ge-bǽtan
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Substitute: to bridle and saddle a horse [v. bǽtan] Þá wæs Hróðgáre hors gebǽted, B. 1399. fig. to bridle, curb, restrain Þonne se ælmihtiga þá gewealdleþeru wile onlǽtan þára brídla þe hé gebǽtte mid his ágen weorc (cf.
ge-neádian
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Hé wæs geneádod cogeretur, i. compelleretur, 1846. Geneádod coacta, 4365. Beón geneádode compellantur, 1257. absolute Geneádod bryce debitus usus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 139, 74- Ge-neáded inuitus, An.
ge-winful
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Add: laborious, troublesome. v. ge-win; 2 Þám bróþrum wæs swýðe gewinnful and uneáðe niþer tó ástígenne tó þám wæterseáðe valde erat fratribus laboriosum ad lacum descendere, Gr. D. 112, 17.
godspellic
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Cf. god-spell; <b>I a</b> :-- Ióhannes wæs ǽgðer ge ǽlic ge godspellic John belonged both to the Law and to the Gospel, Hml. S. 16, 101
murcnung
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Se fæder forwearð on móde and seó módor mid murcnunge wæs fornumen, Hml. S. 2, 105. Þíne eáran áwend fram fúlre sprǽce and murcnunge, Wlfst. 246, 7. Forlǽt þíne murcnunge, . . . ic gedó þé weligne, Ap. Th. 16, 9.
on-liþian
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D. 222, 4. figurative In hefigum wísum ealle þá (various faults) after deáðe hefigiað, gif hí nǽron ná ǽr gebétte ne ná onleoðode þá hwíle þe se man wæs in þissum lífe quae cuncta etiam post mortem gravant, si adhuc in hac vita positis minime fuerint
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stóc
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and add Ꝥ áborstene clif hreás ofdúneweard . . . and wæs farende oþ ꝥ hit cóm þǽr hit mynte feallan ofer ꝥ mynster, and ꝥ þonne wǽre hryre ealles þæs stoces (stówes. v. l.) and forwyrd ealra þǽra bróðra ingentis saxi moles erupta est, quae . . . veniens
twéntig
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Add Ðes friódóm waes bigeten mid ðaem twéntigum hída, C.D. i. 315, 22. add Weaxeð ꝥ flód ðæs sǽs feówer and twéntigum síða, Shrn. 63, 29. Þá diáconas sceoldon þegnian fram fíf and twéntigum wintra and ofer ꝥ Gr. D. 102, 11
sǽtung
A lying in wait, plot, snare
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A lying in wait, plot, snare Sǽtunge aucupatione, Wrt. Voc. ii. 7, 43. Setunge, 101, 25. Gif him þince ðæt hé feala earna ætsomne geseó, ðæt biþ yfel níð and manna ǽtunga and seara, Lchdm. iii. 168, 11.
sceáp-hirde
A shepherd
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A shepherd Abel wæs sceáphyrde fuit Abel pastor ovium, Gen. 4, 2. Hwílum wearð geworden sceáphyrde tó cynge, L. Eth. vii. 22 ; Th. i. 334, 10. Scéphyrde oppilius, Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 10. Scýphyred (-hyrde ? cf. gáta hierde titurus, 288, 21) titirus.
æle-midde
The exact middle ⬩ just in the middle
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Wæs óðer treów on ælemiddan paradisum, Hex. 24, 17. Agnes stód on ælemiddan gesund, Hml. S. 7, 223. Ðá héngon ðá cempan Críst on ælemiddan, and ðá twégen sceaðan him on twá healfa, Hml. Th. ii. 254, 22
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ǽr-morgen
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Se ǽr-merigen wæs fram Adam oð Nóe, Hml. Th. ii. 74, 18. Gewordenum ðám ǽrmergene mane facto, Gr. D. 72, 11. Ǽrmergenne, 201, 25. From ǽrmorgenne oð heáne undern, R. Ben. 74, 10. From ǽrmergenne (-morgene, MS. E.), Chr. 538; P. 16, 12.
smolt
Serene, quiet, peaceful
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Serene, quiet, peaceful Smolt wæs se sigewong Exon. Th. 146, 23; Gú. 714. Smeolt Andr. Kmbl. 3160; An. 1583. Smolt regn imbres Rtl. 85, 9: torrens Blickl. Gl. (Ps. 125, 4). Smolt biþ serenum erit Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 16, 2.
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hlýpa
That which helps in leaping, in leaping on or mounting a horse, ⬩ a horse-block
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That which helps in leaping, in leaping on or mounting a horse, a horse-block Siððan hé wæs ðæm cyninge to ðon geset óþ his lífes ende, ðæt hé sceolde swá oft stúpian swá hé tó his horse wolde, and hé ðonne se cyning hæfde his hrycg him tó hliépan hoc
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weóce
The wick of a lamp ⬩ candle
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Ðonne ðú blácernes behófige . . . wǽt mid ðínum scytefingre on midden, swylce ðú weócan settan wylle Techm. ii. 126, 3. Riscene weócan fila scirpea Germ. 391, 15. Wéocan accendilia Wrt. Voc. i. 66, 46: cicindilia 284, 26.
ge-met
a measure, space, distance ⬩ mensura, spatium, intervallum ⬩ that by which anything is measured, a measure ⬩ mensura, modius, satum ⬩ measure, capacity, ability, power, etc ⬩ mensura, facultas, potestas, vis ⬩ measure, proportion, moderation, bounds, limit, boundary, means, way, manner ⬩ mensura, modus, finis, terminus, limes, ratio ⬩ a rule, order, law ⬩ norma, regula, lex ⬩ a poetical measure, metre ⬩ metrum
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Næs ðá monna gemet, ne mægen engla, ðæt eów mihte helpan there was then no power of men, no angel's might, that could help you, Cd. 224; Th. 295, 22; Sat. 490. Ofer mín gemet above my power, Beo. Th. 5750; B. 2879: 5059; B. 2533: Ps.
for-standan
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Ic him þæt forstonde they want to carry me off ... I stop them doing that, Rä. 17, 8. Hí woldon feore beorgan ... him þæt engel forstód, An. 1542: Gen. 2748: Mód. 65.
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ge-teohhian
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Wá byð ðám þe þǽr (hell) bið geteohhod tó, Wlfst. 146, 12. Wæs ic geteohhod (-tihad, v. l.) in þás wítelican stówe in hoc poenali loco deputatus sum, Gr. D. 330, 7. Geteohhod on þá hellewítu, Verc.
scyldig
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Gif man wát, ðæt óðer mán sweraþ, hé biþ scildig ( portabit iniquitatem suam ), gif hé hit forhilþ, Lev. 5, 1. Wæs gecueden tó ðæm scyldegan folce delinquenti populo dicitur, Past. 15, 1; Swt. 91, 2.
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in
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Him wæs Godes egsa in gemyndum, Gú. 139. In móde, Mód. 83: B. 180: Dan. 218.