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bád

(n.)
Grammar
bád, e; f. [from bǽdan compellere]

A pledgestakea thing distrainedpignus

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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

(v.)
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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

(adj.)
Grammar
on-æðele, adj.

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

(adj.)
Grammar
slíþ-heard, adj.

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

(adj.)
Grammar
fóre-witig, -wittig; adj.

Foreknowingpræscius

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Foreknowing; præscius Fórewitig towerdra þinga præscius fŭtūri, Ælfc. Gr. 41; Som. 44, 12; Hpt. Gl

fregen-seldlic

(adj.)
Grammar
fregen-seldlic, -syllic; adj.
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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

(v.)

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

(v.)
Grammar
ge-grínian, p. ode
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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

(v.; adj.; part.)
Grammar
a-blend, se a-blenda; adj.

Blindedcæcatus

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Blinded; cæcatus Wénaþ ða ablendan mód the blinded minds think. Bt. 38, 5; Fox 206, 6

be-mancian

(v.)
Grammar
be-mancian, p. ode
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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

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hegian, p. ode
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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

(v.)
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worlde welan and þá þing þe hié nú lufiaþ, Bl.

ge-platod

(v.)
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beaten into thin plates Geplatod obrizum, An. Ox. 11, 61

ge-rúm

(adj.)
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adjÁ Ample, far-reaching, unrestricted, v. rum ; VI Syndon þíne willan rihte and geríme, Dan. 291

spor-leþer

(n.)
Grammar
spor-leþer, es; n.

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