ge-býrian
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Hé sceall gehádode men ǽrest gewissian ꝥ heora ǽlc wite hwæt him mid rihte gebyrige tó dónne, Ll.
spíwan
to spew, vomit, spit up ⬩ to spit ⬩ to spit
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Ðonne spíwaþ hié ðæt horh, Lchdm. ii. 194, 16. Hé spáw blód, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 63. Hé spáw his innoð út þurh his múð, Shrn. 66, 33. Ðonne man ða cild cwalde, ðonne spiwon hí ða meoloc, 33, 1. Hit eft spíwende, Blickl. Homl. 57, 7. with dat.
Linked entry: spiwian
láð
harm ⬩ evil ⬩ injury ⬩ hurt ⬩ trouble ⬩ grief ⬩ pain ⬩ annoyance ⬩ enmity
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Ðonne hié láð gedóþ hié sculon lufe wyrcean when they do evil, they must act so as to regain love, Cd. 29; Th. 39, 11; Gen. 624. Ðú míne sáwle of deáþes láðum wiðlǽddest eripuisti animam meam de morte, Ps. Th. 55, 11
mearc-beorh
A hill which forms part of a boundany
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Ǽrest on æscwoldes hláw: ðonne on gemótbiorh ... ðonne on mearcbiorh, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 195, 14. Æt ðæne mearcbeorh, iii. 175, 35. Cf. gemǽr-beorh, iii. 403, 27.
hnítan
To strike, ⬩ thrust, ⬩ push, ⬩ come against with a shock
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Ðonne ic hnítan sceal hearde wið heardum when I shall batter hard on the hard, Exon. 129 b; Th. 497, 21; Rä. 87, 4
geafu
A gift ⬩ dōnum
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A gift; dōnum Ic mót meorda hleótan, gingra geafena I may obtain rewards, new gifts, Exon. 48 a; Th. 164, 21; Gú. 1015
eallenga
Altogether, utterly ⬩ prorsus, omnīno
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Altogether, utterly; prorsus, omnīno Ðonne wæs se óðer eallenga sweart then was the other utterly black, Cd. 24; Th. 30, 35; Gen. 477
Linked entry: eællenge
mere-strengu
Strength in the sea ⬩ strength for swimming
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Strength in the sea, strength for swimming Ic merestrengo máran áhte, earfeþo on ýðum, ðonne ǽnig óðer man, Beo. Th. 1070; B. 533
ge-healden
Satisfied
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Satisfied Beó gehealden on ðínum gecynde ðonne hæfst ðú genóh be satisfied in thy kind, then hast thou enough, Kmbl. Sal. 264, 21
Linked entry: -healden
swipor
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Astute, cunning Reáfaþ se snáw swíðor mycle ðonne se swipra (swíðra, Kmbl., but see Anglia i. 151) níð, Salm. Kmbl. 616; Sal. 307
un-geseónde
Not seeing ⬩ blind
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Not seeing, blind Gyf ðú on foreweardon sumera þigest hwylcne hwelpan ðonne gyt ungeseóndne, ne ongitest ðú ǽnig sár, Lchdm. i. 368, 26
Linked entry: ge-seón
ge-metgiend
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Drihten, þú eart mín sceapen[d] and mín gemetgyend Lord, thou hast created me and dost order my life, Solil. H. II, 6
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gyru
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Muddy, marshy On heán hangran middeweardne; ðanon on hwítan beorh. . . ðonon úp on gyran torr, C. D. iii. 412, 9. See preceding word
siltan
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Ðonne þú scealt habban wylle, þonne geþeóddum þínum þrím fingrum hryse þíne hand swylce þú hwæt seltan wylle, Tech. ii. 124, 4. Add
stór-fæt
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A censer Ðonne þú stórfæt habban wille, þonne wend þú þíne hand ofdúne and wege hí swilce þú stýre, Tech. ii. 120, 14
á-swǽtan
To break out into a sweat
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To break out into a sweat On ðǽm miclan wintreg cele þonne hé ymb þæt spræc ðonne áswǽtte he call, Shrn. 51, 34
an-forht
Fearful ⬩ timid ⬩ timidus
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Fearful, timid; timidus Ne þearf ðonne ǽnig anforht [MS. unforht] wesan no one then need be fearful, Rood Kmbl. 232; Kr. 117
Linked entry: on-forht
fýr-bend
A fire-band ⬩ vincŭlum igne dūrātum
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A fire-band; vincŭlum igne dūrātum Dúru onarn fýrbendum fæst the door fast with fire-bands yielded, Beo. Th. 1448; B. 722
wiþer-talu
Reply ⬩ defence
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Reply, defence Hé ðǽrrihte ádumbode, for ðan ðe æt Godes dóme ne bið nán beládung ne wiþertalu, Homl. Th. i. 530, 6
cildsung
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Puerility, trifling Ne geríseð ǽnig unnytt ǽfre mid bisceopum, ne doll ne dysig ne cildsung on spǽce, Ll. Th. ii. 314, 31