ge-
with
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Earle, in Chr. p. 321, remarks 'A strong instance is ge-winnan [1090] = to win; which sense, now so intimately identified with this root, is not in the simple verb winnan, until compounded with ge-.
L
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So the West Saxon forms, healdan, sealt, healf, are found in the Northumbrian Gospels as halda, salt, half, and in Gothic, O. Sax., Icel., O. H. Ger. the vowel also is a.
telga
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. ¶ In the following passage Kemble and Leo take the word as meaning a strip of land (fallow), but as such a strip of land if fallow one year would not be so the next, its designation as the fallow strip would hardly serve the purpose of marking a boundary
ge-sib
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(The first three out of the last five glosses refer to Ald. 55, 35, so probably do the last two.) Þá cwæð se cásere ðæt hí wǽron gesibbe, and for ðí heó sprǽce þillice word him fore, Hml. Th. ii. 310, 9. Freóndum swǽsum and gesibbum, Gen. 1612.
ge-þingþu
honour ⬩ dignity ⬩ rank ⬩ honor ⬩ dignitas
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eádige cwén mid swá micclum wuldre and beorhtnysse óðre oferstíge, swá micclum swá hire geþincþe óðra hálgena unwiðmetenlíce sind God's elect shine in heavenly glory each according to his rank; now it is credible that the blessed queen excels others with so
gán
to go ⬩ walk ⬩ to move along, proceed ⬩ to take a specified course ⬩ to be guided ⬩ determined ⬩ to be habitually in a specified condition ⬩ to go ⬩ be pregnant ⬩ to pass, elapse ⬩ to happen, come to pass, take place ⬩ to pass, be current ⬩ to be accepted ⬩ to have a specified issue ⬩ turn out so and so ⬩ to move away, depart ⬩ to relinquish ⬩ to take one's way, proceed ⬩ go ⬩ move in a specified direction ⬩ go ⬩ and ⬩ to apply ⬩ betake oneself ⬩ to turn ⬩ betake oneself ⬩ go ⬩ to be carried, moved, impelled ⬩ to pass, be paid, be allotted ⬩ to be appropriated ⬩ to be one of the constituent elements ⬩ be amongst the conditions requisite ⬩ to amount, be equivalent ⬩ to attain, reach, extend ⬩ to come ⬩ to take precedence of. ⬩ to produce, came out with ⬩ to accompany, be with ⬩ to be uttered ⬩ to begin, start ⬩ to go to the closet, have an evacuation ⬩ to leave a permanent habitation ⬩ occupation ⬩ to proceed to the business of a court
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Th. i. 268, 27. of a ransom, to be accepted Hund-twelftig saltera sealma gǽð for xii mónþa festen, Lch. iii. 166, 22. of events, to have a specified issue, turn out so and so Hé him feala foresǽde swá him syððen an eóde, Shrn. 15, 10, 21 : 16, 24. where
fylgean
to follow ⬩ to pursue ⬩ to follow ⬩ proceed along ⬩ to follow ⬩ to follow ⬩ to follow ⬩ to follow ⬩ devote one's self to, diligently attend to. ⬩ to attend to ⬩ to accommodate one's self to the will of another, yield to a thing ⬩ obsequi ⬩ to try to gain ⬩ to follow, do what has already been done by another ⬩ to happen or come at a later time
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Soec sibbe and fylg ðá, Ps. Srt. 33, 15. the subject a thing. marking association, accompaniment Ne felhð non sequetur (eum sanitas ), Kent. Gl. 1055.
hycgan
take thought ⬩ be mindful ⬩ think ⬩ consider ⬩ meditate ⬩ to intend ⬩ purpose ⬩ determine ⬩ endeavour ⬩ strive ⬩ to hope
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Gr. 31; Som. 35, 51: nitor, 36; Som. 38, 53. Ic mid ealre mínre heortan hige hycge swíðe ðæt ic ðín bebod átredde ego in toto corde meo scrutabor mandata tua, Ps. Th. 118, 69.
sleán
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Icel. slá kaupi) :-- Hig slógon heora wedd ǽgðer tó óðrum, Gen. 21, 27. to strike, drive so as to cause impact Hé slóh fýr on feóndas he drove the fire on to the foes, Cd. Th. 237, 28; Dan. 344. <b>VIa.
diácon
A deacon, minister of the church, levite ⬩ diācōnus = διάκoνos a servant, waiting man = Lat. minister, levīta, levītes = λευίτηs
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Swylce diácon hine clǽnsie so let a deacon clear himself, L. Wih. 18; Th. i. 40, 16: L. Eth. ix. 20; Th. i. 344, 15: L. C. E. 5; Th. i. 362, 12, 17: Bd. 3, 20; S. 550, 21.
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EORL
an earl ⬩ cŏmes, sătelles princĭpis
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dates from the later Scandinavian invasions, and though originally only a title of honour, it became in later times one of office, nearly supplanting the older and more Saxon one of 'ealdorman:' — Swá we eác settaþ be eallum hádum, ge ceorle ge eorle so
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lǽfan
to leave ⬩ to remain
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Ðæt ða bán áne beón lǽfed so that the bones only are left, L. Med. ex Quad. 3, 11; Lchdm. i. 340, 26. to remain, be left remaining Gif hwæt lǽfde if anything remained, Homl. Th. ii. 40, 14. Hia lǽfdun superaverunt, Jn. Skt. Rush. 6, 12
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rýmet
space, extent ⬩ clear space, room ⬩ extension, clearance
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Similar entries (v. rýmetleást) extension, clearance Eádgár mid rýmette (by extending the limits of their property and so removing the claims which interfered with the monasteries standing within a ring fence) gedíhligean hét ða mynstra on Wintanceastre
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hám
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Th. i. 274, 21: 232, 21: Solil. H. 1. 5. Ðæt sceáp ðæt forloren wæs gé hám né bróhtan ( non reduxistis ), Past. 123, 10 : Solil. H. 1. 6. Hé ne mihte hám tó his gemæccan gehweorfan, Hml. A. 125, 269.
hýnan
To abuse ⬩ humiliate ⬩ rebuke ⬩ correct ⬩ despise ⬩ oppress ⬩ afflict ⬩ ill-treat
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Ic eom frymdi tó ðé ðæt hí helsceaþan hýnan ne móton I am suppliant to thee that fiends of hell may not evil entreat it [the soul ], Byrht. Th. 137, 3; By. 180
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LUFU
LOVE
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Gr. 19; Som. 22, 36. Gif ðonne ðæs monnes mód and his lufu biþ behleápen on ða lǽnan sibbe si ergo in ea [pace] cor quæ relicta est figitur, Past. 46, 5; Swt, 351, 14. Swá mycel lufu tó godcundre láre tantus amor persuadendi, Bd. 4, 27; S. 604, 20.
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un-gesǽlig
Unhappy ⬩ unfortunate ⬩ unhappy ⬩ suffering ⬩ misfortune ⬩ calamity ⬩ suffering want of moral good ⬩ causing unhappiness ⬩ unfortunate ⬩ calamitous ⬩ unprofitable ⬩ evil
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Hí synt earmran and dysigran and ungesǽligran ðonne ic hit árecan mæge, 32, 3; Fox 118, 28: Met. 19, 42. causing unhappiness Ungesélig infelix (a son that bringeth reproach, Prov. 19, 26), Kent.
ǽ-welm
A welling up of water ⬩ spring ⬩ fountain ⬩ source ⬩ head of a river ⬩ beginning ⬩ aquæ fons
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A welling up of water, spring, fountain, source, head of a river, beginning; aquæ fons Swá sum mical ǽwelm and dióp as some great and deep spring, Bt. 34, 1; Fox 134, 10.
hrepian
To touch ⬩ treat
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Swá hraðe swá his sceadu hí hreopode as soon as his shadow touched them, 316, 16: 492, 25. Hrepede, 176, 6. Gif ic his reáfes gefnædu hreppe ... heó hrepode his reáfes fnædu ...
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recene
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Recone ł sóna confestim, Mk. Skt. Rush. 5, 29 : cito, 9, 39 : statim, Lind. 14, 45. Recune (recone, Rush.) continuo, Jn. Skt. 4, 27. Yrn ricene forðan ðe se streám berþ áweg Placidum, Homl. Th. ii, 160, 7 : Cd. Th. 309, 12; Sat. 708.
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