ge-lǽdan
To lead ⬩ conduct ⬩ bear ⬩ bring ⬩ derive ⬩ bring out ⬩ bring forth ⬩ produce ⬩ bring up ⬩ dūcĕre ⬩ dedūcĕre ⬩ ăgĕre ⬩ indūcĕre ⬩ deferre ⬩ perferre ⬩ derīvāre ⬩ edūcĕre ⬩ prodūcĕre ⬩ edŭcāre
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To lead, conduct, bear, bring, derive, bring out, bring forth, produce, bring up; dūcĕre, dedūcĕre, ăgĕre, indūcĕre, deferre, perferre, derīvāre, edūcĕre, prodūcĕre, edŭcāre He wile folc gelǽdan in dreáma dreám he will lead the people into joy of joys
reáf
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Prud. 56 a. Hý ðý reáfe rǽdan mótan, Exon. Th. 110, 5; Gú. 103. raiment, a garment, robe, vestment Reáf vestis vel vestimentum vel indumentum, Wrt. Voc. i. 81, 40 : cultus, 39, 70. Heó æthrán his reáfes ( vestimenti ) fnæd.
ge-lustfulling
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Hé forhæfde hine sylfne fram gelustfullunge þysses lífes, Shrn. 12, 22. pleasure as a personification Seó gelustfullung ( voluptas ) gewundedum fótum þurh þá þornas fleáh, Prud. 53. that which produces pleasure, an object or source of delight, a delight
for-swelgan
To swallow up ⬩ devour ⬩ absorb ⬩ devŏrāre ⬩ degluttīre ⬩ absorbēre
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To swallow up, devour, absorb; devŏrāre, degluttīre, absorbēre Baru sond willaþ rén forswelgan the bare sand will swallow up the rain, Bt. Met. Fox 7, 27; Met. 7, 14: Exon. 35 a; Th. 113, 30; Gú. 164. Wén is ðæt hí us wyllen forsweolgan forsĭtan deglūtissent
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ge-weorþan
to be ⬩ be made ⬩ become ⬩ happen ⬩ fiĕri ⬩ To happen ⬩ come to pass ⬩ befall ⬩ come together ⬩ agree ⬩ be agreeable ⬩ contingĕre ⬩ evĕnīre ⬩ convĕnīre ⬩ plăcēre
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to be, be made, become, happen; fiĕri Hú mágon ðás þing ðus geweorþan quomŏdo possunt hæc fiĕri? Jn. Bos. 3, 9: Elen. Kmbl. 909; El. 456. Ne séc ðú þurh hlytas hú ðé geweorþan scyle seek not by lots how it is to happen to thee, rov. Kmbl. 32. Hú geweorþeþ
Linked entries: ge-wurþan ge-wyrþan tó-wesness
ofer-cuman
to overcome, vanquish, subdue ⬩ to come upon, reach, obtain
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Ofercumenum leahtrum devictis vitiis, Prud. 28 a. to come upon, reach, obtain Ofercuom obtinuit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 115, 29. Ofercom, 63, 26. Nánne ne sparedon cwicera manna ðe hié ofercuman mihton spared none that they could come up with Judth.
hlihhan
to laugh ⬩ to rejoice ⬩ to laugh at ⬩ to laugh ⬩ to scorn ⬩ To laugh at ⬩ deride ⬩ scorn
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Seó eáðmódnes hlóh þǽre ofer-módignesse fylles humilitas deridet superbiam iacentem, Prud. 34 a. Þá hlógon his geféran þæs forcorfenan basinges, Hml.
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torfian
to throw with turf at a person (cf. stǽnan), and then with stones or the like; ⬩ to throw. ⬩ to throw at an object, ⬩ strike with a missile, ⬩ to stone a person ⬩ to throw, ⬩ cast,
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Prud. 12 a. Ða deóflu mé swíðe geegsiaþ and eác swylce torfiaþ Homl. Skt. i. 3, 424. Hí námon stánas, ðæt hí hine torfodon, Homl. Th. ii. 236, 21. Hí mid stánum torfodon ðone soðfæstan Iacob, 300, 18.
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Cædmon
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A man employed by the monks of Whitby in the care of their cattle in the early part of the seventh century. He is the first person of whom we possess any metrical composition in our vernacular language. So striking and similar are some of his thoughts
scotian
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Prud. 20 a. Drihten lígetas sceotaþ Dominus jaculatur fulgura, Bd. 4, 3; S. 569, 22. Hé sceotaþ his flán and his scearpe spere ongeán his wiðerwinnan, Basil admn. 2; Norm. 36, 5. Of heofene dóm scotad is, Ps. Surt. 75, 9. to shoot (intrans.)
hleóþrian
To make a sound ⬩ to sound ⬩ resound ⬩ To speak words
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Srt. ii. p. 202, 5. ꝥ hleóðrigende folc turba psallentium Prud. 75. the subject a thing Þá hleóðriendan lígettas, Wlfst. 182, 10. Þá hleóðriendan lígeas, Verc. Först. 87, 3. Þǽm swógendum, hleóðregendum argutis (fibrarum fidibus Ald. 71, 28), Wrt.
brúnéða
A disease called brunella or pruna ⬩ morbus quidam, idem forte, qui Belgis bruyne, id est, Erysipelas ⬩ ἐρυσίπελας ⬩ cerebri. Oris vitium, cum linguæ tumore, exasperatione, siccitate, et nigredine, vulgo, inquit Kilianus, brunella,
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A disease called brunella or pruna; morbus quidam, idem forte, qui Belgis bruyne, id est, Erysipelas [=ἐρυσίπελας] cerebri.
FRIGNAN
To ask ⬩ inquire ⬩ interrŏgāre ⬩ sciscĭtāri
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To ask, inquire; interrŏgāre, sciscĭtāri Ic ðé frignan wille hwæt forlǽtest ðú me I wish to ask thee why hast thou forsaken me. Andr. Kmbl. 2824; An. 1414. He hine wæs frignende, for hwon he ðæt Godes eówde forlǽtan wolde illum sciscitābātur, quāre grĕgem
GLÉD
Burning coal ⬩ live coal ⬩ gleed ⬩ ember ⬩ fire ⬩ flame ⬩ pruna ⬩ carbo ⬩ flamma
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Burning coal, live coal, gleed, ember, fire, flame; pruna, carbo, flamma Gléd pruna, Ælfc. Gl. 30; Som. 61, 75; Wrt. Voc. 27, 5: 82, 53. Gléda fýres carbones ignis, Ps. Spl. 17, 14: Ps. Th. 17, 12.
be-reáfian
alone
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Voc. i. 54, 43. with æt Hí bereáfodon Loth æt his ǽhton predati sunt Loth, Prud. 2 b : Chr. 1043; P. 163, 34. þeáh se reáfere ús æt ǽhtum bereáfige, Hml. Th. i. 576, 10: Ll. Th. ii. 180, 21. Gif man beó æt his ǽhtum bereáfod, i. 286, 16.
frinan
To ask ⬩ inquire ⬩ consult ⬩ interrŏgāre ⬩ sciscĭtāri ⬩ consŭlĕre
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To ask, inquire, consult; interrŏgāre, sciscĭtāri, consŭlĕre Se gesíþ ongan hine frinan, for hwon hine mon gebindan ne mihte cŏmes eum inierrŏgāre cæpit quāre lĭlgāri non posset, Bd. 4, 22; S. 591, 24: Cd. 25; Th. 31, 34; Gen. 495: Beo. Th. 708; B. 351
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týdran
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Prud. 57 b. Ǽlces landes gecynd is, ðæt hit him gelíce wyrta týdrige (týdre, Cott. MS.); and hit swá déþ; friþaþ and fyrþraþ swíþe georne, Bt. 34, 10; Fox 148, 29.
fricgan
To ask ⬩ inquire ⬩ question ⬩ find out ⬩ seek after ⬩ learn ⬩ get information of ⬩ interrŏgāre ⬩ sciscĭtāri ⬩ pĕtĕre ⬩ fando accĭpĕre ⬩ compĕrīre
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To ask, inquire, question, find out, seek after, learn, get information of; interrŏgāre, sciscĭtāri, pĕtĕre, fando accĭpĕre, compĕrīre Wilt ðú fricgan felageongne ymb forþgesceaft wilt thou ask one who has travelled much about the creation? Exon. 92
ge-healdan
to keep ⬩ hold ⬩ observe ⬩ keep in ⬩ retain ⬩ reserve ⬩ preserve ⬩ save ⬩ defend ⬩ protect ⬩ custodīre ⬩ servāre ⬩ observāre ⬩ contĭnēre ⬩ reservāre ⬩ salvāre ⬩ defendĕre ⬩ to hold ⬩ occupy ⬩ possess ⬩ tĕnēre ⬩ possĭdēre
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to keep, hold, observe, keep in, retain, reserve, preserve, save, defend, protect; custodīre, servāre, observāre, contĭnēre, reservāre, salvāre, defendĕre Ðæt ic ðíne word mihte wel gehealdan ut custōdiam verbum tuum, Ps. Th. 118, 101 : Andr. Kmbl. 426
metan
to mete ⬩ measure ⬩ to measure out ⬩ mark off ⬩ assign the bounds of a place ⬩ to measure by paces ⬩ to traverse ⬩ pass over ⬩ to measure one thing by or with another ⬩ to compare
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Hwílum mid folmum [hé] mæt weán and wítu, Cd. 229; Th. 309, 22; Sat. 714. to measure out, mark off, assign the bounds of a place Se geleáfa and seó lulu mǽton ðone stede hwǽr hió drihtnes tempel rǽran woldan, Prud. 80.