ge-brengan
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Add: to bring to or from a place, where the object is material Gif gebrenges (offeres) ðing ð ín tó wígbed, Mt. L. 5, 23. Gebrengað ł lǽdað hiá educit eas, Jn. L. 10, 3. Hié þá scipu binnan Lundenbyrig gebróhton, Chr. 896; P. 89, 21.
ord
a point, ⬩ of a weapon ⬩ a spear, pointed weapon ⬩ one who is at the topmost point, a head, chief, prince ⬩ head, front ⬩ line of battle, forefront ⬩ the beginning, origin, source (applied to persons and things)
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From orde óþ ende forþ, Elen. Kmbl. 1176; El. 590. Hé folcmǽgþa fruman áweahte, æþelinga ord, ðá hé Adam sceóp, 77, 20; Gen. 1278. Sóna ongeat cyning ord and ende ðæs ðe him ýwed wæs, 225, 30; Dan. 162.
sellan
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To give something (acc.) to somebody (dat. ). of voluntary giving, to put. into the possession of a person, transfer ownership from one to another Ic sello Werburge ðás lond, Chart. Th. 480, 30: 481, 5. Ðæt land ic sylle eów tó ágenne, Ex. 6, 8.
sendan
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Fram Gode hé is send, 247, 19. Óþ ðæt ðú gefylle ðíne þegnunge tó ðære ðe ðú sended eart, 233, 28; Hé senden (?) wæs tó hádianne, and Wilfreþ on Gallia ríce tó hádianne sended wæs. Bd. 4, 2 ; S. 566, 12, 13. Ðá wæs culufre sended, Cd.
dǽl
- Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 79
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Th. 62, 8. part (where there is community, association) Sýn hí á fram ǽlcum Godes dǽle ( from any part in God ) áworpene, Ll. Th. i. 246, 15. Næfst þú nánne dǽl myd mé, Jn. 13, 8. part, way of life Sié hira dǽl scired mid Marian, El. 1232.
BEORHT
BRIGHT ⬩ light ⬩ clear ⬩ lucid ⬩ splendid ⬩ excellent ⬩ splendidus ⬩ lucidus ⬩ coruscus ⬩ clarus ⬩ formosus ⬩ bright ⬩ brilliant ⬩ magnificent ⬩ noble ⬩ glorious ⬩ sublime ⬩ divine ⬩ holy ⬩ clarus ⬩ præclarus ⬩ eximius ⬩ augustus ⬩ divus ⬩ sanctus
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Ne wolde him beorht fæder bearn ætniman the glorious father [God] would not take the child from him Cd. 162; Th. 204, 4; Exod. 414.
fore
for ⬩ on account of ⬩ for the sake of ⬩ pro ⬩ propter ⬩ per ⬩ for ⬩ on account of ⬩ for the sake of ⬩ pro ⬩ propter ⬩ per
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. = for, Similar entries q.v. for, on account of, for the sake of; pro, propter, per; with the accusative; cum accusātīvo Gehálgode fore hine Damiánum consecrāvit pro eo Damiānum, Bd. 3, 20; S. 550, 33. sometimes fore is separated from its case, v.
for-fang
a seizing or rescuing of stolen or lost property ⬩ apprehensio ⬩ the reward for rescuing such property ⬩ merces, quæ bŏnōrum surreptōrum restĭtūtōri dătur
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Formerly it stood, that for all stolen cattle ... and on its rescue one should pay, that is, for every shilling a penny, be the cattle of whatever kind it may, if one rescues it from the hands of the thief; but if otherwise it be found in a hiding-place
leód-scipe
A people ⬩ nation
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Of ðam leódscipe ðe is Siria geháten from the country that is called Syria, Homl. Th. i. 400, 7: Exon. 64 a; Th. 236, 30; Ph. 582. Eallurn his leódscipe tó þearfe for the behoof of all his people, L. Edg. pref; Th. i. 262, 4: L.
lutian
lurk ⬩ skulk
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Of ðam fýre ðe him on lutaþ from the fire that is latent in it, Lchdm. iii. 274, 4.
mægþ
A maid ⬩ virgin ⬩ girl ⬩ maiden ⬩ woman
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Icel. kona mundi keypt) a woman, let the bargain stand, if it be without fraud, L. Ethb. 77; Th. i. 22, 1. Wæs seó fǽmne geong, mægþ mánes leás ( the Virgin Mary ), Exon. 8 a; Th. 3, 14; Cri. 36.
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nán-wiht
nothing ⬩ nothing ⬩ not at all ⬩ no whit
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The Northern gospels have nǽniht (from nǽnig?) :-- Nǽniht unmæht biþ nihil impossibile erit, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 17, 20. Tó nówihte ł nǽnihte ad nihilum, 5, 13.
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ge-winnan
to make war ⬩ fight ⬩ contend ⬩ pugnare ⬩ bellum gerere ⬩ to obtain by fighting ⬩ to conquer ⬩ gain ⬩ win ⬩ pugna consequi ⬩ obtinere ⬩ subjugare
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Homl. 173, 3. to obtain by fighting, to conquer, gain, win; pugna consequi, obtinere, subjugare Hú he mihte Normandige of him gewinnan how he might conquer [win] Normandy from him, Chr. 1090; Erl. 226, 25.
á-lífan
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Ic waes beden from þaem bisceope þaeti ic him áléfde alle nédbáde tuégra sceopa, C. D. i. 114, 10. Álýfde, 19. Ús þín ríce álýf, Hy. 7, 28. Ðæt mé unne God écean dreámes, líf álýfe, 4, 33.
campian
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Oumpadi (alt. from compadi) decertarent, Jn. L. 18, 36. Winnan and campian militare, R. Ben. 96, 23. Hé wǽpn gegráp mid tó campienne, Bl. H. 167, 1. Campiende agonizans, Wrt. Voc. ii. 2, 51. to fight for, with dat.
ge-swígian
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Ácsode hine hwæþer him þ úhte ꝥ hé úþwita wǽre . . . ' Ic wolde cweþan ꝥ þú úþwita wǽre, gif þú geswugian (-sugian, v.l. ) mihtest, ' 18, 4; F. 68, 4. trans. with gen. to refrain from the saying of something þæt wé sceolan ídelra worda geswigian a mails
ge-witan
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Þæs þe ic gewitan mihte from what I could see; ut dinoscere potui, Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 620, 15. Hió wolde gewitan ( dignoscere ) mid hire eárum æt his nosþyrlum hweþer ǽnig líflic oroð him inne wǽre, 276, 16
híhþ
altitude ⬩ a summit ⬩ top ⬩ the highest point ⬩ extreme degree ⬩ the heavens
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., and add: distance from the base upwards, altitude, elevation above the ground Þæs stánes héhþé obolisci proceritatem, i. altitudinem, An. Ox. 3525. figurative: Heálic héþ edita (pudicitiae) proceritas, An.
sæc
Strife, contest, conflict
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Se ðe sæcce genæs he who came safe from conflict (Beowulf), 3959; 1977. Sæcce sécean, 3982; B. 1989. Nó hé him ðam sæcce ondréd, ne him ðæs wyrmes wíg for wiht dyde, 4684; B. 2347. Sæcce fremman to fight, 4991; B. 2499 : Exon.
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ge-siht
Sight ⬩ power of seeing ⬩ vision ⬩ something seen ⬩ aspect ⬩ respect ⬩ visus ⬩ acies oculorum ⬩ visio ⬩ aspectus ⬩ conspectus ⬩ respectus
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Th. 55, 7 : 137, 1 : Cd. 49; Th. 63, 20; Gen. 1035 Of heora gesihþum from their sight, Jud. 16, 3. Bútan gesyhþe ǽrfæstnesse sine respectu pietatis, Bd. 4, 12; S. 580, 41
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