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ge-endian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-endian, -endigan, to -endianne; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad.

To endfinishcompleteaccomplishfīnīreconsummāreperfĭcĕreto come to an end

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To end, finish, complete, accomplish; fīnīre, consummāre, perfĭcĕre Ðes man agan timbrian, and ne mihte hit geendian hic hŏmo cæpit ædĭfĭcāre, et non pŏtuit consummāre, Lk. Bos. 14, 30.

Linked entry: endian

seám

(n.)
Grammar
seám, es; m.
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. : seómum, Rush.) . . . and gé ne áhrínaþ ða seámas mid eówrum ánum fingre, Lk. Skt. 11, 46. Wæs þridde healf þúsend múla ðe ða seámas ( sarcinas ) wǽgon.

séfte

(adj.)
Grammar
séfte, adj. Soft
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Voc. ii. 139, 40. of persons, gentle, mild, not stern Drihten is swýðe séfte suavis est Dominus, Ps. Th. 33, 8.

Linked entry: sófte

treówþ

(n.)
Grammar
treówþ, triéwþ, trýwþ, e; f.
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Hié nánra treówþa him ne wéndonbúton ðæt hié mid ealle forweorþan sceolde they expected no terms for themselves, but that they must entirely perish ; the Latin which this seems intended to translate is :-- Non secus ac si capta esset, turbata civitas

Linked entry: trýwþ

an-weald

(n.)
Grammar
an-weald, m. f. n.
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Næs má cyninga anwalda bútan þysan þrím rícum. Ors. 1, 5; S. 34, 30. Bist ðú þæs deófles anwealdum betǽht, Hml. Th. ii. 170, 8

be-tellan

exculpateexcuse

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Substitute: to clear a person of a charge, exculpate, excuse Nis nán man swá dyrstig on þám micclum dóme, þ æt hé durre óðerne betellan, Hml.

ge-hirtan

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. :-- Heó on eorðan feóll and mid mycelre hefignysse gefylled wearð þæt heó word gecweþan ne mihte.

Linked entry: ge-hyrtan

gebed-rǽden

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Add: prayers þǽr (on gebedhúse) nán þincg elles geworht ne sý bútan þám ánum weorce þe tó Gode belimpð. þæt is gebedrǽden (ꝥ syndon hálige gebedu, v. l.), R.

Linked entry: béd-rǽden

girela

(n.)
Grammar
girela, gierela, am; m.: <b>girelu,</b> e; f.
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., and add: in a collective sense, attire, apparel, clothing, garments Ðá gimmas . . . scoldon scínan on ðæs hiéhstan sácerdes hrægle . . . ðonne ne beóð hira gimmas on ðǽm gerénum ðæs biscepes gierelan, Past. 135, 12.

Linked entries: gyrla gerela

herung

praiseapprobationpraiselauds

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Heruncga preconia, i. laudes, 64. praise, extolling of the Deity Sé þe . . . his Drihten, þe is ealra gereorda gifend mid herincge ne ðancað, R. Ben. 69, Dionisius þancode his Drihtne mid herunge, Hml.

ilca

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His freónda foresprǽc forstent him eal þæt ylce þe hit sylf sprǽce, Wlfst, no, 4. in strong declension Þǽre ylcre geþinþe eiusdem propositi, An. Ox. 5050.

reáfian

(v.)
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Ne scírð hé hwæðer hié reáfoden, oððe hwelc óðer yfel fremeden, Past. 329, 8. Giétsian and reáfian for hiera wǽdle, 341, 4. Swá swá leó hreáfiende ł grípende sicut leo rapiens, Ps. L. 21, 14. with acc.

sceáwere

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Add wé men geseóð swylce þurh sceáwere and on rǽdelse videmus nunc per speculum in aenigmate, Nap. 55.

sum

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Ðeáh hé mæge sume (= sume dǽle) his willan ongitan, þonne ne mæg hé eallne, Bt. 39, 9; F. 226, 7. Þá gesæt hé sume dæge under sunnbeáme, Hml. Th. ii. 134, 25. Fulsóð hý secgað sumera þinga, Ll. Th. ii. 344, 23 n

Wéland

(n.)
Grammar
Wéland, es; m.
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.), and a trace of the legend is preserved in the name Wayland Smith's Cave, in Berkshire (v. infra). Perhaps, too, the same may be said of the river-name Welland (but see Weolud), which occurs in Latin charters as aqua de Uueeland, Cod. Dip.

Linked entry: Weolud

ge-swencan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-swencan, -swæncan; p. -swencte; pp. -swenced, -swenct [swencan to disturb, vex]

To disturbagitatetroublevexfatigueoutwearyafflictharassoppresspulsāreagĭtāretrībŭlārevexārefătīgāreafflīgĕreaffĭcĕreopprĭmĕre

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Útancumene and elþeódige ne geswenc ðú vex thou not comers from without and strangers, L. Alf. 33; Th. i. 52, 14. Ic geswenced sý trībŭlor, Ps. Th. 101, 2, 4: Bd. 4, 9; S. 576, 27. Synnum geswenced oppressed with sins, Beo.

Linked entries: swencan ge-swæncan

égor-streám

(n.)
Grammar
égor-streám, eágor-streám,es ; m.

A water-stream, water, the seaunda, flŭvius, măre

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A water-stream, water, the sea; unda, flŭvius, măre Ðiós eorþe mæg and égorstreám cræfta náne adwæscan ðæt ðæt him on innan sticaþ this earth and sea can by no means extinguish that which in them remains. Bt. Met. Fox 20, 236; Met. 20, 118.

Linked entry: eágor-streám

ende-néhst

(adj.)
Grammar
ende-néhst, -nýhst, ende-néxta, ende-níhsta; adj.

The nighest end, the last, uttermost ultĭmus

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Februārius se mónaþ is ealra scyrtst and endenýhst February is the shortest and last month of all, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 13, 28; Lchdm. iii. 264, 8

Linked entry: neáh

fóre-gangan

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-gangan, part. -gangende; p. -geóng, -géng, pl. -geóngon, -géngon; pp. -gangen

To go beforeprecedepræcēdĕre

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Hwæt ðǽr fóregange oððe hwæt ðǽr æfterfylige we ne cunnon quid autem præcessĕrit quidve sĕquātur ignōrāmus, Bd. 2, 13; S. 516, 22

Linked entry: fóre-gán

earfoþ-hylde

(adj.)
Grammar
earfoþ-hylde, adj.

Ill-inclined, ill-disposed, ill-natured malĕvŏlus, malignus

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Ill-inclined, ill-disposed, ill-natured; malĕvŏlus, malignus Se ðe earfoþhylde biþ, and gyrnþ ðæra þinga ðe he begitan ne mihte, búton twýn him geneálǽhþ se hreófla Giezi he who is ill-inclined, and yearns for the things which he could not obtain, without

Linked entry: -hylde