Berhte
Bertha ⬩ Bercta
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Ðæt wíf he onféng fram hire yldrum ðære arédnesse, ðæt heó his leáfnysse hæfde ðæt heó ðone þeáw ðæs cristenan geleáfan, and hire ǽfestnysse, ungewemmedne healdan móste, mid ðý biscop, ðone ðe hí hire to fultume ðæs geleáfan sealdon, ðæs nama wæs Leodheard
Linked entry: Berþa
ánhund-wintre
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A hundred years old Hé áxode hyne hú eald hé wǽre. Þá andswarode hé: ' Ánhundwintre and þrítigwintre,' Gen. 47, 9
ge-blót
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Hú heán, hé wearþ his geblóta and his diófolgilda þe hé on gelífde, 6, 37; S. 296, 13-23. Hé hét dón tó geblóte ealle þá cuman þe hiene gesóhtan, Ors. 1, 8 tit. ; S. 1. 20. Add: —
ge-langian
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Hí gelangigan hider tó þám bisceope, 23, 680. Hé hét gelangian ðá preóstas tó his andwerdnysse, Hml. Th. ii. 310, 11. following the dat. Gelangode hé him tó his ercediácon, Hml. S. 31, 1387. Hé hét him gelangian þá gelýfedan men tó, 3, 94.
á-lecgan
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Heó álegde ꝥ pælmtwig þe heó ǽr onféng . . . and heó eác álegde hire hrægl, Bl. H. 139, 4-6. Hé his beard áléde, Hml. S. 6, 228. Álege þíne woruldlican gegyrlan, 33, 81. Deóplic dǽdbót bið ꝥ lǽwede man his wǽpna álecgan, Ll. Th. ii. 280, 17.
Linked entry: á-licgan
eówode
A flock, herd ⬩ grex
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Feminine, He nýtenum lǽcedðm forgeaf, ahredde fram wódnysse, and hét faran aweg to ðære eówode ðe hí ofadwelodon he gave medicine to animals, saved them from madness, and bade them go away to the herd from which they had strayed, Homl.
a-fíndan
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Hé ne mihte on his móde áfindan ( he could not find it in his heart ) þæt hé þone nacodan ne gefréfrode, Hml. Th. ii. 500, 25. Gif ǽnig mǽden mihte beón áfunden, Hml. A. 94, 72. Ðǽra sceápa hláford com hám áfundenum sceápe, Hml.
ofer-hogian
to despise, contemn, scorn, disdain
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Ðá oferhogode hé ðæt hé áðer dyde, Ors. 6, 34; Swt. 290, 21: Beo. Th. 4679; B. 2345. Hié ealle worlde weán oforhogodan, Blickl. Homl. 119, 16, 20. Oferhoga hí, and ádríf hí fram ðé, Bt. 7, 2; Fox 18, 8.
Linked entry: ofer-hycgan
stǽnan
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Heó wæs stǽned óþ ðæt heó hire gást onsænde; ðá com þunerrád and ofslóh ðone mǽstan dǽl ðæs folces ðe hí stǽnde, Shrn. 57, 34-36. Hig hine stǽndon, Jos. 7, 25. Stǽne hine man mid stánum, Lev. 20, 2. Ðá hét se déma hine stǽnan, Shrn. 48, 28.
for-habban
To abstain ⬩ refrain ⬩ abstinent ⬩ continent ⬩ to abstain from ⬩ to restrain ⬩ keep away ⬩ to keep back ⬩ not to mention ⬩ to restrain ⬩ check ⬩ stop
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Fram mettum forhæbbende, Hy. S. 65, 37. trans. reflexive, to restrain one's self from, keep away. with prep. Ǽlc ðǽra manna ðe hine forhæfð fram unálýfedlicere gesihðe, Hml. Th. Ii. 564, 3. Forhæfde hé hine fram his gebeórscipe, Hml. S. 31, 613.
fǽtan
pack ⬩ to adorn ⬩ ornament
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Þeáh hé geþeó ꝥ hé hæbbe helm and byrnan and golde fǽted sweord (ofergyldene sweord, v. l.), Ll. Th. i. 188, 9. Hé hét úp beran æðelinga gestreón, frætwe and fǽt gold, B. 1921. Fǽdde (fǽtte?) beágas, 1750.
ge-limplíce
Fitly ⬩ seasonably ⬩ opportunely ⬩ opportúne
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Gelimplíce he us lǽrde hú we us gebiddan sceoldan fortunately he hath taught us how we ought to pray, Blickl. Homl. 19, 35. Gelimplícor opportūnius, Bd. 3, 29; S. 561, 29
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ge-bridlian
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and add Ne gebrídlode (frenaret) hé hí no mid swá swíðlicre ðreáunga his láre, Past. 391, 33. Hý sint gebrídlod (-ð, MS.) mid ðám brídle Godes beboda, Solil. H. 10, 16
findan
to come across ⬩ to obtain ⬩ find ⬩ to meet with ⬩ experience ⬩ be exposed to ⬩ find difficulty ⬩ procure ⬩ to visit ⬩ learn ⬩ arrange ⬩ settle ⬩ to determine ⬩ to supply ⬩ provide ⬩ furnish
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.: Finde hé borh, Ll. Th. i. 390, 19: 332, 20. Finde hé wærborh borh, 250, 18. Finde hé him borh, 268, 16. Hé þæs borh finde, 168, 7. Hé him borh finde ꝥ hé swilces geswíce, 346, 13. Finde him ǽle man ꝥ hé borh hæbbe, 268, 7.
sweotolian
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Hé ongan swutelian (ostendere) his leorningcnihtum, ðæt hé wolde faran, Mt. Kmbl. 16, 21. [He schawde and sutelede he wes soð godd, Kath. 1037. He schawde him and sutelede him seolf to hire, 1834. Þet hit sutelie in us hwuch was his lif, A.
sǽt
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Sǽte haldan would mean to keep the game from avoiding the ambush into which it was being driven. Cf. ge-sǽte
æl-tæw
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Se geleáfa strengra bið ðǽr ðǽr hé æltǽwe bið, Hml. Th. i. 250, 20. Hyt is æltǽwe gyf hí mon hreáwe swylgeþ, Lch. i. 344, 16. Hyra (joy and sorrow) náðer ne mæg beón æltéwe bútan óðrum, Prov. K. 71. Se mon ðe his módgeðanc æltówe byþ, Gr. D. 2, 5.
sam-tinges
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Hé ne wandode þá hǽþenan tó crístnigenne þá þá hí on Críst gelýfdon, ac hé hí ealle sóna samtingas gecrístnode, Hml. S. 31, 1037. Add
ge-swícan
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Th. i. 210, 4. to give up a condition, withdraw from a position Nán man on his godsibbe ne wífige, and gif hit hwá gedó, næbbe hé Godes mildse bútan hé geswíce, Ll.
ge-forþian
To carry out ⬩ perform ⬩ accomplish ⬩ further ⬩ promote
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He hæfde geforþod ðæt he his freán gehét he had performed what he promised his lord, Byrht. Th. 140, 16; By. 289 : Hy. 9, 24; Hy. Grn. ii. 291, 24.