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sécan

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Add Þǽr bið sóht fram ánra gehwylcum hwæt hé yfeles gedyde oðþe gódes, Verc. Först. 148, 15. 1.

here-láf

(n.)
Grammar
here-láf, e; f.

The remnant of an army or people what is left of an army after a battlewhat is left after a battlespoil

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The remnant of an army or people, what is left of an army after a battle, what is left after a battle, spoil Se Chaldéa cyning com tó his earde mid ðære húþe and ðære hereláfe on ðære wæs Daniel se wítega and ða þrí cnihtas the king of Chaldea came to

Linked entry: fird-láf

hére

(n.)
Grammar
hére, e; f.

Dignitymajestygreatness

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Dignity, majesty, greatness Hwæt hiora hére búton se hlísa án what is their greatness but report alone, Bt. Met. Fox 10, 107; Met. 10, 54.

irfe-weardness

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irfe-weardness, irf-weardness, e; f.

An inheritance

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An inheritance Yrfeweardnes hereditas, Ælfc. Gl. 13; Sons. 57, 95; Wrt. Voc. 20, 36. Drihtnes dǽl wæs his folc and Iacob his yrfeweardnis pars domini populus ejus, Jacob funiculus hereditatis ejus, Deut. 32, 9.

Linked entry: irf-

ge-mitting

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mitting, -mittung, e; f.
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A meeting, an assembly; congressus Heora gemitting wæs æt Trefia ðære eá their meeting was at the river Trebia, Ors. 4, 8; Bos. 90, 2: 5, 7; Bos. 106, 20, 43. Æt heora gemittinge in their meeting, 4, 6; Bos. 85, 26.

Linked entry: ge-méting

ymb-scínan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-scínan, p. scán
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Kmbl. 2034; An. 1019

blóstm

(n.)
Grammar
blóstm, es; m.
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Flores blóstma (-as?, -an?) s. nominati quod cito defluant de arboribus, Wülck. Gl. 240, 22. Feld full grówendra blóstma (blósma, v. l.), campus flosculorum plenus, Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 623, 20. Add: (f. (?) Wülck. Gl. 240, 22)

crocca

(n.)
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In bracket dele all but Scandinavian forms, and add: crocce (?), an; f. Crocha, chroca, chroa, croha citropodes, Txts. 46, 171. Crohha luteum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 27. Crocca, 51, 24:olla fictilis, 65, 38: anfora, i. 25, 9.

ge-tang

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-tang, adj.
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.), ac sió yld þá geogoðe tólicge adolescentiores fratres juxta se non habeant lecta, sed permixti cum senioribus, R. Ben. 47, 15

gearcung

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Take here <b>gærcung</b> in Dict. and add Gearkinge lustrationis An. Ox. 7, 126. Gearc[inge] praeparatione 3617. Hú-meta dorstest ðú gán tó mínre gearcunge ( the feast I have prepared.

ge-cwide

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Add: a condition, an agreement Gecwide conditio, Wrt. Voc. i. 20, 54.

ge-forewyrdan

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ge-forewyrdan, ge-forewordan.
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., and add: To settle the terms of an agreement, agree Nú wille ic ðæt heora cwide stande swá swá hit geforewird wes on gódre manna gewitnesse, C. D. iv. 201, 4. Standan ðá forword ðe ǽr wið ðæne arcebiscop ge-forwyrd wǽran, iii. 352, 5

leán

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Íc bidde ðæt se monn . . . ðá ilcan wísan leste . . . and ðá godcundan leán mínre sáule mid geréce, C. D. i. 316, 21. Add

tó-licgan

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Add Tó stybban snáde ðǽr ðá twégen wegas tólicgað, C.D. vi. 26, 31. On streám oþ þá laca tólicgaþ, Cht. Crw. 3, 12. Swá wíde swá wegas tólágon, An. 1236.

ge-temian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-temian, p. ede: pp. ed

To tame;domare

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An. 26, 7, 13. Se getemeda assa hæfde getácnunge ðæs Iudéiscan folces, ðe wæs getemed under ðære ealdan ǽ the tamed ass betokened the Jewish people that was tamed under the old law, Homl. Th. i. 208, 20

hleów-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
hleów-leás, adj.

Not having or not affording shelter, protection, comfort, cheerless

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Not having or not affording shelter, protection, comfort, cheerless Ða ðe hleóleásan wíc wunedon those who had occupied a cheerless dwelling, Andr. Kmbl. 261: An. 131.

hlutor-ness

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hlutor-ness, hluttor-ness, e; f.

Clearness, purity

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Tó hluttornisse geleáfan ad simplicitatem fidei, Bd. 2, 5; S. 507, 42. On hluttornesse and on clǽnnesse in sinceritate, 4, 9; S. 576, 21: 2, 15; S. 518, 30

swaðrian

(v.)
Grammar
swaðrian, swæðorian; p ode
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To retreat, withdraw, subside Geofon swaðrode . . . geótende gegrind grund eall forswealg, Andr. Kmbl. 3169; An. 1587. Hærn eft onwand . . . wædu swæðorodon, 1066; An. 533. Brimu swaþredon, ðæt ic sǽnæssas geseón mihte, Beo. Th. 1145; B. 570

Linked entries: swæðorian swodrian

á-sciran

(v.)
Grammar
á-sciran, (e, y); p. -scær, pl. -scǽron; pp. -scoren
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Wæs án ormǽte clif áscoren rihte ádúne, Hml. S. 31, 316. Of áscoren raderetur, An. Ox. 2, 337

Linked entry: á-sceran

ge-smeágan

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Gesmǽgeð retractat, An. Ox. 50, 54. Hiá gesmeáwdon (cogitabant) bituih him. Mt. L. 16, 7. Gesmeáudon (gismeádun, R.), Lk. L. 20, 5. Gesmeáge cogitare, 5, 21. Beón gesmeád conici, i. intelligi, An. Ox. 1 2688. Add