wédan
To be mad or furious, to rage, rave ⬩ to be mad, out of one's senses ⬩ to act with violence, be furious, rage,
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Hyt ða wédendan bitas ge*-*hǽlcþ, Lchdm. i. 370, 14. [Biginneð þe deoflen to weden, A. R. 264, 9. As mon bigon to weden and to wurðen ut of his ahne witte indignatns cum. furore nimio, Kath. 1257.
Linked entry: a-wédan
ge-swícan
To leave off ⬩ desist ⬩ stop ⬩ cease ⬩ rest from ⬩ turn from ⬩ withdraw ⬩ relinquish ⬩ fail ⬩ deceive ⬩ betray ⬩ intermittere ⬩ desistere ⬩ cessare ⬩ quiescere ⬩ requiescere ⬩ deserere ⬩ discedere ⬩ relinquere ⬩ deficere ⬩ fallere ⬩ prodere ⬩ with the genitive ⬩ with the dative
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He geswác hys weorces he rested from his work, Gen. 2, 3. Gé hellfirena sweartra geswícaþ ye turn from black hell-crimes. Exon. 98 a; Th. 366, 4; Reb. 7. Geswícaþ ðære synne turn from that sin, Cd. 113; Th. 149, 1; Gen. 2468.
ende
a region ⬩ quarter ⬩ side ⬩ quarter ⬩ part ⬩ proportion ⬩ death ⬩ end ⬩ finished ⬩ issue ⬩ event ⬩ goal ⬩ ultimately ⬩ always ⬩ ultimately ⬩ continuously ⬩ consecutively ⬩ kind ⬩ sort
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., Ꝥ hý ealle neódfulle beón ymbe Godes gerihta ǽlc on his ende þe heom betǽht is, Cht. E. 230, 15. Hæsten hergode on his ríce þone ilcan ende þe his cumpæder healdan sceolde, Chr. 894; P. 87, 1.
Linked entry: ende-dæg
ge-híran
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Sume magon gesión, sume magon gehíran (-hýron, v. l. ), Bt. 41, 5; F. 252, 23. <b>I a.</b> said of the ear :--- trans.
þunian
to stand out ⬩ be prominent ⬩ be lifted up ⬩ stick up ⬩ to be lifted up ⬩ be proud ⬩ to be stuck up ⬩ to make a noise ⬩ to sound ⬩ resound ⬩ creak
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to stand out, be prominent, be lifted up, stick up On ðam forman dæge on ðam middangeard þunaþ gesceapen primo dierum quo mundus extat conditus, Hymn. Surt. 4, 4.
Linked entries: þundende tó-þuniende
Eást-Engle
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Eást-Engla (-e MS.) landes is þrittig þúsend hýda, C. D. B. i. 414, 29. Ofer Norðhymbra lond and Eást-Engla, Chr. 895; P. 88, 20. Ðǽr wærð Eást-Engla folces seó yld ofslagen, 1004; P. 135, 36.
efen
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</b> of sounds, harmonious, not discordant :-- Efnum sónum consonantibus, Mk. p. 1, 13. unruffled, undisturbed Gyf eówer hwylc bið geunrótsod, hé hyne gebidde mid emnum móde ( aequo animo ), Ll. Th. ii. 354, 19. Mid efnum móde, R.
ge-welgian
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God ne hét ús gewelgian þá hæbbendan, Wlfst. 287, 24. to make oneself rich Gif hé beó gewelegod tó þám ꝥ (gif hé geþeó ꝥ, v. l. ) hé áge .v. hýda landes, Ll. Th. i. 188, 19: 186, 18. Ne bið geweolegad non ditabitur, Kent.
be-drífan
to drive game ⬩ to follow up a track
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H. 95, 5. to drive game :-- Hundas bedrifon hyne tó mé canes perduxerunt eum (aprum) ad me, Coll. M. 22, 15. where something is done or suffered under compulsion Ðonne mon byð tyhtlan betygen and hine mon bedrífeð tó ceápe, Ll. Th. i. 142, 1, 5.
HELM
HELM ⬩ helmet ⬩ a crown ⬩ the top ⬩ overshadowing foliage of trees ⬩ a covering
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Helme gedýgled concealed with a covering, 1226; Th. 470, 10; Hy. 11, 33. in poetry the word is applied to persons, thus God and Christ are spoken of as æþelinga, hæleþa, háligra, duguþa, dryhtfolca, engla, grásta, heofona, heofonríces, wuldres helm and
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un-wemme
spotless ⬩ without blemish ⬩ without defect ⬩ uninjured ⬩ uninjured ⬩ inviolate ⬩ undefiled ⬩ pure ⬩ immaculate ⬩ perfect ⬩ pure ⬩ immaculate
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Godes cyrican wé sculan ǽfre lufian and nǽfre derian wordes ne weorces, ac griðian hý symle and healdan unwemme, Wulfst. 67, 17. Hí eodon of ðam fýre feorh unwemme, Exon.
ge-mittan
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Add: to meet, (i) to meet that which is corning in an opposite direction Hine gemitte án man, þá hé fór fram þǽre byrig, Ors. 6, 31; Bos. 128, 34. to meet, encounter an enemy Þá gemytlon [þá men] hý of Hereforda and of Gleáweceastre, and him wið gefuhton
ge-strínan
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Þínum gewritum sáwle beóþ gestrínode (lucrantur), Hy. S. 73, 15. ¶ In Mt. L. 21, 41 the word glosses locare (which is confused with lucrari ?). to lay up treasure Sé ðe gistrióneð (-að, L.) qui thesaurizat, Lk. R. 12, 21.
hrepian
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Hý ne dorston þá hálgan stówe hreppan (grétan, v. l. temerare ), Gr. D. 43, 12. the subject a thing Þá wolde hé þurhþýn hí mid þám swurde, ac se ord ne dorste hí hreppan, Hml. S. 12, 227. where blame is expressed [cf. N. E.
for-lǽtan
to let ⬩ permit ⬩ allow ⬩ suffer ⬩ to suffer ⬩ to let ⬩ grant ⬩ to leave ⬩ to leave ⬩ to leave ⬩ consuming ⬩ to leave alone ⬩ leave undone ⬩ abstain from ⬩ neglect ⬩ to leave out ⬩ omit ⬩ to spare ⬩ leave to ⬩ to leave ⬩ quit ⬩ to abandon ⬩ forsake ⬩ desert ⬩ abandon ⬩ to leave ⬩ to leave ⬩ to leave ⬩ die ⬩ to defend ⬩ to abandon ⬩ to leave ⬩ to abandon ⬩ to leave ⬩ to leave of ⬩ give up ⬩ to abandon ⬩ abandon ⬩ to let go ⬩ to restrain ⬩ to release ⬩ restore ⬩ to give up ⬩ relinquish ⬩ to remit ⬩ forgive ⬩ to lose ⬩ to put away ⬩ dismiss ⬩ lay aside ⬩ to send
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H. 189, 12. to let blood: Hý of his sídan swát forlétan, Cri. 1112. Forlǽt blód of earme, Lch. ii. 130, 6.
gangan
to go ⬩ walk ⬩ to go ⬩ pedestrian ⬩ foot ⬩ mounted ⬩ to move along, proceed ⬩ animate ⬩ live ⬩ to take a specified course ⬩ to be habitually in a specified condition ⬩ to pass, be current ⬩ to take place ⬩ to have a specified issue ⬩ to depart ⬩ to take one's way, proceed ⬩ go ⬩ move in a specified direction ⬩ go ⬩ and ⬩ to be carried, moved, impelled ⬩ to reach, extend ⬩ to pass ⬩ become ⬩ to come ⬩ to go to the closet, have an evacuation ⬩ to leave a permanent habitation ⬩ occupation
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Th. 127, I. to be habitually in a specified condition Neb bið hyre æt nytte, niðerweard gongeð, Rä. 35, 3. Sceáp sceal gongan mid his fliése oð midne sumor, Ll.
sculan
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Hyra þeáw wæs ðæt hí ða untruman in lǽdan sceoldan, Bd. 4, 24; S. 598, 28.
ge-fæstnian
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Gehýr þis herespel and þínne hyge gefæstna, Sch. 37. Ríce is þín rǽde gefæstnod, Ps. Th. 144, 13. Ꝥte ryhte cynedómas þurh úre folc gefæstnode and getrymede wǽron, Ll. Th. i. 102, 9. to settle, determine, fix a plan, course, &c.
BRÁD
BROAD open, large, spacious, copious ⬩ latus, expansus, amplus, spatiosus, copiosus
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Ðæt býne land is easteweard brádost the inhabited land is broadest eastward, Ors. 1, 1;Bos. 20. 45 Sume hyne slógon on his ansýne mid hyra brádum handum some smote him on his face with their open hands, Mt. Bos. 26, 67. Brád amplus, Ælfc.
DRÉFAN
To disturb, agitate, disquiet, vex, trouble ⬩ commovēre, turbāre, conturbāre, tribulāre, contristāre
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To disturb, agitate, disquiet, vex, trouble; commovēre, turbāre, conturbāre, tribulāre, contristāre Uparǽr mód úre dréfende erĭge mentes nostras turbĭdas, Hymn. Surt. 127, 6.