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ge-mengan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mengan, -mencgan; p. de; pp. ed
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Eorþe wearþ eall mid blóde máne gemenged infecta est terra in sanguinĭbus eórum, Ps. Th. 305, 28, Ðæt wæter and seó eorþe wǽron gemengede óþ ðone þriddan dæg the water and the earth were commingled unto the third day, Hexam. 4; Norm. 8, 15.

segl

(n.)
Grammar
segl, swegel, segel, es ; m. n.
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Gif ðú ðínes scipes segl ongeán ðone wind tóbrǽdst, ðú lǽtst eal eówer færeld tó ðæs windes dóme, 7, 2 ; Fox 18, 32. Fealdan ðæt segl to furl the sail, 41, 3 ; Fox 250, 15. Eówre seglas sendon geseted your sails are set, Shrn. 60, 11.

þeód-land

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-land, es; n.
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On Cantwara mǽgþe and eác on ðám ðeódlandum ðe ðǽrtó geþeódde wǽron ( in contiguis eidem regionibus ), Bd. pref.; S. 471, 26. Ðá férdon wé on óþer þeódlond India in alias Indie profecti regiones, Nar. 22, 2.

un-gelimp

(n.)
Grammar
un-gelimp, es; n. m.

Misfortunemishap

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Ðá geáxodon þrý cyningas eal his ungelimp, ii. 454, 6. Wépendlíc tíd wæs ðæs geáres, ðe swá manig ungelimp wæs forðbringende, Chr. 1086; Erl. 220, 23. Gif ús ungelimpas on ǽhtum getímiaþ, Homl. Th. ii. 328, 27.

un-strang

(adj.)
Grammar
un-strang, adj.

Not strongweakfeeble

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Hwæt is se intinga ðæt in þúsend manna ðé ne magon ástyrian, swá unstrang swá ðú eart? Homl. Skt. i. 9, 110. Á sceal man ðam unstrangan men líðelícor déman ðonne ðam strangan, L. C. S. 69; Th. i. 412, 4.

wiþerian

(v.)
Grammar
wiþerian, wiþrian; p. ode.

to be againstbe hostileto strivestruggledisputeto resistopposeto make hostileprovoketo become provoked

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Eal folc hine tó ðære geðincðe geceás, þeáh ðe hé mid eallum mægne wiðerigende wǽre, Homl.

eorþ-lic

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On ealra eorþlicra gebedrǽdenne þe Crístene wǽron, 45, 37. Dryhten clipode eorðlice menn tó geleáfan Dominus vocavit terram, Ps.

firding

Grammar
firding, (-ung).

military servicefightingmarchingan expeditionmilitiatroopsarmamentmilitary forces

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Eal seó fyrding tóhwearf all the troops dispersed, 1094; P. 229, 30. Sende se cyning heretogan mid mycelre fyrdinge, Hml. A. 103, 46: 104, 55. 'Hæbbe hé mid him tó þǽre fyrdincge Jóhannem and Paulum . . . ' Se heretoga férde mid þǽre fyrdiucge, Hml.

ge-reordan

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Add: absolute, to take food for refreshment, take refreshment, eat, feast Hí sǽton ꝥ híg gemǽnelíce gereordodan, Hml. S. 23, 243. Gehriordig epulare, Lk. 12, 19.

hruse

Grammar
hruse, l. hrúse,
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Th. 120, 2: 133, 4. the material of which the surface of the ground is composed, earth Hrúsan bið heardra, Rä. 81, 30. earth as one of the four elements Ligeð him behindan hefig hrúsan dǽl (cf. sió hefige eorþe sit þǽr niþere, Bt. 39, 13; F. 234, 12

gifu

(n.)
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Ðá men habbaþ eall ꝥ wé ǽr ymbe sprǽc-on, and eác tó eácan ðǽm micle gife gesceádwísnesse, 41, 5; F. 252, 29. grace, favour Oest, gifu gratia Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 5.

yfel

(n.)
Grammar
yfel, es; n.
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Voc. i. 74, 49. in a moral sense Ða ðe him biþ unwítnode eall hiora yfel on ðisse worulde, Bt. 38, 3; Fox 200, 26. Hwæt yfeles dyde þes? Mt. Kmbl. 27, 23. Dǽdbóte dón ðæs mycelan yfeles and mánes, ðe hié wið heora Drihten gedydon, Blickl.

Linked entries: efel eofel

full

(adv.)
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</b> entitled to all the privileges implied by a designation :-- Eall þeódscipe hine heafde for fullne cyning, Chr. 1013; P. 144, 6. complete in number, quantity, extent, whole, entire Gif þet fulle mægen þǽre wǽre if the full strength of the East

ǽg-hwǽr

(adv.)
Grammar
ǽg-hwǽr, á-hwiér; adv. [á + ge + hwǽr].

everywhereubiquein every respectin every wayomnino

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everywhere; ubique God ǽghwǽr is eall, and náhwár todǽled God is everywhere all, and nowhere divided, Homl. Th. i. 286, 27. Hí ðá farende ǽghwǽr bodedon illi profecti prædicaverunt ubique, Mk. Bos. 16, 20.

cýðere

(n.)
Grammar
cýðere, es; m.

a witness testis a witness

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Bos. 14, 63. a martyr, one who bears witness by his death; martyr = μάρτυς a witness Stephănus is se forma cýðere Stephen is the early martyr, Homl. Th. ii. 34, 13. Þurh ðæs hálgan cýðeres þingunge through the pleading of the holy martyr, 28, 33.

heorr

(n.)
Grammar
heorr, hior; m. f.

A hingecardinal pointcardo

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Seó hior ðe eall gód on hwearfaþ the hinge on which all good turns, Bt. 34, 7, Fox 142, 35. Wæs ðæt beorhte bold tóbrocen swíðe heorras tóhlidene the splendid dwelling was sorely shattered, hinges were broken, Beo. Th. 2002; B. 999.

Linked entries: heorra hearr hior

piþa

(n.)
Grammar
piþa, an; m.
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Pith, the soft inner part of the stem of a plant Eall se ðǽl se ðe ðæs treówes on twelf mónþum geweaxeþ, hé onginþ of ðám wyrtrumum, and swá upweardes gréwþ óþ ðone stemn, and siððan andlang ðæs piþan and andlang ðære rinde óþ ðone helm, Bt. 34, 10;

ge-hende

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
ge-hende, adv.

Nearat handprope

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Hí wǽron swá gehende ðet ǽgðer heora on óðer háwede they were so near that each of them looked on the other, Chr. 1003; Erl. 139, 8. Ða mynstra gehendor ðam wæterscipe timbrian to build the monasteries nearer to the water, Homl.

Geóhel-dæg

Grammar
Geóhel-dæg, geóhhel-dæg, es; m.

Yule-day, a day at Yule-tide

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Yule-day, a day at Yule-tide On ðone forman dæig on geáre ðæt is on ðone ǽrestan geóheldæig eall cristen folc worðiaþ cristes acennednesse on the first day of the year, that is, on the first day of Yule all christian folk honour Christ&#39;s birth

weorold-gesǽlþa

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-gesǽlþa, pl. f.
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This world's goods, earthly blessings Eálá! hwæþer gé men ongiton hwelc se wela sié, and se anweald, and ða woruld-gesǽlþa, Bt. 16, 2; Fox 50, 36: 16, 3; Fox 54, 16.

Linked entry: weorold-sǽlþa