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pleoh

(n.)
Grammar
pleoh, gen. pleós; n.
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Gif ðú ofer gemet itst ... seó ofering ðé wurþ oððe tó sáre ... oððe tó plíó cujus satietatem si superfluis urgere velis, aut injucundum, quod infuderis, fiet, aut noxium, Bt. 14, 1 ; Fox 42, 17.

Linked entry: pleón

be-scerian

(v.)
Grammar
be-scerian, -scirian, -scyrian, -scyrigan; p. ede; pp. ed

To deprive, separate, defraudprivare, separare, fraudare

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Kmbl. 3235; An. 1620 : Cd. 221; Th. 285, 26; Sat. 343 : Exon. 8 a; Th. 3, 7; Cri. 32 : 45 b; Th. 155, 29; Gú. 867 : Ps. Th. 77. 29.

be-týnan

(v.)
Grammar
be-týnan, -tiénan, bi-týnan; p. -týnde, pl. -týndon; impert. -týn, -tiéne; pp. -týned, -tiéned, -týnd; v. a. [be, týnan to hedge in].

to inclose or surround with a hedge, inclose, close, shut, shut upsepem circumdare, sepire, intercludere, claudere, occludere, concludereto end, finish, concludefinire

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Háteþ heáhcyning helle betýnan the mighty king shall command to close hell, Salm. Kmbl. 348; Sal. 173.

Linked entries: be-tiénan bi-týnan

ge-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-líc, comp. m. -lícra; f. n. -lícre; superl. -lícost, -lícast, -lícust; adj.

Likealikesimilarequalsĭmĭlisæquālis

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Slǽp biþ deáþe gelícost sleep is most like death, Salm. Kmbl. 624; Sal. 311 : Bt. Met. Fox 25, 36; Met. 25, 18 : 26, 176; Met. 26, 88. Réce hí gelícast ricene geteoriaþ sīcut defĭcit fūmus, defĭciant, Ps. Th. 67, 2 : 102, 5.

Linked entry: an-gelíc

sinc

(n.)
Grammar
sinc, es ; n. (used only in poetry)
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Gesáwon ofer since salo hlifian, reced ofer reádum golde, Cd. Th. 145, 9 ; Gen. 2403. Bereáfodon receda wuldor ( the temple ) reádan golde, since and seolfre, 219, 25 ; Dan. 60. Sadol searwum fáh, since gewurþad, Beo.

swician

(v.)
Grammar
swician, p. ode.
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Se sceaða georne swicode ymb ða sáwle, Cd. Th. 38, 15; Gen. 607. to offend; also to be offended; scandalizare, scandalizari Gif ðín hand ðé swicaþ (scandalizat), Mt. Kmbl. 18, 8, 9: Mk.

un-gewiss

(n.)
Grammar
un-gewiss, es; n.

uncertaintyignoranceunconsciousnessin ignoranceunintentionallyunconsciouslyunwittinglywhat is uncertain or unknownincertumignominia

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Ðæt hié on swá micle néþinge and on swá micel ungewiss ǽgðer ge on sǽs fyrhto ge on wéstennum wildeóra ge on þeóda gereordum, ðæt hié hiene æfter friþe sóhton that they ventured upon so much that was hazardous and so much that was unknown in respect to

Linked entries: ge-wis on-gewiss

á-beódan

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Ðæt ðú hellwarum hyht ne ábeóde, ah ðú him secgan miht sorga mǽste, Sat. 695. Se deáþ him tó cymeþ Godes dóm tó ábeódenne, Bl.

Linked entry: eoton-weard

beorgan

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Add: to protect, to prevent the happening of evil (acc.) to an object (dat. ) Ic mé his hete berh, Bd. 2, 12; Sch. 155, 5. with dat. of object alone, to protect, save, guard :-- Hé bewand his heáfod mid ánum cláðe, and bearh him sylfum swíðe georne,

eácan

(v.; adj.)
Grammar
eácan, eácen; adj.
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(adj.). increased, augmented Eácne egesan, Sal. 473.

ge-nóg

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-nóg, adj.
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., sat est ),' Lk. 22, 38. Genóg is ús sufficit nobis, Jn. L. R. 14, 8. Genóh is, Kent. Gl. 1088. Genóh bið munece twá tunican sufficit monacho duos tonicas, R. Ben. I. 92, 8. Genóh byð þám leorningcnihte þæt hé sý swylce hys láreów, Mt. 10, 25.

ge-reord

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. ¶ æt gereorde (-um) at meat, at table :-- Sæt hé mid ðám cynincge æt gereorde, Chr. 1053 ; P. 182, 20. Hlengendes æt gereordum (ligendes æt geriordum, L. ) recumbentis. Mt.

hlystan

listento listen

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Seó módor sæt geornlíce hlystende hira tale, Hml. S. 30, 321. to listen as a learner, be a regular auditor: Hé hine þǽr áfédde feówer geár. . . and hine sóhton þá crístenan and his láre hlyston, Hml.

orf

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To guard against the disposal of property acquired by it, the sale of cattle was allowed only in the presence of witnesses, and when security was given as to rightful ownership, v. Ll. Th. i. 276, 7-16: 282, 24-28: 296, 1-2.

scip

(n.)
Grammar
scip, a ship.
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Hé sǽlde tó sande sídfæðme scip oncerbendum fæst, B. 1917. Wídfæðme scip, An. 240. Dol bið sé þe gǽð on deóp wæter, sé þe sund nafað ne gesegled scip, Sal. 225. Alle nédbáde tuégra sceopa, C. D. i. 114, 11.

ge-ágnian

(v.)

to have as one's own, possess, occupyto getsecure possession of, acquireto adoptto prove one's title tosecure by shewing titleto usurp

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Add: to have as one's own, possess, occupy Þín sǽd geágnað (þín ofspring sceal ágan, Gen. 22, 17) his feónda gatu possidebit semen luum portas inimicorum Hml. Th. ii. 62, 10.

BREÓST

(n.)
Grammar
BREÓST, es; n.

the breast of man or beast; pectusthe breasts;ubera The heart, mind, thought pectus, cor, mens

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Beoran on breóstum blíðe geþohtas to bear in our breasts blithe thoughts, 217; Th. 277, 17; Sat. 206. Adame innan breóstum his hyge hwyrfde Adam within his breast changed his mind, 33; Th. 44, 27; Gen. 715.

HORN

(n.)
Grammar
HORN, es; m.

A HORN, a drinking-horn, a cupping-horn, a trumpet, the horn-shaped projection on the gable-end of a house [v. Dasent's translation of Njála, plate 3, p. cvii], a pinnacle a horn, drinking-horn, trumpet, husk cornu, tuba a horn, drinking-horn, trumpet; a corner n. cornu, tuba, promontorium

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Ic wiht geseah wundorlíce horna ábitweónum húþe lǽdan I saw a creature [the moon] wondrously bringing spoil between its horns, Exon. 107 b; Th. 411, 19; Rä. 30, 2. Heorot hornum trum the hart firm-antlered, Beo. Th. 2742; B. 1369.

sóna

(adv.)
Grammar
sóna, adv.

Soon, immediately, directly, at once

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Th. 304, 14; Sat. 630. Sóna ðæs forman geáres ðá Decius féng tó ríce Homl. Skt. i. 23, 476. Sóna ðæs ðe hé ðam biscopsetle onféng ubi sedem episcopalem accepit Bd. 1, 33; S. 498, 29.

Linked entry: be-sóne

tó-middes

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
tó-middes, prep. (adv.)

in the midst of,amidst,into the midst ofin the midst of,in the middle ofinto the midst of

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Sticaþ him tómiddes, Salm. Kmbl. 1010; Sal. 506. Holte tómiddes, Met. 13, 37: Cd. Th. 21, 15; Gen. 324. marking motion, into the midst of Hwænne ðú miht to ðam folce becuman mid ealre ðínre fare tómiddes Hierusalem, Homl. Ass. 110, 259.

Linked entries: middes