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gíme-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
gíme-leás, adj.
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. — Gif hwylc bróðor beó gemét swá gýmeleás (-lés, v. l., gímeleás neglegens R. Ben. I. 83, 16), þæt hé nelle hálige béc smeágan, R. Ben. 75, 3. Críst sylfa cwæþ ꝥ hé nelle gehýran þæs gímeleásan mannes gebedrǽdene, Bl. H. 57, 4.

wægn

(n.)
Grammar
wægn, wægen, wǽn, es; m.

A waggon ⬩ wain ⬩ carriage ⬩ vehicle ⬩ Charles' wain

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Wæs gold on wǽn hladen, Beo. Th. 6260; B. 3134. Twégra wǽna gangweg via, Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 38. Tuégra uuegna gang (v. wægn-gang), Cod. Dip. B. i. 344, 12. On wǽnum in curribus, Ps. Spl. 19, 8.

Linked entries: wægen waegne-þíxl wǽn

hladan

(v.)
Grammar
hladan, p. hlód;pp. hladen.

to heap, ⬩ pile up, ⬩ build, ⬩ place, ⬩ lade, ⬩ load, ⬩ freight ⬩ to lade, ⬩ draw [water]; ⬩ haurire

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Hý ne móston on bǽl hladan leófne mannan they might not place the beloved man on the pile, Beo. Th. 4259; B. 2126. Him on bearm hladan bunan and discas to heap up in his bosom cups and dishes, 5543; B. 2775.

Linked entries: hlæd hlædel hlæst

be-beódan

'to give . . . generally,' ⬩ to order ⬩ enjoin ⬩ to commit ⬩ commend ⬩ to offer to the gods ⬩ to commit into (on, in) ⬩ to announce

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Healde man mæssedæg swá hé beboden beó, Wlfst. 117, 5. Hí wǽron bebodene imperantur, An. Ox. 4782, to commit, commend Ic mé þé bebeóde, Hml. S. 23 b, 448. Gif ðú gewítest, hwǽm bebeódest þú ús?, Bl. H. 225, 17.

þrymm

(n.)
Grammar
þrymm, es; m.

a host ⬩ great body of people ⬩ a force ⬩ multitude ⬩ a great body of water ⬩ force ⬩ power ⬩ might ⬩ glory ⬩ majesty ⬩ magnificence ⬩ greatness ⬩ grandeur

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Hé þrymmum ( mightily, with power ) cwehte mægenwudu mundum, Beo. Th. 476; B. 235. Seraphinnes cyan unáþreótendum þrymmum singaþ the seraphim with unwearying powers sing, Exon.

Linked entry: þrym

gíman

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(b α) with gen. pronoun and clause :-- Ealde witan þe þæt mynster geondgangen and þæs gýman, þæt þǽr nán bróðor ymbe ídelnesse beó, R.

sulung

(n.)
Grammar
sulung, e; f. A Kentish word for a certain quantity of land, derived, like carrucata, from a name of the plough; from its origin it might mean, so much land as could be cultivated by one plough. From the first two passages given below it would seem that the sulung was equivalent to two hides (manentes), and later a solanda, which is probably the same word, is said 'per se habere duas hidas.' v. Seebohm, Vill. Comm., p. 54. But perhaps it may be inferred that both hide and sulung were considered as on the same footing as regards the plough. Thus to the gebúr with his gyrd landes, i. e. one quarter of a hide, are to be given two oxen, L. R. S. 4; Th. i. 434, 23, while a gift of half a sulung is accompanied by the further gift of four oxen, Chart. Th. 470, 9-14. v. Seebohm, pp. 138-9, and generally. In the Domesday Survey of Kent the assessment was given by solins, and the word remained in use. v. Pegge's Kenticisms, s.v.
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sulling Aliquam terrae partiunculam, hoc est duarum manentium ... ritu Cantiae án sulung dictum, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 249, 19. Terrae particula duarum manentium, id est, án sulung, 250, 8. Yc gean intó Cristes cyrican on Cantwarabyrig ðæs landes æt Holungaburnan

Linked entry: swulung

wudu

(n.)
Grammar
wudu, (-o), widu, wiodu ; gen. wuda, wudes; dat, wuda, wudu (-o), wyda ; acc. wudu, wuda ; pl. wuda, wudas ; m.

wood ⬩ the substance of growing trees ⬩ a tree ⬩ (hewh) wood ⬩ the material obtained from trees ⬩ wood which forms something ⬩ something made of wood ⬩ wood ⬩ wood ⬩ the wood ⬩ woods ⬩ a wood ⬩ wild

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Th. 137, 29 ; By. 193: Beo. Th. 2836 ; B. 1416. Ðurh ðane wioda, Cod. Dip. B. ii. 202, 10. On ðone wuda ; ofer ðone wuda, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 317, 29.

Linked entries: widu wude- wiodu

wracu

(n.)
Grammar
wracu, e; f.

pain ⬩ suffering ⬩ misery ⬩ suffering ⬩ punishment ⬩ vengeance ⬩ retribution ⬩ persecution ⬩ hostility ⬩ active enmity ⬩ vengeance ⬩ revenge

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Hé gesette ða men on ǽnne truman ðe mon hiora mǽgas ǽr slóg, and wiste ðæt hié woldon geornfulran beón ðære wrace (or under III ?

BLÓSTMA

(n.)
Grammar
BLÓSTMA, blósma, an; m.

A BLOSSOM, bloom, flower ⬩ flos

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Ðeáh ðe lílie sý beorht on blóstman, ic eom betre ðonne heó though the lily be bright in its blossom, I am better than it, Exon. 110 b; Th. 423, 26; Rä. 41, 28: Ps. Th. 102, 14.

Linked entry: blóstm

swecc

(n.)
Grammar
swecc, swæcc, es; m.
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On swæcce swéttran ðonne beóna hunig, Homl. Th. ii. 136, 30: 144, 4. <b>Ia.</b> the sense, of taste :-- Mid úrum fif andgitum . . . swæc and stenc, Homl. Th. i. 138, 27. Swæcc, ii. 550, 11: Wrt.

Linked entries: swæc swice

ge-bletsian

(v.)
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Ealle úre eorþan wæstmas beóþ gebletsode, 51, 13. v. un*-*gebletsod

of-þryccan

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Sume beóþ mid wǽdle and mid hénþe ofþrycte angustia rei familiaris inclusi, Bt. 11, 1; F. 30, 33. to repress, suppress. the object material Ofþryþt compresso, i. extincto (torrente incendio), An.

helpan

(v.)
Grammar
helpan, p. healp, pl. hulpon; pp. holpen; v. trans.

To help ⬩ aid ⬩ assist ⬩ succour

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Wé on ðisum lífe mágon helpan ðám forþfarenum ðe on wítnunge beóþ we in this life may help the departed that are being punished, Homl. Th. ii. 356, 11. Wé sceolon earmra manna helpan we ought to help poor people, 442, 14. Helpa fovere, Rtl. 122, 37

Linked entries: a-helpan ge-helpan

nearuness

(n.)
Grammar
nearuness, e; f.

a strait ⬩ oppression ⬩ distress ⬩ distress ⬩ anxiety ⬩ tribulation ⬩ trouble ⬩ grief

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Seó hreówsung ne beoþ ná bútan sorge and búton nearonesse, Fox 110, 29. On swá micelre módes unréto and nearonisse anxietate, Nar. 30, 24. Nearonessa angustia, Ps. Th. 218, 243. On mínum earfoþum and nearonessum in tribulatione, 4, 1.

Linked entry: nirwett

teóðian

(v.)
Grammar
teóðian, teogoðian; p. ode.
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to take out a tenth part of anything On eallum geáre sind getealde ðreó hund daga and fíf and sixtig daga; ðonne gif wé teóðiaþ ðás geárlícan dagas ( if we take a tenth of the days of the year ), ðonne beóþ ðǽr six and ðrítig teóðing*-*dagas, Homl.

Linked entries: tegðian teigðian ge-teóþian

hú

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, Past. 133, 3. in direct exclamations Hú beorht O! preclara, An. Ox. 1266. Hú (hú swíðe, R., L.) beó ic geþreád, Lk. 12, 50. Efne hú glædlic bið and gód swylce ecce quam bonum et quam jucundum, Ps. Th. 132, 1: Bt. 16, 2; F. 52, 3.

weorold

(n.)
Grammar
weorold, (-uld), weorld, worold (-uld, -eld), world, e; f. (but se woruld, Prov. Kmbl. 40: worldes, Lk. Skt. l, 70: ðissum worulde, Met. 10, 70)
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In worold wacan, Beo. Th. 119 ; B. 60. Worold oflǽtan, 2371; B. 1183. Ðás woruld þurh gást gedál ofgyfan, Cd. Th. 68, 32; Gen. 1126.

Linked entries: weorld weoruld werold weruld world woruld

findan

to come across ⬩ to obtain ⬩ find ⬩ to meet with ⬩ experience ⬩ be exposed to ⬩ find difficulty ⬩ procure ⬩ to visit ⬩ learn ⬩ arrange ⬩ settle ⬩ to determine ⬩ to supply ⬩ provide ⬩ furnish

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Wé him sculon mete findan þá hwíle þe hý mid ús beoð, Ll. Th. i. 284, 16. Se scírgeréfa . . . lét him findan mete and fóddor æt ǽlcan castelle þǽr hí tó cómon, Chr. 1075; P. 210, 24

ge-openian

(v.)
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Þæt se man geþeó on þǽre fandunge, and his ingehýd beó geopenod, Scrd. 23, 2. <b>VII b.

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