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ge-léd

(n.; v.)
Grammar
ge-léd, ge-loed, ge-leód, gloed glosses catasta (
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Of the five forms which here gloss catasta the only one to which a meaning may easily be given is gloed, which elsewhere translates carbo. This form might apply to the fire used in the form of torture denoted by catasta.

Linked entries: ge-loed gæleþ

ge-wegan

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R. 4, 24. to weigh, be of a certain weight ꝥ man myclade ꝥ ordálýsen ꝥ hit gewege (gewǽge, v. l. ) þrý pund, Ll. Th. i. 224, 14. Drince on wætere betonican dustes ꝥ ǽnne pening gewege, Lch. ii. 134, 26: 18, 4.

hreóf-lig

Grammar
hreóf-lig, (l. hreóflig).
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Add: used (often as substantive) of persons Seó ealde ǽ bebeád þæt gehwilc hreóflig man gecóme tó þám sácerde . . . Gif se sácerd hine hreófligne tealde . . . Swá sceal sé ðe mid heáfodleahtrum wiðinnan hreóflig bið cuman tó Godes sácerde, Hml.

hringan

(v.)
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Wé lǽrað ꝥ man on rihtne tíman tída ringe, Ll. Th. ii. 254, 5: 296, 3

ísen

(n.)
Grammar
ísen, n.
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Aðamans mon mid náne ísene ceorfan ne mæg, Past. 271, 3. Ðæt ísen ðæt hié men mid lácnian sculdon, 364, 10. Hé teáh ꝥ ísen (cf. þás hringan, 66) úp, Hml. S. 21, 69.

níten

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VIII. p̃, man mid punde, sceáp mid sciłł, gát mid .II. p̃., Ll. Th. i. 356, 1-6. Áþwer buteran þe sié gemolcen of ánes bleós nýtne oþþe hinde, Lch. ii. 112, 26. Sé þe hǽme mid nétene (niétene, nýtene, v. ll. ) qui coierit cum jumento, 52, 11.

sígan

(v.)
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Add Se beám wæs áhyld on áne healfe ꝥ man eáðe mihte witan hwider hé sígan wolde, Hml. S. 31, 409. <b>I a.</b> add :-- Seó sunne sáh tó setle, Hml. S. 23, 246.

spell

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Add Ne mót nán man secgan spell on þám ðrím swígdagum, Hml. Th. ii. 262, 16

tyhtan

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Add Þá gefæstnadon þá cwelleras þone Crístes þegn on þǽre hengene, and hine hetelíce tihton swá swá man web tiht, Hml, S. 37, 100-102. 2.

up-lendisc

(adj.)
Grammar
up-lendisc, adj.

Uplandishcountry (as opposed to town)ruralrustic

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Eft begann sum uplendisc mann egeslíce hrýman tó ðám árleásum burhwarum ... Ð á arn se ceorl geond ealle ða strǽt hrýmende, Homl. Th. ii. 302, 4-8. Wé wyllaþ ðisne circul ámearkian, ðæt se uplendiscea preóst (cf.

Linked entry: uppe-land

ofer-sprǽce

(adj.)
Grammar
ofer-sprǽce, adj.

speaking too much, talkative, loquaciouszungun linguam magniloquumsaying more than is just or true

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Ne beo ðú tó oferspréce ac hlyst ǽlces monnes worda swíðe georne ' give every man thy ear, but few thy voice, ' Prov. Kmbl. 58. Salamon cwæþ, ðæt sélre wǽre tó wunigenne mid león and dracan ðonne mid yfelan wífe and ofersprǽcum, Homl.

on-tendan

(v.)
Grammar
on-tendan, p. -tende; pp. -tended, -tend.

to kindle, set fire to, to fireto kindle emotion or passion, to excite, inflame

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Ða hálgan tihton ðæt man ða ofnas ontende (-tænde, MSS. C. V.),, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 294. Hí on ða burh feohtende wǽron, and eác hí mid fýre ontendan woldon, Chr. 994; Erl. 133, 12.

ge-sinhíwan

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sinhíwan, -hígan; pl. m.

Married persons;conjugesconjugaticonjugia

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Ðara háligra gesinhína tíd the holy man and wife's tide, 55, 31. Wit sýn swá swá gesinhína[?] we be as married people, 40, 20. For gesinhíwum pro conjugiis, Bd. 4, 5; S. 573, 14

a-werian

(v.)
Grammar
a-werian, -wergan, -wergean ; p. ede ; pp. ed ; v. trans.

to ward offdefendrestrainprotectcoverdefendereprohibereprotegereto ward off from oneselfspurn from oneselfaspernarito wearwear outtereredeterere

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to ward off, defend, restrain, protect, cover; defendere, prohibere, protegere Ðæt he hine eáþ awerian mǽge that he may easily defend him, L. C. S. 20; Th. i. 388, 2.

Linked entry: a-wered

byre

(n.)
Grammar
byre, gen. byres; dat. byre; acc. byre: pl. nom. acc. byras, byre; gen. byra; dat. byrum; m.
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A son, child, descendant; natus, filius, soboles, proles Ðonne ǽfre byre monnes hýrde under heofonum than ever child of man heard under heaven, Exon. 57b; Th. 206, 18; Ph. 128: Beo. Th. 4113; B. 3053.

Linked entry: ge-byre

CÁF

(adj.)
Grammar
CÁF, comp, ra, re; sup. est, ost; adj.
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Sume earniaþ ðæt hie síen ðý cáfran some merit that they may be the more nimble, Bt. 34, 7; Fox 144, 8

Dere

(n.)
Grammar
Dere, gen. Dera; pl. m.

The Deirians, inhabitants of Deira between the rivers Tyne and Humber Deīri

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Man gehálgode ii biscopas on his stal, Bosan to Derum, and Eatan to Beornicum two bishops were consecrated in his stead, Bosa to Deira [lit. to the Deirians], and Eata to Bernicia, Chr. 678; Erl. 41, 7

eálá

(int.)
Grammar
eálá, æálá, ǽlá, hélá; interj.

0! alas! Oh!eheu! euge! proh

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there we may see, Exon. 27 a; Th. 80, 27; Cri. 1313

Linked entries: æálá ǽ-lá eáw

Iotas

(n.)
Grammar
Iotas, Iutan ; pl.

The Jutes

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Of Iotum cómon Cantwara and Wihtwara ðæt is seó mégð ðe nú eardaþ on Wiht and ðæt cyn on West Sexum ðe man nú git hǽt Iutna cyn then came the men from three tribes of Germany, from old Saxons, from Angles, from Jutes.

Linked entries: Eota land Iútan

leáp

(n.)
Grammar
leáp, es; m.

a baskettrunk

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Ðá bær man up of ðan ðe hí lǽfdon twelf leápas fulle, Wulfst. 293, 32. trunk [of the body], Judth. 10; Thw. 23, 8; Jud. 111

Linked entry: sǽd-leáp