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hlín-bedd

(n.)
Grammar
hlín-bedd, es; n.

A couch

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A couch Fundon on sande sáwulleásne hlin- [MS. hlim-] bed healdan they found him without life occupying his couch, Beo. Th. 6060; B. 3034

égesa

(n.)
Grammar
égesa, égsa,an ; m. [ékso; m. possessor: O. Sax. Heli. ágan to own]

An owner ⬩ possessor

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An owner; possessor Égesan ne gýmeþ heeds not the owner, Beo. Th. 3519: B. 1757

Linked entry: égsa

ge-yppan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-yppan, p. -ypte; pp. -ypped, -yped, -ypt

To open ⬩ reveal ⬩ declare ⬩ manifest ⬩ disclose

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Wit wéndon ðæt ðæt sand uncre swaðe geypte we expected that the sand would discover our track, Shrn. 42, 19. Se geypte hǽðenum déman ðæt ðæs tiburtius wæs cristen he disclosed to the heathen judge that this Tiburtius was a christian, 116, 23.

Linked entry: ge-upped

dragan

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N.E.D. draw, 55] ꝥ hig be þæs tíman lenge heora sang dragon ut secundum temporis prolixitatem cantum protendant, Chrd. 57, 7

ge-seón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-seón, [For first two lines substitute: <b>ge-seón,</b> ge-sión, ic-seó, -sió, -sié, þú-sihst, -siehst, -syhst, -syxt, hé-sihþ, -siehð, -seohþ, -syhþ, -seóþ, pl. -seóþ, -sióþ; p. ic, hé -seah, -seh, þú-sáwe, -sége, pl. -sáwon, -ségon, -seágon, -sǽgon ; imp. -seoh, -seah, pl. -seóþ; subj. prs. ic-seó, -sió, -sié ; p. -sáwe, -sége; pp. -sewen, -seowen, -segen, -seogen, -sawen (-sáw- ?). Northern and Mercian forms: ge-seá, -seán, -sión, ic -seóm, -sióm, -siúm, þú -siist, -síst, -seǽs, hé -siið, -siis, -síþ, -sís ; pl. -seáþ, -siáþ, -seás ; p. ic, hé -sæh, -sægh, -seh, þu -sége, pl. -ségon, -sǽgon ; imp. -sæh, -sægh, -seh, -sech, -sih, pl. -seaeþ, -siáþ; subj. prs. -sé, -see, -sié, -sii,pl. sén; p. -sége ; part. prs. -siónde, -siénde, -séende, -segende ; pp. -segen, -segn, -séen To see.]
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Add Þú gesége crevisti, geseah crevit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 54, 55. to have the faculty of vision, to exercise that faculty. literal Ne gesyhþ sé nǽfre he will remain blind for ever. Bl. H. 153, 22. Hé sóna geseh he at once recovered his sight, 15, 27.

galdor-word

(n.)
Grammar
galdor-word, es; n.

A magic word ⬩ word of incantation ⬩ cantātiōnis verbum

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A magic word, word of incantation; cantātiōnis verbum Ic galdorwordum gól I sang in magic words, Exon. 94 b; Th. 353, 37; Reim. 24

síd-fæðme

(adj.)
Grammar
síd-fæðme, adj.
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Broad of bosom, of a ship, broad in the beam Hé sǽlde tó sande sídfæðme scip, Beo. Th. 3839 ; B. 1917. Cf. wíd-fæðme

-syd

(suffix)
Grammar
-syd, in ge-syd a miry place. [Halliwell gives suddie=miry, boggy. Cf. also sod. Cf. O. H. Ger. salz-suti salsugo: Ger. sudel a puddle.]
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Cf. seáþ

un-wiþerweardlic

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wiþerweardlic, adj.
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Not in opposition, in union, united Hié ealle cumað tó Críste on þám heofonlican wuldre, and hié ðonne onginnaí singan Drihtne níwne sang swíðe unwiðerweardlicum stefnum, Nap. 66

bétende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
bétende, part. [from bétan to make better, atone]

Amending, atoning ⬩ reparans, expians

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Amending, atoning; reparans, expians Bétende [MS. betend] crungon hergas to hrusan the atoning bands sank to earth, Exon. 124 a; Th. 477, 24; Ruin. 29

byrgen-song

(n.)
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Substitute: <b>byrgen-sang,</b> es; m. An epitaph, a dirge Byriensang epitaphion, i. carmen mortuorum, An. Ox. 902: 2, 20

-heort

(suffix)
Grammar
-heort, v. blíð-, ceald-, earm-, gram-, grim-, hát-, heáh-, heard-, mild-, riht-, rúm-, sam-, stearc-, wulf-heort.

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Dauid

(n.)
Grammar
Dauid, es; m.

David ⬩ Dāvid, īdis

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David; Dāvid, īdis; m Dauid sang ðysne syxtan sealm David sang this sixth psalm, Ps. Th. arg. 6. Dauides sealm the psalm of David, Ps. Th. arg. 4. Dauides sunu David's son, Homl. Blick. 15, 18, 20.

leásere

(n.)
Grammar
leásere, es; m.

hypocrite ⬩ a buffoon ⬩ jester

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Kmbl. p. 15, 8. one who feigns or acts, a buffoon, jester Se wæs ǽrest sumes káseres mima, ðæt is leásere and sang beforan him scandlícu leóþ first he was some emperor's mima, that is, jester, and sang obscene songs before him, Shrn. 121, 9.

égum

(n.)
Grammar
égum, with eyes, Cd. 229; Th. 310, 18; Sat. 728; dat. pl. of ége = eáge; n.
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q. v

sunne

(n.)
Grammar
sunne, an (sunnu, Cd. Th. 286, 14; Sat. 352, and acc. sunne, 147, 11; Gen. 2437:
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O. Sax. O. L. Ger. have acc. sunna); f. the sun:?-On ðam feórðan dæge gesceóp God twá miccle leóht, ðæt is sunne and móna, and betǽhte ðæt máre leóht, ðæt is seó sunne, tó ðam dæge,Lchdm. iii. 234, 6-8. Seó sunne is micle ufor ðonne se móna sý, 242, 10

Linked entries: sunna sunnu sól

síþ-geómor

(adj.)
Grammar
síþ-geómor, adj.
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Sad and weary with travel Ic ðysne sang síþ*-*geómor fand, on seócum sefan samnode wíde, hú ða æþelingas ellen cýð*-*don, Apstls. Kmbl. 2 ; Ap. 1

delan

(v.)
Grammar
delan, p. dæl, pl.dǽlon ; pp.dolen

To fall, sink ⬩ lābi

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To fall, sink; lābi Ǽrðon engla weard for oferhygde dæl on gedwilde ere the angels' guardian for pride sank into error, Cd. 1; Th. 2, 22; Gen. 23

æþel-íce

Grammar
æþel-íce, æþel-líce.
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Swá fulfremed þæt nǽnig æþelícor ne sang, 127, 13. Add

flǽsc-hama

(n.)
Grammar
flǽsc-hama, -homa, an; m.

Flesh-covering ⬩ the body ⬩ a carcase ⬩ carnis tegmen ⬩ corpus

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Lǽgon on greóte fǽgra flǽschaman the carcases of the slain lay on the sand, 2171; An. 1087

Linked entry: ge-flǽschamod

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