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ge-win

(n.)
Grammar
ge-win, -winn, es; n. [winnan to fight] .

a battlecontestwarstrifequarrelhostilitytumultcertāmenpugnabellumtŭmultuslabourtoilsorrowagonylăbortrībŭlātioăgōniafruit of laborersgainprofitfructus lăbōrumlucrumquæstus

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Wæs gewinnes endedógor neáh geþrungen the final day of his labour was near at hand, Exon. 46 a; Th. 158, 6; Gú. 904: Ps. Th. 127, 2.

Linked entry: winn

sceþþan

(v.)
Grammar
sceþþan, p. sceþede
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To scathe, hurt, harm, injure with dat. Ic nǽngum sceþþe, Exon. Th. 407, 9; Rä. 26, 2. Nǽfre him deáþ sceþeþ, 203, 23; Ph. 88. Ðonne þunorrád biþ, ne sceþeþ ðam men ðe ðone stán ( agate ) mid him hæfþ, Lchdm. ii. 296, 30: 162, 19.

Linked entry: sceaþan

stræc

(adj.)
Grammar
stræc, strec ; adj.
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strict, severe, rigorous, stern, hard Hú se reccere sceal bión wið ðara yfelena unðeáwas stræc for ryhtwíslícum andan ut sit rector contra delinquentium vitia per zelum justitiae erectus, Past. 17 ; Swt. 107, 6. Stræc (strec, Cott.

Linked entry: strec

þigen

(n.)
Grammar
þigen, e; f.
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Ðæt seó dæges þigen tófered sý and seó hǽte ðære þigene oferslegen ut digesti surgant, R. Ben. 32, 14. Ne sý him nánre óðere þigene getíðod let him have no other food given him, 69, 21. Werede ðigene nectareum edulium, Hpt. Gl. 413, 38.

be-limpan

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Ǽlc man, hwæt his háde tó belumpe, folgade, Chr. 1086; P. 219, 31. to concern, be the concern of a person Hwæt belympð tó þé hwylcere mǽgðe ic sý, Hml. S. 19, 56. to pertain to, relate to, have to do with Þá þing þe Gode belimpað, Ex. 4, 16.

feormian

(v.)

to maintainfosterto feast

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Th. i. 162, 26. to entertain a guest Gif man cuman feormæð .iii. niht an his ágenum háme, Ll. Th. i. 32, 16. Hé ongæt hwæne hé sylfa feormode (underféng, v. l.) quem ipse susceperit agnovit, Gr. D. 75, 29.

ge-gladian

(v.)
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S. 28, 38. to appease, reconcile, make gentle what is hard. the object a person Hé mid gebedum gegladað God, Hml. S. 3, 562. Gegladode demulcet, An. Ox. 2, 137. Ꝥ hí þone réðan cásere mid sceattum gegladodon, Hml. S. 3, 231.

ge-sendan

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L. 25, 27. to communicate motion to an object, move to a place of rest, put, lay. the object material Helpend ne hafo ic ꝥte gesende (dó, W.S.)) Gif ðes monn bond his in ðisum wætre gisende.

hord

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Ox. 4216. a place where treasure is deposited; the condition of being deposited (in the phrases of horde, on hard, but perhaps the passages might be taken under See N. E.

rihtan

(v.)
Grammar
rihtan, p. te

to right, to restore to a proper position that which is displaced, erect, direct to right a person,replace a person in the rights of which he is wrongfully deprivedto make right that which is faulty, set right, rectify, correct, amend to keep right, direct, rule

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Rush. 1, 79. to right a person, replace a person in the rights of which he is wrongfully deprived Heó smeádan hú heó mehton monige men ryhtan, ge godcundra háda ge weorldcundra, ge on londum ge on má ðara þinga ðe heó on forhaldne wéran, Chart.

hnesce

(adj.)
Grammar
hnesce, hnæsce, hnysce; adj.

Nesh, soft, delicate, tender, effeminate

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Gefrédan hwæt biþ heard hwæt hnesce to feel what is hard, what soft, 372, 32: Elen. Kmbl. 1226; El. 615. Heó is hnesce on æthrine it is soft to the touch, Herb. 15, 1; Lchdm. i. 108, 1.

Linked entries: heard hnæsce

fæger

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
fæger, fægr; comp. m. fægerra; f. n. fægerre; sup. -est, -ost, -ast, -ust; adj. [fæger beauty, fairness]

FAIR, beautiful, joyous, pleasant, pleasing, sweet pulcher, dĕcōrus, lætus, jucundus, dulcis

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He wíc áhte fæger and freólíc he had a dwelling fair and goodly, Cd. 83; Th. 103, 22; Gen. 1722. Ginsmas stódon fægere æt foldan sceátum beautiful gems stood at the extremities of the earth, Rood Kmbl. 14; Kr. 8.

swíðe

(adv.)
Grammar
swíðe, adv.
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Ðá hé hí swíðost forslagen hæfde when he had inflicted a most severe defeat upon them, 16, 2; Fox 54, 2. Ðá hí swíðost worhton when they were working hardest, Homl. Th. i. 22, 22.

Linked entry: swíðor

weorþ-mynd

(n.)
Grammar
weorþ-mynd, (-mynt), es; m. : e; f. : -myndu (-o); indecl. f. Honour
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Sió eáðmódnes ieruð beforan ðæm gilpe, and hió cymð ǽr ǽr ða weorðmyndu (wyrðmynðu, Hatt. MS.) gloriam praecedit humilitas, Past. 41 ; Swt. 298, 16. Dryhtne ðe hyre weorþmynde geaf, mǽrþe on moldan ríce, Judth. Thw. 26, 25 ; Jud. 343.

Linked entry: wirþu

for-standan

(v.)
Grammar
for-standan, fór-standan (l. for-).
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Ic geanbidode oþ ic wiste hwæt þú woldest, and hú þú hit understandan woldest, and eác ic tiolode swíþe geornfullíce ꝥ ðú hit forstandan mihtest I waited till I knew what you wanted, and what idea you had formed of it (cf. understandan;III.), and I laboured

Linked entry: for-licgan

gelíce

(adv.)
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Wé synd þám gelícost gescapene on þissum worulde þe sum cyning háte sum forworht wíf on carcern dón . . ., Wlfst. 2, 18. Efne þǽm gelícost swylce . . ., Bl. H. 221, 14. <b>III a.

ge-wildan

Grammar
ge-wildan, Take here <b>ge-wyldan</b> in Dict., in which dele passage from Nar. 2, 1, and add
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Voc. ii. 141, 73. where active resistance has to be overcome, to overcome, subdue, subject. by physical force Griffus . . . is swá mycel þæt hé gewylt hors and men, Wrt. Voc. i. 78, 2. Hé bútan wǽpnum gewylde ðá león, Hml.

wén

(n.)
Grammar
wén, e; f.

suppositionopinionthoughtideahopeexpectationlikelihoodprobabilitychanceperhapsperchancemay beprobably

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Is mé on wéne geþúht ðæt ðé untrymnes bysgade it seems to me in all likelihood that sickness has troubled you 163, 6; Gú. 989.

Linked entry: wéna

þan

(adv.)
Grammar
þan, þon; adv.
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Náhte ic ðínre nǽfre miltse þon máran þearfe never had I any greater need of thy mercy (than I now have), Judth.

Linked entries: þanne þon

ge-byrd

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Þonne seó wamb bið hátre gebyrdo and gecyndo, Lch. ii. 220, 16.