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fóran

(prep.; adv.)
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fóran, prep. adv.

Beforein frontin frontin frontbefore alloppositeover againstBeforeBeforehandbeforebeforeBeforein front of

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Gif men synd wænnas gewunod on ꝥ heáfod foran, Lch. iii. 46, 21. ongeán opposite, over against, as preposition with dat. Hetware him foran ongeán linde bǽron, B. 2364. Gesæt Benedictus forn ongeán ðám Riggon, Hml.

ge-munan

(v.)
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Ðínra synna ne weorðe ic gemunende, ac gemun ðú hiora, Past. 413, 22. with clause Gif þú gemanst þæt bróþor þín hæfð ǽnig þincg ongeán þé, Scint. 23, 14. Gemunst, Bt. 36, 3; F. 176, 22.

ge-wita

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Gif huoelc stale ðis ðerhendade ł ðerhendadon giwuta uæs si qui furtum hoc perpetravit, aut perpetrati conscius fuit, Rtl. 113, 34. (3 b) with gen. of criminal Úre geréfena swylc þe þǽra þeófa gewita wǽre, Ll. Th. i. 220, 24.

hlísa

famereputationreputegloryreputationreportfameapprobationapplause

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Gif hæleða hwone hlísan lyste, Met. 10, 1. Sé þe wile wíslíce æfter þám hlísan spyrian, þonne ongit he swíþe hraþe hú lytel hé bið, Bt. 18, I; F. 60, 28.

rǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
rǽdan, <b>II a.</b>
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Gif heora hwilc . . . þone rǽdels áriht rǽdde, þonne wearð sé tó beheáfdunge gelǽd, swá same swá sé ðe hine áriht ne rǽdde, Ap.

réðe

(adj.)
Grammar
réðe, ;adj.;

Fierce, cruel, savagesevere, stern, austere, zealouswild, savage, fierce;severe, cruel, fierce, dire;

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Ealle his ǽhta ríce réðe mann gedǽle ; may a rich and cruel man divide all his possessions;; scrutetur foenerator omnem substantiam ejus; Grein takes reðemann and compares Gothic raðjo; Gif hé (;a king;) his folc ofsit, ðon biþ hé ;tyrannus,; ðæt is réðe

Linked entry: hréðe

ÁGAN

(v.)
Grammar
ÁGAN, to áganne; pres. part, ágende; pres. indic. ic, he áh, ðú áhst, pl. ágon, ágan, águn; p. ic, he áhte, ðú ahtest, pl. áhton; subj. ic, ðú, he áge, pl. ágen; p. ic áhte, pl. áhten; pp. ágen.

OWNpossesshaveobtainpossiderehaberepercipereto make another to own or possessto givedeliverrestoredare in possessionemreddererependere

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Ðeáh he feoh-gestreón áhte although he possessed riches, Exon. 66b; Th. 245, 13; Jul. 44. to make another to own or possess, hence, — to give, deliver, restore; dare in possessionem, reddere, rependere Éðelstówe ðé ic ágan sceal I shall give thee a dwelling-place

bútan

(prep.; adv.)
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Ic wéne ꝥ ic þé up áhófe ... búton þú git tó full sý þæs þe lǽfed is, Bt. 11, 1; F. 30, 19. Búton hé gelýfde ꝥ hí árísan sceoldon, elles hé offrode on ídel, Hml.

drenc

(n.)
Grammar
drenc, es; m.

DRENCH, dose, draught, drinkpōtus, pōtio a drowningdemersio, submersio

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Sele him oft styrgendne drenc give him often a stirring drink, 1, 42; Lchdm. ii. 106, 25. Se yrþling sylþ us hláf and drenc arātor dat nobis panem et potum, Coll. Monast. Th. 31, 3.

Linked entry: drenge

ge-sceád

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sceád, -scád, es; n.

separation, distinction, differencepower of distinguishing, reason, discretion, discrimination, an account, a reckoning, argumentdistinctio, discretio, distantia

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Fordý sealde God mannum gesceád therefore has God given reason to men, 96, 13: 7: Bt. Met. Fox 20, 436; Met. 20, 218: 22, 88; Met. 22, 44. On gesceád witan to understand, Exon. 83 b; Th. 314, 3; Mód. 8.

Linked entries: -sceád ge-scád

un-geþwǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geþwǽre, adj.

not in harmonyat variancediscordantnot in agreementgiven to discordquarrelsomedisagreeabletroublesomevexatious

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Th. 15, 2. given to discord, quarrelsome Ðætte on óðre wísan sint tó manianne ða geðwǽran (cf. ða gesibsuman, 6) on óðre ða ungeðwǽran (cf. ða ungesibsuman, 6) quomodo admonendi sunt discordes et pacati, Past. 46; Swt. 344, 5. disagreeable, troublesome

geolo

(adj.)
Grammar
geolo, adj.
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[In the following instances the glosses seem to refer to other words than those given :-- Þám geolwum lutea (Aurora in fulvis . . . lutea bigis; the gloss applies to fulvis), Wrt. Voc. ii. 93, 56: lautea, 52, 60.

ælmesse

alms, what is given in charitya charitable actionan offering

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Add: alms, what is given in charity Wist vel ælmesse stips, Wrt. Voc. i. 17, 8. Ælmesse agape, 33: eleemosyna vel agape, 28, 56. Swá swá wæter ádwǽscð fýr, swá ádwǽscð seó ælmysse synne, Hml. Th. ii. 106, 7.

for-swelgan

(v.)
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for-swelgan, -sweolgan, he -swelgeþ, -swilgeþ, -swelhþ, pl. -swelgaþ; p. ic, he -swealh, -swealg, ðú -swulge, pl. -swulgon; subj. pres. -swelge, pl. -swelgen; p. -swulge, pl. -swulgen; pp. -swolgen, -swelgen [swelgan to swallow]

To swallow updevourabsorbdevŏrāredegluttīreabsorbēre

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Aarones gird forswealh ealle heora girda devŏrāvit virga Aaron virgas eōrum, Ex. 7, 12: Cd. 119; Th. 154, 17; Gen. 2557: Ps. Th. 77, 50. Seó eorþe forswealh Dathan and Abiron Dathan atque Abiron terra absorbuit, Deut. 11, 6; Ps. Spl. 105, 17.

Linked entry: for-sweolgan

GRÓWAN

(v.)
Grammar
GRÓWAN, part. grówende; ic grówe, ðú grówest, gréwst, he gróweþ, gréwþ, pl. grówaþ; p. greów, pl. greówon; pp. grówen
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Hwæt druge ðú grówendra gifa? what madest thou of the growing gifts? Cd. 42; Th. 55, 6; Gen. 890

Linked entry: ge-grówan

cild

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Gé sint giet cilderu, Past. 459, 17. Cildra pueri, R. Ben. I. 60, 16. Iung cildra lactantes, i. infantes, An. Ox. 2591. Cildas (cild, R.) parvoli, Mt. L. 19, 13. Ofer hiora dei, wífes and cilda, C. D. i. 316, 16.

ge-bann

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Tó ðǽm gebanne ðæs tóhopan nán monn mæg cuman ad unam vocationis spem nequaquam pertingitur, Past. 345, 19. a proclamation, manifesto Se cyningc gesette þis geban, þus cweðende 'Swá hwilc man swá mé Apollonium lifigende tó gebringð, ic him gife fífti

gódian

(v.)
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Hý águnnon rǽdes gýman and hit ágann mid heom gódian, 14, 14. trans. the object a person, to make good, to give an appearance of being good Gé wǽron þá þe eów sylfe gódiaþ (rihtwísiað, v. l.) beforan mannum vos estis qui justificatis vos coram hominibus

hlít

(n.)
Grammar
hlít, es; m. (but in Ps. L. 30, 16 the word seems feminine).

lotfatefortune

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Ne forlǽt Dryhten gird synfulra ofer hlét (sortem) ryhtwísra, Ps. Vos. Srt. 134, 3. lot, fate, fortune Hé Mercna ríce twá and twéntig wintra missenlice hléte (hlýte, v. l. varia sorte) fore wæs, Bd. 2, 20; 184, l.

Linked entries: hlét hlot hlyt

hycgan

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</b> where the subject matter of thought is given as object :-- Þá inwit and fácen hycgeað on heortan qui cogitaverunt malitias in corde. Ps. Th. 139, 2. <b>I b.