ge-séman
To compose, settle, make peace with, reconcile, satisfy ⬩ compōnĕre, concĭliāre, reconcĭliāre, satisfăcĕre
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Siððan sió sace gesémed sió after the suit is settled, L. H. E. 10; Th. i. 30, 19: Ors. 1, 12; Bos. 35, 39. Hí gesémede beón ne mihtan they could not be reconciled, Chr. 1094; Erl. 230, 1: Homl. Th. ii. 338, 1
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slæcness
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Wé sculon manian ða manþwǽran ðæt hié fleón ðæt ðǽr suíðe neáh liegeþ ðære monnþwǽrnesse, ðæt is sleacnes, Past. 40; Swt. 289, 18-22
sunn-ganges
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To move with the sun was considered lucky, to move in the reverse direction unlucky; the latter method is consequently taken by witches in their ceremonies. So Spenser, 'She turned her contrary to the sunne . . . for she the right did shunne.' Cf.
þeód-sceaþa
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Nis nán swá yfel sceaða swá is deófol sylf. Ðonne móton ða hyrdas beón swíðe wacore, ðe wið ðone þeódsceaðan folce sceolon scyldan, L. C. E. 26; Th. i, 374, 22-28: Wulfst. 191, 6-13. Þeódsceada, fýrdraca, Beo. Th. 5369; B. 2688: 4545; B. 2278.
þindan
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Synful yrsaþ, tóþum torn þolaþ, þearle þindeþ (in this and the next passage the Latin verb is tabescere, but tumescere seems in each case to have been read), Ps. Th. 111, 9.
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þeótan
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The passage describes a calf sucking from its mother; if þeótan is an infinitive, it must refer to the sound made by the milk coming from the teat, but perhaps gesceap-þeóte may be a compound noun meaning the teat ), Exon. Th. 420, 2; Rä. 39, 4
un-sǽlþ
Unhappiness ⬩ misfortune ⬩ misery
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Unhappiness, misfortune, misery Ðæt is seó mǽste unsǽlð on ðís andweardan lífe, ðæt mon ǽrest weorþe gesǽlig and æfter ðam ungesǽlig in omni adversitate fortunae infelicissimum genus est infortunii, fuisse felicem, Bt. 10; Fox 26, 30.
wánian
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L. 208. with reflexive dative Hé wánode him sylfum: ' Wá is mé earmum . . . ' Homl. Skt. i. II. 223. with acc. Sár wánigean, Beo. Th. 1579; B. 787. Wánian, Exon. Th. 166, 22; Gú. 1046.
weorold-wela
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Waa ieów welegum, ðe iówer lufu eall and tóhopa is on eówrum woruldwelum, Past. 26; Swt. 181, 24. Ðiossum woruldwelum, 45 ; Swt. 339, 6.
bí-leofa
subsistence ⬩ maintenance ⬩ provision ⬩ victuals
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Þæs mannes bíleofa is tó besceáwianne, Lch. ii. 210, 18: R. Ben. 64, 3. Ne sý regoles stræc gehealden on heora bíleofan (alimentis), 61, 15. Sýfre on bigleofan sobrii, Hml. A. 52, 52.
bold
a dwelling ⬩ a town
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Similar entries Cf. tún: In þám bolde þe is háten Eoferwícceaster, Angl. x. 141, 13. (The last two passages are from a 12th-century MS.) ¶ in place-names, e. g. Wíc-bold, C. D. vi. 351. Æt Nióweboldan Newbold, iii. 256, 11
drípan
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[From this form drype an infin. dryppan is inferred in the N. E. D. (v. drip:) but the form may be taken as a subjunctive, cf. the following instances of that mood in Lch. :-- Nime þysse wyrte wós, dó on, i. 266, 8.
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eást-ern
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Th. ii. 446, 15. marking direction of the wind, east, from the east Feówer heáfodwindas synd: se fyrmesta is eásterne wind, Lch. iii. 274, 13: Gen. 315
ele
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Wé tó dæg sceolan dǽlan úrne ele on þreó wísan gehálgodne . . . hálig ele, óþer is crisma, and seóccra manna ele: and gé sceolan habban þreó ampullan gearuwe tó þam þrým elum, Ll. Th. ii. 390, 2-7. Grénes eles, Lch. ii. 180, 11.
fercian
to bring ⬩ carry ⬩ conduct ⬩ to support ⬩ To go
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Ǽlcon men is álýfed ꝥ hé of his yldrena gestreóne hine sylfne fercian móte, Hml.
fore
in front ⬩ at the head ⬩ before
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The Latin ob is also rendered by fore e.g. foregeðístrat obcecatum, Mk. L. 6, 5 2: foragémnis observatio, Lk. L. 17, 20: foresuíge obmutesce, 4, 35
ge-lecgan
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Voc. ii. 48, 44. to settle the regulations concerning an object, determine by law the character of Se wudu is gemǽne swá hé on ældum tímum gelægd wæs sylva, sicut antiquis temporibus lege cautum erat, est communis, C.
ge-ner
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Th. ii. 356, 28. (2 a) used of a person :-- Geworden is Drihten gener ( re-fugium) ðearfena, Ps. Spl. 9, 9. Gener ł frófor mín, 58, 19
stíþ
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Swá swá gód láreów . . . swá ꝥ hálige word is swýðe stíð úrum stuntnyssum, Hml. A. 6, 133. Add Stíþre dirae (mortalitatis), An. Ox. 1271. Stíð wíte ðolian, Wlfst. 39, 3. Hé gemét swíðe stíðne dóm on ðám tóweardan lífe, Hml.
brosnian
To corrupt, decay, rot, perish ⬩ corrumpi, deficere, dissolvi, perire
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Brosnaþ enta geweorc, hrófas sind gehrorene the work of giants is decaying, the roofs are fallen, Exon. 124 a; Th. 476, 4; Ruin. 2: Beo. Th. 4512; B. 2260.
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