ge-sceððan
To injure, hurt, oppress, be an enemy to ⬩ nocere, adversari
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[with the same form in the infinitive are to be found, apparently, two verbs, one belonging to the strong, the other to the weak conjugation. Corresponding to the Gothic verb skaþjan, skóþ is sceððan, scód; [cf. sceppan, scóp.]
fǽr
a calamity ⬩ disaster ⬩ evil ⬩ accident
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Ic þæs fǽres á on wénum sæt, hwonne mé wráðra sum aldre beheówe I was ever expecting disaster, the stroke that should rob me of life, Gen. 2699. Hé sóna deád wæs. Ðá ꝥ gesáwon ðá burgware, ðá wurdon hié swíðe forhte for ðǽm fære, Bl. H. 199, 24.
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ge-líca
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Add: the like of another (gen. or possessive pronoun), one that has the same characteristics as another. of persons Hwæt wǽron hí búton fearra gelícan, þá ðá hí heora fýnd mid horne líchamlícere mihte potedon?, Hml. Th. i. 522, 24.
ildra
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</b> where persons of the same name are distinguished by age, elder, senior :-- Rómáne besǽton þone ieldran Hannibalan inclusus ea obsidione senior Annibal, Ors. 4, 6; S. 170, 29. where difference of date is marked, earlier, former in contrast with
hwý
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Gehycgan hwý . . . 15, 9. where the matter referred to in the indirect question is the cause of the action stated in the mam clause, so that almost the same meaning as that intended would be got if the dependent clause were introduced by because and expressed
will
A well, spring, fountain (lit, and fig.)
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Se Hǽlend sæt æt ðam wylle, Jn. Skt. 4, 6. Bið on him will (wyll, v. l. ) forðrǽsendes wætres, 4, 14. Wyl, Bd. I. 7 ; S. 478, 27. Hió áweóll of ánum wille (welle, Cott. MSS. ) non a diverso fonte emanavit, Past. 7 ; Swt. 49, LI.
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bisceop
a BISHOP, prelate ⬩ episcopus ⬩ a chief priest of the Jews ⬩ pontifex ⬩ a heathen priest of the Romans and Egyptians
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Bisceopas on Róme sǽdon, ðæt heora godas bǽdon ðæt him man worhte anfiteatra the priests in Rome said, that their gods ordered them to build an amphitheatre, Ors. 3, 3; Bos. 55, 26.
Linked entries: ealdor-biscop biscep biscop
ge-healdan
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Hí beóþ þonne wiþ God gehealdene they will be safe as regards God, Bl. H. 49, 11. a thing or place Hafa nú and geheald húsa sélest, B. 658. Gehealdenum salua (lintre ), An. Ox. 640. Gehealdenre myrcelse saluo signaculo, 4033.
ge-lífan
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Wit þæs áwærgdan wordum gelýfdon, Sat. 416. Ne gelýfdon menn lárum sínum, An. 814. Hí ne woldon wordum Drihtnes gelýfan, Ps. Th. 77, 24. Gehýr monig spel, wite ðeáh hwylcum ðú gelýfan scyle, Prov.
ge-þencan
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Sceolon wé gemunan úre nýdþearfe and geþencean embe úre sáula þearfe, 101, 32. with an indirect interrogative clause Lyt þú geþóhtes (gemundest, v. l. ) tó hwan þínre sáwle þing siððan wurde, Seel. 19.
hád
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Sat. 438. defined by a genitive giving the class to which an object belongs Se manna wæs Críste leófast on weres háde, Ap. 27. Ðines wuduwan hádes, Past. 207, 12. Heó wæs wunigende on wudewan háde, Hml. Th. i. 146, 32. Þurh fǽmnan had, Sat. 495.
ge-logian
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L. 103, 22. where the purpose of placing is given God gelógode cherubim tó gehealdenne þone weg þe líð tó lífes treówe, Angl. vii. 30, 285. the object a thing Ðá sǽ hé gelógode swá swá heó ligið git wiðinnan ðá eorðan, Hex. 10, 28.
healf
Side ⬩ part ⬩ side ⬩ hand ⬩ beside ⬩ dispute ⬩ behalf ⬩ account ⬩ side ⬩ quarter ⬩ direction
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Lǽt blód of earme, næs on þá healfe þe ꝥ sár biþ, 262, 16. On ðá healfe þe heó scínð, þǽr byð dæg, and on þá healfe þe heó ne scínð, ðǽr byð niht. Ǽfre byð on sumre sídan þǽre eorðan dæg, and ǽfre on sumre sídan niht, Lch. iii. 234, 25-28.
infangeneþeóf
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In the preceding chapter, 'descripcio libertatum diversarum,' it is said the lords 'haberent eos [their men who had committed crime ] ad rectum in curia sua, si haberent sacham et socham, tol et theam, et infangene thef.'
lutian
lurk ⬩ skulk
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Cwæþ ðæt hé god wǽre on mannes hiwe lutiende said that he was a god concealed in the form of a man, ii. 474, 22
gift
a gift; as a technical term ⬩ the amount to be given by a suitor in consideration of receiving a woman to wife ⬩ marriage ⬩ nuptiæ
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For an account of such a bargaining see Njál Saga, c. 2. See also Th. i. 254-6, Cl. and Vig. Icel. Dict. mundr, and Grmm. R. A. pp. 419 sqq. Grammar gift, in pl. f. and n. gifta, giftu marriage; nuptiæ Giftu nuptiæ, Ælfc.
under-niman
to take surreptitiously ⬩ to steal ⬩ to take into the mind ⬩ receive what is said, taught ⬩ to take upon one's self ⬩ to blame ⬩ resent
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, Lchdm. i. 392, 8. in figurative senses, to take into the mind, receive what is said, taught, etc. Gehádede men hit sceolon him ásecgan, undernimð se ðe wile, Wulfst. 305, 20. Hé deóplíce undernam Drihtnes láre æt him, Homl. Skt. ii. 29, 76.
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un-hál
In bad health ⬩ sick ⬩ weak ⬩ infirm ⬩ unhealthy ⬩ unsound
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Ðý læs hié mid ðý tóle ðæt hále líc gewierden ðe hié sceoldon mid ðæt unhále áweg áceorfan dum per hoc in se sana perimunt, per quod salubriter abscindere sauciata debuerunt, Past. 48; Swt. 365, 12.
Alríca
Alaric ⬩ Alarícus, king of the Visigoths
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Alaric; Alarícus, king of the Visigoths, = the west Goths, elected A.D. 382, took Rome 410, and died the same year Alríca wearþ Cristen Alaric became a Christian [about A. D. 396], Ors. 6, 37; Bos. 132, 32.
Beormas
The Biarmians
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The Finns and the Biarmians, as it seemed to him, spoke nearly the same language, Ðá Beormas hæfdon swíðe well gebún hyra land the Biarmians had Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 20, 11-15