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ge-stælan

Grammar
ge-stælan, l. -stǽlan, dele first passage, in last for leágung l. leásung, and add: to bring home to a person a charge, liability, &c., to prove something to have been committed by, or
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to be due from, a person Gif mon on folces gemóte cyninges geréfan geyppe eofot (þeófðe, v.l.), and his eft geswícan wille, gestǽle on ryhtran hand ( let him make the charge good upon one who more justly may be charged; pertrahat hoc ad rectiorem manum

þegenlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
þegenlíce, adv.
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Heó tó ðám þegnon cwæð: 'Dóð þegnlíce and wel; ábeódaþ míne ǽrende tó ðam gemóte,' Chart. Th. 337, 36.Gif hé ðegenlíce earfoðnysse forberþ, Homl. Th. i. 586, 19: Homl. Skt. i. 11, 3. Ealle þeóda sprǽcon hú ðegenlíce hí fuhton, ii. 25, 324.

for-sittan

(v.)
Grammar
for-sittan, he -siteþ; p. -sæt, pl. -sǽton; pp. -seten

To mis-sitto be absent fromneglectdelaydeferdiminishobstructbesiegeabesse aneglĭgĕresupersĕdēredesĕrĕrepræstruĕreobsĭdēre

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To mis-sit, to be absent from, neglect, delay, defer, diminish, obstruct, besiege; abesse a, neglĭgĕre, supersĕdēre, desĕrĕre, præstruĕre, obsĭdēre Be ðon ðe gemót forsitte of him who is absent from the council, L. Ath. i. 20; Th. i. 208, 25, 26.

Ciren-ceaster

(n.)
Grammar
Ciren-ceaster, Cyren-ceaster, Cyrn-ceaster; gen. ceastre; f. [Asser. Cirrenceastre: Hunt. Cirecestere: Brom. Circestre]

CIRENCESTER, Cicester, GloucestershireCirencestria in agro Glocestriensi

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Hér, on Eastron, wæs micel gemót æt Cyrenceastre in this year [A. D. 1020], at Easter, there was a great council at Cirencester, 1020; Th. 286, 12, col. 2.

wyn-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wyn-líc, adj.

Delightfulpleasingagreeablecharming

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gemon tó oft wynlícran wíc, 444, 24; Kl. 52

cwíþan

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Th. i. 184, 11) oððon crafode hine on hundrede oððon on gemóte, on ceápstówe oþþe on cyricware, ðá hwíle hé lifde. Unsac hé wæs on lífe, Lch. iii. 288, 4. v. un-cwíd[d]

tama

(n.)
Grammar
tama, an; m.

Tameness

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Gif heó blódes onbirigþ, heó forgit sóna hire níwan taman, and gemonþ ðæs wildan gewunan hire eldrana, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 12

wiþer-tihtle

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-tihtle, an; f.

A counter-chargecross-action

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Se ðe on gemóte mid wiðertihtlan hine sylfne oþþe his man werige, hæbbe ðæt eall forspecen, and geandwyrde ðam óðrum swá hundrede riht þynce, L. C. S. 27; Th. i. 392, 5. Cf.

rǽd-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
rǽd-líce, adv.
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On ðám gemótan ðeáh rǽdlíce wurðan on namcúðan stówan, L. Eth. ix. 37; Th. i. 348, 17

mægen

Grammar
mægen, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Þæt eorðlice mægn þe þú hér samnast. . . eall þis mægn wát, þe hér tó gemóte cóm, þæt bín heáhsetl is þrymmes áfylled, Wlfst. 254, 13-18. v. full-, god-, heáfod-, helle-, níd-, stíþ-mægen

ge-dryht

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Wile mid his engla gedryht Meotod on gemót cuman, 942. Gé geseóð Dryhten faran . . . mid þás engla gedryht, 515. a host of warriors Seó eorla gedriht ( the Israelites marching through the Red Sea ] ánes módes, Exod. 304.

wiþ-útan

(adv.)
Grammar
wiþ-útan, adv. prep.

Withoutwithoutoutside ofwithoutwithout

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Ðá cwæð man mycel gemót wiðútan Lundene, Chr. 1052; Erl. 187, 16. Se cyng gefeaht tógeánes his sunu wiðútan Normandíge, 1079; Erl. 216, 7. without (the opposite of with) Hé hæfde Ýrlande gewunnon wiðútan ǽlcon wǽpnon, Chr. 1086; Erl. 222, 18.

Linked entry: wiþ-innan

rýan

(v.)
Grammar
rýan, (?), rýn (cf. for similar form of infinitive þýn); rýde

To roar, rage

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Seó leó gif heó blódes onbirigþ heó gemonþ ðæs wildan gewunan hire eldrana onginþ ðonne rýn and hire racentan slítan (cf. the corresponding passage in the Metres : Onginþ racentan slítan, rýn, grymetigan, Met. 13, 29) si cruor horrida tinxerit ora, resides

Linked entries: rýn rýnan

in-segel

(n.)
Grammar
in-segel, es; n.

A sealsignet

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Ðá sende se cyning his insegel tó ðam gemóte, Chart. Th. 288, 22

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here-paþ

Grammar
here-paþ, her-paþ, es; m.

A road for an armymilitary roadroad large enough to march soldiers upon

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Hí swyrdum herpaþ worhton þurh láðra gemong they with their swords wrought a road through the press of their foes, Judth. 12; Thw. 36, 1; Jud. 303

Linked entries: strǽl here-weg

wita

(n.)
Grammar
wita, an; m.

one who knowsa person of understanding or learninga wise manone able to give counsela counsellorone able to give counsel in affairs of stateone who takes part in the councils of a nation a leading manan eldera chief personseniorone who has knowledgea witnessa wise manone professing supernatural knowledge

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Hí hæfdon ǽlce dæge heora witena gemót (-met. Thw.), and wǽron gesette synderlíce tó ðam ða senatores, ðæt synd þeódwitan, Jud. Thw. p. 161, 31. Wiþ ðám Rómániscum witum, Bt. 1; Fox 2, 15.

Linked entries: weota wieta wiota

sciftan

(v.)
Grammar
sciftan, p. te.
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Scifte man of ðam gemóte ða ðe him tó rídan those who may go to him shall be appointed from the meeting , L. Edg. ii. 7; Th. i. , 268, 15

Linked entry: scyftan

mótian

(v.)
Grammar
mótian, p. ode.

to address one's selfspeak (to a person)converseto address an assemblyto discussdisputemoot a question

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Stille beo þu, ne schaltu motin wið me na mare, Marh. 17, 26.] to address an assembly (cf. mótere) Heródes hæfde gemót ... Mid ðam ðe hé swíðost mótode, on his dómsetle sittende (cf.

ealdor-man

(n.)
Grammar
ealdor-man, -mann, -mon, ealdur-, aldor-, eldor-, es; m. [eald old, not only in age, but in knowledge, v. eald, hence ealdor an elder; man hŏmo] .

ALDERMAN, senator, chief, duke, a nobleman of the highest rank, and holding an office inferior only to that of the king mājor nātu, sĕnātor, prŏcer, princeps, prīmas, dux, præfectus, trĭbūnus, quīcunque est aliis grădu aut nātu mājor.eorl, Nrs. jarl, being placed over several shires. The Danish kings ruled by their eorlas or jarls, and the ealdormen disappeared from the shires. Gradually the title ceased altogether, except in the cities, where it denoted an inferior judicature, much as it now does among ourselves

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And habbe man þriwa on geára burh-gemót, and twá scír-gemót and thrice a year let there be a borough meeting, and twice a shire meeting, L. C. S. 18; Th. i. 386, 4, 5

ofer-hírness

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-hírness, e; f.

Disobedience, disregard, neglect, contemptdisregard, disobedience

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Gif hwá gemót forsitte þríwa, gilde ðæs cynges oferhýrnesse . . . Gif hé nylle ða oferhýrnesse syllan, ðonne rídan ða yldestan men . . . Gif hwá nylle rídan mid his geféran, gilde cynges oferhýrnesse, L. Ath. i. 20; Th. i. 208, 26-210, 1.