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ge-gaderian

(v.)
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Óðer biþ se mon, . . . óðer his gódnes, ðá gegædraþ God and eft ætgædre gehelt, 34, 3; F. 136, 33. Hé gegaderode ðá sáula and ðone líchoman, 30, 2; F. 110, 12. Ðá líf ðing, ðonne hí ealle gegaderode beóð, ðonne biþ ꝥ God . . .

ge-faran

(v.)
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Th. i. 332, 24. to march and occupy a place, conquer persons, gain a victory Gif ic eft gefare swelcne sige æt Rómánum si iterum eodem modo vicero, Ors. 4, 1; S. 156, 31. Hé sige gefór, Hml. S. 25, 721.

weaxan

(v.)
Grammar
weaxan, weacsan, weahsan, weahxan, wexan, wehsan; ic weaxe; ðú wyxt; hé weaxeþ, weaxþ, weaxt, waexit, weaxst, wexeþ, wexþ, wixt, wihst, wihxþ, wyxþ, wyxt, wyxst, wycxþ; p. weóx, weócs, weóhs, pl. weóxon, weóhson, weóxson ; pp. weaxen

To wax, grow.to grow, be produced,to grow, grow upto grow, increase, wax to grow in honour, grow great, flourish, prosper to be productiveto grow, take shape

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Alf. 38; Th. i. 52, 32. to grow, increase, wax Se móna déð ǽgþer, ge wycxð ge wanaþ: healfum mónðe hé bið weaxende, healfum hé bið wanigende, Homl. Th. i. 154, 27. Ðes saltus lune wyxst wundorlíce æfter bóccræfte, Anglia viii. 308, 24.

Æðelbryht

(n.)
Grammar
Æðelbryht, -berht, -briht, es; m. [æðele, bryht bright, excellent. v. beorht] .

Ethelbert king of KentEthelbert the secondÆthelbryhtus

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Ethelbert, after the lapse of 239 years from the death of Ethelbert the first in 616, became king of Kent, Essex, Surrey, and Sussex, for five years, from 855 to 860; he succeeded to Wessex on his brother's death, in 860, and reigned five years more

Linked entry: Berhte

BÝSEN

(n.)
Grammar
BÝSEN, bísen, býsn, e; f.
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a pattern, an example, model, resemblance, similitude, parable; norma, exemplum, modellum, similitudo, parabola Ðú bútan býsne, Ælmihtig God, eall geworhtest þing þearle gód [good, MS.] thou, Almighty God, modest all things very good, without a pattern

Linked entries: bísen bigsen bísen

for-wyrcan

(v.)
Grammar
for-wyrcan, -wyrcean; p. -worhte, -wyrhte; pp. -worht, -wyrht [for-, wyrcan to work, do] .

to misworkdo wrongsinmăle ăgĕredelinquĕrepeccāreto do fordestroyruinconvictcondemnperdĕredestruĕrelabefactārecondemnāreto forfeitamittĕre

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to miswork, do wrong, sin; măle ăgĕre, delinquĕre, peccāre Ðæt ðam forworhtum mannum beo ðe mára ege for úre gesomnunge that to the wrong doing men there may be the more fear for our assemblage, L. Ath. v. § 8, 3; Th. i. 236, 16.

swelgan

(v.)
Grammar
swelgan, p. swealh, pl. swulgon; pp. swolgen (with acc. or inst. (dat.))
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Hé ( a book-moth ) ðám wordum swealg, Exon. Th. 432, 15; Rä. 48, 6. Laures ceówe and ðæt seáw swelge. Lchdm. ii. 230, 4. Syle ðam cilde swelgan, i. 350, 14. Swylgende (-fende, Wrt.) drenc a potion to be gulped down; catapodia (καταπότιον ), Wrt.

Linked entry: swylfende

flówan

to pass awaybe transitoryto issueto flowto be floodedto flowto abound

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Ðonne se móna úp áríst, þonne ongiuð seó sǽtó flówanne, Angl. viii. 327, 27. Fléwð, Lch. iii. 268, 16. to be flooded, be covered with a fluid Oft of ðinnum rénscúrum fléwð seó eorðe, Hml. Th. ii. 466, 8.

ge-rihtan

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Béda cwæð ꝥ lan. and October wǽron mid twám bendum gerihte, ꝥ ys ꝥ hig habbað twá rihtinga, Angl. viii. 301, 48. to cause to move straight to a point (lit. or fig. ) Girihte mec in sáðfæstnisse dine, Rtl. 167, 23. to regulate the course of, guide, instruct

óþer

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(l α)) móna dæghwámlíce feówer prican lator áríst þonne hé dyde on þám óðrum dæge, Angl. viii. 327, 27. (l β) denoting repetition :-- Swilce óðer wæterflód, swá fleów heora blód, Hml.

smæl

(adj.)
Grammar
smæl, adj.

Smallsmall, little, not greatnarrow, not broadslender, thin, not thickfine not coarse not loud gracilis, exilis, subtilis, minutus, strictus a sheep, small cattle

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18. narrow, not broad Hé sǽde ðæt Norðmanna land wǽre swýðe lang and swýðe smæl. . . ðæt býne land is eásteweard brádost, and symle swá norðor swá smælre . . . and norðeweard, hé cwæð, ðǽr hit smalost wǽre, ðæt hit mihte beón þreora míla brád tó ðæm móre

be-fóran

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
be-fóran, l. be-foran, and add:

in the presence ofin front of an object a-head ofover againstbeforein advance of:into the presence ofbeforein advance

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. ¶ where a particular part of a person is specified, before one's eyes, :-- Þone mist ðe hangaþ beforan úres módes eágum, Bt. 33, 4; F. 132, 32. Beforan Drihtnes gesihþe, Bl. H. 157, 24.

ge-sceád

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Se móna went ǽfre þone hricg tó þǽre sunnan weard. . . Cweðað sume menn, þe þis gesceád ne cunnon, ꝥ se móna hine wende be þan þehit wedrian sceal, Lch. iii. 268, l. an account, (i) ordered speech Geþeahtung, gesceád vel racu conlatio, Wrt.

þes

(pronoun.)
Grammar
þes, þæs; m.: þeós, þiós, þiús; f.: þis, þiss, þys; n. demons. pron. This
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Mon ðissa twéga hwæðer ondrǽtt suíður ðonne óðer, Past. 27; Swt. 189, 9. Menn þisra seofona héddon, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 137. where the noun is qualified by an adjective Þes ealda man, Blickl. Homl. 43, 33: Cd. Th. 7, 11; Gen. 104.

Linked entries: þás þis

(pronoun.)
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hé, m: heó; f: hit; n.

He, she, it

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Woepen mon ł hee and hiuu ł wífmon masculum et feminam, Mk. Skt. Lind. 10, 6. Hé ł woepenmon masculinum, Lk. Skt. Lind. 2, 23

Linked entries: heó hie hig hió

ge-cweþan

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Swá hit be þon gecweden is: 'Se mon þe nú démeþ ...,' 95, 35. to declare, announce, a purpose, intended action Gif hé Italiam gesóhte, swá hé gecweden hæfde. Ors. 3, 8; S. 122, 29.

Linked entry: ge-cwidrǽden

tó-sceádan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sceádan, -scádan; p. -scéd, -sceád (in the Northern Gospels weak forms are found, and -sceádde occurs in Bede); pp. -sceáden.

to divide in two,separate one thing from anotherto divide into partiescause divisiondissension amongto separate contending parties or claimsjudge,decide betweento make a distinction between thingsto distinguishtreat or regard differentlyto separate one thing from another with the mind,to discern,distinguish,discriminateto separate things from one another,to order,dispose,appointto separate the parts of a confused whole,to expound,interpret,render intelligibleto discussto send in different directions,to scatterdisperseTo be separated,to differ

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Ðæt God gegeadrade monn ne tóslíte ł tósceáða (separet), Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 19, 6. Tóscádende segregans, Ps. Surt. 67, 10. Hé (the stream) on tú tósceáden wyrð, Met. 5, 18. Tóscáden, Wulfst. 26, 2.

lang

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Först. 110, 5. having (more or less, or a specified) extension from end to end Wund inces lang, LI. Th. i. 92, 18. Fíftiges fótgemearces lang, B. 3043. Þú þæt fær gewyrc þreó hund lang elngemeta, Gen. 1308.

féða

(n.)
Grammar
féða, an; m.

a band on footinfantrya hosttrooptribecompanyphălanx pĕdestrispĕditeslĕgioăciestrĭbuscătervaa battlepugna

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Ðǽr wæs ungemetlíc wæl geslagen Persa, and Alexandres næs ná má ðonne hund-twelftig on ðam rǽde-here, and nigon on ðam féðan there was a very great slaughter made of the Persians, and no more than a hundred and twenty in Alexander's cavalry, and nine

Linked entry: féðu

grétan

(v.)
Grammar
grétan, he grét, pl. grétaþ; p. grétte, pl. grétton; pp. gréted.
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Ælfríc munuc grét Æðelwærd ealdorman Ælfric the monk greets alderman Ethelward, Pref. Thw. 1, 1. Ðonne he on gaton gréteþ his grame feondas cum loquetur inimicis suis in porta, Ps. Th. 126, 6.