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heáh-geþungen

(adj.)
Grammar
heáh-geþungen, adj.

Of high rank, distinguished

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Of high rank, distinguished Ic lǽrde heáhgeþungene men ðæt hí ne ástigan on ofermédu I taught men of high rank not to be exalted in pride, Blickl. Homl. 185, 13

smiþ-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
smiþ-cræft, es; m.

Smithcraft, the craft or art of the worker in metal or wood

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Smithcraft, the craft or art of the worker in metal or wood Wæs sum bróðor syndrilíce on smiþcræfte well gelǽred erat fabrili arte singularis Bd. 3, 14; S. 634, 14

tó-geagn

(prep.)
Grammar
tó-geagn, prep. adv.

Towardsin the direction of

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Towards, in the direction of an object Tó-geaegn iornaþ iúh monn occurrit uobis homo. Mk. Skt. Lind. 14, 13. Wes heom toȝæn (aȝein, 2nd MS.) þe kaissere, Laym. 9792

Linked entry: geagn

tunne-botm

(n.)
Grammar
tunne-botm, es; m.

The bottom of a cask

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The bottom of a cask Tunnebotm (cf. bydenbotm fundum, in the same list 'nomina vasorum') tympanum, the bottom of a cask used as a drum? Wrt. Voc. i. 24, 55

twi-sehtan

(v.)

to disagreebe at variance

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Cockayne prints twyselican) hénðe getácnaþ if in a dream a man sees philosophers disagree, it betokens humiliation, Lchdm. iii. 204, 24. (?)

Linked entry: sehtan

FǼGE

(adj.)
Grammar
FǼGE, def. se fǽga, seó, ðæt fǽge; comp. -ra; sup. -est; adj.

fated, doomed, destined prŏpĕræ morti dēvōtus, cui mors immĭnetdead, killed, slainmortuus, occīsusaccursed, condemned execrātus, damnātus

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On ðæt fǽge folc in the fated band, Elen. Kmbl. 233; El. 117. Wræce bísgodon fǽge þeóda the fated people were busied in evil, Cd. 64; Th. 76, 30; Gen. 1265. Fǽge swulton on geofene the destined perished in the ocean, Andr. Kmbl. 3059; An. 1532.

ge-reccan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-reccan, -recan, -reccean; ic -recce, ðú -reccest, -recest, he -receþ, -recþ; imp. -rece; p. -reahte, -rehte; pp. -reaht, -reht; v. trans.

to put forth, shew, relate, express, denote, explain, interpret, translateexponere, demonstrare, narrare, referre, disserere, exprimere, interpretari, reddereto set forth, extend, direct, order, rule, control, reprove, correct, subdue, reduce to subjectionexponere, extendere, dirigere, regere, corripere, corrigere, subigere, sub imperium redigere

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Gerece on gesihþe ðíne weg mínne dirige in conspectu tuo viam meam, Ps. Spl. 5, 9: 24, 5: 39, 3: Ps. Th. 118, 133. Hú Gúþlác his in Godes willan mód gerehte how Guthlac directed his mind to God's will, Exon. 34 a; Th. 108, 3; Gú. 67.

Linked entry: ge-hræcan

GÁN

(v.)
Grammar
GÁN, to gánne; ic , ðú gǽst, he gǽþ; pl. gáþ; p. ic he eóde, ðú eódest; pl. eódon; imp., pl. gáþ; pp. gán; v. n. [the conjugation is formed from two roots, the past tense being from root i; cf. Gothic iddja];

To gocomewalkhappenīregrădievĕnīre

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Sume for hungre heora feóndum on hand eódon some for hunger went into the hands of their foes, 1, 15; S. 484, 5. Gá hider come hither, Gen. 27, 21. Gáþ eów into ðære cyrcan unforhtlíce go into the church fearlessly, Homl. Th. i. 508, 1

þeód

(n.)
Grammar
þeód, e; f.
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Ða beorgas onginnaþ in Narbonense ðære ðeóde, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 22, 20. In ðær ðeáde in Galilaeam, Jn. Skt. Lind. 4, 45. Aulixis hæfde twá ðióda under ðam Kásere.

Linked entries: þeád þeóden

FELD

(n.)
Grammar
FELD, feald; gen. es; dat. a, e; m. A

FIELDpastureplainan open countrycampuscampestria

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On Moabes feldum in campestrĭbus Moab, Deut. 34, 8. On fealda in campo, Ps. Spl. 77, 15. Feadas ðíne beóþ gefylled of genihtsumnysse campi tui replēbuntur ubertāte, 64, 12

Linked entries: feald feld-denu

hreóh-ness

Grammar
hreóh-ness, hreó-ness, e; f.

stormtempest

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On ðissere cealdan hreóhnysse in this cold storm, Homl. Swt. 11, 187.

Linked entry: hréð-ness

ides

(n.)
Grammar
ides, e; f.

A woman

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A weak form occurs in Hpt. Gl. 456, 76 Tó, on ydesan in juvenculam

lǽswian

(v.)
Grammar
lǽswian, lǽsian: p. ode, ede, trans. and intrans.

To pasturefeedgraze

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On lǽswigendum eówdum in pascendis gregibus, Ælfc. Gr. 26; Som. 28, 20

Linked entry: lǽsian

ná-hwǽr

(adv.)
Grammar
ná-hwǽr, -hwár, -wér; adv.

no-wherein no placein no caseneverin no respectnot at all

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no-where, in no place Ná-hwǽr nusquam, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 41, 55. Ðú ne ætstande náhwár on ðisum earde nec stes in omni circa regione, Gen. 19, 17. Hé sóhte his wǽpnu, ac hé ne geseah hí náhwǽr, Homl. Skt. 3, 257 : Blickl. Homl. 59, 20 : 181, 23.

Linked entry: á-hwǽr

ge-feohtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-feohtan, p. -feaht, pl. -fuhton; pp. -fohten.

to fightpugnareto obtain by fightingpugnando acquirere

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H.] if any one fight in the king's house, let him be liable in all his property, L. In. 6; Th. i. 106, 2. Ðeáh hit sié on middurn felda gefohten though it be fought on mid-field, L.

wang-stede

(n.)
Grammar
wang-stede, es; m.
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Cf. stede-wang)) Hæfde ðá se sæðeling in geþrungen carcerne néh, Andr. Kmbl. 1975 ; An.990

æt-speornan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-speornan, l. æt-spornan, -spurnan,
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exemplo ejus qui sibi praelatus est quasi in obstaculo itineris offendit , Past. 129, 6.

ge-dwola

Grammar
ge-dwola, one who errs.
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Olimpius wæs eác gedwola on úres Drihtnes geleáfan (in respect to his belief in our Lord), 204. Sé þe him (the apostles and wise teachers) wiðcwyð and heora gesetnessum, hé byð gedwola, 22, 199 : Hml. S. l, 19.

lustfullian

(v.)
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Add: to take delight. absolute, Bd. l, 27; Sch. 96, 20; 97, 11; 96, 7 (in Dict.). to delight in (on), Hml.

on-cweþan

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Ger. in-quedan respondere.] Cf. and-cwis