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ge-endung

an extreme part ⬩ a termination of a word ⬩ a concluding passage ⬩ a final period ⬩ cessation, termination ⬩ ending of life, death :-- ⬩ ending of existence, end of the world :--

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Z. 24, 4: 26, 12. a concluding passage Seó geendung ús sǽde ꝥ þá Iudéiscan þóhton ꝥ hí Críst ofslógon, Hml. A. 71, 161. temporal, a final period Wé sind ðá ðe worulda geendunga on becómon in quos fines saeculorum devenerunt, Hml.

ge-lífan

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Wit þæs áwærgdan wordum gelýfdon, Sat. 416. Ne gelýfdon menn lárum sínum, An. 814. Hí ne woldon wordum Drihtnes gelýfan, Ps. Th. 77, 24. Gehýr monig spel, wite ðeáh hwylcum ðú gelýfan scyle, Prov.

ge-þencan

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Ic geþóhte ádrífan of selde, Sat. 187. with clause Satanus swearte geþóhte þæt hé wolde on heofonum héhseld wyrcan, Sat. 371. Geþence hé ꝥ hé nánum men ne déme ꝥ hé nolde ꝥ hé him démde, Ll. Th. i. 56, 31.

lutian

(v.)
Grammar
lutian, p. ode

lurk ⬩ skulk

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Cwæþ ðæt hé god wǽre on mannes hiwe lutiende said that he was a god concealed in the form of a man, ii. 474, 22

under-niman

(v.)
Grammar
under-niman, p. -nam, pl. -námon; pp. -numen.

to take surreptitiously ⬩ to steal ⬩ to take into the mind ⬩ receive what is said, taught ⬩ to take upon one's self ⬩ to blame ⬩ resent

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, Lchdm. i. 392, 8. in figurative senses, to take into the mind, receive what is said, taught, etc. Gehádede men hit sceolon him ásecgan, undernimð se ðe wile, Wulfst. 305, 20. Hé deóplíce undernam Drihtnes láre æt him, Homl. Skt. ii. 29, 76.

Linked entry: under-fón

for-ealdian

(v.)

to run out ⬩ expire

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Ic him sǽde ꝥ hé forealdod wǽre, and tó þæs eald wǽre ꝥ hé ne mihte elcor gewearmigan búton æt fýre, Nar. 18, 14. Swá forealdod mon decrepitus senex, 21. Foreald[od] decrepita, An. Ox. 2109. On fótum forealdudes (ueterani), Scint. 223, 13.

on-secgan

(v.)

to sacrifice, offer ⬩ to deny, renounce, abjure

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Ger. antsagén renunciare, abjurare, excusare: Ger. ent-sagen) Gif mon síe dumb oððe deáf geboren ðæt hé ne mǽge his synna onsecggan (-sæcgan, MS. H.; ætsacan, MS. B.) ne andettan, béte se fæder his misdǽda, L. Alf. pol. 14; Th. i. 70, 15

gift

(n.)
Grammar
gift, gyft, e; f.

a gift; as a technical term ⬩ the amount to be given by a suitor in consideration of receiving a woman to wife ⬩ marriage ⬩ nuptiæ

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For an account of such a bargaining see Njál Saga, c. 2. See also Th. i. 254-6, Cl. and Vig. Icel. Dict. mundr, and Grmm. R. A. pp. 419 sqq. Grammar gift, in pl. f. and n. gifta, giftu marriage; nuptiæ Giftu nuptiæ, Ælfc.

hád

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Sat. 438. defined by a genitive giving the class to which an object belongs Se manna wæs Críste leófast on weres háde, Ap. 27. Ðines wuduwan hádes, Past. 207, 12. Heó wæs wunigende on wudewan háde, Hml. Th. i. 146, 32. Þurh fǽmnan had, Sat. 495.

ge-tæl

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On getales ríme, Sal. 38. Of getele calculo, An. Ox. 3229. Ne magon wé þá tíde be getale healdan dagena rímes, Men. 63. þ á stafas þe preóstas on heora getæle habbað, Angl. viii. 335, 39.

stalu

(n.)
Grammar
stalu, e; f.
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See Kemble's Saxons in England, ii. 329. anything done by stealth Ðæt scs Petrus on dæge folce be Criste sǽde, ðonne wrát scs Marcus ðæt on niht, and hé ðæt hæl sce Petre; for ðon his godspell is swá cweden, furtum laudabile, hergendlíco stalo, Shrn.

þreátung

(n.)
Grammar
þreátung, e; f.

compulsion ⬩ force ⬩ violence ⬩ oppression ⬩ ill-treatment ⬩ rebuke ⬩ reproof ⬩ threatening

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Saga Magnús góða, cc. 37, 38: Magnús konungr gerði sendimenn til Englands ... en þat stóð á bréfum ... 'Vil ek, at þú gefir upp ríkit fyrir mér; en at öðrum kosti mun ek sœkja til með styrk hers'), Chr. 1046; Erl. 171, 25

ge-fyrn

Grammar
ge-fyrn, long ago.
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Ic ðé sǽde gefyrn ǽr on ðisse ilcan béc, 35, 3; F. 158, 32. Ǽr gefyrn, 36, 7; F. 182, 29. Gefirn ǽr, Solil. H. 54, 1. of a period considerable, in respect to a person's life Hé wiste his geendunge gefyrn ǽr hé férde fram ðissum lífe, Hml.

wesan

Grammar
wesan, I a.
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Add Ic sælf þæt ierfæ tó gestríndæ þæt þǽr mon siððan bí wæs ( unde interim pauperes vixerunt), Cht. Th. 162, 31. Cf. bí-wist. Add Bégen þá consulas wǽron mid firde angeán Hannibal, Ors. 4, 8; S. 186, 30.

Constantīnus

(n.)
Grammar
Constantīnus, as Lat. gen. i; dat. o; acc. um; m. also gen. es; dat. e; m.

Constantine the Great, Roman Emperor

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He is said to have been converted to Christianity, about 312, by the vision of a luminous cross in the sky, on which was the inscription ἐν τούτωι, νίκα by this, conquer.

mæsse-preóst

(n.)
Grammar
mæsse-preóst, es; m.

A priest not of the Christian church ⬩ a priest of the Christian church, who had attained the last of the seven appointed orders, and might celebrate the mass

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His orders were the same as those of the bishop, but the latter alone could ordain priests, confirm children, and consecrate churches. He might be a regular or not.

þyncan

(v.)
Grammar
þyncan, p. þúhte.

to seem ⬩ appear ⬩ to seem fit

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Th. 266, 14; Sat. 22. Ne þúhte gerysne rodora wearde, ðæt Adam leng ána wǽre, 11, 9; Gen. 169. Ðeáh ús þince ðæt it on wóh fare, Bt. 39, 8; Fox 224, 20.

Linked entries: ge-þyncan þincan

worþ

(n.)
Grammar
worþ, weorþ, wurþ, wierþ, wyrþ, e; f; es; m. : wyrþe, wirþe
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(v. wyrþe-land, and first extract under I),
es; m.

a close ⬩ an enclosed place ⬩ an enclosed homestead ⬩ a habitation with surrounding land ⬩ land ⬩ a place enclosed by buildings ⬩ a court ⬩ hall ⬩ a place ⬩ street

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On Wulfrgdeswyrð; of Wulfrédeswyrðe, iv. 103, 13. a place enclosed by buildings, a court or hall of a house, a place or street of a town Hé sæt úta in worðe sedebat foris in atrio, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 26, 69: Mk. Skt.

Linked entries: ryge weorþ

dǽlan

(v.)
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Hé dǽleð help and hǽlo hæleða bearnum, Sat. 581; Cri. 428. Hé máðmas dǽleð, B. 1756. Tungel heora wlite wíde dǽlað, Gen. 2191. Ofer ús dǽl rummódnise super nos effunde clementiam, Rtl. 41, 5.

dóm

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Voc. ii. 23, 54. a sentence, doom Se dóm þæt hire wæs tó gecweden, ꝥ heó cende on sáre, Bl. H. 3, 8. Se mon þe nú démeþ þǽm earmum búton mildheortnesse, þonne biþ þám eft heard dóm geteód, 95, 36.