ge-fégan
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Hé wæs geféged mid ðǽre lufan Godes and monna ǽgðer ge tó ðám hiéhstum ðingum ge tó ðǽm nyðemestum compage caritatis summis simul et infimis junctus, Past. 99, 25. to join in friendship, unite Þæt gecynd geféhþ and gelímþ ðá friénd tógædere mid untódǽledlicre
ge-fetian
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Amilcor wæs of Sicilium him tó fultume gefett accitum ex Sicilia Amilcarem, Ors. 4, 6; S. 174, 20. Gefetodne accitum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 4, 35. Gefetodnae, gefetatnae, gefeotodne accetum., Txts. 42, 105. Gefetadne arceri (jubet Augustus vatem), Wrt.
heáfod-mann
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Hig (the robbers ) clipodon þone cniht him tó þe hira heáfodman wæs, Ælfc. T. Grn. 18, 19
of-settan
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Hé wæs ofseted and geswænced mid hefigre mettrumnesse his líchaman qui cum gravi molestia corporis fuisset depressus, Gr. D. 298, 3. Hé is nú mid ylde ofsett, Hml. Th. i. 614, 20. Wurdon hí ealle mid ógan ofsette, Hml.
ofer-cuman
to overcome, vanquish, subdue ⬩ to come upon, reach, obtain
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Ofercymen wæs obstipuit, 63, 9. Ðú mé hæfst ofercumenne mid ðínre gesceádwísnesse, Bt. 22, 1; Fox 76, 12. Hé ongitt hine selfne ofercumenne (-cymenne, Hatt. MS.), Past. 34, 1; Swt. 228, 20. Ðás men geseóþ ðæt hié synt ofercumene, Blickl.
on-hyrian
To imitate, emulate
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Hé ðære frymþelícan cyrican líf wæs onhyrigende, 1, 26; S. 487, 28: 4, 23; S. 593, 15. Onhyrgende, L. Ecg. P. iv. 68, 8; Th. ii. 228, 29
hirde
A herd, ⬩ shepherd, ⬩ pastor, ⬩ guardian, ⬩ guard, ⬩ keeper
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Ne ic hyrde wæs bróðer mínes I was not my brother's keeper, 48; Th. 62, 1; Gen. 1007. Heorde, Exon. 43 b; Th. 146, 33; Gú. 719. Hiorde, Ps. Grn. ii. 279, 101. Rihtwís hyrde ofer cristene heorde a righteous shepherd over a Christian flock, L. I.
áht
AUGHT ⬩ anything ⬩ something ⬩ aliquid ⬩ quidquam
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Ðæt án man, ðe himsylf áht wǽre, mihte faran that a man, who himself was aught, might go, 1087; Th. 355, 17
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éhtere
A persecutor ⬩ persĕcūtor
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Sanctus Albanus cýðde ðám éhterum Godes geleáfan ðæt he cristen wǽre Saint Alban told the persecutors of God's truth that he was a christian, 1, 7; S. 477, 22. Gebiddaþ for eówre éhteras pray for your persecutors, Mt. Bos. 5, 44: Bd. 1, 7; S. 476, 37
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hungor-biten
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Hunger-bitten, suffering from hunger Ac ðes folces ðe be Hungire fór fela þúsenda ðǽr and be wæge earmlíce forfóran and fela hreówlíce and hungerbitene ongeán winter hám tugon but of the people that went by Hungary many thousands perished miserably there
níd-dǽda
One who does something under compulsion
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H.) wǽre (unless he were forced to do it in self-defence ), L. Alf. 25; Th. i. 50, 21. Cf. Se ðe hine nédes ofslóge oððe unwillum oððe ungewealdes, 13; Th. i. 46, 22
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gilp-word
A boastful word ⬩ a boast ⬩ vaunt
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A boastful word, a boast, vaunt Hí him to gylpworde hæfdon 'ðæt him leófre wǽre ðæt hí hæfdon healtne cyning ðonne healt ríce' their boast was 'that they had rather have a halting king than a halting kingdom,' Ors. 3, 1; Bos. 53, 26.
slápol
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Se ðe wǽre slápol, weorðe se ful wacor, Wulfst. 72, 13. Ne beón gé tó slápole ne ealles tó sleace, 40, 21. Tó ðám Godes weorce árísende, heora ǽlc ððerne myngige, ðæt ða slápule (-an, MS. F. ) náne láde næbben, R. Ben. 47, 17.
þeaht
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Counsel Sum bisceop tó him férde, efne swá swá hé wǽre mid heofonlícre þeahte gelǽred, ðæt hé tó ðære sprǽce férde ðæs Godes mannes, Guthl. 17; Gdwin. 70, 8. Hí rǽddon ðæt man hine gebunde, and óð deáð swunge.
á-hwilfan
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Hé sǽde swá oft swá þæt scip wǽre ofdúne áhwylfed, ꝥ hé sǽte ofer þǽre bytman quoties carabo a superiori parte deorsum verso ipse carinae ejus supersederat, Gr. D. 347, 23
ge-hálsian
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Add: to make a solemn appeal to Þá áxode hine se ealdorbiscop and mid áðe gehálsode, þæt hé openlíce sǽde gif hé Godes sunu wǽre ( princeps sacerdotum ait: 'Adjuro te per Deum vivum, ut dicas nobis si tu es Christus filius Dei, Mt. 26, 63), Hml.
riht-ryne
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Hé sǽde ꝥ Pad seó eá wǽre of hire rihtryne on þǽre cyrican yrðland úp yrnende . . . 'Cym tó ðínum ágenum rihtryne' nuntiavit quod cursus sui Padus alveum egressus ecclesiae agros occupasset. . . 'Ad proprium alveum redeas,' 193, 15-20.
tó-geagnes
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D. 343, 8. add: (c a) of reciprocal action, again, in return Þéh þe hit gelumpe ꝥ him hwilc man þe hine ne cúþe ongén cóme, and sé þonne wǽre gegréted, ꝥ hé forhogode tógénes grétan si quis illum fortasse nesciret, salutatus etiam resalutare despiceret
úþ-witigung
The study of philosophy ⬩ philosophy
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The study of philosophy, philosophy Ðæt heó on woruldwýsdóme wǽre getogen æfter Gréciscre úðwytegunge ... Heó þeáh on wísdóme and on úðwytegunge, Homl. Skt. i. 2, 20-23. Befæst tó woruldlícre láre and tó úðwitegunge, 4, 185.
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wacor
Watchful, vigilant
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Watchful, vigilant Se ðe wǽre slápol, weorðe se ful wacor, Wulfst. 72, 14. Beó ðú wacor esto vigilans, Past. 58; Swt. 445, 20.