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ge-feallan

(v.)
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ge-feallan, p. -feól, -feóll, pl. -feóllon; pp. feallen

To fallcaderedecidere

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To fall; cadere, decidere Ic gefealle be gewyrhtum fram feóndum mínum decidam merito ab inimicis meis, Ps. Spl. 7, 4. Ðǽr Pharaon gefeól, on ðam Reádan Sǽ et excussit Pharaonem in Mari Rubro, Ps. Th. 135, 15. He eorþan gefeóll he fell to earth, Beo.

ge-licgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-licgan, -licgean; p. -læg, pl. -lǽgon; pp. -legen.

to lielie near, togetherjacereadjacereconjacereto lie downfailceaseloiterdelaydeficerecessare

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to lie, lie near, together; jacere, adjacere, conjacere Mægen-stán him on middan geligeþ a huge stone lies in the middle of it, Bt. Met. Fox 5, 32; Met. 5, 16. Stedewangas strǽte gelicgaþ fixed plains lie near the road, Andr. Kmbl. 668; An. 334. On ðæm

ge-myndigian

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

to remember

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To remember, be mindful of, call to mind Gemyndga cýðnise memorari testamenti, Lk. Skt. Lind. 1, 72. Ic gemyndige ða mǽran Raab and Babilonis memor ero Rahab et Babylonis, Ps. Th. 86, 2. Ðæt ðú ne gemyndgast æfter mandreáme ne gewittes wást bútan wildeóra

stær-blind

(adj.)
Grammar
stær-blind, adj.
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Blind from giddiness, purblind, quite blind Stæ[r]-blind scotomaticus (cf. scotomaticorum, cecorum, 78, 20), Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 81. Næfþ nán man tó ðæs unhále æágan, ðæt hé ne máge lybban be ðare sunnan and hire nyttian, gyf hé ényg wiht geseón mæg,

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þreáp

(n.)

a troopband

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a troop, band Þreápum commanipularibus, sociis (perhaps heápum should be read, cf. efenheápum conmanipularibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 27; or þreátum; Similar entries v. þreát: but þreáp may have a double sense as þreát has (see, too, þreápian, þreátian);

wíte-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
wíte-rǽden, wíte-rǽdenn, e; f.

punishmentfine

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punishment Ðes cyning bebeád ðæt feówertiglíce fæsten healden beón ǽr Eástrum be wíterǽdenne jejunium quadraginta dierum observari praecepit . . . in transgressores dignas et competentes punitiones proposuit, Bd. 3, 8 ; S. 531, 11. fine. v. wíte, I b

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æt-gár

(n.)
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Add: æt- (æte-, ate-) gár; m. -gǽre; n. (The pl. seems sometimes used to gloss Latin sing.) Falarica, i. theca gladii, telae genus vel hastae grandis vel lancea magna ætgár, Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 9: 33, 49. Ætgáre framea, 36, 11: falarica (armatum) , An

beó

(v.)
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Dele 'indecl. in s.', and add: dat. pl. beón Sume gesceafta týmað búton hǽmede; þæt sind beón, Hml. Th. ii. 10, 16. Beón, gif hí man ácwellað, cwelle hig man Iaþe . . . and ete man ꝥ hunig ꝥ hig worhton, Ll. Th. ii. 164, I. Bián apes, Ps. Srt. 117, 12

beód-ern

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Beóddern refectorium, Wrt. Voc. i. 82, 18. Be beóddernes tácne, Techm. ii. 122, 15. On beódernne (beódd-, v. l. ), R. Ben. 117, 10. Twá land . . . ðám gebró;ðrum tó bryce intó heora beódderne, C. D. iv. 72, 23, 28: 305, 13. Intó hære béddarn . . . of

eác

(prep.)
Grammar
eác, prep.
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Dele 'DER., tó-eác', and add Swíðulf biscop and Ceólmund ealdormon ... and Eádulf cynges þegn ..., and manige eác him (tó eácan him, v. l. ), Chr. 897; P. 90, 9. Monige eác him (eác tó him, eác mid him, v. ll. ), 905; P. 94, 10, 15. Ðæt is nú þæs líchoman

for-irþ

(n.)
Grammar
for-irþ, e; f.

A headland

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A headland (heáfod-land, q. v.) in the case of land whose furrows are at right angles to those of the adjacent land [cf. forera (other Latin forms are forertha, -erda, -erdum, v. Philol. Trans. 1898, p. 530), vox agrimensorum, apud quos in agrorum distinctionibus

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fót-welm

(n.)
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Add: e; f. (? v. Kent. Gl. 165 below; or has the glosser taken plantae to be dative?): -welma, an; m. Fótwelma, Wrt. Voc. i. 65, 46. Fótwylm planta, Germ. 396, 151. His fótwelme (ut non comburantur) plantae ejus, Kent. Gl. 165. Heó (Jezabel) wæs eall

ge-sibsumian

(v.)
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Add: to become gesibsum, come to an agreement, be reconciled Gang ǽr and gesybsuma wið þínne bróðer vade prius reconciliari fratri tuo, Mt. 5, 24. Gá ǽr gesibbsumian bréþer þínum, Scint. 23, 16. to make gesibsum, bring to an agreement, reconcile, conciliate

ge-wyrce

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wyrce, es; n.
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work, forming, v. ge-wyrcan; I. ¶ Gewyrce plastica (in rerum visibilium plastica Ald. 75, 34), Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 35. what is got by work, profit, perquisite, v. ge-wyrcan; Ǽhteswán gebyreð stífearh, and his gewirce ðonne hé spic behworfen hæfð, Ll.

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god-borh

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Substitute: A pledge confirmed by an appeal to God, one that is accompanied by the formulae of religion Be godborgum (-borhgum, v. l.). Gif hwá óðerne godborges oncunne and tión wille ꝥ hé hwelcne ne gelǽste þára þe hé him gesealde if any one bring against

nytan

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Add: Cf. witan ; 2 Þá nyston his leorningcnihtas nán andgit þyssera worda, Hml. Th. i. 152, 10. Cf. witan; 4 Hé hí þǽrúte nyste he did not know they were outside, Hml. S. 31, 693. Cf. witan ; 7 Wé be him náþor nyton swá hí ðǽr libban, swá hí ðǽr deáde

on-wealh

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add: of material objects Genim ðysse wyrtewyrttruman swá anwealhne ( as whole as possible ), Lch. i. 286, 18. Hit nys álýfed ꝥ man hyre wyrtruman anwealhne geseón móte it is not permitted that its root be seen when entire, 318, 20. add: of non-material

þolian

(v.)
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Add Gyf hé hys sáwle forwyrd þolað si animae suae detrimentum patiatur, Mt. 16, 26. Eádige synt þá ðe éhtnysse þoliað, 5, 10. Án wíf þe þolode twelf geár, 9, 20. <b>I c.</b> </b> add: <b>III a.</b> to be without what is

sǽ-grund

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ-grund, (or sǽ grund), es;m.

The depth of the sea,

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The depth of the sea, the bottom of the sea Ne mé forswelge sǽgrundes deóp neque obsorbeat me profundum, Ps. Th. 68, 15. Paulus áwrát be him sylfum, ðæt hé ǽnne dæg and áne niht on sǽgrunde ádruge, Homl. Th. ii. 574, 14. Sǽgrunde neáh (cf. ðis fis (the

wacan

(v.)
Grammar
wacan, p. wóc; pp. wacen

To waketo come into beingbe bornspring

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To wake; but occurring mostly in the sense to come into being, be born, spring Sió mǽgburg ðe ic æfter wóc the family from which I sprang, Exon. Th. 401, 34; Rä. 21, 21. Abrahame wóc bearn of brýde to Abraham a child was born of his wife, Cd. Th. 167

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