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á-rísan

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</b> of hostile action :--- Þá gingran árísaþ wiþ þám yldrum, 171, 23. to arise, be produced, come to be, of physical growth Hit gedéþ ꝥ þá swylas eft ne árísað, Lch. i. 356, 2. figurative Gif for godbótan feohbót áríseð, Ll.

deófol-gild

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Hé bebeád þæt mon áfielde diófolgielda þá cirican, and þæt mon his ágen deófolgield þǽr tómiddes ásette, þæt wæs his ágen onlícnes sacrarium repleri statuis simulachrisque imperavit, seque ibi ut Deum coli praecepit, Ors. 6, 3; S. 258, 8.

Linked entry: ge-deóful-geld

gearwian

(v.)
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</b> to come to maturity :-- Treówu grénu wexað and gearwað and rípað, Solil. H. 10, 5. to make ready a person to do something Gearwa þé and þú on þone síð fére, Guth. 86, 26. for an action Gearwige hé hine tó húselgange, Ll.

hærfest

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On hærfeste wícode se cyng on neáweste þáre byrig, þá hwíle þe hié hira corn gerypon, Chr. 896; P. 89, 8. Mon eorðan wæstmas on hærfeste hám gelǽdeð . . . on rypes tíman, Ph. 244. <b>II a.

ǽmettig

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ǽmettig, ǽmetig, ǽmtig.

empty, void, vacant devoid, void of, free fromunoccupied, at leisure, exempt fromfree to dounmarried

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Ǽlc beód ǽmtig vacua byþ gesewen, Coll. M. 28, 33. Ðæt ǽmtige fæc bufon ðǽre lyfte, Lch. iii. 242, 16. Ǽne émptige cytan, Hml. S. 33, 170. Ǽmtige fatu mid wíne áfyllan, Hml. Th. ii. 58, 14. with gen. :-- Byden ǽlces eles ǽmtig, Gr.

Linked entries: ǽmetgian ǽmtig

á-drífan

to drive, cause to move (with violence)to drive off, drive awayexpellere, repudiare

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Gif gé mé fram ádrýfaþ expellitis Coll. M. 29, 23. Ðú ús ádrife fram dóme repulisti nos, Ps. Th. 107, 10. Se fugel ádráf ealle ðá óþre fuglas fram ðǽm líchoman, Shrn. 57, 3. Fram ádreofon abegerunt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 73.

GÚÞ

(n.)
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GÚÞ, e; f. [a poetical word]

War, battle, fightbellum

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Se ða gúþe genæc he had come safe out of the battle, Cd. 94; Th. 121, 33; Gen. 2019. Ðe ða gúþe forbeáh who turned aside from the battle, Byrht. Th. 141, 21; By. 315.

ofer-hygd

(n.)
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ofer-hygd, -hýd, e; f.: es; n.: -hygdu, -hýdu (o); indecl. f. [the plural is used with singular meaning, cf. ofer-méde, -méttu].

pride, arrogancehonourable pride high spirit superbia

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Se is kyning ofer eall ða bearn oferhygde (-hýde, Cote. MSS.) ipse est rex super universos filios superbiae, Past. 17, 4; Swt. 111, 22. In oferhygde in superbia, Ps. Surt. 16, 10: 58, 13.

DÓN

(v.)
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DÓN, to dónne; part. dóende, dónde; ic dó, ðú dést, he déþ, pl. dóþ; p. ic, he dyde, ðú dydest, pl.dydon ; impert., pl. dóþ; subj. , pl. dón, dó; p. dyde, pl. dyden; pp. dón, dén

To DO, make, cause agĕre, facĕre

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On wóh dón to pervert, Past. 2, 1; Cot. MS. To cyninge dón to make a king, Ors. 6, 4; Bos. 118, 25: Bt. Met. Fox 15, 26; Met. 15, 13. Wrace dón to take revenge, L. In. 9; Th. i. 108, 4

tíd

(n.)
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tíd, e; f.
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Ðá com his tíd ðæt hé sceolde of middangearde tó Drihtne féran, Bd. 4, 3; S. 567, 13: 4, 9; S. 577, 16. Tó morgen on ðisse ylcan tíde ic sende micelne hagol, Ex. 9, 18. Ðæt sylþ his wæstmas tó rihtre tíde, Ps. Th. 1, 4.

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æt

(prep.)
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Wé habbað gedón swá swá ús swutelung fram eów com æt ðám ƀ. Æðelnóðe, Cht. Th. 314, 2. Ðæt his fót æt stáne oþspurne. Bl.

gód

(n.)
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gód, es; n.
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Þæt wé bugon fram yfele and dón góda ( bona ), Coll. M. 33, 9. (3 a) of the services of the church :-- Ðættæ mon unce tíde geuueorðiae on godcundum gódum and ǽc on aelmessan, C. D. i. 292, 32: 293, 3.

willa

(n.)
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willa, an; m.

will, the faculty of willingwill, purpose, design, commandwill, determination, resolutionintention, purpose, desire to actwill, desire, wishpleasure, delightwill, dispositionwill, accord, consent, pleasureGer. meinetwillenwill, one's own way

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Eallra gesceafta ágnum willan (-um, Cott. MS.) God rícsaþ ofer hí, Bt. 35, 4; Fox 160, 12. Hwæðer ǽnig gesceaft seó, ðe hire willan (-um, Cott. MS.) nylle ealne weg bión, ac wile hire ágnum willan (-um, Cott. MS.) forweorþan, 34, 9; Fox 148, II.

wíde

(adv.)
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wíde, adv.
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Cod. Dip. B. ii. 389, 20. Him féran gewát geond ða folcsceare Abraham wíde. Cd. Th. 106, 36; Gen. 1782. Bana wíde scráð, 180, 3; Exod. 39. Wíde ásent relegatus, Wrt. Voc. i. 51, 42. Ic lástas sceal wíde lecgan, Cd. Th. 63, 5; Gen. 1027.

ge-teón

(v.)
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Add: to draw together Gewyrce and tó getió con-trahat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 21, 43. with idea of horizontal movement, to draw along, pull, drag: — Óðri ðegnas on scip cuómon and drógon ł getugun ðára fisca segni, Jn. L. 21, 8.

macian

(v.)
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macian, <b>. I.</b>
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Þá bǽdon hig sume þæt Samson móste him macian sum gamen, Jud. 16, 25. (3b) to make peace, to bring about a condition of Nis ná tó forgytane ꝥ góde frið þe hé macode on þisan lande, Chr. 1086; P. 220, 13. to make peace between enemies Leófríc eorl cóm

sceát

(n.)
Grammar
sceát, es; m.

a corner, an anglecorner, quartera projection, promontorya nook, corner, regiona lap, bosomthe bosoma baysinusa garmenta cloth, napkin cloak,fold

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-scíte) a projection, promontory Bætweónæ ða twægen brÍmfeldas andlang ðæs alarsceátæs (along the alder-covered piece of land which thrusts itself out into the fields ) on ðonæ fúlan bróc, Cod. Dip. Kmbl.v. 84, 12.

Linked entry: sceáta

on-wendan

(v.)

to turn, changeto change one thing for another, to exchangeto turn, change a direction, to avert, divert, turn asideto change the position of a thing, to invert, turn upside down,to subvert, disturb, upsetto cause to change for the worse, to give a wrong direction, pervertTo return

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Næ síe tó ðon gedurstig, ne cyning, næ bisceop, ðæt ðǽs mínæ gife onwændæ ( commoveat ), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 218, 28. Nǽfre ic ne míne lástweardas geþrístlǽcen ðæt heó hit ( the grant of certain dues ) onwenden, Ch. Th. 29, 14: Cd.

weorold-mann

(n.)
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weorold-mann, es; m.
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Ðonne hé from woruldmonnum (world-, Cott. MSS.) bið ongiten suelce hé sié ælðiédig on ðiosum middangearde, Past. 19 ; Swt. 141, 18.

be-swícan

to decoyensnarebeguileto betrayto defraudsupplantto circumventto seducemislead

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On feala wísan ic beswíce fugelas, Coll. M. 25, 9, 11. of persons Beswác inlexit (Aid. 182, 32), Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 49. Eádric beswác Sigeferd and Morcær, Chr. 1015; P. 145, 31. Beswican pellexerunt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 14.

Linked entry: be-swícende