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unfriþ-land

(n.)
Grammar
unfriþ-land, es; n.

A hostile countrya country with which hostilities are being carried on

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A hostile country, a country with which hostilities are being carried on Gyf Æðelrédes cynges friðman cume on unfriðland ( terram hostilem, Latin version), and se here ðǽrtó cume, hæbbe frið his scip and ealle his ǽhta, L. Eth. ii. 3; Th. i. 286, 7

wyrmsan

(v.)
Grammar
wyrmsan, wyrsman; p. de
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Sió wund wolde hálian, æfter ðæm ðe heó wyrmsde (wyrsmde, Cott. MSS.), 36; Swt. 259, 1. Gif hit wille wyrsman, Lchdm. ii. 102, 4

Linked entry: ge-wyrsmed

á-cumba

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Ðá hét se undergeréfa ontendan hí mid ácuman, Hml. S. 4, 333. Add

ceorlian

(v.)
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Heó hraðor wolde sweltan þonne ceorlian, Hml. S. 7, 303. Add

hasu

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Add: — Wegas syndon drýge, haswe herestrǽta (perhaps herestrǽta here is used as in An. 200 of watery ways, and haswe might be equivalent to glaucus (cf. the passage under haswe), an epithet of waves, glaucae undae), holm gerýmed, Exod. 284.

sealt

(adj.)
Grammar
sealt, adj.
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Add Seó Asia on ǽlce healfe heó is befangen mid sealtum wætere búton on eásthealfe, Ors. 1, 1; S. 12, 12. Andlang strémes west ábútan þane sealtan mersc, C. D. B. i. 296, 33. Add Ðonne þú sealt flǽsc wille, Tech. ii. 125, 1

ge-spannan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-spannan, -sponnan; p. -speón; pp. -spannen

To joinspanclaspfasten

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To join, span, clasp, fasten Gúþweard grímhelm gespeón the leader clasped his helm, Cd. 151; Th. 188, 27; Exod. 174. Ðá héht cásere gesponnan fiówer wildo hors to scride then the emperor ordered to harness four wild horses to a chariot, Shrn. 71, 34

Linked entries: spannan ge-span

bétan

put rightto mendrepairrestorecureto correctto amendmake amendsreparation for

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Ðá menn þe heora synna and unrihtes gescwícaþ, and hié heora scriftum geandettiaþ, and be heora dóme bétaþ, Bl. H. 193, 23. Ǽghwylc man sceal bétan his wóhdǽda be his gyltes andefne, 45, 38.

ge-hlýd

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Simpronius mid swíðlicum gehlýde hét hí gefeccan, 7, 81. clypode mid gehlýde, 36, 362. Mid wédendum and egislicum gehlýde bachanti et furibundo strepitu (i. clamore ), An.

gild-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
gild-rǽden, gyld-rǽden, -rǽdenn, e; f.

The relation involved in membership of a guild

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The relation involved in membership of a guild Gif he nele to bóte gebúgan þolige he ðære gefér-rǽdene and ǽlcere óðre gyldrǽdene if he will not submit to make amends let him forfeit the fellowship and every other interest in the guild, Th.

gíslian

(v.)
Grammar
gíslian, p. ode, ade; pp. od

To give hostages or security

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To give hostages or security; obsides dare He gíslode and hine man ðeáhhwæðere ofslóh he gave hostages and yet he was slain, Chr. 1016; Erl. 154, 11.

un-fæstrǽd

(adj.)
Grammar
un-fæstrǽd, un-fæstrǽde, -rád; adj.

Infirm of purposeinconstantunstableweak

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Ðá ongon ǽresð herigean on him ðæt ðæt fæsðrǽdes wiste and sóna æfter ðon suíðe líðelíce hierd[d]e ða ðe unfæsðráde (unfæstrǽdes, Cott.

be-swincan

to labour at

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Gedafenað esnum þám orpedan, þonne gód weorc ongynð, ꝥ ꝥ geornlíce beswynce, Angl. viii. 324, 18. to till land :-- seów hwǽte on be-swuncenum lande, Hml. Th. ii. 144, 10

deóp-líce

(adv.)
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Th. i. 334, 24. tó ðám écan lífe ðe deóplíce geearnode to the eternal life that he most thoroughly deserved, Hml. Th. ii. 154, 7

girnan

(v.)
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gierneð (girneð, v. l.) ðæs folgoðes magisterium appetit, Past. 55, 21. mid wilnunga his gǽstes giernð ðæs écan gefeán aeterna gaudia spiritus ex desiderio expectat, 395, 20.

wís-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
wís-dóm, es; m.

wisdomdiscretionknowledge cognizancewisdom knowledge learning philosophy

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wísdóme heóld éðel sínne, Beo. Th. 3923; B. 1959. Ic healde ðínra worda wam mid wísdóme, Ps. Th. 118, 17. Hine God þurh his worda wísdóm áhóf, 104, 15. sette on hí sóðne wísdóm worda and weorca, 104, 23.

teám

(n.)
Grammar
teám, es; m.

A line; but the word which is used in the related dialects (v. infra) with a physical meaning is used in English figuratively.a line of descendants, offspring, progeny, family, childrenbringing forth children, child-bearinga line of animals harnessed together, a team

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II above), here-, leger-teám; tíman

and-git

(n.; part.)
Grammar
and-git, -giet, -gyt, -get, [ond-, on-], es; n. [and, git = get, p. of gitan to get] .

the understandingthe intellectintellectusunderstandingknowledgecognizanceintellectuscognitioagnitiosensemeaningone of the sensessensus

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the understanding, the intellect; intellectus Þurh ðæt andgit, man understent ealle ða þing, ðe he gehýrþ oððe gesihþ by the understanding, man comprehends [understands] all the things, which he hears or sees, Homl. Th. i. 288, 21.

for-cúþ

(adj.)
Grammar
for-cúþ, comp. m. -cúþera, -cúþra; sup. m. -cúþesta, -cuþosta; adj. [cúþ known, excellent]

Perversebadinfamouswickedperversusmălusnēquam

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Se yfela, swá he oftor on ðære fandunge abrýþ, swá he forcúþra biþ the oftener the evil man sinks under temptation, the more wicked he will be, Homl. Th. i. 268, 30.

Linked entries: fercúþ for-cúþlic

mis-gelimp

(n.)
Grammar
mis-gelimp, es; n.

Mishapmisadventure

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Mishap, misadventure sende misgelimpu on manna bearn, Wulfst. 211, 30

Linked entry: ge-limp