ge-ícan
To eke ⬩ increase ⬩ add ⬩ enlarge ⬩ augere ⬩ extendere
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To eke, increase, add, enlarge; augere, extendere Heó ongan his mǽg-burge geícean sunum and dohtrum she began his kindred to increase with sons and daughters, Cd. 56; Th. 69, 8; Gen. 1132.
sige-beác
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Æþelinges ( Christ ) ród, sigebeácen (cf. sige-beám, -bearn) sóð, Elen. Kmbl. 1772 ; El. 888. Be ðam sigebeácne ( the cross ), 336 ; El. 168. Sélest sigebeácna ( the cross ), 1946 ; El. 975. Sigebécn, sig*-*beácn tropea, signa, Txts. 103, 2043.
un-seht
Not in agreement ⬩ in hostility ⬩ at variance
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Sóna ðæræfter wurdon unsehte se cyng and se eorl directly after the king and the earl fell out, 1102; Erl. 238, 6
ed-hwyrft
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Ex. 42. return to a condition Þá þǽr sóna wearð edhwyrft eorlum siððan inne fealh Grendles módor there was a return to the old state of things for the men after Grendel's mother had forced her way in, B. 1281
ge-risene
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He sona þára gerisne andsware onsende nec mora, congrua quatsitui responsa recepit, I. 27; Sch. 61, l. pi gerisnan ratam (rata et grata holocaus-tomata, Aid. 72, 29. Cf. rata, perfecta, Corp. Gl. H. 101, 14), Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 9. Da a
swǽr
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add: — Sum mann wæs gebunden onbútan ꝥ heáfod for his hefigum gylte, sé cóm tó þám hálgan, and his swára heáfodbend sóna tóbærst, Hml. S. 21, 423.
gyrdel
A GIRDLE, ⬩ belt ⬩ zone ⬩ purse ⬩ cingulum
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Gl. 64; Som. 69, 28; Wrt. Voc. 40, 57. Gyrdel cingulum vel zona vel cinctorium, Wrt. Voc. 81, 47. Gyrdel stropheum, Hymn. Surt. 103, 33. Fellenne gyrdel zonam pelliciam, Mt. Kmbl. 3, 4; Mk. Skt. 1, 6.
smǽte
Refined, pure
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Hié wurdan sóna tó ðam golde ðe man háteþ obritsum ðæt is smǽte gold Shrn. 32, 21. Smǽte gold ðæt in wylme biþ þurh ofnes fýr eall geclǽnsod Elen. Kmbl. 2616;El. 1309. Beág on ðam siex hund wæs smǽtes goldes gescyred sceatta Exon.
hind
A hind, ⬩ the female of the hart
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Gl. 19; Som. 59, 23; Wrt. Voc. 22, 64. Hynd cerva. Wrt. Voc. 78, 27. Ðá geseah se godes þeów wilde hinde melce then the servant of God saw a wild hind in milk, Shrn. 130, 3.
BLEÁÞ
Gentle, timid, peaceful, inactive ⬩ timidus, imbellis, ignavus ⬩ destitute
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Gentle, timid, peaceful, inactive; timidus, imbellis, ignavus Ic eom to ðon bleáþ ðæt mec mæg gríma abrégan I am so timid that a phantom may frighten me, Exon. 110 b; Th. 423, 4; Rä. 41, 16. Ne wæs him bleáþ hyge his mind was not inactive, Andr.
hrúm
Soot
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Soot; Hrúm cacobatus, Wrt. Voc. 291, 24. Micelne sigelhearwan ðæm wæs seó onsýn sweartre ðonne hrúm a great Ethiopian with a face blacker than soot Shrn. 120, 24
Linked entry: hrýme
swilc-hwega
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some Þá geseah hé þǽr swilchwugu treów licgende and ꝥ lytel he saw lying there some bit of wood or other and that little, Hml. S. 236, 766
deáþ-gedál
A deathly separation, separation of body and soul in death ⬩ letālis separātio
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A deathly separation, separation of body and soul in death; letālis separātio Næs egle [MS. engle] on móde deáþgedál the deathly separation was not oppressive to his soul, Exon. 46 b; Th. 159, 33; Gú. 936
cynn
A sort, kind ⬩ genus
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A sort, kind; genus, Ps. Th. 144, 13
mealt
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Add: Sour (? cf. Icel. maltr bitter to taste)
hó-banca
A couch, ⬩ sofa; ⬩ sponda,
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A couch, sofa; sponda, Wrt. Voc. 290, 13
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frihþ
the soul ⬩ spirit ⬩ mind
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the soul, spirit, mind
æ-gilde
Without compensation ⬩ sine compensatione
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Without compensation; sine compensatione Gif he gewyrce ðæt hine man afylle, lícge ægilde if he so do that any man fell him down, let him be without compensation, L. Eth. vi. 38; Th. i. 324, 24: L. E. G. 6; Th. i. 170,13: L. C.
cear-ful
Careful, full of care, sad ⬩ sollicitus
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Careful, full of care, sad; sollicitus Cleopaþ swá cearful se gǽst to ðam duste the spirit so sad shall call to the dust, Exon. 983; Th. 368, 1; Seel. 15.
Cilt-ern
The CHILTERN
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and Oxfordshire; montes quidam excelsi in agris Bucingamiensi et Oxoniensi Námon hí [Þurkilles here] ǽnne upgang út þuruh Ciltern, and swá to Oxena forda, and ða buruh forbærndon they [Thorkell's army] took an upward course out through Chiltern, and so