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ge-strangian

(v.)
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Gestrangiað eówere heortan and eówer mód confortetur cor vestrum. Ps. Th. 30, 28. God ús gestrangige and getrymme tó úre ágenre þearfe, Wlfst. 306, 13. Ðæt hié hera mód mid gestæððignesse gestrongien ut mentem gravitate roborent, Past. 307, 20.

wǽg

(n.)
Grammar
wǽg, es; m.

movement ⬩ a wave ⬩ water ⬩ the wave ⬩ sea

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Sum fealone wǽg stefnan steóreþ, streámráde con, Exon. Th. 296, 19; Crä. 53. On sealtne wǽg, 361, 30; Wal. 27: Cd. Th. 236, 19; Dan. 323. Gewát se fugel earce sécan ofer wonne wǽg, 88, 8; Gen. 1462. Windas weóxon, wǽgas grundon, Andr.

ǽmettig

Grammar
ǽmettig, ǽmetig, ǽmtig.

empty, void, vacant ⬩ devoid, void of, free from ⬩ unoccupied, at leisure, exempt from ⬩ free to do ⬩ unmarried

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Ǽlc beód ǽmtig vacua byþ gesewen, Coll. M. 28, 33. Ðæt ǽmtige fæc bufon ðǽre lyfte, Lch. iii. 242, 16. Ǽne émptige cytan, Hml. S. 33, 170. Ǽmtige fatu mid wíne áfyllan, Hml. Th. ii. 58, 14. with gen. :-- Byden ǽlces eles ǽmtig, Gr.

Linked entries: ǽmetgian ǽmtig

á-drífan

to drive, cause to move (with violence) ⬩ to drive off, drive away ⬩ expellere, repudiare

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Gif gé mé fram ádrýfaþ expellitis Coll. M. 29, 23. Ðú ús ádrife fram dóme repulisti nos, Ps. Th. 107, 10. Se fugel ádráf ealle ðá óþre fuglas fram ðǽm líchoman, Shrn. 57, 3. Fram ádreofon abegerunt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 73.

hǽðen

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
hǽðen, adj.

HEATHEN, pagan, gentile ⬩ a heathen ⬩ a heathen, gentile woman ⬩ ethnicus, gentilis, paganus, samaritanus ⬩ a heathen

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Óð ðone hǽðenan byrgels up to the heathen tomb, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. ii. 250, 13. (The same phrase often occurs in the charters in the descriptions of boundaries.) Se hæfde wununge on hǽðenum byrgenum he had his dwelling among the tombs, Homl.

ofer-hygd

(n.)
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ofer-hygd, -hýd, e; f.: es; n.: -hygdu, -hýdu (o); indecl. f. [the plural is used with singular meaning, cf. ofer-méde, -méttu].

pride, arrogance ⬩ honourable pride ⬩ high spirit ⬩ superbia

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Se is kyning ofer eall ða bearn oferhygde (-hýde, Cote. MSS.) ipse est rex super universos filios superbiae, Past. 17, 4; Swt. 111, 22. In oferhygde in superbia, Ps. Surt. 16, 10: 58, 13.

tó-brǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-brǽdan, p. de.

to make broad, ⬩ enlarge, ⬩ extend, ⬩ make great in size or number ⬩ to make great, ⬩ magnify, ⬩ multiply, ⬩ increase, ⬩ improve the condition of a person ⬩ to expand, ⬩ extend, ⬩ spread out, ⬩ open wide, ⬩ distend ⬩ to extend, ⬩ spread abroad, ⬩ diffuse

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Ðú tóbrǽdest heorte míne dilatasti cor meum, Ps. Spl. 118, 32. Tóbrét dilatat, Kent. Gl. 648. Ðú ná tóbrǽddest fýnd míne ofer mé, Ps. Spl. 29, l: 4, 1. Ðú ðín sóðfæst weorc tóbrǽddest multiplicasti justitiam tuam. Ps. Th. 70, 20.

Linked entry: tó-brédan

tó-dál

(n.)
Grammar
tó-dál, -dǽl, es; n.

Division. ⬩ a dividing into parts, ⬩ partition ⬩ separation ⬩ a part of a whole, ⬩ separate portion, ⬩ section ⬩ a mark which divides, ⬩ dividing-point ⬩ distinction, ⬩ difference ⬩ distribution ⬩ scattering, ⬩ dispersing ⬩ dissension, ⬩ want of union or peace, ⬩ discretion

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For ðam ðe ic com sybbe on eorþan sendan; ne secge ic eów, ac tódál (separationem), Lk. Skt. 12, 51. discretion, v. tó-dǽlan, X. Nédbehéfes gerádes tódál necessarie rationis discretio, Anglia xiii. 375, 132. Fremfullum gesceádes tódále, 369, 52.

Linked entry: tó-dǽl

slǽd

(n.)
Grammar
slǽd, sléd, es; n.

A slade ⬩ slade ⬩ a breadth of greensward in ploughed land ⬩ a flat piece of grass ⬩ a broad strip of greensward between two woods, generally in a valley ⬩ Narrow strips of boggy ground running into the hard land at Rockland ⬩ breadth of greensward in ploughed land, or in plantations ⬩ valley ⬩ vallis ⬩ low, flat, marshy ground, with a broad bottom ⬩ a valley

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Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 148, 3. Andlang slǽdes on pyt, iii. 48, 24: 407, 12. Tó brocces slǽde, 233. 34. On ðæt slǽd, 385, 28. Óþ ðæt niéhste slǽd, 416, 21. On slǽð, 25, 24. It occurs also in composition To wulfslǽde, 456, 6.

git

(adv.)
Grammar
git, giet, get, gyt; adv.

Still ⬩ yet

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Be ðiosum git is swíðe ryhtlíce gecweden to ðæm wítegan about which further is very rightly said to the prophet, Swt. 162, 22; Cot. MS.

Linked entries: geot þá giet

ge-féran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-féran, p. -férde; pp. -féred.

To go ⬩ travel ⬩ go on ⬩ behave ⬩ fare ⬩ get on ⬩ come ⬩ get to a place ⬩ To perform a journey ⬩ reach or get by going ⬩ obtain ⬩ attain ⬩ experience ⬩ suffer

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To go, travel, go on, behave, fare, get on, come, get to a place He geférde óð ðæt he Adam funde he journeyed until he found Adam, Cd. 23; Th. 29, 20; Gen. 453. Frécne geférdon daringly they behaved, Beo. Th. 3386; B. 1691.

el-þeódig

(adj.)
Grammar
el-þeódig, æl-þeódig, el-þiódig [ell-]; adj.

Strange, foreign, barbarous, one who is abroad ⬩ pĕregrīnus, barbărus, advĕna, alienīgĕna, qui pĕregre est

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Nú cwom elþeódig now a stranger has come. Elen. Kmbl. 1813; El. 908: Cd. 124; Th. 159, 3; Gen. 2629.

inwit-full

(adj.)
Grammar
inwit-full, adj.

Deceitful ⬩ guileful ⬩ malicious ⬩ evil

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Ne mæg ðǽr inwitfull ǽnig geféran womscyldig mon there may none guileful come, none guilty of sin, Cd. 45; Th. 58, 18; Gen. 498. From ðære inwitfullan yflan tungan a lingua dolosa, Ps. Th. 119, 3.

íren

(n.)
Grammar
íren, es; n.

Iron ⬩ a sword ⬩ blade

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Gif ðæt gegangeþ ðæt ádl oððe íren nimeþ ealdor ðínne if it come to pass, that disease or sword take off thy prince, 3700; B.1848. Mé sceal wǽpen niman, ord and íren, Byrht. Th. 139, 12. Áres and írenes æris et ferri, Bd. 1, I ; S. 473, 23, note.

mynet

(n.)
Grammar
mynet, es; n.

a coin ⬩ coinage ⬩ money

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a coin Mynet nummisma, Wrt. Voc. i. 73, 48. Mynit nomisma, ii. 114, 75. Mynete nummismate, 61, 14: 96, 80. Genim pipores swilce án mynet gewege, diles sǽdes swilce iiii mynet gewegen, Lchdm. ii. 192, 14. Ætgýwaþ mé ðæs gafoles mynyt. Mt.

dropa

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Genihtsumnysse blódes and dropena and manega seócnyssa metta of rúmgyfulnysse wé þoliað abundantiam sanguinis et colerarum (cf. colera, umores, Corp. Gl. H. 34, 619) et plurimas egritudines escarum largitate patimur, 56, 4. gout. (? v. N. E.

gegninga

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Þæt hit gegnunga from Gode cóme, 683. directly to an end, without modification, completely, simply Þæt mæg secgan sé þe wyle sóð sprecan, þæt se mondryhten, sé eów geaf eóredgeatwe . . . génunga gúðgewǽdu forwurpe ( that he simply threw away the weapons

ge-leoran

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ge-leoran, l. ge-leóran,
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R. 15, 44. of things. to pass from the body Ꝥ se drænc sý ðe ǽr geleóred, Lch. iii. 20, 3. to pass away, cease Oþ ꝥ seó ýst forð geleóreð until the storm passes, Shrn. 81, 27. to pass away, cease to exist, come to nothing Heofon and eorðo geliórað

geoguþ-hád

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In geogoðháde þæs líchaman costung wealleþ, and þonne fram þám fíftigoðan geáre cólað seó hǽte, Gr. D. 102, 21. Sé wæs þá gyt on his geogoðháde ( in annis juvenilibus ), 298, 25.

hosa

(n.)
Grammar
hosa, an; m. [or hose; f. (?) v. next word, and cf. other dialects] .

a covering for the leg, HOSE ⬩ caliga ⬩ breeches, hose.] ⬩ a husk, a covering for a grain or seed

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Jamieson's Dict. hose the seed-leaves of grain: vagina, the hose of corn, See also E. D. S. Reprinted Glossaries, No. 5

Linked entry: leðer-hose