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hafela

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Æscheres heafelan métton, 1421. hafelan onhylde, Gú. 1244. woldon on þám hysebeorðre heafolan gescénan, An. 1144. Hét Hildeburh hire suna sweoloðe befæstan . . . hafelan multon, B. 1120.

gierende

(v.; adj.; part.)
Grammar
gierende, taxauerat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 122, 6. Perhaps the passage to which this gloss belongs is Ald. 27, 14: Sibi usurpans tantopere taxauerat, other glosses to which are, taxauerat, i. iudicauerat hé démde, An. Ox. 2014: usurpans geauligende, 7, 118; taxauerat, i. iudicauerat, posse-derat hé démde, Hpt. Gl. 454, 3. As in the Corpus Glossary the gi- form of the prefix is very rare (gi-brec, Wrt. Voc. ii. 124, 6, is the single instance, unless gierende be another), and as there is no other instance of ǽrendan (the verb is always ǽrendian) perhaps gierende is incorrect. If, however, it is correct, it seems to be nearer in meaning to usurpans than to
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taxauerat

ná-hwǽr

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ná-hwǽr, <b>. I.</b>
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áxode, 'Hwǽr ǽton gé?' cwǽdon, 'Náhwǽr (nó-, v. l, nusquam ),' Gr. D. 127, 5. Hié ne dorston þæt land náwér (náwǽrn, -wérn, v. ll. ) gesécan on þá healfe, Chr. 918; P. 98, 26. of mynstere nolde náwár beón gemét, Hml. Th. ii. 506, 4.

feorh-hyrde

(n.)
Grammar
feorh-hyrde, es; m.

Life-guardian or protectorvītæ custos vel protector

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Life-guardian or protector; vītæ custos vel protector He hine bæd ðæt he him feorhhyrde wǽre he prayed that he would be his life-protector, Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 5 : Hy. 9, 8; Hy. Grn. ii. 291, 8

æt-gongan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-gongan, [æt at, gangan to go]

To go toapproachaccedere

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To go to, approach; accedere Hét hie of ðam líge neár ætgongan he bade them from the flame to approach nearer, Exon. 55b; Th. 197, 1; Az. 183

ge-friðian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-friðian, p. ode; pp. od

To guardprotectdefenddeliver

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To guard, protect, defend, deliver He hie gefriðode he protected her, Judth. 9; Thw. 21, 3; Jud. 5 : Bt. 39, 10; Fox 228, 11. Ðæt hys yrþ sí gefriðod that its produce be protected, Th. An. 118, 20. He me gefriðode eripuit me, Ps. Th. 33, 4.

Linked entry: ge-freoðian

ge-þynnian

(v.)
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Add: to make or to become thin (of a person) ne oncneów ná, for þám heó wæs swíðe geþynnod, Hml. S. 33, 236. to lessen, diminish, wither Smyre mid gáte geallan, ealle þá nebcorn áclǽnsað and ealne þone wom geðynnað, Lch. i. 348, 26.

eahtian

(v.)
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Eahtige hine selfne on his inngeðonce suelcne suelcne ondrǽtt ðæt sié servent interius quod de sua aestimatione pertimescunt, 119, 8.

máþum

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'On Godes ðearfum ic áspende, and sind ðá écan mádmas ðe nǽfre ne beóð gewanode,' i. 422, 11-34. hét gán intó his mádmum iussit eam introire ubi repositi erant thesauri eius, Hml. A. 110, 266. Add

be-sceáwian

(v.)

to contemplatebeholdto considerto see about take care of

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Gl. 404, 34. to consider For hwig ne besceáwost þú on þýnre heortan . . . Crýst on Iudéa lande geboren wæs. St. A. 32, 13. besceáwað considerat (Prov. 5, 21), Kent. Gl. 115. besceáwode ꝥ mid Drihtne habbað þá sélestan gife, Hml.

ge-wirpan

(v.)
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Næs fǽge þá gýt, ac hyne gewyrpte, þeáh þe him wund hrine, B. 2976. (2 a) to recover from sickness :-- hine þǽre seócnysse gewyrpte, Hml. S. 23 b, 656

Linked entry: ge-wyrpan

un-getǽse

(n.)
Grammar
un-getǽse, es; n.

An inconveniencea trouble

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An inconvenience, a trouble Gif ðǽm gehiér-suman mannum næfde geteohchad his éðel tó sellanne, hwié wolde hié mid ǽnegum ungetǽsum lǽran?

un-bindan

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Add: I. to free from a bond (lit. or fig. ) Frameallum bende unrihtwísnesse þú unbinst ( absolvis ) mægen þín, Angl. xi. 116, 5, mid bendum fæste hét gewríðan . . . hét eft ealle unbindan, Hml.

scyldig

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scyldig, <b>I a.</b>
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Add Sió healsfange scyldig, Ll. Th. i. 40, 2, 5. 3. with prep. liable to (tó) Scyldig wæs tó hellicere súsle for his mándǽdum, ac geandette his synna Drihtne sylfum on ðǽre ródehengene, Hml. Th. ii. 78, 20.

ofer-hycgan

(v.)

to despise, contemn, disdain, scorncontemnere, aspernereto be puffed up

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Ðeáh hine oferhogden, ne for-hogde nó, Swt. 405, 31. Ða lytegan sint tó manianne ðæt oferhycggen (-hycgen, Cote. MSS.) ðæt hié wieton, 30, 1; Swt. 203, 7. Oferhige and ádríf fram ðé, Bt. 7, 2; Fox 18, 8 note.

ge-bétan

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Hex. 26, 25-27. ꝥ his geféra wǽre tó þám cynge, and his wísa wið hine gebétte (would make his relations with the king more satisfactory), Chr. 1050; P. 169, 31.

weorc-stán

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weorc-stán, <b>. I.</b>
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Add ðǽr swíðe fæsthealdne weorcstán upp áhwylfdon . . . fundon ǽcne stán on óðerne befégedne, Hml. Th. i. 23, 423. Add Hét niman Claudium and lǽdan tó sǽ and wurpan hine út mid ánum weorcstáne, Hml. S. 35, 226

ge-bringan

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hine sceal æt stæðe underfón, and eft þǽr gebringan, 354, 25. Hét hine gebringan on carcerne and þǽrinne belúcan, Bt. 1; F. 2, 25. Hét Eádréd cyning gebringan Wulstán arcebiscop in Iudanbyrig on þǽm fæstenne, Chr. 952; P. 112, 35.

Linked entry: ge-brengan

be-sárgian

(v.)
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Besárgode ðǽre sorhfullan méder, Hml. Th. ii. 150, 17. with acc. spræc tó ðám ceastergewarum, þá mid fæderlicere lufe besárgode, Hml. Th. i. 402, 11. with prep.

Linked entry: sárgian

nabban

(v.)
Grammar
nabban, ( = ne habban, the verb is conjugated throughout)

not to haveto be without

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nǽnige mehte nafaþ, Blickl. Homl. 31, 33. wilnaþ ... ðæs ðe næft, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 34, 2. Næfþ, Ps. Th. 71, 12. Wé nabbaþ, Mk. Skt. 9, 13. Earmra manna gehelpan ðe sylfe nabbaþ and ðæra myhta nabbaþ ðæt hié wyrcen mágon, L. E.

Linked entries: næfde nafa ne