un-geendod
endless ⬩ without end ⬩ not coming to an end ⬩ infinite ⬩ very great in number, extent
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Swá écum lífe swá ungeendodon wíte sive vitam aeternam, sive infinitum supplicium, L. Ecg. P. iv. 65; Th. ii. 226, 14. Geond ungeendode worulde, Homl. Th. i. 76, 7.
Linked entry: ge-endian
wirgþu
condemnation ⬩ curse ⬩ punishment ⬩ evil ⬩ wickedness ⬩ cursing ⬩ maledictio
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Hý grim helle fýr, gearo tó wíte, seóð, on ðam hí áwo sculon wærgðu dreógan, Exon. Th. 78, 11; Cri. 1272. Wergðu wyrcean to afflict, hurt, Ps. Th. 108, 17. Ne sceolon gé on míne wítegan wergðe settan in prophetis meis nolite malignari, 104, 13.
á-ginnan
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Ǽr þám þe hí habban bóte águnnnen, 324, 13. to act, proceed Ic wið eów stíðlícor áginne ðonne ic tale wið eów habban wylle I shall proceed too severely against you for me to be willing to have speech with you. Hml. S. 23, 183.
be-stelan
to rob ⬩ to go secretly ⬩ stealthily ⬩ to steal
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Similar entries v.bi-stelan in Dict. to go secretly, stealthily, to steal, with reflexive pronoun Hé árás, and bestæl hine tó him and forcearf his mentles ǽnne læppan occulte surrexit, et oram chlamydis ejus abscidit, Past. 197, 21.
fram-scipe
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Þý lǽs hié ormóde wǽron ... ðæs hié mid mec tó fromscipe geféran scoldon lest they should despair ... of coming to advancement with me, Nar. 32, 25. ꝥ þú gefeó in þǽm fromscipe mínes lífes and eác blissige in þǽm weorðmyndum that you may be glad at the
ge-nyht
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Add: sufficiency Ðǽm ðegnum is beboden ðæt hié him ðæt tó genyhte dón ðæt hié him sellen servants are bidden to be satisfied with what is given them, Past. 321, 2. abundance, plenty, opulence For ðǽre genyhte ðæs flówendan welan hé blissað rerum affluentium
ge-ceápian
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Þǽr is máðma hord grimme gecea[po]d ( purchased with Beowulf's life ), B. 3012
hrepung
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Add: the action of touching with the hand or other part of the body, exercise of the faculty of feeling Godes ængel ꝥ cweartern geopenode mid his handa hrepunge, Hml. S. 4, 234. Ic gesyngode on gesihðe . . . and on hrepunge, Angl. xi. 112, 16.
hwætlíce
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D. 36, 11. of prompt action. of persons, with activity of body or mind Hors[c]líce, hwætlíce naviter (cf.? triumphum ... viribus naviter (v. Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 58) nanciscuntur, Ald. 2, 17), Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 47.
fyll
fill, full supply ⬩ repletion, satiety
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Dó ꝥ wós and þá wyrte on wín, drince þonne . . . symle án ful tó fylles (always one cup as a full dose, v. tó II. 5), Lch. i. 82, 14. with idea of excess, repletion, satiety Fyll and druncennyss saturitas et ebrietas, Scint. 106, 4.
hǽl
Health, safety, salvation, happiness ⬩ salus ⬩ good, luck, happiness ⬩ salus
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Brúc ðisses beáges mid hǽle use this collar with good fortune, Beo. Th. 2438; B. 1217. Héht hé Elenan hǽl ábeódan he bade them greet Elene, Elen. Kmbl. 2004; El 1003 : Beo. Th. 1311; B. 653. Ðíne hǽle syle salutare tuum da, Ps. Th. 84, 6
orþian
To breathe, pant
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Ðá ongann hé tó éðele ðæs upplícan lífes mid eallum gewilnungum orþian then began he to pant for the country of the life above with all his desires, ii. 118, 26. Orþiende swétnyssa spirans balsama, Hymn. Surt. 98, 19
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tó-eácan
In addition, ⬩ besides ⬩ In addition to, ⬩ besides
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Micel git hér tóeácan, Wulfst. 165, 21. prep, with dat. In addition to, besides Tóeácan ðæs landes sceáwunge, Ors. I; Swt. 17, 35. Tóeácan hiere hwætscipe and hiere monigfealdum duguþum, l, 10; Swt. 46, 24.
ge-rǽdnes
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Seó gerǽdnys þe míne witan æt Andeferan ge-rǽdðon, 272, 2. Ðis is seó gerǽdnes þe Engla cyng and ǽgðer ge gehádode ge lǽwede witan gecuran and gerǽddan, 304, 3. Ðis is seó gerǽdnys þe Cnut cyninge mid his witena geþeahte gerǽdde, 358, 3.
bútan
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Þǽm þe búton þeówdóme wǽron, Ors. 2, 4; S. 72, 7. without, free from, not provided with Bútan ǽnigre hǽse abs quolibet jussu, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 271, 14.
late
Slowly ⬩ late ⬩ at length ⬩ at last
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Gif wit ðæt ealle sculon ásmeágan ðonne cume wit late tó ende ðisse béc oððe nǽfre, 42; Fox, 256, 22. Hú late hí on ðysne middangeard ácennede wurdon and hú raþe hí him eft of gewítan sceolan, Blickl. Homl. 59, 23.
for-gildan
To pay for ⬩ make good ⬩ repay ⬩ requite ⬩ recompense ⬩ reward ⬩ reddĕre ⬩ exsolvĕre ⬩ compensāre ⬩ retrĭbuĕre
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Gif ðú gód dést, hit biþ ðé mid góde forgolden; gif ðú ðonne yfel dést, hit biþ ðé mid yfele forgolden if thou doest good, it shall be repaid thee with good; but if thou doest evil, it shall be repaid thee with evil, Gen. 4, 7: Cd. 35; Th. 47, 6; Gen.
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hrýman
To call ⬩ cry out ⬩ to cry out ⬩ boast ⬩ exult ⬩ lament ⬩ murmur
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Mid micelre stemne hrýmende crying with a loud voice, Homl. Th. i. 46. 33
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land-riht
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Hé landriht geþah he received landright, he was settled in the country with the right of a native, 161; Th. 200, 10; Exod. 354.
scilling
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Gr. 50; Som. 52, 8: and with this statement agree several passages of Henry I.?s Laws, e.g. c. 93, §§ 3, 19, where unus solidus=v denarii, duo solidi=x denarii. In Mercia four pennies go to the shilling.