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þreátung

(n.)
Grammar
þreátung, e; f.

compulsionforceviolenceoppressionill-treatmentrebukereproofthreatening

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Similar entries v. þreátian, I bestungon him on múþ mid niycelre ðreátunge ðone fúlan mete, Homi. Skt. ii. 25, 34.

wit

(pronoun.)
Grammar
wit, pers. pron.

We two

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We two, I and thou, alone Ðæt sýn án swá wyt sýn án, Jn. Skt. 17, 22. Abram cwæð Lothe: 'Wyt sind gebróðru,' Gen. 13, 8. Wit, Cd. Th. 114, 14; Gen. 1904. Geþenc hwæt wit sprǽcon, Beo. Th. 2957; B. 1476: Exon. Th. 172, 18; . 1145.

Linked entries: unc witt

ge-hál

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weorc stód gehál, Hml. S. 31, 1235. Ne bæd ðæt hine fortýnde mid gehále wáge, ac bæd dura , Past. 275, 23. Bróhte him se hræfn gehálne hláf, Shrn. 50, 14.

ge-manigfealdian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-manigfealdian, p. ode.
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Take here <b>ge-mænigfealdian, ge-monigfealdian</b> in Dict. and add: trans. To multiply, to make numerous Þú gemanigfealdodest þíne mildheortnesse multiplicasti misericordias tuas, Ps. Th. 35, 7.

Linked entry: ge-mænigfealdian

ge-búan

(v.)
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Take here ge-bógian, -búgian, -býa in Dict., and add p. -býede; pp. -búd, -bogen. intrans. To dwell Gebýde in ceastra habitavit in civitate, Mt. L. 2, 23. Gebýde (gibýede, R.), Jn. L. 1, 14. Gewunedon gebýedon ðér habitant ibi, Mt. L. 12, 45.

ge-tríwe

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Take here <b>ge-trýwe</b> in Dict., and add Getrýwe fida, Wrt. Voc. ii. 35, 38. trustworthy, honest, of persons Getriówe fidelis, Kent. Gl. 360. Gitríwa fida, Rtl. 109, 33.

greát

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Áscrep þá greátan rinde of scrape the coarse rind off, Lch. ii. 270, 17. of persons, big, stout Hlǽne macer, greát grossus, smæl gracilis, Wrt. Voc. i. 83, 50. <b>II a.

hol

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
hol, a hole.
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Húnbealding hola, i. 258, 10. <b>I a.</b> a hole made to live in by an animal, burrow :-- Of oteres hole, C. D. iii. 418, 17. Foxas holas (holo, R.) habbað uulpes foueas habent Lk. L. 9, 58.

sár-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
sár-líc, adj.

sad, mournful, lamentable, grievous causing pain, grievous sad, mournful

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Voc. i. 28, 18. Sárlíc blis cantilena, ¨ii. 128, 13. sit mid sárlícum andwlitan, nát ic hwæt besorgaþ, Ap. Th. 15,10 . cwæð mid sárlícre stemne, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 101, 205. Sárlíc leóþ tragoediam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 37.

BRÓÐOR

(n.)
Grammar
BRÓÐOR, bróðer, bróder, bróður; d. bréðer; but often indecl. in sing; pl. nom. acc. bróðor, bróðer, bróður, bróðru, bróðro, ge-bróðor, er, ru, ro, ra; g. bróðra, ge-bróðra; d. bróðrum, ge-bróðrum; m.

A BROTHER fraterto bear, support, a brother being the natural supporter of sisters who have lost their father

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Gr. 15; Som. 19, 18-23. Hwǽr is ðín bróðor ubi est frater tuus? Gen. 4, 9: Mt. Bos. 5, 23. Bróðor Arones Aaron's brother, Cd. 124; Th. 158, 21; Gen. 2620: 47; Th. 60, 19; Gen. 984. Geboren bróðer germanus frater, Greg. Dial. 2, 13.

EARN

(n.)
Grammar
EARN, es; m.

An eagleaquĭla

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An eagle; aquĭla Se earn the eagle, Herb. 31, 2; Lchdm. i. 128, 10. Earn aquĭla, Ælfc. Gl. 36; Som. 62, 107; Wrt. Voc. 29, 5: 62, 1: 77, 12: 280, 1.

Linked entries: ern here-fugol

HETE

(n.)
Grammar
HETE, es; m,

HATEhatredenmitymalignitymalicespite

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Exon. 109 a; Th. 416, 1; . 34, 5: Beo. Th. 5101; B. 2554: 286; B. 142. forseah and on hete hæfde odio habebat et despiciebat, Bd. 3, 21; S. 551; 25.

ge-lǽran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lǽran, ic -lǽre, ðú -lǽrest, -lǽrst, he -lǽreþ, -lǽrþ, pl. -lǽraþ; p. -lǽrde; pp. -lǽred, -lǽrd

To teacheducateinstructadvisepersuadeinducedŏcēreerŭdīrepersuādēre

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Ðú us gelǽrdest ðæt we Hélende héran ne sceoldon thou persuadest us that we should not obey the Saviour, 214; Th. 268, 10; Sat. 53. Me gelǽr dŏce me, Ps. Th. 118, 68. Gelǽred doctus, Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 7, 41 : 39; Som. 42, 47, 56.

Linked entry: ge-lǽred

sidu

(n.)
Grammar
sidu, seodu, siodu (o) ; gen. dat. a ; m.
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<b>Ia.</b> a religious practice, a rite (cf.

Linked entries: seodu sido siodo sydung

ealdian

(v.)
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Th. ii. 76, 21. <b>I a.

fill

(n.)
Grammar
fill, fiell, es; m.

deathdestruction

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Feallo torres ruiná torris, p. 8, 3. Fylle lapsu, An. Ox. 26, 44. Geswell þe wyrþ of fylle oððe of slege, Lch. ii. 6, 27. on fylle wearð he slipped and fell, B. 1544.

Linked entries: fiell fyll

for-stelan

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Substitute for meanings: To steal away, and add: of criminal theft, to take the property of another Ðér ðeáfas forstealas, Mt. L. 6, 19. Forstæl conpillat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 21, 8: subripuit, 87, 19.

ge-reordan

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Gif þá gebróþru on middæg gereorden, gereorde (ge-reordige, v. l. ) on nón si fratres reficiant sexta hora, ille frater nona, R. Ben. 49, 8.

ge-séðan

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Ðú hit hæfst geséþed mid gesceádwíslicre race cuncta firmissimis nexa rationibus constant, 34, 9 ; F. 146, 7. <b>II a.

ge-fremian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fremian, ge-fremman.
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Voc. ii. 23, 37. (2 a) as a verb of incomplete predication Ús þis se æðeling ýðre gefremede, Cri. 627.