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ge-bétan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bétan, he -béteþ, pl. -bétaþ; p. bétte, pl. bétton; pp. -béted, -bétt; v. trans, [ge-, bétan to amend] .

to make betterimprovemendamendrepairemendārerepărāreto make strongfortifysurround with a wallconfirmāremunīremūrāreto make amendsreparation'bót' forrepentto obtain a remedy againstto get 'bót' fromavenge

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gebétte oððe bútan weallum consīdĕrāte terram, quālis sit, hŭmus pinguis, et urbes quāles, mūrātæ an absque mūris, Num. 13, 20. to make amends, reparation, 'bót' for, repent Ðonne sceolan we mid úre ánre, sáule forgyldan and gebétan ealle ða ðing ðe we ǽr

Linked entries: ge-bétt ge-bótad

turf

(n.)
Grammar
turf, gen. dat. tyrf; pl. tyrf and turf; f.
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Genim feówer tyrf on feówer healfa ðæs landes . . . drýpe on ðone staðol ðara turfa . . . bere ða turf tó circean and maesse*-*preóst ásinge feówer mæssan ofer ðan turfon, and wende man ðæt gréne tó ðan weofode, and siþþan gebringe man ða turf ðǽr hí ǽr

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á-bǽdan

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Ys fíra ǽnig ðára ðe . . . an man áge deáð ábǽde, ǽr se dæg cyme is there any man whom death can claim before the appointed day comes? (? the passage seems corrupt), Sal. 478

ge-licgan

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Gif óðer mon mid hire gelǽge ǽr, 68, 17. of inanimate things. material, to rest in a horizontal position on a surface Þæs hálgan weres líc on þám ceosole gelæg, Hml.

ge-défe

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Manige hálge and gedéfe wítgan wǽran ǽr Sancte Ióhanne, Bl. H. 161, 12. Hié bútú wǽron swíþe gedéfe beforan Gode erant justi ambo ante Deum (Lk. i. 6). 30.

ge-búan

(v.)
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Ne métte hé ǽr nán gebún land ... Þá Beormas hæfdon swíþe wel gebúd (-bún, v.l. ) hira land, Ors. 1, 1; S. 17, 22-28. Gebúgan and gesyttan, Angl. viii. 308, 35.

hálig-nes

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Th. 59, 5. religious worship, rites or practices Fram þám bisceope hiora hálignesse þe hí ǽr beeódan a pontifice sacrorum suorum, Bd. 2, 13 ; Sch. 167, 16

greát

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Onefen ðone greátan æsc, ii. 172, 23. On greátan þorn, v. 150, 8. Gif mon óðres wudu bærneð ... forgielde ǽlc greát treów mid .v. sciłł., Ll.

ná-wiht

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ná-wiht, <b>. I a.</b>
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Him þá geþúhte swelc þæt mǽste wæl swelc hié oft ǽr for nóht hæfdon, Ors. 4, 7 ; S. 184, 15. <b>I b.

ge-andettan

(v.)

to confess, acknowledgeto confessto admit for oneselfconcede, allowto confess, declare one's beliefto confessacknowledge as having a certain character, declare one's faith into make acknowledgement of a benefitgive thankspraise

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Búton hit ǽr geandet and gebét wǽre, 25, 15. reflex. Þǽm mannum þe heora synna and unrihtes geswícaþ, and hié (or hié may refer to synna) Gode and heora scriftum geandettiaþ, Bl.

FEÓGAN

(v.)
Grammar
FEÓGAN, feógean, fiógan, feón, fión; part. feógende; ic feóge, he feógeþ, feóþ, pl. feógaþ, feógeaþ; p. feóde, pl. feódon, feódun, feódan

To hatepersecuteōdisseŏdio hăbēreinfestāre

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Hí Dryhtnes ǽ feódon they hated the Lord's law, Exon. 66 a; Th. 243, 21; Jul. 14: Elen. Kmbl. 711; El. 356. Ðe feódun sybbe qui ōdērunt pācem, Ps. Spl. C. 119, 6. Hí Godes tempel feódan they hated God's temple, Exon. 18 a; Th. 44, 27; Cri. 709.

tǽcing

(n.)
Grammar
tǽcing, e; f.

the pointing out of a course to be followed, direction, teaching.teaching, doctrine

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the pointing out of a course to be followed, direction, teaching. v. tǽcan, IV, and previous word Hér is seó ǽ, ðe ðú under hire tǽcinge winnan wylt, R. Ben. 96, 23. Sý him þreál geboden be regoles tǽcinge, 126, 4.

hlyt

(n.)
Grammar
hlyt, [or hlýt?], es; m.

A lot, portion

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Hlyt wísode ðǽr hie dryhtnes ǽ déman sceoldon the lot appointed where they should judge the Lord's law, Apstls. Kmbl. 18; Ap. 9. On hlyte sorti, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 41, 18. Ðú hit tódǽlst mid hlyte tu eam sorte divides, Deut. 31, 7.

lang

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Lang bið syððan þæt se gást nimeð æt Gode . . . Seel. 5. Ne bið lang ofer þæt þæt Israhéla æðelu móten rícsian, El. 432

hweorfan

(v.)
Grammar
hweorfan, hworfan, hwurfan

To turnchangegoreturndepartgo aboutwanderroam

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Ǽr hé on weg hwurfe gamol of geardum, Beo. Th. 534; B. 264. Hogedon georne ðæt ǽ godes ealle gelǽste and ne áwácodon wereda drihtne ne ðan má gen [(?)

folc-land

(n.)
Grammar
folc-land, -lond, es; n. [folc folk, land land] .

the land of the folk or people

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Gif he ðonne nán riht næfde ne on bóc-lande ne on folc-lande, ðæt se wǽre ðe rihtes wyrnde scyldig xxx scillinga wið ðone cyning; and æt óðrum cyrre, eác swá: æt þriddan cyrre, cyninges oferhýrnesse, ðæt is cxx scillinga, búton he ǽr geswíce also we have

hyht

(n.)
Grammar
hyht, es; m. [f. Ps. Th. 77, 53.]

Hopejoyous expectationjoy

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Ǽlc hyht lífes omnis spes vitæ, Rtl. 3, 28. Ðú cégst his noman Johannes and ðé biþ ðonne hyht and gefeá vocabis nomen suum Johannem et erit gaudium tibi et exultatio, Blickl. Homl. 165, 10.

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þegnian

(v.)
Grammar
þegnian, p. ode; pp. od.
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Ǽlc wénþ ðæt hé þenige Gode omnis arbitretur obsequium se praestare Deo, Jn. Skt. 16, 2.

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dóm

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S. 30, 40. an ordinance, a decree Nis nán rihtra dóm, þonne úre ǽlc óðrum beóde, þæt wé willan, þæt man ús beóde, Wlfst. 112, 4. Dóme, rǽde decretum, i. judicium, i. secretum, An. Ox. 2676. ' Canst ðú þone dóm mýnre dohtor gifta?'

treów

(n.)
Grammar
treów, es; n.

a treea materialwoodtreesa woodroof-treesaddle-treea piece of wooda beamlogstakestaffcudgelgallows-treetree used of the cross

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Sunnan trió ágefeþ ondsware æt ðæm upgonge . . . and ðæt monan triów gerlice on niht dyde, Nar. 27, 16-19. Heó genam of ðæs treówes wæstme, Gen. 3, 6. Æppelbǽre treów westm wircende, l, 11. Tree arborem, Lk. Skt. Lind. 13, 6: 19, 4.

Linked entries: tréu trýw treó