be-gán
passage ⬩ to go round ⬩ to reach by going ⬩ come upon ⬩ get at ⬩ to go ⬩ pass by ⬩ to go ⬩ come ⬩ get ⬩ to pass by ⬩ To come by ⬩ get at ⬩ to come ⬩ fall to one's lot ⬩ to fall ⬩ get into debt ⬩ to surround ⬩ to confine ⬩ to occupy ⬩ to go about a business ⬩ to attend to ⬩ to cultivate ⬩ to worship ⬩ to honour ⬩ venerate a place ⬩ to exercise, practise an art, mode of life, &c. ⬩ to practise a religion ⬩ follow the dictates of ⬩ to practise ⬩ carry on ⬩ do (habitually) ⬩ to devote one's self to a practice ⬩ to exercise a person ⬩ to behave ⬩ to exercise in something ⬩ to exercise ⬩ use ⬩ employ ⬩ to profess ⬩ pretend
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Sax. quiðit that hé Kríst sí, begihit ina so grótes] Manna geþóhtas nǽnig mon ne wát, Petrus begǽþ ꝥ hé hit wite men's thoughts no man knows. Peter professes to have this knowledge, Bl. H. 181, 12
ge-mynd
Mind, memory, memorial, memento, remembrance, commemoration ⬩ remembrance
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We witon swíþe lytel ðæs ðe ǽr us wæs búton be gemynde and be geacsunge we know very little of that which was before us except by memory and by inquiry, 42; Fox 256, 25. Heora gemynd is forgiten the memory of them is forgotten, Swt. A. S.
Linked entries: ge-myndleás ge-mend ge-mind
þreátian
to urge ⬩ press ⬩ to oppress ⬩ afflict ⬩ vex ⬩ trouble ⬩ exercise ⬩ harass ⬩ to urge a person to something ⬩ press for something ⬩ force to do something ⬩ to reprove ⬩ rebuke ⬩ to threaten
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Men ðreátian and tihtan tó gódum ðeáwum for ðam ege ðæs wítes ad rectum supplicii terrore deducere, Bt. 38, 3; Fox 200, 7. Sceolan ða bisceopas men georne þreátigean, and him bebeódan, ðæt hí Godes dómas on riht healdan, Blickl. Homl. 47, 35.
burg
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For íserne weall betuh ðǽm wítgan and ðǽre byrig (byrh, v.l. ), Past. 165, 10. Hine wærlíce healdan on ðǽre byrg his módes intra mentis castra se munire, 431, 6. Hé tówearp ðá burg æt Hierusalem destruxit muros Ierusalem, 311, 6.
tún
an enclosed piece of ground ⬩ a yard ⬩ court ⬩ the enclosed land surrounding a single dwelling ⬩ a manor ⬩ vill ⬩ 'an estate with a village community in villenage upon it under a lord's jurisdiction,' ⬩ the buildings or inhabitants being referred to ⬩ the towns of Roman Britain ⬩ a habitation of men ⬩ the residence or estate of a single person ⬩ an estate ⬩ farm ⬩ a collection of dwellings ⬩ a village ⬩ town
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Ethb. 17; Th. i. 6, 16. where there were many dwellins, a manor, vill 'an estate with a village community in villenage upon it under a lord's jurisdiction,' v. Seebohm's English Village Community, c. v.
Linked entries: bold tún-geréfa
EARD
land, country, province, region, place of residence, dwelling, home ⬩ sŏlum nātīvum, patria, rĕgio, dŏmĭcĭlium ⬩ on land ⬩ terra, terra firma ⬩ state, station, condition ⬩ sĭtus, condĭtio
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Nys nán wítega bútan wurþ-scype, búton on hys earde non est prophēta sine hŏnōre, nĭsi in patria sua, 13, 57. Eard patria, Ælfc. Gl. 97; Som. 76, 57; Wrt. Voc. 54, 1. Ðis is mín ágen cýþ, eard and éðel this is my own country, dwelling, and home, Bt.
ge-sweotulian
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Mid þissum wordum se wítega gesweotulað (ostendit) ꝥ . . . R. Ben. 21, 13. Seó godcundlice wracu hine mid menigfealdre yrmðe fordyde, and eác geswutelode on hwilcum súslum hé móste écelíce cwylmian, Hml. Th. i. 86, 2.
GRUND
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Mid fótum ne mæg grund gerǽcan cannot reach the bottom with his feet, Salm. Kmbl. 453; Sal. 227: Beo.
GE-RÉFA
A prefect, steward, fiscal officer of the shire or county, judge, reeve or sheriff, count ⬩ præpŏsĭtus, villĭcus, jūdex, præfectus, cŏmes
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Swá hie geþingian mǽgen wið cyning and his geréfan as they can agree with the king and his reeve, L. In. 73; Th. i. 148, 12. Gif man ðone geréfan teó if any accuse the reeve, L. C. S. 8; Th. i. 380,19.
Linked entries: réfa geréfscipe ge-reáfa
ge-riht
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Se scádwís geréfa sceal ǽgðer witan ge hláfordes landriht ge folces gerihtu, Angl. ix. 259, 5. service, payment, & c. due from a person, duties, obligations Gebflres gerihte.
ge-byrd
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Tó hwon þú sceole for ówiht þysne man habban, ungelǽredne fiscere þone leásostan, and náwþer ne on worde ne on gebyrdum mid nǽnigre mihte gewelgode ( endowed with no natural abilities ), Bl. H. 179, 15. what happens, fate, lot (cf. (?)
BRECAN
to BREAK, burst, violate break or burst through; ⬩ frangere, confringere, rumpere, perfringere, perrurnpere ⬩ to press, force, urge; ⬩ urgere ⬩ to rush into ⬩ take ⬩ by storm ⬩ in locum irrumpere, expugnare, ⬩ erumpere, prorumpere, crepare, fremere ⬩ to break ⬩ burst forth ⬩ make a noise ⬩ crash ⬩ to sail; ⬩ navigare ⬩ To retch; ⬩ screare
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Swógaþ windas, bláwaþ brecende, bearhtma mǽste winds shall howl, crashing blow, with greatest of sounds, Exon. 21 b; Th. 59, II; Cri. 951. to sail; navigare Scealtú ceól gestígan, and brecan ofer bæþweg thou shalt ascend a ship, and sail over the sea
spell
a story ⬩ narrative ⬩ account ⬩ relation ⬩ a historical narrative ⬩ history ⬩ a false or foolish story ⬩ a fable ⬩ an instructive talk ⬩ discourse ⬩ a philosophical argument ⬩ a sermon ⬩ homily ⬩ a saying ⬩ remark ⬩ sentence ⬩ statement of a single point ⬩ dictum ⬩ a saying that is to be repeated to another ⬩ a message ⬩ an announcement ⬩ speech ⬩ language of prose ⬩ a fable, tale ⬩ fabulatio, parabola ⬩ sermo, narratio, parabola, fabula, mythus ⬩ a saying
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Ongan Waldend wið Abraham sprecan sægde him unlytel spell held with him long discourse, Cd. Th. 145, 14; Gen. 2405. Spella and lára rǽd-hycgende, Exon. Th. 301, 27; Fä. 25. Ða twá béc on hundeahtatigum spellum (homilies), Ælfc.
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tǽlan
to blame, rebuke, reprove, reproach, censure, accuse. ⬩ to blame a person for what is wrong ⬩ to blame what is wrong in a person ⬩ to speak evil of, blaspheme, revile, slander, calumniate, backbite ⬩ to treat with contempt, to scorn, despise, insult, mock, deride, jeer at
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Kmbl. 5, 44. to treat with contempt, to scorn, despise, insult, mock, deride, jeer at Se stunta tǽlþ ( inridet ) láre, Scint. 113, 18. Ðæt fæsten tǽlþ God, Homl. Th. i. 180, 10. Se ðe téleþ ( spernit ) mec, Jn. Skt. Rush. 12, 48.
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faru
going ⬩ passing ⬩ sailing ⬩ a journey ⬩ voyage ⬩ an expedition ⬩ proceedings ⬩ course ⬩ path ⬩ procedure ⬩ the train ⬩ the troops ⬩ the followers ⬩ the attendants ⬩ carriage
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Wé cwǽdon hwanon se bissextus cymð, and manega þing wé cýddon ymbe his fare, 312, 46. in a collective sense, a body of people who go with a person. the train of one who goes on a mission Náámán gecyrde mid ealre his fare (cf. reversus cum universo comitatu
ge-sittan
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Gif se uíc weorðe on mannes setle geseten, iii. 30, 16. with the idea of oppression, to fall upon, come upon Þæt hé mid welerum geworht habbað, him þæt ilce sceal on gesittan labor labiornm ipsorum operiet eos, Ps.
ge-teón
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Voc. ii. 21, 43. with idea of horizontal movement, to draw along, pull, drag: — Óðri ðegnas on scip cuómon and drógon ł getugun ðára fisca segni, Jn. L. 21, 8. Ic wæs getogen þurh þisse ceastre lanum, Bl. H. 243, 29.
hláf
bread ⬩ a loaf ⬩ cake ⬩ bread ⬩ bread ⬩ manna ⬩ cake
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Ðá wicþénas ǽnre tíde ǽr gemǽnum gereorde gán tó hláfe (accipiant panem), 59, 14. with qualifying words: Hé þǽre ytemestan yldo his lífes mid medmiclum hláfe and cealde wætere (pane cibario et frigida aqua) áwreþede, Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 630, 19.
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leóht
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Th. i. 150, 27. with collective force ꝥ hi Godes circan mid leóhte and lácum gelóme gegrétan, Ll. Th. i. 326, 17.
on-wendan
to turn, change ⬩ to change one thing for another, to exchange ⬩ to turn, change a direction, to avert, divert, turn aside ⬩ to change the position of a thing, to invert, turn upside down, ⬩ to subvert, disturb, upset ⬩ to cause to change for the worse, to give a wrong direction, pervert ⬩ To return
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Biþ him se wela onwended, and wyrþ him wíte gegearwod, Cd. Th. 28, 5; Gen. 431: Blickl. Homl. 195, 28.
Linked entries: and-wendan aweg-onwendan on-wendness