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ge-nóg

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-nóg, adj.
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Add: in agreement with a noun, which it generally follows Ne bið ðǽr nǽnig ealo gebrowen, ac þǽr bið medo genóh, Ors. 1, 1; S. 20, 19. Hond gemunde fǽhðo genóge, B. 2489. Hé cúðe sóð genóg, Gú. 266. Gefæstnodon mé feóndas genóge, Kr. 33.

gold

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Nymað eall eówer gold (cf. gyldene eárhringas, 4), Ex. 32, 24. used to ornament objects Seó cirice nalles on goldes wlite ne scíneþ, Bl. H. 197, 8. Fæt mid golde gefrætwod, 127, 7.

sagu

(n.)
Grammar
sagu, e; and indecl.? f.

a saw, say (to say one's say), saying, statement, story, tale ⬩ saying, narration, telling, report ⬩ statement of a witness, testimony ⬩ a saying beforehand, foretelling

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Ðá læg se king and ásweartode eall mid ðare sage. Chart. Th. 340, 1. Gehýr ðú ðás race ná swilce leáse sagu ac geworden þing audi fabulam, non fabulam sed rem gestam, Ælfc. T. Grn. 16, 12. Geendebrednege ða sago þinga ordinary narrationem rerum, Mt.

of-sittan

(v.)

to sit upon, press down by sitting ⬩ to sit upon, oppress ⬩ to sit upon, occupy, take possession of (with idea of force or wrong) ⬩ to sit about, besiege ⬩ to repress, check, present motion

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Eall ðæt seó sǽ his ofseten hæfþ quantum maria premunt, Bt. 18, I; Fox 62, 12. to sit about, besiege Fearas mê ofsǽton obsederunt Ps.

Linked entry: of-setenness

un-riht

(n.)
Grammar
un-riht, es; n.

wrong ⬩ evil ⬩ iniquity ⬩ injustice ⬩ a defect

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Him gyldeþ God ealle ða unriht ( iniquitates ) ðe hí geearnedan, Ps. Th. 93, 22. Ǽr man áweódige ða unriht and ða mánweorc.

ge-beorgan

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Heó si geborgen wið ealra bealwa gehwylc, Lch. i. 402, 10. Ne wyrð nǽfre folces wíse wel gerǽde, ne wið God well geborgen (secure from incurring God's anger. Cf. ge-beorglic), on þám earde þe man wóh gestreón lufað, Ll.

hearh

(n.)
Grammar
hearh, hearch, herh, es; m: pl. hearga, f.

A temple, an idol ⬩ lucus, nemus, fanum, delubrum, ara

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Hé hét his geféran tóworpon ealne hearh and ða getymbro and forbærnan jussit sociis destruere ac succendere fanum cum omnibus septis suis, Bd. 2, 13; S. 517, 14. Ealle ða hearga(s?) [cf. Swt. 157, 7] universa idola, Past. 21, 3; Swt. 153, 22.

Linked entries: hearh-eard hearh-lic

for-

(prefix)
Grammar
for-, is used in composition in Anglo-Saxon exactly as the English for: it often deteriorates, or gives an opposite sense, or gives strength to the words before which it is placed; in which case it may be compared with Gothic fra-, Dutch and German ver- [different from the Dutch voor, and German vor]. Forbeódan to forbid; fordéman to condemn; forcúþ perverse, corrupt; fordón to destroy, to do for. — Sometimes fór denotes an increase of the signification of the word before which it is placed, and is then generally to be in English very; valde, as fó;r-eáde very easily,
  • Homl. Th. ii. 138, 35
: fór-oft very often,
  • Bd. de nat. rerum
  • ;
  • Wrt. popl. science 11, 8
  • ;
  • Lchdm. iii. 256, 16.
For- and fór-, or fóre- are often confounded, though they are very different in meaning; as forseón [Flem. versien] to overlook, despise; fór- or fóreseón [Flem. veursien] to foresee. — If a word, having for, fór or fóre prefixed, cannot be found under for-, fór- or fóre-, it must be sought under the simple term, and the sense of the preposition added; thus, fór- or fóre-sendan is from sendan to send, and fór-, fóre before, to send before, etc. [On the vowel in for, fore, see remark in the preface.]

sang

(n.)
Grammar
sang, es; m.

song, singing ⬩ a singing, chanting ⬩ song, poetry, ⬩ a song ⬩ a poem

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Ealle hearpan strengas se hearpere grét mid ánre honda, ðý hé wile ðæt hí ánne song singen, ðeáh hé hié ungelíce styrige idcirco chordae consonam modulationem reddunt; quia uno quidem plectro, sed non uno impulsu feriuntur, Past. 23; Swt. 175, 9.

Linked entry: song

waru

(n.)
Grammar
waru, e (but acc. waru, Ps. Th. 118, 17) ; f.

Watchful care ⬩ observance ⬩ keeping of a command ⬩ heed ⬩ care ⬩ care for the safety of others ⬩ safe-keeping ⬩ custody ⬩ keeping from injury ⬩ guard ⬩ defence ⬩ protection against attack ⬩ guard

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Hié ealle ongeán hiene wǽron feohtende and ðone weg létan bútan ware (they left the road unguarded), ðæt seó fierd þǽr þurhfór in se omnes pugnando convertit, donec exercitus angustias transiret, Ors. 4, 6 ; Swt. 172, 22.

Linked entry: wer-genga

FULL

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
FULL, ful; gen. m. n. fulles, f. fulre: def. se fulla; seó, ðæt fulle: comp. m. fulra, f. n. fulre; sup. fullost; adj.

FULL ⬩ filled ⬩ complete ⬩ entire ⬩ plēnus ⬩ sătiātus ⬩ confertus ⬩ intĕger

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He wæs full cyng ofer eall Engla land he was complete king over all England, Chr. 1036; Erl. 165, 10. Mildheortnysse Drihtnes full is eorþe misericordia Dŏmĭni plēna est terra, Ps.

Linked entries: ful ful- fol fullíce

staþol

(n.)
Grammar
staþol, (-el, -ul), es; m.
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</b> the lower, firmer part, base of a pillar, trunk of a tree :-- Se is stemn and staðol ealra góda and of ðæm cumaþ eall gód, Bt. 34, 5; Fox 140, 2.

Linked entry: scaþel

scrífan

(v.; prep.)
Grammar
scrífan, p. scráf, pl. scrifon; pp. scrifen

To decree ⬩ appoint ⬩ to decree to a person as his lot ⬩ to allot ⬩ assign ⬩ to fix as his lot for a person ⬩ to decree after judgment ⬩ to adjudge ⬩ doom ⬩ inflict ⬩ impose ⬩ pass as a sentence upon a person ⬩ to shrive ⬩ to impose penance after confession ⬩ to hear confession and then impose penance ⬩ to care for ⬩ regard

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Ofer ealle ða scíre ðe hé (scrift) on scrífe, L. I. P. 7; Th. ii. 314, 5. Man sceal ðam unstrangan men líðelícor déman and scrífan ðonne ðam strangan . . . Man sceal on godcundan scriftan ge on woruldcundan dóman ðás þingc tósceádan, L. C.

Linked entry: be-scrifen

tela

(adv.)
Grammar
tela, teala, teola, telo, tiolo; adv.

Well. ⬩ well, rightly, aright, correctly ⬩ well, perfectly, completely, thoroughly, certainly ⬩ well, prosperously, happily ⬩ well, in a beneficial or pleasant manner ⬩ marking degree, very, to a great extent ⬩ as an exclamation, well, good

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Ic ðé teala forgulde ealle ða gehát, Ps. Th. 65, 13. Ðǽr ðú mé teala hǽle, 70, 2. Se ðe teala cúþe, Exon. Th. 349, 9; Sch. 43.

slítan

(v.)
Grammar
slítan, p. slát, pl. sliton; pp. sliten

To slit, tear, rend ⬩ to tear a garment ⬩ rend ⬩ to tear, split, rend, cleave, divide ⬩ to tear, rend, as an animal does with the teeth or feet, a bird with its beak, ⬩ to tear, bite ⬩ irritate ⬩ to tear ⬩ to destroy, waste, consume ⬩ to carp at, back-bite ⬩ to tear ⬩ attero ⬩ to tear, split ⬩ to tear, break ⬩ scindere, lacerare, laniare, lacessere, saevire, delere ⬩ to slit, tear, break

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Godwebba cyst (the veil of the temple) eall forbærst . . . ðæs temples segl . . . sylf slát on tú, swylce hit seaxes ecg þurhwóde Exon. Th. 70, 19; Cri. 1141

ge-síþ

(n.)
Grammar
ge-síþ, es; m. [cf. ge-féra]

A companion ⬩ fellow ⬩ companion or follower of a chief or king ⬩ socius ⬩ comes

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Him se gesíþ fultumade and ealle ða neáhmenn juvante cŏmĭte ac vicīnis omnĭbus, 4, 4; S. 571, 14. Wæs sum gesíþ on neáweste erat cŏmes in proximo, 4, 10; S. 578, 18.

tó-slítan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-slítan, p. -slát, pl. -sliton; pp. -sliten

To tear in two, ⬩ tear to pieces, ⬩ tear asunder ⬩ to tear in two, ⬩ in pieces, ⬩ rend material, ⬩ to give a torn appearance to anything ⬩ to serrate ⬩ to rend, ⬩ cleave, ⬩ break asunder that which is hard or bulky ⬩ to tear the flesh, ⬩ rend, ⬩ bite, ⬩ wound ⬩ lacerate ⬩ to tear asunder ⬩ part ⬩ separate what has been joined ⬩ sever ⬩ to pull to pieces ⬩ destroy the existence of an object, abstract or concrete ⬩ to destroy ⬩ dissipate ⬩ to distract the mind ⬩ To be different

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Ðá hét ic eald hrægl tóslítan and habban wið ðæm fýre jussi scissas uestes opponere ignibus, Nar. 23, 30.

rǽd

(n.)
Grammar
rǽd, es; m.
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Gelǽrdan biscepas swelce níwe rǽdas swelce hié fol oft ǽr ealde gedydan, Ors. 4, 7; Swt. 184, 2.

Linked entry: rád

un-rótness

(n.)
Grammar
un-rótness, e; f.

Sadness ⬩ sorrow ⬩ trouble ⬩ gloominess

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Ic hit wiste be sumum dǽle, ac mé hæfde ðiós unrótnes ámerredne, ðæt ic hit hæfde mid ealle forgiten; and ðæt is eác mínre unrótnysse se mǽsta dǽl, ðæt ... eaque mihi etsi ob injuriae dolorem nuper oblita, non tamen ante hac prorsus ignorata dixisti;

Linked entry: rótness

wiþer-rǽde

(adj.)
Grammar
wiþer-rǽde, adj.

Adverse ⬩ contrary ⬩ at variance ⬩ hostile ⬩ rebellious ⬩ contumacious ⬩ out of harmony ⬩ repugnant ⬩ offensive ⬩ disagreeable ⬩ adverse ⬩ not fitted to further the good of anything ⬩ unfavourable ⬩ disadvantageous ⬩ contrary ⬩ of an opposite nature

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Hæfð se yfela gást seofonfealde ungifa, and ða syndan wiðerrǽde mid ealle ðyssum gódum Godes gyfum, Wulfst. 52, 10