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gang-here

(n.)
Grammar
gang-here, es; m.

A foot-armyinfantrypedester exercĭtus

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A foot-army, infantry; pedester exercĭtus Pirrus him com to mid ðam mǽstan fultume, ǽgðer ge on ganghere, ge on rádhere Pyrrhus came to them with the greatest force, both in infantry, and in cavalry, Ors. 4, 1; Bos. 76, 40

hwésan

(v.)
Grammar
hwésan, p. hweós

To wheeze

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To wheeze, make a noise in breathing, to breathe hard Gif hé mid earfoþnysse hwést if he breathes with difficulty, Lchdm. iii. 122, 3. Hé hwést swýðe hefelíce, 126, 9. Hé egeslíce hweós he wheezed terribly, Homl. Th. i. 86, 1

Linked entry: hwósan

self-ǽta

(n.)
Grammar
self-ǽta, an; m.
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An eater of those belonging to its own species, (applied to man) a cannibal, anthropophagus Ðú scealt féran . . . ðǽr sylfǽtan eard weardigaþ . . . swá is ðære menigo þeáw, ðæt hié uncúðra ængum ne willaþ feores geunnan, Andr. Kmbl. 350; An. 175

scip-gild

(n.)
Grammar
scip-gild, es; n.
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A ship-tax, a tax to supply funds for the maintenance of a fleet Swá fela sýðe swá menn gyldaþ heregyld oððe tó scipgylde quotiens populus universus persolvit censum Danis, vel ad naves seu ad arma, Chart. Th. 307, 24

be-þearfaþ

he needs, wantsopus habet

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he needs, wants; opus habet Hwæt helpeþ vel beþearfeþ [MS. beþearfaþ] menn what does it help to a man or what needs a man [of what use is it to a man]? quid prodest homini? Mt. Rush. Stv. 16, 26

Linked entry: þearfian

ge-hlystan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hlystan, p. -hlyste; pp. -hlysted.

to listenhearauscultareaudireto obeyobedire

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to listen, hear; auscultare, audire Gehlyste me audiat me, Mk. Bos. 7, 16. Beornas ge-hlyston men listened, Byrht. Th. 134, 31; By. 92. to obey; obedire On hlyste eáran gehlyste me in auditu auris obediunt mihi, Ps. Spl. 17, 46

Linked entry: hlystan

geópan

(v.)
Grammar
geópan, ic geópe, ðú gýpst, he gýpþ, pl. geópaþ; p. geáp, pl. gupon; pp. gopen

To take up, take to oneself, receiveaccĭpĕre

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To take up, take to oneself, receive; accĭpĕre Óþ-ðæt ic spǽte eal-felo áttor, ðæt ic ǽr geáp until I spit the very baleful venom which I took up before, Exon. 106 b; Th. 405, 29; Rä. 24, 9

ge-sénian

(v.)

to mark with the sign of the cross, to sign, bless

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to mark with the sign of the cross, to sign, bless, Cd. 227; Th. 303, 18; Sat 615: Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 25: L. E. I. 29; Th. ii. 426, 9, 16: Exon. 27 b; Th. 82, 22; Cri. 1342

geócre

(adv.)
Grammar
geócre, adv.

Harshly, roughly

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Harshly, roughly Ðá Babilone weard yrre andswarode eorlum onmǽlde grimme ðám gingum and geócre oncwæþ then the lord of Babylon angrily answered to the men, announced fiercely to the youths, and harshly spoke, Cd. 183; Th. 229, 3; Dan. 211

tæl-met

(n.)
Grammar
tæl-met, es; n.

A measure expressed by number

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A measure expressed by number Is tó ðære tíde tælmet hwíle seofon and twentig nihtgerímes there is to that season a space of time expressed by the number twenty-seven if the reckoning be by days, Andr. Kmbl. 226; An. 113

þaca

(n.)
Grammar
þaca, þeaca, an; m.
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A covering, roof Ðone song hé gehýrde tó him neálǽcan, óð ðæt hé becom tó ðeacan ðære cyricean ( ad tectum oratorii ), Bd. 4, 3; S. 567, 43. Cf. Bordðeaca, brodthaca testudo, Txts. 101, 1999. Bordþacan latrariis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 52

Linked entry: þeaca

under-stregdan

(v.)

to under-strew

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to under-strew Hé wæs nacod and on carcern onsænded, and ðǽr wæs understregd mid sǽscellum and mid scearpum stánum he was stripped and sent to prison, and there had sea-shells and sharp stones strewed under him, Shrn. 51, 13

æt-wrencan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-wrencan, p. te
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To cheat a person out of something, deprive by fraud Lyt monna weorð lange fægen ðæs ðe hé óðerne bewrencð (æt-wrencð, v. l.), Prov. K. 34. [Cf. æt-wrenchen to twist awny, escape , Marh. 15, 20: O. and N. 248.]

Linked entry: wrencan

á-feohtan

(v.)
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Add: trans. To fight against Áfeht ðú ( expugna ) ðá onfehtendo mé, Rtl. 167, 39. intrans. To Fight one's way, make one's way by fighting Þæt sume þurh ealle þá truman út áfuhten, gif hié mehten, Ors. 5, 7; S. 230, 21

á-fremdan

(v.)
Grammar
á-fremdan, (-ðan), -fremdian; p. -fremde, -fremdede; pp. -fremd (-ð), fremded (-od).
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to alienate, estrange a person Ic wolde þæt hý þé áfremdedon, Wlfst. 255, 13. Áfremðæ sind ðá synfullan alienati sunt peccatores , Ps. Srt. 57, 4. to alienate, deprive a person of something Swá rihtwíslícre gesihðe áfremdad, Hml. S. 23 b, 676

be-wilwan

(v.)
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Grammar be-wilwan, be-wilwian. to roll down þenne he byþ þurh fyllas be-wylewud cumfuerit per precipitia deuolutus, Scint. 107, 14. to roll about, mix. Similar entries v. preceding word Geǽtredum, bewyledum, befýle*-*dum infectis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 43,

Linked entry: be-willan

elnung

encouragementcomfortzeal

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Add: encouragement, comfort Hé æfter þysum geþance teáh him elnunge tó be dǽle after this thought he took comfort to himself in some measure, Hml. S. 23, 524. zeal Hé mid geornfulre elnunge úp árísende wæs, Hml. S. 31, 251

fæst-land

(n.)
Grammar
fæst-land, es; n.
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Land adapted to resist attack, that is hard to invade Fóran wé þurh ðá fæstlond and þurh þá ungeférenlican eorþan we marched through country which could easily have been defended and over ground that was almost impassable, Nar. 17, 6

fódnóþ

(n.)
Grammar
fódnóþ, fódnoþ, es; m.

sustenancesupportfoodannona

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Substitute: sustenance, support, food Þá land beón ðám gebróðran tó fódnoðe and tó scrúde, Cht. Th. 370, 27. a stock of provisions; annona Fódnaðas annonas (printed fodraðus annonus; but see Bd. Sch. 42, 36, the passage here glossed), Txts. 180, 20

Linked entry: fóddernoþ

ge-tácniendlic

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Add: to be shewn, to be indicated Be ge-tácniendlicum tídum Godes weorces de significanda hora operis Dei, R. Ben. 72, 9. symbolical Hí getácnigendlice lác offrodon. pæt gold getácnode þæf hé is sóð cyning, Hml. Th. i. 116, 8