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hǽþen-gild

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Hí léton him betweónum tán wísian . . . hluton hellcræftum hǽðengildum ( with idolatrous rites ) teledon betwínum, An. 1104. an idol. Cf. deófol-gild; Þá þe hǽðengildum þeówiað idolis servientes, Hml. S. 17, 39.

stillness

(n.)
Grammar
stillness, e ; f.
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Ðá hæfde Hannibal and Rómáne án geár stilnesse ( quies a tumultu bellorum ) him betweónum . . . On ðære stilnesse Scipia geeode ealle Ispanie, Ors. 4, 10 ; Swt. 198, 34. Ðú eart nú of ðinre stilnesse áhworfen, Bt. 7, 1 ; Fox 16, 24.

ge-swerian

(v.)
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Hié him betweónum áþas geswóran ꝥ. . . 2, 4; S. 70, 15. to confirm by oath, swear to an agreement Ðáas forewarde geswóran .xii. þá betste of þes cynges healfe and .xii. of þes eorles, Chr. 1091; P. 226, 17. þǽ ǽr seó forewearde ǽr wæs gewroht and eác

un-geþwǽrness

(n.)
Grammar
un-geþwǽrness, e; f.

discorddissensiondisagreementdivisionquarreltroubledisquiet

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Hié ǽgþer hæfdon ungeþwǽrnesse ge betweónum him selfum ge tó eallum folcum they were at variance both among themselves and with all nations, Ors. 6, 3; Swt. 258, 1. 'Þeód áríst ongeán þeóde:' Mid ðisum wordum hé foresǽde manna ungeðwǽrnyssa, Homl.

Linked entry: ge-þwǽrnes

ge-feohtan

(v.)
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Antigones and Perðica ... woldon him betweónum gefeohtan bellum inter Antigonum et Perdiccam oritur, Ors. 3, 11; S. 144, 34.

þeów-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
þeów-dóm, es; m.
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Nales ðæt án ðæt men hié mehten áliésan mid feó of þeówdóme, ac eác þeóda him betweónum búton þeówdóme gesibbsume wǽron, Ors. 1, l0; Swt. 48, 34. Ealle ða men ðe hié on ðeówdóme hæfdon, hié gefreódon, 4, 9; Swt. 190, 31: L. Alf. prm.; Th. i. 44, 5.

hwider

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Hié sendon hlot him betweónum hwider hyra gehwylc faran sceolde, Bl. H. 229, 5. Ic wát hwyder (huidder, L. hwider, R.) ic gá, Jn. 8, 14: 14, 5 : Gn. C. 58 : B. 163.

of

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Of þǽm feóndscipe þe ús ǽr betweónum wæs, ꝥ hé seoþþan wæs mé freónd, 19, 19. Sé bið áðwægen of unclǽnnesse, Past. 421, 21. Hé Godes lage and láre forlǽt, and ðurh deófles láre of dám déð ðe his crístendóme tó gebyreð, Wlfst. 78, 15.

ge-leornian

(v.)
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Þá geleornedon his byrelas him betweónum hú bié him mehten ꝥ líf oþþringan, and him gesealdon átor drincan: þá forlét hé his líf Alexander, cum ministri insidiis venenum potasset, interiit, Ors. 3, 9; S. 136, 14.

tán

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
tán, es; m.

a twig, sprout, shoot, brancha stakea twig used in casting lotsa lot; also a share that is determined by lot

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Ðá wæs eall geador tó ðam þingstede þeód gesamnod; léton him ðá betweónum tán wísian hwylcne hira ǽrest óðrum sceolde tó foddorþege feores ongildan, hluton hellcræftum ... Ðá se tán gehwearf ofer ǽnne ealdgesíða, Andr.

ge-weorþan

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. ¶ hí geweorþan him betweónum to be settled by persons among themselves :-- Gewearð þá senates him betweónum þæt mon ealle Cartaina tówurpe cum senatus delendam Carthaginem censuisset, Ors. 4, 13; 8. 210, 15.

ge-lǽstan

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Þá gewearð hí him betweónum ꝥ . . . Hí ꝥ swá gelǽston, Ors. 6, 30; S. 280, 22. Þæt ic monnum þás wǽre gelǽste, Gen. 1542. Ðás gewrioto and ðás word haldan and geléstan, C. D. ii. 121, 31. Witan hwæt úre gecwydrǽddene gelǽst sý, Ll.

weall

(n.)
Grammar
weall, es; m.

a wall that is made, wall of a building, of a town, side of a cave a natural wall a steep hill a cliff.

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Ðú hí betweónum wætera weallas lǽddest, Ps. Th. 105, 9. Ealle his weallas omnes macerias ejus, 88, 33. Uallas menia, Rtl. 124, 3. a natural wall, a steep hill, a cliff. Similar entries v. weall-clif (cf. O. Sax.

rǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
rǽdan, <b>II a.</b>
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Add Þá rédon (rǽddan, v. l.) hí him betweónum and cwǽdon consultatione habita, Ors. 1, 14; S. 56, 20. Hí heom betweónan rǽddon and þus geþwǽrlíce cwǽdon, Hml. S. 23, 201. <b>II b.

ge-sprecan

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Th. ii. 224, 33. to agree, settle Þá gesprǽcon hié him betweónum þæt hié wolden anwendan ealle þá gesetnessa, Ors. 6, 10 ; S. 264, 19. Hí tó fullan friðe gesprǽcon ꝥ hig ealle mid him súð faran woldon, Chr. 1066; P. 197, 31.

ge-win

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Þá folc him betweónum ful x winter þá gewin wraciende (wrecende, v. l. ) wǽron, 1, 11; S. 50, 21. war, cf. (2 d) Gódne hlísan ǽgþer ge on sibbe ge on gewinne, Bt. 24, 2; F. 82, 11.

freónd

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. ¶ in contrast with feónd :-- Of þǽm feóndscipe þe ús ǽr betweónum wæs, ꝥ hé seoððan wæs mé freónd factus amicus ex hoste, Nar. 19, 21. Feónd on freóndes anlícnesse. Bt. 29, 2; F. 106, 15. Freónde ne feónde, Met. 25, 16.

híréd

Grammar
híréd, l. híred,

a familya familyhousethe familycourt

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Wiste hé sumne híred on his bisceopscíre þe þá ungeþwǽre him betweónum wǽron (cf. wǽron on ðám tíman ungeþwǽre preóstas on ánum his mynstra, Hml. Th. ii. 516, 4), Bl. H. 225, 5.

sendan

(v.)
Grammar
sendan, p. sende ; pp. sended, send
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Hié sendon hlot him betweónum, Blickl. Homl. 229, 5. Send ðé nyþer of ðisse heánesse, 27, 12. Ðá hét ic feá strǽla sendan in ða burh innan. Nar. 10, 22. Hé geseh ða welegan hyra lác sendan on ðone sceoppan, Lk. Skt. 21, 1.

sib

(n.)
Grammar
sib, sibb, e; f.
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Ðá wiste hé sumne híred ðe ungeþwǽre him betwéónum wǽron . . . hé wolde ðæt hié ealle on sibbe wǽron, Blickl. Homl. 225, 9. God sylfa bebeád ðæt wé sóðe sibbe heóldan and geþwǽrnesse ús betweónon habban, 109, 15 : Ps. Th. 33, 14.