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tó-gán

(v.)
Grammar
tó-gán, p. -eode; pp. -gán.

to go in two different directions,to part,separateto be sundered,to partto go in many different directions,to disperse,go away

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Æfter ðon ðe wit nú tócyrraþ and tógáne beóþ postquam ab invicem digressi fuerimus, Bd. 4, 29; S. 607, 20 MS. B. of material things, to be sundered, to part Ic tógá dehisco. Engl. Stud. xi. 65, 23.

æðelo

(n.)
Grammar
æðelo, indecl. in sing; pl. nom. acc. æðelu, æðelo; gen. æðela; dat. æðelum; n.

Nobilitypre-eminenceoriginfamilyracenaturetalentsgeniusnobilitasprincipatusorigonatalesprosapianaturaindolesingenium

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Þurh ðíne wordlæðe æðelum écne through thy discourse great with talents, 1271; An. 636. He eówer æðelu can he knows your nobility. Beo. Th. 790; B. 392: 3745; B. 1870

Linked entry: ge-æðele

ge-árian

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

To give honourto honourhonōrārehonorĭfĭcāreTo have mercy or compassion upon any onebe merciful topitypardonpropĭtium essemisĕrēriparcĕreTo endow

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with the dat. [ár I. honour] To give honour, to honour; honōrāre, honorĭfĭcāre Onsegdnis lofes geáraþ mec sacrĭfĭcium laudis honorĭfĭcābit me, Ps. Surt. 49, 23. Hý beóþ geárode and uppahefene honōrāti et exaltāti fuĕrint, Ps. Th. 36, 19.

Linked entry: gearod

rǽswa

(n.)
Grammar
rǽswa, an; m. (a word used only in poetry).
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Folces rǽswan ( the chief men with Holofernes ), Judth. Thw. 21, l0; Jud. 12. Leóda rǽswan ( the chief men of Bethulia ), 24, 8; Jud. 178. Hæleþa rǽswan, dugoþ dómgeorne ( the high priest and his fellows ), Andr. Kmbl. 1384; An. 692.

grípan

(v.)
Grammar
grípan, ic grípe, ðú grípest, grípst, he grípeþ, gripþ, pl. grípeþ; p. gráp, pl. gripon; pp. gripen; v. a.
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To GRIPE, grasp, seize, lay hold of, apprehend; capĕre, rapĕre, prehendĕre, apprehendere Ic on Lothe gefrægn hǽþne heremæcgas handum grípan I heard that the heathen leaders seized on Lot with their hands, Cd. 114; Th. 149, 32; Gen. 2483: 219; Th. 281

Linked entry: ge-grípan

gódian

(v.)
Grammar
gódian, p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed.
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S. 11; Th. i. 382, 8. to do good, make good, improve, endow, enrich Mid eallum þingum gódode enriched [the place] with all things, Lchdm. iii. 438, 10: Chr. 963; Erl. 123, 28.

Linked entry: ge-gódian

ge-nerian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-nerian, -nergan, -nerigan; p. ede, ode; pp. ed, od

To save, deliver, take away, set free, preserve, defendservare, redimere, liberare, eripere, salvum facere, defendere

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To save, deliver, take away, set free, preserve, defend; servare, redimere, liberare, eripere, salvum facere, defendere Se mec wile wiþ ðám níðum genergan he will protect me against that malice, Exon. 36 a; Th. 116, 24; Gú. 212.

Linked entry: nerian

geóc

(n.)
Grammar
geóc, gióc, eóc, e; f.

Safety, help, aid, succour, comfort, consolationsalus, auxĭlium, subsĭdium, consōlātio

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Nú we cunnon hyhtan ðæt we heofones leóht uppe mid englum ágan móton, gástum to geóce now we can hope that we may possess the light of heaven above with the angels, for the comfort of our spirits, Frag. Kmbl. 88; Leás. 46: Elen.

Linked entries: gióc eóc

stíþness

(n.)
Grammar
stíþness, e ; f.
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Wiþ ǽghwylce gegaderunga þe on ðam líchoman ácenned beóþ, genim ðás wyrte . . . lege tó ðam sáre, hit tófereþ ealle ða stíðnyssa, 140, 14 : 150, 10. <b>Ia.</b> fig. hardness of heart :-- Stíðnise heartes duritiam cordis, Mt. Kmbl.

be-hátan

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Beháte hé swilc wíte swilc hé ús beháte, 459. to give assurance, certify Þú mé behéte hál and clǽne ꝥ ꝥ þú mé sealdest, Ll. Th. i. 180, 22. reflex, to profess one's self ready for the doing of something (gen.)

byrþen

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(l a) in contrast with carriage by an animal or in a vehicle :-- Ǽlce láde, ǽgðer ge on wǽne, ge on horse, ge on byrdene, Ll. Th. ii. 298, 23. an oppressive weight Seó hefige byrþen siteþ on þǽm deádan líchoman þǽre byrgenne, Bl.

dwolian

(v.)
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Hé cwæð: 'Wite þú ꝥ ic náht ne dwolige' cum hunc puer insanire crederet ... dicens: 'Non insanio,' Gr. D. 314, 7-10. of wrong conduct, to err Álýse mé of ðám gedwolan þe ic gyt on dwolige, Shrn. 170, 17. Ne dwolað non errabit, Kent. Gl. 555.

Eást-Engle

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Hí wintersetl námon on Eást-Englum, and hié him friþ wiþ námon. Hér fór se here of Eást-Englum, 866-7; P. 68, 14-16. On Lindesse and on Eást-Englum and on Cantwarum wurdon monige men ofslægene, 838; P. 64, 1.

feórþa

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Similar entries v. feówerþa(-e) in Dict. in combination with another numeral: Þý twéntigðan dæge and þý feórþan Septembris mónðes, Bd. 4, 5; Sch. 373, 19.

ge-hefigian

(v.)
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H. 63, 22. to make heavy with weariness, sleep, &amp;c. Móyses handa wǽron mycclum gehefegode, Hml. S. 13, 23. Him wǽron gehefgode ðá eágan of ðám menigfealdum teárum, 23, 249. Gehefegode gravati Mt. 26, 43

ge-cwéme

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</b> with dat., agreeable to :-- Gecwéme is him beneplacitum est ei, Ps. Rdr. 146, 10. Þurh yfelra manna rǽdas þe him ǽfre gecwéme wǽran. Chr. 1100; P. 235, 22. Ðá ðe gecuoemo (gicwoeme, R.) sint him quae placita sunt ei, Jn. L. 8, 29.

ge-welgian

(v.)
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Gewelegodum a predito, 2, 3. to become rich Ellenróf úp ástondeð, þrymme gewelgað ( becomes enriched with glory, becomes glorious ), Pa. 41. to make rich. of material wealth, the object a person, to bestow wealth on another Ðet ic geweolegie ut ditem

hirwan

to despisescornderisionscorn to blasphemeblame

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Srt. 21, 8. in contrast with herian: Man eal hyrweð þæt man sceolde herian, Wlfst. 165, 3. Man oft herede þæt man scolde hyrwan, and tó forð hyrwde þæt man scolde herigean, 168, 12: Ll.

Linked entries: hyrwan herian herwan

fylstan

to help (tó) to help

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Voc. ii. 9, 39. with dat. of person helped Drihten fylst him ǽfre, Hml. S. 11, 311. Se heáhengel him fylstende stód, Hml.

brǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
brǽdan, brédan; to brǽdanne, brédanne; part. brǽdende; he brǽdeþ, brǽd; p. brǽdde, pl. brǽddon; pp. brǽded, brǽdd, brǽd [brád
broad; latus
].

broadlatusTo make broad, BROADEN, extend, spread, stretch outdilatare, propalare, expandereTo be extended or developed, grow or rise up;dilatari, adolescere

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Brǽddon æfter beorgum flotan feldhúsum the sailors spread [themselves] amongst the hills with their tents, Cd. 148; Th. 186, 1; Exod. 132. Ðæt hí his naman brǽden [MS. brǽdan] that they spread his name, Bt. 30, 1; Fox 108, 11.