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gíme-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
gíme-leás, adj.
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Ðǽm unbealdum is tó cýðanne hú giémeleáse hié bióð ðonne hié hié selfe to suíðe forsióð inconstantibus intimandum est, quod valde se despicientes negligunt Past. 305, 16.

late

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Hé hét sendon æfter, þéh hé ꝥ tó late dyde, 6, 34; S. 290, 31 : Past. 249, 8. Sume lator félað þára lǽcedóma, sume raþor, Lch. ii. 84, 25. Lengten ne mæg beón ǽr .v. id. Febr. ne lator þonne .II. id.

tó-twǽman

(v.)
Grammar
tó-twǽman, p. de

To divideseparatedisjointo dividestand between objectsseparate one object from another to dividepartdissociatebreak the connection betweento dispersescatterto divide with the minddistinguishdiscern

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Ðonne se lichama and seó sánul hí tótwǽmaþ when body and soul part, Wulfst. 151, ll. Wé nellaþ ús nǽfre tótwéman we do not wish to be separated, Homl. Skt. i. 2, 71.

be-beódan

'to give . . . generally,'to orderenjoin to commitcommendto offer to the gods to commit into (on, in)to announce

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Under dele 'to give . . . generally,' and add: with dat. of person and acc. or clause of the command, to order, enjoin Ðæt hé sprecende bebiét quod loquendo imperat, Past. 81, 10. Bebiót, Kent. Gl. 816. Swá him háligu gewreotu bebeódaþ, Bl.

teón

(v.)
Grammar
teón, (from teóhan); p. teáh, pl. tugon; pp. togen, tigen (v. of-teón)
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Ne teón hié nánwuht ðæs lofes tó him, Past. 44; Swt. 323, 1. to take on one's self, to assume Hié him on teóþ, ðæt hié sién heortan lǽcas, Past. 1; Swt. 27, 1. Ðæt hé tió on hine selfne óðerra monna scylda, 16; Swt. 99, 1.

se

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Past. 33, 6. For þý hé wilnað ꝥ hé habbe ꝥ hé næfð, þý hé wolde genóg habban, Bt. 26, 1; F. 92, 4. and Ne fleáh hé ðý ríce ðý his ǽnig mon bet wyrðe wǽre, Past. 33, 17.

lǽn

(n.)
Grammar
lǽn, lán [v. under lǽn-land], e; f.

a loangrantgiftleasefeefief

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Sum man sceolde ágyldan healf pund and wæs ðearle geswenct for ðære lǽne a certain man had to pay back half a pound, and was exceedingly harassed on account of the loan, 176, 35.

Linked entries: lǽne lǽn-land

þeówian

(v.)
Grammar
þeówian, p. ode.
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wé nú ðiówiaþ and wyrceaþ quod in actione servemus, Past. 34; Swt. 233, 10. in the less favourable sense, absolute Eálá gé ðeówan ... ne ðeówige gé tó ansýne, Homl. Th. ii, 326, 24.

Linked entries: þeáwian þeówan

ongeagn

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Cymð hé tó lande, hwílum ongeán wind and ongeán ðá ýða, hwílum mid ǽgðrum, Past. 433, 3. Wæter hé déð þæt yrnð ongeán streám, Wlfst. 196, 5 : C. D.

swigian

(v.)
Grammar
swigian, sweogian, sweowian, swugian, swuwian, sugian, suwian; p. ode.
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MSS.) ðara ðreáunga iniquitatem peccantium nequaquam aperiunt, quia ab increpationis voce conticescunt, Past. 15; Swt. 91, 11. Lyt swigode níwra spella se ðe næs gerád, Beo. Th. 5787; B. 2897.

wirnan

(v.)
Grammar
wirnan, p. de.

to refuserefrain from grantingto preventprohibitkeep from

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MSS.) labia mea non prohibebo, Past. 49; Swt. 381, 10.

Linked entries: wyrnan wernan

geóguþ

Grammar
geóguþ, l. geoguþ,
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</b> youth as a period of immaturity :-- Ðá ðe unmedome bióð tó ðǽre láre oððe for gioguðe oððe for unwísdóme, Past. 375, 19. Þá þe for geoguðe gyt ne mihton breóstnet werian, Exod. 235.

Linked entry: giógoð

a-gǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
a-gǽlan, p. de; pp. ed.

To hinderoccupydetaindelayneglectimpedireretardaremorarinegligereTo hesitatebe carelesscunctariindili-gens esse

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Astrecceaþ agǽledan honda remissas manus erigite, Past. 11, 1; Cot. MS. And swá eall ðæt folc wearþ mid him ánum agǽled and all the people were so occupied with him alone. Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 68, 24. v. intrans.

Linked entry: a-gálan

hwæðere

(adv.)
Grammar
hwæðere, hwæðre, hwæððre, hweðre; adv.

Yethowevernevertheless

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Hwæððre, Past. 56, 2; Swt. 431, 26. Hweðre, Blickl. Homl. 125, 31: 207, 34

Linked entry: ge-hwæðere

Hwiccas

(n.)
Grammar
Hwiccas, Hwicceas, and Hwiccan [?] or [?] Hwicce [cf. Seaxe]; pl.
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The people of a small state which extended over Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, and part of Warwickshire Ðæt is geseted in Huicca mægþe in ðære stówe ðe mon háteþ Weogernaceaster it is situated in the province of the Hwiccas, in the place that is called

Linked entries: Hwinca Hwyccas Hiccas

in-cund

(adj.)
Grammar
in-cund, adj.

Internalinwardintimate

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Ðonne hé ða úterran þing dón sculon, ðæt hié ne síen ðæm incundum ingeþance áfirrede . . . hié lǽtaþ ácólian ða incundan lufan ne, dum cura ab eis exterior agitur, ab interna intentione mergantur . . . ab intimo amore frigescunt, Past. 18, 7 ; Swt. 138

ing

(n.)
Grammar
ing, the name of the nasal guttural ᛜ ng, in the Runic alphabet. In the Gothic the name seems to have been iggws, see Zacher, Das Gothische Alphabet, p. 3.
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As a proper name or as part of a proper name Ingi occurs in Icelandic, e.g.

irman

(v.)
Grammar
irman, p. de

to afflictvex

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Ic mæg sleán and ierman míne heáfodgemæccan I can beat and vex my companions, Past. 17, 8 ; Swt. 121, 12

Linked entry: ge-irman

ge-wrixl

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wrixl, -wrixle, es; n.

A changeinterchangevicissitudeturncourse

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Benedictus hæfde Paulus gewrixle Benedictus tenuit Pauli vices, Gr. Dial. 2, 17, Lye: Blickl. Homl. 91, 24

gleó-man

(n.)
Grammar
gleó-man, glí-man, glii-man, gliig-man, glig-man, -mann, es; m.

A glee-manmusicianminstreljesterplayerbuffoonmusicuscantorjoculatorhistrioscurramimuspantomimus

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MS.] nonnulli divites nutriunt histriones, Past. 44, 6; Swt. 327, 7; Hat. MS. See Turner's History of the Anglo-Saxons, Bk. 7, c. 7

Linked entry: glí-man