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ge-mót

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Ðæt nán scýrgeréfe oððe mótgeréfe ðár habban ǽne sócne oððe gemót (placitum) búton ðes abbudes hǽse, C. D. iv. 200, 10.

libban

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Ic wát þæt nán swá gód man ne leofað swá hé is, Ors. 5, la ; S. 242, 33. Wé þe lybbað (lifgeað, Ps. Vos. lifgað, Ps. Srt. ) nos qui vivimus, Ps. Rdr. 113, 18.

ge-fæstnian

(v.)
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Næs þæs stronglic stán gefæstnod, Sat. 517. Weax melteð gif hit byð neáh fýre gefæstnad, Ps. Th. 57, 7. to fasten on or to something (lit. or fig.) Fram eallum þám wítum þe ðú on mínum líce gefæstnodest ( hast inflicted ), Hml. S. 8, 160.

be-lisnian

(v.)

To evirateemasculatecastratecastrarebelisnodbelistnodemasculatedA eunuch

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Sóþlíce synd belistnode, ðe of hyra módor innoðum cumaþ, and eft synt belistnode ða men ðe man belistnaþ, and eft synd belistnode ðe híg sylfe belismodon for heofona ríce sunt enim eunuchi, qui de matris utero sic nati sunt, et sunt eunuchi, qui facti

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móraþ

(n.)
Grammar
móraþ, mórod, es; n.

A drink formed by boiling down and sweetening wine (with mulberries)a decoction of wine and herbs

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Ne ete fersce gós . . . ne fersc swín ne náht ðæs ðe of mórode cums.

ge-macian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-macian, p. ode; pp. od

To make, cause

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Ðæt landfolc gemacodon ðæt he náht ne dyde the folk of the country prevented him from doing anything, 1075; Erl. 213, 20 : Exod. 5, 21. He lét castelas gemakian he had castles built, Chr. 1097; Erl. 234, 8.

Linked entry: MACIAN

treówe

(adj.)
Grammar
treówe, triéwe, trýwe; adj.
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Hié ne beóþ nánum men getreówe (ne treówe. Bod. MS. ), Bt. 7, 1; Fox 16, 17. Búton hé habbe twégra trýwra manna gewitnesse, L. Eth. iii. 9; Th. i. 296, 18. Man namige . ii. trýwe þegnas, L. N. P. L. 57; Th. ii. 298, 31.

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Twi-fyrd

(n.)
Grammar
Twi-fyrd, -ford
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Twyford, a place-name occurring more than once in England and meaning double ford On ðære stówe ðe is cweden Æt Twyfyrde in loco qui dicitur Ad Twifyrde, quod significat, ad duplex vadum, Bd. 4, 28; S. 606, 5. Æt Twyfyrde, Cod. Dip.

wiþer-tihtle

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-tihtle, an; f.

A counter-chargecross-action

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A counter-charge, cross-action Gif énig yfelra manna wǽre ðe wolde óðres yrfe tó borge settan for wiðertihtlan, ðæt hé gecýðe mid áðe, ðæt hé hit for nánum fácne ne dyde, L. Ed. 1; Th. i. 160, 5, and see note.

cǽg

(n.)
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Nis seó cǽig gylden, ne sylfren, ne of nánum antimbre gesmiðod, ac is se anweald þe him Críst forgeaf, Hml. Th. i. 368, 35. Mid ðám unwemlican cǽgan virgineo clave, Wrt. Voc. ii. 91, 76.

drohtnung

Grammar
drohtnung, Dele 'in great renown' l. 10,
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and add Þæt þú fare tó wéstene þǽr ðǽr nánes mannes drohtnung nis ( where nobody lives ), Hml. Th. i. 466, 32. Drohtnunge religionis, i. conversationis, An. Ox. 2567. Se gewuna þisse hálgan drohtnunge ( conversationis ), R. Ben. 5, 18.

for-helan

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Ic þé árecce, náht ne forhelende (-hæl-, v. l.), Hml. S. 23 b, 319. Hit forholen beón ne mihte, Gr. D. 60, 20. Hú nytt bið se forholena cræft?

fox

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Ðone leásan lytegan þú scealt hátan fox, næs mann, Bt. 37, 4; F. 192, 17. Hú Bonefatius ádýdde þone fox þe bát his módor henna ... His módor gewunode tó fédenne henna, ac hig gelómlíce áweg bær and ábát án fox cumende of þám neáhlande ...

ge-háwian

(v.)
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Þá þá hí náht ne geháwedon cum illi ex olivis oleum defluere non cernerent, Gr. D. 250, 25

hand-geweorc

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Th. i. 304, 21. work done by the hands, wort in general Fram nǽnigum eorðlicum handgeweorce næs seó bóc áwriten, Wlfst. 214, 10. His handgeweorc þú bletsadest operibus manuum ejus benedixisti, Hml.

hǽmed-þing

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Mæssepreóstas witan þæt hig nágon mid rihte þurh hǽmedþing wífes gemánan, 269, 21 : Ll. Th. i. 306, 18. of criminal intercourse Gif hwá nunnan mid hǽmedþinge ( fornicationis causa ) on hire hrægl... gefó, Ll. Th. i. 72, 8.

mǽte

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Swá bióð þá midmestan (mǽstan, v.l.) men onmiddan þám spácan, and þá betran neár þǽre nafe, and þá mǽtran neár ðǽm felgum . . . þá felga longiað on þǽm spácan. . . swá dóð þá mǽtestan (mǽstan, v.l.) men on þǽm midmestum, and þá midmestan on þǽm betstan

staþol

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</b> an estate, a farm :-- Se fæder náht elles hire ne sealde búton .vi. ynstan ánre ǽhte (cf. staþol-ǽht) (unius possessiunculae) . . . Cóm án ceorl mid láce of ðám ylcan staðole (ex eodem fundo ) þe heó ǽr onféng vi yntsan æt hire fæder, Gr.

tó-brítan

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Seó éstfulle heorte ne bið tóbrýt for nánum ungelimpum, Hml. Th. ii. 92, 28. Húmeta God geðafað ꝥ his gecorenan mid swá micclum wítum beón fornumene and tóbrýtte on ðisum andweardan lífe, i. 486, 20

ǽs

fooda bait

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Næs se here swá strang ðæt on Angelcynne ǽs him gefetede, Chr. 975; P. 121, 12. a bait Ðá getímode ðám deófle swá swá déð ðám grǽdigan fisce, ðe gesihð ðæt ǽs, and ne gesihð ðone angel ðe on ðám ǽse sticað: bið ðonne grǽdig ðæs ǽses, and forswylcð ðone