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ge-findan

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Nú hæbbe ic gefunden mid þǽm witum . . . ꝥ þá ealle beón gearwe, 220, 4

ge-cíd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-cíd, es; m. n.? l. n.
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Hé ongan him symble andswarian mid gecíde ( cum jurgio ), Gr. D. 64, 34. Ða légo giciidana (-ara?) flammas litium, Rtl. 167, 18. Tó gemótum and tó gecídum ( in rixas ) gé fæstað, Past. 315, 4.

leger

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S. 31, 1349) mid fefore gewǽht, Hml. Th. ii. 516, 29. Basilius wearð gebróht on legere tó his forðsíðe, Hml. S. 3, 564.

plegan

Grammar
plegan, [In p. 775, col. 2, l. 2 for 361, l. 391.]
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</b> add :-- Ágan se cyngc plegan wið his geféran mid þóðere, Ap. Th. 13, 1. Add Mann dysig plegað mid handum homo stultus plaudet manibus, Scint. 95, 8

stíþ

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Add Mid stíþre þeáwfæstnesse láre duro, i. districto disciplinę pedagogio, An. Ox. 1097. Ióhannes ástealde þá stíðan drohtnunge, Hml. S. 16, 99. Mid stíþum lagum strictis legibus, An. Ox. 2177

hnígan

(v.)
Grammar
hnígan, p. hnáh; pp. hnigen

To bend, bow down, incline, descend, decline, sink

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Hnígon ðá mid heáfdum heofoncyninge tógeánes bent then their heads before heaven's king, Cd. 13; Th. 16, 1; Gen. 237: 218; Th. 279, 18; Sat. 240: 225; Th. 298, 15; Sat. 533.

Linked entry: ge-hnígan

hláford

a rulersovereigngovernorcaptaina mastera major-domoan ownera proprietora husbandthe husbanda rulerlord

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Wé cweðað ꝥ mon móte mid his hláforde feohtan orwíge, gif mon on þone hláford fiohte; swá mót se hláford mid þý men feohtan. Æfter þǽre ilcan wísan mon mót feohtan mid his mǽge ... búton wið his hláforde; ꝥ wé ne liéfað, Ll.

hínan

to humblehumiliatedegradeinsultto conquersubjecto oppressafflictto lay lowdestroyto lay wastedestroyto accuse

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Sum óðer hine wolde slán on his heáfde mid heardum ísene, ac ꝥ wǽpen wand áweg mid þám slege of þæs réðan handum þe hine hýnan wolde. Hml.

Linked entries: hýnan hénan hinend

Sunnan-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
Sunnan-dæg, es; m.
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mid heora offrungum cuman tó ðære mæssan symbelnysse.

be-lúcan

(v.)
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mid feáwum wordum, ac hit is mid menigfealdre mihte áfylled the gospel of this day is contained in few words, but is fitted with manifold power, Hml.

ge-hiwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hiwian, l. ge-híwian,
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Cf. ge-híwlǽcan ; Benedictus wæs blíðe on andwlitan, mid hwítum hǽrum, fægere gehíwod ( with a fresh complexion ), Hml. Th. ii. 186, 20

Linked entry: ge-hiwad

under-fón

Grammar
under-fón, <b>. I.</b>
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(l a) to receive an envoy, give welcome to :-- Þá ǽrendracan man mid wurðscipe underféng, Chr. 785 ; P. 55, 6. Add Hié hæfdun hiera cyning áworpenne and ungecyndne cyning uuderféngon.

a-weccan

(v.)
Grammar
a-weccan, -weccean ; ic -wecce, ðú -wecest, -wecst, he -wecceþ, -weceþ, -wecþ, pl. -weccaþ,-wecceaþ; p. -weahte,-wehte, pl. -weahton, -wehton; impert. -wec, -wece, pl. -wecceaþ; pp. -weaht, -weht ; v. trans.

to awakearouse from sleepawake from deathe somno excitaresuscitareresuscitareto exciterousestir upcall forthraise upraise up childrenexcitareconcitaresuscitareresuscitare

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Ðæs sǽdes corn biþ simle aweaht mid ascunga, eác siððan mid gódre láre, gif hit grówan sceal the grain of this seed is always excited by inquiry, and moreover by good instruction, if it shall grow, Bt. Met. Fox 22, 80; Met. 22, 40.

Birīnus

(n.)
Grammar
Birīnus, i; m. Latin: Biríne, Byríne, es; m.

Birīnus, the first bishop of Wessex,

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He ðá lǽrde ðǽr godcunde láre, and ðone cyning to Cristes geleáfan gecyrde, and hine gecristnade, and hine eft æfter fæce mid fulluhtbæðe aþwógh mid his þeóde West-Seaxum.

Linked entry: Byríne

for-drífan

to drive awayoffoutto drive awaycast outto drive outto banishexpelto drive asideto overtask

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Mið ðý fordrifenum (-drifnum, R.) allum ł mið ðý alle úte fordráf eiectis omnibus, Mk. L. 5, 40. Hine fordrifon búta ðǽm wíngeard, Mt. L. 21, 39. Fordriofon (-un, R.) hine út eiecerunt eum foras, Jn.

ge-þwǽrian

(v.)
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His lífes clǽnnys geþwǽrode (-ede, -hwǽþrede, v. ll.) mid þám bígenge his bodunge concordabat vitae munditia cum studio praedicationis, Gr. D. 33, 22. Þæt úre mód geþwǽrige mid þæs múðes clypunge ut mens nostra concordet voci nostre, R. Ben. 45, 11

hund-teóntig

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</b> as ordinal :-- In psalme hunteánteige nióða in psalmo cetitesimo nono, Lk. p. 10, 11. construction uncertain ꝥ nett full mið miclum fiscum hunteántig (hund-, R. ))

gifu

(n.)
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. ¶ the giver a personification :-- Þú miht þæs habban þanc ꝥ þú mínra ( Wisdom's ) gifa wel brúce . . . Hæbbe ic þé benumen þínra gifena þára þe þé from mé cómon?

meaht

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, gryre-meaht (-miht)

neádunga (-inga)

(adv.)
Grammar
neádunga (-inga), adv.

Forciblynot willinglyunder compulsionof necessity

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Hí hine neádunga mid him lǽddon invitum duxerunt, Bd. 3, 18; S. 546, 22. Gif lǽweda man neádinga ( invite ) man ofsleá, L. Ecg. P. ii. 1; Th. ii. 182, 16. Neádunga, L. M. I. P. 6; Th. ii. 266, 27.