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mǽte

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Hé mót ǽgðer witan ge lǽsse ge mǽre, ge betere ge mǽtre ðæs ðe tó túne belimpð, Angl. ix. 259, 23. Hý getrymedon him word mǽte firmauerunt sibi uerbum malum, Ps. Rdr. 63, 6. Micle ge méttan, C. D. B. iii. 491, 12. Ðá druncengeornan synt micele mǽttran

leó

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Add: gen. f. leó pas Grécisce naman . . . hic leon þeós leó ; ac wé forlǽtað þone n on Lédensprǽce and cweðað leó, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 42, 1. Swé swé leá sicut leo;, Ps. Srt. 16, 12: ii. 184, 40. Hé hét áne strange leó lǽtan in tó him . . . þá arn seó leó .

leód

(n.)
Grammar
leód, es; m.
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Add: pl. leóda. A man of a particular country Itthamar wæs Cantwara leód Ithamar oriundus de gente Cantuariorum, Bd. 3, 14; Sch. 253, 13. Gif man leúd ofsleá an þeófðe, Ll. Th. i. 42, 13. Beeástan him sindon Osti þá leóde, Ors. 1,; S. 16, 29 : 22, 7.

mearu

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Add: of material Genim ðone crop ufeweardne swá mearune (mearuwne, v. l. ), Lch. i. 224, 17. Mearewa smæras tenera labella, An. Ox. 2162. Merwe ífigtwigu, Lch. ii. 324, 16. Merwost sié, 194, 24. of persons. not grown up, not fully developed, inexperienced

strídan

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Add: to mount a horse Hé him sylf sóna strád (ástáh.v. l.) upon his hors ipse statim ascendent equum, Gr. D. 81, 20. [Wiche strides he makede dunward and eft uppard, ꝥ seið Salomon . . . 'Ecce uenit saliens in montibus et transiliens colles' 'here he

un-cúþ

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un-cúþ, <b>. I.</b>
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Rómáne swiþost for þǽm besierede wǽron þe him ꝥ land uncúþre wæs þonne hit Somnitum wǽre, Ors. 3, 8; S. 120, 28. 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

be-gitan

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be-gitan, (I a)
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add : to get a wife Þæs cyninges sáwle þe hí begæt, Lch. iii. 422, 15 : Gen. 1130. to get into one's keeping, bring home Begyte hé þá báde hám, Ll. Th. i. 354, 7. where the object is non-material Freóndscipe begitan, An. 480. Add Hié begéton feówertig

ǽs

fooda bait

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Add: food Áwyrpað his líc fugelum tó ǽse and hundum tó mete, Hml. S. 37, 235. Næs se here swá strang ðæt on Angelcynne ǽs him gefetede, Chr. 975; P. 121, 12. a bait Ðá getímode ðám deófle swá swá déð ðám grǽdigan fisce, ðe gesihð ðæt ǽs, and ne gesihð

gyrdan

(v.)
Grammar
gyrdan, girdan; p. gyrde; pp. gyrded

To GIRDbind roundcingere

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To GIRD, bind round; cingere Ðá ðú gingra wǽre ðú gyrdest ðé ... ðonne ðú ealdast óðer ðé gyrt cum esses junior cingebas to ... cum senueris alms to cinget, Jn. Skt. 21, 18. Se ðe hine man gelome gyrt qua semper præcingitur, Ps. Th. 108, 19. He girde

hálgung

(n.)
Grammar
hálgung, hálegung, e; f.

Hallowing, consecration, sanctificationconsecracio, dedicaciosanctificatio

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Hallowing, consecration, sanctification Getimbra hálgung scenophegia, Ælfc. Gl. 3; Som. 55, 78; Wrt. Voc. 16, 50. Niuæs húses hálgung ł cirica hálgung encenia, Jn, Skt. Lind. 10, 22. Geworden is Iudéa hálgung facta est Iudæa sanctificatio, Ps. Spl. 113

wine-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
wine-leás, adj.

Friendless

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Friendless. Láð biþ ǽghwǽr fore his wonsceaftum wineleás hæle, Exon. Th. 329, 11; Vy. 32. Wineleás wonsǽlig mon genimeþ him wulfas tó geféran, 342, 24; Gn. Ex. 147. Earm biþ se ðe sceal ána lifgan, wineleás wunian, 344, 15; Gn. Ex. 1740. Wineleás guma

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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A war-house, a tower, fortification Ðis wíghús haec arx Ælfc. Gr. 9, 75; Zup. 73, 14: 3 ; Zup. 7, 9. Se híhsta wíghús arx Wrt. Voc. i. 36, 41. Wíghús propugnaculum Hpt. Gl. 499, 61. On ǽlcurn ylpe wæs án wíghús getimbrod, and on ǽlcum wíghúse wǽron þrittig

ge-tǽse

(n.)
Grammar
ge-tǽse, es; n.

An advantage;commodum

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An advantage; commodum Ac geþenc ðæt ðú hym forwyrndest ǽlcra getésa ðá git becgen on líchaman wǽron and ðú hæfdest ǽlc good and he hefde ǽlc yfel ne mót he ðé nú ðý máre dón to getǽsan ðe ðú ðá hym woldest but remember that thou didst refuse him every

Linked entries: ge-tǽsu ge-tése

ge-þofta

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þofta, an; m.

A companioncomradesŏdāliscontŭbernālis

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A companion, comrade; sŏdālis, contŭbernālis Onbræd se his geþofta and lócade to him expergefactus sŏdālis respexit eum, Bd. 3, 27; S. 559, 17. Ðe ǽr his geþofta wæs who was formerly his companion, Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 61, 18: 3, 11; Bos. 74, 45. Geþofta

Linked entry: þyften

hoppe

(n.)
Grammar
hoppe, an; f.

An ornament suspended from the neck, a bell [?] hung from a dog's neck

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An ornament suspended from the neck, a bell [?] hung from a dog's neck Hryðeres belle and hundes hoppe ǽlc biþ ánes sciłł. weorþ and ǽlc is melda geteald an ox's bell and that on a dog's collar, each is worth a shilling and each is reckoned an informer

Linked entry: ge-hopp

tír-eádíg

(adj.)
Grammar
tír-eádíg, adj.

Glorious

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Glorious Tíreádig cyning (the Deity), Hy. 3, 2, 55: (Constantine), Elen. Kmbl. 207; El. 104. Elene, tíreádig cwén, 1206; El. 605. Tíreádig and trág (Judas and the devil), 1906; El. 955. Týreádig cyning (the Deity), Hy. 7, 56, 82. Se tíreádga (the Phenix

settan

(v.)
Grammar
settan, p. sette; pp. seted, set[t] (
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generally transitive, but see ). to set, place, put, cause to take a certain position Ic sette mínne rénbogan on wolcnum, Gen. 9, 13. Ic sette max on stówe gehæppre, Coll. Monast. Th. 21, 13. Hwæðer gé settan eówer nett on ða héhstan dúne, ðonne gé

Linked entry: on-settan

ge-lífan

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Take here <b>ge-léfan</b> in Dict., and add: absolute, to exercise faith Ne ondrǽd þú ðé, gelýf (geléf, L., giléfes, R.) for án, Mk. 5, 36. 'Gif þú gelýfan (geléfe, L. R.) miht, ealle þing synd gelýfedum (ðǽm geléfes credenti, L. R.) mihtlice

dón

(v.)
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Add: [Forms from the Northern Gospels and Vespasian Psalter are: ic dóam, dóem, doom, dóm, dóe, þú dóas, dóes, dóest, hé dóas, dóes, dóað, dóeð, pl. dóas, dóað; subj. dóe; infin. dóa, dóe, tó dóanne, dóenne; pp. dóen, dǽn. In a Mercian charter a subjunctive

ge-mynd

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Add: I. the faculty of memory Seó sáwul is memoria ꝥ is gernynd, þonne heó gemanð, Hml. S. I. 185. Gé hwæthwega godcundlices on eówerne sáule habbaþ, þæt is andgit and gemynd and se gesceádwísa willa, Bt. 14, 2; F. 44, 25. Ǽghwilc ungemyndig hine sceolde