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feohte

(n.)
Grammar
feohte, an; f.

A fight ⬩ combat ⬩ pugna

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A fight, combat; pugna Wearþ him seó feohte tó grim the fight was too severe for them, Exon. 84 a; Th. 317, 16; Mód. 66. Nó ic gefrægn heardran feohtan I have not heard of a harder fight, Beo.

for-gǽgednys

(n.)
Grammar
for-gǽgednys, -nyss, e; f.

A transgression ⬩ prevarication ⬩ stubbornness ⬩ transgressio ⬩ prævārĭcātio ⬩ perversĭtas

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A transgression, prevarication, stubbornness; transgressio, prævārĭcātio, perversĭtas Hí wǽron deádlíce for dære forgǽgednysse they became mortal through the transgression, Boutr. Scrd. 20, 29.

hengen-wítnung

(n.)
Grammar
hengen-wítnung, e; f.

The punishment of imprisonment

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his life, let there be one of three things instead of his life, unless he obtain remission more favourably, wergild, perpetual thraldom, imprisonment, L.

hriðian

(v.)
Grammar
hriðian, p. ode

To shake ⬩ quake

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To shake, quake, have a fever: Sió wamb hryt the stomach is fevered, L. M. 2, 25; Lchdm. ii. 216, 20. Hie hriðiaþ they are feverish, 26; Lchdm. ii. 220, 5. Hé hriðode He was sick with a fever. Homl. Th. i 86,7 Hriðgende [cf.

Linked entries: hrið hriddel

ge-bodian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bodian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [ge-, bodian to tell]

To tell ⬩ make known ⬩ announce ⬩ proclaim ⬩ nuntiāre ⬩ annuntiāre

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Ðæt ðǽr nán to láfe ne wearþ ðæt hit to Róme gebodade so that there was none left to tell it at Rome, Ors. 4, ii; Bos. 97, 30: Exon. 10 b; Th. 13, 14; Cri. 202

ge-met-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-met-fæst, adj.

Moderate, modest ⬩ moderatus, modestus

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Moderate, modest; moderatus, modestus Ne hie ðám geþyldegum and ðám gemetfæstum simble ne wuniaþ neither do they always dwell with the patient and moderate, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 34, 3. Sió is swíðe gemetfæst she is very modest, 10; Fox 28, 20.

ge-offrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-offrian, p. ode; pp. od

To offer, sacrifice

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Abel geoffrode ða sélostan lác Gode Abel offered the best sacrifices to God, 18, 5: 22, 9: Gen. 8, 20. Ðæt hí be hreówsunge Gode geoffrodon that they should sacrifice to God by penitence, Homl. Th. i. 68, 17. Geoffrod sacrificed, Lev. 4, 15

Linked entry: offrian

deóp-líce

(adv.)
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M. 33, 11. in other connexions Hí Godes þeówas deóplíce griðe*-*dan they most effectually protected God's servants, Ll. Th. i. 334, 24. tó ðám écan lífe ðe hé deóplíce geearnode to the eternal life that he most thoroughly deserved, Hml.

on-winnan

(v.)
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Hé gefeaht wið heora onwinnendan he fought with their assailants, 687. Seó scolu cildisc ná gýt mid costungum onwunnen scola puerilis nondum temptationibus inpugnata, Angl. xiii. 387, 321

ge-timbrung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-timbrung, e; f.

an edifice ⬩ a structure ⬩ building ⬩ ædĭfĭcium ⬩ ædĭfĭcātio ⬩ structūra ⬩ a definition; ⬩ defīnītio

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Hí geswicon ðære getimbrunge they ceased from the building, Homl. Th. i. 318, 21. Ðæt hí him ætýwdon ðæs temples getimbrunge ut ostendĕrent ei ædĭfĭcātiōnes templi, Mt. Bos. 24, 1: Homl. Th. ii. 390, 13.

Linked entry: timbrung

leóma

(n.)
Grammar
leóma, an; m.

Light ⬩ radiance ⬩ sheen ⬩ splendour ⬩ lightning ⬩ ray

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Sunnan leóma the light of the sun, Exon. 21 a; Th. 56, 16; Cri. 901. Swegles leóma the radiance of the sky, 57 a, Th. 204, 26; Ph. 103. Berhtre ðonne se leóma sunnan on sumera brighter than sun-light in summer, Bt. Met. Fox 22, 46; Met. 22, 23.

BRÚCAN

(v.)
Grammar
BRÚCAN, to brúcanne; ic brúce, ðú brúcest, brýcst, brícst, he brúceþ, brýcþ, pl. brúcaþ; p. ic, he breác, ðú bruce, pl. brucon; pp. brocen; v. a. gen.

To use, make use of, to pass, spend, enjoy, have enjoyment of, to eat, bear, discharge ⬩ uti, frui, possidere, habere, gaudere aliqua re, edere

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Thes. i. 135. Brúc ðisses beáges make use of this collar, Beo. Th. 2436; B. 1216. He giefstólas breác he enjoyed gifts, Exon. 77 a; Th. 289, 7; Wand. 44.

wæter-grund

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-grund, es; m.

The bottom of the sea, the depth of the sea

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The bottom of the sea, the depth of the sea On wætergrundum in profundo, Ps. Th. 106, 23

FINDAN

(v.)
Grammar
FINDAN, to findanne; ic finde, ðú findest, findst, fintst, finst, he findeþ, fint, pl. findaþ; p. fand, fond, funde, pl. fundon; pp. funden; v. trans.

To FIND ⬩ invent ⬩ imagine ⬩ devise ⬩ contrive ⬩ order ⬩ dispose ⬩ arrange ⬩ determine ⬩ invĕnīre ⬩ dispōnĕre ⬩ consŭlĕre

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Wolde ic ðæt ðú funde ða I would that thou wouldst find them, Elen. Kmbl. 2157; El. 1080: Cd. 72; Th. 87, 6; Gen. 1444. Se cyng hæfde funden, ðæt. . . the king had contrived, that . . Chr. 918; Erl. 104, 3

tó-bregdan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-bregdan, -brédan; p. -brægd, -brǽd, pl. -brugdon, -brúdon (-brudon ?); pp. -brogden, -bróden (-broden ? in O. and N. tobrode rimes with unsode).

to separate (trans.) by a quick movement, ⬩ to pull to pieces (lit. and fig. ) ⬩ to pull apart ⬩ to separate (intrans.) by a quick movement, ⬩ to break off, ⬩ start from sleep, ⬩ to awake ⬩ to separate by making a quick movement with something

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Metod tóbrǽd monna sprǽce the Lord destroyed the unity of human speech, Cd. Th. 102, 5; Gen. 1695. Hié tóbrugdon blódigum ceaflum fira flǽschoman, Andr. Kmbl. 317; An. 159.

ge-cnáwan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cnáwan, ic -cnáwe, ðú -cnáwest, -cnǽwst, he -cnáweþ, -cnǽwþ, pl. -cnáwaþ; p. -cneów, pl. -cneówon; pp. -cnáwen

To know ⬩ perceive ⬩ understand ⬩ recognise ⬩ noscere ⬩ agnoscere ⬩ sentire ⬩ cognoscere

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Ic hafu gecnáwen ðæt ðú Hǽlend eart middangeardes I have perceived that thou art the Saviour of the world, Elen. Kmbl. 1613; El. 808. Ðú miht ða sóðan gesǽlþa gecnáwan thou mayest recognise the true goods, Bt. 23; Fox 78, 32; 80, 2

Linked entries: ge-cneów ge-cnáwness

gift

(n.)
Grammar
gift, gyft, e; f.

a gift; as a technical term ⬩ the amount to be given by a suitor in consideration of receiving a woman to wife ⬩ marriage ⬩ nuptiæ

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See the note. That matrimony in the olden times was a bargain may be seen by the words used in connection with it, e.g. gebycgan, in the passage above; see also ge-ceápian, ceáp. For an account of such a bargaining see Njál Saga, c. 2.

hám-sócn

(n.)
Grammar
hám-sócn, e; f.

Attack on a man's house; also the fine paid for such a breach of the peace ⬩ the crime of beating or assaulting a person within his own house ⬩ an inroad or attack on one's home ⬩ attack on one's house

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Attack on a man's house; also the fine paid for such a breach of the peace.

Linked entry: sócn

-hám

(suffix)
Grammar
-hám, es; m.

the abode of the elves

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In this sense it is the general assemblage of the dwellings in each particular district, to which the arable land and pasture of the community were appurtenant, the home of all the settlers in a separate and well defined locality, the collection of the

lustbǽr-ness

(n.)
Grammar
lustbǽr-ness, e; f.

Desire ⬩ pleasure ⬩ pleasantness

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Ða bereáfodon ǽlcere lustbǽrnesse they robbed me of every pleasure, Bt. 2; Fox 4, 11.