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ge-weorþan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-weorþan, -wiorþan, -wurþan, -wyrþan; he -weorþeþ, -weorþ, pl. -weorpaþ; p. ic, he -wearþ, ðú -wurde, pl. -wurdon; subj. pres. -weorþe, pl. -weorþen; p. -wurde, pl. -wurden; pp. -worden.

to bebe madebecomehappenfiĕriTo happencome to passbefallcome togetheragreebe agreeablecontingĕreevĕnīreconvĕnīreplăcēre

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Gr. 37; Som. 39, 6. Hý gewearþ, ðæt hý woldan to Rómánum friþes wilnian they agreed that they would seek peace from the Romans, Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 86, 17: 5, 10; Bos. 108, 29: 6, 30; Bos. 126, 24: Gen. 20, 13.

ge-gearwian

(v.)
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Wǽron secgas sóna gegearwod wǽpnum tó wigge, El. 47. <b>IV a.</b> of the trappings of a horse :-- Hors is gegearwad equus paratur (ad diem belli ), Kent.

þingian

(v.)
Grammar
þingian, p. ode.
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Heom man raþe ðæs wið þingode soon after people came to terms with them, Chr. 100l; Erl. 136, 32. Hé sceal þingian wið ðone ðe hé ábylgþ debet reconciliari ci quem offendebat, L. Ecg.

weallan

(v.)
Grammar
weallan, p. weóll, pl. weóllon; pp. weallen.

of water, &amp;c. issuing from a source to well, bubble forth, spring out, flow of the source, to well with, flow with, with a noun absoluteimplying abundanceto swarm, exist in large numbers of production in large numbers or great quantity, to swarm with flow with of violent movement, to boil, rage, heave of movement in liquids caused by heat, to boil (intrans.), to be hot used of a vessel in which a liquid boils of other than liquids, to be hot, burn, blaze, ragefiguratively, of persons, passions, emotions, to be fervent, to burn, rage, to be strongly moved trans. ( = willan?) To roll, turn

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Þurh ða weallendan sond per ferventes sole arenas, Nar. 6, 9. figuratively, of persons, passions, emotions, to be fervent, to burn, rage, to be strongly moved Ic wealle ferueo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 5; Zup. 156, 9. Welð fervet, Kent. Gl. 665.

Linked entry: for-weallen

ós

(n.)
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Particularly apparently did the term refer to Thor, so that the proper name Ás-björn is used as the equivalent of Þor-björn.

Linked entry: ésa

inca

(n.)
Grammar
inca, an; m.

Doubtquestionoffenceill-willfear

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Ðeáh ðe ic nó [MS. on] ingcan wiste hú ic míne heortan heólde mid sóðe though I did not know any cause of complaint, as to the manner in which I had kept my heart truly; ergo sine causa justificavi cor meum, 72, 11.

BÓSUM

(n.)
Grammar
BÓSUM, bósm, es; m.

The space included by the folding of the arms, the BOSOM, lap, breast, interior partssinus, gremium, pectus, internasinus

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Ic winde sceal swelgan of sumes bósme I [i.e. a horn] shall swell with wind from some one's bosom, Exon. 104 a; Th. 395, 30; Rä. 15, 15. l09 b; Th. 419, 17; Rä. 38, 7: 127 a; Th. 489, 11; Rä. 78, 6.

gehðo

(n.)
Grammar
gehðo, gehðu, geohðu, geoðu, giohðo, giðu, e; f.

Careanxietycurasolicitudo

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Sceal se gást cuman geohðum hrémig the spirit shall come sadly lamenting, Soul Kmbl. 18; Seel. 9. He ðǽr ána sæt geoðum geómor he sat there alone sad with sorrows, Andr. Kmbl. 2015; An. 1010.

Linked entry: gihþu

ge-þolian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þolian, to -þolianne, -þolienne, -þoligenne; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed [þolienne to bear, suffer] .

to bearsufferenduresustainsufferrepătisustĭnēreto have patienceendurewaitremainperdūrāremănērewith the gen. To suffer loss offorfeitlosecărēre

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Kmbl, 213; An. 107. to have patience, endure, wait, remain; perdūrāre, mănēre Ðú scealt geþolian sume hwíle thou must bear [with me] for some time, Bt. 39, 4; Fox 218, 8. Gif he inne geþolian wille if he will remain within, L.

be-frinan

(v.)
Grammar
be-frinan, l. be-frignan, -frinan; p. -frán, pl. -frúnon, -frinon; pp. -frúnen, -frinen,

to ask a person a question,to askquestion,to ask about somethingto ask a person about somethingto ask for some-thingto ask of a person what one wishes to be told

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Lch. iii. 432, 27. to ask for some-thing Hé befrán his geféran rǽdes, Hml. S. 25, 397. Búton hé his godes rǽdes befrúne, Hml. A. 197, 77. to ask of a person what one wishes to be told Befrán hé æt þám mæssepreóstum ðæs martires naman, Hml.

án

(n.; num.; adj.; pronoun.)
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Hit máre is for án þonne þreó hund geára it cannot be less than 300 years, 701. marking singleness, uniqueness, one, sole, single Ðú geweorðest án cyning and hláford ealles middangeardes, Nar. 32, 4.

sellan

(v.)
Grammar
sellan, sillan, sylian; p. salde, sealde; pp. sald, seald
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Hié sealdon hiera suna tó gíslum they gave their sons as hostages, Ors. 4, 11; Swt. 204, 4. Hí on wedde sealdon, hwæt hý hyre syllan woldon. Homl. As. 196, 24.

weorþan

(v.)
Grammar
weorþan, (wurþan, wyrþan); p. wearþ, pl. wurdon; pp. worden.
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Hié sume inne wurdon some of them got inside, Chr. 867; Erl. 72, 14. Móste ic áne tíd úte weorðan, Cd.

bunda

(n.)
Grammar
bunda, bonda, an; m.

a wedded or married man, a husbandmaritus, sponsusthe father or head of a family, a householderpaterfamilias, œconomuswedlock, marriage,lawfully born, born in wedlockwedlock breaker, an adulterermarriage-fast-man, a wedded man, a husband:to wed, take a wifea wedded man, husband, householderone wedded or bound, a husbandto bindpersonagenta hammera hammererrule, government,a ruler, governorboundone bound, a husband

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So, in other compounds, from bindan to bind, as bonde-land bond or leased land, land let on binding conditions. Bunda then is a pure Anglo-Saxon word derived from bindan to bind.

Linked entry: bonda

ǽr

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽr, comp. m. ǽra, ǽrra; f. n. ǽre, ǽrre; sup. ǽrest; adj.

Earlyformerprecedingancientpriorpræcedensantiquus

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Se hér-búendra hearpan ǽrest hlyn awehte who first of dwellers here awoke the sound of the harp, Cd. 52; Th. 66, 5; Gen. 1079. Se ǽresta wæs Enos háten the first was called Enos, 50; Th. 64, 24; Gen. 1055.

EORÞE

(n.)
Grammar
EORÞE, an; f; eorþ, e; f. I. the

EARTH in opposition to the sea, the ground, soil terra, hŭmus, sŏlum

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EARTH in opposition to the sea, the ground, soil; terra, hŭmus, sŏlum God gecígde ða drignisse eorþan, and ðæra wætera gegaderunga he hét sǽs vŏcāvit Deus ārĭdam terram, congregātiōnesque ăquārum appellāvit măria, Gen. 1, 10.

Linked entries: eord eorþ

Finnas

(n.)
Grammar
Finnas, gen. a; pl. m.
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This inconsiderable and now despised race has, therefore, anciently been far more widely spread, and reached along the Kullen [the chain of mountains separating Norway from Sweden] down to the Sound, and eastward over the present Finland,' Petersen, Danmarks

gár-secg

(n.)
Grammar
gár-secg, -sæcg, es; m. [gár a spear, secg man] .

a spear-manthe oceanhŏmo jăcŭlo armātusoceănusa seamăre

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The myth of an armed man, - a spear-man is employed by the Anglo-Saxons as a term to denote the Ocean, and has some analogy to the personification of Neptune holding his trident.

Linked entry: secg

hyrst

(n.)
Grammar
hyrst, e; f.

An ornament a decorationjeweltrappingequipmentarmourimplement

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Hyrste [hyrsta, Soul Kmbl. 114] ða reádan ne gold ne seolfor [not] the red ornaments, nor gold nor silver, Exon. 99 a; Th. 370, 15; Seel. 57.

ildra

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ildra, m. ildre; f. n. comp.

elderoldergrandgreatersuperior

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For míne sáwle and for mínes fæder and for mínes ieldran fæder for my soul, and for my father's, and for my grandfather's, Chart. Th. 496, 21 : 497, 15.

Linked entries: eldra eldre ildest