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ge-teón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-teón, -tión; p. -teóde; pp. -teód

To make ⬩ form ⬩ frame ⬩ appoint ⬩ determine ⬩ decree ⬩ ordain ⬩ assign ⬩ făcĕre ⬩ stătuĕre ⬩ constĭtuĕre ⬩ decernĕre

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Þurh hwelces monnes hond mín ende wǽre getiód by what man's hand my death was determined; cujus mortem percussoris manu cavendam habeam, Nar. 31, 19: Th. Ch. 483, 15

fur-lang

'the length of the drive of the plough before it is turned,' ⬩ the eighth of a mile ⬩ stadium ⬩ an area of land a furrow-long in width

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Forð bufon scortan hlince æt ðæs furlanges ende, v. 111, 6. Ðweres ofer án furlang on gerihte on án ælrbed, 153, 35

stefn

(n.)
Grammar
stefn, stemn, es; m.
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Ic (the cross) wæs áheáwen holtes on ende, ástyred of stefne (swefne, Kemble) mínum, Rood Kmbl. 59; Kr. 30. Beám yldo ábreóteþ and bebriceþ telgum, ástyreþ stefn on síðe, áfylleþ hine on foldan, Salm. Kmbl. 594; Sal. 296. <b>I a.

ge-welgian

(v.)
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Ungeendedum edleáni[ende] forebeácnum wæs gewelgod infinitis remuneratore prodigiis donatur, An. Ox. 2551. Gewelgode prosperabantur, 3630. Þá sáwla þe beóð gewelgode mid góódum geearnuncgum, Ps. Th. 44, 13.

swilc

Grammar
swilc, <b>. I 1.</b>
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Add Ic mæg gelíc anginn þǽm gesecgan, þéh hit swelcne ende næfde, þætte Constantinopolim on swelcre cwacunge wæs ego poteram similia apud Constantinopolim narrare, Ors. 3, 2; S. 100, 21. Þone swylcne seócne lǽcas nemniað gewitleásne, Gr.

holm

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Of elkanleighe tó hilisbrók on þane holm ; þane endelanges thes brókes in on wryng; þanen end-lang wryng, C. D. B. ii. 264, 18

bróc

(n.; part.)
Grammar
bróc, es; m? [bróc, p. of bracan]

An inferior horse, a shaking horse, jade ⬩ caballus, equus vilior

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An inferior horse, a shaking horse, jade; caballus, equus vilior Ðæt hie sécen him bróc on onráde, and on wǽne, oððe on ðon ðe hie á þrówian mǽgen that they look for themselves to ride on a horse, and in a wain, or in that which they can ever endure,

EALDOR

(n.)
Grammar
EALDOR, aldor, es, ; n: e;

life ⬩ vita

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life; vita Ealdres æt ende at life&#39;s end, Beo. Th. 5573; B. 2790. Ðe him wolde ealdres geunnan which would grant him life, Andr. Kmbl. 2263; An. 1133. On ðissum ealdre in this life, Ps. Th. 87, 14.

Linked entry: tó

earfeðe

(adj.)
Grammar
earfeðe, earfoþ; adj.

Hard, difficult, troublesome ⬩ diffĭcĭlis, mŏlestus

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Hard, difficult, troublesome; diffĭcĭlis, mŏlestus Nis me earfeðe to geþolianne willan Dryhtnes mínes it is not hard for me to endure the will of my Lord, Exon. 48 a; Th. 166, 6; Gú. 1038.

ge-fylce

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Dele Nar. 19, 22 at end, and add Gefylce commanipulares, commilitones, socii, Wrt. Voc. ii. 132, 51: An. Ox. 859. Harold cyningc and Tostig eorl and heora gefylce wǽron áfaren of scipe, Chr. 1066; P. 198, 19. Fram gefylce a manipulo, An.

ágnian

(v.)
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Ahni[ende] (áhniend. Hpt. 523, 4) usurpans , An. Ox. 5127

an-weald

(n.)
Grammar
an-weald, m. f. n.
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On ǽlcum ende mínes anwealdes, Ll. Th. i. 274, 2. Hú Assael hine unwærlíce mid anwealde ðreátode hunc cum Assael vi incautae praecipitationis impeteret. Past. 295, 14.

feorh-lege

(n.)
Grammar
feorh-lege, feorh-lege, es; m.

death

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Life-laying [cf. lecgan; II. to slay], death Hú wolde þæt geweorðan þæt on þone hálgan handa sendan tó feorhlege fæderas ússe how should that come to pass that our fathers should lay hands on the holy one to the end that they might slay him, El. 458.

ge-þringan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þringan, p. -þrang, -þringde [North. Gospels], pl. -þrungon; pp. -þrungen

To press ⬩ oppress ⬩ comprimere ⬩ contendere ⬩ opprimere

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Wæs ðá ende-dógor neáh geþrungen the final day had come near, Exon. 46 b; Th. 158, 10; Gú. 906. Ðære tíde ys neáh geþrungen it is close upon the time, Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 31; Jud. 287: Cd 116; Th. 151, 15; Gen. 2509.

Linked entry: folc-geþrang

for-þyldian

(v.)
Grammar
for-þyldian, -þyldigian, -þyldegian, -þylgian; p. ode; pp. od

To sustain ⬩ bear ⬩ endure ⬩ suffer ⬩ be patient ⬩ wait patiently ⬩ sustĭnēre ⬩ tolĕrāre ⬩ păti

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To sustain, bear, endure, suffer, be patient, wait patiently; sustĭnēre, tolĕrāre, păti For ðé ic forþyldegode hosp propter te sustĭnui opprobrium. Ps. Spl. 68, 10: 54, 12: Homl. Th. ii. 174, 10.

Linked entry: þyldian

réðe

(adj.)
Grammar
réðe, ;adj.;

Fierce, cruel, savage ⬩ severe, stern, austere, zealous ⬩ wild, savage, fierce; ⬩ severe, cruel, fierce, dire;

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Wearð him on slǽpe gecýðed ðætte ríces gehwæs réðe sceolde gelimpan eorðan dreámas ende wurðan ;on sleep was made known to him that of every kingdom a terrible end should befall, an end be of the joy of earth,; 223, 4; Dan. 114.

Linked entry: hréðe

-a

(suffix)
Grammar
-a, affixed to words, denotes

A person ⬩ an agent ⬩ actor

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Some abstract nouns, and words denoting inanimate things, end in -a; and these words, having the same declension as those which signify Persons or actors, are masculine; as Hlísa, an; m. fame: Tíma, an; m. fame: Líchama, an; m. a body: Steorra, an; m.

for-glendrad

(v.)
Grammar
for-glendrad, for-glendran.

To devour ⬩ consume

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. ¶ forglendred (-end? a voracious person; lurco?) serviunculus, Wrt. Voc. i. 290, 49. Substitute:

hin-síþ

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Perhaps the glosses took the word to be plural and used in the sense 'end of life', and intended to express the idea by hinsíðas. Cf. insíðgryre for hinsíðgryre, Sae. 456), Txts. 181, 39. Add:

for-beran

(v.)
Grammar
for-beran, p -bær, pl. -bǽron; pp. -boren [for for; beran to bear]

To FORBEAR ⬩ abstain ⬩ refrain ⬩ restrain ⬩ bear with ⬩ endure ⬩ suffer ⬩ abstĭnēre ⬩ sustĭnēre ⬩ comprĭmĕre ⬩ reprĭmĕre ⬩ tŏlĕrāre ⬩ păti ⬩ ferre

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Ðonne him mon yfel dó, he hit sceal geþyldelíce forberan when one does him evil, he shall patiently endure it, Glostr. Frag. 112, 18: Mk. Bos. 14, 4