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ge-hefigian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hefigian, -hefegian, -hefgian; p. ode; pp. od, ad; v. trans.

To make heavy or sadto loadburdenweigh downincrease the weight ofaggravategravarecontristarevexaredeprimereaggravare

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Swá swá hefig byrðen mín unriht synt gehefegode ofer me sicut onus grave iniquitates meæ gravatæ sunt super me, Ps. Th. 37, 4.

Linked entry: ge-heofegian

seten

(n.)
Grammar
seten, [n]e; f.
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Surt. 79, 12. v. ymb-seten. a nursery, plantation Setin pla[n]taria, Wrt. Voc. ii. 117, 49. Plantunga seten plantaria, 65, 76. Ǽghwilc wæstma seten ða ðe ne sette fæder mín omnis plantatio quam non plantavit Pater meus, Mt. Kmbl.

Linked entry: setin

sýferness

(n.)
Grammar
sýferness, e; f.
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Surt. 82, 31: Scint. 42, 16. Ðære sýfernysse ( opposed to drunkenness, v. l. 54) gód bodian, Homl. Ass. 146, 60. Mid micelre sýfernysse and gemetfæstnysse, and ná mid nánre oferfylle ne mid oferdrince, 144, 15.

Linked entry: sýfer-ǽte

súþ-healf

(n.)
Grammar
súþ-healf, e; f.
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Ger. sunder-teil under súþ-dǽl.)

þeów

(n.)
Grammar
þeów, e; þeówe, an; f.
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Ðínre þeówan sunu filium ancillae tuae Ps. Th. 85, 15: 115, 6. On Marian ðínre þeówan, Blickl. Homl. 157, 3. Ðió famulam, Rtl. 103, 40. Ðióe, 104, 18.

for-ildan

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Ðætte mon ðurhteón mæge, ðæt hé ðæt ne forielde (-ilde, v. l.) ne, quae praebenda sunt citius, sero praebeantur, 323, 24: 151, 1. Ꝥ hé ǽnig þára góda forylde þe hé þý dæge gedón mihte, Bl. H. 213, 24. dat.

Linked entry: for-yldan

geard

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., in sude sepis ), Gr. D. 24, 27. Hé ofer þone geard (hege, v. l. sepem ) stáh, 23, 26. Hé stáh upp on þone geard (hege, v. l. ), 24, 20. Hé sette wíngeard, and hege ł geard ymbtýnde ðane plantavit vineam, et sepem circumdedit ei, Mt. R. 21, 33.

ge-wídmǽrsian

(v.)
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Ox. 1305. to make known what is unfavourable or should be concealed Mid andetnesse suman gástlicum bréder þe . . . his sáule wundela gehǽlan cunne and hí gewídmǽrsian (publicare) nelle, R. Ben. 72, 7.

ge-ǽþan

(v.)

to make oath concerning, confirm by oathto administer an oath to, swear

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to make oath concerning, confirm by oath Hé hit mid áðsware geǽðde and geswór, þus cweðende: ' Ic . . . geǽðe and swerige þurh þone lifigendan Godes sunu . . . ꝥ þás word . . . nǽron of nánes mannes handa gehíwode, ' Nap. 27.

Linked entries: ǽþan áþ-swaru

hærfest

(n.)
Grammar
hærfest, es; m.

Harvest, autumnautumpnusautumnautumnusautumn

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Ðæt gewrixle ðara feówer týda ðæt is lencten and sumer and herfest and winter the change of the four seasons, that is spring and summer and autumn and winter, Shrn. 168, 12.

Linked entry: herfest

tó-dǽledness

(n.)
Grammar
tó-dǽledness, e; f.

Division,distinction,separationa division,one of the different kinds of parts into which a whole may be dividedone of the parts into which a whole is divideddivision,separation,break of connection or of continuity,intermissioninterruptiona division,dividing-point,break,pause

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þridde minutum. . . feówerteóða mundus, Anglia viii. 318, 35-42. one of the parts into which a whole is divided Wé wyllaþ tódǽlan ða abecedaria on twá tódǽlednyssa, 333, 5. division, separation, break of connection or of continuity, local Fæder and Suna

Linked entry: -dǽledness

wénunga

(adv.)
Grammar
wénunga, (wéninga); adv.

Perhapshaplyby chance

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Surt. 123, 4: 138, 11

Linked entries: wéning weninga

hycgan

(v.)
Grammar
hycgan, hycgean; p. hogde.

take thoughtbe mindfulthinkconsidermeditateto intendpurposedetermineendeavourstriveto hope

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Ic mid heortan ongann hycggean meditatus sum cum corde meo, Ps. Th. 76, 6.

rǽd

(n.)
Grammar
rǽd, es; m.
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For a list of such names v. Txts, 603 sqq., and for similar O. H. Ger. names v. Grff. ii. 463

Linked entry: rád

neáh

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
neáh, néh

nighnearnearnearlyaboutof place

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Swá hé biþ ðære sunnan neár swá biþ hire fyrr whether it (the moon) is nearer to the sun or farther from it, Shrn. 64, 32.

wíg-bed

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-bed, wí-bed, wió-bed, -bud, wié-bed, weó-bed, -bud, weófod (-ed, -ud), wéfod, es, also -beddes; n. (generally, but se weóbud, Past. 33; Swt. 217, 21, and pl. wíbedas, Bd. 5, 20; S. 641, 42)

An altar

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Surt. 42, 4. Tó weófode (wígbed, Lind.: weófud ł wíbede, Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. 5, 23. On wígbed ðín, Ps. C. 138. Tó wígbed (beforan ðæt weófud ł wíbed, Rush.) ad altare, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 24. Ic ymbgaa wíbed ðín, Ps. Surt. 25, 6: Cd.

wyrd

(n.)
Grammar
wyrd, e; f.

What happensfatefortunechancefatethe otherwise than humanly appointed order of thingsone of the Fatesfatefortunean eventan eventoccurrencecircumstanceincidentfactwhat happens to a personfatefortunelotconditionfatedeathchanceaccident

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Ðé sceal on woruld bringan Sarra sunu, sóð forð gán wyrd æfter ðiosum wordgemearcum, Cd. Th. 142, 1 ; Gen. 2355. Gǽð á wyrd swá hió sceal, Beo. Th. 915; B. 455. Ne wæs wyrd, ðæt hé má móste manna cynnes ðicgean, 1473; B. 734.

Linked entry: weord

irnan

(v.)
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quo reversae sunt aquae (the waters of the Deluge)?, Angl. vii. 36, 339. Tófleówan, út urnon defluxerunt (ilia Arii), An. Ox. 2857. Swá sum ǽwelm and irnon manige brócas of, Bt. 34, l; F. 134, 10.

teám

(n.)
Grammar
teám, es; m.

A line; but the word which is used in the related dialects (v. infra) with a physical meaning is used in English figuratively.a line of descendants, offspring, progeny, family, childrenbringing forth children, child-bearinga line of animals harnessed together, a team

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The proceedings in a suit in which teám was resorted to seem to have been somewhat as follows.

LEÓF

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
LEÓF, adj.

LIEFdesirablepleasantacceptablelovedbeloveddeara friendloved one

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Mé sealde sunu on leófes stæl ðæs ðe Cain ofslóh he gave me a son in place of the loved one, him whom Cain slew, Cd. 55; Th. 68, 7; Gen. 1113. Leófes and láðes of friend and foe, Beo. Th. 5813; B. 2910.

Linked entry: leóf