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nép-flód

(n.)
Grammar
nép-flód, es; m.

A neap-tidea very low tide

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On ǽlcum ánum geáre weaxeþ ðæt flód ðæs sǽs feówer and twentigum síða, and swá oft wanaþ; fylleþflód biþ némned on lǽden malina, and se népflódledo, Shrn. 63, 31. [Cf. Eng. Gilds (E. E. T.

Linked entry: ap-flód

gódnes

(n.)
Grammar
gódnes, -ness, e; f.
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Goodness Se hálga hí eft alýsde and lét hí forþgán for his gódnysse the holy man loosed them again, and let them proceed through his goodness, Homl. Th. ii. 508, 22: Ps.Th. 24, 8.

Boruchtuari

(n.)
Grammar
Boruchtuari, -orum; pl. m. Lat.

A people of ancient Germany, conquered by the Old-SaxonsBoructuari

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Suidberct, accepto episcopatu, ad gentem Boructuarorum secessit; ... sed expugnatis non longo post tempore Boructuaris, quolibet hi, a gente Antiquorum Saxonum, dispersi sunt, Bd. 5, 11; S. 626, 6-11

ge-feá

(n.)
Grammar
ge-feá, an; m.

Joygladnessgloryfavourgaudium

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Se biþ gefeána fægrast that shall be the fairest of joys, 32 b; Th. 102, 1; Cri. 1666 : 15, 11. On gefean with joy, Ps. Spl. 20, 6

Linked entry: feá

ge-festnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-festnian, p. ode; pp. od

To fastenmake fastconfirmshut upimprisonfirmāreconfirmāreinclūdĕre

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Se cyng genam Roger eorl his mǽg, and gefestnode hine the king took earl Roger his kinsman and imprisoned him, 1075; Erl. 214, 5. Ðe be swylcre gewittnesse gefestnod is which is confirmed by such witness, Th. Diplm. A. D. 856; 117, 18

Linked entry: ge-fæstnian

ge-fleón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fleón, -fleóhan; p. -fleáh, pl. -flugon

To fleeescape

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Se to ánre ðara burga gefliéhþ who to one of those cities escapes, Past. 21, 7; Swt. 167, 20; Hatt. MS. Geflég fugit, Rtl. 147, 15. Alle geflugun omnes fugerunt, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 26, 56. Ðætte gifléga ut fugiant, Rtl. 118, 31.

ge-freógan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-freógan, -freón; p. -freóde; pp. -freód

To freemake free

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Skt. Lind. 1, 74

Linked entries: ge-friéga ge-frígian

ge-gaderung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-gaderung, e; f.

A gatheringcongregationassemblycrowdcongregatioturba

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A gathering, congregation, assembly, crowd; congregatio, turba Se Hǽlend beáh fram ðære gegaderunge Iesus declinavit a turba, Jn. Bos. 5, 13 : Ps. Spl. 39, 14; Ælfc. Gl. 87; Som. 74, 47. Gegaderung líchoman copula carnis, Bd. 1, 27; S. 495, 30.

ge-hádian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hádian, p. -hádode; pp. -hádod

To ordainconsecrateconsecrare

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Th. ii. 122, 32 : Bd. 3, 7; S. 530, 30

un-drifen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-drifen, adj.

Not driven

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, þéh hit unfriðscyp , gyf hit undrifen bið (si non sit abacta tempestatibus (Lat. vers.).

un-fǽhð

(n.)
Grammar
un-fǽhð, e; f.

Absence of hostility

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Absence of hostility; the word refers to the abstention from the prosecuting of the feud, which under certain conditions it would be allowable for the kinsmen of a man to follow up Se ðe þeóf geféhð, hé áh .x. sciłł.... and ða mǽgas him swerian áðas

wíte-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
wíte-fæst, adj.

In slavery as a punishment for crime.

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Similar entries v. wíteþeów Hé wyle ðæt man freóge æfter his dæge ǽlcne wítefæstne man ðe on his tíman forgylt wǽre si quis, secundum patriae Anglie morem, in aliquam incurrisset servitutem tempore sue potestatis, libertate sibi penitus contributa, relaxatus

Linked entry: wíte-þeów

ár-weorþ

Grammar
ár-weorþ, -wierþe (u, y).
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Se árwierþa (-wurþa, v. l. ) wer, Chr. 716; P. 42, 14. Swíð árwyrðe wer, 1052; P. 173, 17: Bl. H. 209, 15. Þæt árwyrðe weófod, 207, 15. Móder árwyrðe mater honorificata, Rtl. 45, 25: veneranda, 66, 21.

biter-nes

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Ðá bieternesse ðǽre wyrte . . . se swæc ðǽre bieternesse, Past. 303, 14-15. Similar entries cf. biter, II. Biternys acerbitas (poenarum), An. Ox. 4816. Ágyld þú mé mid biternesse leán, R. Ben. 22, 19.

fǽman

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Se fǽmenda seáþ puteus ille flammivomus, Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 627, 12. when in violent motion Fǽmendre wídsǽ spumantis pelagi, Hpt. Gl. 409, 68. of living creatures, to foam at the mouth Hé fǽmeð (spumat) and gristbitteð mið tóðum, Mk. L. R. 9, 18

for-dilgian

(v.)
Grammar
for-dilgian, l. for-dílgian,
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Se hindsíð mancynnes and ꝥ heáflice gewrit ꝥ wearð þýs dæge fordílegod, Bl. H. 123, 7. Sýn ealle þá ǽhta þe þám cilde gebyrien swá fordýlegade and tódǽlede ita omnia obstruantur, R. Ben. 105, 2. and add

fúle

(adv.)
Grammar
fúle, adv.
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Eal se líchoma stincð fúle, Lch. ii. 236, 14. Hé stanc swá fúle ꝥ man hine ferian ne mihte, Hml. S. 25, 545. On þá fúle stincendan eá in foetentem fluvium, Gr. D. 319, 14, in a moral sense Fúle forlegene hóringas, Wlfst. 165, 33.

ge-díþan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-díþan, ge-déþan; pp. ed. [v. deáþ.]
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to put to death, kill Mið deáðe gedéðed morte moriatur, Mk. L. R. 7, 10. Of huælcum deáðe uére sweltende ł gedéðet qua morte esset moriturus, Jn. L. 12, 33. Þte hiá woere gedéðed ł gecuelledo ut interfaerentur, Lk. L.

Linked entry: ge-déþan

ge-célan

Grammar
ge-célan, [The passage in I is from Lch. i. 146, 14.]
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Ðæt ic sié gecoeled ut refrigerer, Ps. Srt. 38, 14. [O.H. Ger. ge-kuolen refrigerare.] See ge-cǽlan. Add

ge-tot

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Se mæssepreóst áxað þriddan síðe, 'Wiðsæcst ðú eallum deófles getotum?,' Hml. Th. ii. 52, 7. Add