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ge-eáþmédan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-eáþmédan, Add: , -eáþmédian ; p. ede.

to humiliate ⬩ to make submissive, subject, subdue ⬩ the object a high place, to lower ⬩ where an attitude that expresses humility is taken ⬩ where worship is paid ⬩ where submission is made ⬩ to worship, adore. ⬩ with the idea of condescension,

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Th. 105, ii), Ælfc. T. Grn. II. 35. the object a high place, to lower Ælc dún bið geeádmét, Hml.

Linked entry: ge-eáþmédian

á-stígan

(v.)

downward ⬩ upward ⬩ downward ⬩ upward ⬩ to descend ⬩ go down into ⬩ to ascend ⬩ mount

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Th. i. 344, 13. Ástígan þæt heofenlice ríce, ii. 82, 9. Scyp ástígan, Lch. iii. 184, 13

land-búend

(n.)
Grammar
land-búend, es; m.

husbandman ⬩ a native

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I. 35; Th. ii. 432, 28. Sende ða londbúend misit agricolas, Mt. Kmbl.

Linked entry: búend

rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
rǽden, rǽdenn, e; f.
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Voc. ii. 122, 1.

ge-dréfednes

disquiet, disorder ⬩ disquiet of mind, perturbation ⬩ tribulation, trouble, anxiety, distress

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'Þú mé hæfst áirétne on ðám tweón and on þǽre gedréfednesse þe ic ǽr on wæs be þám freódóme. Ac ic eom nú get on micle máran gedréfednesse geunrótsod, fulneáh oþ ormódnesse.' Ðá cwæþ hé: 'Hwæt is sió micle unrótnes?,' Bt. 41, 2;F. 246, 11-15.

Linked entry: ge-dréfnis

wiht

(n.)
Grammar
wiht, e ; f. : es; n.

a wight ⬩ creature ⬩ being ⬩ created thing ⬩ a whit ⬩ thing ⬩ aught ⬩ anything ⬩ without a negative ⬩ aught ⬩ alone ⬩ with a genitive

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Ne dyde ic for feóndscipe, ne for wihte ðæs ic ðé weán úðe did it not from enmity, or from aught of ill will 163, 2 ; Gen. 2692. Hé nele láþes wiht geæfnan. Exon. Th. 357, 22; Pa. 32 : Cd. Th. 16, 13; Gen. 242.

flíte

cream

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Ete ealdes spices iii snǽda, and súpe mid flétum, Lch. ii. 316, 13. Take here fléte in Dict., and add

Linked entry: flot-smere

Cent

(n.)
Grammar
Cent, indecl. n.

KENT ⬩ Cantium

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Se cyning wæs on Cent the king was in Kent, Chr. 911; Erl. 101, 37: 1009; Erl. 143, 14. Se múþa Limene is on easteweardre Cent the mouth of the Limen is in the east of Kent, 893; Erl. 88, 26

wíte-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
wíte-fæst, adj.

In slavery as a punishment for crime.

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Ic gean ðæt man gefreóge ǽlcne wítefæstne man ðe ic on sprǽce áhte, 557, 21

Linked entry: wíte-þeów

CNOTTA

(n.)
Grammar
CNOTTA, an; m.

A KNOT ⬩ fastening ⬩ knitting; ⬩ nexus

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Th. ii. 28, 26

ge-tæl

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Voc. ii. 49, 34. number in the abstract God ealle gesceafta gelógode on gemete, and on getele and on hefe, Hml. Th. i. 286, 14.

anda

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Add On andan (with dat.). where hate, ill-will, hostility, &c., is felt by the agent Hé wráðum on andan bád bolgenmód in a rage with the foe he waited furious, B. 708. Hé gealp gramlíce Gode on andan ( in envy of God ), Dan. 714.

á-wár

(adv.)
Grammar
á-wár, adv. [ = á-wǽr = á-hwǽr]

Anywhere ⬩ alicubi

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Anywhere; alicubi Swilce he áwár wǽre, ǽrðan ðe he geboren wǽre as if he were anywhere, before he was born, Homl. Th. ii. 244, 19

un-forfeored

(adj.)
Grammar
un-forfeored, (un-forfored(?).

Unbroken ⬩ extricabile

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also ungebrocenre extricabili, 33, 7: perhaps in each case inextricabilis should be read, cf. untósliten inextricabilis, 110, 60); Unbroken; extricabile, Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 22

Linked entry: for-feored

un-brosnung

(n.)
Grammar
un-brosnung, e; f.

Incorruption

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Incorruption Beód úre líchaman geedcnnede tó unbrosnunge, ðæt is tó écum ðingum, Homl. Th. i. 394, 27. Áwende fram brosnunge tó unbrosnunge, ii. 206, 2

brér

(n.)
Grammar
brér, es; m. l. e;
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Voc. ii. 100, 27. Brær murus, 114, 48. Brære tribula, 122, 73. f., in bracket dele 'Fr. bruyère . . . Du Cange,' and add

ceáp-cniht

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Voc. ii. 107, 18. Ceápcniht, 29, 28. v. cýpe-cniht in Dict

fen-fixas

(n.)
Grammar
fen-fixas, fen-fisc, es; m.
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A fish living in the water of a fen Ne þicgen hié fenfixas, ne sǽfixas þá þe habbað heard flǽsc, Lch. ii. 254, 22. Substitute:

bócung

Grammar
bócung, For '
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Dele' substitute: Conveyance by charter or deed Ic geaf ... ðonæ hagan ... tó ðǽre ilcan bócunga ðæ ðæt land gæbócod is, C. D. v. 257, 12

riht-scilling

(n.)
Grammar
riht-scilling, es; m.

A lawful shilling

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P. iv. 60 ; Th. ii. 222, 7