gingra
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Móton wé hié ús tó giongrum habban, 407. the official representative of a person in authority, a subordinate, deputy. v. gingre, Ne dorste se heáhgeréfa náht ongeán þá hǽðengyldan, ac forlét his gigran (cf.
ge-þyncþ
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Gif heálicere eádmódnesse wé wylláð geþincðe hreppan si summe humilitatis volumus culmen adtingere, R. Ben. I. 27, 13. v. leód-geþincþ, leód-geþincþu, weorold-geþincþ, weorold-geþincþu
ge-unnan
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Th. i. 330, 16. with clause Gionn ( praesta ) ꝥte ðerh hine wé giearnigo, Rtl. 2, 19: 3, 7: 16, 11. Cwæð þæt him geúðe God þæt hí ætsomne síðian móston, Hml. Th. ii. 152, 15
preóst
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Add: an ecclesiastic of the seventh of the holy orders; the bishop and the priest were of the same order, but the bishop's functions were more extensive, and in this respect he was superior to the priest. Cf. Ll.
wíf-mann
a woman ⬩ female
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a woman Wé lǽraþ ðæt ǽnig wífman neáh weófode ne cume ða hwíte ðe man mæssige, L. Edg. C. 45 ; Th. ii. 254, 3. Ðara manna sum wæs bescoren preóst, sum wæs lǽwede, sum wæs wífmon ( femina, ) Bd. 5, 12 ; S. 628, 35.
Linked entry: wím-man
on-líhtan
of places or things, to illumine, make bright, cause to shine, ⬩ to give sight to, make the sight clear ⬩ to clear the mental vision, to enlighten ⬩ to give light (with dat.) ⬩ To shine
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Wé wurdon onlíhte þurh geleáfan, Homl. Th. i. 154, 21. Onlýhte, Blickl. Homl. 161, 14. to give light (with dat.) Ðæt hit onlíhte eallum ðe on ðam húse synt, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 15. Onlíhtan ðám ðe on þýstrum sittaþ, Lk. Skt. 1, 79. intrans.
Linked entries: en-líhtan in-líhtan on-leóhtan on-lýhtan
sweltan
To die a natural or a violent death ⬩ to die by or of something, where the cause of death is expressed by a case or by a preposition with a noun ⬩ to die to anything, become dead to, have no further concern with ⬩ to die ⬩ to starve ⬩ to starve ⬩ hungry
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Hwí lǽddest ðú ús ðæt wé swulton on ðisum wéstene, Num. 21; 5. Ic mæg sweltan blíðelíce laetus moriar, Gen. 46, 30: Mt. Kmbl. 26, 35: Ex. 10, 28. Sceal fǽge sweltan, Exon. Th. 335, 2; Gn. Ex. 27. Swyltan, Blickl. Homl. 59, 30.
Linked entry: a-sweltan
tweónian
to cause doubt, ⬩ to feel doubt ⬩ to doubt
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Ús ne þearf ná twýnian, ðæt wé gebyrian ne sceolon oððe heofonwarena cyninge oððe hellewítes deóflum, Wulfst. 151, 19.
Æðelrǽd
Ælhelred ⬩ Æthelréd ⬩ Æthelrédus
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When 896 winters were passed after his birth, and in the fourth indiction year, then in that year Æthelred alderman assembled all the witan of the Mercians together at Gloucester, bishops, and aldermen, and all his nobility; and did that with the knowledge
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HUND
A HUNDRED ⬩ centum
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Ðǽr wǽron twá hund and eahta and feówertig wera, Blickl. Homl. 239, 14. Mid ccl hunde [þridde healf hund, MS. E.] scipa, Chr. 893; Erl. 88, 25. Ðá geceás Gedeon þreó hund manna, Jud. 7, 6. Þreó hund manna and eahtatýne men, Gen. 14, 14.
Linked entry: hundes beó
læssa
Less
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Ðará ánum ðeáh hit se læsta wǽre and se heánosta to one of them, though it were the least and the humblest, Blickl. Homl. 169, 22. Ðæt læste fæc parvissimum spatium, Bd. 2, 13; S. 516, 20. Ðone læstan dǽl þunges the least bit of aconite, L.
rǽdels
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Ðeáh se leása wéna and sió rǽdelse ðara dysigena monna tiohhie ðæt se anweald síe ðæt héhste gód ( hominum fallax opinio ), Bt. 27, 3; Fox 98, 32.
gifan
To give ⬩ dare ⬩ impertire
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Ðǽr wurdon ða áðas gesworene his dohter ðam Cásere to gifene oaths were then sworn there to give [in marriage] his daughter to the emperor, Chr. 1109; Erl. 242, 23
ge-cígan
To call ⬩ name ⬩ call upon ⬩ invoke ⬩ call forth ⬩ provoke ⬩ incite ⬩ vocare ⬩ nominare ⬩ invocare ⬩ provocare ⬩ incitare
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Hí gewunedon to gebédum gecígde beón they were accustomed to be called to prayers, 4, 23; S. 595, 41. On ðam þeódlande ðe is gecýged Élíge in regione quæ vocatur Elge, Bd. 4, 19; S. 588, 1 : 4, 23; S. 593, 20, 35.
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
ge-hwyrfan
To change ⬩ turn ⬩ convert ⬩ mutare ⬩ convertere
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Hí wurdon gehwyrfede to deórwurðum gimmum they were turned into precious stones, Homl. Th. i. 64, 5 : Th. An. 28, 35. On heáf gehwyrfede turned to mourning, Blickl. Homl. 195, 17 : 233, 5.
seonu-wealt
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Se móna went his hrigc tó ðære sunnan, ðæt is, se sinewealta ende ðe ðǽr onlýht biþ, Lchdm. iii. 242, 14. Ðæs sinewealtan hringes teretes(-is ?) cycli, Wrt. Voc. ii. 89, 60.
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wiþer-winna
An adversary ⬩ opponent ⬩ enemy
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Ðonne ðú gǽst on wege mid ðínum wiðerwinnan (cum adversario tuo ) tó hwylcum ealdre, Lk. Skt. 12, 58. Wrec mé wið mínne wiðerwinnan, 18, 3. Wiþerwinnan conluctatorem, i. oppugnatorem, Scint. 151, 4.
for-faran
To perish ⬩ To destroy ⬩ to blockade
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Ox. 2126. where passage is obstructed, to blockade: Hét se cyng faran mid nigonum tó þára níwena scipa, and forfóron him þone múðan foran on útermere the king ordered nine of the new ships to go, and by lying out at sea in front of the mouth they were
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fruma
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Þíne welan þe þú ( the Devil ) on fruman begeáte æt þæs ǽrestan mannes unhýrsumnesse, 85, 30. the first member of a connected series Se fruma wæs ꝥ mon forstæl ǽnne wímman æt Ícesleá, Cht. Th. 206, 19.