sweltan
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Ðú þurh deóra gripe deáþe sweltest, Exon. Th. 250, 11; Jul. 125. Gé sweltaþ deáðe, Cd. Th. 224, 28; Dan. 143. Draca morðre swealt, Beo. Th. 1789; B. 892: 5558; B. 2782. Hé forneáh hungre swealt, Ors. 4, 6; Swt. 170, 30. Hié hungre swultan, Blickl.
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hearde
firmly ⬩ tightly
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Þé tó heortan hearde grípeð ádl unlíðe, Gen. 936. of binding, fastening, firmly, tightly Helm on heáfod ásette, and þone full hearde geband, Gen. 444. Unrótnesse gerǽped, hearde gehæfted (cf. gerǽpte mid þǽre unrótnesse, and swá gehæfte.
witan
to wit ⬩ know ⬩ have knowledge ⬩ be aware, ⬩ to know ⬩ have knowledge of, ⬩ be aware of ⬩ to be wise ⬩ be in one's senses ⬩ to be conscious of ⬩ to know ⬩ to feel ⬩ shew
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Ðæt hé on ðam griðe micle mǽðe wite that he shew great respect to that 'grið,' L. Eth. vii. 31; Th. i. 336, 14. Gif man on Godes griðe mǽðe witan wolde, Wulfst. 161, 3.
láð
harm ⬩ evil ⬩ injury ⬩ hurt ⬩ trouble ⬩ grief ⬩ pain ⬩ annoyance ⬩ enmity
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What is hateful or harmful, harm, evil, injury, hurt, trouble, grief, pain, annoyance, enmity Ðætte monnum héh is laaþ [adj.?] is mið Gode quod hominibus altum est, abominatio est apud deum, Lk. Skt. Lind. 16, 15.
be-fæstan
to fix, ⬩ to place in security ⬩ to fix in the mind ⬩ implant ⬩ to fix by promise or agreement ⬩ to pledge ⬩ to commit ⬩ to commit to a person's charge ⬩ to commit to a place ⬩ to set ⬩ betake to an occupation ⬩ to commend ⬩ recommend, ⬩ to make acceptable ⬩ to trust
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Bið se þridda dǽl in þæs wylmes grund líge befæsted, árleásra sceolu in gléda gripe, El. 1300. of burial. v. II. Líchaman on eorðan befæstan, Hml.
GEÁTAS
the Jutes ⬩ Jutæ ⬩ GAUTS ⬩ Gauti in Suecia ⬩ Γαυτοί,
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See Grimm Geschichte d. D. S. pp. 512, 312
wǽdl
- P. B. viii. 535
Poverty ⬩ want ⬩ poverty ⬩ indigence ⬩ want ⬩ penury ⬩ unproductiveness ⬩ barrenness
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Ðǽr is wyrma slite and ealra wǽdla gripe, Wulfst. 114, 24. weak forms Gé þeówiaþ eówrum feóndum and Drihten ásent hungor on eów and þurst and næcede and ǽlce wǽdlan servies inimico tuo, quem immittet tibi Dominus, in fame et siti et nuditate et omni
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sacu
strife, contention, dissension, sedition, dispute ⬩ distress, trouble, affliction, persecution ⬩ crime, guilt ⬩ a contention at law, a suit, cause, action
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Ben. 124, 9. distress, trouble, affliction, persecution Ðǽr eów is sacu bútan ende grim gǽstcwalu in hell is trouble without end for you devils, fierce torment of spirit, Exon. Th. 142, 27; Gú. 650.
ge-mynd
Mind, memory, memorial, memento, remembrance, commemoration ⬩ remembrance
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Me hæfþ ðeós gnornung ðære gemynde benumen this grief has deprived me of the recollection, Bt. 5, 3; Fox 12, 20.
Linked entries: ge-myndleás ge-mend ge-mind
swǽr
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and gyt mycele swǽrran ealle ða ungelimp ðe on ðysum lífe becumaþ, Hexam. 20; Norm. 28, 26. heavy, sad, feeling or expressing grief Ðæt swǽre triste Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 49. Mé is swǽre stefn, hefig, gnorniende vox gemitus mei Ps.
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ge-hwirfan
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R. 4, 12. to change for the worse, pervert, corrupt Þá cóm semninga grim wól ofer ðá gehwyrfdon módes menn (gehweorfdan menn módes, v. l.) interea subito corruptae mentis homines acerba pestis corripuit Bd.
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winter
a season of the year ⬩ winter ⬩ wintry weather ⬩ cold ⬩ a year
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Ðæt hit wǽre wintres tíd, and se winter wǽre grim and ceald and fyrstig and mid íse gebunden, Bd. 3, 19; S. 549, 26. Is ðǽr nú irfæs ðæs ðæs stranga wintær lǽfæd hæfð, Chart. Th. 163, 1. Nys hit swá stearc winter ðæt ic durre lutian æt hám, Coll.
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wíg
fight ⬩ battle ⬩ war ⬩ conflict ⬩ valour ⬩ troops
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Him wíge forstód fæder frumsceafta, wearð him seó feohte tó grim, Exon. Th. 317, 14; Mód. 65. Heald mé here*-*wǽpnum wið unholdum, and wíge belúc feóndum effunde frameam, et conclude adversus eos Ps. Ben. 34, 3. Wígge, Beo. Th. 3545 ; B. 1770.
micel
Mickle ⬩ great ⬩ magnus ⬩ much ⬩ many ⬩ multus ⬩ great
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Ðonne hí mǽst tó yfele gedón hæfdon, ðonne nam man grið and frið wið hí, Chr. 1011; Erl. 145, 2. Grammar micel, oblique cases used adverbially Se lǽce biþ micles tó beald ( much too bold ), Past. 9; Swt. 61, 2.
BORD
a BOARD, plank ⬩ tabula sectilis, tabula ⬩ what is made of a board, - A table, shield ⬩ mensa, clypeus ⬩ the board, covering or deck of a ship, the ship itself ⬩ tabulatum, stega ⬩ constratum, navis ⬩ at home and abroad ⬩ domi et foris ⬩ a foot-stool
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Geweorþe bord oððe mése heora befóran him on grine fiat mensa eorum coram ipsis in laqueum, Ps. Spl. T. 68, 27.
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ÁGAN
OWN ⬩ possess ⬩ have ⬩ obtain ⬩ possidere ⬩ habere ⬩ percipere ⬩ to make another to own or possess ⬩ to give ⬩ deliver ⬩ restore ⬩ dare in possessionem ⬩ reddere ⬩ rependere
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The inf. ágan and the pres. áh, pl. ágon [for igon], retaining preterite inflections, are taken from the p. of a strong verb, ascertained from áh [Goth, áih], which shews the á of the p. singular in the eighth class of Grimm's division of strong
CUNNAN
to be or become acquainted with, to know ⬩ noscĕre, scire ⬩ CAN ⬩ scire, posse
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cunnan and the pres. can, pl. cunnon, retaining preterite inflections, are taken from the p. of the strong verb cinnan, ascertained from can, pl. cunnon, which shews the ablaut or internal change of the vowel in the p. tense of the twelfth class of Grimm
láð
hateful ⬩ hated ⬩ loathed ⬩ loth ⬩ displeasing ⬩ injurious ⬩ grievous ⬩ hostile ⬩ malign ⬩ inimical
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Hé mé álýsde of láðum grine huntum unholdum ipse liberavit me de laqueo venantium, Ps. 90, 3. Lǽdan on láðne síþ to lead to hell, Exon. 118 b; Th. 455, 20; Hy. 4, 52.
samod
Together. ⬩ and, both . . . and, also, too
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Ðú ðe samod mid mé swéte gripe metas qui simul mecum dulces capiebas cibos, Ps. Spl. 54, 15. Graton samod mid ðám cnihtum feóll tó Johannes fótum, Homl. Th. i. 62, 17. Cwom samod mid ðám swylce Assur etenim Assur simul venit cum illis, Ps.
teohhian
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Se leása wéna ðara dysigena manna tiohhie, ðæt ... hominum fallax adnectit opinio, 27, 3; Fox. 98, 32. with tó, to consider as Of gromra gripe, ðe ðú tó godum tiohhast from the clutch of cruel ones, whom thou countest as gods, Exon.
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