ge-metgung
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eallum gesceaftum andwlitan and stówa and tída and gemetgunga fatum singula digerit in motum, locis, formis, ac temporibus distributa, F. 218, 33. fixing of measure or amount, measuring. v. ge-metgian; IV Hine God gesette tó ðǽm ðæt hé gemetlíce gedǽle ðone
heardlíce
boldly ⬩ hardily ⬩ hardly ⬩ severely ⬩ inflexibly
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Grn. 17, 20. not easily, only by degrees Ðone blindo heartlíce gémeð caecum paulatim curat (v. Mk. 8, 22-25), MK. P. 3, 20. Heartlíce onginnes paulatim incipiens, Mt. p. 11, 11
híwan
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Add: the domestics of a household Þá híwan familiares domus illius, Bd. 3, 9; Sch. 231, 15. Ðá cóm sum þára hína, cleopode mec, 5, 3; Sch. 565, 12. Twégen æceras on gemang hína lande (land let to the members of a household?), C. D. iii. 400, 7.
nemnan
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Ne nemde se Hǽlend þone welegan, ac ðone wǽdlan, 6. <b>IV b.</b> with cognate accusative, to give the name of :-- Hé his yldrena naman nemde he gave the names of his parents, Hml. S. 23, 683
rídan
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Ox. 4748. where the word is used as expressing the most usual method of locomotion, but does not exclude other forms Sé þe æfter ǽnegum ceápe ríde, cýþe . . . ymbe hwæt hé ríde . . . búton hé hit ǽr cýdde þá hé út rád, Ll. Th. i. 274, 20-24.
wæter-scipe
A body of water, a piece of water, water
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Ðone weterscype ðe hé into Níwan mynstre be ðes cinges leáfan geteáh, Chart. Th. 232, 3. Hwalas . . . ða ðe lagostreámas, wæterscipe wecgaþ, Cd. Th. 240, 19;Dan. 389. Úre Drihten gesceóp ealle wæterscypas and ða wídgillan sæ, Hexam. 4;Norm. 6, 24
ofer-cuman
to overcome, vanquish, subdue ⬩ to come upon, reach, obtain
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Hé ðone feónd ofercwom, Beo. Th. 2551; B. 1273. Hié feónd heora þurh ánes cræft ofercómon, 1403; B. 699. Ðæm wergan gáste wiðstondan and ofercuman, Blickl. Homl. 135, 11: 119, 21. Beswicen and ofercumen, 179, 5.
on-hyrian
To imitate, emulate
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Onhyrgean wé ðone blindan, Blickl. Homl. 21, 9. Wé sceolan onherian Marian ðære ðe smerede Hǽlendes fét, 75, 11. Onhyrian (-hirian, Cott. MS.), Bt. 40, 4; Fox 240, 4; Bd. 1, 7; S. 477, 2. Ðæt onhyrian woldan, 4, 3; S. 569, 43.
fæste
shaken ⬩ firmly ⬩ fast ⬩ urgently ⬩ strictly ⬩ solemnly ⬩ securely ⬩ fast ⬩ fast ⬩ speedily ⬩ at once
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Dó on ꝥ dolg and bind fæste, Lch. ii. 132, 18: Sat. 324. Oft þrǽl þegen cnyt swýðe fæste, Wlfst. 163, 2: Gen. 374. Hé þone cniht genam fæste mid folmum, Exod. 407: B. 554. Sié fæste genæglad on róde crucifigatur, Mt. L. 27, 22.
Linked entry: fæstlíce
rǽd
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On ðone Drihten næs ic æt rǽde ne æt dǽde, ðǽr man mid unrihte N. orf ætferede, L. O. 3; Th. i. 178, 17. Gyf mon ðone hláford teó ðæt hé ( the accused person ) be his rǽde út hleópe, L. Eth. i. 1; Th. i. 282, 5, 12.
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herian
To praise
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Ðá silfne ne hera do not praise thyself, Salm. Kmbl. 262, 21. Here ðú, Sion, swylce ðínne sóþne God lauda Deum tuum, Sion, Ps. Th. 147, 1. Mín hearpe herige Drihten let my harp praise the Lord, 56, 10. Herge, Beo. Th. 6333; B. 3177.
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LIM
A limb ⬩ joint
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Gif men cíne hwylc lim, genim regen mela, dó on ðæt lim, L. M. 1, 73; Lchdm. ii, 148, 22. Be ðæs limes (the finger) micelnysse, Homl. Th. ii. 204, 6. Limes dǽl commata (commota, Wrt.) Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 25. On ǽlcre lime, L.
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strengðu
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Prud. 71. referring to living beings, strength, power ta do, fortitude, power to bear, firmness, vigour Strengþu heáfdes mínes fortitudo capitis mei, Ps. Th. 59, 6 : 117, 14. Mægnes strengðu, Exon. Th. 239, 23; Ph. 625.
wyrm
a reptile ⬩ serpent ⬩ a creeping insect ⬩ a worm
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Dó on ðæt eáre; þeáh ðǽr beón wyrmas on ácennede, hí þurh ðis sceolon beón ácwealde, i. 200, 22. Rib reáfiaþ réþe wyrmas, Exon. Th. 373; 22; Seel. 113. Wyrmas, ða ðe geolo godwebb geatwum frætwaþ, 417, 23; Rä. 36, 9.
for-niman
to comprehend ⬩ carry off ⬩ do away with ⬩ defraud ⬩ consume
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R. 1, 5. to seize and take away, carry off, do away with Fornymþ aboleuerit, Germ. 388, 30. Fornoom intercepit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 111, 18. Sume þá wyrta wǽron mid fótum fortredene, sume hý wǽron mid ealle fornumene (direpta), Gr. D. 23, 30.
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ge-teón
to draw ⬩ lead ⬩ incite ⬩ excite ⬩ constrain ⬩ restrain ⬩ bring up ⬩ instruct ⬩ bring to an end ⬩ complete ⬩ draw or bind together ⬩ string a musical instrument ⬩ trahere ⬩ ducere ⬩ perducere ⬩ stringere ⬩ evaginare ⬩ excitare ⬩ constringere ⬩ educare ⬩ instituere ⬩ ad finem perducere ⬩ complere ⬩ nervis aptare vel instruere ⬩ to bring as an offering or gift ⬩ contribute ⬩ bestow ⬩ give ⬩ conferre
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Nó ðú him wearne geteóh do not give them a denial, 738; B. 366
a-wendan
To turn away or off ⬩ avert ⬩ remove ⬩ to turn upside down ⬩ turn ⬩ change ⬩ translate ⬩ pervert ⬩ avertere ⬩ vertere ⬩ mutare ⬩ transferre ⬩ subvertere ⬩ To turn or direct oneself to turn from ⬩ go ⬩ depart ⬩ se vertere ⬩ ire
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To turn away or off, avert, remove, to turn upside down, turn, change, translate, pervert; avertere, vertere, mutare, transferre, subvertere Ansýne ðýn awendst ðú faciem tuam avertis, Ps. Spl. 43, 27: Ps. Th. 73, 11 : 103, 27 : 101, 2 : 77, 38.
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a-weorpan
To throw or cast from or down ⬩ to cast away or off ⬩ cast out ⬩ to degrade ⬩ reject ⬩ divorce ⬩ abjicere ⬩ dejicere ⬩ projicere ⬩ ejicere ⬩ propellere ⬩ repellere ⬩ reprobare ⬩ repudiare
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To throw or cast from or down, to cast away or off, cast out, to degrade, reject, divorce; abjicere, dejicere, projicere, ejicere, propellere, repellere, reprobare, repudiare Ðæt he ðec aweorpe of woruldríce that he shall cast thee from thy worldly kingdom
FREÁ
A lord ⬩ master ⬩ the Lord ⬩ dŏmĭnus
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He ðone wísan wordum hnǽgde freán Ingwina he addressed with words the wise lord of the Ingwines, 2642; B. 1319. Gúþ nimeþ freán eówerne war shall take away your lord, 5068; B. 2537.
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FRÉCNE
Horrible ⬩ savage ⬩ audacious ⬩ wicked ⬩ daring ⬩ dangerous ⬩ perilous ⬩ dīrus ⬩ asper ⬩ austērus ⬩ atrox ⬩ audax ⬩ perīcŭlōsus
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He sceal fleón ðone frécnan wlite ðises middaneardes he should avoid the dangerous splendour of this earth, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 20. On ða frécnan tíd tempŏre discrīmĭnis. Bd. 1, 8; S. 479, 21.
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