gnornan
To grieve ⬩ mourn ⬩ be sad ⬩ bewail ⬩ lament ⬩ mœrere
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Homl. 113, 29: Cd. 39; Th. 52, 9; Gen. 841. Gnorniende cynn a mourning race, 216; Th. 273, 9; Sat. 134: Ps. Th. 101, 4. Geonge for ðé gnornendra care ðara ðe on feterum fæste wǽran intret in conspectu tuo gemitus compeditorum, 78, 11
be-tweonum
BETWEEN, betwixt, among, amid, in the midst ⬩ inter, in medio
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Ðá seó cwén ongan lǽran ðæt hie sybbe swá same sylfra betweonum freóndrǽdenne gelǽston then the queen began to teach that they should hold peace also amid their friendly band, Elen.
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bismer
Filthiness, pollution, abomination, disgrace, infamy, mockery, reproach, contumely, blasphemy, calumny ⬩ ludibrium, pollutio, abominatio, infamia, opprobrium, contumelia, blasphemia, calumnia ⬩ opprobrium
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He hálge láre brygdeþ on bysmer he turneth holy lore into mockery, Exon. 117 a; Th. 449, 14; Dóm. 71. Hí gefremedan óðer bysmer they made another reproach; irritaverunt eum, Ps. Th. 105, 25: 106, 10.
ge-grípan
To gripe ⬩ grasp ⬩ seize ⬩ capere ⬩ rapere ⬩ prehendere ⬩ apprehendere ⬩ comprehendere ⬩ arripere ⬩ corripere ⬩ eripere
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Hí wurdon gegripene fram móderlicum breóstum they were snatched from their mothers' breasts, Homl. Th. i. 84, 8
scrýdan
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Homl. 213, 18. to put on a garment Wlite ðú scrýddest decorem induisti, Ps. Spl. 103, 2. Linen reáf scrédan sume seócnysse ge' ácnaþ ( in a dream) to put on a linen garment betokens some sickness, Lchdm. iii. 206. 30. to rig a ship (?
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seonu-wealt
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Homl. 125, 21) cirican. Shrn. 80, 37. Hæfde ðæt deór seonowealt heáfod swelce móna, Nar. 20, 27. Heó is leáfun sine-wealton.
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teran
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Ne sceal hé teran ne bítan swá swá wulf, Homl. Th. ii. 532, 9. Tó teorenne lacerandum, Txts. 172, 2. Terende weleras mordens labia, Scint. 78, 14. Teorende hine discerpens eum, Mk. Skt. Rush. 9, 26.
for-cuman
to seize ⬩ get hold of ⬩ to overcome ⬩ conquer ⬩ to consume ⬩ destroy ⬩ to reject
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Add: to seize, get hold of Forcuóm, bigaet obtenuit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 115, 19. Forcuóm (-cómun, R.) hiá ondo and fyrhto inuaserat eas tremor et pauor, Mk. L. 16, 8.
ge-limplíce
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439. rightly, properly, in accordance with the actual state of the case Gelimplíce hé ús lǽrde and monade hú wé ús gebiddan sceoldan, and hwæðere cwæþ : 'Eówer Fæder wát hwæs eów þearf biþ ǽr gé hine biddan' quite properly he taught us and admonished how
GYRD
A staff ⬩ rod ⬩ twig ⬩ a yard ⬩ the fourth part of a hide ⬩ virga ⬩ virgata
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Kmbl. 10, 10: Homl. Th. ii. 8, 11: i. 62, 34. He gebletsode ða grénan gyrda he blessed the green twigs, 64, 1. Fiórþe half gird three yards and a half, Lchdm. iii. 362, col. 2.
ge-þeóde
Language ⬩ speech ⬩ idiom ⬩ translation ⬩ lingua
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Skt. 5, 41: 15, 22: Homl. Th. i. 194, 1: Past. pref; Swt. 5, 13; Hat. MS. Ða Finnas and ða Beormas sprǽcon neáh án geþeóde the Finns and the Permians spoke nearly one language, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 20, 15.
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hleahtor
Laughter
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Homl. 59, 18: 195, 15
beorg
a hill ⬩ mountain ⬩ collis ⬩ mons ⬩ a heap ⬩ BURROW or barrow ⬩ a heap of stones ⬩ place of burial ⬩ tumulus
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Th. 6186; B. 3097 : 5606; B. 2807 : Exon. 50 a; Th. 173, 26; Gú. 1166 : 119 b; Th. 459, 31; Hö. 8
sige-fæst
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Th. 460, 26 ; Hö. 23. Þurh cynincges wísdóm folc wyrð gesǽlig, gesundful and sigefæst, L. I. P. 2 ; Th. ii. 306, 5. Hé ofslóh mid ðam sigefæstan here eall ðæt mennisc, Jos. 10, 40. Hí sigefæste ofer sǽ férdon, Bd. 1, 12 ; S. 481, 15.
freoðu-webbe
A peace-weaver ⬩ woman ⬩ pācis textrix ⬩ conciliatrix ⬩ mŭlier
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Widsíþ mid Ealhhilde, fǽlre freoðuwebban, hám gesóhte Eormanríces Widsith with Ealhild, faithful peace-weaver, sought the home of Ermanric, Exon. 84 b; Th. 319, 2; Wíd. 6. v. Grm. And. u. El. 144
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hyrnan
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To project in the shape of a horn or wedge Andlang ðæs streámes on ðone mǽdham ðe hyrnþ into Scylftúne and fram Scylftúne andlang streámes ðæt it cymþ tó ðam mylewere ðe nymþ intó duceling dúne along the stream to the meadow-enclosure that projects wedge-shaped
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in-here
A native army ⬩ home-force
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A native army, the army of a country, home-force Se here férde swá hé sylf wolde and se fyrdinge dyde ðære landleóde ǽlcne hearm ðet him náðor ne dohte ne innhere ne úthere the Danes went as they liked, and the English levy did every kind of harm to
gríma
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[Icel. gríma a sort of hood or cowl. ] See Grmm. D. M. 218-9. a spectre; larva Mec mæg gríma abrégan a spectre can terrify me, Exon. 1l0 b; Th. 423, 7; Rä. 41, 17
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ge-rǽde
A housing, harness, trappings, equipage ⬩ phaleræ, apparatus
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A housing, harness, trappings, equipage; phaleræ, apparatus Ða here-geata medemra þegna syndon hors and his gerǽda the heriots of the medial thanes are a horse and his trappings, L. C. S. 72; Th. i. 414, 12, MS. G: Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 22, MS. B.
glæs
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Lǽt him blód þus; sete glæs on oððe horn, and teó ꝥ blód út, 232, 25: 206, 23