gilp-georn
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Add: in a favourable sense, v. Dict. in an un-favourable sense, vainglorious, arrogant, proud, boastful. Cf. lof-georn Men beóð ofergrǽdige woruldgestreóna and tó manege weorðaþ tó wlance and ealles tó rance and tó gylpgeorne erunt homines cupidi, elati
ge-wæd
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A ford Willelm cyng lǽdde scipfyrde and landfyrde tó Scotlande ... and his landfyrde æt þám Gewæde ( the Forth) inn lǽdde (férde inn ofer ꝥ Wæð, v. l. ), Chr. 1072; P. 208, 14. Þis sy[ndon ðá landgemǽro] tó miclan gráfe on Tenet ... andlang eá on middel
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heáh-mægen
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an exalted virtue, one of the three theolological virtues: — Nú synd ðreó heáhmægnu ðe menn sceolan habban, Fides, Spes, Caritas, Hml. S. 16, 246. sublime power, divine might Is þæs wuldres ful heofun and eorðe and eall heáhmægen tíre getácnod, El.
nyttian
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Sume beóð stæreblind and nyttiað þeáh þáre sunnan, Solil. H. 44, 23. Næfð nán man tó þæs unhále æágan þæt hé ne mage lybban be þáre sunnan, and hire (printed hine) nyttian gyf hé énygwiht geseón mæg, 43, 25. Eald man sceal þá eágan weccan mid gnídingum
ofer-feohtan
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Júdas hí oferfeaht and áflýmde hí ǽfre, Hml. S. 25, 387: 536. Máre sige bið þæt se man hine sylfne ðurh geðyld gewylde, ðonne hé wiðútan him burga oferfeohte, Hml. Th. ii. 544, 11. Geánlǽhte Lisias fíf and sixtig fyrdendra þegena and wolde oferfeohtan
sceard
A gap,notch
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A gap,notch Dó of ðam feórþan deále eall ðæt seó sǽ his ofseten hæfþ and eall ða sceard ðe heó him on genumen hæfþ subtract from this fourth part (of the earth) all of it that the sea has covered, and all the gaps (bays and creeks) it has taken ; huic
ge-dýre
as a part used for the whole, a door :--
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and add On heora gedyrum and oferslegum, Hml. Th. i. 310, 29: 40, 12. On ǽgðrum gedyrum and on þám oferslege, Angl. viii. 322, 12. as a part used for the whole, a door :-- Wurdon gemétte ætforan heora gedyrum twá hund mittan meluwes on fǽtelsum ducenti
á-borgian
to be security for ⬩ to borrow
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Add: to be security for a person Similar entries v. ex. in Dict. an agreement Beháte hé and on wedde sylle ðæt . . ., and áborgian his frýnd ðæt, L. Edm. B. 1; Th. i. 254, 7. Weddige sebrýdguma ðæs, and hit áborgian his frýnd, 2; Th. i. 254, 9. to borrow
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Ænglisc
English ⬩ Anglicus
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English; Anglicus Hér synd on ðam íglande fíf geþeódu, Ænglisc, Brytwylsc, Scottysc, Pihttisc, and Bóclǽden here are in the island five languages, English, Brito-Welsh, Scottish, Pictish, and Book-Latin, Chr. Th. 3, 5, col. 1
beótian
To become or grow better ⬩ melius fieri ⬩ convalescere
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To become or grow better; melius fieri, convalescere Ðá sóna gefélde ic me beótiende and wyrpende then I felt myself soon getting better and turning, confestim me melius habere sentirem, Bd. 5, 6; S. 620, 12
folc-bealo
Folk-torment ⬩ torment by many ⬩ a great torment ⬩ ingens mălum ⬩ crŭciātus
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Folk-torment, torment by many, a great torment; ingens mălum vel crŭciātus Petrus and Paulus þrówedon on Róme folcbealo þreálíc Peter and Paul suffered grievous torment by the people at Rome, Menol. Fox 248; Men. 125
mægen-earfeþe
A great labour ⬩ hardship
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A great labour or hardship Nales fore lytlum geómre, ac fore ðám mǽstum mægenearfeþum, Exon. 22 a; Th. 60, 4; Cri. 964. Mægenearfeþu, sár and swár gewin and sweartne deáþ, 28b; Th. 86, 20; Cri. 1411
metian
to supply with food
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to supply with food Ðá beád hé ðæt man sceolde his here metian (MS. C. mettian) and horsian he ordered that his army should be supplied with food and with horses, Chr. 1013; Erl. 148, 3
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bile-hwít
Simple, sincere, honest, without fraud or deceit, meek, mild, gentle ⬩ simplex, mitis
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Simple, sincere, honest, without fraud or deceit, meek, mild, gentle; simplex, mitis Arnwi munec wæs swíðe gód man and swíðe bilehwít monk Arnwi was a very good man and very meek, Chr. 1041; Erl. 169, 12
ge-dwellan
to deceive ⬩ lead astray ⬩ to err
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to deceive, lead astray, Bt. 23, 3; Fox 126, 18, note 6. Dysge and gedwealde foolish and led astray, Exon. 24 b; Th. 69, 29; Cri. 1128. to err Gedwellas erratis, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 22, 29
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ge-mǽhþ
Greediness
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Greediness Ic wolde witan hwæðer ðín ealde gýtsung and seó gemǽhþ eallunga of ðínum móde astýfcod wére I wanted to know whether thine old covetousness and greediness were altogether eradicated from thy mind, Shrn. 184, 2
sunn-feld
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Elysium Sunfeld Eliseum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 32, 8. Hwǽr wuniaþ Enoc und Helias? Ic ðé secge, Malifica and Intimphonis (in tempis?), ðæt is, on sunfelda and on sceánfelda, Salm. Kmbl. p. 202, 1. (v. scín-feld.)
Cent-land
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Hé wið þá Brettas gefeaht, and gefliémed wearð on þǽm londe þe mon hǽt Centlond. Raþe þæs hé gefeaht wiþ þá Brettas on Centlonde, and hié wurdon gefliémede, Ors. 5, 12; S. 238, 19-21. Add
eofot
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Flítere in eobotum (in ebhatis, v. l.) rabulus, Txts. 93, 1705. Dele 'debt' (the various readings to the passage from the Laws are: Be cynincges geréfan þýfðe, be þeófes andettan, and þeófðe for eofot), and add
gebed-mann
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Add: — Ǽlc riht cynestól stent on þrým stapelum . . . án is oratores . . . Oratores sindon gebedmen þe Gode sculan þeówian and dæges and nihtes for ealne þeódscipe þingian georne, Ll. Th. ii. 306, 33 : j Wlfst. 267, II