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Súþ-Seaxe

(n.)
Grammar
Súþ-Seaxe, -Seaxan; pl.
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Of Eald-Seaxon cómon Súð-Sexa, 449; Erl. 12, 10. Súþ-Seaxan meridiani Saxones, Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 24. Súþ-Seaxan ágen[n]e biscopas onféngon, 5, 18; S. 635, 14. Súþ-Sexena landes is syufan þúsend hýda, Cod. Dip. B. i. 415, 1.

fót

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Ealle gesceafta þú legst under his fét, Ps. Th. 8, 7: 46, 3. a foot as a measure of length Seó eá þæt land oferfleów mid fótes þicce flóde, Ors. 1. 3; S. 32, 6. Eahta fóta brádne and twelf fóta heánne, Bd. 1. 12; Sch. 34, 2.

ge-edstaþelian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-edstaþelian, ge-edstálian.
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Sceoldon ealle heofenlice ðing and eorðlice beón geedstaðelode on Críste, 214, 25. to restore, renew what has been exhausted, to rebuild a ruin Þá hálgan mynstru ... tórorene geendstálude ( restauravit ), Angl. xiii. 366, 15.

Linked entries: ge-endstalian ed-staþelian

here-geatu

Grammar
here-geatu, [The word occurs very rarely in the singular; indeed be hergeate,
    Ll. Th. i. 412, 26,
seems the only instance that number. Plural forms are n. ac. -geatwei,(-a), -geata(-u, -e); dat -geat-wum, -geatum.]
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Add: Eahta hund eóredmanna ealle mid heregeatwum gegerede, Nar. 4, 13. Twégen englas gesceldode and gesperode and mid heregeatwum (heora geatwum, v. l.; but see Bl. N. 24), Bl. H. 221, 28. Beón þá heregea a (-e.v.l.) swá hit mǽðlic sý, Ll.

hreósan

(v.)
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Úp áhefð [Dryhten] ealle þá þe hreósað alleuat Dominus omnes qui corruunt, Ps. L., Srt., Rdr. 144, 14. On hrorenum folke in populo graui, Ps. L. 34, 18. to fall from a higher to a lower level Hié under grund hruron, An. 1602.

manig-feald

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Ǽlc deáþlic man swencþ hine selfne mid mistlicum and manigfealdum ymbhogum, and þeáh willniaþ ealle þurh mistlice paþas cuman tó ánum ende omnis mortalium cura, quam multiplicium studiorum labor exercet, . . . ad unum finem nititur pervenire, 24, 1 ;

same

(adv.)
Grammar
same, (always in combination with swá); adv.

Similarly, in the same way

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Swá same And eft Lǽdenware swá same wendon ealla on hiora ágen geþeóde and again the Romans in the same way translated all into their own language, Past. pref. ; Swt. 6, 3.

ofer-winnan

(v.)

to overcome, conquer, vanquish, subdue ⬩ expugnare, superare, devincere

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Seó ylce þeód wæs oferwunnen fram Eald-Seaxum, 5, 11; S. 626, 10, On ðǽm xxv. wintrum ðe hé winnende wæs hé ná oferwunnen ne wearð, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 114, 6. Se mon hafaþ weán oferwunnen, Exon. Th. 475, 5; Bo. 43.

of-faran

(v.)

to come up with those who are pursued, to overtake, to get near enough to attack, to reach and attack

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Ðá cómon Tarentíne tó heora ágnum scipum, and ðá oðre hindan offóran, and hié ealle him tó gewildum gedydan búton v Tarentini Romanam classem praetereuntem hostiliter invaserunt, quinque tantum navibus per fugam elapsis, 4, 1; Swt. 154, 6.

Linked entries: of-féran of-rídan of-sendan

on-munan

(v.)

to esteem, consider (worthy), think (highly of) ⬩ denoting worth ⬩ alone

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Miclum geblissod ðæt hié God wolde onmunan swá micles ofer menn ealle Andrew was greatly rejoiced that God deemed his disciples worthy of such high regard beyond all men (in granting them the vision they had seen ), Andr. Kmbl. 1789; An. 897

tó-weard

(prep.)
Grammar
tó-weard, prep.

Toward ⬩ in the direction of

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Ass. 190, 258. with dat. or uncertain, preceding the governed word Ðonne ærnaþ hý ealle tóweard ðæm feó, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 20, 36. Hí torfedon tówærd ðam weofode . . . and scotedon tóweard ðam hálig-dóme, Chr. 1083; Erl. 217, 17, 19.

tótian

(v.)
Grammar
tótian, p. ode

To peep out ⬩ look

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To peep out, look; Halliwell gives toot= to pry inquisitively, as a Northern word Se ceác oferhelede ða oxan ealle búton ða heáfudu tótodon út the basin covered the oxen entirely, except that the heads peeped out; luterem boves portant, qui facie exterius

sprengan

(v.)
Grammar
sprengan, de

To cause to spring. ⬩ to scatter ⬩ to sprinkle ⬩ to burst, crack (cf. to spring a leak,sprung, applied to a bat) ⬩ to apply a clyster ⬩ quassare, rorare ⬩ to burst, scatter, sprinkle ⬩ to burst

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Hé nam ðæt blód and sprengde ðæt folc, 28, 8. something on to an object Sprænge se mæssepreóst háligwæter ofer hig ealle, L. Ath. iv. 7; Th. i. 226, 23. Genim ðás ylcan wyrte gesodene, sprengc intó ðam húse, Lchdm. i. 264, 15.

Linked entry: sprængan

LÍF

(n.)
Grammar
LÍF, es; n.

LIFE

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Ealle hig wǽron háliges lífes menn, Wulfst. 270, 15. Hé geendode his dagas æfter mycclum geswince his lífes, Chr. 1016; Erl. 155, 3. On ðam ýtemestan dæge his lífes, Bd. 3, 17; S. 543, 19, col. 1.

ge-

(prefix)
Grammar
ge-, Both ge- and gi- are used in the oldest glossaries: e. g. on
  • p. 48 of O. E. T.
nine words with the prefix occur; in four cases both the Epinal and Erfurt glosses have gi-, in one they have ge-, in two the Epinal has ge- where the Erfurt has gi-, and in two the Epinal has gi- where the other has ge-. In each case the
  • Corpus Gloss.
has ge-. In this glossary, however, gi- is found, e. g. gi-brec,
  • 2152
, and in later glossaries also, e. g. gi-mynd,
  • Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 73.
Besides the forms given may be noted ga-eddun,
  • Erf. 75
; gy-byrdid,
  • Ep. 228.
In the
  • Durham Ritual
the regular form is gi-.
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wís

(adj.)
Grammar
wís, adj.

wise ⬩ discreet ⬩ judicious ⬩ cunning ⬩ wise ⬩ learned ⬩ skilled ⬩ expert ⬩ known

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Ealle míne wegas wíse syndan on ðínre gesihðe, Ps. Th. 118, 168. Ðonne hé ðíne wísan word gehealde, 118, 9. Grammar wís, in a bad sense, cunning Wille gé wesan prættige? Wé nellaþ swá wesan wíse, Coll. Monast. Th. 33, 1.

seófung

(n.)
Grammar
seófung, e; f.
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Ðis is seó ealde siófung ðe ðú longe siófodost (siófodes, Cott. MS.) vetus haec est querela, 41, 3 ; Fox 246, 25. Ne beó dó tó ceástful; of irsunge wyxt seófung. Prov. Kmbl. 23. Ic ne mæg ádreohan ðíne seófunga for ðam lytlan ðe ðú forlure.

swǽm

(n.)
Grammar
swǽm, es; m.
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Ic wylle ðæt Latona móder Apollinis and Diane fram mé gewíten, ðe Delo ákende, ðæs ðe ealde swǽmas gecýddon ( as the foolish triflers of old declared ), Anglia viii. 325, 29.

swica

(n.)
Grammar
swica, an; m.
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Th. ii. 392, 25. one who fails in fidelity or fealty, a traitor Him man wearp on, ðæt hé wæs ðes cynges swica and ealra landleóda that he was a traitor to his king and country, Chr. 1055; Erl. 189, 4.

Linked entry: ǽ-swíca

grimlíce

(adv.)
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Ðá hét se cing þone hyra ealra grimlícost ácwellan. Shrn. 111, 22. of action by animals or things Þá deór gewrǽðað grimlíce ongén, Nar. 34, 7. Þæt fýr græfeð grimlíce, Cri. 1004

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