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FREMEDE

(adj.)
Grammar
FREMEDE, fremde, fremþe, fræmde; adj.

Strangeforeignestranged fromdevoid ofaliēnusperegrīnusaliēnātusaversusremōtusexpers

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Me biþ se éðel fremde the land is strange to me, Exon. 105 a; Th. 398, 6; Rä. 17, 3: Cd. 5; Th. 7, 13; Gen. 105: Beo. Th. 3387; B. 1691: Ps. Th. 136, 4. Ðe ðara gefeána sceal fremde weorþan who shall be devoid of those joys, Andr.

ge-teohhian

(v.)
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Gif hé ðǽm gehiérsuman mannum næfde geteohchad (-tiohhad, v. l.) his éðel tó sellanne nisi correctis haereditatem dare disponeret, Past. 251, 23. Gif hí God næfde on écnesse getiochod tó gehǽlanne nisi salvandos in perpetuum cerneret, 391, 32.

Ecg-bryht

(n.)
Grammar
Ecg-bryht, -briht, -berht, -byrht, es; m. [ecg edge, sword; bryht bright, excellent] Egbert; Ecgbryhtus; king of Wessex for thirty-seven years and seven months, from A.D. 800-837. Egbert chose Swithun [v. Swíþhún] for the preceptor to his son Æðelwulf, the heir to the throne of Wessex
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Hér, A.D. 800, Ecgbryht féng to Wesseaxna ríce here, A.D. 800, Egbert succeeded to the kingdom of the West-Saxons, Chr. 800; Erl. 60, 4. Hér, A.D. 837 [MS. 836], Ecgbryht cyning forþférde, se rícsode xxxvii wintra and vii mónþas here, A.D. 837, king Egbert

ge-bícnan

Grammar
ge-bícnan, ge-bícnian.
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Gebécnade (-ede, R.) ðǽm Petrus innuit huic Petrus, Jn. L. 13, 24. Gebécnadon fæder his huoelcne wælde geceiga hine innuebant patri ejus quem uellet uocari eum, Lk. 1, 62.

ge-þwǽrian

(v.)
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His lífes clǽnnys geþwǽrode (-ede, -hwǽþrede, v. ll.) mid þám bígenge his bodunge concordabat vitae munditia cum studio praedicationis, Gr. D. 33, 22. Þæt úre mód geþwǽrige mid þæs múðes clypunge ut mens nostra concordet voci nostre, R. Ben. 45, 11

HÚS

(n.)
Grammar
HÚS, es; n.

A HOUSEa family

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Nis nán wítega búton wurþscipe búton on his éðele and on his mægþe and on his húse non est propheta sine honore nisi in patria sua et in cognatione sua et in domo sua, Mk. Skt. 6, 4

strengðu

(n.)
Grammar
strengðu, (o); indecl. : strengð, e; f.
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Se weard (the angel at the gate of Eden) hafaþ miht and strengðo, Cd. Th. 58, 22; Gen. 950. Ic ðíne strengþu (virtutem) singe, Ps. Th. 58, 16. Strengðe fortitudinem, Ps. Spl. 58, 18.

be-werian

(v.)

prohibitforbidto protectdefend

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Eádweard éðel bewerode. Chr. 1065 ; P. 194, 12 : Hml. S. 25, 744. þá hí hié bewerian ne mehton, Ors. 4, 13; S. 212, þá heorda bewerian, gif hwilc þeódscaða scaðian onginneð, Wlfst. 191, 8.

GÁST

(n.)
Grammar
GÁST, gǽst, es; m.

the breathhālĭtusspīrāmenthe spiritsoulGHOSTspīrĭtusanĭmusănĭma

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Gástas hwurfon, sóhton engla éðel souls departed, sought the home of angels, Andr. Kmbl. 1280; An. 640 : Exon. 100 a; Th. 375, 6; Seel. 134. Gásta weardas the guardians of spirits, Cd. 2; Th. 3, 25; Gen. 41.

Linked entries: góst gaast gǽst gǽst

ge-earnian

(v.)
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Tó ðǽm ðe þone écean éðel mid móde and mid mægene tó Gode geearniað. Bl. H. 209, 25. with gen. : — Gif ic tó þisum þe mé swencað þæs geearnod hæbbe, Ps. Th. 7, 3. absolute Him swá leánian swá hé hire tó geearnud hæfde, Cht. Th. 202, 22.

hús

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Drihten, þú eart . . . min hús, and nun éðel domus mea, patria mea, Solil. H. ii. 7: Cri. 1482: Gú. 774: El. 1237. Sé ðe gisceóp mec (the Virgin Mary) eftgireste in úse mínum ( in tabernaculo meo, Rtl. 65, 17.

or-dál

(n.)
Grammar
or-dál, -dél; generally neuter, but an apparently fem. acc. pl. ordéla occurs,
  • L. Edg. C. 24
  • ;
  • Th. ii. 248, 28
  • .
(Cf.
O. H. Ger. which has fem. and neut. forms
.
)

judicial decision, judgmenta decision which follows an appeal to the Deity

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In the sense of judicial decision, judgment the word is used by O. Frs. O. Sax. O. H. Ger. (v. Richthofen, the Heliand and Graff), but in A. Sax. it is found only in the special sense, which belongs also to the O. Frs., of a decision which follows an

ge-myntan

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Tó ðám éðele becuman ðe him se heofenlica Fæder gemynte, ii. 218, 19. Heom þá wítu gemynte wǽron, Hml. S. 23, 112. with prep, tó Þ hé gemente tó Abrahame quod disposuit ad Abraham, Ps.

tó-stencan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-stencan, p -stencte; pp. -stenced, -stenct.

to scatter the parts of a wholedisperse a number of objects gathered togetherto destroy the integrity of a wholedissipatebring to noughtoverthrow

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Tóstencud biþ ðæt éde, Mk. Skt. Rush. 14, 27. Tóstenced, Exon. Th. 16, 21; Cri. 256. Tóstencte dispersae, Wrt. Voc. ii. 140, 71.

wræc

(n.)
Grammar
wræc, es; n.

wrackmiserysufferingsuffering that comes as punishment,retributive punishmentvengeancewhere the punishment or misery is exile or banishment

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Ðú scealt óðerne éðel sécean, and on wræc hweorfan, 57, 15; Gen. 928: 62, 15; Gen. 1014. Ðæt hé on wræc drife his selfes sunu (Ishmael), 168, 32 ; Gen. 2791.

frymþ

(n.)
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Tó ðám éðele becuman ðe him on frymðe se heofonlica Fæder gemynte, ii. 218, 18.

sin-gal

(adj.)
Grammar
sin-gal, adj.
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On ðam heofenlícum éðele is singal leóht, Lchdm. iii. 240, 12 : Homl. Th. i. 238, 5 : Rood Kmbl. 280 ; Kr. 141.

Linked entry: -gal

EARD

(n.)
Grammar
EARD, es; m.

land, country, province, region, place of residence, dwelling, home sŏlum nātīvum, patria, rĕgio, dŏmĭcĭlium on land terra, terra firmastate, station, conditionsĭtus, condĭtio

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Ðis is mín ágen cýþ, eard and éðel this is my own country, dwelling, and home, Bt. Met. Fox 24, 99; Met. 24, 50.

swegel

(n.)
Grammar
swegel, swegl, es; n.
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Gástas sóhton swegles dreámas, engla éðel, Andr. Kmbl. 1282; An. 641. Ic mæg swegles (or under ?) gamen gehýran on heofonum, Cd. Th. 42, 18; Gen. 675. Swegles leóman. Cd. Th. 286, 13; Sae. 351. Swegles leóht, 266, 27; Sae. 28.

cyst

(n.)
Grammar
cyst, cist, e; f. [ceósan to choose] .

choice, election optio, electio æstimatio excellence, virtue, munificence, goodness præstantia, virtus, largitas, bonitas

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Eardríca cyst what is chosen of habitations [the garden of Eden ], 45 a; Th. 153, 14; Gú. 825.

Linked entry: wyn