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ge-scerpan

(v.)
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ge-scerpan, -scirpan, -scyrpan; p. te

To clothe, furnish, adorn, deckvestire, ornare

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Ðá ðæt folc hine geseah swá gescyrpedne when the people saw him so furnished [i. e. with sword and spear, and riding on the king's horse ], Bd. 2, 13; S. 517, 10: 5, 19; S. 638, 9, 10. Fugla cynn fiðerum gescyrped volucres pennatæ, Ps. Th. 148, 10.

tán

(adj.)
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tán, adj.

Having branches, spreading, used metaphorically of the offspring of a parent; cf. The use of branch in speaking of the members of a family

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The use of branch in speaking of the members of a family Ic Ismael wille bletsian, swá ðú béna eart, ðæt feorhdaga on woruldríce worn gebíde tánum túdre ( with a family that has many branches.

tennan

(v.)
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Grein suggests comparison with O. M. H. Ger. Cf. Ih zeno sie provocabo eos, Grff. v. 685. Could tendaþ be read? Ontendan and connected words are used figuratively; see also tendan.] (?)

þroht-heard

(adj.)
Grammar
þroht-heard, adj.

strong under afflictionshaving fortitude or endurance in troublegrievously hard

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strong under afflictions, having fortitude or endurance in trouble Ne geald hé (Stephen) yfel yfele, ac his ealdfeóndum þingode þrohtheard he requited not evil with evil, but strong to bear his sufferings he interceded for his foes, Elen.

andergilde

(adj.)
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, and the proverb be translated: Never let it get so bad with you that you don't hope for something better by things righting themselves

Linked entry: un-andergilde

be-mǽnan

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S. 13, 286. with clause Hé bemǽnde þæt Maurus ðæs óðres deáðes fægnian sceolde, Hml. Th. ii. 164, 9. Hí bemǽndon sárlíce ꝥ hí swylce yrmðe gesáwon, Hml. S. 25, 213. to feel penitence for Þá þing bemǽnað ł behreówsiað (compungimini), Ps. L. 4, 6.

beó-breád

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For meanings given substitute: Honeycomb with honey, and add Beóbreád favus, Wrt. Voc. i. 27, 65: favum, 284, 70: favi, ii. 37, 62: Beóbréd favus, Germ. 390, 72. Hwæt getácnode ðæs hunies beóbreád ?

bonda

Grammar
bonda, l. bónda,
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. ¶ A comparison of Wlfst. 172, 5: 181, 9 with L. Eth. viii. 2: Si quis jejunium snum infringat, reddat liber pauper .xxx. d., gives liber pauper as the translation of bónda. and add

be-sceran

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Samson besceorenum fexe (with shorn locks), Hml. Th. i. 488, 9

bryce

(n.)
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Wiþ bryce . . . lege on þone bryce, Lch. i. 368, 7. Tó gehwylcum bryce, 370, 18. breach, violation, Ll. Th. i. 62, 9 (v. Dict.). a fragment Bryce buccellam , An. Ox. 56, 70. Gesomnode se bisceop þá brocu (brycas, v. l.), Mart. H. 140, 12.

fífta

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Fífte dohter adneptis, i. 51, 76. in combination with another numeral Sé wæs fífta eác feówertigum fram Agusto, Bd. 1, 13; Sch. 36, 9. fractional On þám fíftan dǽle healfum (cf. ofer þone teóþan dǽle, 25), Bt. 18, 1; F. 62, 22.

ge-hweled

(v.)
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Substitute: <b>ge-hwelian;</b> pp. ed To inflame with foul matter Sió diégle wund bið sárre ðonne sió opene, for ðám ðæt worsm ðæt ðǽrinne gehweled bið, gif hit bið út forlǽten, ðonne bið sió wund geopenod tó hǽlo ðæs sáres vulnera clausa

ge-mæstan

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Add: To feed with mast, fatten animals Þonne hig gemæstað referunt dum corpora (glandiferis fagis), An. Ox. 23, 27. 'Ic ofslóh . . . míne gemæstan fugelas (altilia)' . . . Þá gemæstan fugelas getácniað þá hálgan láreówas . . .

lippa

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Ox. 3186. with special reference to feeding Smǽrum gífrum and mid grǽdigum lippum buccis ambronibus et labris lurconibus. An. Ox. 699. to speech Míne lippan þú geopena labia mea aperies, R. Ben. I. 69, 9

secgan

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S. 23, 668. v. full-, wiþ-secgan; un-sægd

spornan

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Th. i. 386, 9. to strike against with the foot, stumble upon Hí spurnon mid hyra fótum æt (on, v. l.) þám hálgan were in ipso impingebat, Gr. D. 16, 22. (2 a) to stumble, totter :-- Spurnende lapsanti, titubanti, An. Ox. 50, 7

hǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
hǽtan, p. te; pp. ed

To heat, make hot

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To heat, make hot Ðæt fýr ðe man ðæt ordál mid hǽtan sceal the fire with which the ordeal is to be heated, L. Ath. 4, 7; Th. i. 226, 11 : 14. Tó hǽtanne magan to heat the stomach, L. M. 2, 10; Lchdm. ii. 188, 16.

Linked entry: ge-hǽt

brant

(adj.)
Grammar
brant, bront; adj.

High, deep, steep, difficult;altus, arduus

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High, deep, steep, difficult; altus, arduus Ðæt ðú us gebrohte brante ceóle, heá hornscipe, ofer hwæles éðel, on ðære mǽgþe that thou wouldst bring us with the steep keel, the high pinnacled ship, over the whale's home, to that tribe. Andr.

Linked entry: bront

ofer-módigian

(v.)
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ofer-módigian, -módgian, -módigan

to be proud or haughty, to be puffed up with pride

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to be proud or haughty, to be puffed up with pride:— Ðonne se unrihtwísa ofermódegaþ (-módgaþ, Ps. Spl. ) dum superbit impius, Ps. Th. 9, 21. Hwí ofermódige gé ofer óðre men for eówrum gebyrdum, Bt. 30, 2; Fox 110, 15: 42; Fox 258, 15.

Linked entries: módigian ofer-módian

Tír

(n.)
Grammar
Tír, es; n.
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Tíw, the two forms Tír, Tíw may be compared with Icelandic Týrr; gen. Týrs (cf. Dan. Tirs-dag), Týr; gen. Týs

Linked entries: T Tíw