ge-metlic
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Gemetlic funalis (cf. metráp for connexion of a rope with measuring), Wrt. Voc. II. 151, 57. measurable Gemetelice (mensurabiles) þú ásettest dagas míne, Ps.
Linked entry: ge-métednes
ge-syngian
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Add: to act wrongly, make a mistake Leófa dohtor, þú gesingodest mid þý þe þú woldest witan his naman and his gelimp. Ap. Th. 16, 2. of moral wrongdoing, to sin. intrans. absolute Ðonne hé of yfelum willan ne gesyngað, 157, 25.
gím-ness
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L. 10, 35. care for an object that affects with pleasure, fear, &c. v. gíman; 2 Nis ðé gémnis (gémeniso, L.) be ǽngum non est tibi cura de aliquo Mt. R. 22, 16. Ne is ðé gémnise, ꝥte . . . . Lk. L.
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hopa
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Add: expectation of what is desired, desire combined with expectation On hopan ( spe ) hǽle wé beóð gewordene: hope sóðlíce sé þe gesewen ys nys hopa (Rom. 8, 24), Scint. 130, 3. Geanbidung rihtwísra bliss; hopa sóðlíce árleásra forwyrð, 8.
hwirfan
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Hié heora wǽpen hwyrfdon wiþ Bryttas, Bd. I. 15 ; Sch. 40, 8
of-áxian
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S. 23, 467. with a clause Þǽr hé ofáxode ꝥ se cyning wæs, Chr. 1016 ; P. 152, 22. Ðeós Iúdith ofáxode hú Ozias gespræc haec cum audisset quoniam Osias promisisset, Hml. A. 108, 209.
of-settan
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Add: to press one object with another Ðonne þú candelbryd habban wille, ástrehtre þínre winstran handa ofsete hý eclinga mid þínre swí[þ]ran, Tech. ii. 120, 23. to oppress. the agent a person, of physical ill-treatment Hí his ǽrran wunda mid wundum
þeáh
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. ¶ with negative clause :-- Nis þé genóh ꝥ þú sylf losast, þeáh þú uppan ꝥ óþre ne forspylle? Ne genihtsumað þé ꝥ þú sylf an ꝥ druncen beyrnst, þeáh þú þonne gýt óðre mid þé ne teó?
ofer-cuman
to overcome, vanquish, subdue ⬩ to come upon, reach, obtain
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Nánne ne sparedon cwicera manna ðe hié ofercuman mihton spared none that they could come up with Judth. Thw. 24, 41; Jud. 235. His geféran ðý ofercumendan wóle pestilentia superveniente fordilgode wǽron, Bd. 4, 1; S. 563, 26
CREÓPAN
To CREEP ⬩ crawl ⬩ repere ⬩ serpere
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Nán wilde deór, ne on fyðerfótum ne on creópendum, nis to wiðmetenne yfelum wífe no wild beast, neither among the four-footed nor the creeping, is to be compared with an evil woman Homl. Th. i. 486, 29.
on-hyrian
To imitate, emulate
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To imitate, emulate (with dat. acc.) Hwílum ic onhyrge gúþfugles hleóþor, Exon. Th. 406, 20; Rä. 25, 4: 391, 2; Rä. 9, 10. Mon onhyreþ dysegum neátum homo comparatus est jumentis insipientibus, Ps. Th. 48, 11.
hlýdan
To sound, ⬩ make a loud noise, ⬩ to clamour, ⬩ vociferate
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Hét hí mid handum sleán on ðæt hleór ðæt heó hlýdan ne sceolde he bade strike her with their hands on the face that she should not declaim, Homl. Swt. 8, 70
ge-wríþan
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[Twælf swine mid wiðen ywriðen al togadere, Laym. 25974.] with idea of compulsion. the subject a person, to bind with bonds Ic eom gebunden mid fýrenum racenteágum fram Crístes englum . . .; hé úrne ealdor myd fýrenum bendum gewráð, Hml.
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hider
to this world ⬩ to this life ⬩ in this world ⬩ to this point ⬩ hither and thither ⬩ to and fro
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L. 22, 51. with other adverbs. þider(es) hither and thither, in various directions Hider and þider ultro citro, Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 68.
Linked entry: hider-cyme
drífan
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Se æþeling bebeád þæt hié heora witan him beforan drifen swá swá niédlingas, Ors. 3, 8; S. 122, 7. to cause to flee before one's pursuit, to chase, hunt, pursue Hé nolde ðane sleán ðe hine dráf . . .
ende
a region ⬩ quarter ⬩ side ⬩ quarter ⬩ part ⬩ proportion ⬩ death ⬩ end ⬩ finished ⬩ issue ⬩ event ⬩ goal ⬩ ultimately ⬩ always ⬩ ultimately ⬩ continuously ⬩ consecutively ⬩ kind ⬩ sort
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Ðæs ðý wyrse wíte hié sculon habban on ende gravius quippe extrema ultione feriendi sunt, Past. 231, 14: Ps. Th. 58, 12.
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tiber
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A sacrifice, offering, victim Wit fýr and sweord habbaþ, hwǽr is ðæt tiber ðæt ðú torht Gode tó ðam brynegielde bringan þencest (cf. ic áxige hwǽr seó offrung sig; hér ys wudu and fýr ecce ignis et ligna; ubi est victima? Gen. 22, 7), Cd.
LÆS
Less ⬩ lest
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Swá mid læs worda swá mid má whether with fewer words or with more, Bt. 35, 5; Fox 166, 12.
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mǽrþu
greatness ⬩ honour ⬩ glory ⬩ fame ⬩ a great ⬩ honourable ⬩ glorious action ⬩ a wonderful thing ⬩ mighty work
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Hine God trymede mǽrþum and mihtum him God confirmed with glory and with might, Elen.
ceaster
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[For the use of burh, ceaster respectively cf. the translation of Orosius, in which burh is always used in speaking of Jerusalem, Sodom, Gomorrah and Babylon (and of other towns), with the passages from the poetry in which ceaster is used of the same.