gearwe
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Hafa gebrocen glæs geara gegrunden, Lch. ii. 144, 16. Hí Iacób geara ǽtan comederunt Jacob, Ps. Th. 78, 7. Þeós eorðe sceal eall ábifigan, ... geara forhtigan ( be thoroughly terrified ), 113, 7. at hand, within reach, near.
lof
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Hæfde sigora weard wære betolden leódfruman mid lofe sínum God had protected St. Andrew at the same time praising him, An. 991. Lofum laudibus, i. preconiis (uir-ginitatis), An.
rím
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Bd. 5, 8; Sch. 586, 17. the particular mark or symbol, having an arithmetical value, by which anything has a place assigned to it in a series Gefundena rímas ðá ǽr ðú gebécnades onfindes stówa repertis numeris quos ante signaveras reperies loca, Mt.
ríceter
power ⬩ dominion ⬩ rule ⬩ greatness ⬩ glory ⬩ violence ⬩ force
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Wite se abbod, ðæt hé ða gýmenne ðara untrumra sáula tó rihtre lácnunge underféng, and ná for rícetere ðe hé ofer ða hæbbe ðe hále syndon, R. Ben. 51, 12.
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wenian
To accustom ⬩ to accustom ⬩ train ⬩ prepare ⬩ fit ⬩ to draw ⬩ attract ⬩ to draw to ⬩ to draw ⬩ to wean ⬩ ablactare
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To accustom to accustom, train, prepare, fit with prep. tó marking the end of the training Lǽrde hé ða leóde on geleáfan weg, wenede tó wuldre weorod unmæte, tó ðam hálgan hám Andr. Kmbl. 3360; An. 1684. Hine his goldwine wenede tó wiste Exon.
ǽmettig
empty, void, vacant ⬩ devoid, void of, free from ⬩ unoccupied, at leisure, exempt from ⬩ free to do ⬩ unmarried
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Se ǽmettega (ǽmetiga, Hatt. MS.) Past. 190, 18. Ðonne hig bysega nabbon and ǽmtige synd, R. Ben. 84, 19. Swá hié ǽmettegran (ǽmetegran, Hatt. MS.) beóð ðonne óðre men, Past. 190, 14. with gen. :-- Hié ǽmettige (ǽmtige, Hatt.
hǽðen
HEATHEN, pagan, gentile ⬩ a heathen ⬩ a heathen, gentile woman ⬩ ethnicus, gentilis, paganus, samaritanus ⬩ a heathen
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Se hæfde wununge on hǽðenum byrgenum he had his dwelling among the tombs, Homl. Th. ii. 378, 26. Hér hǽðne men ǽrest ofer winter sǽtun in this year heathen [Danish] men first remained through the winter, Chr. 855; Erl. 68, 23 : 851; Erl. 66, 26.
HORS
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Hé wæs mid ðǽm fyrstum mannum on ðæm lande næfde hé ðeáh má ðonne twentig hrýðera and twentig sceápa and twentig swýna; ond ðæt lytle ðæt hé erede hé erede mid horsan he [Ohthere] was among the first men of the country; and yet he had not more than twenty
ó-leccan
to treat gently, to soothe, caress ⬩ to be obsequious, pay court to, fawn upon, flatter, to try to gain a person's good will by unworthy means ⬩ to gain good will by worthy means, to propitiate, be submissive ⬩ of things to gratify, charm, give pleasure
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Hé wolde onginnan him oleccan mid his hearepan he (Orpheus) would attempt to propitiate them (the gods of Hell) with his harp, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 14: Cd. Th. 118, 3; Gen. 1959. Uton wé Gode óliccan, Exon.
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torr
turris ⬩ a tower ⬩ a projecting rock ⬩ a tor
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Hát ðú mé ánne heáhne tor of mycclum beámum getimbrian, 183, 3. Hrófas sind gehrorene, hreórge torras, Exon. Th. 476, 6; Ruin. 3: Andr. Kmbl. 1684; An. 844.
slǽd
A slade ⬩ slade ⬩ a breadth of greensward in ploughed land ⬩ a flat piece of grass ⬩ a broad strip of greensward between two woods, generally in a valley ⬩ Narrow strips of boggy ground running into the hard land at Rockland ⬩ breadth of greensward in ploughed land, or in plantations ⬩ valley ⬩ vallis ⬩ low, flat, marshy ground, with a broad bottom ⬩ a valley
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Narrow strips of boggy ground running into the hard land at Rockland are called " The Slades," E. Anglian Gloss. Slade a breadth of greensward in ploughed land, or in plantations, E. D. S. Publ. Gloss. B. 7 (West Riding) In Levin's Manip.
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þeccan
To cover ⬩ to cover an object with something ⬩ to serve as covering to an object
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Líca gehwilc ðara ðe lífes gást þeahte every body that had within it a living spirit, 77, 28; Gen. 1282. On hwelcum hí (Weland's bones) hlǽwa hrúsan þeccen, Met. 10, 43. Sió filmen biþ þeccende and wreóde ða wambe, Lchdm. ii. 242, 17.
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þífþ
theft ⬩ act of thieving ⬩ what is stolen ⬩ theft
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H.) if a day has elapsed since the theft was committed, L. In. 73; Th. i. 148, 10. Móna se syofoða ... þýfð gestrangaþ, Lchdm. iii. 186, 22.
á-bregdan
to drag, pull, snatch, pluck ⬩ to make a movement with something ⬩ to move one’s self quickly, to start from sleep, wake with a start
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Swelce ðú hæbbe ðá duru ábróden (cf. on-bregdan) as if you had flung open the door, Bt. 35, 3; F. 160, 5. Ábródenes retecti, An. Ox. 52, 4. Ábródenum subtracto, Kent. Gl. 996. Áweg ábróden avulsus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 4.
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hwilc
which ⬩ who ⬩ any one ⬩ any ⬩ some
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Wé gesáwon oft in cyrcean ǽgðer ge corn ge hig ge hwylce woroldlícn þing beón gehealdene we have often seen in churches corn and hay, and any kind of secular things kept, 8; Th. ii. 406, 31.
cyning-feorm
Royal purveyance, tribute for the royal household ⬩ regis firma
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still to pay into the king's hand, from that portion, which was there left unfreed of the royal purveyance, whether in pure ale, or in beer, or in honey, or in oxen, or in swine, or in sheep, Cod.
incer
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Dǽlan somwist incre [Hagar and Sarah], Cd. 104; Th. 137, 27; Gen. 2280. Fyllaþ eorþan incre [Adam and Eve] cynne, 10; Th. 13, 4; Gen. 197
gegninga
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Substitute: Directly, straightway, of motion, without deviating Hý gongað gegnunga tó Hierusalem, Gú. 785. of time, at once Embe hand, hrædlíce sóna þǽrrigte, génunga jam jam, cito, Germ. 388, 73.
ge-lufian
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R. 12, 43. to shew affection by gesture, to caress Þ hé gelufude mid his brádre hand þá nunnan and ofer þá sculdru geþaccode ut in terga sanctimonialis feminae blandiens alapam daret. Gr. D. 189, 22
gnídan
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</b> to rub one object against another :-- Beóres tácen is þæt þú gníde þíne hand on þá óþre, Tech. ii. 125, 21. <b>I b.</b> to rub a surface with material, cover a surface by rubbing :-- Reóde gnídan fucare, Wrt. Voc. ii. 37, 49.