sceáp-scearu
Sheep-shearing
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Sheep-shearing Ðá fór hé tó his scépscere, Gen. 38, 12
á-drífan
to drive, cause to move (with violence) ⬩ to drive off, drive away ⬩ expellere, repudiare
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L. 30, 46. of Hé his bróðer ádráf of éðele, Chr. 380; P. 11, 10: Sat. 201: Bo. 18. Gif man folan of ádrífe, Ll. Th. i. 72, 1. Ðæt hé ðæt deófol of men ádrífe, Bl. H. 43, 23.
ribb
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Cóm of ðǽm wætre án nǽdre . . . wearð hiere mid ánum wierpe án ribb forod — hit is nǽdrena gecynd ꝥ heora mægen and hiera féþe bið on heora ribbum, Ors. 4, 6; S. 174, 3-14.
wíf
a woman ⬩ a female person ⬩ a being in the form of a woman ⬩ a married woman ⬩ a wife
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Wé lǽraþ ðæt ǽnig cristen mann . . . ne gewífie . . . on ðæs wífes nédmágan ðe hé sylf ǽr hæfde . . . hé ná má wífa ðonne án hæbbe, and dæt beó his beweddode wíf, L. C. E. 7; Th. i. 364, 21-28.
Linked entry: BRÝD
ge-wyrcan
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Th. i. 90, 20. with noun as object Gif hé losuest his gewyrcað si detrimentum sui faciat Lk. L. 9, 25. Sé þe þone hearm geworhte, Ll. Th. i. 418, 9. Hé mæg ondrǽdan ðæt hé for his ǽgnum scyldum máre ierre gewyrce, Past. 63, 11.
lecgan
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Þá hét hé hí bindan and on balcan lecgan, Bt. 16, 2 ; F. 54, 3. to fix as a covering Ꝥ nán scyldwyrhta ne lecge nán scépes fell on scyld, Ll.
hrepung
Touch ⬩ touching
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Hé mihte mid his worde hine gehǽlan búton hrepunge ac hé geswutelode ðæt his hrepung is swíðe hálwende geleáfullum he could have healed him with his word without touching; but he shewed that his touch is very salutary to believers, Homl.
ge-blówan
To blow ⬩ flourish ⬩ bloom ⬩ blossom ⬩ flōrēre ⬩ efflōrēre
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Geseh he geblówene bearwas, blǽdum gehrodene he saw blooming groves, adorned with blossoms, Andr. Kmbl. 2894; An. 1450: Exon. 51a; Th. 178, 25; Gu. 1249. He geseah geblówen treów wæstm-berende he saw a full-blown tree bearing fruit, Blickl.
ge-yflian
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Th. i. 332, ll. used impersonally, with dat. of person who falls sick Him geyfelode þǽr hé mid þám cynge sæt he was taken ill while sitting with the king Chr. 1053 ; P. 185, 13 : 1086; P. 218, 37. with acc. of person Nam hé his feorme on Wuldahám, and
innor
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Férde hé forð ... in þá inran land ...; þá gít hé wilnode ꝥ hé innor férde, Hml. S. 30, 310. Hine seó ýð gegráp and hine fram lande innor áteáh quem unda rapuit et eum a terra introrsus traxit, Gr.
nón
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Se bere . . . nó tó middes dæges hám cóm, þonne him wæs beboden ꝥ hé tó nónes sceolde, ne hé hit nó ne ylde æt nón, þonne hé tó middes dæges sceolde hám cumin, Gr. D. 206, 20-23. Fram Sæternes-dæges nóne oð Mónandæges líhtincge, Wlfst. 117, 4.
ge-swíðan
To make strong ⬩ confirm ⬩ comfort
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He twelf apostolas mid his gástes gife geswíðde he strengthened twelve apostles with the gift of his spirit, Cd. 226; Th. 300, 29; Sat. 572.
geþwǽr-lǽcan
To agree ⬩ assent to ⬩ concordāre ⬩ assentīre
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To agree, assent to; concordāre, assentīre He sǽde ðæt heora þeáwas ne mihton his dihte geþwǽrlǽcan he said that their manners could not accord with his disposition. Homl. Th. ii. 158, 7.
wil-fægen
Having ones desire ⬩ satisfied ⬩ glad
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Ongan hé wilfægen æfter ðam wuldres treó eorðan delfan, ðæt hé funde behelede, Elen. Kmbl. 1652; El. 828.
Linked entries: wil-hrémig wil-tygþe
frætwe
Ornaments ⬩ adornments ⬩ decorations ⬩ treasures ⬩ ornāmenta ⬩ ornātus ⬩ res pretiōsæ
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He frætwe geheóld, bill and byrnan he held the armour, the falchion and coat of mail, 5233; B. 2620. Frætwe and fætgold ornaments and plated gold, 3846, note; B. 1921.
Linked entry: frætewe
geómor
Sad, sorrowful, mournful, murmuring, miserable, wretched ⬩ tristis, mæstus, quĕrŭlus, mĭser ⬩ doleful, miserable ⬩ depressed, sad, sorrowful ⬩ misery ⬩ misery ⬩ pity ⬩ mĭsĕria
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Siððan ðú gehýrde galan geómorne geác on bearwe when thou host heard the sad cuckoo sing in the grove, Exon. 123 b; Th. 473, 29; Bo. 22. He wæg hyge geómurne he bare a mournful spirit, 52 a; Th. 182, 15; Gú. 1310.
Linked entries: geómor-gid geómur giómor
in-cund
Internal ⬩ inward ⬩ intimate
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Wið ǽghwylcum incundum earfoþnyssum for all internal difficulties, Herb. 90, 11 ; Lchdm. i. 196, 21. Tó incundum ad intima, Kent. Gl. 999
bold
a dwelling ⬩ a town
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, Wlfst. 261, 8. ꝥ hé heora bold gedréfe, Angl. x. 146, 187. a town. Similar entries Cf. tún: In þám bolde þe is háten Eoferwícceaster, Angl. x. 141, 13. (The last two passages are from a 12th-century MS.) ¶ in place-names, e. g. Wíc-bold, C.
drync
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Take here examples under drinc, and add: drink, liquid taken as nourishment Be drinces gemete de mensura potus, R. Ben. 64, 9.