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ge-þreágean

Grammar
ge-þreágean, ge-þreán, and (?) <b>ge-þreawian</b> (v. ge-þréwud [é = eá. Cf. bréd = breád, 72] incita ( =incitata (?)), Germ. 390, 82 (but with the remark 'b aus þ').
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Ðætte eft sién hira scylða geðreáde mid ðám ðæt hié tǽlen culpa increpata castigat, 211, 20. Hý þý hýhstan beóð þrymme geþreáde, Gú. 45. to trouble, afflict. a person, in the body Heó wæs mid feferádle geþreád ( febre correpta ), Gr.

Linked entry: ge-þréwud

in-tinga

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Gr. 162, 24. a person Hí wǽran intinga þáre wrǽðe ðe wæs betwyx him and ðan cinge, Chr. 1051; P. 183, 31. reason, account, ground of action Ne wiston for hwylcan intingan ꝥ gedón wearð, Chr. 1057; P. 188, 16. occasion, fitting opportunity Under

sceáwere

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Add Nú men geseóð swylce þurh sceáwere and on rǽdelse videmus nunc per speculum in aenigmate, Nap. 55.

sum

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Sume ðás race habbað getrahtnod on óðre stówe, Hml. Th. ii. 264, 23. 4. Add Æt sumum twám cirron, æt óþrum cierre beeástan Wæced, æt óþrum cierre æt Portlocan, Chr. 918; P. 98, 27.

HEÁWAN

(v.)
Grammar
HEÁWAN, p. heów, pl. heówon; pp. heáwen

To HEW, cut, strike, smite

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heáwaþ ðone wudu ligna succidimus, 167, 6. Hé heów oð ðæt hé on hilde gecranc he smote with his sword until in fight he fell, Byrht. Th. 141, 18; By. 324. Heów ðæt hors mid ðam spuran he struck the horse with the spurs [cf.

BEÓT

(n.)
Grammar
BEÓT, es; n.

a threateningthreatcommandmenacecomminatiominæperilpericuluma boastingboasting promisepromisejactantiapromissio gloriosapromissum

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C.] ðæs ealdormannes minas principis non metuit, Bd. 1, 7; S. 477. 23 : Exon. 68 a; Th. 253, 7; Jul. 176. peril; periculum Ðenden [ðen, MS.] in ðam beóte wǽron while they were in that peril Cd. 187; Th. 232, 25; Dan. 265. a boasting, boasting promise

for-wúndian

(v.)
Grammar
for-wúndian, p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed

To wound badlyulcerategrăvĭter vulnĕrāre

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Ða men wǽron forwúndode the men were badly wounded, Chr. 882; Erl. 83, 11: 897; Erl. 96, 13

gál

(adj.)
Grammar
gál, adj.

Lightpleasantwantonlicentiouswickedlĕvislibīdĭnōsusluxŭriōsusmălus

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Gecunnian hwæðer he wǽre god oððe gál to try whether he were good or bad, Gu. 17; Gdwn. 74, 6

leornung-mann

(n.)
Grammar
leornung-mann, es; m.

A learnerpupilscholarstudentdisciple

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A learner, pupil, scholar, student, disciple Sum leorningman well gelǽred on gewritum scholasticus quidam doctus studio literarum, Bd. 3, 13; S. 538, 18.

mis-wendan

(v.)
Grammar
mis-wendan, p. de.

To pervertapply to a wrong useabuseTo turn in a wrong direction, be perverted

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Hé begann tó þreágenne ða gebróðru ðe miswende wǽron he began to rebuke the two brothers who were perverted, 66, 34. Mid þweorum ðú bist miswend cum perverso perverteris, Ps. Lamb. 17, 27. intrans.

ge-treówian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-treówian, -triówian; p. -ode, ede; pp. od, ed.

to trustconfidehopeto make a treatybe confederateto clear one's self

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Ic me on mínne Drihten getreówige ego in te sperabo Domine, 54, 24: 70, 13. to make a treaty, be confederate [v. ge-treówþ] Ða beorn getreówedon betwuh him and sieredon ymbe ðone fæder the children were confederates and plotted against the father, Bt

un-wéne

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wéne, adj.

hopelessnot having hope or expectationnot hoped forunexpected

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Similar entries Cf. or-wéne Wæs ðǽr án cnapa geǽttrod þurh næddran, swíðe tóswollen þurh ðæs wyrmes siege, unwéne his lífes, Homl. Th. ii. 514, 7. Hé gehǽlde ánre wydewan sunu ðe unwéne læg, Homl. Skt. i. 6, 103.

weorc-dæg

(n.)
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weorc-dæg, es; m.
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A work-day, any day, not a ' freólstíd, ' of the week but Sunday Weorcdæg feria, Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, 4. Sealmas tó weorcdæge (ad feriam) gebyrigende, Anglia xiii. 402, 532. Ðam syxtan weorcdæge sexta feria, 404, 563. Worcdæge, 389, 348.

brǽdan

(v.)

to roast

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Dele last two passages, and add: to roast flesh Ðú, earming, brǽddest ǽnne dǽl mines líchaman, wend nú þone óðerne, and et, Hml. Th. i. 430, 16. Hine cwicne hirstan and brǽdan, Shrn. 116, 3. Þæt lamb brǽdan, Hml. Th. ii. 40, 13.

cláþ

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Add: a cloth Þú noldest þæt ǽnig cláð betweuh wére ( nullo interposito velamento ), Shrn. 185, 34. Stód án cýf oferwrogen . . . hí brúdon of ðone cláð ( operimentum ), Hml. Th. ii. 178, 35. a garment God hyre ásende tunecan.

ge-stal

(n.)
Grammar
ge-stal, an obstacle.
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Pascasius on þám geflite þe geworden wæs weaxendum þám gestále geleáffulra wera ymb Simmachim and Laurentium geceás Laurentium Paschasius in ea contentions quae inardescente zelo fidelium inter Symmachum atque Laurentium facta est Laurentium elegit, Gr

teohhian

(v.)
Grammar
teohhian, <b>. II a.</b>
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</b> add :-- Gif ðæt ne wexð ðæt hié tiohhiað tó dónne si quod videtur gerendum sollicita intentione non crescit, Past. 445, 8. <b>II e α.

sǽta

(n.)

a resident, inhabitant.

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There is also beside the weak -sǽtan a strong -sǽte. Similar entries v. Dorn- (Dor-), Dún-, Peác-, Sumor-, Wil-sǽte (-sǽtan).

Linked entry: séta

hearm

(adj.)
Grammar
hearm, herm; adj.

Causing harm or sorrow, grievous, injurious, evil, malicious

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Tugon longne síð in hearmra hond went a long journey into the power of evil ones, Exon. 62 a; Th. 228, 20; Ph. 441. Ne hyld ðú míne heortan ðæt ic hearme word þuruh inwitstæf útforlǽte ut non declines cor meum in verbum malum, Ps. Th. 140, 5

will-spryng

(n.)
Grammar
will-spryng, and -sprynge, es; m.

A well-spring, fountainsource (lit. and fig.)

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A well-spring, fountain, source (lit. and fig.) Welspreng latex, Wrt. Voc. i. 54, 30. Seó sóðe lufu is wylspring and ordfruma ealra gódnyssa, Homl. Th. 1. 52, 12. Ðæs wæter-scipes welsprynge is on hefonríce, Past. Swt. 467, 31.