bridel
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Þæt wíf sceolde him tógeánes gán and his brídel onfón, ii. 142, 18. Lupatis brídlum frænis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 61. Ísenum brídlum ferratis saliuaribus, An. Ox. 2188. substitute for first instance and add:
ge-swinc
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the produce of labour Ic háte ꝥ gé gangen, tó mínum cyricum, and þǽr gé eówer geswinc sellað (cf. ꝥ gé ágeofan ðá teóðunge tó Godes cyrican, 16), Wlfst. 229, 7
weorn
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Hét ðá of ðam líge lifgende bearn Nabocodonossor neár æt gangan; ne forhogodon ðæt ða hálgan, siþþan hí woruldcyninges weorn gehýrdon, Exon. Th. 197, 5 ; Az. 185. Cf. warenian, warenung
-an
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The termination of most Anglo-Saxon verbs is in -an; but -án is found, which seems to be contracted from aa, agan, ahan, as, — gán to go, from gaan: smeán to consider, from smeagan: sleán to slay, from sleahan, etc.
heáfod-leás
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Ꝥ wæs syllic wundor ꝥ se martyr heáfodleás mihte gán God herigende, Hml. S. 29, 307. Þonne hí heáfodleásne heora ealdorman findað, Hml. A. 113, 353 : 364. Ðá heáfodleásan man héngc on ðá portweallas, Hml. S. 23, 74. Add
set
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Cf. set-gang, setl. of men, a place where people remain, of an army, a camp, entrenchment, cf. to sit down before a place Ne com se here oftor eall úte of ðǽm setum ðonne tuwwa, óðre síþe ðá hié ǽrest tó londe cómon . . . óðre síþe ðá hié of ðǽm setum
ciric-sceat
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., and add Gange ǽgðer ge cyricsceat ge teóðunge intó þám hálgan mynstre, Cht. E. 236, 2. Freoh ǽlces weoruldcundes þeówetes búton þreóm þingum, án is circsceat, C. D. ii. 400, 29.
biren
A she-bear
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Bebeád seó fǽmne þǽre byrene ... and seó byren hine lét gangan, Shrn. 47, 1-7. In loco que vocitatur birene-feld, C. D. ii. 76, 7. Byrene urse, Kent. Gl. 606
híred-mann
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Se cyningc ábræc intó þám búre þǽr heó inne læg, and hét his hýredmen ealle áweg gán, Ap. Th. 2, 1
neáh-hergung
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harrying in one's neighbourhood Ne mihte ic gangan tó eástdǽlum for Rómwarena cempena neéhhergunge I could not go East because the Roman soldiers were harrying in the neighbourhood, Hml. A. 200, 174
máþum
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Hé hí hét gán intó his mádmum iussit eam introire ubi repositi erant thesauri eius, Hml. A. 110, 266. Add
wer-fǽhþ
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Gif hé (a man's foe) wille on hond gán and his wǽpenu sellan, and hwá ofer ðæt on him feohte, gielde swá wer swá wunde, swá hé gewyrce, Th. i. 90, 19] Be werfǽhðe tyhtlan. Se ðe bið werfǽhðe betogen, and hé onsacan wille ðæs sleges mid áðe, L.
gorettan
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Ne gán hí goretyndum eágum non vagis oculis incedant, Nap. 34. Gorettende passiuos (oculorum obtutus ), An. Ox. 5, 3. Wídlese ( = -lǽste ?) goretende passiuis, Archiv lxxix. 89. trans.
Linked entry: gorian
hlóþ
spoil, ⬩ booty ⬩ a band, ⬩ troop, ⬩ company, ⬩ gang, ⬩ crew, ⬩ body of robbers ⬩ the crime of taking part in the action of a hlóþ
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Ðý geáre gegadrode on hlóþ wícenga in that year a gang of vikings collected, Chr. 879; Erl. 80. 28. Com ðá hǽðenra hlóþ háliges neósan then came a band of heathens visiting the saint, Andr. Kmbl. 2777; An. 1391: 3085; An. 1545.
Linked entries: hlóþ-bót hlóþ-sliht
grǽg
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Grége gós gans, 42, 15. Tó ðám grǽgan stáne, C. D. iii. 446, 8. Tó grǽwan stáne, ii. 29, 3. On grégan stán, v. 233, 2. Oþ þá grǽgan hárnesse usque cigneam canitiem, An. Ox. 1876. Nis ná Godes wunung on ðám grǽgum stánum, Hml.
witon
let us
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Uutun ué geonga (uton gan, W. S., wutun gonga, Rush.) eamus, Jn. Skt. Lind. 14, 31
ge-creópan
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To creep, crawl. of a human being Hé ne meahte gangan, ac hé gecreáp in þá ciricean he could not walk, but he crawled into the church, Shrn. 126, 25. of a reptile Gecreáp þǽr inn tó þám hálgan men sum unhýre nǽddre, Gr. D. 211, 13
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forhtig
Timid ⬩ abashed
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Timid, abashed Licgan hý ætforan þǽre cyrican dyre and forhtige ástrehte tó ðára gebróðra fótum þe út of cyrican gangen ante fores oratorii prostratus jaceat . . . posito in terra capite prosternatur pronus omnium de oratorio exeuntium pedibus, R.
healtian
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Gangas rihte dóð mid fótum eówrum þæt ná healtigende (claudicans) worige (Heb. 12, 13), Scint. 186, 3. Add
hát-heorte
Anger, fury, rage
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Anger, fury, rage Ic ðé bletsige forðon ðú mé ne forléte út gangan mid mínre hátheortan of ðisse ceastre I bless thee that thou didst not let me go out of this city in my anger, Blickl. Homl. 249, 15
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