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gedýre

(n.)
Grammar
gedýre, es; n. [or -dyre, y from u; cf. Goth. daur]

A door post ⬩ postis ad fores

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Hí mearcodon mid blóde on heora gedýrum TAU, ðæt is, róde tácen they marked on their door-posts TAU, that is, the sign of the cross, Homl. Th. ii. 266, 8 : 264, 1

un-cwíd

(adj.)
Grammar
un-cwíd, un-cwídd; adj.

Undisturbed by charges ⬩ in undisputed possession

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G.) and unbecrafod (cf. ubi bunda manserit sine calumpnia, L. H. I. 14, 5; Th. i. 526, 3), L. C. S. 72; Th. i. 414, 22

Linked entry: cwíd

un-áteorigendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-áteorigendlíc, adj.

indefatigable ⬩ unwearied ⬩ that shall not fail ⬩ unending ⬩ imperishable

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Wé ðe sind éce on úrum sáwlum, and eác beóð on líchaman unáteorigendlíce æfter ðam gemǽnelícum ǽriste, ii. 462, 30

un-gesibsum

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gesibsum, adj.

Prone to discord ⬩ quarrelsome

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On óðre wísan sint tó manigenne ða gesibsuman, on óðre ða ungesibsuman aliter admonendi sunt discordes, atque aliter pacati, Past. 46; Swt. 345, 6. Ðǽm ungesibsumum is tó cyðanne admonendi sunt dissidentes, Swt. 348, 5

Linked entry: ge-sibsum

un-tǽllíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-tǽllíce, adv.

Blamelessly ⬩ without reproach

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Hí wǽron rihtwíse and heóldon Godes beboda untǽllíce erant justi incedentes in omnibus mandatis Domini sine quaerella (Lk. 1, 6), Homl. Th. i. 200, 35

Linked entries: tǽllíce un-tállíce

cwacian

(v.)
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Gif sino clæppette and cwacige, Lch. ii. 6, 15. Eal hit bið bifiende and cwaeiende, Wlfst. 26, 1. Cwacende (cuaciende, L.) tremens, Lk. R. 8, 47. Cuacende ł bifigende febricitantem, Mt. L. 8, 14. Þá cwacigendan heortan, Bl. H. 107, 19. Add

earm-heort

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Substitute: poor-spirited, faint-hearted On óðre wísan sint tó monianne ðá ofermódan and ðá úpáhæfenan on hira móde, on óðre wísan ðá earmheortan and ðá wácmódan ( pusillanimes ), Past. 209, 2. pitiful, tender-hearted Hé wæs tó þám earmheort (swá mildheort

ge-wuldorbeágian

(v.)
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Se geleáfa æfter gewunnenum sige gewuldorbeágað (coronat) ðá mihta, Prud. 10 b. Cynehelmas óþre gewuldorbeágiað serta alios coronant, Hy. S. 104, 23. Gewuldorbeágod on wurþmente decoratus honore, 47, 16.

gild-scipe

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And þis sind þára manna nama[n], Cht. Th. 609, 24. Gif hwilc gilda forþfære, gebrynge hine eal se gildscipe þǽr hé tó; wilnie . . . Wrece eal gildscipe þone gildan, 611, 2, 25. Of Alwines gildscipe . . . Of þám gildscipe on Lége, 610, I. 9. Add

hell-waran

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Him þá getealdan stówe mid helwarum deputatum sibi apud inferos locum, Bd. 5, 14; Sch. 643, 7

land-ár

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Gehealdenum him sylfan landáre reservato sibi usufructorio 100, 1. Hí lǽfdon heora ǽhta . . . Iulianus þá dǽlde heora landáre þe him lǽfed wæs, Hml. S. 4, 82. Heó beceápode þá gymmas and eác hire landáre wið licgendum feó, 9, 54. Add

hráca

(n.)
Grammar
hráca, an; m.

Expectoration, spittle, matter brought up when clearing the throat ⬩ spittle

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Expectoration, spittle, matter brought up when clearing the throat Ðæs seócan mannes hráca biþ maniges hiwes the sick man's expectoration is many-coloured, L. M. 2, 46; Lchdm. ii. 260, 13. Hyt gelíðigaþ ðone hrácan, Herb. 55, 2; Lchdm. i. 158, 10.

Linked entry: hrǽcan

on-bindan

(v.)
Grammar
on-bindan, p. -band; pp. -bunden

To unbind, set free, disclose

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To unbind, set free, disclose Seó wiðerwearde wyrd onbint and gefreóþ ... mid ðam hió geopenaþ hú tiedre ðás andweardan gesǽlþa sint, Bt. 20; Fox 72, 2. Hé onband beadurúne, Beo. Th. 1006; B. 501. Æfter ðon onbind, Lchdm. ii. 250, 20.

Linked entries: an-bindan un-bindan

geswinc-ful

(adj.)
Grammar
geswinc-ful, -full; adj.

Full of labour ⬩ laborious ⬩ troublesome ⬩ wearisome ⬩ lăbōriōsus ⬩ incommŏdus

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Sint hí ðé geswincfulran they are more troublesome to thee, Bt. 14, 1; Fox 42, 22, MS. Cot

Linked entry: swinc-full

syfling

(n.)
Grammar
syfling, e; f.

Food to be eaten with bread

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Sind ða twá gesetnyssa, ðæt is sealmsang and wítegung, swylce hí syflinge wǽron tó ðám fíf berenum hláfum, ðæt is tó ðám fíf ǽlícum bócum, i. 188, 19

Linked entry: syflige

þeówet-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
þeówet-líc, adj.

Servile

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Gif wé ðeówtlícera weorca, ðæt sind synna, geswícaþ, Homl. Th. ii. 208, 6. Ðæt Sunnandæg freóls beó fram þeówetlícum weorcum, Wulfst. 292, 7

for-stelan

(v.)
Grammar
for-stelan, he -steleþ, -stelþ, -stylþ, pl. -stelaþ; p. -stæl, pl. -stǽlon; pp. -stolen

To steal with violence ⬩ rob ⬩ deprive ⬩ fūrāri ⬩ surrĭpĕre ⬩ prīvāre

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Gif hwá befæst his feoh to hyrdnysse and hit man forstylþ ðam, ðe hit underféhþ, gif man ðone þeóf finde, gilde be twífealdon si quis commendāvērit amīco pĕcūniam in custōdiam et ab eo, qui suscēpĕrat, furto ablāta fuĕrit, si invĕnītur fur, duplum reddet

riht-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
riht-líc, adj.

right, just ⬩ right, fitting, adapted to due requirements ⬩ adapted, fitted, entitled ⬩ right, in accordance with reason ⬩ right as regards conduct, ⬩ righteous

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Ðonne mon hwæt ryhtlíces and gerisenlíces geþencþ quando et si qua jam justa, si qua honesta cogitantur, Past. 21, 3; Swt. 155, 24.

CEORL

(n.)
Grammar
CEORL, es; m.

CHURL, countryman, husbandman ⬩ homo liber, rusticus, colonus ⬩ a man, husband ⬩ vir, maritus ⬩ a free man

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Twelfhyndes mannes áþ forstent vi ceorla áþ a twelve hundred man's oath stands for six churls' oaths, L. O. 13; Th. i. 182, 19. Be ceorlesgærstúne of a husbandman's meadow, L. In. 42; Th. i. 128, 4, 5. Landes [MS. londes] ceorl a land's man, Bt.

Linked entries: ciorl carl

ge-rǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rǽcan, -rǽcean; p. -rǽhte; pp. -rǽht

To reach, obtain, seize, get, lay hold on, attain, reproach, present, offer

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To reach, obtain, seize, get, lay hold on, attain, reproach, present, offer Sió fird hie gerǽcan ne mehte the [English] force could not reach them, Chr. 895; Erl. 93, 22: 894; Erl. 90, 11: Cd. 216; Th. 275, 10; Sat. 169. Gerǽcean, Blickl.

Linked entry: mis-rǽcan