ge-rúm
Room, space ⬩ spătium
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Room, space; spătium Hí náuðer ne gestillan ne móton, ne eác swíðor styrian, ðonne he him ðæt gerúm his wealdleðeres toforlǽt they neither can be still, nor yet move farther, than he allows to them the space of his rein, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 8. Eódon on gerúm
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ge-sceádan
To separate, distinguish, discern, decide ⬩ to separate
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To separate, distinguish, discern, decide Wéron gesceádad from exceptis, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 14, 21. Ðú ðe gesceádest qui separasti, Rtl. 182, 31: 36, 27. Gesceád distingue, 36, 29. Wolde hilde gesceádan would decide the war, Cd. 167; Th. 209, 25; Exod.
ge-sceádwís
Reasonable, rational, discriminating, intelligent, prudent, cautious ⬩ rationalis
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Reasonable, rational, discriminating, intelligent, prudent, cautious; rationalis God gesceóp twá gesceádwísan gesceafta God created two rational creatures, Bt. 41, 2; Fox 244, 30: 42, 1; Fox 256, 9. Ǽlce dǽde sceal gesceádwís déma wíslíce tosceádan hú
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sticel
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That with which a prick may be given, (stickle in stickle-back; cf. stickly prickly, Halliwell's Dict.) a sting, goad Óðerne hé dráf mid sticele, óðrum hé wiðteáh mid brídle illum stimulo impellere nititur, hunc freno moderatur, Past. 40, 3; Swt. 293
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teóðung-mann
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one set over ten persons, a ruler of ten Ic sette hig tó teóðingmannum constitui eos decanos, Deut. 1, 15. Geceós wise men and sóðfæste ... and gesete of him ... teóðingmen ( decanos ), Ex. 18, 21. as a technical English term, the head of a tithing,
tealt
in a physical sense, unsteady ⬩ in a figurative sense, unstable, not to be relied on, untrustworthy, precarious
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in a physical sense, unsteady Gif hí sculun néðan on nacan tealtum, and se brimhengest brídles ne gýmeþ (cf. The floating vessel ... Rode tilting o'er the waves, Milton, P. L. xi. 747), Runic pm. Kmbl. 343, 22; Rún. 21. in a figurative sense, unstable
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un-geleáful
Unbelieving ⬩ incredulous
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Unbelieving, incredulous Ne beó ðú ungeleáfful (-full, MS. C.) noli esse incredulus, Jn. Skt. 20, 27. Eálá ungeleáffulle cneórys, Mk. Skt. 9, 19. Eálá gé ungeleáffulle cneóres, Mt. Kmbl. 17, 17. Hé ungeleáfful wæs Cristes ǽristes, Homl. Th. i. 234, 20
un-áræfnedlíc
Intolerable ⬩ impossible to bear
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Intolerable, impossible to bear Búton hit unáræfnedlíc sý tó ofercumenne ða þing ðe ús synd fram ðe forestihtode unless it be beyond our powers of endurance to overcome the things that are fore-ordained for us by thee, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 133. Seó unáræfnedlíce
wésten-setla
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A dweller in a wilderness, a hermit, an anchorite Wéstensetla eremita Wrt. Voc. i. 42, 28: 72, 2. Wéstensetla (printed -seda) eremita, anachoreta Hpt. Gl. 465, 24. Sum wéstensettla on ðæm eálande ðe Liparus is nemned, Shrn. 85, 27. Wé willaþ wrítan be
weorold-sceamu
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Worldly shame, disgrace among men Wála ðære woruldscame, ðe nú habbaþ Engle. . . . Oft twégen sǽmen oððe þrý drífaþ ða dráfe cristenra manna fram sǽ tó sǽ. . . ús eallum tó woruldscame, Wulfst. 163, 3-7. Ða ðe for ege oððe lufe oððe ǽnigre worldscame
wrigels
a covering ⬩ a garment ⬩ veil
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a covering In wrigelse fiðra ðínra in velamento alarum tuarum. Ps. Surt. 60, 5 : 62, 8. Wæs him wrigils fui/ illis in velamento, Rtl. 92, 26. God áfyrde hym ðone unrihtan wrigels of heora heortan, Wulfst. 252, 4. a garment, veil Hí mon midðæm hálgan
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cemban
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Add: to comb hair Genim þone camb þe heó ána hyre heáfod mid cemde (cæmde, v. l.), and nǽnig man ǽr mid cemde ne æfter cembe. Under ðám treówe cembe hyre feax ... ꝥ bið lǽcedóm þǽre ðe hyre heáfod þǽr cembeþ (cæmbeð, v. l. ), Lch. i. 332, 11-18. Stríc
deáw
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Seofoðe pund wæs deáwes pund, ðanon him ( Adam ) becóm swát, Sal. K. 180, 14: Rtl. 192, 17. Of deáuwe rore, Kent. Gl. 46. Roscido deáwe (wǽtum?; the immediately preceding gloss is roscida, rore madida (v. Corp. Gl. H.), and deáwe seems to be due to rore
deóp
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Add: literal Dióp seáð fovea profunda, Kent. Gl. 829. metaph. Þes pistol is . . . eów swíðe deóp tó gehýrenne, Hml. Th. i. 448, 8. His deópe rihtwísnys his infinite righteousness, 112, 3. Deópum ceápe at a high price, Ll. Th. i. 370, 10. Ꝥ hé swá deópe
fere
able ⬩ seaworthy
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and add: of persons, able, fit for service Þá beád man fyrde be fullum wíte, þæt ǽlc man þe fére wǽre forð wende, Chr. 1016; P. 147, 26. Sóna þæs hí fére wǽron, hí worhton castel æt Hæstinga port, 1066; P. 199, 25. Hé sylf and his férestan menn férdon
fleótan
to float ⬩ to swim ⬩ to flow
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Add: to float, to be supported on the surface of a liquid Heó fleát áweg ofer ꝥ wæter tó lande. Shrn. 31, 21. Eahta daga fulla ꝥ ilce scip fleát (enatavit) wætres full, Gr. D. 249, ll. Nim eádoccan moran þá þe fleótan wille, Lch. iii. 6, 28. Fleótende
fiþere
a wing ⬩ a wing
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Take here fypera in Dict., and add: a wing of a living creature Cumað egeslíce mycele deór . . . heora fyðera swégað swá swá wæteres dyne; hí fleód swiftlíce, Wlfst. 200, 15. Fiðerum alis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 89, 55. Se kok, ǽr ðǽm ðe hé cráwan wille, hefð
ge-anwyrde
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Substitute: <b>ge-anwyrde</b> in the phrase ge-anwyrde beón. to profess, declare oneself to be Ic eom geanwyrde monuc pro-fessus sum monachum Coll. M. 18, 28. to make confession of Him man wearp on ꝥ hé wæs þes cynges swica and ealra landleóda
ge-fyrht
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Substitute: <b>ge-fyrhtan, ge-fyrhtian;</b> p. te, ode; ge-fyrht, ge-fyrhted, ge-fyrhtod. to make afraid. Take here instances under <b>ge-fyrhtian</b> in Dict., and add Ic wæs swíðe gefyrhted and gebréged ( perterritus ), Bd.
ofer-fyll
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Se syxta heáfodgylt ys ventris ingluvies, þæt ys oferfyll, Angl. viii. 337, 4. Oferfyl elogia, conuiuium, Hpt. 31, 5, 24. Be oferfylle. Ve, qui consurgitis mane ad bibendum, et reliqua, Wlfst. 46, 12. Þeáh hwá on dæg gefæste ful lange, gyf hé syððan hine