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ést

favourluxuries

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Dele ' Andr. . . 483, ' and add: in the following glosses Oest, gifu gratia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 41, 5. Ést munificentia, 58, 18. Oeste devotione, Rtl. 8, 25. Oest devotionem, 15, 1: votum, 169, 7.

ge-sweorcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sweorcan, he -swyrcþ; p. -swearc, pl. -swurcon; pp. -sworcen

To become darkbe darkenedsaddenedangry

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Ðá geswearc se Godes man semninga and ongan heardlíce and bitterlíce wépan then suddenly the man of God become sad and began to weep sorely and bitterly; solutus est in lacrymis vir Dei, Bd. 4, 25; S. 600, 29: Exon. 77 a; Th. 290, 3; Wand. 59.

fisc-noþ

(n.)
Grammar
fisc-noþ, fiscnoþ (-naþ), fixnoþ, es; m.

fishinga fishing-grounda catch

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Hé stód mid ðám folce swá wið ǽnne fixnoð, ꝥ wæs án brád mere Genesareð geháten, 30. Sí ðis mynster fram eallum eorðlicum þeówdðme freóh . . . ðæt is on feldum and on lǽsewum, . . . and on sealtum merscum, and on fiscnoðum, C. D. iii. 350, 8.

sehtlian

(v.)
Grammar
sehtlian, (?); p. ode.
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to settle, bring to an agreement, settle a dispute between people (the word seems to occur only in the later part of the Chronicle) [ Ðá eodon góde men heom betwénen and sahtloden heom, Chr. 1066 ; Erl. 203, 27.

Linked entry: sæhtlian

brémel

Grammar
brémel, brémer
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Æcer ðe æfter ðornum and brémelum wæstmas ágifð, Hml. Th. i. 342, 7. Hwá gaderað fícæppla of brémelum (tribulis) ?, ii. 406, 3. Sécende geond þýfelas and brétnelas (brémblas, brýmelas, v. ll.), Hml. S. 32, 143. . Add

ge-lóman

(n.)
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Substitute: <b>ge-lóma,</b> an; m. a tool, an implement, utensil Gelóma utensile, Wrt. Voc. ii. 124, 24. Næs nǽnig wén þæs gelóman ( a wood-bill) . . .

ge-wyrdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wyrdan, -werdan; p. de; pp. ed; v. trans.

To hurtinjurelæderenocere

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G.] if any one in strife hurt a woman, L. Alf. 18; Th. i. 48, 17. Gif hwá gewerde [gewyrde, MS. G.] óðres monnes wíngeard if any one injure another man's vineyard, 26: Th. i. 50, 24.

Linked entry: ge-werdan

ge-hrepod

(v.)
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Substitute: <b>ge-hrepian;</b> p. ode To touch Tactus gehrepod is participium; and tactus hrepung is nama, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 255, 3. to touch with the hand Gehrepa hire byrigene, and þú bist sóna hál, Hml.

fíftig

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Án sceolde fíf hund penega and óðer fíftig (fífteih, L.), Lk. 7, 41.

irfe-gewrit

(n.)
Grammar
irfe-gewrit, es; n.

a willtestament

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; then no man made known to me any testament or any witness that it was any other than as we two before with witness agreed, Chart.

tó-weard

Grammar
tó-weard, <b>I b.</b>
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Add Þá wǽron Seaxan sécende intingan and tó-weardne (an occasion, and one in the immediate future) heora gedáles wið Bryttas quaerentes occasionem diuortii, Bd. 1. 15; Sch. 42, 26. 1 a a. without inflexion Leoniþa sǽde þæt þá tída þá yfele wǽron and

ge-swic

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Add: an offence Tó geswicum ad scandala, Wrt. Voc. ii. 97, 4. cessation Sý hé betáht Satane meó helle grunde and ðǽr á cwylmie mid Godes wiðsacum búte geswice, C. D. iv. 107, 17

hnæpf

Grammar
hnæpf, hnæpp. l. hnæpp, hnæpf (??),
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Steápes, hnæppes poculi, i. calicis An. Ox. 1847. Se cyning genam þone hnæp (steáp, v. l. calicem) . . . þá se Godes wer onféng þám hnæppe (steápe, v. l.), Gr. D. 186, 7-11. and add

hoferian

(v.)
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to be humpbacked Houeriendne (hoferiiendne, An. Ox. 3662) gibbum Hpt. Gl. 492, 40. Hoferedne cyppum (= gibbum Ald. 50, 21, the passage to which this and the preceding gloss belong), Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 78

Linked entry: hoferede

ge-flít

Grammar
ge-flít, l. ge-flit,
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Lǽtað áweg ealle saca and ǽlc geflitt, and gehealdað þás tíd mid sibbe and mid sóðre lufe, Hml. Th. i. 180, 1. Ðonne betweoxn eów bið yfel anda and geflitu ( contentio ), Past. 345, 14.

byrgen

(n.)
Grammar
byrgen, byrgenn, birgen, byrigen, burgen, e; f. [beorg tumulus]
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observed with the dead, the head to the west and the feet to the east, upon his shield, if he have one; and to fix his lance, and place his arms round, and attach his horse by the reins; and to go to the nearest town and give information to the first

scop-leóþ

(n.)
Grammar
scop-leóþ, es ; n.
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A poem Se heora cyning ongan singan and giddian and mid ðæm scopleóþe heora mód swíðe getrymede Tyrtaei ducis composito carmine et pro cocione recitato accensi, Ors. 1, 14 ; Swt. 56, 32.

wrǽstan

(v.)
Grammar
wrǽstan, p. te.

to wresttwistto move the strings of the harp in playingplectrum.

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to wrest, twist RUNE hine on ða tungan sticaþ, wrǽsteþ him ðæt wóddor, and him ða wongan briceþ. Salm. Kmbl. 191 ; Sal. 95. to move the strings of the harp in playing, Cf. wreste of an harpe plectrum.Prompt.

Linked entry: a-wrǽstan

heáfod-ece

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Hé mid ele gesmyrode án licgende mǽden on langsumum sáre ðurh hefigtýmum heáfodece, and hire sóna wæs bet, ii. 150, 6

þeówan

(v.)
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to press. [ passages here might be taken to next word, q. v. ] Add Þá scóc án oxa his heafod, and mid þám horne hine þýde, Hml. S. 31, 786. add Hé stód gynigende and þýwde mid múþe ꝥ hé Martinum ábite, Hml. S. 31, 539.