gíme-leás
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Th. 70, 10. of cattle, stray, untended, un-watched Gif þé hecuje óðres giémeleás fioh on hand si occurreris bovi inimici tui aut asino erranti (Ex. 23, 4), Ll. Th. i. 54, 9.
sleán
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Add Sleá man of þá hand þe hé ꝥ fúl mid worhte, Ll. Th. i. 206, 20. add Arrianus wearð slagen mid sæmnedlicre blindnesse, Gr. D. 235, 2. <b>VIII a.</b> of the action of disease :-- Þáá Gesca sláet singultat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 50.
BREGDAN
To move to and fro, vibrate, cast, draw, drag, change, bend, weave; ⬩ vibrare, vibrare gladium, jactare, stringere, trahere, nectere, plectere ⬩ to turn into ⬩ se vertere in aliquid
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Bócstafa brego bregdeþ feónd be ðam feaxe the prince of letters shall draw the fiend by his hair, Salm. Kmbl. 200; Sal. 99. Saga, hwá mec bregde of brimes fæðmum say, who drew me from the bosom of the ocean, Exon. 101a; Th. 382, 18; Rä. 3, 13.
Linked entries: a-bregdan be-bregdan brægdan bredan bredende brogdettung brogdian bredan brygdan bryidan
gild
a payment of money ⬩ a tribute ⬩ compensation ⬩ retribution ⬩ substitute ⬩ solutio ⬩ tributum ⬩ compensatio ⬩ remuneratio ⬩ retributio ⬩ GUILD ⬩ society ⬩ club, to which payments were made for mutual protection and support, more extensive than our friendly societies ⬩ societas ⬩ fraternitas ⬩ a payment to God ⬩ worship ⬩ service ⬩ sacrifice ⬩ offering ⬩ cultus ⬩ sacrificium ⬩ a heathen deity ⬩ numen ⬩ a visible object of worship ⬩ an idol ⬩ idolum
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III. a payment to God, worship, service, sacrifice, offering; cultus, sacrificium Ðú goda ussa gield forhogdest thou hast despised the service of our gods, Exon. 67 b; Th. 251, 17; Jul. 246.
Linked entries: ed-gild gild-selenn ge-gild ge-gilda geld geold gyld hǽðen-gild gield gild-scipe
bæþ
a bath for washing ⬩ the bath of fish or sea-fowl:--
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Similar entries v. baþian Sé hét áfyllan áne cyfe mid weallendum ele . . hé (John) ungewemmed of ðám hátum bæðe eóde, Hml. Th. i. 58, 29. Baðe, Ælfc. T. Grn. 16, 20.
weorþan
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Ðæt ne loc of heáfde tó forlore wurde that not a hair from the head should come to destruction, Andr.
ÉCE
Eternal, perpetual, everlasting ⬩ sempĭternus, æternus
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Eternal, perpetual, everlasting; sempĭternus, æternus Ðis ys sóþlice éce líf hæc est autcm vīta æterna. Jn. Bos. 17, 3. Onwód éce feónd folcdriht wera the eternal foe pervaded the nation of men. Cd. 64; Th. 76, 23; Gen. 1261.
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be-limpan
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Ǽlc man, hwæt his háde tó belumpe, folgade, Chr. 1086; P. 219, 31. to concern, be the concern of a person Hwæt belympð tó þé hwylcere mǽgðe ic sý, Hml. S. 19, 56. to pertain to, relate to, have to do with Þá þing þe Gode belimpað, Ex. 4, 16.
ge-gladian
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S. 28, 38. to appease, reconcile, make gentle what is hard. the object a person Hé mid gebedum gegladað God, Hml. S. 3, 562. Gegladode demulcet, An. Ox. 2, 137. Ꝥ hí þone réðan cásere mid sceattum gegladodon, Hml. S. 3, 231.
ge-sendan
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L. 25, 27. to communicate motion to an object, move to a place of rest, put, lay. the object material Helpend ne hafo ic ꝥte gesende (dó, W.S.)) Gif ðes monn bond his in ðisum wætre gisende.
hord
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Ox. 4216. a place where treasure is deposited; the condition of being deposited (in the phrases of horde, on hard, but perhaps the passages might be taken under See N. E.
rihtan
to right, to restore to a proper position that which is displaced, erect, direct ⬩ to right a person, ⬩ replace a person in the rights of which he is wrongfully deprived ⬩ to make right that which is faulty, set right, rectify, correct, amend ⬩ to keep right, direct, rule
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Rush. 1, 79. to right a person, replace a person in the rights of which he is wrongfully deprived Heó smeádan hú heó mehton monige men ryhtan, ge godcundra háda ge weorldcundra, ge on londum ge on má ðara þinga ðe heó on forhaldne wéran, Chart.
hnesce
Nesh, ⬩ soft, ⬩ delicate, ⬩ tender, ⬩ effeminate
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Gefrédan hwæt biþ heard hwæt hnesce to feel what is hard, what soft, 372, 32: Elen. Kmbl. 1226; El. 615. Heó is hnesce on æthrine it is soft to the touch, Herb. 15, 1; Lchdm. i. 108, 1.
ge-win
a battle ⬩ contest ⬩ war ⬩ strife ⬩ quarrel ⬩ hostility ⬩ tumult ⬩ certāmen ⬩ pugna ⬩ bellum ⬩ tŭmultus ⬩ labour ⬩ toil ⬩ sorrow ⬩ agony ⬩ lăbor ⬩ trībŭlātio ⬩ ăgōnia ⬩ fruit of laborers ⬩ gain ⬩ profit ⬩ fructus lăbōrum ⬩ lucrum ⬩ quæstus
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Wæs gewinnes endedógor neáh geþrungen the final day of his labour was near at hand, Exon. 46 a; Th. 158, 6; Gú. 904: Ps. Th. 127, 2.
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stræc
strict, severe, rigorous, stern, hard ⬩ rigid, unyielding, obstinate, persistent ⬩ violent, using force, uncompromising, vehement
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strict, severe, rigorous, stern, hard Hú se reccere sceal bión wið ðara yfelena unðeáwas stræc for ryhtwíslícum andan ut sit rector contra delinquentium vitia per zelum justitiae erectus, Past. 17; Swt. 107, 6. Stræc (strec, Cott.
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fæger
FAIR, beautiful, joyous, pleasant, pleasing, sweet ⬩ pulcher, dĕcōrus, lætus, jucundus, dulcis
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He wíc áhte fæger and freólíc he had a dwelling fair and goodly, Cd. 83; Th. 103, 22; Gen. 1722. Ginsmas stódon fægere æt foldan sceátum beautiful gems stood at the extremities of the earth, Rood Kmbl. 14; Kr. 8.
ge-wildan
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Voc. ii. 141, 73. where active resistance has to be overcome, to overcome, subdue, subject. by physical force Griffus . . . is swá mycel þæt hé gewylt hors and men, Wrt. Voc. i. 78, 2. Hé bútan wǽpnum gewylde ðá león, Hml.
wén
supposition ⬩ opinion ⬩ thought ⬩ idea ⬩ hope ⬩ expectation ⬩ likelihood ⬩ probability ⬩ chance ⬩ perhaps ⬩ perchance ⬩ may be ⬩ probably
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Is mé on wéne geþúht ðæt ðé untrymnes bysgade it seems to me in all likelihood that sickness has troubled you 163, 6; Gú. 989.
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swíðe
Very, much, exceedingly ⬩ chiefly, especially, mostly
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Ðá hé hí swíðost forslagen hæfde when he had inflicted a most severe defeat upon them, 16, 2; Fox 54, 2. Ðá hí swíðost worhton when they were working hardest, Homl. Th. i. 22, 22.
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for-standan
Take these together, and add ⬩ to stand in the way ⬩ lie in the line of advance ⬩ to come to a stand ⬩ stop ⬩ with the idea of hindrance, ⬩ to stop the advance of ⬩ hinder ⬩ resist ⬩ withstand ⬩ to stop passage through or along, ⬩ block a door, a way for a person ⬩ to stop a person (dat.) doing something ⬩ with idea of defence, to defend ⬩ protect ⬩ to protect from ⬩ to avail ⬩ profit ⬩ be good for ⬩ to avail a person ⬩ to stand for ⬩ be the equivalent of ⬩ be as good as ⬩ to understand
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Ic geanbidode oþ ic wiste hwæt þú woldest, and hú þú hit understandan woldest, and eác ic tiolode swíþe geornfullíce ꝥ ðú hit forstandan mihtest I waited till I knew what you wanted, and what idea you had formed of it ( Similar entries cf. understandan
Linked entry: for-licgan