemengedum sǽde agrum tuum non seres diverso semine, Lev. 19, 19.

Linked entries: a-sáwan be-sáwan

ná-hwæðer

(pronoun.)
Grammar
ná-hwæðer, náwðer, náðer, nóðer; pron.

Neither

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Gr. pref.; Som. I, 34

réðe

(adj.)
Grammar
réðe, ;adj.;

Fierce, cruel, savage ⬩ severe, stern, austere, zealous ⬩ wild, savage, fierce; ⬩ severe, cruel, fierce, dire;

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Gr. 14; Som. 16, 57 : ;ferus,; 38; Som. 41, 45: ;trux,; 9, 67; Som. 14, 10 : ;ferox,; 9, 66; Som. 14, 6 : Wet.

Linked entry: hréðe

Angles ég

(n.)
Grammar
Angles ég, e; f. [íg an island]

ANGLESEY

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ANGLESEY, so called after it was conquered by the English: it was anciently called Mona Hugo eorl wearþ ofslagen innan Angles ége earl Hugo was slain in Anglesey, Chr. 1098; Ing. 317, 31

fór-lustlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
fór-lustlíce, adv.

Very willingly ⬩ gladly ⬩ lĭbentissĭme

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Very willingly, gladly; lĭbentissĭme Ic wille fórlustlíce, for ðínum lufum I will gladly [do so], for love of thee, Bt. 22, 2; Fox 78, 12. [Cf. beon forrlisst to be very desirous, Orm. ]

Linked entry: lust-líce

cleófa

(n.)
Grammar
cleófa, cleafa, cliófa, an; m.

a cleft, chasm, den, cell, chamber ⬩ cubīle, cellarium, cubiculum

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Gl. 108; Som. 78, 122; Wrt. Voc. 58, 34. Ðeós sweoster wæs útgangende of hire cleófan hæc soror egressa est de cubiculo, Bd. 4, 9; S. 576, 31

Linked entries: cleáfa cliófa clýfa

ést-mete

(n.)
Grammar
ést-mete, es; m.

Delicate meat, dainties, luxuries ⬩ delĭcātus cĭbus, daps, dēlĭciæ

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Gr. 9, 54; Som. 13, 20. Seó wuduwe ðe lyfaþ on éstmettum. heó ne lyfaþ ná, ac heó is deád. Ðeós Anna, ðe we embe sprecaþ, ne lufude heó ná éstmettas, ac lufude fæstenu the widow who liveth in luxuries, she liveth not, but she is dead.

fóre-secgan

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-secgan, p. -saegde, -sǽde; pp. -sægd, -sǽd

To FORE-SAY ⬩ foretell ⬩ predict ⬩ announce ⬩ præfāri ⬩ prædīcĕre ⬩ prædĭcāre ⬩ pronuntiāre ⬩ annuntiāre

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Gr. 47; Som. 48, 40. Ðæt se bisceop Aidan ðám scypfarendum ðone storm towardne fóresægde ut episcŏpus Aidan nautis tempestātem fŭtūram prædixĕrit, Bd. 3, 15; S. 541, 16: Ps. Th. 118, 172: 147, 8.

hund-nigontig

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
hund-nigontig, num.

Ninety

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Gr. 49; Som. 49, 44. Se sumor hafaþ hundnygontig daga ... Se winter hæfaþ tú and hundnigontig daga, Shrn. 83, 33; 146, 7. Hundteóntig geára wæs Abraham and his gebedda hundnigontig Abraham was a hundred years old and his consort ninety, Homl.

Linked entry: nigontig

lust-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
lust-líce, adv.

gladly ⬩ willingly

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Gr. 44; Som. 46, 32. Lustlíce onfón libenter excipere, Bd. 3, 11; S. 535, 18: 3, 3 ; S. 525, 30. For ðe wé wolden lustlíce sweltan for thee we would gladly die, Ap. Th. 26, 6.

melcan

(v.)
Grammar
melcan, p. mealc, pl. mulcon; pp. molcen

To milk

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Gr. 26, 3; Som. 28, 55. Melke, Coll. Monast. Th. 20, 17. Se ðe melcþ qui emulget, Kent. Gl. 1121. Milciþ morgit (?), Ep. Gl. 14 f, 16. Milcet, Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 73. Milcit, 114, 17: mulgit, Wülck. 33, 26. Hé éwa mealc, Shrn. 61, 19.

Linked entry: meolcian

mid-wist

(n.)
Grammar
mid-wist, e; f.

The being with others ⬩ presence ⬩ society

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The being with others, presence, society Þurh font-hálgunge gewyrþ sóna Godes midwist by the hallowing of the font God becomes at once present, Wulfst. 36, 2.

mús

(n.)
Grammar
mús, e; f.

a mouse ⬩ a muscle

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Gr. 9, 33; Som. 12, 20. Gif gé gesáwen hwelce mús ðæt wǽre hláford ofer óðre mýs, Bt. 16, 2; Fox 52, 2. Mýs sorices. Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 73. [Ðæt gewrit beó geworpen músen tó gnagene, Chart.

blǽstan

(v.)
Grammar
blǽstan, p. te.

to blow ⬩ rush

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Þá deófla þá blǽstan hié ofer þone hálgan Andreas (cf. the same scene in the poem : Hié wǽron reówe, rǽsdon on sóna gífrum grápum. An. 1336), Bl. H. 243, 11

Linked entry: on-blǽstan

fant-bæþ

(n.)
Grammar
fant-bæþ, es; n.
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Þá gefullode hine se bisceop . . . and he eóde of þǽm fantbaðe sóna, Hml. S. 3, 76

griþ-bryce

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Th. i. 408, 21. the fine for such breach, the revenue derived from such fines Ic cýðe eów ꝥ ic hæbbe geunnen him ꝥ hé beó his saca and sócne wyrðe and griðbryces, Cht. E. 233, 3. Ic habbe gegeofen ... saca and sócna, ... griðbryce and scipbryce, C.

BRÍW

(n.)
Grammar
BRÍW, es; m.

A thick pottage made of meal, pulse, etc ⬩ BREWIS ⬩ puls ⬩ pultis ⬩ πόλτος ⬩ porridge

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Gr. 9, 46; Som. 13, 9: Wrt. Voc. 290,38. Swá þicce swá bríw as thick as pottage, L. M. I. 36; Lchdm. ii. 88, 18: 2, 51; Lchdm. ii. 266, 25. Ete ðone bríw let him eat the pottage, 1, 36; Lchdm. ii. 88, 2: 2, 51; Lchdm. ii. 264, 19.

Linked entries: briig calwer-bríw