geár
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Gif hit gebyrað on geáre (if it happen some year) þæt náðer ne byð . . . ne æceren ne bóc ne oðer mæsten, Nap. 10, 28. <b>III b.</b> the spring season :-- Þæt geár mót brengan blósman, Bt. 7, 3; F. 20, 22.
lagu
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the body of rules binding on the members of a state or community Hé hit béte swá swá lagu tǽce ( as the law directs ), Ll. Th. i. 418, 14. Swá man swýðor spæc embe rihte lage swá mann dyde máre unlaga, Chr. 1086; P. 218, 19.
réðe
Fierce, cruel, savage ⬩ severe, stern, austere, zealous ⬩ wild, savage, fierce; ⬩ severe, cruel, fierce, dire;
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Bos. 8, 28. Ealle swíðe erre-wǽron. Ðá wæs heora sum réðra and hátheortra ðonne ðá óðre, Blickl.
Linked entry: hréðe
ge-þencan
to think ⬩ conceive ⬩ perceive ⬩ reflect upon ⬩ weigh ⬩ meditari ⬩ considerare ⬩ pensare ⬩ to think about ⬩ remember ⬩ consider maturely ⬩ to take to heart ⬩ recogitare ⬩ iterum cogitare ⬩ reminisci ⬩ to think of ⬩ bear in mind ⬩ remember ⬩ recordari ⬩ cogitare ⬩ memor esse ⬩ to excogitate ⬩ devise ⬩ invent ⬩ conceive ⬩ excogitare ⬩ struere ⬩ invenire ⬩ to resolve ⬩ intend ⬩ wish ⬩ intendere ⬩ velle
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Bos. 6, 27: Exon. 77 a; Th. 289, 34; Wand. 58, 100 a; Th. 378, 6; Deor. 12. Ðú meaht sweotole geþencean thou mayest clearly perceive, Bt. Met. Fox 5, 2; Met. 5, 1. To geþencanne to think, Exon. 112 a; Th. 429, 3; Rä. 42, 8.
tó-brecan
To break, ⬩ break in pieces ⬩ to break in two, ⬩ to break to pieces, ⬩ break up, ⬩ to separate into parts by striking or pulling ⬩ to overthrow, ⬩ break down, ⬩ ruin, ⬩ destroy, ⬩ put into confusion, ⬩ rout, ⬩ to destroy, ⬩ crush ⬩ to take by assault ⬩ to break a promise, pledge, etc., ⬩ to infringe, ⬩ violate ⬩ to break, ⬩ interrupt
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Wæs ðæt beorhte bold tóbrocen swíðe, 1999; B. 997. Weard folc tótwǽmed, scyldburh tóbrocen, Byrht. Th. 138, 58; By. 242. Áne tóbrocene byrgenne sepulchrum dirutum, Ors. 4, 10; Swt. 202, 4. Eal ðín carcern hé hafaþ tóbrocen, Blickl. Homl. 85, 22.
ge-writ
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E. 229, 23. text of an agreement Þǽre siuoðlican dǽde þysses gemetes gewrit is cuius synodicae actionis huius*-*modi textus est, Bd. 4, 5; Sch. 373, 8. of literary writing, a book, treatise Gewrites fa[s] ti, Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 82: 37, 25.
nimþe
Unless ⬩ except
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Ne sceal nǽfre his torn tó rycene beorn ácýðan, nemþe hé ǽr ða bóte cunne, Exon. Th. 293, 9; Wand. 113. Nymþe mé Drihten gefultumede, wénincga mín sáwl sóhte helle, Ps. Th. 93, 16 : Beo. Th. 3321; B. 1657.
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ge-regnian
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Hé hit (a book) gihrínade mið golde and mid gimmum, Jn. p. 188, 4. Ðæt hrægl . . . scolde beón . . . gerénod mid golde, Past. 83, 24. Gerénod cæppe penula, Wrt. Voc. i. 25, 55. Geafum gehríned (ornatum), Lk. L. 21, 5.
settan
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Þá sette Boia þás spéce wið Ælfríce; ꝥ wes ꝥ Putrael sealde Ælfríce viii oxa, Cht. E. 274, 4. Hé sætte mycel deórfrið . . .
healf
a half ⬩ side, part
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On twá healfe ðære eás on both sides of the river, 896; Etl. 94, 11.
be-frinan
to ask a person a question, ⬩ to ask ⬩ question, ⬩ to ask about something ⬩ to ask a person about something ⬩ to ask for some-thing ⬩ to ask of a person what one wishes to be told
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Th. i. 82, 16. to ask a person about something Hwæt mec befregnes ðú of gód quid me interrogas de bono?, Mt. L. 19, 17. Be þǽre láre þe þú mé befrúne, Bl. H. 185, 8. Hé angan tó befrínenne sume inlendisce ymbe þæs íglondes gewunan.
þanc
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Ðonne wǽron ǽgþer góde, ge ða ǽrran ge ðás æfterran, and nǽron náðere an þance quid aliud colligi datur, nisi semper bona esse, sed ingrata? Ors. 2, 5; Swt. 86, 10.
clǽnsian
To CLEANSE, purify, chasten, clear oneself ⬩ mundare, purgare, castigare, se liberare
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Heó ða iungran lǽrde and clǽnsade ge mid hire láre ge mid lífes býsne she taught and purified the younger ones both by her doctrine and by the example of her life, Bd. 4, 9; S. 576, 23. Clǽnsa me munda me, Ps. Spl. 18, 13.
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GE-DÉFE
Becoming ⬩ fit ⬩ proper ⬩ seemly ⬩ convenient ⬩ agreeable ⬩ decent ⬩ quiet ⬩ mild ⬩ meek ⬩ gentle ⬩ kind ⬩ benevolent ⬩ congruus ⬩ convĕniens ⬩ dĕcens ⬩ opportūnus ⬩ hŏnestus ⬩ quiētus ⬩ mansuētus ⬩ bĕnignus
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Dó gedéfe mid me Drihten, tácen fac mecum, Dŏmĭne, signum in bŏno, Ps. Th. 85, 16. Ða synd líðe and gedéfe they are meek and gentle, Homl. Th. i. 550, 20. Sýn hí adilgad of gedéfra eác ðæra lifigendra leófra bócum deleantur de libro vīventium, Ps.
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twéntig
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Án twéntig is ðara bóca ðe Adeluuold gesealde of the books that Athelwold gave there is a score, Chart. Th. 244, 21. Wæs ic mid ðé twéntig wintra, Gen. 31, 38. Næfde hé má ðonne twéntig sceápa and twéntig swýnas, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 19, 14.
wyrt-wala
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the root of a plant Swá fela bóga treówes of ánum wyrtwalan ( radice ) spryttaþ, Scint. 3, 17. Genim wegbrǽdan wyrtwalan, Lchdm. i. 82, 19: 90, 6, 23: 94, 19, 23. Wyrtwalan radices, Ps. Surt. 79, 10.
frymþ
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Þǽr þú wurde æt frymðe fugel if thou hadst been born a bird, Seel. 79. Drihten him tó earde geceás Sione ǽrest æt frymðe praeelegit Sion in habitationem sibi, Ps. 131, 14. Þæt byð secga gehwám snytru on frymðe initium sapientiae, 110, 7.
ge-hwǽde
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Þú gesáwe gehwǽde mot. . . and ne gesáwe bone mǽstan cyp, R. Ben. 12, 3. Hæbben hý scapulare, þæt is gehwǽde cugelan and slýfleáse, 89, 13. Mid hangiendre hande dó hé swilce hé gehwǽde bellan cnyllan wille, Tech. ii. 118, 7.
forþ
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Th. i. 68, 15: Chr. 1070; P. 206, 8. (2 b) of action continued to completion :-- Gif se hund losige, gá þeós bót hwæðere forð this fine must still be paid, Ll. Th. i. 78, 6. Hé ne mihte ná forð hérmid he could not carry out his plan, Cht.
licgan
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Geseah hé his swegre licgende and hriðgende, Mt. 8, 14. expressing the posture of a dead body Se líchoma inne læg þæs deádan mannes, Bl. H. 219, 15. Hé nolde fleógan . . . þá his betera læg.