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ge-openian

(v.)
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Geopena ongeán mé lífes geat, Hml. Th. i. 76, 3. to open a box, &c., an enclosed space, render passage possible into an enclosed place Ic geopnige mínne múþ, Ps. L. 77, 2. Heofonan mid worde þú geopenast, Hy. S. 106, 3.

æfter

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
æfter, prep. [æft, q. v; er, q. v.] dat; rarely acc.

AFTERpostAlongthroughduringκατάperAccording toby means ofsecundumpropterAfteraboutpropterobdeAfteraboveaccording topostsupersecundum

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Lind. War. 1, 25. He eorþan æfter wæter ǽrest sette qui fundavit terram super aquas, Ps. Th. 135, 6. Stefne míne gehér æfter mildheortnesse ðíne, Drihten vocem meam audi secundum misericordiam tuam, Domine, Ps. Lamb. 118, 149

Linked entries: æftyr efter eftyr

(adv.)
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HÚ, adv.

How

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Hú sculon wit nú libban how are we to live? Cd. 38; Th. 50, 7; Gen. 805. in exclamations [see also I] Hú la! ne gewearþ unc tó ánum peninge how now! was not our agreement for a penny? Th. An. 74, 20. Hú gód is éce God quam bonus Deus, Ps.

Linked entries: hú-lic hú-meta hwu

ÍDEL

(adj.)
Grammar
ÍDEL, adj.

emptydestitutevoiddevoidvainuselessidleidleunemployed

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Ðǽr ðæt heáfod biþ unhál eall ða limu bióþ ídelu languente capite membra incassum vigent, Past. 18, 2 ; Swt. 129, 8. Ýdele spellunga fabulæ, Ælfc. Gr. 50, 29; Som. 52, 2. Ne hí dǽr ǽnig unnit ne geþafian ne ídele spǽce ne ídele dǽde, L. Edg.

Linked entries: a-ýdlig ídel

teohhian

(v.)
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teohhian, teohchian, teohgian, tihhian, teohian, teochian, tihian; p. ode.
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Hé tiohchode him má tó fultemanne ... hé teohchode hine tó lǽdanne on lífes weg, Past. 41; Swt. 305, 4, 5.

under-þeódan

(v.)
Grammar
under-þeódan, -þiédan, -þídan; p. de.

to subjectsubjugaterender subjectto subjectcause to endurerender liableto subjoinaddto support

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Hé wæs him underþeód (-ðióded, Lind., Rush.) erat subditus illis, Lk. Skt. 2, 51. Underþeód (-þýd, Th.: -ðióded, Surt.) beó ðú Drihtne subditus esto Domino, Ps. Spl. 36, 6: subjecta, 61, 5. Him se mǽsta dǽl wearð underþiéded, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 44, 5.

weorþscipe

(n.)
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weorþscipe, es; m.
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Uorðscip, Lind. : worðscip, Rush., honorem, Jn.

fæsten

firmamentcitadelforta fortificationentrenchmentsfastnessstrongholda prisona sepulchreHellclaustrum

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Hí manige festena and castelas ábrǽcon, Chr. 1094; P. 230, 3. a fortification, entrenchments, fortified camp, place strengthened to resist attack Ðanan eást úp suae ðet ealde(n) fæstan scáðe (as the old earthwork makes a line of separation); andlang

feoh

cattlepropertywealthmoneyrichestreasurebribegiftmetalcoin

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næbben nán óþer fioh ðæs hlísan wyrþe búton hiora ágnum fiore nonnulli venerandum nomen gloriosae pretio mortis emerunt, 39, 11; F. 228, 29. property given as wages, bribe (v. feoh-fang) or gift Ðý lǽs hié for ðǽm gedále ðæs feós wilnigen ðisses lǽnan lífes

ge-habban

(v.)
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</b> to exhibit (a feeling, &amp;c.) in action :-- Gif hié ðá hálwendan forhæfdnesse gehabban ne mægen if they cannot be continent, Past. 401, 32. to hold, consider as Hé for his lífes geearnunge wæs gehæfd (gehæfd and ongyten, v. l., habebatur

neáh

(adj.; adv.)
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neáh, néh

nighnearnearnearlyaboutof place

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Neáh [Lind. Rush. néh] ðam túne juxta praedium, Jn. Skt. 4, 5. Seó flóweþ neáh ðære ceastre wealle, Bd. 1, 7; S. 478, 5. Him wæs engel neáh, Exon. Th. 112, 14; Gú. 143.

weorþ-mynd

(n.)
Grammar
weorþ-mynd, (-mynt), es; m. : e; f. : -myndu (-o); indecl. f. Honour
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Ðæt ðú gefeó in ðæm fromscipe mínes lífes, and eác blissige in ðǽm weorðmyndum, Nar. 32, 32. Hé weorþmyntum þáh he throve gloriously Beo.

Linked entry: wirþu

heáfod

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod, gen. heáfdes; dat. heáfde; pl. heáfdu [v. Ælfc. Gr. 15; Som. 18, 21-25]

HEAD, chief, source, &#39;the commencing point, or the highest point, of a stream, of a field, hill, etc.

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Lind. 16, 17. Wið healfes, heáfdes ece for megrim, L. M. 1, 1; Lchdm. ii. 20, 14, 17, 21. Þolige hé heáfdes let him lose his head, L. Edg. S. 11; Th. i. 276, 13. His heáfdes segl his head&#39;s sun [the eye], Andr. Kmbl. 100; An. 50.

winter

(n.)
Grammar
winter, es; m. (in pl. a neuter form wintru occurs, as well as masculine wintras, winter: the dat. sing. wintra is a trace of earlier u-stem declension).

a season of the yearwinterwintry weathercolda year

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.: wintrum twoelfum, Lind., annis duodecim) wæs, Mk. Skt. 5, 25. Hí besǽtan ða burg .x. winter (per decem annos), Ors. 1, 14; Swt. 56, 19. Hé geheóld ríce fíftig wintru, Beo. Th. 4424; B. 2209. Siððan hé strýnde seofon winter suna and dohtra, Cd.

trymman

(v.)

to make firm or strongto construct strongly,of physical health or strengthto give strength tostrengthenof mental or moral strengthto confirmestablishgive strength to mind or heartto confirm,to corroborateconfirm an agreement, a grant, testimony, statementto give as suretyto trimto set infirm orderarray troopsto settlearrangeto strengthen with wordsexhortencouragecomfortto become strongto be arrayed.

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Lind. 5, 31. Ðæt trymeþ sió hálige ǽ, ðǽr hió cuæð, Past. 43 ; Swt. 309, 12. Wé trymmaþ adstipulabimur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 28. lc ðíne gewitnesse wordmn trymede servavi testimonia tua, Ps. Th. 118, 168. Ðæt trymede sanctus Paulus, ðá hé cuæð ðæt . . .

GRUND

(n.)
Grammar
GRUND, es; m.
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Lind. 14, 29: 6, 48: Rtl. 82, 34. Ǽlc sǽ ðeáh heó deóp sý hæfþ grund on ðære eorþan every sea, though it be deep, hath its bottom in the earth, Lchdm. iii. 254, 20.

þreágan

(v.)
Grammar
þreágan, þreán, and þreáwian (v. þreápian); p. þreáde [in Bt. 38, 1; Fox 196, 7 a form occurs that might be a strong past of þreán, on the analogy of þweán, sleán Ðæt gewit wæs swíþe sorgiende for ðám ermþum ðe hí ðrógan; cf. the rendering of the same passage in the metres: Ðæt mód wæs swíðe sorgum gebunden for ðǽm earfoþum ðe him on sǽton,
  • Met. 26, 97.
But, perhaps, drugon should be read, as, Latin is:]; pp. þreád.

to reproverebukereproachto punish one who deserves punishmentto chastise by way of discipline, with a view to amendto chastencorrectto torturetormentafflictdistressvexoppress

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to reprove, rebuke, reproach Ic hine þreáge (ðreá, Lind.: ðriá, Rush.) and forlǽte corripiam illum et dimittam, Lk. Skt. 23, 22. Ne þreáge (drégu, Surt.: þreá, Spl. C.: þrǽwie, Spl. T.) ic eów non arguam te, Ps. Th. 49, 9.

Linked entries: þreán þreiga ðrogan

ge-riht

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Add: where direction is marked, a straight line. [The phrase on gerihte (geriht) occurs often in the charters which give the boundaries of land, and corresponds to various Latin phrases, e. g. per rectitudinem uiae, C.

dón

(v.)
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</b> to do, practise, exercise, pass time, lead a life :-- Bútan þé ic dede þone hálgan dæg (I spent the day ) æt Drihtnes ácennisse, ac ic dó mid þé ðone hálgan dæg æt Drihtnes ætýwnesse, Shrn. 48, 8-10.

gán

to gowalkto move along, proceedto take a specified course to be guideddeterminedto be habitually in a specified conditionto gobe pregnantto pass, elapseto happen, come to pass, take placeto pass, be currentto be accepted to have a specified issue turn out so and soto move away, depart to relinquishto take one's way, proceedgomove in a specified directiongoandto applybetake oneselfto turnbetake oneselfgoto be carried, moved, impelledto pass, be paid, be allottedto be appropriatedto be one of the constituent elements be amongst the conditions requisiteto amount, be equivalentto attain, reach, extendto come to take precedence of.to produce, came out withto accompany, be withto be uttered to begin, startto go to the closet, have an evacuationto leave a permanent habitationoccupation to proceed to the business of a court

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Th. 142, 2. of passive movement, change of state, &amp;c. to be carried, moved, impelled to, towards a place, person, &amp;c. into a place or condition, lit. and fig.