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un-geleáfsum

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geleáfsum, adj.

Unbelievinginfidelnot Christian

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Manige hǽþne men ungeleáfsume, Blickl. Homl. 129, 24. Ðám ungeleáfsumum ( infidelibus ) nóht biþ clǽne, Bd. 1, 27; S.494, 40. Hé ungeleáfsume ( incredulos ) tó Cristes geleáfan getrymede, 3, 19; S. 547, 10

Linked entry: ge-leáfsum

bǽtan

to baitworry with dogs,to beatmake way against the wind or current

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[Icel. beita to bait, hunt with dogs] to beat, make way against the wind or current Good scipstióra ongit micelne wind on hreóre sǽ ǽr ǽr hit geweorðe, and hǽt fealdan ꝥ segl, anð eác hwílum lecgan þone mæst and lǽtan þá bǽtinge; gif hé ǽr þweores windes

þurh-smúgan

(v.)

to creep throughmove slowly throughto go carefully through a subjectgo over the details

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Ðæt gér, ðe man hǽt solaris, þurhsmíhþ Zodiacum ðone circul on þrim hund dagum and fíf and syxtigum, Anglia viii. 303, 22. to go carefully through a subject, go over the details Hé sceal snotorlíce smeágean and georne þurhsmúgan ealle ða ðing ðe hláforde

Linked entry: smúgan

súþ

(adj.)
Grammar
súþ, cpve. súþra; spve. súþmest; adj.
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Ða súðmestan Æthiopian hæfdon bryne for ðære hǽte, 1, 7; Swt. 40, 5. ¶ Súþan in combination with prepositions :-- Be-súðan sǽ south of the sea, Shrn. 145, 17. Him be-súðan, Cd. Th. 182, 1; Exod. 69. Náðer ne be-norðan mearce ne be-súðan, L.

Linked entry: be-súþan

hæppan

(v.)
Grammar
hæppan, (?); p. te
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, to slip Þá slóh sum hǽþen man to þám hálgan were, ac mid þám swenge hæpte ꝥ swurd him of handum (the sword slipped out of his hand), and ne mihte man hit nǽfre syððan findan (cf. þæt wǽpen wand áweg mid þám siege of þæs réðan handum, Hml.

BERAN

(v.)
Grammar
BERAN, beoran, ic bere, beore, ðú birest, birst, byrst, he bireþ, byreþ, birþ, byrþ, pl. beraþ; p. ic, he bær, ðú bǽre, pl. bǽron; pp. boren; v. a.

to BEARcarrybringbear or carry a sacrificeofferbear offcarry outextendwearsupportenduresufferferreportareafferreofferredeferreproferreextenderegereretolerareto BEARproducebring forthfacereferreedereparere

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Ðæt ða hætt beran móston that they might wear [bear] a hat Ors. 4, 10; Bos. 96, 20, 18. Ic nelle beran eówre gýmeleáste I will not endure your negligence, L. Ælf.

teter

(n.)
Grammar
teter, tetr, es; m.
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The form tetra, perhaps influenced by lepra which precedes it, also occurs :-- Ðonne becymþ of ðám yflum wǽtum oððe sió hwíte riéfþo þe mon on súþerne lepra hǽt, oþðe tetra, oþþe heáfodhriéfðo, oððe óman, Lchdm. ii. 228, 13

ge-deorf

(n.)
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labour, toil, work Gif gedeorf (labor) oðþe sumer-hǽte hwylces eácan ( an increase of food) behófige, R. Ben. 64, 17. Of folclicum gedeorfe ex plebeio labore, 138, 22. On sceortum gedeorfe labore breui, Wülck. Gl. 256, 27.

wǽt

(n.)
Grammar
wǽt, es; n.

wet, moistureliquor, drink

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wet, moisture Se cyle geþrowode wið ða hǽto, and ðæt wǽt wiþ ðám drýgum, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 128, 33: Met. 20, 74. liquor, drink Hé ána gereorde, and be dǽle ǽt and wǽt gewanod sý reficiat solus, sublata ei portione sua de vino, R. Ben. 69, 14.

stice

(n.)
Grammar
stice, es; m.
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Wið eágena hǽtan and stice, i. 352, 5. [Wið gestice, 393, 20.]

Linked entry: stic-ádl

ge-leáfleást

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Hé wæs þǽra hǽþen[r]a láreów on heora geleáfleáste, Hml. S. 29, 7, 84. Seó burhwaru ( of Jerusalem ) forférde for hyre geleáfleáste, Hml. A. 46, 549. For heora geleáfleáste þá þá hí wurðodon hǽþængyld, 102, 5.

læs

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
læs, l. lǽs, and in last citation þinga for þing,
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Ðú hǽtst mé forlǽtan þá unrótnesse, ðý lǽst ic . . . þý mettrumra sí, 49, 1. Þe lǽste ( = lǽs þe) gehremde ne offenderet An. Ox. 3675. Þe lǽste ( ne forte ) beó gemétt bróþor ásolcen, Angl. xiii. 434, 982. as subst.

stunian

(v.)
Grammar
stunian, p. ode.
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hǽtte ðeós wyrt. . . stond heó wið áttre stunaþ heó wærce stíðe heó hátte wiðstunaþ heó áttre it resists poison, dashes on pain, stiff is it called, dashes against poison, Lchdm. iii. 32, 22.

Linked entry: stinan

west-weard

(adv.)
Grammar
west-weard, adv.
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Affrica onginð eástan westwerd ( starting from the east and coming westward ) fram Egyptum æt ðære eé ðe man Nilus hǽt, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 24, 32

Linked entry: eást-weard

gár-secg

ocean, seaa particular part of the general body of water, an ocean

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A. 3, 53: Ph. 289: An. 371. a particular part of the general body of water, an ocean Se gársecg þe man hǽt Brittan-isca . . . on óðre healfe þæs gársecges earme is Brittannia, Ors. 1, 1; S. 22, 24.

ge-þrowian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þrowian, -þrowigan; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To suffer

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Se cyle geþrowode wið ða hǽto the cold should suffer by the heat, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 128, 33. Geþrowade, 1123; El. 563. Twegen mid him geþrowedon two suffered with him, 1706; El. 855. Sunu monnes geþrowend biþ Filius hominis passurus est, Mt. Kmbl.

beorg

(n.)
Grammar
beorg, beorh, biorg, biorh; gen. beorges; dat. beorge; pl. nom. acc. beorgas; gen. beorga; dat. beorgum; m.

a hillmountaincollismonsa heapBURROW or barrowa heap of stonesplace of burialtumulus

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Óþ ða beorgas ðe man hǽt Alpis to the mountains which they call the Alps Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 18, 44; 16, 17. Ǽlc múnt and beorh byþ genyðerod omnis mons et collis humiliabitur Lk. Bos. 3, 5.

Linked entries: beorh berg biorg

FORD

(n.)
Grammar
FORD, gen. fordes; dat. forde, forda; m.

A FORDvădum

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Neáh ðam forda, ðe man hǽt Welinga ford near the ford which is called Wallingford, Ors. 5, 12; Bos. 110, 20. Æt ðam forda [Th. forde] at the ford, Byrht. Th. 134, 8; By. 81.

Linked entry: fyrd

deriendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
deriendlíc, derigendlíc; def.se -líca , seó, ðæt -líce; adj.

Injurious, noxious, hurtfulnocīvus, noxius, nŏceus

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Afyrsa hǽtan derigendlíce aufer calōrem noxium, 10, 31. Him wǽron derigendlíce dracan and næddran serpents and adders were noxious to them, Hexam. 17; Norm. 24, 32. Híg swiðe gedrehton ða deriendlícan the hurtful greatly afflicted them, Ælfc. T.

un-mǽte

(adj.)
Grammar
un-mǽte, adj.

Immenseenormousexcessive

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Ðæt mægen ðære unmǽtan ( immensi) hǽto ... on middel ðæs unmǽtan (infesti ) cyles, S. 627, 41, 42: Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 573. Bóc unmǽtre ( enormis ) micelnesse, Bd. 5, 13; S. 633, 5: Guthl. 3; Gdwin. 20, 1. Mid unmǽtan here, Chr. 1068; Erl. 206, 21.

Linked entry: un-gemǽte