hýre-mann
a subject ⬩ follower ⬩ servant ⬩ subordinate ⬩ a parishioner ⬩ a hearer
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subordinate, [as an ecclesiastical term] a parishioner, a hearer: Forðon oft for ðæs láreówes unwísdóme misfaraþ ða hiéremenn and oft for ðæs láreówes wísdóme unwísum hiéremonnum biþ geborgen for often from the ignorance of the teacher the followers go
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ge-þwǽre
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Ðonne hit ǽfre geþwǽrust sý ondrǽt ðé ðonne ungeþwǽrnisse when things go most smoothly, then expect trouble, Prov. Kmbl. 75
geómrian
To be sad, to sigh, groan, murmur, mourn, sorrow, lament, bewail ⬩ gĕmĕre, murmŭrāre, ingĕmĕre, ingĕmiscĕre, lūgēre, quĕri
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Gáþ geómriende weras wíf samod men and women together go sorrowing, Andr. Kmbl. 3328; An. 1667: Bd. 1, 27; S. 497, 35: Gen. 42, 38: Mk. Bos. 5, 38: 8, 12. Geómerigende mourning, Boutr. Scrd. 20, 42.
GEORN
Desirous, eager, anxious, ardent, zealous, studious, intent, careful, diligent ⬩ cupĭdus, appĕtens, sollĭcĭtus, studiōsus, intentus, dīlĭgens ⬩ eagerly ⬩ brisk, quick ⬩ earnestly ⬩ earnestly, eagerly ⬩ willingly, earnestly ⬩ desirous ⬩ willingly ⬩ willingly ⬩ willingly ⬩ desirous ⬩ intentus, cupĭdus, stŭdiōsus, prōnus ⬩ yearning for ⬩ gladly ⬩ fain, willingly ⬩ eager, willing
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Micle hý wǽron geornran ðæt hí him fram flugen they were much more eager that they should go from them, Ors. 1, 7; Bos. 30, 9. Geornast most eager, Ps. Th. 89, 10
ge-scý
A pair of shoes ⬩ calceamentum, tegmentum pedis, caliga
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cwiþ 'Nelle ic híg habban to wífe,' gá ðæt wíf to him and nyme his gescý of his fótum beforan ðám ealdrum and spǽte on his nebb and nemne hine ǽlc man on Israéla folce ' unsceóda' if he [the man] then say 'I will not have her to wife,' let the woman go
þreágung
reproof ⬩ rebuke ⬩ a threat ⬩ chastisement ⬩ punishment
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Ðæt ic ídel heonone ne hwyrfe míne synna on þreágunge berende that I may not go hence with nothing accomplished, bearing my sins to punish me, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 672.
rówan
to row or sail
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To go by water, to row or sail Ic rówe navigo, Ælfc. Gr. 24; Som. 25, 40. Ic ástíge mín scyp and rówe ( navigo ) ofer sǽlíce dǽlas, Coll. Monast. Th. 26, 31. Wérig sceal se wið winde róweþ, Exon. Th. 345,12 ; Gn. Ex. 187.
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tácn
A token, sign ⬩ a sign, significant form ⬩ an ensign ⬩ a token, a credential ⬩ a sign, monument ⬩ a sign of the Zodiac ⬩ a sign, distinguishing mark (lit. or fig.) ⬩ a sign to attract attention, a signal ⬩ a sign of anything future, a prognostic ⬩ a sign, an action that conveys a meaning ⬩ a sign, indication, mark which shews condition or state ⬩ </b> as a medical term, a symptom ⬩ a sign, symbol, emblem ⬩ a sign which shews the truth or reality of anything, proof, demonstration, evidence ⬩ a supernatural sign, miracle, prodigy ⬩ a signal event, remarkable circumstance
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Torht tácen Godes the sun, Exon. Th. 204, 11; Ph. 96. Bútan Godes tácne ( the cross ), 271, 32; Jul. 491. Þurh tácen ðære hálgan róde, Homl. Th. i. 62, 12. Tácna torhtost, Elen. Kmbl. 327; El. 164.
lǽdan
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Hé wæs eft swá ǽr lof lǽdende, An. 1479. to pass, go through life Líf lǽdan on gefeán, Bt. 12; F. 36, 24.
D
to cut
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it can be assigned; such words have, therefore, generally ge prefixed to them; as gehyrned horned; gesceód shod, Rask's Gr. by Thorpe, § 326. the perfect participle ends in ed, od, but when the letters t, p, c, h, x, and s, after another consonant, go
gryre
Horror, terror, dread, something horrible, dreadful
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Ðæt he in ðone grimman gryre gongan sceolde that he should go into that fell and fearful place, Exon. 41a; Th. 136, 18; Gú. 543. Hie wyrd forsweóp on Grendles gryre fate has swept them off into the terrible power of Grendel, Beo.
reccan
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Eall ðæt ofer biþ tó láfe on heora weoruldspédum árfæstum and gódum is tó recceanne and tó syllanne omne quod superest, in causis piis ac religiosis erogandum est, Bd. 1, 27; S. 489, 27. to stretch one's steps, to tend, to go, stray Hé nát hwider hé
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warenung
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Kmbl. 855; Sal. 427. a putting on guard, a warning, admonition. v. warnian, II Hit ys Godes sprǽc and his warnung and seó tíd cymð hrædlíce, Gen. 41, 32. Wísdómes bigspell and warnung wið disig, Ǽlfc. T. Grn. 7, 38.
bígels
an arch ⬩ inclination
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Wyrcan twelf hús mid gódum bígelsum, Hml. S. 36, 99. Hé beworhte ðá bígelsas mid gyldenum læfrum, Hml. Th. ii. 498, 2. inclination Bóh mid wógum áhyldne bígelse stipitem obliqua reclinem curvatura, An. Ox. 2228
ge-nyhtsumnes
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Fæsten for hwǽtes genihtsumnesse, óðerne for wínes, þriddan for eles, Shrn. 138, 13. a condition of plenty Wé sindon cumen tó þǽm gódan tídun . . . and tó ðǽre genihtsumnisse þe hié fore gielpað, Ors. 4, 7; S. 182, 15. a sufficiency, sufficient supply
græf
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Þeáh þe græf wille golde strégan bróðor his geborenum, Seef. 97
rodor-líc
of the firmament ⬩ celestial ⬩ heavenly
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Godes ríce on rodorlícere heofonan, ii. 330, 27. celestial, heavenly (v. rodor, II) Cǽgbora se roderlíca ( aethereus ) mid óðrum apostolum, Hymn. Surt. 118, 11. Cæstergewaran rodorlíce cives aetherei, 57, 4.
sceáp-hirde
A shepherd
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Godes engel ætíwde sceáphirdon Shrn. 29, 31. Be sceáphyrdan. Sceáphyrdes niht is ..., L. R. S. 14 ; Th. i. 438, 21
feorr
Far ⬩ at a distance ⬩ prŏcul ⬩ longe
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Seó sunne gǽþ eall swá feorr adúne on nihtlícre tíde under ðære eorþan swá heó on dæg bufan up astíhþ the sun goes quite as far down under the earth in the night time as it rises above it in the day, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 2, 22; Lchdm.
rípere
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A robber, plunderer, spoiler Rýperas and reáferas Godes graman habban, búton hig geswícan, L. C. S. 7; Th. i. 380, 5. Má is ðæra rýpera ðonne rihtwísra, and is earmlíc þing, ðæt ða syndon rýperas ðe scoldan beón hyrdas folces, L. I.