nerian
To save
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To save Wyrd oft nereþ unfǽægne eorl if a man's death be not doomed, oft destiny saves him, Beo. Th. 1149; B. 572. Of neádum heora hé nerode ( eripuit ) hig, Ps. Spl. 106, 6. Hié hálig God nerede, Cd. Th. 84, 13; Gen. 1397: 90, 6; Gen. 1491.
giddian
To sing ⬩ recite ⬩ speak
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Wíga gyddode Beówulf maðelode the warrior spake, Beowulf said, Beo. Th. 1264: B. 630; Cd. 97; Th. 127, 6; Gen. 2106. Waldere gyddode wordum, Wald. 83; Vald. 2, 13.
Linked entries: geddian ge-gyddian gyddian
ge-trúwian
to trust ⬩ hope ⬩ confidere ⬩ sperare ⬩ to make a treaty ⬩ sancire
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Th. 118, 147: 51, 6. to make a treaty; sancire Hie getrúwedon on twá healfa fæste frioðuwǽre they confirmed on both sides a fast compact of peace, Beo. Th. 2194; B. 1095
ge-treówe
True ⬩ trusty ⬩ faithful ⬩ fīdus ⬩ fīdēlis
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Beó getreówra be more trusty, Prov. Kmbl. 76. Ðe he, getreóweste, gelufade whom, most faithful, he loved, Exon. 43 a; Th. 144, 21; Gú. 681
swíþ-mód
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in a good sense, great-souled, magnanimous, stout-hearted Com ðá tó lande lidmanna helm ( Beowulf ) swíðmód swymman, Beo. Th. 3252; B. 1624. Swíðmód cyning, Cd.
wuldor-cyning
The king of glory ⬩ the Deity
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Wuldurcyninge, écum Dryhtne, Beo. Th. 5582; B. 2795. Ðæt wé rodera weard, wereda wuldorcining herigen, Cd. Th. i. 3; Gen. 2: 213, 4; Exod. 547. Fáh wið wuldorcyning, Exon. Th. 364, 7 ; Wal. 67
ymb-ryne
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course of a moving body Wǽron sume gedwolmen ðe cwǽdon, ðæt ǽlc man beó ácenned be steorrena gesetnyssum, and þurh heora ymbryna him wyrd gelimpe, Homl.
á-lǽnan
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Crw. 23, 25. (2 a) of God's grant to men :-- Beó se ríca gemyndig þæt hé sceal ealra ðǽra góda þe him God álǽnde ágyldan gesceád, Hml.
bindan
to bind ⬩ to fasten to ⬩ knit
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Add Ic beó bunden ligor, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 30. to bind, tie up in a bundle Gadriað þone coccel and bindað (alligate) sceáfmǽlum, Mt. 13, 30. to fasten to, on Hig bindað hefige byrðena, Mt. 23, 4. Beágas bundan boias (in collo) nectunt, Wrt.
ege-full
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Th. i. 300, 19. of things, terrible, tremendous Beó him swíðe egefull ðæt éce wíte aeterna supplicia perhorrescant, Past. 263, 16. Seó sǽ is hwílon swíðe hreóh and egeful on tó beónne, Hml. Th. i. 182, 33.
forþ-gang
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In forðgange (-geonge, v. l.) þæs ǽrendgewrites in processu epistolae, Bd. 1, 13; Sch. 36, 25. (3 a) successful progress, success :-- Úre ágen cyre næfð nǽnne forðgang, búton hé beó gefyrðrod þurh þone Ælmihtigan, Hml. Th. i. 210, 12: ii. 340, 28.
ge-dreog
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Þæt mid heálicum gedreóge and gemetgunge árwurðlícor beó quod cum summa gravitate et moderatione honestissime fiat, 75, 10.
weard
ward, guard, watch ⬩ a watch, a body of men keeping watch ⬩ guardianship, protection, keeping
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Thw. 23, 26; Jud. 142: Beo. Th. 616; B. 305. Wið wráð seros wearde healdan, 644; B. 319: Exon. Th. 48, 6; Cri. 767: 282, 16; Jul. 664. Weardum excubiis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 30, 12. Lux et tenebre ðe ðás werþeóda weardum healdaþ, Exon. Th. 192, 5; Az. 101.
of-gifan
to give up, leave, abandon ⬩ destituere
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Hé Dena land ofgeaf he left the Danes' land, Beo. Th. 3813; B. 1904. Hé ðás woruld ofgeaf he died, Cd. Th. 72, 30; Gen. 1194. Hé ðone beám ofgeaf he (Christ) left the cross (when he was taken to be buried), Exon. Th. 45, 35; Cri. 729.
hleóðor-cwide
A saying, ⬩ vocal utterance, ⬩ words, ⬩ speech, ⬩ discourse
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., Exon 72 b; Th. 270, 7; Jul. 461; Beo. Th. 3962; B. 1979. Éces word hálges hleóðorcwide. Exon. 61 b; Th. 226, 1; Ph. 399; Andr. Kmbl. 1786; An. 895.
hólunga
In vain, ⬩ to no purpose, ⬩ without cause, ⬩ without intent
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Nalles hólinga, Beo. Th. 2156; B. 1076. Wæs his fæder gelǽred in ða gerýno Cristes geleáfan ac hólinga pater ejus sacramentis Christiana fidei imbutus esl, sed frustra, Bd. 2, 15; S. 518, 29.
sprecan
To speak. ⬩ to exercise the faculty of speech ⬩ to use words in conversation, discourse, etc. ⬩ to mention ⬩ to say ⬩ to speak ⬩ to sue for, make a claim against, lay claim to
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Ðæt ǽrende wæs sprecen, 3242; An. 1623: Beo. Th. 1290; B. 643. where the object of the verb is a word denoting the matter expressed in the words spoken Ic rǽd sprece I give counsel in my words, Cd. Th. 115, 2; Gen. 1913.
Linked entries: on-spreca æfter æfter-spræc æfter-sprecan on-spreca on-swætende specan
ge-ceósan
To elect ⬩ choose ⬩ decide ⬩ prove ⬩ approve ⬩ eligere ⬩ præeligere ⬩ seligere ⬩ asciscere ⬩ petere ⬩ nancisci
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He hæfde cempan gecorone he had chosen champions, Beo. Th. 417; B. 206.
þegnung-mann
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Án woruldcynincg hæfþ fela þegna; hé ne mæg beón wurðful cynincg búton hé hæbbe swylce þéningmen ðe þeáwfæstnysse him gebeódon, Homl. Skt. i. pref., 62. as a technical English term Míne ( Alfred's ) ealdormenn and míne þénigmenn, Chart.
andettan
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bearnum monna oh that men would praise the Lord for his wonderful works to the children of men, 106, 31. to confess a purpose, to promise, vow Wæs hé swá swýþe onbryrded, þæt hé andette Gode, gif hé him ðæs mergendæges geunnan wolde, þæt hé his þeów beón