gímen
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Ðonne hé gebint hine selfne tó óðrum menn mid his wordum ðæt hé sceal niéde ðá giémenne and ðá geornfulnesse ymb ðone habban ðe he ǽr ne ðorfte, Past. 193, 9. <b>I a.</b> of medical care.
ge-mǽre
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. ¶ In composition with words denoting objects that help to form a boundary :-- On gemǽrbeorg and of gemǽrbeorge, C. D. B. ii. 140, 26. On gemǽrbeorgas, C. D. iii. 403, 29. On ðone gemérhagan, ðanon andlang ðæs hagan, v. 70, 22.
gearo
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Habbað word gearu ... eall getrahtod, An. 1360. <b>VII a.</b> of food, dressed, cooked :-- Bere is swíðe earfoðe tó gearcigenne, and þeáhhwæðere fét ðone monn, þonne hé gearo bið, Hml. Th. i. 188, 5. <b>VII b.
heáfod
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In pl. the word seems often equivalent to andheáfdu, q. v. Andlang cumbes tó ðæs cumbes heáfde, 434, 35 : ii. 29, 3. Æt ðæs croftes heáfod, iii. 37, 23. On þæs hlinces heáfod, v. 217, 21 : iii. 420, 27. On móres heáfod, C. D. B. iii. 336, 19.
sweord
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Their forging is in many legends said to be the work of other than human hands; so the sword which Beowulf seizes in Grendel's nome is 'eald sweord eotenisc (cf. eald sweord eácen, 3330; B. 1663), ecgum dyhtig, . . . giganta geweorc,' Beo.
Linked entry: swyrd
forþ
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Beóþ þeóstra forþ gewordene ofer ealle world, 93, 18. Hwylc handleán wé him forþ tó berenne habban, 91, 13: 53, 12. Hé hine lǽdde forþ tó þon cafortúne, 219, 20.
ge-standan
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(l a) to attack with words, to reprove, blame :-- Gif þú ne gestenst þone unrihtwísan and hine ne manast ( si non annunciaveris impio, neque loculus fueris, Ezechiel 3, 18), Hml. Th. i. 6, 24.
sculan
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Ðæt hé of ðisse worlde sceolde, Blickl. Homl. 225, 5. Ðonne seó eorþe him on ufan scealde when the earth came to be put upon them, Shrn. 81, 2, Ǽr hé onweg scyle before he die, Exon.
ge-mót
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And séce man hundred-gemót swá hit ǽr geset wæs; hæbbe man þríwa on geáre burh-gemót; and túwa, scir-gemót, and ðǽr beó on ðære scire bisceop and se ealdorman, and ðǽr ǽgðer tǽcan ge Godes riht ge woruld-riht and let the hundred-moot be attended as it
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ge-scippan
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Wá biþ þǽm mannum þe ne ongytaþ þisse worlde yrmþa, þe hié tó gesceapene beóþ . . . ne hié ongytaþ þæt hí gesceapene wǽron tó þon écan lífe, næs ná tó þon écan deáþe, 6i, 2-8. ¶ of human ordering ?
open
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Ðonne hí wyrcað ðá openan scylda, Past. 439, 21. of speech, that conceals nothing Nǽnig mon his geþóht openum wordum út ne cýðe, nemo palam pronunciet, Nar. 28, 29. of a season, where nothing is concealed In þá openan tíd (the day of judgement), Ph.
CYRICE
in the compound ⬩ a church, the material structure ⬩ ecclesia ⬩ a heathen temple ⬩ templum paganum
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Peter the apostle at Fork, when he had there built a church of wood, with hasty work, after he was christened. . . and soon after he was baptized, he began, by the bishop's advice, to build a larger and higher church of stone, and to construct it about
wíte
punishment ⬩ pain that is inflicted as punishment ⬩ torment ⬩ a means ⬩ implement ⬩ a fine. ⬩ torment ⬩ plague ⬩ disease ⬩ evil ⬩ pain
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Heó (Eve ) hæfde hire sylfre geworht ðæt mǽste wíte and eallum hire cynne, ge ðæt wíte wæs tó ðæs strang, ðæt ǽghwylc man sceolde mid sáre on ðás world cuman, and hér on sorhgum beón, and mid sáre of gewítan, Blickl. Homl. 5, 27 : Cd.
ge-gán
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L. 2, 9: 22, 22. (1 a) to depart from this world, pass away :-- Ne bið geeád ðiús cnéwureso non praeteribit haec generatio, Mt.
ge-cynd
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Þú man worhtest and him ... sealdest word and gewitt and wæstma gecynd ( the property of growth ), Hy. 9, 56. Uþwitan secgaþ ꝥ sió sáwul hæbbe ðrió gecynd; án ðára gecynda is ꝥ heó biþ wilnigende ... twá ðára gecyndu (-a?)
þeód
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Cristes þegnas biddaþ God áre ealre þeóde; ðú him tíðast, swá ðú eádmód eart ealre worlde, Hy. 7, 55. Grécas ... Egiptisce þeóda ... Romani and Englisce þeóda, Anglia viii. 309, 19-21. Þeóda wlítaþ ... hú seó wilgedryht wildne weorþiaþ, Exon.
under-þeódan
to subject ⬩ subjugate ⬩ render subject ⬩ to subject ⬩ cause to endure ⬩ render liable ⬩ to subjoin ⬩ add ⬩ to support
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Swǽsum wordum underþeódde ( dediti ), Coll. Monast. Th. 32, 33. Ða ðe him underðiédde (-ðídde, Cott. MSS.) bióð subjecti, Past. 4; Swt. 39, 7. Wé ealle ðære hnescnesse úres flǽsces beóð underðiédde (-ðídde, Cott.
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úte
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Ðám ðe him ðás woruld úttor lǽtan, ðonne ðæt éce líf Exon. Th. 109, 28; Gú. 97
wlite
aspect ⬩ countenance ⬩ looks ⬩ appearance ⬩ shape ⬩ form ⬩ good looks ⬩ beautiful appearance ⬩ beauty ⬩ glory ⬩ ornament
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Nǽnig mæg wlite and wísan wordum gecýþan, 491, 30; Rä. 81, 7. good looks, beautiful appearance, beauty, glory, ornament: Hwæþer nú gimma wlite eówre eágan tó him getió, heora tó wundrianne?
ge-þeaht
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Þú wéndest ꝥ þiós slíþne wyrd þás woruld wende bútan Godes geþeahte has fortunarum vices existimas sine rectore fluitare, Bt. 5, 3; F. 14, 5: 5, 1; F. 8, 32.