eáca
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Hér is git óþer wel gód eáca, Wlfst. 180, 1. a suffixed particle Þrý eácan synd met, pte, ce, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 107, 3. something in excess, overplus In þǽre tócnáwnesse ǽgðres gedáles weaxeþ se éca (cumulus) þæs edleánes, Gr. D. 311, 12. <b>II a.
ge-girela
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Gif þú wénst ꝥte wundorlice gegerela hwelc weorðmynd sié, ðonne telle ic þá weorþmynd þǽm wyrhtan þe hié worhte pulcrum variis fulgere vestibus putas ? . . . ingenium mirabor artificis, Bt. 14, 1; F. 42, 18.
Linked entry: ge-gerela
ge-rád
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Gif mon swá gerádne mon ofsleá, Ll. Th. i. 80, 1-2. For swá gerádum gylte pro tali culpa, R. Ben. 71, 9. Se cristena and se góda Theodorius . . . God gescifte ǽnne swá gerádne maim ( a good Christian) . . . se ilca góda mann. . .
Linked entry: sam-rád
ge-strangian
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Gif hé on fefore sý, syle drincan on wearmum wætere; mycelon hé byþ gebét and gestrangod, 214, 12. Ðú bist gestrangod foueris, Kent.
gearwian
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H. 247, 10. to grant Gearwig ł gionn ꝥte cirica ðín giðii praesta ut ecclesia tua proficiat, Rtl. 18, 21. v. full-, ymb-gearwian; girwan
ge-wil
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Gif hé him God ne ondrǽt swíðor micle þonne his sylfes gewil, Dóm. L. 30, 39.
hreówan
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expressed and the cause for regret is in the genitive Ne þé hreówan þearf ealles swá micles swá þú mé sealdest you need not regret all you gave me, much as it was, Seel. 150. to affect with sorrow for sin, make penitent. the subject a noun (pronoun) Gif
Wætlinga-strǽt
Watling Street, the Roman road running from Dover, through Canterbury, Rochester, London, St. Alban's,Dunstable, Fenny Stratford, Towcester, Weedon, Wroxeter to Chester.
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^f In one charter the word occurs in boundaries of land 'æt Eástún,' which Kemble places in Hampshire, the gift of the land being made at Glastonbury.
Linked entry: Erming-strǽt
hǽðen
HEATHEN, pagan, gentile ⬩ a heathen ⬩ a heathen, gentile woman ⬩ ethnicus, gentilis, paganus, samaritanus ⬩ a heathen
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Gif ungefullod cild fǽrlíce biþ gebroht tó ðam mæssepreóste hé hit mót fullian sóna ðæt hit ne swelte hǽðen if an unbaptized child be brought to the mass-priest suddenly, he must baptize it at once, that it die not heathen, L.
hál
Whole, hale, well, in good health, sound, safe, without fraud, honest; often used in salutation
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Gif hie mon gelácnian mǽge ðæt hie hál síe if it [the broken sinew] can be cured so that it be sound, L. Alf. pol. 75; Th. i. 100, 4. Mannes sunu com sécean and hál dón ðæt forwearþ venit filius hominis quærere et saluare quod perierat, Lk.
Linked entry: hǽl
HEARM
HARM, hurt, injury, evil, grief, affliction, pain, injurious speech, calumny, insult ⬩ pain, grief ⬩ grief, sorrow, harm ⬩ calamitas, calumnia, contumelia, ærumna, iujuria ⬩ grief, sorrow
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Gif hwæs weorc forbyrnþ, hé hæfþ ðone hearm and biþ swá ðeáh gehealden þurh fýr if any one's work is consumed he has the loss, and yet shall be saved by fire, Homl. Th. ii. 588, 30.
Linked entry: hearm-heort
tó-brǽdan
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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Ða earfoðu mínre heortan synd swýðe tóbrǽd (dilatatae), 24, 15. to expand, extend, spread out, open wide, distend Gif ðú ðínes scipes segl ongeán ðone wind tóbrǽdst, Bt. 7, 2; Fox 18, 32.
Linked entry: tó-brédan
DILE
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Selle him mon dile gesodenne on ele let a man give him dill sodden in oil, 2, 23; Lchdm. ii. 236, 15. Ge tiogoðiaþ eówre mintan and eówerne dile and eówerne cymen ye tithe your mint and your dill and your cummin, Past. 57; Hat. MS: Mt. Bos. 23, 23.
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oxa
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. ¶ The value of an ox as given in the Laws was 30 pence :-- Oxan mon sceal gyldan mid .xxx. p., L. O. D. 7 ; Th. i. 356, 4. Oxan tó mancuse, L. Ath. v. 6, 2 ; Th. i. 234, 1. .xxx. pæñ scyldig oððe ánes oxan, v. 8, 5 ; Th. i. 236, 31
ge-cwéme
Pleasant ⬩ pleasing ⬩ grateful ⬩ acceptable ⬩ fit ⬩ jŏcundus ⬩ grātus ⬩ plăcĭtus ⬩ complăcĭtus ⬩ acceptus
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Pleasant, pleasing, grateful, acceptable, fit; jŏcundus, grātus, plăcĭtus, complăcĭtus, acceptus Noe wæs Gode gecwéme and gife ætfóran him gemétte Noe invēnit grātiam coram Domĭno, Gen. 6, 8.
blódig
bloodthirsty
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Voc. ii. 21, 65. of persons, bloodthirsty, given to bloodshed Mid werum blódigum cum viris sanguinum, Ps. L. 25, 9
deórwyrðlíce
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II. in high esteem, as of great value :-- Þí hé elcað ðæt we sceolon deórwyrðlíce healdan Godes gife. Swá hwæt swá man eáðelíce begyt, þæt ne bið ná swá deórwyrðe swá þæt þæt earfoðlíce bið begyten, Hml. Th. i. 248, 28.
ge-léd
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Of the five forms which here gloss catasta the only one to which a meaning may easily be given is gloed, which elsewhere translates carbo. This form might apply to the fire used in the form of torture denoted by catasta.
hringan
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To give out a sound [Sal. 266: B. 327 in Dict.] trans. to ring a bell Dó þú mid þínum twám handum swylce þú bellan ringe, Tech. ii. 118, 20. with cognate object Tácnu þænne hí hringað signa dum sonant, Angl. xiii. 392, 382.
pæþ
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D. iii. 175-176 is given C. D. v. 220-221, where andlang rǽwe replaces andlang paþæ, and on ðan harpaðe replaces on ðǽr paþæ) Iuxta terminos, id est bereueg et méguuines paeð et strétlég, C. D. i. 54, 31. Of ðám hæcce tó paðe stocce, v. 401, 37.