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fricgan

(v.)
Grammar
fricgan, fricgean, fricggan; part. fricgende; ic fricge, ðú frigest, frigst, frihst, he frigeþ, frigþ, frihþ, pl. fricgaþ; p. ic, he fræg, ðú frǽge, pl. frǽgon; impert. frige; subj. pres. fricge, pl. fricgen; pp. ge-frigen, -fregen, -frægen

To askinquirequestionfind outseek afterlearnget information ofinterrŏgāresciscĭtāripĕtĕrefando accĭpĕrecompĕrīre

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Gomela Scylding, fela fricgende, feorran rehte the aged Scylding, learning much, related [things] from [times] remote, Beo. Th. 4218; B. 2106: Exon. 92 b; Th. 347, 17; Sch. 14.

gehðo

(n.)
Grammar
gehðo, gehðu, geohðu, geoðu, giohðo, giðu, e; f.

Careanxietycurasolicitudo

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Care, anxiety; cura, solicitudo Gomol on gehðo eówic grétan hét the aged [prince] in sadness commanded to greet you, Beo. Th. 6181; B. 3095. Gehðomǽnan to bemoan misery, Andr. Kmbl. 3095; An. 1550.

Linked entry: gihþu

teón

(v.)
Grammar
teón, p. teóde.
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Nalæs hí hine læssan lácum teódan ðonne ða dydon ðe hine æt frumsceafte forð onsendon, Beo. Th. 86; B. 43

úser

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
úser, usser; adj. pron.

Our

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Endeláf usses cynnes, Beo. Th. 5619; B. 2813. Módes usses, Met. 21, 12. Ne meaht ðú in usse mǽgþe ne on ussum gemánan wunian, Bd. 2, 5; S. 507, 27, On eallum ussum cynne, Blickl. Homl. 151, 12. Ussum móde, Exon. Th. 2, 32; Cri. 28.

Linked entry: úre

weard

(n.)
Grammar
weard, es; m.

a guard, warder, watchman, sentinel a guardian, protector, lord

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Weard Scyldinga, se ðe holmclifu healdan scolde, Beo. Th. 464; B. 229: Ps. 126, 2. Se weard ( the angel at the gate of Eden ), Cd. Th. 58, 21; Gen. 949. Ða weardas custodes, Mt. Kmbl. 28, 4, 11. Ða weardas heóldon ðæs cwearternes duru, Homl.

smiþ

(n.)
Grammar
smiþ, es; m.

A smith, a worker in metals or in wood faber faber, cudo

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Wǽpna smiþ Beo. Th. 2908; B. 1452. Hú nys se smiþ (smiþ ł wyrihte faber, Lind.) Marian sunu Mk. Skt. 6, 3. Ðes ys smiþes sunu hic est fabri filius Mt. Kmbl. 13, 55. Byrne, searonet seowed smiþes orþancum Beo. Th. 817; B. 406.

Linked entry: helle-smiþ

ge-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-líc, comp. m. -lícra; f. n. -lícre; superl. -lícost, -lícast, -lícust; adj.

Likealikesimilarequalsĭmĭlisæquālis

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Ealle hí beóþ gelíce acennede they are all born alike, Bt. 30, 2; Fox 110, 9 : Beo. Th. 4334; B. 2164. Wirc ðé twá stǽnene tabulan ðám óðrum gelíce præcĭde tibi duas tăbŭlas lăpĭdeas instar priōrum, Ex. 34; 1 : Ps. Th. 65, 5.

Linked entry: an-gelíc

tó-samne

(adv.)
Grammar
tó-samne, -somne; adv.

Togetherin concert,at the same time

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Se wyrm gebeáh snúde tósomne, Beo. Th. 5129; B. 2568. Ða stánas bióþ earfoþe tó tódǽlenne and eác uneáþe tósomne cumaþ, Bt. 34, 11; Fox 150, 25. Hié him geblendon tósomne drync unheórne, Andr. Kmbl. 66; An. 33: Exon.

Linked entry: tó-somne

syn

(n.)
Grammar
syn, e; f.

misdeed, fault, crime, wrongsin

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Ðá wæs synn and sacu Sweóna and Geáta then was there wrongdoing and strife between Swedes and Geats, Beo. Th. 4935; B. 2472. Senne facinus, Hpt. Gl. 519, 22. Synne stǽlan to charge with crime, Menol. Fox 569; Gn.

GEÁTAS

(n.)
Grammar
GEÁTAS, Iótas, Iútas, Eótenas

the JutesJutæGAUTSGauti in SueciaΓαυτοί,

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Beó wid Geátas glæd be cheerful towards the Gauts, Beo. Th. 2350; B. 1173. See Grimm Geschichte d. D. S. pp. 512, 312

HWÍL

(n.)
Grammar
HWÍL, e; f.

A WHILE

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A WHILE, space of time Wæs seó hwíl micel it was a great while, Beo. Th. 295; B. 146. Ðá wæs hwíl dæges ǽr hé ðone grundwong ongytan mihte it was a day's space ere he might feel the bottom, 2995; B. 1495.

steór

(n.)
Grammar
steór, and stýr, e; f.
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Ath. v. 11; Th. i. 240, 21. correction, discipline, reproof Gif hé ðám réceleásum stýrþ, ðonne sceal his steór beón mid lufe gemetegod, Homl. Th. ii. 532, 12.

wer

(n.)
Grammar
wer, es; m.
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Fǽhðe ic wille on weras stǽlan, eall ácwellan ða beútan beóð earce bordum, Cd.

Linked entry: wíf

wesan

(v.)
Grammar
wesan, p. wæs, pl. wǽron
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Ðá wǽron monige ðe his mǽg wriðon, Beo. Th. 5956; B. 2982. Him þúhte ðæt ðanon wǽre tó helle duru hund þúsenda míla, Cd.

hyht

(n.)
Grammar
hyht, es; m. [f. Ps. Th. 77, 53.]

Hopejoyous expectationjoy

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Such was their custom, such the hope of the heathens, Beo. Th. 360; B. 179. Ðú eart mín se sóða hiht tu es spes mea, Ps. Th. 141, 5. Ǽlc hyht lífes omnis spes vitæ, Rtl. 3, 28.

Linked entry: hiht

ceald

(n.)
Grammar
ceald, cald, es; n.

Cold, coldnessfrigus

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beóþ cealde geclnngene they are shrivelled with cold, Salm. Kmbl. 609; Sal. 304. Calde geþrungen wǽron míne fét my feet were pierced with cold, Exon. 81b; Th. 306, 16; Seef. 8

dál

(n.)
Grammar
dál, es; n.

A division, allotment, portion, DOLE discrimen, divisio, portio

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Swá beóþ mód-sefan dálum gedǽled, sindon dryht-guman ungelíce dispositions are distributed by parts, while people are unlike, 83 b; Th. 314, 29-32; Mód. 21-23

from-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
from-weard, adj.

From-wardturned from or awaydepartingabout to departaversusabĭtūrusmorĭtūrus

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From-ward, turned from or away, departing, about to depart; aversus, abĭtūrus, morĭtūrus Ǽlc ðara ðe ðís woruldgesǽlþa hæfþ, he wát ðæt hi [MS. he] him fromwearde beóþ every one who possesses these worldly goods, knows that they will be departing from

Linked entries: fram-weard fram-weard

heorde

(n.)
Grammar
heorde, f.

Careguardingcustody

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Forhwon beóþ ǽfre swǽ þríste ða ungelǽredan ðæt hí underfón ða heorde ðæs láreówdómes ab imperitis ergo pastorale magisterium qua temeritate suscipitur, Past. 1; Swt. 25, 17.

be-útan

(prep.)
Grammar
be-útan, prep. dat. [be, útan out]

Withoutextra

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Ða be-útan beóþ earce bordum who shall be without the boards of the ark, Cd. 67; Th. 81, 32; Gen. 1354