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méd-sceatt

(n.)
Grammar
méd-sceatt, es; m.

payment in reward of service donea rewardwagesfeepayment for service or favour expecteda giftpresenta bribe

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Ðæt is ðonne se médsceat wið his sáule ðæt hé him gielde gód weorc non dabit Deo pretium redemtionis animæ suæ... Pretium namque redemtionis dare, est opus bonum reddere, Past. 45, 2; Swt. 339, 9-11.

metan

(v.)
Grammar
metan, p. mæt, pl. mǽton; pp. meten.

to metemeasureto measure outmark offassign the bounds of a placeto measure by pacesto traversepass overto measure one thing by or with anotherto compare

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Surt. 59, 8: 107, 8. Ǽlc ðæra þinga ðe man met on fate everything that is measured in a vessel, Ælfc. Gr. 13; Som. 16, 8. On ðam ylcan gemete ðe gé metaþ eów byþ gemeten qua mensura mensi fueritis, remetietur vobis, Mt. Kmbl, 7, 2.

ge-trymman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-trymman, -trymian, -trymigan, -tremman; he -trymmeþ, -trymþ; p. -trymde, -trymede; pp. -trymed, -trymmed, -trymd.

to confirmstrengthenencourageestablishfoundset in order arrangedraw upfirmāreconfirmāremūnīreconfortārehortārifundāreinstruĕreTo grow stronggain strengthrecoverconvălescĕre

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Worde [MS. word] Drihtnes heofonas [MS. heofones] getrymde synd verbo Dŏmĭnī cæli firmāti sunt, Ps. Spl. 32, 6. v. reflex.

Linked entries: trymman ge-tremman

ge-mǽne

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-mǽne, adj.

Common, general, mutual, in commoncommuniscommunis, generalis, solituscommunis

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Ðæt hí sceoldon habban sunu him gemǽne that they should have a son common to them [between them], Jud. 13, 3 : Cd. l00; Th. 133, 26; Gen. 2216. Gemǽne win communis labor, Bd. 2, 2; S. 502, 9. Gemǽne læs compascuus ager, Ælfc. Gl. 96; Wrt.

Linked entry: mǽne

stycce-mǽlum

(adv.)
Grammar
stycce-mǽlum, (sticce-, stic-); adv.
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-Ða ðýstru styccemǽlum swá ðicce wǽron tenebrae in tantum paulisper condensatae sunt, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 12. Men dydon styccemǽlum ðæt hí ða moldan nómon paulatim ablata terra, 3, 9; S. 533, 22.

fore-sceáwian

(v.)

to foreseeto provide forto provide give for use

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Ic foresceáwode of his sunum mé gecorenne cyning providi in filiis ejus mihi regem (1 Sam. 16, 1), Hml. Th. ii. 64, 7. Críst him líf sealde and andlyfene foresceáwode, Hml. S. 11, 347: 5, 325.

for-wiernan

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Ðá ðe welena wilníað, and mid sumum wiðerweardum brocum hiora him bið færwirned, 387, 8. Him wæs forwyrned ðæs inganges, Hex. 26, 17.

ge-síþ

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</b> a person of rank, one considerable from his connexion with a prince, from an official position :-- Wæs sumes gesíðes (comitis cuiusdam) tún nóht feor úrum mynstre, Bd. 5, 4; Sch. 567, 8. Gesíðas optimates, Wrt.

ge-dafenian

(v.)
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Ox. 5356. with infin. or clause Swylces módes wer má gedafonade (-dafen-, v. l. beón tó bysceope gehálgad (ꝥ hé wǽre tó bisceope gehálgod, v. l.) þonne hé cyning wǽre a man of such a disposition was more suited to be consecrated a bishop than to be a

grund

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L. 17, 8. the surface of the earth Mon tówearp þone weal niþer oþ þone grund muros everti aequarique solo imperavit, Ors. 5, 11; S. 238, 13. the earth as contrasted with heaven Wé men cweðað hér on grunde, Hy. 9, 39. with sea Þone þe grund and sund

hæleþ

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Hæleða waldend ( the king of Sodom), Gen. 2139. to the Deity Sóð Sunu Metodes, sáwla Bergend, hæleða Helpend, Dan. 403. HælðaScyppend, An. 396. Bearn Wealdendes, hæleða hyhtgifa, El. 852. Hæleþa Wealdend, Ps. Th. 1416

nacod

Grammar
nacod, <b>. I a.</b>
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Þá hét hé hí nacode (propriis exutam vestibus Ald. 60, 17) lǽdan tó sumum scandhúse, Shrn. 56, 8.

reord

(n.)
Grammar
reord, e: ;f, :; es; ;n.;

Speech, tongue, language, voice;

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Ðæt him ða swá cúþe wǽron swá his ágene reorde ðe hé on ácenned wæs ;ut tam notas ac familiares sibi eas; (Latin and Greek), ;quam nativitatis suae loquelam haberet,; Bd. 5, 23; S. 645, 17.

Linked entry: ge-reord

wamb

(n.)
Grammar
wamb, e; f.

a belly, stomacha womba hollow

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Surt. 126, 3. Ðú átuge mé of wombe ( ventre) . . . Of wombe (wambe, Ps. Spl. C. ventre) módur mínre, 21, 10-11. Ða wombe (wombo. Lind. ventres )ða ðe ne ácendun, Lk. Skt.

BRÝD

(n.)
Grammar
BRÝD, bríd, e; f.

A BRIDE, woman about to be married or newly married, a wife, spouse, womansponsa, nupta, uxor, mulier

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Him brýd sunu brohte his wife brought to him a son, Cd. 58; Th. 71, 16; Gen. 1171. Lothes brýd underbæc beseah Lot's wife looked backwards, 119; Th. 154, 27; Gen. 2562: Beo. Th. 4067; B. 2031.

ofer-gán

(v.)
Grammar
ofer-gán, p. -eode; pp. -gán.

to overspreadto overrun (a country, as a victorious army does), to conquerto pass a point or limitto pass a moral limit, to transgressto pass across, traverse, crossto pass, pass off or away, be over, come to an endTo be overto come upon, attack

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Surt. 17, 30. Hé ofergæþ ðone súðran sunnstede. Lchdm. iii. 252, 14. Gemǽre ðú settest ðæt ná hí ofergáþ trans-gredientur Ps. Spl. 103, 10. Ofereode excederit Wrt.

Linked entries: ofer-eode ofer-gangan

snytro

(n.)
Grammar
snytro, snyttro, snytero(u); indecl. in sing.; pl. is used with the same force as sing.; f.

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Spræc sunu Arones snytra gemyndig Cd. Th. 148, 28; Gen. 2463. Snyttra Exon. Th. 304, 30; Fä. 78. Þurh snyttra cræft Andr. Kmbl. 1261; An. 631. Ðara ðe geóce tó him séceþ mid snytrum 2307; An. 1155. On snytrum in sapientia Ps. Th. 89, 14.

god

(n.)
Grammar
god, m. and <b>god;</b> n.
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Críst þæs lifgendan Godes Sunu, Bl. H. 11, 30. of the second person Hǽlend Críst, God of Gode, Hml. Th. i. 426, 2. God tó ús niþer ástáhg, Bl. H. 17, 29.

DUMB

(adj.)
Grammar
DUMB, def. se dumba, seó, ðæt dumbe; adj.

DUMB, speechless, mute mūtus, e-linguis

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Ic sceal dǽda fremman swá ða dumban neát I shall do deeds such as the dumb cattle, Andr. Kmbl. 134; An. 67. Dumbra of the dumb, Salm. Kmbl. 158; Sal. 78. Be dumbera manna dǽdum of dumb men's deeds, L. Alf. pol: 14; Th. i. 70, 13.

folc-gemót

(n.)
Grammar
folc-gemót, -mót, folces gemót, es; n.

A folk-meetingpŏpŭli consessus

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shire, and was held annually on the first of May, but it could be convened on extraordinary occasions by ringing the moot-bell, — 'Cum ălĭquid vēro inŏpīnātum, vel dŭbium, vel mălum contra, regnum, vel contra cŏrōnam dŏmĭni rēgis, forte in ballivis suis

Linked entry: folc-mót