ge-býsnung
An example ⬩ exemplum
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Ne dó ge ná be his gebýsnungum do ye not according to his examples, Homl. Th. ii. 48, 35
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ge-heáwan
To hew ⬩ cut ⬩ cut in pieces ⬩ dolare ⬩ cædere ⬩ concidere
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To hew, cut, cut in pieces; dolare, cædere, concidere Wicg hornum geheáweþ heweth the war-horse with his horns, Salm. Kmbl. 313; Sal. 156 : Beo. Th. 1368; B. 682 : Judth. 10; Thw. 22, 33; Jud. 90 : 12; Thw. 25, 36; Jud. 295 : Bd. 4, 19; S. 588, 27.
ge-hrýne
A mystery ⬩ sacrament ⬩ mystērium
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A mystery, sacrament; mystērium Ðǽr Godes nama gelóme gecýged biþ, and ðæt [MS. ða] hálige gehrýne on mæssesange geoffrod, nis nǽnig tweó ðæt ðǽr biþ Godes engla andweardnes where God's name is frequently invoked, and the holy mystery offered in the
ge-molsnian
To corrupt, decay, wither ⬩ putrefacere, tabefacere, macerare, marcescere
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Homl. 109, 32. Míne herewíc syndon gebrosnode and gemolsnode my dwellings are decayed and perished, 113, 26. Gemolsnad flǽsc tabes, Ælfc. Gl. 12; Wrt. Voc. 20, 16: Solil. 2. Swá gemolsnad wyrt as a withered herb, Ps. Th. 89, 6
síd-feax
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With long hair Absalon wæs sídfeaxe, Homl. Skt. i. 19, 221 MS. U. Sídfexe capillatus, Ælfc. Gr. 43 ; Zup. 256, 10 note. Hí lange tíd eodon ealle unscorene and sídfeaxe, Th. Ap. 6, 12.
steorfan
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Annanias and Saphira mid fǽrlícum deáðe ætforan ðám apostolum steorfende áfeóllon, Homl. Th. i. 398, 34
treów-loga
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One who fails to keep faith, one who fails in loyalty to his leader Ða hildlatan holt ofgeáfon týdre treówlogan ða ne dorston ǽr dareðum lácan on hyra mandryhtnes miclan þearfe those laggards in fight relinquished the wood, pitiful false ones to plighted
þearl-wís
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Homl. 95, 30
ufan-cund
Heavenly ⬩ celestial ⬩ supernus
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Homl. 163, 22. Ufancundes eagles word, Exon. Th. 169, 19; Gú. 1097. Engel ufancundne, 176, 26; Gú. 1216. Ufancundne ege fear from heaven, 143, 8; Gú. 658. Ðonne hé ongiete ðone ufancundan willan cum superna voluntas agnoscitur, Past. 7; Swt. 51, 8.
un-girwan
To strip ⬩ divest
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Homl. 103, 2. Hiǽ ungeredun ( exuerunt ) hine and gegearwadun (induerunt ) hine his ágene wéde, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 27, 31. Ðeodoricus wæs ungyred and unscód, Shrn. 85, 32
wógere
A wooer ⬩ suitor
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Heó ðone hǽðenan wógere habban nolde, Homl. Skt. i. 2, 349, 353. Sume wíf wyrcaþ heora wógerum drencas, 17, 157
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felawyrd-ness
Talkativeness
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Talkativeness Ac hú byð ꝥ gif hit gelimpeð ꝥ se man ꝥ wyrignesse word ne gecwið tó his þám néhstan for hete and níþe, ac hit sceóteð forð þurh his tungan (for his felawyrdnesse and his tungan, v. l.) gýmeleásnesse quid si homo non fortasse ex malitia
ge-grippan
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to lay hold of, obtain, acquire Folc ðín frófro lífes deádlíces onfóe, and éco gifeá gigrippa ( conprehendat ), Rtl. 39, 27: 63, 20. Gigrippe sóðfæstnesse adprehendet justitiam, 45, 23. to seize Gást gegrippde hine, Lk. L. 9, 39.
hrís
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Hrís-hóll as a local name). [v. N. E. D. rice.] See next word
þeówan
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to press. [ passages here might be taken to next word, q. v. ] Add Þá scóc án oxa his heafod, and mid þám horne hine þýde, Hml. S. 31, 786. add Hé stód gynigende and þýwde mid múþe ꝥ hé Martinum ábite, Hml. S. 31, 539.
rúm-líc
gracious, liberal, benign ⬩ liberal, abundant, plentiful
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Se ðe mid fódan ðære upplícan lufe biþ gefylled, hé biþ swilce hé sý mid rúmlícum mettum gemæst, Homl. Th. i. 522, 32.. Similar entries v. next word (rúmlíce)
scǽnan
To break
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Hí gemétton Crist deádne, and his hálgan sceancan scǽnan ne dorston, Homl. Th. ii. 260, 10. Ða gemettan ne móston ðæs lambes bán scǽnan, ne ða cempan ne móston tóbrecan his (Christ's ) hálgan sceancan, 282, 7.
brego-stól
a ruler, prince, king; ⬩ a stool, seat, throne ⬩ A prince's stool or chair, a throne, a prince's dominion, kingdom ⬩ principis sella, thronus, regnum
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He hámes niósan lét ðone bregostól he left the kingdom to visit his home, 4767; B. 2389. Breogostól, Andr. Kmbl. 417; An. 209
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heáh-seld
A throne
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Ymb ðæt hálge heáhseld godes around the holy throne of God, Exon. 64 b; Th. 239, 11; Ph. 619. Héhselda wyn the joy of thrones, Cd. 213; Th. 267, 25; Sat. 43
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ofer-hergian
to ravage
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Homl. 201, 23