þeód
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</b> a race :-- Giganta cyst ... ðæt wæs fremde þeód écean Dryhtne, Beo. Th. 3387; B. 1691. <b>I d.</b> in a general sense, particularly in pl., people, men :-- Gif ðú eáðmódne eorl geméte, þegn on þeóde (among men ), Exon.
leód
A man ⬩ poet ⬩ a prince ⬩ men ⬩ people ⬩ country
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Wé synt gumcynnes Geáta leóde by race are we men of the Gauts, 526; B. 260.
ge-endian
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Þá se Hǽlend geendode þás bigspel, 13, 53, Wé móton nú geendian þyses godspelles race, Hml. A. 71, 160, Ðiós rédo geendad bið ( finitur ) on stóue ðér cuuoeð. Lk. p. 11, 16.
ge-reccan
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Hé sceal beforan ðǽm ðearlwísan Déman mid gereclicre race gereccean ðæt hé ðæt ilce self dyde þe hé óðre men lǽrde apud districtum judicem cogitur tanta in opere exsolvere, quanta eum constat aliis voce praecepisse, Past. 192, 15.
GE-RÉFA
A prefect, steward, fiscal officer of the shire or county, judge, reeve or sheriff, count ⬩ præpŏsĭtus, villĭcus, jūdex, præfectus, cŏmes
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Sum wæs ǽhtwelig æðeles cynnes, ríce geréfa there was a wealthy man of noble race, a powerful count, Exon. 66 a; Th. 243, 31; Jul. 19. Se geréfa hét Iulianan the count commanded Juliana, 73 b; Th. 274, 9; Jul. 530.
Linked entries: réfa geréfscipe ge-reáfa
þan
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Hé georne wiðsóc Iósepes húse ne þon ǽr geceás Effremes cynn he utterly refused the house of Joseph, nor any more readily did he choose the race of Ephraim, Ps. Th. 77, 67.
ge-hwirfan
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L. 70, 20. (8 a) to change the belief, opinions, &c. of a person, to convert :-- Oft gebyreð ðæt ðá bióð mid líðelicre race gehwirfde (-hwyrfde, v. l.), and eft ðá medwísan oft mid bisenum gehwirfde (-hwyrde, v. l.) illos plerumque ratiocinationis
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BRÁD
BROAD open, large, spacious, copious ⬩ latus, expansus, amplus, spatiosus, copiosus
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Ic his cynn gedó brád and bresne I will make his race large and powerful, Cd. 134;Th. 169, 17;Gen. 2801. Brád earmbeáh a broad or large arm-bracelet; dextrocherium Ælfc. Gl. 114;Som. 80, 30;Wrt. Voc. 61, 10
eall
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., numeral. all Forðférde Decius and ǽfre ǽlc dǽl eall his cynnes ( one and all of his race ), Hml. S. 23, 349. Hwí wæs Adame án treów forboden, þá þá hé wæs ealles óðres hláford ( lord of all else ) ?, Angl. vii. 6, 42.
þrág
a time ⬩ season ⬩ time
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Geærndon hí sume ðráge they raced for some time, Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 9. Ealle þráge all the time, Ps. Th. 101, 25: Exon. Th. 324, 2; Víd. 88: Judth. Thw. 25, 2; Jud. 237: Apstls. Kmbl. 60; Ap. 30. Ðú sægdest ðæt ic sceolde lifigan lange ðráge, Ps.
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mǽgþ
A collection of mǽgas ⬩ a family ⬩ stock ⬩ race ⬩ as a technical term in the laws, relatives, kindred, the mǽgas who were living at the same time, and to whom the mǽg-lagu applied ⬩ descendants of a common ancestor living at the same time ⬩ a generation ⬩ a tribe ⬩ subdivision of a people ⬩ a people ⬩ nation ⬩ province ⬩ country
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A collection of mǽgas. with a more limited extent, a family, stock, race Mǽgþ oððe styb styrps, Ælfc. Gr. 3; Som. 3, 17. Mǽgþ progenies, Wrt. Voc. 72, 48: cognatio, Ps. Spl. 73, 9. Mýgþ propinquus, Kent. Gl. 876.
ge-sceád
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Cweðað sume menn, þe þis gesceád ne cunnon, ꝥ se móna hine wende be þan þehit wedrian sceal, Lch. iii. 268, l. an account, (i) ordered speech Geþeahtung, gesceád vel racu conlatio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, 44. Getincnes, gescád oratio, An. Ox. 319.
IN
In ⬩ on ⬩ into ⬩ in ⬩ to ⬩ In
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In Caines cynne ðone cwealm gewræc éce Drihten the eternal Lord avenged that death among the race of Cain, 214; B. 107. Ne móste Efe ðá gyt wlítan in wuldre Eve might not as yet look on glory, Cd. 222 ; Th. 290, 2; Sat. 409.
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hús
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Nán hús næs binnan þǽre byrig ꝥ hit næfde þǽre wrace angolden, Ors. 6, 23; S. 274, 12. a family, race Jacobes, Israhéla, Aarones hús, Ps.
ge-býrian
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Næs hé æðelboren, ne him náht tó þám cynecynne ne gebyrode he was not of noble birth, and was in no way connected with the royal race, Hml. Th. i. 80, 33. 'Sege mé on hwilcere byrig þú geboren wǽre, oþþe tó hwilce byrig þé tó gebyrige.'
EAL
sometimes used indecl ⬩ without substantive, and sometimes governing the genitive ⬩ are sometimes used, almost adverbially
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Metod eallum weóld gumena cynnes the Creator ruled over the whole of the race of men, Beo. Th. 2119; B. 1057. ealles, ealle, ealra are sometimes used, almost adverbially Ealles gelícost most like of all, Cd. 188; Th. 233, 13; Dan. 275.
ge-setnes
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Gesetnys, racu textus (libelli Eugeniae), An. Ox. 4242. Gesettnesse textu, 3448. Ne secge wé nán þincg níwes on þissere gesetnysse (cf. on þyssere béc þǽra hálgena þrowunga, 36), Hml. S. p. 4, 46.
hád
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Ll. 1246. an order of beings or things, a kind, race Swá þæt ǽnig ne wát eorðbúendra . . . ne þset ǽnig ne wát engla hádes, Hy. 3, 34. Wuldres áras. . . þára on háde sint syx genemned, EI. 740. Þú fremest eorðwelan þurh monigne hád, Az. 98.
folc
a people ⬩ a nation ⬩ an army ⬩ a race ⬩ tribe ⬩ sect ⬩ lay-folk ⬩ the laity ⬩ the people ⬩ followers ⬩ the people ⬩ the common people ⬩ country-folk ⬩ folk ⬩ men ⬩ people ⬩ folks ⬩ a crowd ⬩ company ⬩ troop ⬩ people ⬩ folk
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Wurdon þá Gallie Rómánum wiðerwearde . . and raþe þæs heora folc tógædere gelǽddon (varia forte bellatum est,) Ors. 4, 7; S. 180, 25. a race, tribe, sect Hé geseah ðæt folc Phariséo and Saducia his éhtan, Past. 361, 25. where subordination or inferiority
ge-lífan
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Ic ðé wolde get reccan sume race, ac ic wát ꝥ þis folc his nyle geléfan ( ne illud quidem acquiescent ), Bt. 38, 6; F. 208, 5. (2 a) with pronoun and clause in apposition :-- Ðæs ic geléfe, ꝥte e Gelýfst þú þæs, þæt ic þé mæge dón gewisran be Gode . .