ge-mearcian
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Gemearcode inpingit vel signat, 45, 59. to fix by marks, mart out a site, way (lit. or fig. ), fix the boundaries of, plan Þǽre ilcan niht þe mon on dæg hæfde þá burg mid stacum gemearcod, swá swá hié hié þá wyrcean woldon, wulfas átugan þá stacan úp
girnan
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Begann se cyngc gyman his sweostor him tó wífe, ac hé and his menn lange wiðcwǽdon, 1067; P. 201, 13. (1 a) giving person to whom the request is made :-- Nis þám sácerde þám men tó forwyrnanne scriftes þe him þæs tó gyrnð ( qui eam ab eo desiderat ),
féða
a band on foot ⬩ infantry ⬩ a host ⬩ troop ⬩ tribe ⬩ company ⬩ phălanx pĕdestris ⬩ pĕdites ⬩ lĕgio ⬩ ăcies ⬩ trĭbus ⬩ căterva ⬩ a battle ⬩ pugna
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Féða eal gesæt the band all sat, Beo. Th. 2853; 8. 1424. Iudisc féða the tribe of Judah, Cd. 158; Th. 197, 25; Exod. 312. Se féða com up to earde the company came up to their home, 223; Th. 293, 19; Sae. 457.
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ge-wrixl
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Mistlice wíta cumaþ tó ðám gódum swá hí tó þám yfelum sceoldon, and ðá gód þe sceoldon bión edleán gódum monnum cumaþ tó yflum monnum, for þǽm ic wolde witan æt þé hú þé lícode ꝥ gewrixle ( quaeque tam injustae confusionis ratio videatur, ex te scire
GRAMA
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Th. ii. 120, 35: 124, 9. Se upplíca grama the wrath of heaven, 538, 28. Æppla gaderian graman getácnaþ to gather apples betokens trouble, Lchdm. iii. 212, 21
wilnian
of animate objects ⬩ to desire, ask for ⬩ with gen. or uncertain ⬩ with accusative ⬩ with infinitive ⬩ with geniudial infinitive ⬩ with genitive and gerundial infinitive ⬩ with a clause ⬩ absolute or uncertain ⬩ to desire to go ⬩ to tend to an end
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Him wilnian lofes to desire praise for himself, Past. 62; Swt. 457, 26: Exon. Th. 119, 28; Gú. 261. Tó Rómánum friþes wilnian a Romanis pacem petere, Ors. 4, 6; Swt. 178, 7: Cd. Th. 229, 10; Dan. 215: Exon. Th. 48, 18; Cri. 773.
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feohte
A fight ⬩ combat ⬩ pugna
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A fight, combat; pugna Wearþ him seó feohte tó grim the fight was too severe for them, Exon. 84 a; Th. 317, 16; Mód. 66. Nó ic gefrægn heardran feohtan I have not heard of a harder fight, Beo.
folc-cyning
Folk's king ⬩ king of nations ⬩ king of the people ⬩ pŏpŭli rex
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Folk's king, king of nations, king of the people; pŏpŭli rex Nealles folc-cyning fyrdgesteallum gylpan þorfte the people's king needed not to boast of his comrades in arms, Beo. Th. 5738; B. 2873; 5460; B. 2733.
hungrig
Hungry ⬩ famished
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Hý him hungrige ymb hond flugon, Exon. 43 a; Th. 146, 13; Gú. 709. Ða hungrian, Ps. Th. 106, 8. Hungrium, 35: 131, 16. Hungregum tó frófre, Soul Kmbl. 224; Seel. 116
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mǽge
A kinswoman
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Saga ðæt ðú síe sweostor mín, líces mǽge, Cd. 89; Th. 110, 4; 6611. 1833: 127; Th. 162, 18; Gen. 2683. In Dauides dýrre mǽgan (the Virgin Mary), Exon. 9a; Th. 7, 5; Cri. 96
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reódan
to redden, stain with blood ⬩ to redden a person by causing blood to flow from a wound, to wound, kill
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Th. 204, 2;Exod. 412
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dihtian
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To dictate, what is to be done Seó lufu ꝥ gemet þǽre þreáunge dihtað ( dictat ), Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 67, 13. what is to be written In þám folclárum þe ic wrát and dihtode, Gr. D. 290, 11.
Hámtún-scir
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In tó Bedanfordscíre, and þanon tó Huntadúnscíre and swá in tó Hámtúnscíre, 1016; P. 149, 12. Hampshire: — Him (Alfred) tó cóm Sumorsǽte alle and Wilsǽtan and Hámtúnscír, Chr. 878 ; P. 76, 8. Be-súðan Temese . . .
ge-fetian
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Th. i. 562, 4. to go and get what one seeks, get, obtain, with concrete object Críst sitt on heofonum mid þám hálgum þe hé on ðisum lífe gefette, Hml. Th. i. 248, 24: ii. 368, 33.
feónd-sceaða
A fiend-enemy ⬩ dire enemy ⬩ robber ⬩ hostis nŏcīvus ⬩ latro
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Me to grunde teáh fáh feóndscaða a hostile foe drew me to the ground, Beo. Th. 1112; B. 554. Ic sceal forstolen hreddan, flýman feóndsceaðan I shall rescue the stolen, make the robber flee, Exon. 104 a; Th. 396, 5; Rä. 15, 19
sundor-hálga
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A Pharisee, (but in one passage it seems to mean) a scribeHoml. Th. ii. 428, 3: 420, 34: 422, 3. Twegen men . . . án wæs sunderhálga, and óðer wæs openlíce synful, Bóceras and sunderhálgan, Scint. 203, 3.
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brerd
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Se sǽ gefylde ꝥ scip oð þá yfmestan þeolu þæs bryrdes (brerdes, v. l.) mare usque ad superiores tabulas implevit navem, Gr. D. 249, 1, 12. Wið tó briorde usque ad summum. Mk. R. 13, 27. Tó briorde upp, Jn. R. L. 2, 7.
ofer-flówendness
Superfluity, exuberance
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P. iii. 14; Th. ii. 200, 30. Hé ne dranc mid oferflówendnysse, Homl. Th. i. 168, 12: ii. 218, 30. Wé nellaþ habban ús tó lífes bricum, ac tó oferflówednyssum, 540, 11
for-gifnes
FORGIVENESS ⬩ remission ⬩ indulgence ⬩ permission ⬩ remissio ⬩ vĕnia ⬩ indulgentia
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Ðæt he ða gýmeleáste to forgyfenesse [forgyfnysse MS. F.] lǽte that he grant forgiveness of the neglect, L. Edg. S. i; Th. i. 270, 17.
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ge-sib
Peaceable, near, related, familiar ⬩ pācĭfĭcus, cognātus, prŏpinquus, fămĭliāris ⬩ consanguineus
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Snotor mid gesibbum sécean wolde Cananea land the sagacious would seek the Canaanites' land with his kinsfolk, Cd. 83; Th. 104, 8; Gen. 1738: 79; Th. 97, 13; Gen. 1612. Gesibbra ærfeweard a nearer heir, Th. Chart. 483, 16.
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