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á-þeówan

(v.)

to drive awayforce awayto press outthrust outsqueeze outto press into

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S. 21, 279. to press into Swá hié on wexe wǽron áðýde, Bl. H. 205, I

ge-dón

(v.)
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Nú is þearf ꝥ þone teóþan dǽl for Gode gedón, Bl.

beón

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An his hláforddóme bián móten, C. D. i. 311, 22. Ðá ðe fore óðrum bieón (beón, v. l.) sculon, Past. 107, 24. ¶ beón ymbe to be about a business :-- Deófol byð á ymbe þæt án, hú hé on manna sáulum mǽst gesceaðian mæge, Ll. Th. i. 374, 25.

heá-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
heá-líc, adj.

High, elevated, lofty, sublime, proud, chief, very great, noble, distinguished, deep, profound

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lǽraþ ðæt man wið heálíce synna scylde swýðe georne we instruct people to guard very diligently against very great sins, L. C. E. 23; Th. i. 374, 6. Heálíce gegaderunga legitima conjugia, L. Ecg. C. 28; Th. ii. 152, 35.

Linked entry: heáh-líc

þæt

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. ¶ In the charters the word is used almost with the force of until, marking the point reached in tracing a boundary :-- Swá west wið ðan heáfdan ðæt hit cymð tó ðǽre ealdan dúne; andlang dúne west ðæt hit cymeð intó Dinamore ... súð ðæt hit cymeð tó

ge-siht

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H. 79, 34. eyes together with the faculty of sight; visus, oculi ússe gesyhð (úre gesyhðe, v.l.) upp áhófon uisum leuabimus, Bd. 5, J; Sch. 552, 13. Hé ne mihte bedydrian Martines gesihðe, Hml. S. 31, 824.

rest

(n.)
Grammar
rest, e; ;f.;

rest, quiet, freedom from toilrest, repose, sleepa place of rest, resting-placea bed, couch

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ræste habbaþ, forðon ðe ðú sylest úrum leomum ræste, Blickl. Homl. 141, 10-11 : 41, 33. Mid gódum dǽdum man geearnige him ða écean ræste, 101, 26. Hwonne him Freá reste ágeáfe, Cd.

Linked entries: ræst reste

gelíce

(adv.)
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H. 25, 18. with pronominal forms and clauses, equivalent to the later like as with the clauses introduced by these two words, in the same way as; in hypothetical clauses, just as if gelíce sceolon leánum hleótan, swá weorcum hlódun, Cri. 783.

ofer

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Þá wæs se ele wexende ofer ealne þone weg (all the while they were carrying it ), Hml. S. 31, 1123.

a-geótan

(v.)
Grammar
a-geótan, -gítan; p. -geát, -gét, pl. -guton; pp. -goten.

To pour outshedstrewspilldeprive ofeffundereprivareTo pour forthprofluere

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Hie wǽron agotene góda gehwylces they were deprived of all goods, Judth. 10; Thw. 21, 23; Jud. 32. v. intrans. To pour forth; profluere Swá ðín swát ageát thus thy blood poured forth, Andr. Kmbl. 2881; An. 1443

Linked entries: a-geát a-goten agute

FLÝS

(n.)
Grammar
FLÝS, fiís, fliés, flés, fleŏs. es; n.

A fleecewoolvelluslānūgo

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Of flýsum mínra sceápa wǽron gehlyde þearfena sídan the sides of the poor were clothed with the fleeces of my sheep, Job Thw. 165, 2. Wulle flýsum with fleeces of wool, Exon. 109a; Th. 417, 12; Rä. 36, 3. Flýs lānūgo. Cot. 122

eácen

(v.; adj.; part.)
Grammar
eácen, adj. [pp. of eácan]

Increased, great, vast, powerful auctus, magnus, pŏtens, grăvĭdus

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Nǽron ge swá eácne mód-geþances ye were not so powerful in mental thought, Cd. 179; Th. 224, 14; Dan. 136

med-trum

(adj.)
Grammar
med-trum, <b>, met-trum;</b> adj.

not strong in healthinfirmweakillof inferior position

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not strong in health, infirm, weak, ill Hwá biþ medtrum ðæt ic ne síe for his þingum seóc quis infirmatur, et ego non infirmor? Past. 21, 6; Swt. 165, 4. Se mettruma líchoma debile corpus, 61, 2; Swt. 455, 27.

ge-wesan

(v.)

to be togetherconversediscuss

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-weós,&#39; and compares &#39;ymbweoson&#39; in the Northumbrian Gospels. But this word is wrongly written by Bouterwek, it should be &#39;ymbwoeson,&#39; see Mk. Skt. p. 1.

blód-gýte

(n.)
Grammar
blód-gýte, es; m. [blód, gýte a flowing, from gýt flows out, pres. of geótan].

a flowing or running of bloodsanguinis profluviuma blood-shedding, bloodshedsanguinis effusio

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Wǽron ða mǽstan blódgýtas there were the greatest blood-sheddings, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 67, 31. Bútan blódgýte without bloodshed, Bd. 1, 3; S. 475, 11

Linked entry: blód-geóte

ge-bégan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bégan, p. de; pp. ed; v. trans.

To cause to bowbendbow downreclinepress downhumblecrushflectĕreincurvārehumiliaredeprĭmĕre

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Burga fífe wǽran under Norþmannum nýde gebégde on hǽðenra hæfteclommum lange þrage five towns were under the Northmen by necessity bowed down in the bonds of the heathen for a long space, Chr. 941; Th. 210, 7, col. 1; Edm.9

six-hynde

(adj.)
Grammar
six-hynde, adj.
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. ¶ applied to the wergild :-- Æt twýhyndum were mon sceal sellan tó monbóte .xxx. scił ł. , æt syxhyndum . lxxx. scił ł. , L. In. 70; Th. i. 146, 14

Linked entry: -hynde

wic-weorc

(n.)
Grammar
wic-weorc, es; n.
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Weekly work, work done for the lord by the tenant so many days a week On sumen lande is ðæt hé ( the gebúr) sceal wyrcan tó wicweorc .ii. dagas swilc weorc swilc him man tǽcð ofer geáres fyrst ǽlcre wucan, and on barfest .iii. dagas tó wicweorce, and

Linked entry: wice-weorc

efen-þeówa

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efen-þeówa, -þeów.
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A. 202, 240. weak forms Ic eom eówer efnðeówa (emn-, v. l.) consenior, Past. 136, 16. Hwí wylt þú cweðan ꝥ ðú sý mín þeówa? Ac þú eart mín efenþeówa, for ðan ðe wit syndan ánes Godes þeów, Hml. A. 123, 204: Hml, Th. i. 38, 25.

of-feallan

(v.)

to fall upon, kill by falling, destroy

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to fall upon, kill by falling, destroy Hit hreás underbæc and forneán offeóll ða ðe hit ǽr forcurfan the tree fell backwards, and by its fall very nearly killed those who before were cutting it down, Homl. Th. ii. 510, 2.