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læð

(n.)
Grammar
læð, es; n.

Land

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Land Ðó swá ic lǽre beó ðé [Lchdm. ðú] be ðínum and lǽt mé be mínum ne gyrne ic ðínes ne lǽðes ne landes ne sace ne sócne ne ðú mínes ne þearft do as I advise; be thou with thine and leave me to mine; I desire nothing of. thine, neither lea nor land,

mægen-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
mægen-cræft, es; m.

Main forcegreat power or mightmighty power

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Ðæt hé þrittiges manna mægencræft on his mundgripe hæbbe, Beo. Th. 765; B. 380. Mircne mægencræft, Exon. 26b; Th. 78, 26; Cri. 1280

mene

(n.)
Grammar
mene, myne, es; m.

A necklacean ornament

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Brósinga mene, Beo. Th. 2403; B. 1199. (v. Grmm. D. M. 283.) Menas monilia, Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 60: crepundia, ornamenta, monilia, Hpt. Gl. 419, 30: 517, 29. Mynas, 481, 43: lunulas, 458, 30. Menum monilibus, 434, 71. Mynum lunulis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 71

Linked entries: maenoe myne

meornan

(v.)
Grammar
meornan, p. mearn, pl. murnon; pp. mornen

To carefeel anxietytrouble one's self about anythingreck

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To care, feel anxiety, trouble one's self about anything, reck Nalles for ealdre mearn he recked not of life, Beo. Th. 2889; B. 1442. Nalas for fǽhþe mearn for fear of the feud was not troubled, 3079; B. 1537.

óþ-lǽdan

(v.)
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Beo. Th. 4288 under óþ-ferian), Cd. Th. 214, 15; Exod. 569. Cf. æt-lǽdan

ge-trum

(n.)
Grammar
ge-trum, es; n.

A knotbandmasscompanycompany of soldiersnoduscatervacohorsexercitus

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Kmbl. 1413; An. 707: Beo. Th. 1849; B. 922: Exon. 90 a; Th. 337, 12; Gn. Ex. 63

Linked entries: -trum ge-truma

bitre

(adv.)
Grammar
bitre, bitere, bittre; adv.

Bitterly, sharply, cruellyamare, acriter, atrociter

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[biter bitter] Bitterly, sharply, cruelly; amare, acriter, atrociter Ic eom bitre abolgen I am bitterly vexed, Exon. 119 b; Th. 458, 31; Hy. 4, 109: 120 b; Th. 463, 4; Hö. 65: Beo. Th. 4651; B. 2331.

Linked entries: bitere bittre

ge-clǽnsian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-clǽnsian, -clǽnsigan, -clǽsnian, -clánsian; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [clǽnsian to cleanse]

To cleansepurifymundārepurgāre

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Ic beó geclǽnsod mundābar, 50, 9 : Mt. Bos. 8, 3 : Mk, Bos. 1, 40, 41 : Bt. 38, 4; Fox 202, 29. Geclǽnsedra castīgātior, Bd. 4, 31; S. 611, 1

ge-dúfan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dúfan, he -dýfþ; p. -deáf, we -dufon; pp. -dofen; v. intrans.

To plungeto ducksinkdivebe drownedmergi

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Ðæt ðæt sweord gedeáf so that the sword dived, Beo. Th. 5394; B. 2700 : Cd. 228; Th. 306, 27; Sat. 670. Ðá gedufon hí ealle and adruncon then they all sank and were drowned, Ors. 1, 7; Bos. 30, 24. He wearþ gedofen coepit mergi, Mt. Bos. 14, 13

ge-drífan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-drífan, p. -dráf, pl. -drifon; pp. -drifen

To drivego adriftbe drivencast away or lostagereagiventis jactarinaufragare

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To drive, go adrift, be driven, cast away or lost; agere, agi, ventis jactari, naufragare Ð-eh scyp gedrifen [MS. gedriuen] beó though a ship be driven, L. Eth. ii. 2; Th. i. 286, 1.

Linked entry: ge-dráf

ge-sceádan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sceádan, -scádan; p. -scéd, -sceód; pp. -sceáden [in the Northern Gospels weak forms occur]

To separate, distinguish, discern, decideto separate

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Rodera rǽdend hit on riht gescéd the ruler of the firmament decided it aright, Beo. Th. 3115; B. 1555. He biþ on ðæt wynstre weorud gesceáden he will be assigned at the separation to the band on the left hand, Exon. 117 a; Th. 449, 23; Dóm. 75

ge-mong

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mong, es; n.

A mixture, crowd, throng, companycommixtio, turba, cætus

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On gemonge in the throng, Beo. Th. 3290; B. 1643. On clǽnra gemong in the company of the pure, Exon. 71 b; Th. 267, 24; Jul. 420: Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 17; Jud. 193: 12; Thw. 26, 1; Jud. 304. Wyrta gemong aromata, Lk. Skt. Lind. 23, 56.

sinc-þegu

(n.)
Grammar
sinc-þegu, (<b>o</b>), e
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álicgean . . . syððan æðelingas gefricgean eówerne dómleásne dǽd for your kin shall receiving a lord&#39;s costly present and gift of sword be no more . . . after men learn your inglorious deed (the desertion of their lord, Beowulf, at his need ), Beo

sweót

(n.)
Grammar
sweót, es; n.
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Sweótum in crowds, in shoals, Beo. Th. 1138; B. 567.Th. 199, 20; Exod. 341.119, 5; Gen. 1975.119, 25; Exod. 220. Him on láste fór sweót Ebréa sigore geweorþod, Sunu Simeonis sweótum cómon (came in bands), Cd.

þeód-wrecan

(v.)
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The parallel between full- and þeód- might be further illustrated from compound adjectives in Icelandic, e.g. full-glaðr and þjóð-glaðr, full-góðr and þjóð-góðr), Beo. Th. 2561; B. 1278

þyrs

(n.)
Grammar
þyrs, es; m.

A giantan enchantera demon

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Gehégan ðing wiþ þyrse ( Grendel ), Beo. Th. 856; B. 426. Ealdum þyrse (þyrre, MS.), Exon. Th. 425, 29; Rä. 41, 63. Þyrsa oððe wyrmgalera Marsorum, þyrsas ł wyrmgaleras Marsi, Hpt. Gl. 483, 13-15. Cf. Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 9. Áníge þyrsas Cyclopes, Wrt.

un-geleáful

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geleáful, un-geleáfull; adj.

Unbelievingincredulous

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Unbelieving, incredulous Ne beó ðú ungeleáfful (-full, MS. C.) noli esse incredulus, Jn. Skt. 20, 27. Eálá ungeleáffulle cneórys, Mk. Skt. 9, 19. Eálá gé ungeleáffulle cneóres, Mt. Kmbl. 17, 17. Hé ungeleáfful wæs Cristes ǽristes, Homl.

un-tǽle

(adj.)
Grammar
un-tǽle, adj.

Blamelesswithout reproach

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Ic ða leóde wát ǽghwæs untǽle, Beo. Th. 3734; B. 1865. Sýn hý swá gecorene, ðæt hý untǽle sýn and sacerdhádes þurh ealle góde cysta wyrþe, R. Ben. 140, 6. Heó hæfð twá ðing untǽle for Gode, sinscipe and eádmódnysse, Homl. Ass. 40, 399

ge-týd

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On hwylcere yldo oððe hú getýd ( quomodo edoctus ) se man beó, Ll. Th. ii. 156, 19. Se getýda lǽce ðæs heofonlican lǽcedómes, ðæt wæs Sc. Paulus peritus medicinae coeleslis Apostolus, Past. 397, 15. Þæt getydde imbuta, Wülck. Gl. 250, 15.

weá-láf

(n.)
Grammar
weá-láf, e; f.

A remnant spared by calamity those who remain after evil times the survivors of calamity

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Ðæt hé ða weáláfe árum heólde, Beo. Th. 2200; B. 1098: 2172; 1084