gást-lic
pertaining to the spirit, ⬩ spiritual ⬩ spiritual ⬩ spiritual ⬩ divine, heavenly, holy, sacred
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Hé is se grundweall þǽre gástlican cyrcan, 22. Hí him þá gástlican lác geoffriað on menigfealdum gemetum, 14.
git
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Him þæt þá giet tó lytel yfel þúhte búton hié eác hié þæs naman benáme, Ors. 2, 8; S. 94, 3. Æfter þám þá giet þæs ilcan hærfestes afterwards still in the same autumn, Chr. 921; P. 102, 17. Ðǽr tó láfe ðá get wæs . . ., 973; P. 119, n. 6.
hwá
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Mé lysteþ ꝥ ic wite hwæt sóþes sý be þǽre wísan quid hoc de re veritas habeat, ignore, Gr. D. 303, 6. Be þǽm hringum mon mehte witan hwæt Rómána duguðe gefeallen wæs, Ors. 4, 9 ; S. 190, 13. Áríman hwæt þǽr mancynnes forwearð, 1, 11 ; S. 50, 13.
wæl-cyrge
A chooser of the slain.
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According to the mythology, as seen in its Northern form, the Val-kyrjur were the goddesses who chose the slain that were to be conducted by them to Odin's hall — Val-halla : 'Þær ríða jafnan at kjósa val.'
Linked entries: -cyrge wæl-ceásiga
fremman
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Tugon hié hiene þæt hé heora swicdómes wið Alexander fremmende wǽre quasi urbem regi venditasset, 4, 5; S. 168, 17. Fremmendum prestante, Wrt. Voc. ii. 118, 11
ge-hát
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Minutia hæfde geháten heora gydenne Dianan þæt heó wolde hiere líf on fǽmnháde álibban . . . Heó hiere gehát áleág, Ors. 3, 6; S. 108, 19. Þá geárlican gehát annua vota, Wrt. Voc. ii. 5, 55.
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ge-laþian
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Gelaðode, 4, 49. to summon a person, call together people Gelaðige ( convocet ) se abbod eal þæt gefére, R. Ben. 15, 5. Gelaðian arcessire (pedissequas ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 86, 9. Geláþgan adsciscere (turmas ), 94, 21.
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ídel
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Wá þám þe cyrican mid ídele sécað: þæt syndan þá ungesǽligan þe ðǽr fleardiað mid ídelre spǽce and hwílum mid ídelre ðǽde, Wlfst. 279, 5-8. Ðonne ongitt ðín sáwl ðæt ðú sylf lufodest ídel, Hex. 50, 22. ¶ on ídel.
ge-hild
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Rtl. 181, l. a taking care to prevent hurt, watchful care Þá þá he wæs geswænced mid þæs líchaman swinglan hé hæfde symble ðǽre heortan frófre þurh þá gehyldu (-hældo, v. l.) þæs Hálgan Gástes (per Sancti Spiritus custodiam ), Gr.
ge-swerian
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Hé him geswór on his goda noman þæt hé ǽgþer wolde . . . Ors. 4, 6; S. 178, 9. combining and to swear an oath that . . . Áð þte giswór ł þte gisworen bið tó Abrahame þte búta ondo . . . hére we him, Lk. R. L. 1, 73.
ellen-stybb
An elder-stump
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An elder-stump Æt þæne ellenstyb; of ðám stybb, C. D. iii. 24, 3. On ðone ellenstyb, 437, 19. Ellenstub, 10, 17: 25, 21. Of ðá(m) ellenstubbe on ðane óðerne ellenstubbe, vi. 102, 25. Usque le ellerne stubbe, iii. 407, 25.
híra
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Mid glædum gefance þá underþeóddan leorneras heora ealdrum hýran sceolan, for ðí þæne glædan hýran God lufað, R. Ben. 20, 24. Mid þám gecorenum Crístes hérum (hyrede, v. l.), Wlfst. 256, 19. Take here héra, hýra in Dict. and add
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help
help ⬩ assistance ⬩ succour ⬩ an aid ⬩ a thing ⬩ a place ⬩ a refuge ⬩ a cure ⬩ remedy of disease
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Heó þæt cild gebaer eallum middangearde tó sóðan helpe, Wlfst. 22, 10. Ic helpe tó þé holde gelýfe ad te confugi. Ps. Th. 142, lo: Sae. 291: Vald. 2, 27.
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gift
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Cf. ǽrist for gender). a giving, restoring Hwæþer magon rihtwísra manna sáwla beón onfangene in heofonas ǽr þǽre gyfte and geedníwunge þára líchamana on dómes dæge ( ante restitutionem corporum ), Gr.
gifan
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L. 5, 39. to offer for observation, set forth a statement for consideration Tó geafanne mið efennisse adhibita comparatione Mt. p. 15, 12. to allot, assign Þǽr ys án tó láfe, gif þæne Aprili, Angl. viii. 303, 38 : 43. to cause to have or receive. the
gafol-irþ
The ploughing by the ⬩ and the sowing from his own barn of a certain portion of the lord's land and the reaping and carrying of the crop to the lord's barn by way of rent
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Þa gerihta þæ ðá ceorlas sculan dón tó Hysseburnan ... .iii. æceras geerian on heora ágenre hwíle and mid heora ágenan sǽde gesáwan, and on heora ágenre hwíle on bærene gebringan, Cht. Th. 144, 28-38
ge-myndig
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Wé sceolon nú beón gemyndige úre sáula þearfe, 101, 16. without construction ' Ic þé bidde þæt þú mé behýdigne and sorhfulne be þisse wísan ne lǽte' . . .
híréd
a family ⬩ a family ⬩ house ⬩ the family ⬩ court
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Ox. 817. where the devil is the father: Forgit þæt hús and þone híred þínes leásan fæder, þæt ys deófol obliviscere domum patris tui, Ps.
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and
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Íne ǽr timbrede, Chr. 722; P. 42, 23. where and = þæt Þá getímode hit ymbe twelf mónað æfter Agathes þrowunge, and Ethna up ábleów, Hml.
gearwe
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Wé þæs geléfað and geare witan ꝥ ..., 13, 22. Gere (cf. swutolor witan, 11), Past. 429, 9. Hé geare nyste hwǽr ..., El. 719. Ne ful geare wiste, 860. Geara, Guth. 70, 4: Bt. 35, 6; F. 170, 8.