ge-hild
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a watch, guard Gé habbað gehæld ( custodiam ); gǽþ and haldeþ swá gé cunnun, Mt. R. L. 27, 65. Gesett gehæld muðe mínum, Rtl. 182, 16. Ne mihte ic gangan tó eástdǽlum for Rómwarena cempena neáhhergunge and for [Persisc]ra gehældum, Hml. A. 200, 174.
geornlíce
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Add Geornlíce anxie, Wrt. Voc. ii. 8, 60: enixe, 29, 36: examusim, 30, 6: 107, 73: obnixe, 115, 20: 65, 30. Geornlícor enixius, 32, 60. Geor[n]lí[cor] sollertius, An. Ox. 56, 132. Geornlícost instantissime, Kent. Gl. 1159. with a will, with all one's
gearwe
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Take here <b>geare, geara, gearo</b> in Dict., and add: with verbs of knowing, well, certainly, clearly Geare (gere, v. l. ) witan. Past. 190, 11. Swíþe geare, Bt. 14, 2; F. 44, 8. Genóg geare, Bl. H. 175, 30. Wé þæs geléfað and geare witan
geat
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Take here <b>gæt</b> in Dict. and add : the gate of an enclosure, the opening in a fence or wall to allow passage, and provided with a movable barrier, the enclosure a field Gif ceorlas gærstún hæbben gemǽnne . . . gán þá þe ꝥ geat ágan,
ge-wil
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Add Hí fyligeað heora luste and ídelum gewille, Wlfst. 52, 15. Hí ongunnon godspel tó wrítenne bútan þæs Hǽlendes wissunge, and be heora gewille ( according to their own will ) sǽdon swá swá him geþúhte, Hml. S. 15, 114. Wé becumað genýdde tó ðǽre sprǽce
lof
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Add: praise, the expression of a favourable opinion. from the point of view of the giver, (a person's) praise, praise (expressed by that person) Gedyde se láreów ðæt hié ǽresð gehiérdon ðá heringe . . . ðætte ðæt lof hié getrymede, Past. 213, 21. Heó
ymb
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Add::, emban. with acc. temporal. at, alone. v. Dict. 2 a. with útean Ymb midde niht útan nocte media , Gr. D. 253, 17 : 257, 23 : 272, 14. after Ymb twá niht (æfter twám dagum, v. l.) post biduum , Gr. D. 158, 5. Ymbe .v. winter post .v. annos ,
rihtung
direction ⬩ guidance ⬩ correction ⬩ setting right ⬩ correction ⬩ reproof ⬩ a direction ⬩ rule ⬩ regularis
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direction guidance Bisceope gebyreþ ǽlc rihting ... Hé sceall gehádode men gewissian, ðæt heora ǽlc wite hwæt him gebyrige tó dónne, L. I. P. 7 ; Th. ii. 312, 9. Gyrd rihtingce virga directionis, Ps. Spl. 44, 8. Him God hálige ǽ sette tó heora lífes
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hǽðen
HEATHEN, pagan, gentile ⬩ a heathen ⬩ a heathen, gentile woman ⬩ ethnicus, gentilis, paganus, samaritanus ⬩ a heathen
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HEATHEN, pagan, gentile; and subst. a heathen Twá folc ðæt is Iudéisc and hǽðen two peoples, that is Jew and gentile, Homl. Th. i. 206, 32. Ðes wæs hǽðen hic erat samaritanus, Lk. Skt. Rush. 17, 16. Gif ungefullod cild fǽrlíce biþ gebroht tó ðam mæssepreóste
HEARM
HARM, hurt, injury, evil, grief, affliction, pain, injurious speech, calumny, insult ⬩ pain, grief ⬩ grief, sorrow, harm ⬩ calamitas, calumnia, contumelia, ærumna, iujuria ⬩ grief, sorrow
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HARM, hurt, injury, evil, grief, affliction, pain, injurious speech, calumny, insult Hýnþ vel lyre vel hearm dispendium vel damnum veldetrimentum, Ælfc. Gl. 81; Som. 73, 24; Wrt. Voc. 47, 29. Eác is hearm gode módsorg gemacod pain also and heart-sorrow
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swíge
- Scint. 82, 1
silence, absence of speech ⬩ silence, quiet, absence of noise; also a time of silence ⬩ silence from astonishment, amazement ⬩ stupor ⬩ delay ⬩ a curve, circuit ⬩ to bend, sway ⬩ taciturnitas, silentium
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silence, absence of speech Hú se láreów sceal bión gesceádwís on his swígean (swig*-*gean, Cott. MSS.) and nytwyrðe on his wordum . . . Sió ungemetgode suíge (swigge, Cott. MSS.) ðæs láreówes on gedwolan gebringþ ða ðe hé lǽran meahte, Past. 15; Swt.
lǽtan
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Add: trans. to leave, allow to remain, abstain from taking away. with noun object Hé on fæstre stówe lét sum his folc, Ors. 4, 9 ; S. 190, 1. Hié þone óþerne dǽl þǽr léton þæt lond tó healdonne, 1, 10 ; S. 46, 21. Hwilce hwíle hine wille Drihten hér
sécan
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To seek. to try to find, to look for, make search for Ic séce míne gebróðru fratres meos quaero, Gen. 37, 16. Hwæne sécst ðú? Jn. Skt. 20, 15. Se ðe sécþ, hé hyt fint, Mt. Kmbl. 7, 8. Hwæðer gé willen on wuda sécan gold ðæt reáde? . . . Hit witena nán
weorþian
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to set a value upon, of money value Be ðam ðe se man hit weorðige ðe hit áge according to the value the owner may set upon it, L. Ath. v. 6; Th. i. 232, 26. (I a) to fix interest on a loan (?), to lend at interest (?) :-- Wiorþigende foenerator, Ps.
ge-mynd
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Add: I. the faculty of memory Seó sáwul is memoria ꝥ is gernynd, þonne heó gemanð, Hml. S. I. 185. Gé hwæthwega godcundlices on eówerne sáule habbaþ, þæt is andgit and gemynd and se gesceádwísa willa, Bt. 14, 2; F. 44, 25. Ǽghwilc ungemyndig hine sceolde
fæsten
a fast, fasting ⬩ jējūnium ⬩ a fastness, fortress, bulwark, place of strength, a castle, wall ⬩ mūnīmentum, arx, castellum ⬩ an inclosed place, cloister ⬩ claustrum
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a fast, fasting; jējūnium Ðis feówertigfealde fæsten wæs asteald on ðære ealdan gecýðnysse this fortyfold fast was established in the old testament, Homl. Th. ii. 100, 1. Nis ðæs mannes fæsten náht, ðe hine sylfne on forhæfednysse dagum fordrencþ the
HELM
HELM ⬩ helmet ⬩ a crown ⬩ the top ⬩ overshadowing foliage of trees ⬩ a covering
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a HELM, helmet Leðer helm galea: íren helm cassis, Ælfc. Gl. 51; Som. 66, 13, 14; Wrt. Voc. 35, 3, 4. Helmes camb crista: helmes býge conus, 53; Som. 66, 76, 77; Wrt. Voc. 36, 2, 3. Se hwíta, hearda helm, Beo. Th. 2900, 4502; B. 1448, 2255. a crown,
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HELP
HELP ⬩ aid ⬩ succour
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HELP, aid, succour On ðǽm burgum wæs getácnad ðæt Crist is eáðmódegra help probans se esse conservatorem humilium, Ors. 3, 2; Swt. 100, 25. Ðǽr is help gearu æt mǽrum manna gehwylcum there is help ready at the hand of the mighty one for every man, Andr
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hryre
Fall ⬩ downfall ⬩ ruin ⬩ destruction ⬩ perdition ⬩ decay ⬩ decline ⬩ death
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Fall, downfall, ruin, destruction, perdition, decay, decline, death Hryre casus, Ælfc. Gr. 11; Som. 15, 10: ruina, Ps. Spl. 105, 28. His hryre wæs micel fuit ruina ejus magna, Mt. Kmbl. 7, 27. Hægles hryre fall of hail, Exon. 56 a; Th. 198, 26; Ph. 16
molde
mould ⬩ dust ⬩ sand ⬩ earth ⬩ ground ⬩ earth ⬩ land ⬩ earth
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f, mould, dust, sand, earth Molde sabulum, Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 24: sablo, ii. 119, 39: 89, 36. Of ðære moldan ( pulvere) ðæs flóres monige untrume men gehǽlede wǽron. Ond heó bæd ðæt hyre man sumne dǽl ðære hálwendan moldan (pulveris ) sealde, Bd. 3, 11