ge-byrd
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Heó wearð beloren bearnum and bróðrum; hié on gebyrd hruron ( they fell one after the other ) gáre wunde, B. 1074
hǽmed-dreám
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The form hǽmedrím, which is that of the MS., is a compound of which the second part I cannot explain
eág-gebyrd
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Substitute: The nature of the eye Is seó eággebyrd stearc the eye is by nature strong; ingentes oculi, Ph. 301
symbel-wynn
The pleasure of feasting, the delight of the feast
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The pleasure of feasting, the delight of the feast Gá nú tó setle, symbelwynne dreóh, Beo. Th. 3569; B. 1782
ge-streón
Gain ⬩ product ⬩ emolument ⬩ wealth ⬩ riches ⬩ treasure ⬩ usury ⬩ business ⬩ merces ⬩ mercātus ⬩ quæstus ⬩ lucrum ⬩ ēmŏlŭmentum ⬩ ŏpes ⬩ thesaurus ⬩ ūsūra ⬩ nēgōtium
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Gehlódon him hordwearda gestreón they loaded on themselves the riches of the treasure-wards, Cd. 174; Th. 220, 3; Dan. 65: 208; Th. 257, 31; Dan. 666: 209; Th. 260, 4; Dan. 704. Gestreón usura, Blickl. Gloss.
here-toga
The leader of an army or of a people ⬩ a general ⬩ dux ⬩ consul
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Sum biþ heretoga fyrdwísa from one is a leader, a good guide of the host, Exon. 79b; Th. 297, 31; Crä. 76. Se heretoga Moyses the leader Moses, Homl. Th. i. 92, 25. Moises se mǽra heretoga Moses the great leader. Num. 13, 1: Jud. 1, 1: Swt. A. S.
ge-dafenian
To be becoming or fit ⬩ to behove ⬩ decere ⬩ convĕnīre ⬩ it behoves ⬩ it is becoming or fit ⬩ ought ⬩ dĕcet ⬩ oportet
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Láreówum gedafenaþ ðæt hí mid wísdómes sealte geleáffulra manna mód sylton it befits teachers that they salt the minds of believing men with the salt of wisdom, Homl. Th. ii. 536, 16 : L. E. I. 24; Th. ii. 420, 32. Me gedæfnaþ me oportet, Jn. Skt.
ídel-ness
Idleness ⬩ vanity ⬩ frivolity ⬩ uselessness ⬩ futility ⬩ emptiness ⬩ falseness
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Ða gímeleásan men ðe heora líf ádrugon on ealre ídelnisse the careless men who passed their lives quite idly, Ælfc. T. Grn. 1, 13.
Linked entry: ídel-gild
ge-bycgan
To buy ⬩ procure ⬩ purchase ⬩ redeem ⬩ emere ⬩ redimere
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To buy, procure, purchase, redeem; emere, redimere Hí meahton hefonríce gebycgan [MS. gebycggan] they could buy the kingdom of heaven, Past. 59, 2; Swt. 449, 15; Hat. MS.
GRUND
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Ǽlc sǽ ðeáh heó deóp sý hæfþ grund on ðære eorþan every sea, though it be deep, hath its bottom in the earth, Lchdm. iii. 254, 20. Hordweard sóhte georne æfter grunde the keeper of the hoard sought eagerly along the floor [of the cave], Beo.
gár-getrum
A troop armed with spears ⬩ javelins
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A troop armed with spears, javelins Gárgetrum ofer scild-hreádan sceótend sendaþ flacor flángeweorc the spear-troop, the archers, send over the shields the quivering arrows, Exon. 17 b; Th. 42, 18; Cri. 674
gærs-swín
a swine paid for the privilege of using the lord's woods for the pasturage of swine
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Add: a swine paid for the privilege of using the lord's woods for the pasturage of swine. Cf. cap. 49 of Ine's Laws concerning the illegal pasturing of swine, Ll. Th. i. 132, 11
má
More
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Nó ðé láðes má gedón móton no worse may they do thee, Andr. Kmbl. 2885; An. 1446.
cyric-líc
Like a church, ecclesiastical ⬩ ecclesiasticus ⬩ wrote the ecclesiastical history of our island and nation in five books
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Hie heóldan ða cyriclícan sceare they observed the ecclesiastical tonsure, Chr. 716; Th. 70, 34, col. 2.
ellen-róf
Remarkably strong, powerful, daring, brave ⬩ rōbustus, strēnuus, fortis
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Hí woldon áninga ellenrófes mód gemiltan they would entirely subdue the bold man's mind. Andr. Kmbl. 2784; An. 1394. Gif ic ǽnigne ellenrófne geméte if I find any brave man, Exon. 71 a; Th. 265, 17; Jul. 382.
land-fird
An expedition ⬩ a land force
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An expedition, journey by land, a land force Ne him tó ne dorste sciphere on sǽ ne landfyrd the fleet durst not approach them at sea nor the land force [on land], Chr. 1001; Er1. 137, 18.
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ymb-þanc
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Tó morgenne wé beóþ gesémde of what use are considerations of the words, or what will they do for us? To-morrow we shall be at one on the matter, Blickl. Homl. 183, 12
fleám
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Hí tógædere féngon and sóna þet wærod on fleáme gebróhtan. Chr. 1006; P. 137, 9. Onstealdon þá heretogan ǽrest þone fleám, 993; P. 127, 28: 1010; P. 140, 12. the flight of a fugitive, criminal, &c.
gesca
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Þám monnum þe for fylle gihsa slihð for the men that hiccough attacks on account of repletion, 60, 24. Sicetit vel gesca sláet singultat, Txts. 97, 1857. Sele him wiþ geohsan ceald wæter and eced drincan, Lch. ii. 62, 13.
níten
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Áþwer buteran þe sié gemolcen of ánes bleós nýtne oþþe hinde, Lch. ii. 112, 26. Sé þe hǽme mid nétene (niétene, nýtene, v. ll. ) qui coierit cum jumento, 52, 11. Wið nýten, Ex. 22, 19. Bletsien þec deór and nýten ( wild beasts and cattle ), Az. 145.