ge-beorgan
To save ⬩ protect ⬩ defend ⬩ secure ⬩ spare ⬩ preserve ⬩ servāre ⬩ salvāre ⬩ tuēri ⬩ defendĕre ⬩ arcēre ⬩ parcĕre
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To save, protect, defend, secure, spare, preserve; servāre, salvāre, tuēri, defendĕre, arcēre, parcĕre Ne mæg nán man óðerne wyrian and him sylfum gebeorgan no man may curse another and save himself, Homl. Th. ii. 36, 3 : Gen. 19, 19, 20 : Boutr. Scrd
æ-mód
Out of mind ⬩ mad ⬩ dismayed ⬩ discouraged ⬩ amens
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Out of mind, mad, dismayed, discouraged; amens Forðam Rómáne wǽron swá æmóde, ðæt hý ne wéndon ðæt hí ða burh bewérian mihton because the Romans were so out of heart, they thought that they could not guard the city, Ors. 3, 4; Bos. 56, 12
ge-scendnys
A confounding ⬩ confusio
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Babilonia seó Chaldeisca burh is gereht gescyndnys the devil that leads the sinful to confusion. Babylon, the Chaldean city, is interpreted 'confusion,' Homl. Th. ii. 66, 21
Linked entries: ge-sceandnys ge-scyndnys
weá-tácn
A sign of misery, a woeful signal
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Wæs ðæt weátácen geond ða burh bodad, ðæt hié ðæs cnihtes cwealm gesóhton. Andr. Kmbl. 2239; An. 1121
swelan
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to burn (intrans.), perish with heat On fýrbaðe swelaþ sǽfiscas sundes getwǽfde, wǽgdeóra gehwylc wérig swelteþ, Exon. Th. 61, 19; Cri. 987. to burn (of a hot sensation) Sió wund ongon, ðe him se eorðdraca ǽr geworhte, swelan and swellan, Beo.
Linked entry: swyld
Tófe-ceaster
Towcester
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Towcester Mon worhte ða burg æt Tófeceastre, Chr. 921; Erl. 107, 26
of-hreósan
to overwhelm, cover, bury ⬩ obrnere ⬩ to fall down
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to overwhelm, cover, bury; obrnere Oft eorþ-styrung fela burhga ofhreás, Homl. Th. i. 608, 26. Ðæt ne ða sleacgi-endan hé (sompnolentia) ofhreóse (obruat), Hymn. Surt. 18, 15. Swylce hé sý mid moldhýpan ofhroren. Homl. Th. i. 492, 33.
ge-sete
A seat, habitation, house ⬩ sedes, domicilium, habitatio ⬩ habitatio, sedes, domicilium
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Ofer burga gesetu over the cities' dwellings, 26 a; Th. 76, 16; Cri. 1240. Geseotu, Cd. 227; Th. 302, 20; Sat. 602. Ða cynelícan burh porres and his cynelícan geseto ipsam urbem regiam pori domumque, Nar. 4, 20.
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be-byrigean
to bury
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to bury, Mt. Bos. 8, 21, 22 : Bd. 4, 11; S. 580; 3
á-sécan
to seek out ⬩ search for ⬩ to search through ⬩ explore
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Ðæt seó sáwel dysi forbúge and wísdóm áséce, Hex. 40, 1. to search through, explore Hí hæfdon þá burh ealle ásóhte, Chr. 1011; P. 142, 2 note
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popul
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in popul-finig Of ðam ellene tó populfinige; of populfinige tó Lambhyrste, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 219, 8. The second part of the compound occurs again v. 194, 2-3 : 195, 10
streónan
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with gen. acc.). to gain, acquire On ðæm hiewe ðe hé sceolde his gielpes stiéran, on ðæm hé his striénþ. Mid ðý ðe hé sceolde his gestreón tóweorpan, mid ðý hé hié gadraþ, Past. 8; Swt. 55, 10. Strýneþ foeneratur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 38, 45. Se ðe him sylfum
Linked entries: striénan strínan strýnan a-striénan
ge-beógol
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Ready to yield Beó ðú swýðe gebeógul (-bugol, v. l.) mid gebýgedum (-bíg-, v. l.) móde þínum wiðerwinnan esto consentiens adversario tuo cito, Hml. A. 4, 93. Ús ne hét ná se Hǽlend him ( the devil) beón gebeógole (-bug-, v. l. ), 5, 123
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trehing
the third part of a shire
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The form given in L. Ed. C. to the Scandinavian word, which in Icelandic appears as Þriðjungr = the third part of a shire De treingis. Erant potestates super wapentagiis quas trehingas vocabant, scilicet, terciam partem provincie, et qui super ipsam
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emb-sittan
To sit round or about, surround, beset, besiege ⬩ circumsĕdēre, obsĭdēre
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To sit round or about, surround, beset, besiege; circumsĕdēre, obsĭdēre Porsenna and Tarcuinius embsǽton Róme burh Porsenna and Tarquin surrounded Rome, Ors. 2, 3; Bos. 42, 11.
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ræced
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Fram recede a triclinio (cf. triclinio, i. sede búre, 718), An. Ox. 4, 21. Add
ge-edstaðelian
To restore ⬩ instaurare ⬩ suscitare
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Se cyng férde and ða burh geædstaðelede the king went and restored the town, Chr. 1092; Erl. 228, 15 : Th. Apol. 27, 5 : Hpt. Gl. 456
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ge-byrgan
To bury ⬩ sepelire
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To bury; sepelire Wæs on helle gebyrged sepultus est in inferno, Lk. Bos. 16, 22
ge-ǽlan
to burn
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to burn Geǽl cealcstán swíðe, Lch. ii. 98, 13. Geǽldes heortes hornes ahsan, 120, 26
for-hǽþan
To parch up ⬩ burn out ⬩ consume
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To parch up, burn out, consume Forswǽld, forhǽþed exustus, i. spoliatus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 34
Linked entry: for-hátena