GEARD
An inclosure ⬩ inclosed place ⬩ YARD ⬩ GARDEN ⬩ court ⬩ dwelling ⬩ home ⬩ region ⬩ land ⬩ septum ⬩ lŏcus septus ⬩ hortus ⬩ ārea ⬩ habĭtācŭlum ⬩ domĭcĭlium ⬩ rĕgio
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Wit forléton on heofonríce gódlíce geardas we two have lost in the heavenly kingdom goodly courts, Cd. 35; Th. 46, 6; Gen. 740 : Beo. Th. 2272; B. 1134. On Fæder geardas in the dwellings of the Father, Salm.
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Fróm-múþa
The mouth of the river Frome in Dorsetshire, where the Frome discharges itself into Poole Bay ⬩ Fromi ostium in agro Dorsetensi, ŭbi se in sĭnum ilium ad quem Poole oppĭdumassĭdet, Fromus exŏnĕrat
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To Frómúþan, Th. 277, 13
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huntnaþ
Hunting
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I will that every man have the right to hunt in wood and in open country on his own property. And let every man leave my hunting alone where I wish to have it preserved, L. C. S. 81; Th. i. 420, 23-6.
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þider-inn
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Hié þyderin wǽron gesamnode they were got together into the place, Blickl. Homl. 207, 36. of other relations Eal seó sócna ðe ðǽrto héreþ and ðæt land þiderinn the land belonging to it, Chart. Th. 547, 2.
wirsian
To get worse
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To get worse Hit fareþ yfele ealles tó wíde. Swá swýðe hit wyrsaþ, ðæt ðæs hádes men, ðe hwýlum wǽron nyttoste, ða syndon nú unnyttaste, L. I. P. 14; Th. ii. 322, 18. And aa hit wyrsode mid mannan swíðor and swíðor, Chr. 1085; Erl. 219, 23.
wemman
to spot ⬩ mar ⬩ spoil ⬩ disfigure ⬩ to defile ⬩ pollute ⬩ profane
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Th. 370, 24; Seel. 64. to defile, pollute, profane Gyf rihtwísnys mín hí wemmaþ si justitias meas profanaverint Ps. Spl. 88, 31. Gif hé óðres ceorles wíf wemme (maculaverit) L. Ecg. C. 14; Th. ii. 142, 12
HEALM
HAULM, straw, stem or stalk of grass, stalk of a plant ⬩ a roof of straw ⬩ stipula ⬩ culmus, calamus, stipula, festuca ⬩ a reed
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Ciricsceat mon sceal ágifan tó ðam healme and tó ðam heorþe ðe se mon on biþ tó middum wintra ciricsceattum, debet reddere homo a culmine et mansione, ubi residens erit in Natali, L. In. 61; Th. i. 140, 13
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be-swícan
to decoy ⬩ ensnare ⬩ beguile ⬩ to betray ⬩ to defraud ⬩ supplant ⬩ to circumvent ⬩ to seduce ⬩ mislead
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Wǽron mid gítsunge beswicene ná þ án his find ac eác swilce his frínd, Ap. Th. 7, 12. to fail a person, leave in the lurch Se mennesca fultum him beswác, Guth. 76, 18.
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ge-regnian
To put, dispose, adorn
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Th. 1558; B. 777. Gerénod adorned, Byrht. Th. 136, 35; By. 161: Judth. 12; Thw. 26, 21; Jud. 339. Girínad ornatum, Lk. Skt. Rush. 21, 5
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á-wǽgan
to deceive ⬩ to make of no effect, ⬩ to fail to perform ⬩ to invalidate ⬩ nullify
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R. 2, 16. to make of no effect, to fail to perform Gif hé beswicen byð, ꝥ hé his behát áwǽgð, R. Ben. 102, 3: Hml. A. 34, 244. Forgyldan ealle þá þing þe wé ofor his bebod gedydon oþþe þæs áwǽgdon þe wé dón sceoldan, Bl. H. 91, 17.
sǽl
time, occasion ⬩ a fit time, season, opportunity, ⬩ circumstance, condition ⬩ happiness, good fortune, good time, prosperity
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Ðá wæs sǽl and mǽl, ðæt tó healle gang Healfdenes sunu it was the proper time for Hrothgar to go to the banquet-hall, Beo. Th. 2021; B. 1008. Óþ ðæt sǽl álamp (cf. Ðá seó tíd gelamp, ðæt . . .
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hréd-eádig
Glorious ⬩ noble ⬩ triumphant
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Hærfest biþ hréðeádegost hæleþum bringeþ géres wæstmas ða ðe him god sendeþ autumn is most glorious, it brings to man the fruits of the year which God sends them, Menol. Fox 475; Gn. C. 8
ge-sprecan
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(l b) to speak of :-- Monigo of his micelnise gespræc, Lk. p. 5, 12. where the object denotes the matter expressed in the words spoken Þ ué uuton ué gesprecas (-spreocas, R.), Jn.
a-blícgan
To shine ⬩ to be white ⬩ to astonish ⬩ con-sternare
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To shine, to be white, to astonish; con-sternare Ic eom ablícged consternor, Ælfc. Gr. 37; Som. 39, 42
ge-sceátaþ
fall to, shall fall to or be allotted to
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fall to, shall fall to or be allotted to, Ex. 29, 28, = ge-sceótaþ; pres. pl. of ge-sceótan
tealtian
To be unsteady, to shake, not to stand firm
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To be unsteady, to shake, not to stand firm Mid tealtendum grundwealle nutabundo (titubando)fundamento, Hpt. Gl. 497, 49
sméðan
To make smooth, to soothe
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To make smooth, to soothe Him is tó sellanne ðæt ðone innoþ stille and sméðe Lchdm. ii. 210, 20
Bosan-hám
BOSEHAM or BOSHAM in Sussex ⬩ in agro Sussexiensi
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Gewende ðá Swegen eorl to Bosenhám earl Swegen then went to Bosham, 1048; Erl. 180, 15
forþ-heald
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Add: bent forwards, inclined from the perpendicular; fig. prone to Andgit and geþóht menniscre heortan syndon forðhealde tó yfele ( in malum prona ), Gen. 8, 21. sloping, inclined to the horizontal Se weg is rúm and forðheald þe tó deáðe and tó hellewíte
LǼTAN
to LET ⬩ allow ⬩ permit ⬩ suffer ⬩ to let ⬩ let go ⬩ give up ⬩ dismiss ⬩ leave ⬩ forsake ⬩ let ⬩ to let ⬩ cause ⬩ make ⬩ get ⬩ have ⬩ cause to be ⬩ place ⬩ make as if ⬩ make out ⬩ profess ⬩ pretend ⬩ estimate ⬩ consider ⬩ suppose ⬩ think ⬩ to behave towards ⬩ treat ⬩ to let
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Se déma lét ða módor tó ðam suna on synderlícre clýsingce the judge allowed the mother to come to the son in a chamber apart, Homl. Skt. 4, 342.
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