ge-niman
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Hié hine genámon and his eágan út ástungan, Bl. H. 229, 15. Þý lǽs hí ús eft genimon and on tintregu ús on gebringan, 239, 10. Hié sóhton hine þæt hié hine genámon, 241, 12. Ꝥte hine genómo (ginóme, R.) ut raperent eum, Jn. L. 6, 15.
ge-líhtan
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Sóna þæs þe hé gelýhte (-líhte, v.l., neálíéhte, v.l.) tó þám hearge, þá sceát hé mid his spere mox ut adpropiabat adfanum, injecta in eo lancea, Bd. 2, 13; Sch. 169, I
sceamian
to feel shame, be ashamed ⬩ to cause shame
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Forgif ús úre synna, ðæt ús ne scamige eft, Hy. 7, 84. Ne sceamige nánum men, ðæt hé ánum láreow his gyltas cýðe . . . him sceal sceamian ætforan Gode, Homl. Th. ii. 602, 30. Ðæt mé nesceamie non erubescam, Ps. Th. 24, 18.
ǽfre
Ever ⬩ always ⬩ unquam ⬩ semper
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Nú ic eóm orwéna ðæt unc seó éðyl-stæf ǽfre weorþe gifede ætgædere now I am hopeless that the staff of our family will ever be given to us two together, 101; Th. 134, 12; Gen. 2223. Ðú ǽfre wǽre tu semper fuisti, Exon. 9 b; Th. 8, 2; Cri. 111.
a-þweán
To wash out ⬩ to wash ⬩ cleanse ⬩ baptize ⬩ anoint ⬩ abluere ⬩ lucre ⬩ lavare ⬩ baptizare ⬩ unguere
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Ðæt híg aþwegene wǽren ut baptizarentur, Lk. Bos. 3, 12. Aþwóg unxit, Jn. Lind. War. 12, 3
ceápian
To bargain, chaffer, trade, to contract for the purchase or sale of a thing, to buy, to bribe ⬩ negotiari, emere, comparāre
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He adráf út ealle ða ðe ceápodon innan ðam temple ejiciebat omnes ementes et vendentes in templo, Mt. Bos. 21, 12. Gyfum ceápian to bribe with gifts, Cd. 212; Th. 262, 5; Dan. 739.
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EÓTEN
giant, monster, Grendel ⬩ gĭgas, monstrum, Grendel ⬩ the Jutes, Jutlanders, the ancient inhabitants of Jutland in the north of Denmark ⬩ Jūtæ
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Eotenas, gen. a; dat. um; pl. m. the Jutes, Jutlanders, the ancient inhabitants of Jutland in the north of Denmark; Jūtæ Eótena treówe the faith of the Jutes, Beo.Th. 2148; 6. 1072: 2180; B. 1088: 2286; 3. 1141: 2294; B. 1145
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Fornétes folm
Fornet's palm ⬩ Fornēti palma
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As this refers to the palm only, it leaves us in difficulty what variety is intended by Fornet's palm. It must, however, be one of the chief species, as Fornjótr was a chief god of the heathen Icelanders
full-fremman
To do fully ⬩ fulfil ⬩ finish ⬩ perfect ⬩ practise ⬩ perfĭcĕre ⬩ perăgĕre ⬩ patrāre
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Ðæt ic fallfremme his weorc ut perfĭciam ŏpus ejus, Jn. Bos. 4, 34. Ðæt he hí eft fullfremme that he practise them [the vices] again, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 170, 18. Swá eówer heofonlíca fæder is fullfremed sīcut păter vester cœlestis perfectus est, Mt.
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gál
Light ⬩ pleasant ⬩ wanton ⬩ licentious ⬩ wicked ⬩ lĕvis ⬩ libīdĭnōsus ⬩ luxŭriōsus ⬩ mălus
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Ðæt he gesáwe ungelíce béc him berende beón þurh ða gódan gástas oððe þurh ða gálan ut cōdĭces diversos per bŏnos sīve mălos spīrĭtus sĭbi vīdĕrit offerri, Bd. 5, 13; S. 633, 25.
lacu
A pool ⬩ pond ⬩ lake
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A pool, pond, piece of water, lake Óþ ðæt seó lacu út scýt—cðæt norþ andlang lace to the point where the water runs out of the lake ... then along the lake, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 250, 26.
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mán-dǽd
An evil deed ⬩ crime ⬩ sin
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Ðá ðá hé ða módigan preóstas for heora mándǽdon ðanan út ádréfde and ðérinne munecas gelógode, Chart. Th. 227, 21. Wolde mid mándǽdum menn beswícan, Cd. 23; Th. 29, 16; Gen. 451
nám
Seizure of property belonging to one which is in the hands of another
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Ne nime nán man náne náme, ne innan scíre ne út of scíre, ǽr man hæbbe þríwa on hundrede his rihtes gebeden; (but on the failure of legal means ) nime ðonne leáfe ðæt hé móte hentan æfter his ágenan, L. C. S. 19; Th. i. 386, 9-17. Cf.
nídþearfness
necessity ⬩ compulsion ⬩ necessity ⬩ need ⬩ need ⬩ trouble ⬩ distress
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S. 502, 27. necessity, need (for something) Mycel nýdþearfnys is ðæt ðæt gesceád ... necessaria est magna discretio, 1, 27; S. 497, 17. need, trouble, distress Wæs biddende ðætte hé on swá mycelre neódþearfnysse his bigengum gehulpe deprecatus est ut
óþ-bregdan
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Hé (Nero when Rome was burning bebeád his ágnum monnum ðæt hié gegripen ðæs licgendan feós swá hié mǽst mehten, and tó him brohten, ðonne hit mon út óþbrúde, Ors. 6, 5; Swt. 260, 32. Siððan wearþ Adame eardríca cyst óþbróden, Exon.
strangian
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Word unrehtwísra strongadun ( praevaluerunt ) ofer ús, 64, 4. Strangadan, swíðodon invalescebant, Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 6. Strangedon, 46, 49. [Þet eower heorte erȝian and eower feond strongian, O. E. Homl. i. 13, 28. O. H.
stelan
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Þeóf ne cymþ búton ðæt hé stele fur non uenit nisi ut furetur, Jn. Skt. 10, 10. Gif frigman cyninge stele, L. Ethb. 4; Th. i. 4, 3
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swógan
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Ðǽm swógendum, hleóðregendum argutis, 5, 36: 86, 74. fig. to move with violence, enter with force, invade. v. in-swógenness Ðæt nǽnig bisceop óþres bisceopscíre on swóge ut nullus episcoporum parochiam alterius invadat, Bd. 4, 5; S. 572, 32
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swangor
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Heavy in movement of the body or mind, slow, slothful, sluggish, indolent, physically Nis hé (the Phenix) swár ne swongor swá sume fuglas ða ðe late þurh lyft lácaþ fiþrum ac hé is snel and swift non est tarda, ut volucres quae corpore magno incessus
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wrǽc
Vengeance
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Some of the oblique cases given under wracu and wrǽc might belong to the word and perhaps the following passage Hió cwǽdon :'Sió his blód and his blódes wrǽc ofer ús and ofer úre bearn, H. R. 7, 23