EARG
inert, weak, timid, cowardly ⬩ iners, ignāvus, segnis, tĭmĭdus ⬩ evil, wretched, vile ⬩ prāvus, imprŏbus
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Ne biþ swylc earges síþ such is not the path of the cowardly, Beo.
in-segel
A seal ⬩ signet
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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
lagu-streám
Sea ⬩ stream ⬩ river ⬩ water
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Ofer lagustreámas across the sea, Beo. Th. 599 ; B. 297
mann-þwǽre
Gentle ⬩ mild ⬩ meek ⬩ not harsh ⬩ courteous
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Manna mildust and monþwǽrost most gentle and courteous of men, Beo. Th. 6345; B. 3182
næglian
To nail ⬩ fasten 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
Lower ⬩ in 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
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nón
the ninth hour ⬩ hora nona ⬩ the service held at the ninth hour ⬩ nones
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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
Contention ⬩ strife ⬩ contest ⬩ dispute ⬩ discussion ⬩ contentio ⬩ lis ⬩ certāmen ⬩ concertātio ⬩ rixa
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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
To adorn ⬩ deck ⬩ trim ⬩ ornāre ⬩ redĭmīre
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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.
ge-scrífan
to judge, deem, assign, impose, appoint ⬩ judicare, assignare, imponere, designare ⬩ to shrive, impose penance, censure ⬩ pœnitentiam imponere, reprehendere
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Swá him wyrd gescráf so fate assigned to him, Beo. Th. 5142; B. 2574: Elen. Grm. 1047: Bt. Met. Fox 1, 58; Met. 1, 29. Hió me lytle læs láðe woldan ðisses eorþweges ende gescrífan paulo minus consummaverunt me in terra, Ps. Th. 118, 87.
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ge-mǽrsian
To magnify, glorify, celebrate ⬩ magnĭfĭcāre, glorĭfĭcāre, celebrāre
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Ic beó gemǽrsod on Pharaone glorĭfĭcābor in Pharaōne, Ex. 14, 17. He wæs gemǽrsod ofer ealle óðre cyningas he was celebrated above all other kings, Ors. 4, 1; Bos. 76, 41
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un-sceþþig
Innocent ⬩ harmless
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Beó se cristena man unsceaðþig and bilewite, Homl. Th. i. 142, 20. Hér com Ælfréd se unsceððiga æþeling, Chr. 1036; Erl. 164, 25. Hys ðæt synnige blód wæs ágoten on ða wrace hyre ðæs unsceððian blódes, Shrn. 155, 8.
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rúm
local, room, space ⬩ temporal, space of time ⬩ opportunity
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Fýrdraca rǽsde on ðone rófan ða him rúm ágeald (when the opportunity was given him) Beo. Th. 5374; B. 2690. Deáþ ðæs ne scrífeþ ðonne him rúm forlǽt rodora Waldend, Met. 10, 30
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sæl
A hall
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Gæst yrre cwom, ðǽr wé sæl weardodon, Beo. Th. 4157; B. 2075. Ne gód hafoc geond sæl swingeþ, 4520; B. 2264. Hý sæl timbred (æltimbred, MS., the alliteration requires s) ongytan mihton; ðæt wæs foremǽrost receda, 620; B. 307.
ǽnig
unicus
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Ic ǽnigra mé weána ne wénde, B. 932. with qualitative force :-- Ne beó ðú ǽnig manslaga Wlfst. 66, 17
hádor
Clear [applied both to light and to sound], bright, serene ⬩ clarus, splendidus, serenus, micans ⬩ bright (of the sky, stars)
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Scóp hwílum sang hádor on Heorote at times the poet sang clear-voiced in Heorot, Beo. Th. 998; B. 497. Seó sunne on hádrum heofone scíneþ the sun shines in the clear sky, Bt. 9; Fox 26, 15 : Bt. Met. Fox 28, 95; Met. 28, 48.
ge-synto
Health ⬩ welfare ⬩ safety ⬩ prosperity ⬩ success ⬩ advantage ⬩ profit ⬩ benefit ⬩ sānĭtas ⬩ sospĭtas ⬩ sălus ⬩ prospĕrĭtas
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He hét hine leóde swǽse sécean on gesyntum he bade him seek his own people in safety, Beo. Th. 3742; B. 1869: Ps. Th. 114, 5. Him wǽre mín gesynto leófre ðonne hiora seolfa hǽlo magis pro mea salute mori paratos, Nar. 30, 17: 8, 6
ge-teohhian
To appoint ⬩ determine ⬩ decree ⬩ assign ⬩ stătuĕre ⬩ decernĕre ⬩ assignāre
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Wæs óðer in geteohhod mǽrum Geáte another dwelling had been assigned to the renowned Goth, Beo. Th. 2605; B. 1300. Geteohod, Bd. 5, 14; S. 634, 31, note.
Linked entries: teohhian ge-tihhian ge-tiohhian
cleófa
a cleft, chasm, den, cell, chamber ⬩ cubīle, cellarium, cubiculum
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That which is cloven, a cleft, chasm, den, cell, chamber; cubīle, cellarium, cubiculum On heora cleófum oððe holum híg beóþ gelogode in cubilibus suis collocabuntur, Ps. Lamb. 103, 22.
efne
Lo! behold! truly! indeed ⬩ en, ecce, certe, prŏfecto
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Efne swá biþ gebletsad beorna ǽghwylc ecce sic benedīcētur hŏmo. Ps. Th. 127, 5. Efne me God fultumeþ ecce Deus adjŭvat me, 53, 4: 54. 7: 86, 3: 118, 40: 138, 3