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ge-sécan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sécan, -sécean; to -sǽcanne, -sécenne; part. -sécende, ic -séce, ðú -sécest -sécst, he -séceþ, -sécþ, pl. -sécaþ; p. -sóhte, pl. -sóhton ; pp. -sóht; v. a.

to seek, inquire, ask forquærere, requirere, inquirereto seek, go to, approach, look for, visit, come toadire, ire vel proficisci, aliquo vel ad aliquem, visitare, venire, pervenire aliquoto seek with hostile intention, to persecute, afflict, invadehostiliter aggredi, invadere, corripereto seek; go to, visitire, proficiscito appoint, dispose, besetexigere, disponere

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Ðǽr mín hyht myneþ to gesécenne there my hope thinketh to visit, Exon. 48 b; Th. 167, 18; Gú. 1062.

Linked entries: ge-sahte ge-soecan

þeód-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-scipe, es ; m.
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Nis nú fela folca ðætte fyrngewritu healdan wille, ac him hyge brosnaþ, ídlaþ þeódscype ( or under IV?), Exon. Th. 304, 13; Fä. 69. Hé wæs on godcundlícan þeódscipe getýd and gelǽred (sacris litteris et monasticis disciplinis erudiebatur) ...

ge-mengan

(v.)
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VII. to infect with moral evil :-- Swá hyra aldor dyde máne gemenged, Dan. 184. Synfulle beóð máne gemengde, El. 1296. B. intrans.

ge-þóht

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H. 11, 35. thought, the faculty of thinking or the exercise of that faculty, mind Hyge Evan, wífes wác geþóht, Gen. 649. Is se sylfa geþóht ( ipsa cogitatio ) tó ásmeágeanne, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 95, 16. Háles giðóhtes sanae mentis, Mk. R. 5, 15.

Linked entry: þóht

hund

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Hundas bedrifon hyne tó mé, Coll. M. 22, 15. Hwæþer gé willen wǽþan mid hundum on sealtne sǽ þonne eów sécan lyst heorotas, Met. 19, 15: B. 1368. 'Ic ( the huntsman ) bréde mé max, and sette híg, and getihte hundas míne, ꝥ wildeór hig éhton ...

ríce

(adj.)
Grammar
ríce, adj.

powerfulmightygreatpossessed of powerrichpossessed of wealthstrongpowerfulmightypotent

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Rícum mannum divitibus, Bd. 3, 5; S. 527, 9. of things, strong, powerful, mighty, potent Wǽron hyra rǽdas ríce, siððan hié rodera waldend wið ðone hearm gescylde, Cd. Th. 245, 3; Dan. 457.

treów

(n.)
Grammar
treów, es; n.

a treea materialwoodtreesa woodroof-treesaddle-treea piece of wooda beamlogstakestaffcudgelgallows-treetree used of the cross

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M. 156, 5) ðæs hálgan Cristes mǽles spónas nimaþ, 3, 2; S. 524, 30. in a collective sense, trees, a wood Ðá behídde Adam hyne on middan ðam treówe neorxena wanges Adam hid himself among the trees of the garden; in medio ligni paradisi, Gen. 3, 8.

Linked entries: tréu trýw treó

sib

(n.)
Grammar
sib, sibb, e; f.
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mid sibbum sóhtun ye visited the sick with kind attentions, 83, 22 ; Cri. 1360. peace, the opposite of war Ǽgðer ge on sibbe ge on gewinne, Bt. 24, 2 ; Fox 82, 11.

hefig

ponderousdenseweightyimportantgravesevereseriousdeepprofoundmistfogcloudslowdulltroublesomeoppressiveonerousburdensomeoppressivegrievousdifficultlaborioustoilsomeoverpoweringweariness

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Gebúrgerihta sýn mislice, gehwár sýn hefige (onerose), gehwár medeme (leviores aut medie), Ll. Th. i. 434, 4. Hefigra wíta, Gú. 857. Ðeós landlagu stænt on suman lande, gehwár hit is hefigre (gravior), gehwár leóhtre (levior), Ll. Th. i. 434, 30.

Linked entry: hefe-lic

sleán

(v.)
Grammar
sleán, p. slóh, slóg, slógh, pl. slógon; pp. slagen, slægen, slegen. <b>A.</b> trans. I.
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Sume hyne slógon (slogan. Lind. , Rush. ) on his ansýne mid hyra handum, and cwǽdon: Sege hwæt is se ðe ðé slóh (slóg, Rush. ) Mt. Kmbl. 26, 67, Me weras slógon and swungon, Andr. Kmbl. 1927; An. 966. Hí mé mid sweopum slógun, Exon.

Linked entries: a-sleán feoh slege

BE

(prep.)
Grammar
BE, [abbreviated from big = bí, q. v.]; prep. dat. and instr.

BYnear totoatinonuponaboutwithjuxtapropeadsecusincumoffromabouttouchingconcerningdequoadforbecause ofafterbythroughaccording topropropterersecundumbesideout ofeex

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Be hyra weorcum for their works, Exon. 26b; Th. 79, 13; Cri. 1290. Ðú scealt sunu ágan, bearn be brýde ðínre thou shalt have a son, a child, by thy bride, Cd. 106; Th. 140, 11; Gen. 2326.

earfoðe

(n.)
Grammar
earfoðe, es; pl. nom. acc. a, u, o, e; n. [A feminine earfoþu; gen. e, a, or indecl. seems to occur in the following
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Þæt him Dryhten tó hyra earfeða ende gerýme, Gú. 196. Ic merestrengo máran áhte, earfeðo on ýþum, B. 534. Nele hé þá earfeþu ( or pl.?

geár

(n.)
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Gér byð gumena hyht, þonne God lǽteð hrúsan syllan beorhte bléda beornum, Rún. 12.

ge-swencan

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Voc. ii. 38, 73. the subject a person, to cause distress, fatigue, &amp;c. by labour, or any injury to the body Hyne Hǽðcyn fláne geswencte Hæðcyn troubled him sore with his shot, B. 2438.

ge-féra

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Hig bícnodon hyra geféran (sociis) þe on óðrum scipe wǽron, 7 : Coll.

réðe

(adj.)
Grammar
réðe, ;adj.;

Fierce, cruel, savagesevere, stern, austere, zealouswild, savage, fierce;severe, cruel, fierce, dire;

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Lind. 3, 5. applied to persons in a bad sense Ðes (Ishmael) byþ réðe man and winþ wið ealle and ealle wið hyne, ;ferus; Gen. 16, 12.

Linked entry: hréðe

sǽl

(n.)
Grammar
sǽl, es; m.: e; f.

time, occasiona fit time, season, opportunity,circumstance, condition happiness, good fortune, good time, prosperity

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Sǽles bídeþ hwonne heó cræft hyre cýþan móte, Exon. Th. 413, 28; Rä. 32, 12. Hé sóhte ða seel (sél, Rush.) ðætte hine salde quaerebat opportunitatem ut eum traderet, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 26, 16. time as in bad or good times, circumstance, condition .v.

Linked entry: sél

úte

(adv.)
Grammar
úte, adv.

Outsidewithout.outfrom one's positionon the outsideoutsideon the outer sideoutout of doorsin the open airoutawayat a distanceoutaway from habitationsin open countryoutfrom home on serviceoutnot in one's own countryabroadoutaway from land

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Móste ic úte weorþan, 23, 34; Gen. 369. fig. with the idea of degradation, out, from one's position Bútan ðám ánum ðe for heora leahtrum of hyra endebyrdenesse útor (uttor, Wells Fragm.) áscofene synd exceptis his quos abbas degradaverit, R.

Linked entry: út

wudu

(n.)
Grammar
wudu, (-o), widu, wiodu ; gen. wuda, wudes; dat, wuda, wudu (-o), wyda ; acc. wudu, wuda ; pl. wuda, wudas ; m.

woodthe substance of growing treesa tree(hewh) woodthe material obtained from treeswood which forms somethingsomething made of woodwoodwoodthe woodwoodsa woodwild

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Th. 458, 21 ; Hy. 4, 104. Þeáh ðú hwilcne bóh býge wið eorðan, hé bið upweardes, swá ðú ánforlǽtest widu on willan, Met. 13, 55. Hé ðás foldan ásiów sǽda monegum wuda and wyrta (cf. treówa and wyrta, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 132, 27), 20, 75 1.

Linked entries: widu wude- wiodu

ge-mǽre

(n.; v.)
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Gewisse healdende gemǽru (limites), Hy. S. 35, 15. of time, a predetermined date, a term; terminus, (v. Angl. viii. 324, 45-325, 12) Þ hé gýme æfter .xii. Kl.