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GEÁTAS

(n.)
Grammar
GEÁTAS, Iótas, Iútas, Eótenas

the JutesJutæGAUTSGauti in SueciaΓαυτοί,

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Thus Hengest was a Jute, and Healfdene, his lord, a Dane. The Eótenas = Jötnar, were apparently a still earlier Finnish race, from whom the Gothic conquerors probably derived their trolls and giants. Both Jóti; pl.

HERE

(n.)
Grammar
HERE, gen. heres, heriges, herges; m.

An army a hostmultitudea large predatory band

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in the Chronicle is always used of the Danish force in England, while the English troops are always the fyrd], hence the word is used for devastation and robbery Ne dohte hit nú lange inne né úte ac wæs here and hunger bryne and blódgyte it is now long

Linked entries: flot-herge hors-here

steáp

(adj.)
Grammar
steáp, adj.
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</b> of smaller objects :-- Heard and steáp ( the pillar into which Lot's wife was turned ), Cd. Th. 155, 8; Gen. 2569. Wið steápne rond by the tall shield, Beo. Th. 5126; B. 2566. Ic hæbbe hneccan steápne, Exon. Th. 490, 1; Rä. 79, 4.

þider

(adv.)
Grammar
þider, þieder; adv.
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Hit witena nán þider (cf. þǽr, Bt. 32, 3; Fox 118, 9) ne séceþ no wise man goes thither to look for it, Met. 19, 8. Þider wǽron fúse, Cd. Th. 190, 9; Exod. 196. Hé þyder folc samnode, 230, 5; Dan. 228: Blickl. Homl. 67, 20.

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ge-hǽlan

(prep.)
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Sió Segor gehǽlde Loth fleóndne. Swá déð sió Segor ðæs medemestan lífes: ðá ðe hire tó befleóð hió geheálð, Past. 399, 15. Cóm ic ꝥ ic gehǽle ( saluificem ) middaneard, Jn. 12, 47. Ꝥ middaneard sý gehǽled ( saluetur ) þurh hine, 3, 17.

ge-hiwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hiwian, l. ge-híwian,
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</b> to alter the appearance of, make to look like :-- THORN;á gehíwode hé hine sylfne tó sumum ælþeódigum men peregrinum quempiam se simulans Gr. D. 75, 4u Hé is gehíwod tó crístenum men, and is earm hǽðengylda, Hml. Th. i. 102, 16.

Linked entry: ge-hiwad

hopian

(v.)
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Add: to look (mentally) with expectation to (tô), hope for Án is þæt ðú hefst and brícst and lufast þæt ðæt þú ǽr tó hopedest. Eálá hweðer ic ǽfre cume tó ðám ðe ic tó hopie, Solil. H. 27, 15.

of

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</b> denoting cause, reason :-- Hé in yrmðum wunode þe of his lufan (from love of him) ádrég, An. 164. Add Ic ðweá bed mín of teárum mínum lavabo lectum meum lachrymis meis, Ps. Spl. 6, 6.

sceadu

(n.)
Grammar
sceadu, sceaduwe, sceadwe, sceade ; f.

Shadow, shadeshadow (cast by an object) darknessshadow, protectiona shady place, shade, arbouran obscure image

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Voc. i. 77, 8 . a shadow (cast by an object) Seó sceadu byþ tó underne seofon and twentigoþan healfes fótes the shadow (of the dial-gnomon) will be twenty-six and a half foot long at nine o'clock (on Christmas day) Lchdm. iii. 218, 4 (and often on this

Linked entry: sceadu-genga

gaderian

(v.)

to join, uniteto bring togetherto bring togethercollectaccumulate, amassto bringgarnerto gatherto gathercompile

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Ðæt mód gæderað him selfum tó lofe eall ðæt gód ... sibi arrogare incipit omne bonum, quod . . ., 463, 34.

for-wyrcan

(v.)
Grammar
for-wyrcan, -wyrcean; p. -worhte, -wyrhte; pp. -worht, -wyrht [for-, wyrcan to work, do] .

to misworkdo wrongsinmăle ăgĕredelinquĕrepeccāreto do fordestroyruinconvictcondemnperdĕredestruĕrelabefactārecondemnāreto forfeitamittĕre

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Iudas hine sylfne aheng, and rihtlíce gewráþ ða forwyrhtan þrotan, seó ðe belǽwde Drihten Judas hanged himself, and justly bound the sinful throat, which had betrayed the Lord, Homl.

hwǽr

(adv.)
Grammar
hwǽr, [or hwær?], hwar; adv.

Whereanywheresomewherewheresoeverwherever

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Lóca hwǽr ðæt blód útwealle see where the blood wells out, Lchdm. iii. 142, 15: 226, 13. Ðá frægn wuldres aldor cain hwǽr abel eorþan wǽre the Prince of glory asked Cain where on earth Abel was, Cd. 48; Th. 61, 26; Gen. 1003.

Linked entries: hwára hwar

grið

(n.)
Grammar
grið, es; n.
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When the king becomes the lord, patron, and mundborh of his whole people, they pass from the ancient national peace of which he is the guardian into the closer personal or territorial relation of which he is the source.

blis

(n.)
Grammar
blis, bliss, blys, blyss, e; f. [contracted from blíþs, q. v. ]

BLISS, joy, gladness, exultation, pleasurelætitia, gaudium, exultatio, beatitasfriendship, kindness, benevolence, gracecomitas, benignitas, benevolentia, gratia

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Ðis is se dæg ðæne Drihten worhte eádigum to blisse this is the day which the Lord made for joy to the blessed, Menol. Fox 125; Men. 62: Exon. 15 b; Th. 35, 2; Cri. 552.

Linked entry: blíþs

stund

(n.)
Grammar
stund, e; f.
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Halliwell), a while, time, hour Nis seó stund latu ðæt ( the hour will not be long in coming when ) ðé wælreówe wítum belecgaþ, Andr. Kmbl. 2422; An. 1212: Exon. Th. 156, 16; Gú. 875.

cúþ-líce

(adv.)
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cúðlícor secgan, þæt gé hit magon þe swutelícor ongytan, Wlfst. 15, 7. (1 a) with verbs of guidance, with skill, expertly :-- Ic méde gehét þǽm þe ús cúþlíce gelǽddon þurh þá uncúðan land pollicitus his praemia qui nos periti regionum ducebant per ignota loca

ge-wilnung

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. ¶ desire for a person, love :-- Gewilnunge (infimi, i. terreni) amoris, An.

lǽfan

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Hé eaferum lǽfde, swá déð eádig mon, lond and leÁdbyrig, þá hé of lífe gewát, B. 2470. Hí of lífe gewyton and lǽfdon heora ǽhta þám æðelum mannum. Iulianus ðá dǽlde . . . heora landáre, þe him lǽfed was, Hml. S. 4, 79-82.

hearh

(n.)
Grammar
hearh, hearch, herh, es; m: pl. hearga, f.

A temple, an idollucus, nemus, fanum, delubrum, ara

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Cwæþ ðæt his hergas hýrran wǽron and mihtigran mannum tó friðe ðonne Israéla éce drihten he said that his idols were greater and more mighty for the protection of men than the eternal Lord of the Israelites, Cd. 210; Th. 260, 25; Dan. 715.

Linked entries: hearh-eard hearh-lic

smæl

(adj.)
Grammar
smæl, adj.

Smallsmall, little, not greatnarrow, not broadslender, thin, not thickfine not coarse not loud gracilis, exilis, subtilis, minutus, strictus a sheep, small cattle

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Gníd swíðe ðæt hit sý ðæt smælste iii. 18, 15. of the voice, not loud Similar entries v. smale, II. [ Goth. smals: O. Sax. smal: O. Frs. smel: O. H.