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ge-líc

(adj.)
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Nú is þon gelícost swá on laguflóde líðan, Cri. 851. Is þon gelícost swá hé on landsceape stille standan, An. 501. Hwæþer seó sibb sié þǽm gelícost þe mon nime ǽnne eles dropan . . ., Ors. 4, 7; S. 182, 23.

ge-wit

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Ne wéne ic ná þæt þæt lýf þǽr beó bútan gewitte þe má þe hyt hǽr byð on cildum, Solil. H. 64, 11-20: 66, 7. Ic niéhst ácsode be mínum gewitte, 65, 4: 33, 17: 38, 7. Ic þín gewit mid ealle ne forlét, Bt. 5, 3; F. 14, 8.

sáwel

(n.)
Grammar
sáwel, ol, ul, sáwl, sául, sówhul, ¨ e; f.

The soulthe soul, the animal lifethe soul,a soul, a human creature

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Seó menigo háligra sáula ðe ǽr gehæftnede wǽron (those who were released when Christ descended to Hell) 87, 7. Heora (the angels ' ) éþel sceolde geseted weorþan mid hálgum sáwlum . . . mid ðære menniscan gecynde, 121, 34.

Linked entry: sáwel-leás

toll

(n.)
Grammar
toll, es; n. m. (?)

Toll,tax,custom,duty,duethat which is paid to the state. that which is paid to individualstaking toll

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Nim ðone wecg, and syle tó tolle for mé and for ðé, Homl. Th. i. 512, 5. Æt hwám nimaþ cyningas gafol oððe toll reges terrae a quibus accipiunt tributum vel censum? Mt. Kmbl. 17, 25.

tǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
tǽlan, p. de.

to blame, rebuke, reprove, reproach, censure, accuse.to blame a person for what is wrongto blame what is wrong in a personto speak evil of, blaspheme, revile, slander, calumniate, backbiteto treat with contempt, to scorn, despise, insult, mock, deride, jeer at

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Hé lǽrde and tǽlde ealle men ðe worulde welan gaderiaþ mid unrihte, Ps. Th. 38, arg. Hí tǽldon hí vituperaverunt, Mk. Skt. 7, 2. Ðætte hiǽ téldun ( accusarent ) hine, Mk. Skt. Rush. 3, 2.

Linked entries: télan be-tilldon

hláf

breada loafcakebreadbreadmannacake

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Th. 77, 25. a loaf-shaped mass, cake of material Hláf wexenne (cf. weax-hláf) niman freó[n]dscipas níwe gefégð panem cerarium accipere, amicitias nouas iungit (Archiv, cxxv. 63), Lch. iii. 210, 2

Linked entry: hláf-gang

mǽre

(adj.)
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mǽre, adj.

Greatexcellentdistinguishedillustrioussublimesplendidcelebratedfamouswidely knownnotoriousdistinguished by evil deedsinsignis

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Smeágende cwidas and dǽda ðara mǽrena (illustrium) wera úre þeóde, Bd. pref.; S. 471, 13. Ðes ys mǽrra (major) ðonne ðæt templ, Mt. Kmbl. 12, 6. Nis betwux wífa bearnum nán mǽrra wítega ðonne Johannes, Lk. Skt. 7, 28.

ge-hwilc

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Þára gehwelc willað sié twybóte, Ll. Th. i. 64, 24 : Rä. 71, 5. Hwider hyra gehwylc faran scolde, Bl. H. 229, 5. Gehwylc hiora each of the two B. 1166. Þe firina gehwilc ábúgeð, Cri. 56. Monna gehwylc geceósan mót, 589.

A

(prefix)
Grammar
A, A. It is not necessary to speak of the form of what are often called Anglo-Saxon letters, as all Teutonic, Celtic, and Latin manuscripts of the same age are written in letters of the same form. There is one exception: the Anglo-Saxons had, with great propriety, two different letters for the two distinct sounds of our th: the hard þ in thin and sooth, and the soft ð in thine and soo
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For further illustration we must therefore refer to the compounds in which it occurs, Grm. ii. 818-832. I have, in justice to Grimm, given his motives for marking the prefixed á- long: I believe, however, it is short. See B. 6

ge-gaderian

(v.)
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Eallne þone welan ðe hí gegaderigaþ, Bt. 11, 1; F. 32, 6. Ꝥ hé gegaderige ungerím þissa welena, 26, 3; F. 94, 13. Þeáh hí gegaderigen ealle þás andweardan gód, 32, 2; F. 118, 2. Hié woldon ormǽte feoh gegaderian, 24, 2; F. 82, 17.

tún

(n.)
Grammar
tún, es; m.

an enclosed piece of grounda yardcourtthe enclosed land surrounding a single dwelling a manorvill 'an estate with a village community in villenage upon it under a lord's jurisdiction,' the buildings or inhabitants being referred tothe towns of Roman Britaina habitation of men the residence or estate of a single personan estatefarm a collection of dwellingsa villagetown

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Fare on gehende túnas (uicos; lond, Lind. Rush. : townes, Wick. ), Mk. Skt. 1. 38 : villas,Lk. Skt. 9, 12

Linked entries: bold tún-geréfa

ge-standan

(v.)
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Gestód Rómeburg xii winter mid miclum welum. Rome was very prosperous for twelve years, Ors. 6, I; S. 254, 6. Þá him wyrrest on feóndscipe gestódon qui oderunt eos, 105, 30. Ðonne gé gestondan on éhtnessum, Bl. H. 171, 17.

sellan

(v.)
Grammar
sellan, sillan, sylian; p. salde, sealde; pp. sald, seald
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Homl. 79, 22. to sell at (to) a price Sélre ys ðæt hine syllon tó ceápe Ysmahélitum, Gen. 37, 27. to sell Hé sylþ ( vendit ) eall ðæt hé áh, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 44. Hé worhte his weorc tó seofon nihtum, and sealde on ðone Sæternesdæg, Homl.

LǼDAN

(v.)
Grammar
LǼDAN, p. de; pp. lǽded, lǽd

TO LEADconducttakecarrybringbring forthproduce

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Ða men mon lǽdde tó Winteceastre tó ðæm cynge the men were brought to Winchester to the king, Chr. 897; Erl. 96, 10. Se deófol hire genam and lǽdde hine on swíðe heáhne munt assumpsit eum diabolus in montem excelsum valde, Mt.

Linked entry: be-lǽdan

ge-sécan

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Gif hwelc mon cirican geséce, 64, 20. to reach a position of rest, arrive at, get as far as Þá scipu tóscuton and hé ðone grund gesóhte mid horse mid ealle he went to the bottom horse and all, Hml. Th. ii. 304, 28.

heard

firmsteadfastresoluteboldresoluteobduraterigidunyieldingoppressiverigorousstrictharsh

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Him þá bróðor þrý æt sprǽce þǽre hǽldon hygesorge heardum wordum, Gen. 2035. of things. capable of resisting wear or injury Þá treówa þe beóð áheáwene on fullum mónan beóð heardran wið wyrmǽtan and lengfǽrran þonne þá ðe beóð on níwum mónan áheáwene,

heáh

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Be þám heán muntum and dúnum, þá þe heáh standað ofer ealne middangeard, Wlfst. 262, 13. of water. rising water, high Seó eorðe weóll ongeán þám heofonlican flóde oð ðæt þæt wæter wæs heáhre þonne ǽnig munt ǽfre wǽre, Wlfst. 206, 22.

Linked entry: dynt

heáfod

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.), Mt. 21, 42. of places. a summit, eminence Of héfdes welle on nunnene line; of nunnene linche on litiges héuede ; of litiges héuede anlang díche, C. D. iii. 420, 10-12. Of ðére dúne on beran heáfde ; of beran heáfde, 376, 7.