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ge-sóm

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-sóm, adj.

Unanimousunitedpeaceableconcorspācĭfĭcus

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Gesóme and to ðam geþwǽre ðæt heora nán ne mæg óðerne mid æalle fordón in union and in such accord that none can entirely destroy another, Shrn. 165, 33

Sweón

(n.)
Grammar
Sweón, pl.

The Swedes

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Ic wæs mid Sweóm, Exon. Th. 322, 4; Víd. 58: 320, 19; Víd. 31. Ðás land hýraþ tó Sweón, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 20, 4

bæc-ern

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Ðæs bæcernes tácen is þæt mon mid bám sámlocone handum tógædere, swilce þú dáh brǽdan wille, Tech. ii. 128, 4. Kycenan and bæcernes (pistrinae), Angl. xiii. 441, 1087. On kycenon oðþe on mynstres bæcerne, R. Ben. 71, 18. Add

áwríþan

Grammar
áwríþan, Add: I
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Genim sceápes mearh, lege on ꝥ óþer mearh, áwríþ swíðe wel, Lch. ii. 96, 1 Gif þú ne mæge blóddolh áwríþan (staunch) . . . lege ꝥ dust on cláð, wríþ mid þý ꝥ blóddolh.

hwón-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
hwón-líce, adv.

Littleslightly

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Mid ðære sceall seó sáwul ealle þing gemætegian ðæt hit tó swíðe ne sý ne tó hwónlíce therewith shall the soul moderate all things, that there be not error by excess or by defect, 1, 162. Hwónlícor minus, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 47.

botl

(n.)
Grammar
botl, es; n.

An abode, a dwelling, mansion, house, halldomus, ædes, domicilium, atrium

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Mín se éca dǽl in gefeán fareþ, ðǽr he fægran botles brúceþ my eternal part [i.e. the soul] shall go into joy, where it shall enjoy a beautiful mansion, Exon. 38 a; Th. 125, 14; Gú. 354.

Linked entry: ge-bytlu

sticca

(n.)
Grammar
sticca, an; m.
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Styre mid sticcan, Lchdm. ii. 76, 26. Genim twegen sticcan feðerecgede and wrít on ǽgðerne sticcan be hwælcere ecge, i. 386, 4-6. Nim ǽnne sticcan and gníd tó sumum þinge, iii. 274, 3. <b>I a.

wuldor-cyning

(n.)
Grammar
wuldor-cyning, es; m.

The king of glorythe Deity

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Se hálga Dryhten, ðú . . . mín wuldorcyning, 452, 16 ; Hy. 4, 2. Ðú, weroda wuldorcyning, Met. 20, 162. Hié yrfes brúcaþ wuldorcyninges, Elen. Kmbl. 2639; El. 1321 : Andr. Kmbl. 835; An. 418: Exon. Th. 153, 5; Gú. 821.

forþ-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
forþ-weard, adj.
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Cf. forþ, 1 a Mé (a plough) þurh hrycg wrecen hongað under án orþoncpíl, óðer on heáfde fæst and forðweard fealleð on sídan, Rä. 22, 13. (1 a) fig. inclined towards :-- Ontýn eárna hleóðor, þæt mín gehérnes hehtful weorðe ... forðweard tó þé, Ps.

glíw

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In glíuuae (gliówe) in mimo, Txts. 70, 550. Gliú minium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 56, 51: 70, 35: 46, 42. Stód þǽr sum man mid ánum apan and slóh cymbalan. Þá sóna se hálga wer wæs forhycgende ꝥ glíg cum simia vir adstitit, et cymbala percussit.

Linked entry: gleó

hátian

(v.)
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., cf. hát; I Mín gást mé hátað spiritus meus aestuat Först. Verc. 137, 10. Þá ongan he hátian on his geþance aestuare coepit in cogitatione, Gr. D. 64, 2.

god-fæder

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Ic eom þín godfæder and þú mín goddohtor, Hml. A. 178, 297. Ðá unsprecendan cild beóð gehealdene on ðam fulluhte ðurh geleáfan þæs fæder and þǽre móder and þæs foresprecendan godfæder, Hml. Th. ii. 116, 16; 52, 2.

hǽlu

(n.)
Grammar
hǽlu, hǽlo; indecl. f.

Health, safety, salvation

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Health, safety, salvation Æt him is hǽlu mín ab ipso salutare meum, Ps. Th. 61, 1. Sý hǽlu úrum Gode ðe sitt ofer his þrymsetle salvation be to our God that sitteth on his throne, Homl. Th. i. 538, 18. Hǽlo, Exon. 13 b; Th. 26, 1; Cri. 411.

Linked entry: hǽlo

CNÓSL

(n.)
Grammar
CNÓSL, es; n.

A raceprogenyoffspringkinfamily;prolesgenusgeneratio

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Gewát him mid cnósle he departed with his family Cd. 83; Th. 104, 4; Gen. 1730

CRÁWAN

(v.)
Grammar
CRÁWAN, ic cráwe, ðú cráwest, crǽwst, he cráweþ, crǽwþ; p. creów, pl. creówon; pp. cráwen

To CROW as a cock cantare instar galli

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Ǽrðamðe cocc cráwe, þriwa ðú wiðsæcst mín antequam gallus cantet, ter me negabis. Mt. Bos. 26, 34. Ǽrðamðe se cocc cráwe, þríwa ðú me wiðsæcst, 26, 75; bifore the cok crowe, thries thou shall denye me. Wyc.

on-weald

(n.)
Grammar
on-weald, es; m.

Power

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Ðæt gé mín onweald ágan mósten, Exon. Th. 131, 9; Gú. 453. Ús áléfan écne onwald, Cd. Th. 272, 11; Sat. 118. Wé hine oferswýðdon and ús in onweald geslógon eal his londríce regi superato acceptaque in conditiones omni ejus regione, Nar. 3, 22.

Linked entries: weald on-wald on-wealda

ge-strangian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-strangian, -strongian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [strangian to strengthen]

To make strongstrengthenconfirmestablishrōbŏrārecorrōbŏrāreconfortāreconflrmāre

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Anal. 29, 1 Earm mín gestrangaþ hine brachium meum confortābit eum, Ps. Spl. 88, 21: Salm. Kmbl. 477; Sal. 239. He gestrangode hine illos confortāvĕrit, Bd. 1, 23; S. 485, 16.

Linked entries: strangian ge-strongian

tó-hopa

(n.)
Grammar
tó-hopa, an; m.

Hope,expectation

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Hwæt is mín tóhopa quae est expectatio mea? 38, 9. On ðé ys eall úre níél and úre tóhopa Domini est salus, 3, 7. Wâ eów welegum ðe eówer lufu eall and eówer tóhopa is on eówrum worldwelum, Past. 26; Swt. 180, 24.

Linked entries: tó-hopung tó-hyht

ge-wuna

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ge-wuna, an; m.

A customwontmanneruseriteconsuetudo

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Ofer míne gewunan contrary to my custom. Ælf. T. Lisle 43, 7

Linked entries: -wuna ge-wun

híw-rǽden

Grammar
híw-rǽden, In
  • Ps. L.
the word is neuter

a familya housea housefamilytribenation

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Híwhrǽdenne domui, 141, 75. a family, household of a private person 'Ic hálsige ðé þæt eal mín híwrǽden gefullod wurðe.' Hé nigontýne wera and wífa his híwisces gefullode, Hml. Th. i. 422, 21.