hǽðen
HEATHEN, pagan, gentile ⬩ a heathen ⬩ a heathen, gentile woman ⬩ ethnicus, gentilis, paganus, samaritanus ⬩ a heathen
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Hǽðenra þeównéd thraldom under the heathen, Cd. 189; Th. 235, 17; Dan. 307 Hé hí on handgeweald hǽðenum sealde tradidit eos in manus gentium, Ps. Th. 105, 30. Hie férdon ongeán ðǽm héðnum they marched against the heathens, Blickl. Homl. 203, 3
FOLM
The palm of the hand ⬩ the hand ⬩ palma ⬩ mănus
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The palm of the hand, the hand; palma, mănus Folm mec mæg bifón the hand may grasp me, Exon. 111a; Th. 425, 6; Rä. 41, 52: Ps. Th. 79, 15. Of sceaðan folme from the hand of the foe, Andr. Kmbl. 2268; An. 1135.
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hryre
Fall ⬩ downfall ⬩ ruin ⬩ destruction ⬩ perdition ⬩ decay ⬩ decline ⬩ death
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Ðis cild is gesett manegum mannum tó hryre positus est in ruinam multorum, 144, 18: Bt. Met. Fox 9, 8; Met. 9, 4. Ða twá forman gesceapennyssa feóllon on hryre and seó þridde wæs on hryre ácenned, Homl. Th. ii. 8, 31.
ge-rǽcan
To reach, obtain, seize, get, lay hold on, attain, reproach, present, offer
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Ðú me gerǽhtest mid handa extendisti manum tuam, Ps. Th. 137, 7. Hyne Wulf wǽpne gerǽhte Wolf reached him with his weapon, Beo. Th. 5923; B. 2965: 1117; B. 556: Byrht. Th. 135, 63; By. 142: 136, 29; By. 158.
Linked entry: mis-rǽcan
ge-teohhian
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Gif hé ðǽm gehiérsuman mannum næfde geteohchad (-tiohhad, v. l.) his éðel tó sellanne nisi correctis haereditatem dare disponeret, Past. 251, 23. Gif hí God næfde on écnesse getiochod tó gehǽlanne nisi salvandos in perpetuum cerneret, 391, 32.
leógan
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Þá stuntan mód leógað, þonne hí wénað ꝥ þæs mannes ærnung beó of his líchaman missenlicnysse, Gr. D. 46, 7.
út-gang
A going out ⬩ exit ⬩ egress ⬩ Exitus ⬩ finis ⬩ effectus ⬩ terminus ⬩ egressus ⬩ a going out of a place ⬩ egress, exit ⬩ the right of egress ⬩ a coming out from a position within a body ⬩ evacuation of the body ⬩ the going out of a period ⬩ the conclusion ⬩ end ⬩ an exit ⬩ passage ⬩ a privy ⬩ an evacuation
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Ða swylas ðe beóð on mannes handum oððe on óþrum limum oððe ymb ðone útgang, Lchdm. i. 356, 17: 364, 20. a privy. Cf. forþ-gang In útgeong ł in feltún (innun útgongum, Rush.) in secessum, Mk. Skt.
gé
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Þonne gé mannes sunu upp áhebbaþ, þonne gecnáwe gé ꝥ ic hit com, Jn. 8, 28. Ne gecure gé mé, 15, 16. Cunne gé (uutas gé, L.)tócnáwan heofones híw, gé ne magon witan þǽra tída tácnu, Mt. 16, 3. Ne þurfon gé wénan ꝥ gé ꝥ orceápe sellon, Bl. H. 41, 12.
sweora
a neck ⬩ of land, a hause ⬩ a col ⬩ the neck, the declination of a mountain near the summit; the most level spot between two hills, ⬩ the local name of a neck-shaped ridge in western Iceland. ⬩ of water, the part where the distance between opposite shores is least
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Óþ mannes swuran, Blickl. Homl. 245, 33: Gen. 41, 42: Deut. 28, 48. Swiran (swioran) cladam, Lchdm. i. lxx, 1 (see note). On ða swyran sínra þegena Met. 9, 56. of land, a hause (as in Esk Hause), a col; cf. ge-sweoru Dúna swioran juga, Wrt.
ge-cweþan
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L. 5, 14. to say. with noun (pronoun) object Þæt þæt ic tó eów gecweðe, þæt ic cweðe tó eallum mannum. Hml. Th. 524, 16. Heora nán nyste hwæt óðer gecwæð, 472, 28. Þá cwæþ hé: 'þanc ic dó ...'. Sóna swá hé þás word gecwæþ, Bl. H. 191, 23-29.
Linked entry: ge-cwidrǽden
wénan
to ween ⬩ suppose ⬩ think ⬩ imagine ⬩ opine ⬩ believe ⬩ to hope ⬩ expect ⬩ look for
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Wénde ðæs formoni man, ðæt wǽre hit úre hláford Byrht. Th. 138, 52. Ne wéne ðæs ǽnig, ðæt ic lygewordum leóð somnige Exon. Th. 234, 26; Ph. 546.
mótan
to be allowed ⬩ may ⬩ mote ⬩ to be inferred otherwise ⬩ to be obliged ⬩ must
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Ðæt hé móste mid ðæm sunu wið Somnitum, 3, 10; Swt. 140, 17. to be obliged, must Man mót on eornost mótian wið his drihten, Ælfc. T. Grn. 15, 3. Londríhtes mót monna ǽghwylc ídel hweorfan, Beo. Th. 5765; B. 2886.
BORD
a BOARD, plank ⬩ tabula sectilis, tabula ⬩ what is made of a board, - A table, shield ⬩ mensa, clypeus ⬩ the board, covering or deck of a ship, the ship itself ⬩ tabulatum, stega ⬩ constratum, navis ⬩ at home and abroad ⬩ domi et foris ⬩ a foot-stool
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Man útan bordes wísdóm hieder on lond sóhte one from abroad [lit. outside the boundary] sought wisdom in this land, Past. pref; Hat. MS
Linked entries: bord-gelác bord-wudu
fæstlíce
fast ⬩ firmly ⬩ constantly ⬩ persistence ⬩ fast ⬩ strictly ⬩ speedily ⬩ at once
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Him man swýðe fæstlíce wiðstód and heardlíce, Chr. 1001; P. 133, 19. Þe fæstlícor þǽm wergan gáste wiþstondan, Bl. H. 135, 10. expressing firmness of purpose.
ge-nemnan
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Man sceal habban wǽngewǽdu . . . and fela ðinga ðe ic nú genæmnian ne can, Angl. ix. 264, 6. <b>III a.
hrædlíce
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Ne hádige man ǽfre wudewan tó hrædlíce, Ll. Th. i. 416, 16. in respect to time during which action continues, quickly, shortly, briefly Hý wǽron gebrytte swá hrædlíce swá swá hradu ýst windes scip tóbrycð, Ps. Th. 47, 6.
hróf
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Þe;áh man gesette án brád ísen þell ofer þæs fýres hróf, Wlfst. 147, 3. Cwóm wiht ofer wealles hróf, Rä. 30, 7
of-gán
to demand what is due, seek satisfaction for, require, exact ⬩ to require what is not due, to exact with violence, extort ⬩ to require what is not one's due but is granted as a favour or for a fair equivalent, to obtain, hold by allowance of another ⬩ to start of, make a beginning of anything.
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[Ich wille ðæt hit cume in ongeǽn, ððer ðæt man hit ofgó on hise gemóð, 387, 22.] Eádmund æþeling bæd ðone híréd ðæt hé móste ofgán (have, hold) ðæt land . . .
Linked entry: of-eode
sunne
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Þeah hine (the sick man) mon on sunnan lǽde, 340, 17; Gn. Ex. 112. <b>II a.</b> in the phrase under sunnan= in this world, cf. sublunary :-- Hié ǽfre geseón under sunnan, Andr. Kmbl. 2025; An. 1015.
grówan
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Þeós wyrt byð seldon funden, ne hý man gecnáwan ne mæg búton ðonne heó gréwð and bléwð, Lch. i. 98, 4. Swá nú lencten and hærfest, on lencten hit gréwþ, and on hærfest hit fealwaþ, Bt. 21; F. 74, 22. Greów fronduerat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 151, 23.