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self-déma

Grammar
self-déma, selfe-déma, an; m.
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One who depends upon his own judgment [cf. ǽlc ídel mon liofaþ æfter his ágenum dóme, Past. 39; Swt. 283, 21], used of a certain kind of monks called sarabaitae, monachi qui nulla regula approbati . . . proprio arbitratu vivunt Þridde cyn is muneca

Linked entry: déma

Scot-land

(n.)
Grammar
Scot-land, es; n.
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F.), Chr. 934; Erl. 111, 9. Hé ( Cnut ) fór tó Scotlande, and Scotta cyng him tó beáh, Mælcolm, 1031; Erl. 163, 20. Hé ( Fursetis ) férde geond eal Ýrrland and Scotland, Homl. Th. ii. 346, 29

scrætte

(n.)
Grammar
scrætte, an; f.
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Cf. Old Scratch, v. Grmm. D. M. 447 sqq

Linked entry: scritta

ge-fyrn

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-fyrn, adv. [fyrn formerly]

Formerlylong agoof oldof yoreolimpridem

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Ðú mid Fæder ðínne gefyrn wǽre efenwesende thou with thy father of old was co-existent, Exon. 12 b; Th. 22, 10; Cri. 349 : 12 a; Th. 19, 16; Cri. 301. Gefyrn hí dydun dǽdbóte on hǽran and on axan olim cĭlĭcio et cĭnĕre pænĭtentiam egissent, Mt.

Linked entry: ge-firn

ge-héran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-héran, p. de; pp. ed

To hearaudīre

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To hear; audīre Ic ne sceal ǽfre gehéran ðære byrhtestan béman stefne I shall never hear the brightest trumpet's sound, Cd. 216; Th. 275, 14; Sat. 171 : 220; Th. 284, 27; Sat. 328.

ge-risene

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-risene, -risne, -rysne; adj.

Fit, convenient, propercongruus, decens, conveniens

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Ðis þinceþ gerisne this seems fitting, Cd. 114; Th. 149, 17; Gen. 2476. Swá gerysne ne wæs as was not seemly, 76; Th. 94, 22; Gen. 1565: 9; Th. 11, 2; Gen. 169: Beo. Th. 5299; B. 2653. Hit is ealles gerisnost it is most fitting, Blickl. Homl. 205, 24

Linked entries: -risene ge-rysene

ge-metan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-metan, p. -mæt and -mette , pl. -mǽton; pp. -meten; v. trans.

to measure, measure back or againmetiri, remetirito measure by traversing or going overmetiri transeundo

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God ðú ðe heofen mid honda gemettest and eorðan on ðínre fyst betýndest God thou who has meted heaven with thy hand and enclosed the earth in thy fist [cf. Isaiah 40, 12], St.

un-bildu

(n.)
Grammar
un-bildu, un-bildo; indecl. f.

Want of boldnessweaknessirresolutioninconstancy

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Ðonne hié of unwísdóme oððe of wácmódnesse and of unbieldo oððe of untrymnesse módes oððe líchoman gesyngaþ cum solo ignorantia vel infirmitate delinquitur, 21; Swt. 159, 1.

Linked entries: un-bældo bildu

wiccian

(v.)
Grammar
wiccian, p. ode
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Si clericus sit (cf. Com a modi clarc, to mi douter his love beed, . . . he ne miȝtte his wille have . . . Thenne bigon the clerc to wiche, An. Lit. 11, 3-8), L. Ecg. P, iv. 18; Th. ii. 208, 31 : L. M. I. P. 39; Th. ii. 274, 31

wiþ-habban

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-habban, p. -hæfde

To hold out againstto withstandresist

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Næs nán ðæs stronglíc . . . ðæt mihte ðam miclan mægne wiðhabban, Cd. Th. 297, 18; Sat. 519

Linked entry: wiþer-habban

wiþer-mál

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-mál, es; m.

A case againstin reply toby way of accusationdefenceprosecution

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in order that the case against him might be brought; cf. Geornde se eorl griðes ðæt hé móste hine betellan æt ǽlc ðæra þinga ðe him man on léde, Erl. 180, 12), Chr. 1052; Erl. 181, 7

bígan

(v.)

To bendto inclineto humiliatesubdueto turninclineTo bend

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H. 187, 18. of direction, to incline þá þá hé bígede cum (membra sopori) dedisset .i. inclinasset, An. Ox. 2105. figurative, to humiliate, subdue Líchama mín in nédhérnisse ic bégo corpus meum in servitutem redigo, Rtl. 6, 9.

Linked entries: býgan bégan

bil

Grammar
bil, bill.

a falchiona bill

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Bill chalibem (cf. 92, 7, a gloss on Ald. 159, 33 where the incident of the preceding passage is related), Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 57. Hé sceal habban æcse, adsan, bil, Angl. ix. 263, 1

be-sorg

Anxiouscareful

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For Anxious, careful, þæs cnihtes sáwle þe mé besorh ys (cf. hé begann tó lufienne þone cniht. 16, 42), Ælfc. T. Grn. 18, 1.

bet

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Hwæt bið þǽm gítsere on his móde þe bet (cf. hwelc fremu byþ þám gítsere, Bt. 26, 3; F. 94, 12) þeáh hé micel áge, Met. 14, 2. with other verbs Búton hé hine geládige ꝥ hé ná bet ne cúðe, Ll.

bere

barley

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Sixecge bere exaticum (cf. hoc exaticum byge (v. beów), i. 233, 62), Wrt. Voc. ii. 144., 58. Bere is swíðe earfoðe tó gearcigenne, and þeáhhwæðere fét ðone mann, þonne hé gearo bið, Hml. Th. i. 188, 4. Horse mete is bere, Hml. S. 3, 216.

eást

(adj.)
Grammar
eást, adj.
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Andlanges þæs eástran mylengeares, C. D. B. ii. 305, 240. On þonæ eásteran weg, C. D. v. 319, 19: Cht. Crw. 4, 36. Is sió eáste-meste þeód háten Libia, Ors. 1, 1; S. 24, 33. On þǽm eástemestan onwalde, 6, 1; S. 252, 5. Cf. west; adj

egl

(n.)
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Cf. egenu

eorþ-weall

a rampart

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(Cf. under wealle, 3060. Beorges getrúwode, wíges and wealles, 2323.)

fana

(n.)
Grammar
fana, fanu(-e) ; f.

a flagfane

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Fanu cittasana, Lch. iii. 301, col. 2. Fane, Lch. ii. 136, 30. Fone nioþoweard, 350, 24. Fane, iii. 12, 25. Fanu, 58, 20. Fanan, 24, 6. [v. N. E. D. fane (plant-name). Cf. O. L. Ger. réni-fano tanacetum: O. H. Ger. reine-uano.]

Linked entry: fan-byrd