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ge-beran

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Siþþan þú ǽrest geboren wǽre oð þisne dæg from the very day you were born until this day, Bt. 8; F. 24, 21. Sóna swá hé ácenned wæs and geboren at his birth, Bl. 167, 10. For geborene ge for ungeborene, Ll.

gingra

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Cf. ildra an ancestor Ðis is ꝥ frið ꝥ . . . ealle gecweden habbað . . . for hý sylfe and for heora gingran, ge for geborene ge for ungeborene (ge for hý sylfe ge for heora ofspryng, v. l. ), Ll.

god-webb

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Add: fine woven material, material woven from silk or cotton, fine linen Twihíwe godweb caecum bis tinctum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 44. Godeweb purpura, An. Ox. 1378. Seolcen godewebbes bombicinum purpurae (peplum ), 461.

Linked entry: gode-webb

wíf-mann

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-mann, (wím-, wim-?), es; m. (but seó wífman occurs). I.

a womanfemale

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Wæs micel ege from ðǽm wífmonnum ( the Amazons ), Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 46, 27. I a. a serving-woman :-- Gif hwylc wíf (mulier) hire wífman (ancillam suam) swingð, and heó þurh ða swingle wyrð deád . . . fæste seó hlǽfdige (domino ) .vii. geár, L. Ecg.

Linked entry: wím-man

spanan

(v.)
Grammar
spanan, p. spón, speón; pp. spanen

To allureenticeluredecoyattracturgesuggerere, suadere, persuadereto allure

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Ǽlcne man spane hé of synnum let him draw every man from sins, L. Edg. C. 16; Th. ii. 284, 14. Ða spone (spane, Cott. MSS.) ðe his ðeáwa giémaþ tó ryhte spectatores suos ad sublimia invitet, Past. 14, 2; Swt. 83, 2.

hleów

(n.)
Grammar
hleów, hleó, es; n.

A shelter, protection, covering, refuge;

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Ðe hé of hleó sende whom he sent from the shelter [of heaven ], Cd. 5; Th. 7, 7; Gen. 102. Eallum tó hleó as a refuge for all, Exon. 25 a; Th. 73, 29; Cri. 1197: Andr. Kmbl. 221; An. 111: 1133; An. 567.

wrecan

(v.)
Grammar
wrecan, p. wræc, pl.wrǽcon; pp.wrecen

To drivepressto driveforce to moveto drive outexpelto drive outto expressutterreciteto drive inimpressinlayto drivepractisecarry outonto drivepress onto wreakto punishto punishto punishto punishto avengeto avengeto avengeto avengeto avengeto take vengeance (on)

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Voc. ii. l, 3. to drive, force to move Hwílum mec mín freá sendeþ under sǽlwonge, and on bid wriceþ, Exon. Th. 382, 29 ; Rä. 4, 3. Ýða wrǽcon árleásra feorh of flǽschoman, Cd. Th. 83, 25 ; Gen. 1385. Hwá mec on síð wrǽce, Exon.

sittan

(v.)
Grammar
sittan, p. sæt, pl. sǽton ; pp. seten.
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Hé æt fótum sæt freán Scyldinga, 1004 ; B. 500. Maria sæt be Hǽlendes fótum, Blickl. Homl. 73, 30. Wé on geflitum sǽton we sat engaged in discussions, Salm. Kmbl. 862 ; Sal. 430. Hié æt swǽsendum sǽton, Cd. Th. 1688 ; Gen. 2779.

Linked entries: a-sittan blód-setenn

teóðung

(n.)
Grammar
teóðung, teóðing, e; f.
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Wé wyllaþ, ðæt ǽlc freó man beó on hundrede and on teóðunge gebroht, ðe láde wyrðe beón wylle oððe weres wyrðe, L. C. S. 20; Th. i. 386, 18-22. See Stubbs' Const. Hist. i. 85; Kemble's Saxons in England, vol. i. c. 9

Linked entry: tegðung

grétan

(v.)
Grammar
grétan, to greet.
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Þá stuðu áne ... þæt fýr grétan ne mihte (seó studu ... ungehrinen fram þám fýre stód, v. l.) sola illa destina ... ab ignibus absumi non potuit, Bd. 3, 17; Sch. 269, 19.

for-gildan

(v.)

to pay backrestorepay damagesto pay forbuy offto repaypay outrequiteto payperform

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Ealle forgielden þone wer gemǽnum hondum, 80, 16. with idea of release, redemption. to pay for a criminal to save him from punishment Gif hine (the criminal) mon eft gefó, forgielde hé hine selfa be his wergilde, Ll. Th. i. 66, 11.

hǽlu

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Ilia, safety against attack, deliverance from unfavourable conditions :-- Horn hǽlo ús. . . Hǽlo (he álýsde ús, W. S. R. ) from fióndum úsum cornum salutis nobis . . . salutem ex inimicis nostris, Lk.

on-wendan

(v.)

to turn, changeto change one thing for another, to exchangeto turn, change a direction, to avert, divert, turn asideto change the position of a thing, to invert, turn upside down,to subvert, disturb, upsetto cause to change for the worse, to give a wrong direction, pervertTo return

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Hé hine ðá onwende from ðisse worlde begangum, Blickl. Homl. 113, 26-30. Onwende hé his neb áweg, Lchdm. ii. 284, 15. Nǽfre ðú ðæs swíðlíc sár gegearwast ðæt ðú mec onwende ðissa worda, Exon. Th. 246, 5; Jul. 57.

þeów

(n.)
Grammar
þeów, es; þeówa, an; m.
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Fram Gode hé is send, and hé is Godes þeówa, Blickl. Homl. 247, 19. Ðæs Godes þeówes synna, 49, 6. Moises gelíca mínes þeówes, Num. 12, 7. Ðæs þeówan hláford, Lk. Skt. 12, 46. Ic cweðe tó mínum þeówe (ðeua, Lind.), Mt. Kmbl. 8, 9.

self

(pronoun.)
Grammar
self, seolf, silf, sylf; pron. <b>A.</b>
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From ðære dura selfre ðisse béc ab ipso libri hujus exordia. Past. proem. ; Swt. 25, 11. Gode sylfum underþeódde. Blickl. Homl. 109, 22 : 73, 12.

Linked entries: seolf silf siolf sylf

hreósan

(v.)
Grammar
hreósan, p. hreás; pl. hruron; pp. hroren

To fallfall downruerecorruere

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Hruron him teáras tears fell from him, 3749; B. 1872. Hie onweg hruron they plunged away [of the creatures on the top of the water which sank to the bottom on the appearance of Beowulf and his companions ], 2865; B. 1430: Andr. Kmbl. 3199; An. 1602.

in-tinga

(n.)
Grammar
in-tinga, an; m.

A causesakepleacaseoccasionmatteraffairbusiness

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Gif hió of cealdum intingan cymþ ðonne sceal mon mid hátum lǽcedómum lácnian if it [the disease] comes from a cold cause then it is to be cured with hot medicines, L. M. 1, 1; Lchdm. ii. 22, 5. Búton intingan sine causa, Ps. Spl. 3, 7.

Linked entry: tinga

lǽce-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
lǽce-dóm, es; m.

Medicinea medicineremedycure

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Hwí ne bidst ðú ðé lífes lǽcedómes æt lífes freán, Dóm. L. 6, 81. Mycel wund behófaþ mycles lǽcedómes grande vulnus grandioris curam medelæ desiderat, Bd. 4, 25; S. 599, 40.

Linked entry: lǽce-cræft

án-lípig

Grammar
án-lípig, (ǽn-).
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D. 67, 18. single, distinct from others, individual Ðæt ná nán ǽnlípig ne módige, ðonne mynstres notu manegum bið betǽht ut dum pluribus committitur unus non superbiat, R. Ben. 125, 10. Ǽlcan ǽnlýpium wæs geseald be ðám ðe hé behófade, 57, 19.

hínan

to humblehumiliatedegradeinsultto conquersubjecto oppressafflictto lay lowdestroyto lay wastedestroyto accuse

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S. 14, 168. to accuse From hénendum ab accusatoribus, Jn. p. 5, 9

Linked entries: hýnan hénan hinend