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helpan

to succourto be serviceableto profitavail

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Hí wolde tóweorpan wuldres aldor, þǽr heora Móyses mægene ne hulpe, Ps. Th. 105, 19: 118, 92.

ge-wilnung

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Th. i. 136, 9. (1 b) where the desire is expressed in a clause Hé þæt gewinn swíþost dyde for þǽre gewilnunge þe hé wolde hí him on fultum geteón, Ors. 3, 7; S. 112, 2. in an unfavourable sense Sé bið hoferede, sé ðe sió byrðen ofðrycð ðisse eorðlican

gierende

(v.; adj.; part.)
Grammar
gierende, taxauerat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 122, 6. Perhaps the passage to which this gloss belongs is Ald. 27, 14: Sibi usurpans tantopere taxauerat, other glosses to which are, taxauerat, i. iudicauerat hé démde, An. Ox. 2014: usurpans geauligende, 7, 118; taxauerat, i. iudicauerat, posse-derat hé démde, Hpt. Gl. 454, 3. As in the Corpus Glossary the gi- form of the prefix is very rare (gi-brec, Wrt. Voc. ii. 124, 6, is the single instance, unless gierende be another), and as there is no other instance of ǽrendan (the verb is always ǽrendian) perhaps gierende is incorrect. If, however, it is correct, it seems to be nearer in meaning to usurpans than to
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taxauerat

ende-mes

Grammar
ende-mes, emdenes, emdemes.

togethercoincidence straightwayat once

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Þæt hit eal ne forwurde endemes ætgædere, Wlfst. 86, 1: 198, 10. Hý forwyrndon ealle tógædere endemes, Cht.

fæstan

to fastto abstain

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Þæt fæsten þe þá Ninivete fæston, fæstað þá, 227, 29. Fæstað eówer lenctenfæsten tó nónes, 136, 16

for-faran

(v.)

To perishTo destroyto blockade

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Micel gesǽlð bið þé þæt þú on ðínre gesǽlðe ne forfare, Hml. Th. ii. 392, 33. Fýse hí man út of þissan earde, oþþe on earde forfaran hí mid ealle, Ll. Th. i. 378, 9. Gé sceolon forfaran, Hml. Th. ii. 494, 13. trans.

Linked entry: fór-faran

hádianv

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Þæt hé hine hádian sceolde tó ƀ intó Lundene, 1048; P. 172, 17.

þunor-rád

(n.)
Grammar
þunor-rád, e; f.

Thundera peal of thunder

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Thunder, a peal of thunder Ne bip þǽr líget ... ne þunerrád (þunor, Wulfst. 139, 31) non fulmina, ... tonitru, Dóm. L. 16, 263. Ðá com þunerrád and légetsleht and ofslóh ðone mǽstan dǽl, Shrn. 57, 35. Ðá wæs geworden mycel þunorrád, Blickl.

dugan

Grammar
dugan, l. deáh, deág,
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Hml. i. 300, 3. to do, be good. for a person (dat. ) Seó deáh gehwæþer ge þæs mannes sáwle ge his líchoman, Lch. i. 70, 3. Ðás wǽtan þing breóstum and innoþum ne dugon, ii. 246, 4. Sé mé dege, i. 388, 16.

Engle

Anglesthe English

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Þá Normen wurdon on fleáme, and þá Engliscan hí hindan slógon . . . ꝥ þǽr wæs lyt tó láfe, and Engle áhton wælstówe geweald, 1066; P. 199, 17. Þás wyrte Rómáne astula regia nemnað, and Ængle (v. l. Engle: cf.

ge-lícian

(v.)
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ge-lícian, to please.
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Woldon hí innian hí þǽr heom sylfum gelícode, Chr. 1048; P. 172, 21. Hit beforan þé swá gelícode sic placuit ante te, Lk. 10, 21. Gif man wíf weddian wille, and hit swá hire and freóndan gelícige, Ll.

geond-stredan

(v.)
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Geondstréd mid swæcce þæs écan lífes, Hml. Th. ii. 536, 18. <b>II a.</b> to overspread :-- Eorendel geondstrét heofon aurora spargit polum, Hy. S. 30, 2

ge-tyngnes

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</b> skilful words, wise sayings :-- Rǽde hé þæs eádigan weres getingnyssa, Bédan, Angl. 308, 12. set speech. Cf. ge-tynge: 3 Getincnes oratio, An. Ox. 319

olfend

(n.)
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Wit geségon sittan twégen men on twám olfendum . . . uncer hláford hióld hiora olfendu . . . wit ástigon on þá olfendan þe uncer hláford on cóm . . . þǽr wit bebohtan uncre olfendan, Shrn. 42, 13-44, 1.

biter

(adj.)

painfulacrimonious ill-natured

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H. 229, 26. bitter (of feeling), acrimonious, ill-natured Onbærnde mid þǽre biteran æfeste, Bl. H. 25, 7

Linked entry: biter-nes

eald-lic

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Sé of þǽre tíde his cnihthádes wæs berende ealdlice heortan ( cor gerens senile ), Gr. D. 95, 1. Biscopum gebirað ealdlice wísan, Ll. Th. ii. 318, 29. belonging to early times, original, authentic (?)

firdian

(v.)

march

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Ðá wearð se cyning swá gram ꝥ hé wolde eft in fyrdian, and þone eard fordón, 948; P. 112, 3a. of troops Wǽron on þǽre fyrde fela crístene menn . . . for þan þe hí sceoldon fyrdrian (fyrdian?) swá swá eall folc dyde, Hml. S. 28, ii.

Linked entries: firdrian fyrdrian

ge-stal

(n.)
Grammar
ge-stal, an obstacle.
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Substitute: <b>ge-stál,</b> es; n. a charge, an accusation In þám dæge (doomsday) ús byð æteówed . . . se réða wealdend and se rihta dóm, úre fyrena edwit and þǽra feónda gestál, Wlfst. 186, 17.

ge-wǽtan

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Ox. 3470. the subject the moisture Se ele feóll ofer þa brerdas þǽre bydene and gewǽtte ( inundabat ) þone flór, Gr. D. 160, 13. Streámas ... ná him gewǽttan fót þá hí on Iordane gengdan æfter abierunt in sicco flumina, Ps. Th. 104, 36.

sand

Grammar
sand, sending.
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Add Hé cóm þurh Godes sande tó þǽre foresǽdan byrig, Hml. S. 24, 129: 35, 254.