bád
A pledge ⬩ stake ⬩ a thing distrained ⬩ pignus
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A pledge, stake, a thing distrained; pignus Gif bád genumen sý, ðonne begyte ða báde hám if a pledge be taken, then shall he obtain the pledge home again, or back, L. O. D. 3; Th. i. 354, 6, 7
á-mundian
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Nú bidde ic ðone bisceop ðæt hé ámundige míne láfe and ðá þing ðe ic hyre lǽfe, C. D. iii. 305, 12. Add
on-æðele
Natural, in accordance with the nature of a thing
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Natural, in accordance with the nature of a thing Eallum treówum, ðe him onæðele biþ, ðæt hit on holte hýhst geweaxe (cf. ðám treówum ðe him gecynde biþ up heáh tó standanne,) (Bt. 25); (Fox 88, 21), Met. 13, 51
Linked entry: ge-æðele
slíþ-heard
Excessively hard ⬩ very fierce, savage ⬩ very hard, cruel
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Excessively hard of living things, very fierce, savage Slíþherde deór (the boar and the bear) Exon. Th. 344, 22; Gn.
fóre-witig
Foreknowing ⬩ præscius
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Foreknowing; præscius Fórewitig towerdra þinga præscius fŭtūri, Ælfc. Gr. 41; Som. 44, 12; Hpt. Gl
fregen-seldlic
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Very strange, very wonderful Nys þis fregensyllic þinc tó rǽdenne, Wanl. Cat. 223, col. 1
Linked entry: seld-lic
mis-weorþan
to turn out badly
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Gif ða penegas teóþ swíðor ðonne ðæt gold ðonne miswyrþ ðam men hraðe if the pennies weigh more than the gold, then will it soon prove a bad thing for the man, Wulfst. 240, 4
ge-grínian
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Nis preóstes cwéne ǽnig óðer þing bútan deófles grín, and sé þe mid þám gegrínod byð . . ., hé byð þurh deófol gefangen, Ll. Th. ii. 336, 26
Linked entry: ge-grinan
a-blend
Blinded ⬩ cæcatus
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Blinded; cæcatus Wénaþ ða ablendan mód the blinded minds think. Bt. 38, 5; Fox 206, 6
be-mancian
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To maim, mutilate Gif þú gesihst [h]earmas þíne bemancude gód getácnað, Lch. iii. 214, 20
Linked entry: -mancian
ge-hegian
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To hedge, fence Gehega þíne eáran mid þornigum hege sepi aures tuas spinis . Wlfst. 246, 8
Linked entry: hegian
geáþ
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Ne synt þíne geáhðe áwiht þe þú hér on moldan mannum eówdest, Seel. 74 : geáþelíce
rúm-gifol
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Add: of things, liberal, abundant Rúmgyuelne nónmete larga anteceniam, Hpt. 31, 14, 353. See next word
earming
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Earming, ne geýc ðú swýðor þíne yrmða, Hml. Th. i. 594, 27. Wé sprecað ymbe God, earmingas be mildheortum, 286, 9. with idea of reprobation Ic, earming, míne lima áwende tó deóflicum weorcum, Angl. xi. 112, 18.
hatian
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worlde welan and þá þing þe hié nú lufiaþ, Bl.
ge-platod
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beaten into thin plates Geplatod obrizum, An. Ox. 11, 61
ge-rúm
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adjÁ Ample, far-reaching, unrestricted, v. rum ; VI Syndon þíne willan rihte and geríme, Dan. 291
spor-leþer
A spur-leather
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A spur-leather Spurleþera calcaria (amongst things made by the shoemaker), Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 35
grund-weall
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Th. ii. 588, 19-22. of things Mid tealtriendum grundwealle nutabundo (integritatis) fundamento, An. Ox. 3880
hrif
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Mín Drihten, sié þé þonc þæs þe þú mid þínum þám clǽnan hrife hunger and þurst and cyle þrowodest, Angl. xii. 507, 20. applied to things Þæt mé ( a bow ) of hrife fleógeð, Rä. 24, 12: 18, 6