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god-web

(n.)
Grammar
god-web, gode-web, -webb; gen. -webbes; n.
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A divine or very, precious web, purple cloth, excellently woven material Mid golde and mid godewæbbe gefrætewod auro et purpura compositum, Bd. 3, 11; S. 535, 32: HomL Th. i. 62, 26. Godweb mid golde gefágod a purple garment variegated with gold, Blickl

Linked entry: web

be-teón

(v.)
Grammar
be-teón, p. -teáh, pl. -tugon; pp. -togen.

to draw over or round, cover, surround, inclose, protectobducere, superinducere, circumducere, concludere, munireto leave by law, bequeathlegareaccusecriminari, accusare

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to draw over or round, cover, surround, inclose, protect; obducere, superinducere, circumducere, concludere, munire Heora scyldas wǽron betogene mid hýdum their shields were covered with hides, Ors. 5, 7; Bos. 107, 8. Betogen [betogan MS.] cræt a covered

bi-healdan

(v.)
Grammar
bi-healdan, p. -heóld, pl. -heóldon; pp. -healden.

to hold by or near, guard, observe, preservetenere, inhabitare, custodire, servare, præservareto see, look on, beholdvidere, intueri, aspicere

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to hold by or near, guard, observe, preserve; tenere, inhabitare, custodire, servare, præservare Ðǽr se ánhaga eard bihealdeþ there the lonely [bird] holds its dwelling, Exon. 57 a; Th. 203, 21; Ph. 87. Mec sáwelcund hyrde bihealdeþ a spiritual shepherd

Linked entry: be-healden

ge-rád

(n.)
Grammar
ge-rád, es; n.

Consideration, account, condition, reason, wisdom, prudence, mannerratio, conditio

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Consideration, account, condition, reason, wisdom, prudence, manner; ratio, conditio Ðá he ðæt gerád sette cum coepisset rationem ponere, Mt. Bos. 18, 24. Se hláford dyhte hym gerád dominus posuit rationem cum eis, 25, 19. Ðám ealdum gedafenaþ ðæt hí

ge-mang

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mang, -mong, es; n.

a mingling together, mixture, crowd, throng, company, multitude, an assemblage, a congregationcommixtio, turba, cœtus, sŏcietasan assembly for legal or other business

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a mingling together, mixture, crowd, throng, company, multitude, an assemblage, a congregation; commixtio, turba, cœtus, sŏcietas Ic bebeóde wundor geweorþan on wera gemange I command a miracle to be done in the midst of men, Andr. Kmbl. 1460; An. 730

Linked entries: -mang ge-mong ge-mong

ge-metgung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-metgung, e; f.

Moderation, temperance, a fit or proper measure, a direction, a regulationmoderatio, temperantia, modus, moderamen

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Moderation, temperance, a fit or proper measure, a direction, a regulation; moderatio, temperantia, modus, moderamen Wísdóm is se héhsta cræft, and se hæfþ on him feówer oðre cræftas, ðara is án wærscipe, óðer gemetgung, þridde is ellen, feórþe rihtwísnes

set

(n.)
Grammar
set, es; n.
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A seat. of the sun, the place where the sun sets Miððý tó sete eode sunne cum occidisset sol, Mk. Skt. Rush. 1, 32. Gewát sunne tó sete glídan, Andr. Kmbl. 2498 ; An. 1250 : 2610 ; An. 1306. Tó sete sígeþ, Menol. Fox 221; Men. 112. Cf. set-gang, setl

Linked entries: seotu set-gang siota

Sicilie

(n.)
Grammar
Sicilie, pl.
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The Sicilians, the people of Sicily, or (as in the older stage of the language the name of a people was used where now that of their country is put) Sicily. [In this sense the Latin form also occurs *-*Sicilia, églond micel, Met. 1, 15. Sicilia ðæt

sweór

(n.)
Grammar
sweór, swehor, es; m.
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a father-in-law Sueór vetellus, Txts. 106, 1099. Su[eó]r socer, 97, 1878. Sweór, Wrt. Voc. i. 52, 7: 72, 51: Ælfc. Gr. 8; Zup. 27, 13. Se wæs Caiphas sweór (sueór, Lind.), Jn. Skt. 18, 13: Gen. 38, 13. Sweór, swiór, Bt. 10; Fox 28, 13. Hǽdne wǽron begen

Linked entries: suhterga swór

sufel

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
sufel, es; n.
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Anything, whether flesh, fish, or vegetable, eaten with bread, sowl ['Anything used to flavour bread, such as butter, cheese, etc., is called sowl in Pembrokeshire,' Halliwell]; pulmentarium Sile him fórmete on hláfe and on sufle and on wíne dabis viaticum

Linked entries: winter-sufel ge-sufel

Súþr-íge

(n.)
Grammar
Súþr-íge, gen. [e]a, ena; pl.
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The people or district of Surrey Cantware him tó cirdon and Súþríge and Súþ-Seaxe, Chr. 823; Erl. 62, 22. Cantwara ríce and Súþrígea and Súþ-Seaxna, 836; Erl. 66, 3. Súþrígea, 855; Erl. 70, 19. On Súþrígena lande be Temese streáme in regione Sudergeona

tengan

(v.)
Grammar
tengan, p. de
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To press, hasten, hurry, proceed with haste or violence Ðá tengde se Pharao æfter mid mycelre fyrde then Pharaoh hastened after with a great army, Homl. Th. i. 312, 3: ii. 194, 16. Hé ðá þearle áblicged áweg tengde, 182, 2. Hé ontende ða burh and tencgde

Linked entry: sam-tinges

trog

(n.)
Grammar
trog, es; m.
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a trough, tub, basin, vessel for containing liquids or other materials Trog albeus, genus vasis, Txts. 109, 1140: can*-*thera, 49, 425 : Wrt. Voc. ii. 14, 7. Lege on hatne stán on troge, geót hwón wæteres on, Lchdm. ii. 326, 5 : iii. 30, 9. Dó on troh

weorþness

(n.)
Grammar
weorþness, e; f.
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worthiness, honourable character For his geearnunge wurþnys[se] (wyrðnesse, Bd. M. 194, 34) hé wæs fram eallum monnum lufad ob meritorum dignitatem ab omnibus diligebatur Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 10. Tó lífes wyrþnysse ad vite honestatem Anglia xiii. 368,

west

(adj.)
Grammar
west, []; spve. west[e]mest; adj.
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Westerly, situated in the west Rómána onweald, se is mǽst and westmest, Ors. 6, 1; Swt. 252, 19. On ðæm síþmestan onwalde and on ðæm westemestan. Swt. 254, 2. Ðis sindon ðæs landes gemǽra ðe gebyriaþ into ðære westmestan híde, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 262

á-hón

(v.)
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Add:: to hang (trans.), suspend Gyf mon þás wyrte on mannes swyran áhéhð (-héð, v. l. ), Lch. i. 280, 10. Man áhéhð (-héð, v. l. ) mid searwum mycle sweras, Gr. D. 270, 4. Hé áhéng ꝥ dúst on ǽnne post, Hml. S. 26, 226, 233. Hé sǽde ꝥ hé on dá lyfte

cáfer-tún

Grammar
cáfer-tún, l. cafer-tún, dele 'DER. cífan,'
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and add. (cæfer-, ceafe r(-or,-ur)-) Caebrtuun (ceber-) vestibulum, Txts. 105, 2094. Cavertún, Wrt. Voc. i. 290, 1. Cafertún atrium, ii. 7, 61: mesaulum, 55, 65. In midle ceafurtúnes ðínes in medio atrio tuo, Ps. Srt. 73, 4. Se biscop on his cafortúne

clawu

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Add: (cláwu? but cf. Orm. Clawwess). a claw, of a bird or beast Earnes clawa, Hml. Th. ii. 434, 9. Him ( birds) wǽron þá cleá blace (pedibus nigris ), Nar. 16, 16. Clawa ungularum, An. Ox. 8, 385. Seó culfre is unréðe on hire clawum, Hml. Th. ii. 44

ge-hende

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-hende, adj.
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Add: local Ne mæg þǽr ǽni man gedyrstig wesan déman gehende nullus ibi confidit judice praesens Dóm. L. 170. Sume naman syndon . . . stówlice . . . propinquus gehende, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 14, 20. Gehendes proxime Germ. 388, 54. Férde hé tó gehendum burgum,

ge-mǽrsian

(v.)
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Add: to make known or famous, spread the fame of a person Ðá ilco gemérsadon (diffamaverunt) hine in alle eorðe ðý, Mt. L. 9, 31. Ðes gemérsað wæs mið hine hic diffamatus est apud ilium, Lk. L. 16, l. to noise abroad, make widely known a matter, spread