ge-cyrran
to turn ⬩ convert ⬩ vertere ⬩ convertere ⬩ to turn [one's self] ⬩ go ⬩ return ⬩ verti ⬩ reverti ⬩ ire
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Heora líf he hæfþ to gefeán gecyrred their life he hath turned to joy, Blickl.
ge-bendan
to bend ⬩ flectĕre ⬩ tendĕre ⬩ to bind ⬩ fetter ⬩ vincīre
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to bend; flectĕre, tendĕre He hornbogan hearde gebendaþ confrēgit cornua arcuum, Ps. Th. 75, 3. He gebende his bogan he bent his bow, Homl. Th. i. 502, 15.
Linked entry: ge-bændan
on-wendan
to turn, change ⬩ to change one thing for another, to exchange ⬩ to turn, change a direction, to avert, divert, turn aside ⬩ to change the position of a thing, to invert, turn upside down, ⬩ to subvert, disturb, upset ⬩ to cause to change for the worse, to give a wrong direction, pervert ⬩ To return
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Hé hine ðá onwende from ðisse worlde begangum, Blickl. Homl. 113, 26-30. Onwende hé his neb áweg, Lchdm. ii. 284, 15. Nǽfre ðú ðæs swíðlíc sár gegearwast ðæt ðú mec onwende ðissa worda, Exon. Th. 246, 5; Jul. 57.
Linked entries: and-wendan aweg-onwendan on-wendness
tillan
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In compounds á-, ge-tillan; instances omitted under those words are given here Ðeáh ðe hé stæpe fulfremednysse átilþ ( adtingit ), Scint. 100, 15. Getilþ contingat, getilde contigit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 9-13.
Linked entries: a-tillan for-tyllan á-tillan
un-gelǽredness
Uninstructedness ⬩ ignorance ⬩ inexperience ⬩ rudeness
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Hé hié ðreáde for hira ungelǽrednesse pastorum imperitia increpatur, 1; Swt. 27, 24. Mid ðearfednesse ge mid heora ungelǽrednesse paupertate ac rusticitate sua, Bd. 4, 27; S. 604, 28
Linked entry: ge-lǽrednes
gímeleás-ness
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Be ðám forþgewitenum gémeleásnissum ( praeteritas neglegentias ), þá þe hé on cildháde gefremede, Bd. 3, 27; Sch. 320, 1. Fore synnum and gémeleásnisum ( negligentiis ) úsum, Rtl. 178, 11. Heora gímeleásnesse neglegentias suas R. Ben. I. 84, 12
hǽþa
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Parching by heal Hé gebæd ꝥ God forgeáfe þǽe eorðan rénas, for þan ðe se hǽða þá hýnde ðá eorðan . . . þá ásende Drihten rénscúras aad þá eorðan gewæterode þe ǽr wæs forburnen, Hml.
Linked entries: Ǽfter-hǽþa for-hǽþan
á-scrúdnian
To examine ⬩ investigate
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Ꝥ wé áscrútnion his fare and ápinsiun his síð hwanon hé cóme, Angl. viii. 305, 46. Heora gerýna áscrútnian, 301, 32. Hig habbað áscrútnod Serium and Priscianum, and þurhsmógun Catus cwydas, 321, 28
HUND
A HOUND ⬩ a dog
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A HOUND, a dog; applied to persons as a term of abuse in English and in other dialects Ðá hé ðider com ðá sceolde cuman ðære helle hund ongeán hine ðæs nama wæs Ceruerus when he came thither, it is said, that then the dog of hell, whose name was Cerberus
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lamb
A lamb
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Hér is Godes lamb ecce agnus dei, Jn. Skt 1, 29. Swá plegende lamp quasi agnus lasciviens, Kent. Gl. 214. Hé gefullode ðone wulf and geworhte tó lambe he baptized the wolf and made it a lamb, Homl. Th. i. 390, 26.
stapol
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Hé hét stapulas ásettan erectis stipitibus, Bd. 2, 16; S. 520, 6. Sweras unlytle, stapulas, Andr. Kmbl. 2986; An. 1496. Staplas columbas (l. columnas), Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 21, 12. a step, threshold(?)
á-blendar
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Hét se cyng áblendan Ælfgár, Chr. 993; P. 127, 29. Him burston út his eágan . . . hé wearð áblend, Hml. S. 19, 129. Wulfeáh and Ufegeat wǽron áblende, Chr. 1006; P. 136, 10.
wǽpen-mann
A male ⬩ a man
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Woepenmon ł hee masculum, Mk. Skt. Lind. 10, 6. Hé worhte wǽpman (woepenmonn masculum, Lind.), Mt. Kmbl. 19, 4. Synna wið wǽpman oððe wífman, L. de Cf. 6; Th. ii. 262, 23.
Linked entries: wæp-mann wǽpned-mann
tó-brecan
To break, ⬩ break in pieces ⬩ to break in two, ⬩ to break to pieces, ⬩ break up, ⬩ to separate into parts by striking or pulling ⬩ to overthrow, ⬩ break down, ⬩ ruin, ⬩ destroy, ⬩ put into confusion, ⬩ rout, ⬩ to destroy, ⬩ crush ⬩ to take by assault ⬩ to break a promise, pledge, etc., ⬩ to infringe, ⬩ violate ⬩ to break, ⬩ interrupt
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Hé ðone hláf tóbræc on twá, Blickl. Homl. 181, 16. Ða ǽrenan scyttelas hé ealle tóbræc, 85, 7. Hé tóbræc hire (the lion's) ceaflas mid his barum handum, Ælfc.T. Grn. 7, 16. Hí ða gymstánas tóbrǽcon, Homl. Th. i. 60, 28.
irming
A poor ⬩ mean ⬩ wretched ⬩ miserable person ⬩ a wretch
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Ðá ða iermingas ðe ðǽr tó láfe wurdon út of ðǽm holan crupon ðe heó on lutedan when the wretched people that remained crept out of the holes that they had lurked in, Ors. 2, 8; Swt. 92, 29.
swicol
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Voc. i. 47, 50. of persons Næs heó swicol nánum ðæra ðe hyre tó ðohte she never deceived any one who trusted her, Lchdm. iii. 428, 34. Se swicola Herod . . . cýdde syððan his fácenfullan syrewunge, Homl. Th. i. 82, 15.
Linked entry: sweocol
hálig-nes
holiness, sanctity ⬩ a holy thing, relic ⬩ a holy place, sanctuary
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Veronix him ðá swýðe wiðsóc and sǽde, ðæt heó náne hálignyssa myd hyre næfde I command thee, Veronica, that thou give up to me the relic that thou hast with thee.
Linked entry: hǽlnes
ge-nyht
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Hé sende on heora múþas mete tó genihte misit saturitatem in animas eorum, 105, 13. Gé geniht ( abundantiam ) águn, Ps. Th. 121, 6. Þá miclan geniht þínre wéðnesse, 144, 7. Hé can weána lyt, and hæfð byrga geniht, Run. 8.
wel
Well ⬩ well ⬩ prosperously ⬩ well ⬩ much ⬩ thoroughly ⬩ freely ⬩ well ⬩ properly ⬩ well ⬩ very ⬩ quite ⬩ thoroughly ⬩ very ⬩ quite ⬩ well ⬩ ah
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Th. i. 274, 7. marking favourable condition, absence of hindrance Hé his wel geweald áhte on ðæm scræfe Past. 3; Swt. 37, 5. Eálá gif hé wolde, ðæt hé wel meahte ðæt unriht him eáðe forbiódan, Met. 9, 53.
Linked entry: BET
ge-dwyld
Error ⬩ heresy ⬩ error ⬩ hærĕsis
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Ðæt he mid his hálgan láre middaneardlíc gedwyld adwæscte that he might extinguish worldly error by his holy doctrine, Homl. Th. ii. 90, 13 : Deut. 4, 19