á-sceacan
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Gif ðæs módes forhæfdnes mid ungeðylðe ne ascóke ( excuteret ) ðá sibbe of ðǽm sceáte ðǽre smyltnesse, Past. 311, 15. Wé sceolon ásceacan ðone sleacan slǽp ús fram, Hml. Th. i. 602, 15. His geoc of heora swuran ásceacan, 212, 10: R. Ben. 98, 14.
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be-settan
to set ⬩ place ⬩ to apply ⬩ to surround ⬩ to besiege
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Ealne módes hiht on God sylfne besette man, Wlfst. 75, 5. On besettan inpingere. An. Ox. 4229. withtó, to apply Nylle gé heortan tó besettan (apponere), Ps. L. 61, 11. to surround: þ ǽt. líc læg mid mannum besett. Hml. Th. ii. 346, 5.
eád
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Ic þé góda swá fela forgiefen hæfde, and þé on þám eallum eádes tó lyt þúhte, gif þú meahte spéd efenmicle Gode ágan ne móste, 1401: 1199: Gú. 1165. Forber oft ðæt ðú wrecan mæge; geþyld bið middes eádes, Prov. K. 25. Eádes hleótan, Fä. 89.
frécennes
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Gif monn mínne noman nemneð in ǽnigre frécennisse, Shrn. 73, 6 Ðætte hié ongieten under hú micelre frécennesse (frécenesse, v.l.) hié licggeað and hú hié iéceað hiera forwyrd ut cognoscant quantis lapsibus succrescentis ruinae subjaceant, Past. 232, 24
ge-dryht
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Gé geseóð Dryhten faran . . . mid þás engla gedryht, 515. a host of warriors Seó eorla gedriht ( the Israelites marching through the Red Sea ] ánes módes, Exod. 304. Wáron hwate weras gearwe tó gúðe . . ., fór folca gedryht, El. 27
onettan
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Mé wǽre liófre ꝥ ic ónette wiþ þæs, ꝥ ic ðé móste gelǽstan ꝥ ic ðe gehét festino debitum promissionis absolvere, Bt. 40, 5 ; F. 240, 15. Seó stíg gelǽdde þá ónettendan (properantes) men tó ðæs weres cytan, Gr. D. 212, 20. <b>I a.
ge-strýnan
To gain ⬩ get ⬩ obtain ⬩ acquire ⬩ beget ⬩ procreate ⬩ lucrāri ⬩ acquīrĕre ⬩ gignĕre ⬩ procreāre
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To gain, get, obtain, acquire, beget, procreate; lucrāri, acquīrĕre, gignĕre, procreāre Ðæs ðe ic móste mínum leóde swylc gestrýnan because I have been able to acquire such for my people, Beo. Th. 5589; B. 2798: L.
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tó-þindan
To swell ⬩ grow big ⬩ to swell with pride ⬩ be puffed up ⬩ be arrogant
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Hé hine mid tóðundenum móde forseah, Homl. Th. i. 330, 20: 450, 33. Tóþundenne and ástrehtne hneccan tumentem et erectam cervicem, Scint. 83, 17
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hyge
Mind ⬩ heart ⬩ soul
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Óþ hine his hyge forspeón and his ofermetta ealra swíðost until his heart seduced him, and his pride most of all, 18; Th. 22, 34; Gen. 350. Hyge Euan wífes wác geþoht the mind of Eve, weak thought of woman, 30; Th. 40, 34; Gen. 648.
wís
wise ⬩ discreet ⬩ judicious ⬩ cunning ⬩ wise ⬩ learned ⬩ skilled ⬩ expert ⬩ known
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Grammar wís, of persons Ne scyle nán wís monn (vir sapiens) forhtigan, Bt. 40, 3; Fox 238, 8, 13, 15. Ne mæg weorþan wís wer ǽr hé áge wintra dǽl in woruldríce, Exon. Th. 290, 12; Wand. 64.
ge-þeón
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Se bid gesǽlig ... þe mæg ... his þeódne geþeón, and þonne mót habban heofonríce felix ... qui ... conjunctus Christo coelestia regna tenebit, Dóm. L. 251. where the extent to which growth takes place is stated, with prep.
Beó-wulf
BEOWULF
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It appears most probable that Beowulf was originally an Old Norse heathen Saga, written in the language common at the earliest age in Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, but now only spoken in Iceland.
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FÁCEN
Deceit, fraud, guile, treachery, malice, wickedness, evil, crime ⬩ dŏlus, fraus, nēquĭtia, mălĭtia, inīquĭtas, prævārĭcātio
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He ðæs fácnes fintan sceáwaþ he sees the sequel of treachery, 83 b; Th. 315, 16; Mód. 32. Gif heó ðæs fácnes gewíta nǽre if she were not privy to the crime, L. Ath. v. 1, § 1, 2; Th. i. 228, 17, 21.
FYRD
an army ⬩ the military array of the whole country ⬩ exercĭtus ⬩ expĕdītio ⬩ an army ⬩ agmen ⬩ exercĭtus ⬩ an expedition ⬩ expĕdītio ⬩ a camp ⬩ castrum
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Gif gesíþcund mon, landágende, forsitte fyrde, geselle cxx scillinga and þolie his landes; unlandágende lx scillinga; cierlisc xxx scillinga; to fyrd-wíte [MS. fierd-wíte] in case a gesithcund man neglects the fyrd.
ge-ban
a command ⬩ ordinance ⬩ decree ⬩ proclamation ⬩ mandātum ⬩ stătūtum ⬩ decrētum ⬩ the indiction ⬩ indictio ⬩ edictum
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ascertaining the exact year in a reign, etc Ðam mildestan cyninge Cantwara, Wihtrǽde, ríxigendum, ðé fíftan wintra his ríces, ðý niguþan gebanne, in ðære stówe ðy hátte Berghámstyde, ðǽr wæs gesamnad eádigra geþeahtendlíc ymcyme in the reign of the most
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scír
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Thw. 24, 17 ; Jud. 193. of glass, clear, transparent Swá ðæt scíre glæs ðæt mon ýþæst mæg eall þurhwlítan, Exon. Th. 78, 33. of water, clear, limpid Ofter Pantan, ofer scír wæter, Byrht. Th. 134, 42 ; By. 98.
beón
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Hé móste beón mǽrlíce mid him, Hml. Th. ii. 310, 19. An his hláforddóme wé bián móten, C. D. i. 311, 22.
fægere
beautifully ⬩ elegantly ⬩ gently ⬩ fair ⬩ plausibly ⬩ speciously ⬩ impurity ⬩ thoroughly ⬩ nobly ⬩ splendidly ⬩ justly
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Þú þe Maria fægere ákende thou whom Mary in happy hour brought forth, Hy. 3, 26. with propriety, in a becoming manner God sceal mon ǽrest hergan, fægre fæder úserne, Gn. Ex. 5. Wese God á gebletsad, and þæt fægere becweðe folca ǽghwylc, Ps.
ge-hínan
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Bið hé swíðe ryhtlíce mid ðǽm gehíned ðe mon wénð ðæt mid geárod sié unde nutrita pie creditur, indejustius damnatur 391, 7. Gange hé of dóme gehýned cum judica-tur, exeat condemnatus Ps. Th. 108, 6.
ge-séman
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Th. 288, 30. to settle the doubts of Mé fyrwet bræc . . . ǽr þon mé geunne éce dryhten þæt mé geséme snoterra mon. Sal. 251. the object a thing, to settle a dispute, make up a quarrel Þéh heora gewinn þá gesémed wǽre, Ors. l, 12 ; S. 52, 25.