ge-mearcian
To mark, point out, describe, assign, appoint, determine ⬩ nŏtāre, signāre, designāre, assignāre, constĭtuĕre, decernĕre
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Gemearca hú hý ǽr stódon mark how they stood before, Lchdm. i. 398, 5
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sumer
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Ǽr sumor on tún gá before summer come, Lchdm. iii. 6, 1. Yldum bringþ sigelbeorhte dagas sumor tó túne, Menol. Fox 176; Men. 89. Sumur, Exon. Th. 354. 58; Reim. 67. Ðonne on sumeres tíd sunne hátost scíneþ, 212, 12; Ph. 209.
á-leógan
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Ne gehát ðú nán þing tuwa; hwæt sceal hit ðé eft geháten, búton hit wǽre ǽr álogen ( unless the first time the promise was made falsely ), Prov.
eáre
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Hié forgytaþ ꝥ hié hwéne ǽr ymbhygdigum eárum gehýrdon reccean, Bl. H. 55, 27. Hé him mildheortnesse eáron ontýnde, 107, 1. a handle on a pot. Cf. Icel. eyra a handle on a pot, see N. E. D. ear, ll. 8, and next word
ge-þwǽre
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Hié wǽron swá geþwǽre and swá gesibsume ꝥ hié ealle forgeáfon þǽm cásere þá fǽhðe þe his mæg hæfde wið hié ǽr geworht, Ors. 6, 4; S. 258, 26. of things, at peace, at rest Streámas eft stille weorðað, ýða geþwǽre, Rä. 3, 15
hege
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Æfter ðám ealdan hege tó ðáre grénne ǽc, 2 74, 34. On Wíferðes mǽduan hege; of ðám hege, 78, 21. Tó ðám mǽrhege; of ðǽm hege on Sæfern, 79, 13. Stǽnenum hæge útáþýdum maceriae depulsae, Ps. L. 61, 4.
on-weald
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Add: in a general sense, power, control over a person or thing Ðæt úre geswinc ne sceolde bión on óðres monnes onwalde (an-, v. l. ), Past. 250, 2. of official rule. secular Hé wæs Rómánum swá milde swá him nán onwald næs ǽr þǽm, Ors. 6, 2; S. 254,
þes
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Add Ǽr hé on þǽs earfoðnesse cóm hé úre wæs wealdend, Bl.
bryne
to burn ⬩ A burning, fire, flame, heat ⬩ ustio, ardor, incendium, ignis, flamma, fervor
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Ǽr ðam ðe ðæt mynster mid byrne fornumen wáre priusquam monasterium esset incendio consumptum, Bd. 4, 25; S. 599, 18. Se biscop ða brynas ðara húsa gebiddende adwæscte episcopus incendia domorum orando restinxerit, 1, 19; S. 484, 36.
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for-wiernan
to refuse ⬩ deny ⬩ to refuse to give ⬩ to refuse admittance ⬩ to refuse ⬩ to restrain ⬩ prevent ⬩ prohibit ⬩ to hinder ⬩ prevent ⬩ to prevent
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Him ǽtes forwyrnan, Hml. S. 22, 137. Him nánes willan næs forwyrnd, ne nánes lustes, Ps. Th. 48, 11. with gen. of thing only Welena forwyrned, frófre bedǽled, Dóm.
winnan
intrans ⬩ to labour ⬩ toil ⬩ work ⬩ to labour, endeavour, strive after ⬩ to labour, struggle, be troubled ⬩ to labour under, suffer from ⬩ to strive, contend, fight ⬩ of hostile action towards a person ⬩ of competition ⬩ of opposition to things ⬩ of the action of inanimate objects ⬩ to make war ⬩ fight ⬩ of the action of inanimate objects ⬩ with cognate accusative ⬩ to win ⬩ make one's way ⬩ trans ⬩ to labour at ⬩ bestow labour upon ⬩ to labour under ⬩ suffer ⬩ undergo ⬩ to win ⬩ get ⬩ attain
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Hwílum ic fréfre ða ic ǽr winne on, Exon. Th. 389, 14; Rä 7, 7. Ǽlc ðæra ðe on gecampe winð, Homl. Th. ii. 86, 22. Ðeód winð ongén þeóde consurget gens in gentem Mt. Kmbl. 24, 7.
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fetian
To fetch ⬩ bring to ⬩ marry ⬩ addūcĕre ⬩ applĭcāre ⬩ uxōrem dūcĕre
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Ǽlc ydel fet unhǽlo all idleness brings illness, Prov. Kmbl. 61. Se forma fette wíf, and forþferde prīmus, uxōre ducta, defunctus est, Mt. Bos. 22, 25: Gen. 48, 10. Wæs to búre Beówulf fetod Beowulf was fetched to his bower, Beo. Th. 2625; B. 1310
hyse-cild
A male child
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A male child Ǽlc hysecild betwux eów beó ymbsniden circumcidetur ex vobis omne masculinum, Gen. 17, 10. Gif hit hysecild byþ si masculus fuerit, Ex. 1, 16. Hyscild mas, Ælfc. Gl. 86; Som. 74, 22; Wrt. Voc. 50, 6.
mere-swín
A sea-pig ⬩ porpoise ⬩ dolphin
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Ǽlc seldfynde fisc ðe weorðlíc byþ, styria and mereswýn, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 450, 28. Nim mereswínes fel, L. M. 3, 40; Lchdm. ii. 334, 1. Mereswýn and stirian delphinos et sturias, Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 9: Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 17
metsian
to feed ⬩ to furnish with provisions
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Th. 43, 13. to furnish with provisions Heora ǽlc férde tó his castele and ðone mannoden and metsoden swá hig betst mihton each of them went to his castle and manned and provisioned it as well as ever they could, Chr. 1087; Erl. 224, 16.
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ge-hádod
In holy orders ⬩ ordĭnātus
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Ælf. P. 41; Th. ii. 382, 16; Wilk. 169, 23. Se gehádoda one in holy orders; ordĭnātus, 42; Th. ii. 382, 23; Wilk. 169, 34. Be gehádedum mannum concerning men in holy orders; de ordinatis, Th. ii. 364, 7; Wilk. 161, 1.
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á-niman
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Ǽlc tǽl sié ánumen (tollatur) fram eów, Past. 222, 9. Of his heortan onweg ánumen, Bl. H. 55, 9
eáge
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Ǽgna (ætna, MS.), 92, 27. Þá súrigan eágan lippos oculos, 22
ge-fyrht
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L. 34, 37. to be afraid (of), fear Ꝥte ǽlc man ondréde and gefyrhtiga nome Drihtnes ut omnis homo timeat et contremescat nomen Domini, Rtl. 101, 1. [O. H. Ger. ge-furhten terrere.?
hyrst
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Where the first part of the compound is the name of a tree hyrst probably belongs to I. e. g. æsc-, hæsel-, hnut-, holen-, mapolder-, seal-, þorn-hyrst. So, too, perhaps in earnes, úlan hyrst. But in some others itt