ge-riht
What is right, a right, due, last office of the church, direction ⬩ rectum, jus, ratio, officium
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Heó to cyrcean eóde and hire gerihtan underfeng she went to the church and received her rites, Chr. 1093; Erl. 229, 11: Homl. Th. ii. 142, 9. Fóron to gefeohte forþ on gerihte marched straight on to battle, Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 23; Jud. 202.
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sib
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In the passage below, Lk. 14, 12, the form may be taken as a weak noun, cf. Icel. sifi a relation by marriage, guð*-*sifi a god-sib: O. L. Ger. sibbeo: O. H.
un-riht
Wrong ⬩ evil ⬩ bad ⬩ unjust ⬩ unlawful ⬩ depraved ⬩ perverse
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Of unrihtum wege de via iniquitatis, Ps. Th. 106, 16. Gif hwá geniéd sié oþþe tó hláfordsearwe oþþe tó ǽngum unryhtum fultume, L. Alf. pol. i. 60, 5. Unryhtre ǽ unlawful marriage, Exon. Th. 260, 14; Jul. 297.
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wód
Mad ⬩ raving ⬩ blasphemous ⬩ mad ⬩ raging ⬩ furious
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Similar entries v. ellen-, tung-wód; wéde
ge-myþe
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On ðám gemíðum; west andlang Beaddingaburnan, vi. 214, 13. Andlang bróces on dá mýðy ; of ðás gemýðon, iii. 48, 26. where a river flows into the sea Æt þám gemýðum (-myndum, v. l.)
Constantīnus
Constantine the Great, Roman Emperor
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Constantius, se mildesta man, fór on Bryttanie, and ðǽr gefór; and gesealde his suna ðæt ríce, Constantínuse, ðone he hæfde be Elenan his wife Constantius, the most merciful man, went into Britain, and died there; and gave the empire to Constantine, his
on-sendan
to send off, despatch (an emissary) ⬩ to send forth or out, ⬩ to emit (an odour, etc.) ⬩ to send forth (the spirit), to give up (the ghost)
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Onsendum gewritum missis literis, Bd. 2, 10; S. 512, 17. to send forth or out, literal Ðǽr wǽron on carcerne ccxlviii wera and xlix wífa, ða Andreas ðanon onsende, Blickl. Homl. 239, 15. metaph. to emit (an odour, etc.)
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HOLT
a HOLT, ⬩ wood, ⬩ grove, ⬩ copse ⬩ wood; ⬩ lignum
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Gewiton áweg tó holte they went away to the wood, Homl. Th. ii. 516, 12. Holt ofgeáfon they left the wood, Beo. Th. 5685; B. 2846: 5190; B. 2598. Abraham ðá plantode ǽnne holt Abraham vero plantavit nemus, Gen. 21, 33.
tó-glídan
To glide in different directions, ⬩ glide away ⬩ to be dissipated, ⬩ dispersed, ⬩ dispelled, ⬩ to disappear, ⬩ vanish, ⬩ pass away ⬩ to fall to pieces, ⬩ collapse ⬩ to slip away
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Kmbl. 2536; El. 1269. of smoke, cloud, or the like, to be dissipated, dispersed, dispelled, to disappear, vanish, pass away Ða gedwinon his drýcræftas, swá swá rec ðonne hé tóglídeþ, oððe weax ðonne hit for fýre gemelteþ. Shrn. 135, 3.
turf
a turf ⬩ sod ⬩ piece of earth with grass on it ⬩ turf ⬩ greensward ⬩ the grassy surface of the earth
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Ðá gewrohte hé weall mid turfum (cf. vallum . . . de cespitibus,Bd. 1, 5), Chr. 189; Erl. 9, 25. On tyrf in cespites, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 16.
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ge-met
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Hwæt magon wé dón, gyf þú nást þæt gemet? Þú sceoldest witan hwænne þé genóh þúhte, Solil. H. 15, 8. [Perhaps here might be taken the passages given at gemet; adj.]
wiþ-standan
to withstand ⬩ resist ⬩ to stand against ⬩ succeed in opposing ⬩ be a match for ⬩ refute ⬩ to stand in the way ⬩ be a hindrance ⬩ obstruct ⬩ prevent ⬩ be a preventive ⬩ to stand off ⬩ keep away, ⬩ be absent ⬩ to be hostile
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Gif hwylc eów wiþstondeþ (restiterit), ðonne gefultumiaþ wé eów, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 17. Him man swíðe fæstlíce wiðstód and heardlíce, Chr. 1001; Erl. 137, 8: Exon. Th. 156, 15; Gú. 875. Hé galdorcræftum wiðstód stranglíce, Andr. Kmbl. 333; An. 167.
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feallan
to run ⬩ to be overcome ⬩ to stumble ⬩ snare ⬩ to fail ⬩ fall away ⬩ decay ⬩ crumble away
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Þes middangeard flýhð from ús, and wé him fleóndum fylgeaþ, and hine feallendne lufiaþ, Bl. H. 115, 18
ge-bǽru
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Wé wéndon þæt þú wǽre godfyrht and hæfdest gástlice gebǽru, 240, 27. Placidus þágyt heóld his cnihtþeáwas and gebǽru (-o, v.l.) Placidus puerilis adhuc indolis gerebat annos, Gr. D. 111, 9.
hǽlend
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Þú (Satan) ús (the fallen angels) gelǽrdest þæt wé Hǽlende hýran ne sceoldan, 54. Herigean Hǽlynd Drihten Laudate Dominum, Ps. Th. 112, 1: 98, 10. applied to the second person Frumbearn Godes sǽde: ' Ic eów geworhte . . .
hefig-tíme
heavy ⬩ weighty ⬩ of great importance ⬩ serious ⬩ grave ⬩ severe ⬩ serious ⬩ oppressive ⬩ annoying ⬩ troublesome ⬩ hard to bear ⬩ grievous ⬩ tedious
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Þæt hit (þis godspel, 21) tó hefigtýme ne ðince þám heorcnigendum, ii. 72, 23. by a clause or pronoun representing one Þincð ús hefigtýme ꝥ wé him gehýrsumian, Hml. A. 6, 134. Him hefigtýme wæs ꝥ hí hine gesáwon, 75, 74.
on-drǽdan
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Þonne mihte wé onðrǽdan ús deádes rihtlíce, Hml. S. 34, 139. with clause Ðá ondrǽdde hé him ꝥ hí wurdon þám cynge leófran ðonne hé, Lch. iii. 424, 19. Hé him ondrǽdan sceal ðæt hé unmedome sié, Past. 73, 21.
þanne
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</b> add :-- Hwæt wille wé lencg wrítan be Martines wundrum, þonne Sulpicius sǽde ꝥ hí synd ungeríme, Hml. S. 31, 1301, <b>C.</b> add :-- Ðónne drincð se láreów ðæt wæter of his ágnum mere, ðonne hé gehwirfð ...
EARM
poor, miserable, helpless, pitiful, wretched ⬩ pauper, mĭser ⬩ the poor and destitute for whom the church made a provision ⬩ paupĕres
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Ic wolde cweðan ðæt hi wǽron earmoste I should say that they were most miserable, Bt. 38, 2; Fox 198, 13: Exon. 110 a; Th. 421, 6; Rä. 40, 14. the poor and destitute for whom the church made a provision; paupĕres Be teóðunge.
ge-
with
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Ge- often seems void of signification; as, In verbs it seems sometimes to be a mere augment, e. g. in the following Ðæt wíf genam ðá of ðæs treówes wæstme and geæt and sealde hire were : he æt ða mŭlier tŭlit de fructu illīus et comēdit dĕditgue vĭro