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secgan

(v.)
Grammar
secgan, secgean, secggan, secggean, sæcgan ; p. sægde, sǽde; pp. sægd, sǽd. [Forms as from an infin. sagian—sagast, sagaþ ; p. sagode; imp. saga, are given here.]
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Gif ǽnig mann óðerne wrége and him hwilcne gilt on secge si steterit testis mendax contra hominem, accusans eum praevarica-tionis, Deut. 19, 16. Gif ðé mon sóð on secge. Prov. Kmbl. 70. Gif man secge on landesmann, ðæt hé orf stǽle, L.

Linked entries: ǽrend-secgan sæcgan sagian

hwá

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Hwæt is wuldor þín þe þú upp árǽrdest, þá þú goda ússa gilp gehnǽgdest ?, An. 1319. Hwæt sindon þá gimmas búton God sylfa?, Cri. 694. strengthened by ǽfre Hwæt þis ǽfre beón scyle?, Hml. S. 23, 532 : 516. with partitive gen.

fram

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Hiéfrom gesǽlgum tídum gilpað, 5, 2; S. 220, 10. with instrumental Fram þís wígplegan wendan, By. 316. with prepositional phrase Cóm Eustatius fram geondan sǽ, Chr. 1048; P. 172, 15.

þegen

(n.)
Grammar
þegen, þegn, þeng, þén, es; m.
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Gif cyninges þegn ætsace ... gilde .x. healfmearc (cf. the next two sections), L. N. P. L. 51; Th. ii. 298, 7: 58; Th. ii. 300, 3: 60; Th. ii. 300, 9.

Linked entries: þegen-boren þegen-líc þegin þén

swá

(adv.)
Grammar
swá, swǽ, swé (swé is the form in Ps. Surt. ; see also Txts. 600, col. 1. The form also occurs in Blickl. Homl. 23, 7).
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Gilde swá wer, swá wíte, swá lahslite, aa be ðam ðe seó dǽd sý, L. Eth. v. 31; Th. i. 312, 10. Ðonne mót hé swá rídan, swá rówan, swá swilce færelde faran swylce tó his wege gebyrige, L. E.

Linked entries: se swǽ eall-swá

habban

Grammar
habban, A.
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Gif cniht wǽpn bréde, gilde se hláford án pund, and hæbbe se hláford æt ꝥ hé mæge, and him eal gildscipe gefylste ꝥ hé his feoh of hæbbe, Cht. Th. 612, 23-28. Gé woldon habban méde æt fræmdra monna cwiddunge, Bt. 18, 4; F. 66, 24.

for

before ⬩ in front of ⬩ before ⬩ since ⬩ ago ⬩ for ⬩ from ⬩ through ⬩ on account of ⬩ for ⬩ from ⬩ through ⬩ instead of ⬩ in place of ⬩ in exchange for ⬩ in return for ⬩ in expiation of ⬩ in redemption for ⬩ on behalf of ⬩ in support of ⬩ in respect to ⬩ in relation to ⬩ as regards ⬩ against ⬩ from ⬩ in spite of ⬩ notwithstanding ⬩ in accordance with ⬩ according to ⬩ as representative of ⬩ for ⬩ to take ⬩ in compensation for ⬩ as punishment for ⬩ for the sake of ⬩ on behalf of ⬩ for the benefit of ⬩ As representative of

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B. 5 Hú mycel yfel þé gelamp for þínre gítsunga and oforhýdo and for þínum ídlan gilpe, Bl. H. 31, 13: Gen. 2670: Dan. 657. in expiation of Hé þrowode on þám gealg-treówe for guman synnum, Kr. 146. in redemption for. Cf.

gi-

(prefix)
Grammar
gi-, for most words beginning with this prefix see ge-.

gi-hrínian

(v.)
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Jn. Skt. p. 188, 4

gi-sprunt

ge-bénsian

(v.)

to pray

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to pray Gi-boensandum ðínum supplicibus tuis, Rtl. 51, 29

Linked entry: bénsian

gi-hríno

Similar entry: ge-réne

gi-sprunt

Similar entry: ge-sprintan

gierende

(v.; adj.; part.)
Grammar
gierende, taxauerat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 122, 6. Perhaps the passage to which this gloss belongs is Ald. 27, 14: Sibi usurpans tantopere taxauerat, other glosses to which are, taxauerat, i. iudicauerat hé démde, An. Ox. 2014: usurpans geauligende, 7, 118; taxauerat, i. iudicauerat, posse-derat hé démde, Hpt. Gl. 454, 3. As in the Corpus Glossary the gi- form of the prefix is very rare (gi-brec, Wrt. Voc. ii. 124, 6, is the single instance, unless gierende be another), and as there is no other instance of ǽrendan (the verb is always ǽrendian) perhaps gierende is incorrect. If, however, it is correct, it seems to be nearer in meaning to usurpans than to
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taxauerat

ge-

(prefix)
Grammar
ge-, Both ge- and gi- are used in the oldest glossaries: e. g. on
  • p. 48 of O. E. T.
nine words with the prefix occur; in four cases both the Epinal and Erfurt glosses have gi-, in one they have ge-, in two the Epinal has ge- where the Erfurt has gi-, and in two the Epinal has gi- where the other has ge-. In each case the
  • Corpus Gloss.
has ge-. In this glossary, however, gi- is found, e. g. gi-brec,
  • 2152
, and in later glossaries also, e. g. gi-mynd,
  • Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 73.
Besides the forms given may be noted ga-eddun,
  • Erf. 75
; gy-byrdid,
  • Ep. 228.
In the
  • Durham Ritual
the regular form is gi-.
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