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ge-bledsian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bledsian, p. ode; pp. od [ge-, bledsian to bless]

To blessbenedīcĕre

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Kmbl. 1048; An. 524: 1079; An. 540: 1873; An. 939: 3434; An. 1721

eal-cræftig

all-powerful, all-mighty

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all-powerful, all-mighty

EAX

(n.)
Grammar
EAX, , ex, æx , e; f.

An axis, axle-tree axis

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, as a wheel turns on an axle-tree, and because they always stand still, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 16, 12-15; Lchdm. iii. 270, 20-23

ge-scildan

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Fram þǽre deádlicnesse gescylde beón a mortalitate defendi, 3, 30; Sch. 331, 20. with wiþ, and dat. Hé ús gescildað wið earhfarum, Cri. 761. Þæt þec hálig gǽst wið earfeðum gescilde, Gú. 428. acc.

stefn

Grammar
stefn, voice.
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Add Hí synd þreóra cynna ná on stemne, ac on andgite, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 94, 12

beód

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Hé beheóld þá beódas and þá þénunga, Ap. Th. 14, 18. <b>Ia.</b> a table as a place of social meeting :-- Sý hé áscyred fram beódes gemǽnnesse, R. Ben. 49, 2. Se leása freónd bið mannes geféra tó beóde, and ná tó neódþearfe, Sal.

feónd

an enemyfoefienddevil

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Th. ii. 130, 20. a devil as a cause of illness. Similar entries Cf. deófol-seócness: Fiénda ádl, Lch. ii. 174, 26

ge-sceáwian

(v.)
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, regard Éce God, symbeltíde dæges ðisses mildelíce gisceáwia (intuere), Rtl. 77, to look at with care, consider. of material objects, to examine, reconnoitre Hæfdic þæs kyninges wíc and his fæstenu gesceáwod, Nar. 19, 14. to consider a subject, circumstance

hóp

(n.)
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A piece of raised or enclosed land in the midst of fen, marsh, or waste land, a hope (v. N. E. D. s. v.) Mǽdwǽgan hop, C. D. vi. 243, 14. Perhaps in the gloss fennegan hopu stagnosa ligustra (An. Ox. 36, 14-15), hopu should be taken here.

leoþu-bend

(n.)
Grammar
leoþu-bend, m. f.

A fetterbond

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A fetter, bond Ic ðé álýse of ðyssum leoþubendum I will release thee from these bonds, Andr. Kmbl. 200; An. l00: 2746; An. 1375: 327; An. 164. Of leoþobendum, 2066; An. 1035: 3127; An. 1566. Lioþobendum, Cd. 19; Th. 24, 23; Gen. 382

háw

(n.; suffix)
Grammar
háw, Kemble says, &#39; In all probability, a look out, or prospect&#39;; Middendorff compares the word with -hau in German place-names, and takes it to mean a clearing, a place where trees are cut down (cf. heáwan). But perhaps in the one passage where the word occurs
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hlawe should be read Haec sunt supradictarum uocabula terrarum, aet Uuineshauue (cf. scuccanhlau, 196, 1), C. D. i. 195, 30

heorde

(n.)
Grammar
heorde, f.

Careguardingcustody

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Forhwon beóþ ǽfre swǽ þríste ða ungelǽredan ðæt hí underfón ða heorde ðæs láreówdómes ab imperitis ergo pastorale magisterium qua temeritate suscipitur, Past. 1; Swt. 25, 17.

in-fiht

(n.)
Grammar
in-fiht, -feoht, es ; n.
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An attack made upon a person by one inhabiting the same dwelling; it was a breach of the peace for which a fine had to be paid to the head of the house if he were competent to exercise jurisdiction Infiht [infitht, MS.] vel insocna est quod ab ipsis

gnyrn

(n.)
Grammar
gnyrn, es; m.

Griefsorrowevilwrong

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Grief, sorrow, evil, wrong Lác weorþade ðe hire brungen wæs gnyrna to geóce the gift she honoured that was brought to her as a consolation of sorrows, Elen. Kmbl. 2275; El. 1139.

stirc

(n.)
Grammar
stirc, stiorc, styric, es ; n.
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A stirk, calf, a young bullock or a heifer Stirc bucula, juvenca, vitula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 126, 63. Styrc juvencus, i. 78, 44. Ðæt þridde stód ánum styrce (cealfe, MS. C. : cf. ðæs celfes gelícnyss belimpþ tó Lucan, 192) gelíc. Homl. Skt. i. 15, 183.

þring

(n.)

a presscrowdwhat presses or confines

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Icel. þröng a strait, a narrow place.]

Linked entry: þryng

un-síþ

(n.)
Grammar
un-síþ, es; m.

an evilill-advised expeditiona mishapmisfortune

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Th. ii. 148, 16. a mishap, misfortune Heó ðurh wódnysse micclum wæs gedreht .. beó ǽr ðon eáwfæst leofode, ðeáh ðe se unsíð hire swá gelumpe, Homl. Th. ii. 142, 12

be-heáfdian

(v.)
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Wæs beheáfdod capite truncatur, 3022: Ap. Th. 3, II: Chr. 1076; P. 213, I. Add

be-swincan

to labour at

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Add: to labour for Laboratores synd þá þe úrne bigleofan beswincað, Hml. S. 25, 815. Nim þín gold, þe lǽs þe hit þé losige ꝥ þú lange beswunce, 12, 219. to labour at, perform with labour Beswanc desudat, An. Ox. 8, 257.

heáfod-æcer

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-æcer, es; m.
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A strip of land, an acre in extent, lying at the head (cf. heáfod ; 2 a) of a field [and so forming its upper boundary (? cf. heáfodland)] Fines gemǽre, limites h(e)áfudland, decumanus tióðe h(e)áfudæcer, Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 2-4.

Linked entry: -hafol