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ge-macian

(v.)
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Substitute: to make, fashion, construct a material object Hé be þám gemǽron castelas lét gemakian, Chr. 1097 ; P. 233, 25. Gé ne sceolon beón rance mid hringgum' geglengede, ne eówer reáf ne beó tó ranclíce gemacod, ne eft tó wáclíce, Ll. Th. ii. 358

sleán

Grammar
sleán, <b>A. I.</b> add: v. sliccan
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Sum slóh mid slecge þá hæpsan, Hml. S. 32, 202. <b>II a.</b> add :-- Eald feoh þe man on fyrndagum slóh, Hml. S. 23, 614. to strike a musical instrument, cf. hearp-slege Hé slóh cymbalan cymbala percussit, Gr. D. 62, 16. Add Iosue hæfde

samnian

(v.)
Grammar
samnian, ode. v. trans.

to collect, assemble, bring together, gather ⬩ to draw together, join, unite ⬩ to get materials together for a poem to compose ⬩ to collect, assemble, come together ⬩ to draw together, join, unite ⬩ to glean

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to collect, assemble, bring together, gather Ða swétestan somnaþ and gædraþ wyrta wynsume and wudubléda colligit succos et odores divite silva, Exon. Th. 211, 6; Ph. 193. Somnas his huǽte congregabit triticum suum, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 3, 12. Nát hwam hit

Linked entry: samode

wudu

(n.)
Grammar
wudu, (-o), widu, wiodu ; gen. wuda, wudes; dat, wuda, wudu (-o), wyda ; acc. wudu, wuda ; pl. wuda, wudas ; m.

wood ⬩ the substance of growing trees ⬩ a tree ⬩ (hewh) wood ⬩ the material obtained from trees ⬩ wood which forms something ⬩ something made of wood ⬩ wood ⬩ wood ⬩ the wood ⬩ woods ⬩ a wood ⬩ wild

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wood, the substance of growing trees Hú ne mint ðú gesión ðæt ǽlc wyrt and ǽlc wudu (-a, v. l.) (cum herbas atque arbores intuearis), wile weaxan on ðærn lande sélost, ðe him betst geríst. . . . Sumra wyrta oððe sumes wuda eard biþ on dúnum. . . . Ním

Linked entries: widu wude- wiodu

un-sib

(n.)
Grammar
un-sib, un-sibb, e; f.

unfriendliness ⬩ unkindliness ⬩ enmity ⬩ strife ⬩ hostilities ⬩ war ⬩ division ⬩ variance ⬩ disagreement ⬩ disunion

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unfriendliness, unkindliness, enmity Unsib simultas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 62. Swá mycel ungeþwǽrnys and unsibb árás ingravescentibus causis dissensionum, Bd. 3, 14; S. 539, 35. Ðæt ðridde is unsibbe fýr, ðonne wé ne forhtigaþ ðæt wé ða mód ábylgean úra

wiga

(n.)
Grammar
wiga, an; m.

one who fights ⬩ a (fighting) man ⬩ a warrior ⬩ a noble, strenuous man

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one who fights, a (fighting) man, a warrior Wiga heros, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 31; Zup. 57, 11. Wiga oððe wígstrang bellipolens, Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 45. Iung wiga tyro, i. 18, 16. Wiga wintrum geong, Byrht. Th. 137, 62; By. 210. Wælreów wiga ( Beowulf ), Beo. Th

Linked entry: wihgena

scolu

(n.)
Grammar
scolu, scól (these two forms may give the later shoal, school as col, cól give coal, cool), e; f.

a school ⬩ a band or troop of people ⬩ a shoal ⬩ school (in school of fishes)

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a school Scól scola, Wrt. Voc. i. 75, 27. Scól scola, se ðe on scóle (sceóle, MS. U.) ys scolasticus, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Zup. 11, 13-15. Ðý ilcan geáre forborn Ongolcynnes scolu, Chr. 816; Erl. 62, 7. Constantinus hiene benǽmde ðære scole ðe hé on leornode

Linked entries: sceolu scól

tácnian

(v.)
Grammar
tácnian, p. ode.

to make a mark upon something, to mark ⬩ to be a token or mark of something, to indicate, mark ⬩ to indicate, point out ⬩ to signify ⬩ to be the figurative expression of, be a figure of something, to symbolize ⬩ to indicate what is future, to portend

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to make a mark upon something, to mark Seó líget ðæt deófol bærneþ and tácnaþ, Salm. Kmbl. p. 148, 4. to be a token or mark of something, to indicate, mark Se steorra ðe wé hátaþ ǽfensteorra, ðonne hé biþ west gesewen, ðonne tácnaþ hé ǽfen, Bt. 39,

HEARM

(n.)
Grammar
HEARM, herm, es; m.

HARM, hurt, injury, evil, grief, affliction, pain, injurious speech, calumny, insult ⬩ pain, grief ⬩ grief, sorrow, harm ⬩ calamitas, calumnia, contumelia, ærumna, iujuria ⬩ grief, sorrow

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HARM, hurt, injury, evil, grief, affliction, pain, injurious speech, calumny, insult Hýnþ vel lyre vel hearm dispendium vel damnum veldetrimentum, Ælfc. Gl. 81; Som. 73, 24; Wrt. Voc. 47, 29. Eác is hearm gode módsorg gemacod pain also and heart-sorrow

Linked entry: hearm-heort

gást

breath ⬩ spirit, ghost, principle of life ⬩ spirit ⬩ the immaterial part of man ⬩ a person ⬩ soul ⬩ an incorporeal thing ⬩ an incorporeal being, a spirit, ⬩ divine spirit ⬩ the soul of a deceased person

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Add: breath Oroþ oððe gást flamen Wrt. Voc. ii. 37, 12 : An. Ox. 18, 43. spirit, ghost, principle of life Ic eallunga unástyrigendlic bútan gáste læg, Hml. S. 23 b, 576. Sóna swá hé þás word gecwæð, hé his gást onsende, Bl. H. 191, 29. Heó ágeaf hire

déman

(v.)
Grammar
déman, to démanne, démenne; part. démende; ic déme, ðú démest,démst, he démeþ, démþ, pl.démaþ ; p. démde, pl. démdon; impert. dém, déme, pl. démaþ, déme ge; pp. démed; v. trans. dat. acc. [dóm judgment, opinion]

DEEM, judge, think, consider, estimate, reckon, determine, examine, prove, doom, condemn ⬩ judicāre, arbitrāri, æstimāre, censēre, recensēre, decernĕre, sancīre, examināre, condemnāre

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To DEEM, judge, think, consider, estimate, reckon, determine, examine, prove, doom, condemn; judicāre, arbitrāri, æstimāre, censēre, recensēre, decernĕre, sancīre, examināre, condemnāre He com déman eorþan venit judicāre terram, Ps. Lamb. 95, 13: Elen

Linked entries: a-déman doeman

ymb-útan

(prep.; adv.)
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about, around, without. prep. local, with dat. Ðam nis nán wuht bufan, ne nán wuht benyþan, ne ymbútan, Bt. 36, 5; Fox 180, 19. Hú wídgil sint wolcnum ymbútan heofones hwealfe, Met. 10, 6. with accus. Geseah se Hǽlend mycle menigeo ymbútan hyne ( circum

Linked entry: emb-útan

fíftig

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Add: substantival. alone, as a neuter singular with adj. inflection (?) Wæs álesen fíftig cista, Exod. 229. Þá mǽstan beóð fíftiges elna lange, Ors. 1, 1; S. 18, 6: Gen. 1307: B. 3042. Sé bið on fíftegum (or pl.?) mancessa, Past. 9, 1. distributive:

ge-hlýd

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Add: sound made by the voice, a cry Gif se sácerd bið ungerád ðæs láreówdórnes, hwæt forstent his gehlýd sacerdos si praedicationis est nescins, quam clamoris vocem daturus est praeco mutus? Past. 91, 25. <b>I a.</b> in an unfavourable sense

gehwǽr

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Add: everywhere. where there is motion, all over an area, throughout a space Heora fýnd férdon freólíce gehwǽr swá þicce swá gærstapan ipsi veniebant et instar locustarum universa complebant Jud. 6, 5. Gehwár ábútan woffiende circumquaque debachantes

lyft

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Add: I. air as one of the four elements Sié eorþe is drýge and ceald, and ꝥ wæter wǽt and ceald; sié lyft . . . is ǽgðer ge ceald ge wǽt, Bt. 33, 4; F. 128, 35. ꝥ lyft ys wǽt and wearm. . . fýr býð wearm and drigge. . . eorðe ys ceald and drigge . .

neáh

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
neáh, néh

nigh ⬩ near ⬩ near ⬩ nearly ⬩ about ⬩ of place

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nigh, near. Grammar neáh, as adv. of place Ealle hire mágas ða ðe ðǽr neáh wǽron, Blickl. Homl. 139, 16. Ic wát heáhburh hér áne neáh, Cd. Th. 152, 9; Gen. 2517. Fear oððe neáh, 63, 8; Gen. 1029. Ge neáh ge feor, Bd. 4, 4; S. 571, 7. Ge néh ge feor,

nægel

(n.)
Grammar
nægel, nægl, es; m.

the nail of a finger or toe ⬩ a nail ⬩ peg ⬩ an instrument for striking the strings of a harp

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the nail of a finger or toe Nægel unguis; næglas ungues, Wrt. Voc. i. 43, 60. Fingras digiti . . . nægel ungula, 65, 4. Nægl, 283, 25. Nægl unguana, ii. 124, 10. Gif nægl of honda weorðe if a nail come off a hand, Lchdm. iii. 58, 7 : ii. 80, 20. Gif

swégan

(v.)
Grammar
swégan, p. de

To sound. ⬩ to make a noise ⬩ with the idea of movement, to move violently with noise, to roar, rush, crash ⬩ without the idea of movement ⬩ of regulated, modulated sound, of speech, tone, music ⬩ to signify

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To sound. to make a noise, with the idea of movement, to move violently with noise, to roar, rush, crash Ðonne swéiþ cum insonuerit, Kent. Gl. 12. Heora fyðera swégaþ swá swá wæteres dyne, Wulfst. 200, 15. Æt ðam forman gedelfe swégde út ormǽte wyllspring

fúl

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
fúl, adj.

offensive to the senses ⬩ dirty ⬩ miry ⬩ filthy ⬩ dark ⬩ ugly ⬩ morally polluted ⬩ guilty of a charge ⬩ disgraceful ⬩ infamous ⬩ to bury ignominiously

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Add: Fedus, deformis, turpis vel fúl, Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, 40. Feda vel polluta fúl, 44. Þǽre fúlan obscaene, 63, 11. in a physical sense. offensive to the senses Lazarus . . . on byrgenne wæs fúl wunigende, Bl. H. 75, 5. Fúles hlondes fetentis lotii,