gifan
To give ⬩ dare ⬩ impertire
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On Moyses hand wearþ wíg gifen into Moses' hand martial force was given, Cd. 173; Th., 216, 11; Dan. 5.
gnornan
To grieve ⬩ mourn ⬩ be sad ⬩ bewail ⬩ lament ⬩ mœrere
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Ic cúþlíce wát for hwon ðú gnornast scio certissime quare mæres, Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 42. Gnornaþ he grieves, Exon. 82 b; Th. 311, 14; Seef. 92: 51 a; Th. 178, 6; Gú. 1240.
be-tweonum
BETWEEN, betwixt, among, amid, in the midst ⬩ inter, in medio
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Ne sceólon unc betweonan teónan weaxan injury shall not wax between us two, Cd, 91; Th, 114, 10; Gen. 1902. Hluton hell-cræftum, hǽðengildum teledon betwinum they cast lots, counted, with hellish arts, amid heathen gods, Andr. Kmbl. 2207; An. 1105.
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fǽringa
unexpectedly ⬩ of a sudden ⬩ all at once ⬩ soon ⬩ at once ⬩ early ⬩ by chance ⬩ forte
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Fǽringa ymbe þá herehúðe hé hlemmeð tógædre grimme góman, Wal. 60: 44. Hé fǽringa feóll tó þǽre eorðan. . . and hé forðférde, Chr. 1042; P. 162, 14: Bl. H. 223, 11.
ge-limplíce
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A. 129, 439. rightly, properly, in accordance with the actual state of the case Gelimplíce hé ús lǽrde and monade hú wé ús gebiddan sceoldan, and hwæðere cwæþ : 'Eówer Fæder wát hwæs eów þearf biþ ǽr gé hine biddan' quite properly he taught us and admonished
geap
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Strúdende fýr steápes and geápes forswealh eall every roof was burnt Gen. 2556. Under geápne hróf, B. 836. Þás hofu dreórgað and þǽs teáfor geápu ( these vaulted and red-tiled roofs ?)
wǽpen-getæc
A wapentake,
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A wapentake, a term used in northern England where in the south hundred was used: 'Quod alii vocant hundredum, supradicti comitatus (counties northward from Northamptonshire) vocant wapentagium,' L. Ed. C. 30; Th. i. 455.
tyge
a pull ⬩ tug ⬩ a dragging ⬩ leading ⬩ conducting ⬩ a draught of drink ⬩ a drawing of an inference ⬩ a deduction
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a pull, tug Gange him tó mínre byrgene and áteó áne hringan up, and gif seó hringe him folgaþ æt ðam forman tige, ðonne wát hé ðæt ic ðé sende tó him. Gif seó hringe nele up þurh his ánes tige, ðonne ne sceall hé ðínre sage gelýfan. Homl.
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lád
excuse
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The lád varied with the character of the deed with the commission of which the accused was charged.
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eádig
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</b> of rank, or position, great, cf. ríce :-- Wæs gesamnad eádigra geþeahtendlic ymcyme: þǽr wæs Birhtwald Bretone heáhbisceop, and se ǽrnemda cyning; eác þan Hrófceastre bisceop andweard waes; and cwæð ǽlc hád ciricean þǽré mǽgðe ánmódlíce mid
fæger
fair ⬩ desirable ⬩ handsome ⬩ fair ⬩ plausible ⬩ fair ⬩ pleasant
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Ox. 1052. of moral beauty Wæs fæger eáðmódnes geméted on þǽre fǽmnan, Bl. H. 9, 21. Fægeran formosiore (virginitate), An. Ox. 4978. fig. as an epithet of sound, odour, &c.
lyft
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Add: I. air as one of the four elements Sié eorþe is drýge and ceald, and ꝥ wæter wǽt and ceald; sié lyft . . . is ǽgðer ge ceald ge wǽt, Bt. 33, 4; F. 128, 35. ꝥ lyft ys wǽt and wearm. . . fýr býð wearm and drigge. . . eorðe ys ceald and drigge . .
Beda
Venerable Bede
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acenned on sundor-lande ðæs ylcan Mynstres. - Mid ðý ic wæs seofon wintre, ðá wæs ic mid gýmenne mínra maga seald to fédanne and to lǽranne ðam árwurþan Abbude Benedicte, and Ceolfriþe æfter ðon and syððan ealle tíd mínes lífes on ðæs ylcan Mynstres
ge-hæftan
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Gehæftad wæs diwl in helle dampnatus est diabolus in infernum, Rtl. 197, 25
þeód-wita
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P. 5; Th. ii. 308, 12. a man of great wisdom or learning, a sage Wá eów ðe taliaþ eów sylfe tó ðeódwitan ve, qui sapientes estis carom oculis vestris, Wulfst. 46, 26. <b>II a.
ge-sceád
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Lch. iii. 138, 25. distinction between things Wæs heora ǽghwæþer Heáwold nemned. Wæs þis gesceád (distinctio) . . . óþer wæs cweden se bleaca Heáwold, óþer se hwíta, Bd. 5, 10; Sch. 599, 18.
a-mearcian
To mark out ⬩ delineate ⬩ describe ⬩ determine ⬩ annotare ⬩ denotare ⬩ designare ⬩ describere ⬩ definire
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To mark out, delineate, describe, determine; annotare, denotare, designare, describere, definire Hér amearcod is háligra hiw, þurh handmægen awriten on wealle here is described the form of the holy ones, through might of hand carved on the wall, Andr
CURS
CURSE ⬩ maledictio
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Git híg ǽnig man útabrede, hæbbe he Godes curs if any man take them away let him have God's curse, Wanl. Catal. 81, 5: Cod. Dipl. 310 ; A.
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for-wrégan
To accuse strongly ⬩ vehementer accūsāre
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He wæs oft to ðam cyninge forwreged he had often been accused to the king, 952; Erl. 118, 27: 1068; Erl. 206, 33. Se wearþ wið hine forwreged hic diffāmātus est ăpud illum, Lk. Bos. 16, 1
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los-wist
Hurt ⬩ loss ⬩ destruction ⬩ waste
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Hurt, loss, destruction, waste Tó huon losuist ðíós smirinisse áworden wæs quid perditio ista ungenti facta est, Mk. Skt. Lind. 14, 4. Loswist [losewest, Rush.] walana deceptio divitiarum, 4, 19.