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hláford-gift

(n.)
Grammar
hláford-gift, hláford-gift, es; m. or n.
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cf. hláford ; II 4 a), appointment by a lord to a command(?)

stíg

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Add: In Ps. L. the word is masculine Seó stíg ( semita ) wæs swíðe neara on ðǽre sídan þæs muntes . . . án lytel cniht eóde upp unwærlíce on ðǽre nearwan stíge, Gr. D. 212, 19-22: 322, 19. Stígas, stíga, Ps. Rdr. Vos. stíge, Ps. Srt.) semitas, Ps.

ge-þruen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-þruen, [ = ge-þuren]; part. p.

Pressed togethercompact

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Pressed together, compact Eorþe is hefigre óðrum gesceaftum þicre geþruen earth is heavier than the other elements, more closely compact, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 267; Met. 20, 134

hwem

(n.)
Grammar
hwem, hwemm, es; m.

A cornerangle

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, if a corner be left open, so that the assailing host may have entrance through it?

Linked entry: hwæm

ge-wun

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Ðeós wyrt is tó þám herigindlic ꝥ hý man wið gewune drenceas gemencgeað, Lch. i. 172, 6

tilung

Grammar
tilung, <b>.
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Ðá cynn beóð langswýrede ðe lybbað be gærse ... and ǽlc byð gelimplic tó his lífes tilunge ( each is adapted for caring for its life ), Hex. 16, 4.

ge-rád

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-rád, adj.
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II, I ; F. 32, Seó tunge be hæfde getinge sprǽce and geráde Wlfst. 148, i. constitued, of such and such a kind Sió áheardung is on twá wísan gerád the hardening is of two kinds, Lch. ii. 204, 6.

Linked entry: sam-rád

god-spell

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Th. ii. 550, 1

wacian

(v.)
Grammar
wacian, p. ode

To watchwaketo remain awakenot to sleepto be freed from obstructionto opento be alertto watchbe on the watchbe on guardto watchbe on the watch to injure

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To watch, wake Ic wacige uigilo, Ælfc. Gr. 41; Zup. 245, 10. to remain awake, not to sleep Gif wé tó lange waciaþ, wé áteoriaþ, Homl. Th. i. 488, 34. Ic waecade vigilavi, Ps. Surt. 101, 8. Hwæðer hé wacode ðe slépte, Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 39.

Linked entries: a-wacian wæcian

ge-tynge

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Take here ge-tinge in Dict., and add: I. in a good sense Getinge dissertas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 28, 24. of persons, skilful with the tongue, elegant in speech, eloquent, witty Getincge facetus i. facundus (poeta ), An. Ox. 13.

rihtan

(v.)
Grammar
rihtan, p. te

to right, to restore to a proper position that which is displaced, erect, direct to right a person,replace a person in the rights of which he is wrongfully deprivedto make right that which is faulty, set right, rectify, correct, amend to keep right, direct, rule

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Tó rehtanne foet úsra in woege sibbe ad dirigendos pedes nostros in uia pacis, Lk. Skt.

stefn

(n.)
Grammar
stefn, stæfn, stemn, e; f.
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Ǽlc stemn is oððe andgytfullíc oððe gemenged; andgytfullíc stemn is, ðe mid andgyte biþ geclypod...; gemenged stemn is, ðe biþ bútan andgyte, swylc swá is hrýðera gehlów and horsa hnǽgung, hunda gebeorc, treówa brastlung et cetera, Ælfc.

CWACIAN

(v.)
Grammar
CWACIAN, cwacigan; part. cwaciende, cwacigende ; p,ode; pp. od

QUAKE, shake, trembletremere, contremere

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Ða téþ cwaciaþ on swíðlícum cýle their teeth shall quake in the intense cold, Homl. Th. i. 132, 27: 530, 35. Ic cwacode eal on fefore I quaked all in a fever, ii. 312, 19. Cwacode eorþe contremuit terra, Ps. Spl. C. 17, 9.

fǽmne

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Ungehǽmed fǽmne innupta, i. uirgo, An. Ox. 1174. Scylcen, fǽmne, meówle iuuencula, i. uirguncula, 2112. Ceorlstrang fǽmne virago, Wrt. Voc. i. 17, 18. Þá cwæð Adam: 'Beó hire nama Uirago, þæt is fǽmne, for ðan ðe heó is of hire were genumen,' Hml.

hogian

(v.)
Grammar
hogian, p. ode

To employ the mind, to think, mind, consider, know, understand, care, be solicitous or anxious, to purpose, strive, intend, be intent on, resolve

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Th. ii. 368, 4: 342, 28. Ymbe ðíne handgeweorc ic hogode georne in factis manuum tuarum meditabar, Ps. Th. 142, 5. Mið ðý ic wæs lytel ic hogade swǽ lytel cum essem parvulus sapiebam ut parvulus, Rtl. 6, 17.

alýfan

(v.)
Grammar
alýfan, hit -lýfþ; p. -lýfde, pl. -lýfdon; impert. -lýf, pp. -lýfed; v. a.

To give leavepermitgrantpermittereconcederetradere

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Hyt ys alýfed it is permitted, Mt. Bos. 12, 12. Alýfþ licet? Mk. Bos. 3, 4: 10, 2

a-smeágan

(v.)
Grammar
a-smeágan, -smeán ; p. -smeáde ; pp. -smeád

To look closely intoexaminetrace outelicitmeditate uponconsidercontemplateponderjudgedeembe of opinionthinkperscrutariinvestigareindagareelicerecontempláripensarecensere

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Ic déme oððe ic asmeáge censeo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 2 ; Som. 28, 51

of-settan

(v.)

to beset, press hard, oppress

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Th. ii. 120, 8. Se ðe on wræcsít gesihþ mid micelum gyltumheom ofsett getâ cnaþ if a man dreams of being in exile, it betokens that Tie will be weighed down with great crimes, Lchdm. iii. 212, 23.

níd-hírness

(n.)
Grammar
níd-hírness, e; f.

Enforced obedienceservitude

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Enforced obedience, servitude In nédhérnesse ic bégo in servitutem redigo, Rtl. 6, 9

bend-feorm

(n.)
Grammar
bend-feorm, e; f.

A feast for the reaping [binding] of corna harvest-feastfirma ad congregandas segetesfirma messis

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S. 21; Th. i. 440, 26