ge-bréfan
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To state briefly, epitomize: Gif hwylcum cnihte lyste má þinga and deópra gesetnyssa be him witan þonne wé hér habbað gebréued, Angl. viii. 308, 11. Nú wé þás þing habbað sceortlíce gebréued, 322, 22. —
Linked entry: -bréfan
for-habban
To abstain ⬩ refrain ⬩ abstinent ⬩ continent ⬩ to abstain from ⬩ to restrain ⬩ keep away ⬩ to keep back ⬩ not to mention ⬩ to restrain ⬩ check ⬩ stop
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Gif mon innan forhæfd sié if a man be costive, Lch. ii. 276, 4
tǽl-lic
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Þǽr ma[n] wógerlice leóð and tǽllice singe ubi amatoria et turpia cantantur, Chrd. 78, 34
án-lípig
Going alone ⬩ solitary ⬩ private ⬩ singular ⬩ alone ⬩ solitarius ⬩ privatus ⬩ singularis ⬩ solus ⬩ tantus
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He nánwiht on hand nyman wolde bútan his ágene gyrde ánlipíge nonnisi virgam tantum habere in manu voluit, 3, 18; S. 546, 32
gearo
Promptly ⬩ readily ⬩ entirely ⬩ altogether ⬩ prompte ⬩ omnīno ⬩ prorsus
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Promptly, readily, entirely, altogether; prompte, omnīno, prorsus Ðæt ic goldǽht gearo sceáwige that I may promptly behold the gold-treasure, Beo. Th. 5490; B. 2748.
pliht
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Danger, damage Mid micclan plihte cum magno periculo, Coll. Monast.Th. 26, 37. Ne biþ ǽnig gewemmed líchama tó plihte ( dangerously, harmfully ), gif hit ne lícaþ ðam móde, Homl. Skt. i. 9, 85.
Linked entry: pleoh
Boruct-ware
A people of ancient Germany, occupying the country between the Rhine, the Lippe, Ems, and Weser ⬩ Bructĕri
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Zeuss supposes they may have inhabited the country near the Lippe, which was called Boroctra or Borhtergo, Deut. Nachbarst. 353
Linked entry: Boruchtuari
sigel
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Icel. enni-máni, -tungl = the eye ), 100 ; An. 50
ceorung
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Seó ceorung is swýðe láð Gode, and húru ꝥ mann gremige him mid wordum, Hml. S. 13, 233: Hml. Th. i. 446, 10. Ceorunge yfelnes murmurationis malum, R. Ben. 58, 8. Bútan ceorunge non cum murmurio, 20, 19.
ele-greófa
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The glosser may have thought of the fire as fed by oil from cans, or by tow soaked in oil), An. Ox. 7, 87: 8, 99
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firen-full
a sinner
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Fyrnfullum, 4, 49. used substantively, a sinner: Geheald mé wið firenfulles folmum custodi me de manu peccatoris, Ps. Th. 139, 4. Ne forhtige gé for ðæs fyrnfullan þreátum, Hml. S. 25, 260. Gebeda for þone fyrenfullan preces pro peccatore, Ll.
penn
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D. iii. 448, 19, Strétfold, 119, 30 may suggest that the word has the later sense). Add: On ætden pæn . . . on ðone ealdan uuíðig on Ættan pennes læce, C. D. vi. 48, 12-14. On hacan penne, v. 238, 30.
snǽd
The handle of a scythe.
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Under the forms snathe, sneath, snead, sned the word occurs in the glossaries of many dialects, e. g. Wilts, Somerset, Northamptonshire. Jamieson also gives it. v. E. D. S. Pub. Gloss.
ge-teágan
To make ⬩ prepare
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To make, prepare Ðæt land mid to teágenne. Ðá ðæt land ðá geteád wæs to prepare the land with. When then the land was prepared; preparata terra, Bd. 4, 28; S. 605, 33.
a-wyrdan
To injure ⬩ corrupt ⬩ destroy ⬩ lædere ⬩ corrumpere ⬩ vitiare ⬩ violare
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Æðeling manig wundum awyrded many a noble injured with wounds, Beo. Th. 2230; B. 1113. Gif spræc awyrd weorþ if speech be injured, L. Ethb. 52 ; Th. i. 16, 5.
cantic
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Ðæt ic sí gebrydded þurh ðæs cantices cwide that I may be touched through the word of the canticle, 33; Sal. 17. Moises wrát ðone cantic and lǽrde Israéla folc scripsit Moyses canticum et docuit filios Israel, Deut. 31, 22: 31, 19: Salm.
gærsum
Treasure ⬩ riches ⬩ thēsaurus ⬩ ŏpes
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Hí námen manega gersumas they took many treasures, Chr. 1070; Erl. 209, 13. For his mycele gersuma for his great treasures, 1090; Erl. 226, 38
lot
Deceit ⬩ guile ⬩ fraud ⬩ craft ⬩ cunning
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Deceit, guile, fraud, craft, cunning Náuht ne deregaþ monnum máne áþas ne ðæt leáse lot ðe beoþ mid ðám wrencum bewrigen nil perjuria, nil nocet ipsis fraus, mendaci compta colore, Bt. 4; Fox 8, 17: Exon. 92 a; Th. 345, 16; Gn. Ex. 189 [v. list].
ge-wealc
A rolling ⬩ motion ⬩ an attack ⬩ volutatio ⬩ impetus
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Togeánes ðán he manega gewealc and gewinn hæfde against which he had many a struggle and contest, Chr. 1100; Erl. 237, 9
ge-met
Fit, meet, proper ⬩ aptus, congruus, conveniens
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Kmbl. 2358 ; An. 1180, Swá him gemet þince as to him may seem fit, Beo. Th. 1379; B. 687: 6107; B. 3057. Ðæt hit gemet wǽre that it were fit, Ps. Th. 143, 4: Bt. Met. Fox 29, 86; Met. 29, 42
Linked entry: or-met