ge-dragan
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Here the form belongs to gedragan, but the meaning points to gedreógan; perhaps gedrcóg should be read
Linked entry: dragan
samod-gang
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Continuous In þǽre stówe fram þám nyþeran dǽle intó þám uferan wæs samodgang (somedtoncg, v. l.) þurh gewisne úpstige quo in loco inferiora superioribus pervius continuabat ascensus, Gr. D. 170, 23.
Linked entry: samod-tang
stalian
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Add For hwon gédyrstigodest þú ꝥ þú þus oft in þisra muneca wyrtúne stalodest? . . . Gang nú and æfter þissere tíde ne stala (stel, v. l. ) þú her ná má, Gr. D. 25, 6-20. Þæt seofoðe bebod is: 'Ne stala þú' (cf. ne stel þú, Ex. 20, 15), Hml.
DEORC
DARK, obscure, gloomy, sad ⬩ tenebrōsus, obscūrus
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DARK, obscure, gloomy, sad; tenebrōsus, obscūrus Niht-helm geswearc, deorc ofer dryhtgumum the helm of night grew murky, dark o'er the vassals, eo. Th. 3584B; BB. 1790: Exon. 30 bB;B Th. 95,22; Cri.1561: 101 b; Th. 384, 2; Rä. 4, 21.
Linked entry: deorcian
ge-mæstan
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Þá gemæstan fugelas getácniað þá hálgan láreówas . . . Þá sind gemæste mid gife þæs Hálgan Gástes. . . Sé ðe mid fódan þǽre úplican lufe bið gefylled, he bið swilce hé sig mid rúmlicum mettum gemæst.
weall
a wall that is made, ⬩ wall of a building, of a town, ⬩ side of a cave ⬩ a natural wall ⬩ a steep hill ⬩ a cliff.
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Cwom wundorlícu wiht ( the sun) ofer wealles hróf (over the mountain top ), Exon. Th. 412, 1; Rä. 30, 7. Draca beorges getrúwode, wíges and wealles ( the cliff in which the firedrake's cave was ), Beo. Th. 4635; B. 2323.
Linked entries: æt-foran-weall wala weal weall-clif weall-steáp
cnucian
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Th. i. 248, 21. Cnucigende æt þám geate, Hml. S. 10, 110. trans. to knock, strike, hit Þá stánas wendon swá ꝥ ðá cwelleras hí sylfe cnucodon, Hml. S. 11, 101. Hét hé mid stánum ðæs hálgan múð cnucian, Hml. Th. i. 428, 32: 432, 3: ii. 422, 25.
dǽd-bétan
To make amends, give satisfaction, to be penitent, to repent ⬩ maleficium compensare, malum bono pensāre, pœnitere
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S. 41; Th. i. 400, 16: L. Eth. ix. 26; Th. i. 346, 6. Ðæt he sealde sóðe gebýsnunge eallum dǽdbétendum, ðe to Drihtene gecyrraþ that he should give a true example to all, who shall turn to the Lord by doing amend deeds, Ælfc. T. 38, 4
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hefig-tíme
heavy ⬩ weighty ⬩ of great importance ⬩ serious ⬩ grave ⬩ severe ⬩ serious ⬩ oppressive ⬩ annoying ⬩ troublesome ⬩ hard to bear ⬩ grievous ⬩ tedious
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God gelácnað his gecorenra gyltas mid mislicum brocum; and þeáh ðe hit hefigtýme sý ðám ðrowigendum, Hml. Th. i. 472, 19. by a dat. infin. Þuhte mé hefigíme þé tó tiþienne þæs, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 1, 6.
healf
a half ⬩ side, part
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Gif ðú fǽrst tó ðære winstran hælfe ic healde ða swíðran healfe gif ðú ðonne ða swíðran healfe gecíst ic fare tó ðære winstran healfe if thou wilt take the left hand then I will go to the right hand; or if thou depart to the right hand then I will go
macung
Making ⬩ doing ⬩ action
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Making, doing, action Þurh ðes macunge mǽst se eorl Rotbert ðises geáres ðis land mid unfriþe gesóhte it was mostly his doing that Earl Robert attacked this country in the course of this year, Chr. 1101; Erl. 238, 1
capitol
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A chapter; capitulum Hér onginþ se forma capitul here begins the first chapter, L. Ecg. P. cont. i. 1; Th. ii. 170, 3: iii. 1; Th. ii. 194, 23. On ðam ende ðises capitulan in the end of this chapter, Bt. 32, 2; Fox 116, 33
híwan
Members of a household, ⬩ of a religious house, ⬩ a family
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Th. 460, 9. Fæder hína, Mt. Kmbl Rush. 20, 1: 21, 33. Gehwilcne ðe his hína wæs wǽpned cynnes every one that of his family was of the male sex, Cd. 107; Th. 142, 34; Gen. 2371.
ÁR
honour ⬩ glory ⬩ rank ⬩ dignity ⬩ magnificence ⬩ respect ⬩ reverence ⬩ honor ⬩ dignitas ⬩ gloria ⬩ magnificentia ⬩ honestas ⬩ reverentia ⬩ kindness ⬩ favour ⬩ mercy ⬩ pity ⬩ benefit ⬩ use ⬩ help ⬩ gratia ⬩ favor ⬩ misericordia ⬩ beneficium ⬩ auxilium ⬩ property ⬩ possessions ⬩ an estate ⬩ land ⬩ ecclesiastical living ⬩ benefice ⬩ bona ⬩ possessiones ⬩ fundus ⬩ beneficium
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Eth. iii. 14; Th. i. 298, 9: L. Eth. vi. 4; Th. i. 316, 1, 3. Ðæt hí him andlyfne and áre forgeáfen for heora gewinne that they should give them food and possessions for their labour, Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 19
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higera
A magpie or a woodpecker
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A magpie or a woodpecker ; see Exon. 106b; Th. 406, 14; Rä. 25 where the name of a bird that can imitate various sounds is given by the runes G, A, R, O, H, I. Higera picus. Wit. Voc. 62, 34. Higere picus, 281, 5: gaia vel catanus, Ælfc.
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ge-heáwan
To hew ⬩ cut ⬩ cut in pieces ⬩ dolare ⬩ cædere ⬩ concidere
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To hew, cut, cut in pieces; dolare, cædere, concidere Wicg hornum geheáweþ heweth the war-horse with his horns, Salm. Kmbl. 313; Sal. 156 : Beo. Th. 1368; B. 682 : Judth. 10; Thw. 22, 33; Jud. 90 : 12; Thw. 25, 36; Jud. 295 : Bd. 4, 19; S. 588, 27.
steorfan
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Th. i. 398, 34
seax
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Add Gyf þé syxes genyódige, þonne sníð þú mid þínum fingre ofer þonne óþerne, swylce þú cyrfan wille, Tech. ii. 123, 3.
æþeling
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Th. i. 356, 9. Þæt se ælmihtiga cyning sceolde besceófan tó cwale his áncennedan æðeling, ii. 6, 21
HEORTE
The HEART
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Th. 80, 12