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ge-swígian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-swígian, (l. ge-swigian, -swugian; and for Mt. L. 22, 12: 12, 23: Shrn. 151, 33: Ph. 145 see ge-swígan).
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Beón gesuwod tacere, R. Ben. 1. 26, 3

ge-fremian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fremian, ge-fremman.
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. ¶ ge-fremed perfect Ic wille beón gefremed in litlum weorce, Shrn. 35, 20

hleahtor

a laugh

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Hwelce cehhettunge gé woldon þæs habban and mid hwelcre hleahtre gé woldon beón ástyred quanta moveris cachinno Bt. 16, 2; F. 52, 5. Dyde ic mé tó gomene ganetes hleóðor and huilpan swég fore hleahtor wera, Seef. 21.

Linked entry: hleahtrian

herigend-lic

praiseworthyapprobationexcellent

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Ic wolde beón gehered þeáh ðe ic herigendlic nǽre, Angl. xi. 113, 49.

nese

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'Ðá cwæþ ic : 'Nese, ne forgite ic hit nó,' Bt. 34, 9; F. 146, 15. where dissent is expressed 'Hí ondrédon ꝥ wé heom for ðon grame beón woldon, for ðon þe hí ǽr ús hýran noldon.'

timber

(n.)
Grammar
timber, es; n.

material for constructing a house, ship, etc.,timbermaterial of which anything is formeda structure,building,edificethe building of a house, ship, etc.

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Addit. 16; Th. ii. 234, 16, Ðætte ne meahten godo beón ða ðe monna hondum geworhte wǽron of eorðlícum timbre oðþe of treóm oðþe of stánum deos esse non posse, qui hominum manibus facti essent; dei creandi materiam lignum vel lapidem esse non posse, Bd

Linked entry: and-timber

ÁDL

(n.)
Grammar
ÁDL, ádel; g. ádle, f: ádle, an; f.

A diseasepaina languishing sicknessconsumptionmorbuslanguor

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Ne hine dréfeþ ádl disease does not afflict him, Beo. Th. 3476; B. 1736. Ðé to heortan hearde grípeþ ádl unlíðe fell disease gripes thee hard at heart, Cd. 43; Th. 57, 32; Gen. 937.

Linked entries: ádel ádle

ǽror

(adv.)
Grammar
ǽror, ǽrror, ǽrur, ǽrer; adv.

Beforeformerlyanteaprius

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Se ðe fela ǽror fyrena gefremede he who before had committed many crimes, Beo. Th. 1623; B. 809. Nemne we ǽror mǽgen fáne gefyllan unless we before may fell the foe, 5302; B. 2654.

éðel-stól

(n.)
Grammar
éðel-stól, es; m.

paternal-seat, native-seat, country, habitation patria sēdes, patria, dŏmĭcĭlium

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Beo. Th. 4732; B. 2371. Engla éðelstól native-seat of angels, Exon. 8 b; Th. 4, 13; Cri. 52: 86b; Th. 326, 1; Wíd. 122.

Linked entry: fæder-éðel-stól

fleám

(n.)
Grammar
fleám, flǽm, es; m. [fleón to flee]

Flightfŭga

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Nú sceal æðelingas gefricgean fleám eówerne now nobles shall hear of your flight, Beo. Th. 5771; B. 2889: Ps. Th. 141, 5: Ps. Spl. 88, 23. Fleám gewyrcan to take to flight, Byrht. Th. 134, 9; By. 81.

Linked entry: flǽm

GEÁR

(n.)
Grammar
GEÁR, gér, gǽr, es; n.

A YEARannus

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A YEAR; annus Óðer com geár another year came, Beo. Th. 2272; B. 1134. Ðis wæs feorþes geáres his ríces this was in the fourth year of his reign, Chr. 47; Th. 10, 13, col. 1. On geáre in the year, Menol. Fox 218; Men. 110.

Linked entries: gǽr gér

EARG

(adj.)
Grammar
EARG, earh; comp. eargra, earhra; sup. eargost; adj.

inert, weak, timid, cowardlyiners, ignāvus, segnis, tĭmĭdusevil, wretched, vileprāvus, imprŏbus

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Ne biþ swylc earges síþ such is not the path of the cowardly, Beo.

in-segel

(n.)
Grammar
in-segel, es; n.

A sealsignet

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Swá hwæðer swá heó beó fúl swá clǽne binnan ðam insegle whether it [the hand] be foul or clean within the seal, L. Æðelst iv. 7 ; Th. i. 226, 32. Ðá sende se cyning his insegel tó ðam gemóte, Chart. Th. 288, 22

Linked entries: -segel in-sigle

lagu-streám

(n.)
Grammar
lagu-streám, es; m.

Seastreamriverwater

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Ofer lagustreámas across the sea, Beo. Th. 599 ; B. 297

mann-þwǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
mann-þwǽre, adj.

Gentlemildmeeknot harshcourteous

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Manna mildust and monþwǽrost most gentle and courteous of men, Beo. Th. 6345; B. 3182

næglian

(v.)
Grammar
næglian, p. ode, ede

To nailfasten with nails

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Hió [næ]gled sinc hæleþum sealde ( bracelets fastened with rivets or studs ), Beo. Th. 4051; B. 2023. Næglede (ætlede, Th.) beágas, Exon. Th. 474, 22; Bo. 34. Nægledne, 400, 7; Rä. 20, 5

Linked entry: nægled-bord

neoþor

(adv.)
Grammar
neoþor, nioþor, niþor; adv.

Lowerin an inferior position

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Nioþor hwéne, Beo. Th. 5392; B. 2699. Ðæt mód glít nioþor and nioþor (niþor and niþor, Hatt. MS.) stæpmǽlum, Past. 38, 7; Swt. 278, 2. Hine nyþor ásette Metod the Lord humbled him (Nebuchadnezzar), Cd. Th. 247, 7; Dan. 493

Linked entry: niþor

nón

(n.)
Grammar
nón, es; n.

the ninth hourhora nonathe service held at the ninth hournones

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Ðá com nón dæges, Beo. Th. 3204; B. 1600. Hí him tó gewunon náman ðæt hí fæston tó nónes ( ad horam nonam ), Bd. 3, 5; S. 527, 9. Tó huíl nónes ad horam nonam, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 27, 45, 46. On tíde nónes, Mk. Skt. Rush. 15. 33, 34.

ge-flít

(n.)
Grammar
ge-flít, -flýt, es; n.

Contentionstrifecontestdisputediscussioncontentioliscertāmenconcertātiorixa

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On geflít in contest, Beo. Th. 1734; B. 865. We on geflítum sǽton we sat in discussion, Salm. Kmbl. 862; Sal. 430 : H. R. 9, 3. Uton towurpan hwætlícor ðás geflítu dissolvāmus cĭtius has contentiones, Coll. Monast. Th. 31, 23 : Elen.

Linked entry: ge-flýt

ge-frætewian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-frætewian, -frætwian, -fretwian; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed

To adorndecktrimornāreredĭmīre

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He gefrætwode foldan sceátas he adorned earth's regions, Beo. Th. 192; B. 96. He æfter fæce mid óðrum gástlícum mægenum gefrætewod ætýwde postmŏdum cætĕris virtūtĭbus ornātus appāruit, Bd. 3, 5; S. 527, 44 : 3, 11; S. 535, 32.