bán-fæt
The bone vessel ⬩ the body ⬩ ossium vas ⬩ corpus
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The bone vessel, the body; ossium vas, corpus, Exon. 59a; Th. 213, 23; Ph. 229
Linked entry: fæt
will-flód
The waters of the deluge
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The waters of the deluge Willflód ongan lytli-gan, Cd. Th. 85, lo; Gen. 1412
eáþe
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What is easy, the easy Þæt nán wiht ne sý þæs eáðes ne þæs earfoðes, Wlfst. 185, 1
gærsum
Treasure ⬩ riches ⬩ thēsaurus ⬩ ŏpes
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Hí betǽhtan ðǽr ealla ða gærsume they deposited there all the treasures, 1070; Erl. 209, 17, 27, 33. Hí námen manega gersumas they took many treasures, Chr. 1070; Erl. 209, 13. For his mycele gersuma for his great treasures, 1090; Erl. 226, 38
ge-dafenlíce
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Hé ðone hálgan grétte, biddende þæt hé him dægwistes gedafenlíce tíðode he greeted the saint, asking that he would furnish him suitably with provisions. Hml. Th. ii. 134, 30. Add
for-settan
to stop up ⬩ block ⬩ obstruct ⬩ to press down ⬩ oppress ⬩ repress
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Hé forsette (repressit) þá réðnisse þæs Gotan, 165, 3. Þá hé þone witan forsette (premeret) mid þám úttran þýstrum his eágena, 274, 25. Hit byð mid manigum swingum forseted flagellis premitur, 258, 28.
for-leósan
To lose ⬩ let go ⬩ destroy ⬩ amittĕre ⬩ perdĕre ⬩ destruĕre
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Ðæt he forlure ða gestrión that he would lose the treasures, Past. 7, 1; Hat. MS. 12 a, 5. Ðú forloren hæfst ða woruldsǽlþa thou hast lost the worldly prosperity, Bt. 7, 1; Fox 16, 7
Linked entry: be-leósan
be-pǽcan
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Gif ðú Gode líhst, ne bepǽcst þú ná hine, Hml. S. 12, 99. Þis líf bepiǽcð þá ðe hit lufiaþ, 5, 65: Angl. viii. 330, 3. Sé ðe bepǽhð ǽnne Godes þeówena, Hml. Th. i. 516, 20. Þonne hí bepǽcaþ cum pellexerini, An. Ox. 3929.
gealdor-cræftiga
One crafty or skilful in enchantments ⬩ an enchanter ⬩ in arte incantandi perītus ⬩ incantātor
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Alf. 30; Th. i. 52, 9
be-twuh
Between, among ⬩ inter
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Between, among; inter He gewícode betwuh ðǽm twám hergum he encamped between the two armies, Chr. 894; Th. 164, 23, col. 1. He betwuh him wunaþ he dwells among them, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234, 10: Bt. Met. Fox 29, 8; Met. 29, 4
sac
Accused, charged, guilty
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Accused, charged, guilty Swerian ðæt hig nellan nǽnne sacleásan man forsecgean ne nǽnne sacne forhelan let them swear that they will not bring a charge against an innocent man, nor conceal one who is justly charged, L. Eth. iii. 3; Th. i. 294, 5
dyrstig
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Swíðe dysig is se man and dyrstig sé þe syngað gelóme, Angl. xii. 513, 27. Hé þá hálgan róde genam hám tó his earde árleáslíce dyrstig, Hml. S. 27, 26. Þæt heofonlice hors wearp ádúne þone dyrstigan Heliodorum, 25, 777.
ge-etan
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Of ðam treówe Adam sceolde geetan on ende of that tree Adam was to have eaten in the end, Hex. 24, 19. Þeos wyrt fremaþ wel geeten (-at-, v. l. ) and tó þám nafolan gewriþen, Lch. i. 204, 27. Add
sceóh
shy, timid, fearful: ⬩ wanton
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Th. 354, 10 ; Reim. 43. wanton (?) Ðæs sción petulantis (peculantis,Wrt. ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 89, 24. Lokeð þet ȝe ne beon nout iliche þe horse þet is scheouh, and blencheð nor one scheadewe . . .
gorst
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Ðá hét ualerianus gebindan ðysne ypolitum on wildu hors ðæt hyne drógon on gorstas and on þornas then bade Valerian to bind this Hypolitus on wild horses that they might drag him into the brambles and thorns, Shrn. 117, 13.
gár-getrum
A troop armed with spears ⬩ javelins
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A troop armed with spears, javelins Gárgetrum ofer scild-hreádan sceótend sendaþ flacor flángeweorc the spear-troop, the archers, send over the shields the quivering arrows, Exon. 17 b; Th. 42, 18; Cri. 674
gærs-swín
a swine paid for the privilege of using the lord's woods for the pasturage of swine
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Add: a swine paid for the privilege of using the lord's woods for the pasturage of swine. Cf. cap. 49 of Ine's Laws concerning the illegal pasturing of swine, Ll. Th. i. 132, 11
weall
a wall that is made, ⬩ wall of a building, of a town, ⬩ side of a cave ⬩ a natural wall ⬩ a steep hill ⬩ a cliff.
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Th. 412, 1; Rä. 30, 7. Draca beorges getrúwode, wíges and wealles ( the cliff in which the firedrake's cave was ), Beo. Th. 4635; B. 2323.
Linked entries: æt-foran-weall wala weal weall-clif weall-steáp
DOLH
A wound, scar of a wound, cut, gash, sore ⬩ vulnus, cicatrix, ulcus
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Wið ða sweartan dolh, genim ðas ylcan wyrte for black scars, take this same herb, Herb. 10, 3; Lchdm. i. 100, 23: Homl. Blick. 91, 1. Ðám biþ grorne dolg sceáwian it shall be sad to them to behold the scars.
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ge-reordan
To give food to, feed, take food, satisfy, refresh, feast ⬩ cibare, saturare, satiare, epulari
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Th. i. 458, 19. We willaþ mid ðý hláfe gereorde beón pane illo refici volumus, Bd. 2, 5; S. 507, 22. Ðá wæs flet-sittendum fægere gereorded then were the sitters in the hall nobly feasted, Beo. Th. 3581; B. 1788.
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