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GAMEN

(n.)
Grammar
GAMEN, gomen, es; n.

GAMEjoypleasuremirthsportpastimejŏcusoblectāmentumgaudiumjūbĭlumlætĭtialūdus

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Næs ðæt hérlíc dǽd, ðæt hine swelces gamenes gilpan lyste that was not a glorious deed, that he should wish to boast of such sport, Bt. Met. Fox 9, 37; Met. 9, 19. Him to gamene for his sport, 9, 17; Met. 9, 9 : 9, 91; Met. 9, 46.

Linked entry: gomen

medu

(n.)
Grammar
medu, meodn, a; m.: wes; n.

Meada drink made from honey

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Medewa, wín defruta, decocta vina, Hpt. Gl. 468, 38

Linked entry: medo

ge-yppan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-yppan, p. -ypte; pp. -ypped, -yped, -ypt

To openrevealdeclaremanifestdisclose

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Wit wéndon ðæt ðæt sand uncre swaðe geypte we expected that the sand would discover our track, Shrn. 42, 19. Se geypte hǽðenum déman ðæt ðæs tiburtius wæs cristen he disclosed to the heathen judge that this Tiburtius was a christian, 116, 23.

Linked entry: ge-upped

ge-beódan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-beódan, p. -beád, pl. -budon; pp. -boden [ge-, beódan to command] .

to commandordersummonjŭbēremandāreto announceproclaimannuntiāreto offerproposegivegrantofferrepræbēre

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Gebudon him Perse ðæt hí hæfdon iii winter sibbe wið hí the Persians proposed that they should have peace with them for three years, Ors. 3, 1; Bos. 52, 27

swinsian

(v.)
Grammar
swinsian, p. ode
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Wit song áhófan hlúde bi hearpan, hleóþor swinsade, 325, 2 ; Víd. 105: 353, 47 ; Reim. 29. Ðǽr wæs hæleþa hleahtor, hlyn swynsode ( a cheerful sound arose), word wǽron wynsume, Beo. Th. 1227; B. 611.

á-lútan

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Th. ii. 158, 19. to make an inclination with Seó leó áleát mid þám heáfde, Hml. S. 30, 417

ge-lícian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lícian, p. ode.
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[Goth. ga-leikón (with or without sik) to be like, imitate; to liken, compare: O. H. Ger. ge-líhhen assimilare.] to like (v. N. E. D. like to seem, lock like), seem likely.

ge-máh

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Wið ðǽm gemáum contra inprobos (v. Bd. l, 14: Ut ueniret contra inprobos malum), Txts. 181, 38. Add

útan-cumen

(adj.)
Grammar
útan-cumen, -cymen[e]; adj.

Come from withoutfrom another landforeignalienstrangebelonging to another

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H.) ne lǽt ðú nó uncúðlíce wið hine, L. Alf. 47; Th. i. 54, 20. Ne hyrwe gé útancymenne man (advenam) Lev. 19, 33. Ǽlþeódige men and útancumene swýðe ús swencaþ, Wulfst. 91, 19. Gé wǽron útancymene (advenae) on Egipta lande, Deut. 10, 19.

Linked entries: út-ácumen út-cymen

wearn

(n.)
Grammar
wearn, e; f.

a hindrance, obstacle, difficulty,a refusal,

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Ben. 97, 7. a refusal, v. wirnan Hý bénan synt ðæt hié wið ðé móton wordum wrixlan, nó dú him wearne geteóh ðínra gegncwida they are petitioners that they may exchange words with thee, give them not a refusal of thy words in reply, Beo.

ofen

(n.)
Grammar
ofen, ofn, es; m.

An oven, a furnace

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Gif hwylc wíf seteþ hire bearn on ofen in fornacem L. Ecg. C. 33; Th. ii. 156, 35. On ofon gisended, clibanum Lk. Skt. Rush. 12, 28. Hí gáþ on ðíne ofnas furnos, Ex. 8, 3. Ðæt man ða ofnas ontende, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 294

Linked entry: ofn

ofer-ǽt

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-ǽt, es; m.

over-eating, gluttony, excess in eatingrioting, feasting, an entertainment where excessive eating takes placecomessationescrapula, commessatio.

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Hine wið oferǽt beorge, L.E. I. 24; Thh ii. 422, 3. Þurh oferǽt per commessationem, Confess.

on-beódan

(v.)
Grammar
on-beódan, p. -beád; pl. -budon; pp. -boden.

to bid, orderto announce, tell, proclaim, send word

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Word unreht onbudun mandaverunt wið mé, Ps. Surt. 40, 9. Eác beámas onbudon, hwá hý sceóp, Exon. Th. 72, 9. Agustinus hét him onbeódan ðæt hér wǽre mycel riip, Bd. 1, 29; S. 498, 4

Linked entry: in-beódan

sóþe

(adv.)
Grammar
sóþe, adv.

trulygenuinelyreallytrulyin accordance with the facts of a casetrulyin accordance with a promise, agreement, or forecast

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Th. 73, 5. truly, in accordance with a promise, agreement, or forecast Ic ða wǽre forð sóðe gelǽste, ðe ic ðé sealde, Cd. Th. 139, 11; Gen. 2308: 142, 22; Gen. 2365. Beót eal wið ðé hé sóðe gelǽste, Beo. Th. 1053; B. 524.

hlyst

(n.)
Grammar
hlyst, es; m: e; f.

The sense of hearing, hearing, listening

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Lǽcedómas wið yfelre hlyste leechdoms against bad hearing, L. M. 1; Lchdm. ii. 2, 14. Gif [mon] yfelne hlyst hæbbe if a man have bad hearing, i. 3; Lchdm. ii. 40, 26

hnáh

(adj.)
Grammar
hnáh, adj.

Bent down, low, lowly, humble, abject, mean, poor

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Bent down, low, lowly, humble, abject, mean, poor And hé hnáh tó eorþan áleát wið ðæs engles adoravitque eum pronus in terram, Num. 22, 31. Næs hió hnáh ne tó gnéþ gifa she was not mean nor too sparing of gifts, Beo. Th. 3863; B. 1929.

CWÉN

(n.)
Grammar
CWÉN, gen. dat. cwéne; acc. cwén, cwénn, cwéne; pl. nom. acc. cwéne, cwéna; gen. cwéna; dat. cwénum; f: cwéne, cwýne; gen. dat. acc. cwénan, cwýnan; pl. nom. acc. cwénan; gen. cwénena; dat. cwénum; f.

a woman femina a wife uxor a king's or emperor's wife, a QUEEN, empress regina, imperatrix, augusta

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D. 949; Kmbl. iii. 429, 34. a wife ; uxor Abrahames cwén Abraham's wife, Cd. 103 ; Th. 136, 17 ; Gen. 2259 . Hæleða cwénum to the wives of the warriors, 169 ; Th. 210, 7 ; Exod. 511 .

sefa

(n.)
Grammar
sefa, an ; m.
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Úrum sefum leóht gearce nostris sensibus lumen prebe, 53, 22. v. breóst-, ferhþ- (firhþ-, fyrhþ-), mód-, wís-sefa

Linked entries: seofa siofa

lyt

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
lyt, indecl. used as subst. adj. and adv.

Fewlittle

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Few, little Ðæra is nú tó lyt ðe wile wel tǽcan there are now too few of those that will teach well, Homl. Th. i. 6, 22. Ðæra biþ ealles tó lyt, ðe hé ne beswíce, Wulfst. 97, 7.

Linked entry: lyt-hwón

wód

(adj.)
Grammar
wód, adj.

Madravingblasphemousmadragingfurious

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Skt. ii. 26, 206. of things, mad, raging, furious Heom on becom swiðe hreóh weder, and seó wóde sǽ and se stranga wind hí on ðæt land áwearp, Chr. 1075; Erl. 212, 23. Wóð effera (fluctuum ferocitas,Ald. 42), Hpt. Gl. 478, 60.