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ge-dréfan

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Srt.); hǽl hyre wunde, Ps. Th. 59, 2. Tógeánes ðám þe mé gedrǽfdon (adversus eos qui tribulant me, Ps. Th. 22, 6), Hml. Th. ii. 114, 28. Ne aenig monn gedroefað gié neminem concutiatis, Lk. L.

ge-wítan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wítan, ic -wíte, ðú -wítest, -wítst, he -wíteþ, -wít, pl. -wítaþ; p. ic, he -wát, ðú -wite, pl. -witon; pp. -witen.

to seebeholdviderespectareto turn one's eyes in any direction with the intention of taking that directionto set out towardsstartpass overto godepartwithdrawgo awayretreatretiredietransirediscedere

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Ne syndon me from gewitene they have not departed from me, Cd. 63; Th. 76, 11; Gen. 1255. Me lǽrdon Rómáne ðæt ic gewát heonon onweg the Romans advised me to depart away hence, Blickl. Homl. 191, 14.

franca

(n.)
Grammar
franca, an; m.

A javelinlancelanceafrămeahasta

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A javelin, lance; lancea, frămea, hasta He lét his francan wadan þurh ðæs hysses hals he let his javelin go through the youth's neck, Byrht. Th. 135, 59; By. 140.

ge-andwyrdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-andwyrdan, -andwerdan; p. -andwyrde ; pp. -andwyrded, -andwyrd

To answerrespondēre

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To answer; respondēre Ne mihton hig agén ðis him geandwyrdan non pŏtĕrant ad hæc respondēre illi, Lk. Bos. 14, 6 : Bt. 41, 2; Fox. 244, 23. Geandwyrde [geandwerde MS.

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pic

(n.)
Grammar
pic, es ; n.
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Pitch Ðis pic haec pix, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 63; Som. 13, 54 : Wrt. Voc. ií. 117, 39. Hlúttor pic resin, Lchdm. ii. 44, 24 : 72, 25. Genim pices lytel, 96,12. Weallendes pices, 252, 1 : Dóm. L. 14, 199. Heó smirode hine mid tyrwan and mid pice, Ex. 2, 3.

stán-clúd

(n.)
Grammar
stán-clúd, es; m. A rock
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Haec Caribdis án stánclúd on sǽ, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 78; Zup. 75, 7. Ðá áhéng se munuc áne lytle bellan on ðam stánclúde, Homl. Th. ii. 156, 5. God him ( the Israelites ) forgeaf wæter of heardum stánclúde, 264, 22: Homl. Skt. i. 6, 279.

wuldor-beáh

(n.)
Grammar
wuldor-beáh, gen. -ges; m.

A crown

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Hé (Stephen) hæfð ðone écan wuldorbeáh, Homl. Th. i. 50, 13. Án læs feówertig wuldorbeága, Shrn. 62, 7. Hí wuldorbeagum beóð gewelgode scínendum laureis ditantur fulgidis. Hymn. Surt. 133, 1

á-habban

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Ger. ant-habén suspendere, sustinere) Áhæfd (anhaebd, -hæbd) suspensus , Txts. 99, 1947

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leornung-mann

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Þæs láreówes hǽs and þæs leornincgmannes weorc, R. Ben. 20, 6. Þæra fíf bóca andgit geopenode se Ælmihitiga Láreów his leorningmannum, Hml. Th. ii. 396, 12. Add

nafela

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Ðonne þG gyrder habban wylle, þonne sete þú þíne handa forewearde wiðneoþan þínne nafolan and stríc tó þínum twám hypum, Tech. ii. 119, 22.

Cerdic

(n.)
Grammar
Cerdic, es; m.

CerdicCerdĭcus

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And six years after they landed, they subdued the West-Saxons' kingdom; and they were the first kings, who conquered the West-Saxons' land from the Welsh; and he had the kingdom sixteen years; and when he died, then his son Cynric succeeded

FREÓLS

(n.)
Grammar
FREÓLS, es; m. sometimes, but rarely, n.

freedomimmunityprivilegelībertasimmūnĭtasprivĭlēgiuma time of freedoma holy dayfeastfestivalthe celebration of a festivalfestumfesti celebratio

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ðá lýfde ic him ðæt he móste niwan freóls settan; ðá cwæþ he ðæt he freólsas genóge hæfde; ðá nam ic ða freólsas the archbishop spoke to me about the privilege of Christ's church; then I allowed him to institute a new privilege; then he said that he had

Linked entries: friólsend heals

HREÓH

(adj.)
Grammar
HREÓH, adj.

ROUGHfiercesavageroughstormytempestuousdisturbed

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Wé geliden hæfdon ofer hreóne hrycg we had sailed over a troubled sea, Exon. 20 b; Th. 53, 31; Cri. 859. Hreó hæglfare a hailstorm, 78 a; Th. 292, 26; Wand. 105. Hreó wǽron ýða rough were the billows, Beo. Th. 1101; B. 548: Andr.

scíran

(v.)
Grammar
scíran, p. de.
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Ðæm folce wæs ǽgðres waa ge ðæt hié ðæt mǽste yfel forberan sceoldon ge eác ðæt hié his scíran ne dorstan there was trouble to the people on both accounts, that they had to bear a very great evil, and that they durst not get rid of it, Ors. 3, 7 ; Swt

be-swícan

(v.)
Grammar
be-swícan, bi-swícan; ic -swíce, ðú -swícest, -swícst, he -swíceþ, -swícþ, pl. -swícaþ; p. -swác, pl. -swicon; pp. -swicen; v. a. [be by, swícan to deceive]

To deceive, entice, seduce, delude, betray, offend, supplant, weaken, evadedecipere, illicere, seducere, illudere, prodere, scandalizare, supplantare, deficere, evadere

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Ðú hafast ðínra feónda handa beswicene hostium manus evasisti, Bd. 2, 12; S. 515, 23

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ge-munan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-munan, ic, he -man, -mon, pl. -munon; also ic -mune, he -monþ, pl. -munaþ; p. -munde; pp. -munen [a verb whose present tense is the past tense of a lost strong verb, cf. Lat. memini]

To remember, bear in mind, considerrecordari, memorari, meminisse, meditari

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Gif hí ða geearnunga ealle gemundon if they had remembered all the benefits, Byrht. Th. 137, 35. Ne biþ gemunen non memoretur, Ps. Spl. 82, 4

preóst

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Genéð þú nǽfre ꝥ þú gá tó þám hálgan háde, oððe máran underfó þonne þú nú hæfst; sódlíce on swá hwilcum dæge swá þú geþrístlǽcst ꝥ þú underféhst þone hálgan sácerdhád sóna þú bist mid deófles anwealde gehæftniéded.'

þín

(n.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
þín, prop. poss.
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Ðæt wé ðæt yrfe þín herige, 105, 5. used in the genitive where the personal pronoun might be expected On þínes silfes hand, Hy. 7, 83. Þurh þínes sylfes geweald, Exon. Th. 466, 26; Hö. 127. Þínre sylfre sunu, 21, 23; Cri. 339.

ac

(adv.)
Grammar
ac, adv. interrogative.

Whywhethernonnenumquid

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Why, whether; nonne, numquid Ða ðú gehogodest sæcce sécean, ac ðú gebettest mǽrum þeódne when thou resolvedst to seek warfare, hadst thou compensated the great prince? Beo. Kmbl. 3976; B. 1990.

ceren

(n.)
Grammar
ceren, cæren, cyren, es; n?

sweet wine carenum

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New wine boiled down one third or one half, sweet wine; carenum = κάροινον Hí, ða sylfe betweónum, indrencton mid ðám cerenum ðære gódspellícan swétnysse between themselves, they pledged with the wines of gospel sweetness, Guthl. 17; Gdwin. 72, 7.