ge-swencness
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Labour, hardship, trouble, distress Ús wæs swælc geswencnis mid deórum becymen tantus oriebatur tumultus, Nar. 14, 30. Ne sprǽce hé . . . be Lazares geswencnesse (contritione), þá þá hé cwæð ꝥ hé onféncge manige yfel on his lífe. Gr. D. 310, 27.
ge-þeahtere
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Hwilc wæs his geþeahtere ( consiliarius )?, Gr. D. 136, 22. Geþeahteras consiliarii, Scint. 199, 12. Dauid sang þisne sealm be his unscyldinesse wið his sunu and wið his geþeahteras þe hine on wóh lǽrdan. Ps.
ge-bodian
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Add: to announce a fact Hí genamon twégen cnihtas. . . þis wæs gebodod (nuntiatum) Furtunato, Gr.
geat-weard
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Wæs ðǽr swiþe egeslic geatweard, ðæs nama sceolde beón Caron, Bt. 35, 6; F. 168, 18. Add
ge-þynnian
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Add: to make or to become thin (of a person) Hé ne oncneów hí ná, for þám heó wæs swíðe geþynnod, Hml. S. 33, 236. to lessen, diminish, wither Smyre mid gáte geallan, ealle þá nebcorn hé áclǽnsað and ealne þone wom hé geðynnað, Lch. i. 348, 26.
god-gesprǽce
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An oracle Wæs þis godgesprǽce (-sprec, -spræcen, -sprecen, v. ll.) þisses gemetes erat oraculum huiusmodi, Bd. 2, 12; Sch. 152, 12.
heáfod-bend
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D.). a crown ꝥ bið cyninga þeáw and cásera ꝥ hí oft habbað gyldenne heáfodbænd ymb heora heáfod, Nap. 15, 20. a band put round the head as punishment Sum mann wæs gebunden onbútan ꝥ heáfod for his hefigum gylte; sé cóm tó þám hálgan and his swára heáfodbend
hors-þegn
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Him ðá forðférdum Andreas onféng þǽre heordelican scíre gýmnysse, sé wæs gefyrn þæs biscopes horsþegn 'post me, mulionem' . . . Quo defuncto ecclesiae pastoralem suscepit curam Andreas, qui in stabulis itinerum cursum servaverat equorum, Gr.
meós
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Add: — Man him fette of ðǽre foresǽdan róde sumne dǽl þæs meóses þe heó mid beweaxen wæs, Hml. S. 26, 37. ¶ as On meósbróces heáfod, C. D. v. 339, 3. On meósdene, 303, 1. In meósdúne, iii. 373, 23. On meóshlinc, ii. 172, 26.
norþ-dǽl
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Hú wæs þes middaneard tódǽled æfter þám flóde ? Sem . . . þone eástdǽl middaneardes þe is geháten Asia . . . Cham þone súðdǽl. . . Affrica, . . . Iafeth . . . norðdǽl . . . Europa, Angl. vii. 40, 375.
or-wéne
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geswicon Rómánum and tó Hannibale gecirdon, for þon þe hié wǽron orwéne hwæðer ǽfre Rómáne tó heora anwealde becómen omnis Italia ad Annibalem, desperata Romani status reparatione, defecit, Ors. 4, 9; S. 192, 4. dele last passage, and add Sum eáwfæst wer wæs
riftere
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Sum tún wæs . . . ǽlce geáre áwést þurh hagol, swá ꝥ heora æceras ǽr wǽron áþroxene ǽr ǽnig ryftere ꝥ geríp gaderode, Hml. S. 31, 1218. Ic cweþe tó þám riftrum, 'Gesomniað þá weód. . . ' Witodlíce þá riftras, ꝥ beóð þá englas . . . Gr. D. 316, 1-3.
stille
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Add On þǽre nihte, þá hit stillost wæs, Gr. D. 238, 11. Add Þú þe ealle ðá unstillan gesceafta tó þínum willan ástyrast, and ðú self stille and unáwendedlic þurhwunast, Bt. 33, 4; F. 128, 10
þífþ
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Hé cwæð: 'Ne willað gé nú leng þeófian ... geswícað fram ðám þweoran þǽre þýfðe (þeof(e)te v.l. furty) ... þá wæs swá geworden ... ꝥ hí æ fter þon cyrdon búton þeófte (þeófete, v.l. ),' Gr. D. 202, 1-16
wæstm
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Add Hé wæs scort on wæstme statura pusillus erat, Hml. Th. i. 580, 30. Þá assan syndon on þám mǽstan wæstme (printed wæstene) onagri forma maxima, Nar. 34, 16
Wandale
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Seó arrianisce éhtnes wæs upp árǽred fram þám ungeleáffullum Wandalum (Wendlum, v.l. ) . . . þá ongan se Wendla cyning bígan þá biscopas, 240, 7-12. v. Wend(e)las (-e)
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wæfre
flickering ⬩ wavering ⬩ quivering ⬩ wavering ⬩ languishing ⬩ active ⬩ nimble
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Th. 231, 2; Dan. 241. fig. wavering, languishing Him wæs geómor sefa, wæfre and wælfús, Beo. Th. 4831; B. 2420. Hé ne meahte wæfre mód forhabban in hreþre, 2305; B. 1150. active, nimble (?
ham
The ham, the inner or hind part of the knee ⬩ with bent knees ⬩ the ham or haunch of a horse ⬩ poples, suffrago
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Monegum men gescrincaþ his fét tó his homme ... gebeðe ða hamma with many a man the feet shrink up to the ham ... warm the hams, L. M. 1, 26; Lchdm. ii. 68, 3-5
búfan
Above ⬩ super
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Búfan ðam máran wealle above the greater wall, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 44, 28. Twentig míla búfan Lundenbyrig twenty miles above London, Chr. 896; Th. 172, 25
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riht-cynecynn
A legitimate royal family
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A legitimate royal family Antigones him ondréd Ercoles ðæt ðæt folc hiene wolde tó hláforde geceósan for ðon ðe hé ryhtcynecynnes wæs timens ne Herculem Macedones quasi legitimum regem praeoptarent, Ors. 3, 11; Swt. 150, 10.