leás-bregd
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Add: leás-bregda Ne beó þú ná leásbréda oþþe swicol, ac beó sóðfæst and symle getrýwe, Hml. S. 12, 129
Linked entry: brægde
torn
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Hwí ne feormast þú mid teára gyte torne synne? cur tua non purgas lacrymis peccata profusis? Dóm. L. 79. Add
ge-ládian
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Add: to make lád (q. v.) Gif hé ládian wille, geládige be dǽde mǽðe, swá mid þrifealdre, swá mid ánfealdre láde, Ll. Th. i. 346, 14. Ǽlc þe gewita oþþe gewyrhta sí þǽr útlendisc man inlendiscan derie, geládie þǽre midwiste be þes orfes weorðe, 354, 29
BEADO
Battle ⬩ war ⬩ slaughter ⬩ cruelty ⬩ pugna ⬩ strages
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Battle, war, slaughter, cruelty; pugna, strages Gúþ-Geáta leód, beadwe heard the War-Goths' prince, brave in battle, Beo. Th. 3082; B. 1539. Wit ðære beadwo begen ne onþungan we both prospered not in the war, Exon. 129b; Th. 497, 2; Rä. 85, 23. Beorn
Linked entry: beadu
naca
A boat ⬩ bark ⬩ ship ⬩ vessel
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A boat, bark, ship, vessel Ne hié scip fereþ, naca, Exon. Th. 439, 17; Rä. 59, 5. Sǽgeáp naca, Beo. Th. 3797; B. 1896. Heáhstefn naca, Andr. Kmbl. 532; An. 266. Of nacan stefne, 582; An. 291 : Exon. Th. 306, 14; Seef. 7. On bearm nacan, Beo. Th. 433;
Linked entry: ge-nec
ge-werian
To put on ⬩ cover ⬩ clothe ⬩ induĕre ⬩ vestīre
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To put on, cover, clothe; induĕre, vestīre Giwoeria to cover, conceal, Rtl. 103, 3. Ðe he mid gewered wæs quĭbus indūtum ĕrat, Bd. 4, 30; S. 608, note 39, 41. Gewered mid wæstme covered with fruit. Cd. 23; Th. 30, 5; Gen. 462. In hwítum hræglum gewerede
ge-leánian
To reward ⬩ repay ⬩ recompense ⬩ reddĕre ⬩ trĭbuĕre ⬩ rependĕre
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To reward, repay, recompense; reddĕre, trĭbuĕre, rependĕre Ne mágon we geleánian him mid láþes wihte we may not reward him with aught of hostility, Cd. 21; Th. 25, 15; Gen. 394. Him ðæt geleánaþ lífes Waldend the Lord of life will repay him that, Exon
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tún-scipe
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The inhabitants of a tún Cýþe hé hit ðonne hé hám cyme; and gif hit cuce orf biþ mid his túnscipes gewitnysse on gemǽnre lǽse gebringe. Gif hé swá ne déð ǽr fíf nihtum, cýþan hit ðæs túnes men ðam hundredes ealdre, L. Edg. S. 8; Th. i. 274, 26. Hé hét
frum-sceapen
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Add: first-formed Se frumsceapena man, Adam, næs gestrýned ne ácenned, ac God hine gesceóp. Seó óðer gesceapennys wæs swá þæt God gesceóp Euan of hire weres sídan, Hml. Th. ii. 8, 22. Frumsceapena protoplastus, i. primitus plasmatus i. Adam, An. Ox.
god-sibb
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Add: One who has become spiritually related to another (a baptized child or its parents) by acting as sponsor at baptism Hine (Malcolm ) slóh Moræl; sé wæs Melcolmes cynges godsib, Chr. 1093; P. 228, 9. Nán man on his godsibbe ne wífige (cf. Si quis
réðe-mód
savage mind ⬩ severe mind, wroth
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in a bad sense, of fierce or savage mind Cwǽdon ðæt heó (the rebellious angels) ríce réðemóde ágan wolde, Cd. Th. 4, 2; Gen. 47. Ábrecan ne meahton réðemóde (the people of Sodom who were trying to break into Lot's house) reced æfter gistum, 150, 15;
scríðan
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to go, take one's way to a place Drihten gecwyð : 'Ástígaþ nú áwyrgde in ðæt wítehús. ' Sóna æfter ðǽm wordum werige gástas hwyrftum scríðaþ in ðæt sceaðena scræf, Cd. Th. 304, 17; Sat. 631. Men ne cunnon hwyder helrúnan hwyrftum scríðaþ. Beo. Th. 329
BÚGAN
To BOW or bow down oneself, bend, swerve, give way, submit, yield, turn, turn away, flee ⬩ se flectere vel inclinare, curvare, declinare, desistere, cedere, vertere, divertere, fugere
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To BOW or bow down oneself, bend, swerve, give way, submit, yield, turn, turn away, flee; se flectere vel inclinare, curvare, declinare, desistere, cedere, vertere, divertere, fugere Hí noldon búgan to nánum deófolgilde they would not bow down to any
freónd-rǽden
A friend-condition ⬩ friendship ⬩ amīcĭtia
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A friend-condition, friendship; amīcĭtia Ðæt heó mínre ne gýme freóndrǽdenne that she cares not for my friendship, Exon. 66 b; Th. 246, 33; Jul. 71. Hig mihton náne freóndrǽdene wið hine habban they would have no friendship with him, Gen. 37, 4. Hie
scerwen
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to deprive) Denum eallum wearð cénra gehwylcum eorlum ealuscerwen there was a fine feast for all the Danes (?) (the reference is to the disturbance caused by the fight between Beowulf and Grendel), Beo. Th. 1542; B. 769. Myclade mereflód meoduscerwen
Linked entries: ealu-scerwen -en medu-scerwen
sceát
a corner, an angle ⬩ corner, quarter ⬩ a projection, promontory ⬩ a nook, corner, region ⬩ a lap, bosom ⬩ the bosom ⬩ a bay ⬩ sinus ⬩ a garment ⬩ a cloth, napkin ⬩ cloak,fold
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a corner, an angle ; applied to the earth or heaven, corner, quarter (cf. the Edda: Þeir görðu þar af himinn ok settu hann yfir jörðina með fjórum skautum. Hence himin-skaut the four quarters of the heavens; heims-skaut the poles) Ðá wæs heora lár sáwen
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hefig-tíme
Grievous ⬩ wearisome ⬩ tedious ⬩ troublesome
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Grievous, wearisome, tedious, troublesome Hefigtýme leahter is ungefóh fyrwitnys immoderate curiosity is a troublesome vice, Homli. Th. ii. 374, 2. Gif hit is hefigtýme on ðyssere worulde hit becymþ tó micelre méde on ðære tóweardan if it is productive
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for-brecan
to crush ⬩ oppress ⬩ to break ⬩ destroy ⬩ to break
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Add: with a material object Ðeós wyrt (saxifrage) þá stánas on blǽdran forbrycð, Lch. i. 212, 15: Ps. Th. 28, 5. Hé ðá feoturo forbræc ł tóscænde (tóbræc, W. S. ) compedes comminuisset, Mk. R. L. 5, 4. Ic wille ꝥ palmtwig gegrípan, . . . and forseáredum
ge-ádlian
To be sick ⬩ to languish ⬩ become impotent ⬩ languescĕre
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To be sick, to languish, become impotent; languescĕre On ðám porticon læg mycel menigeo geádledra in his portĭcis jăcēbat multĭtūdo magna languentium, Jn. Bos. 5, 3. Ðæt úre mód þurh wærscipe wacole beón, ðæt hí þurh orsorhnysse ne asleacion, ne þurh
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ídel-georn
lazy ⬩ inert
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Fond of idleness, lazy, inert Ne beó ðú tó slǽpor ne tó ídelgeorn forðan ðe slép and ðæt ýdel fét unþeáwas and unhǽlo ðæs líchoman be not too fond of sleep or idleness, for sleep and idleness nourish bad habits and bad health in the body, Prov. Kmbl.