ge-brycgian
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to bridge a road, cover with planks, stones, &c. so as to make it passable Wearð æteówod . . . án weg fram ðám húse þe hé on gewát . . . ástreht oð heofonan. Se weg wæs mid pællum gebricgod, Hml. Th. ii. 186, 34. to bridge a stream
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hálig-ern
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Add: — Háligern archanum, Germ. 395, 42. Ðæt háliern wearð geopenod and þá lác wǽron in gebróhte, Ap. Th. 24, 6. On hálierne sacello, An. Ox. 3237. Oð ic ingá on háligern donec intrem in sanctuarium Dei, Ps. Rdr. 72, 17. Of háligetnum de sacrariis, Germ
ofer-módig
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Betere ys on yfelum dǽdum clǽne andetnyss þænne on gódum weorcum ofermódig gylp (superba gloratio), Scint. 40, 20. Hé hæfde ánne ofermódine cniht, Gr. D. 36, 5. Róma áliésed wearð of þeówdóme þára ofermódgestana cyninga þe mon hǽt Tarcuinie, Ors. 2, 1
wær
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Add On þeáwum wær moribus cautus. Chrd. 19, 13. Sió wiþerweardnes biþ . . . wæru . . . mid þǽre styringe hire ágenre frécennesse adversam fortunam videos ipsius adversitatis exercitatione prudentem, Bt. 20; F. 72, 6. Se wara weard his ágenre þearfednesse
þeósterness
Darkness
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Darkness Wearð micel þeósternes ofer eallne middangeard tetra nox obducta terris est, Ors. 6, 2; Swt. 256, 16. Ðá com ðære nihte þýsternys, Homl. Ass. 203, 265. Þǽsternes (cf þióstro,) (Met. 21, 40), Bt. 34, 8; Fox 146, 4. On ðýsternesse in obscuro,
scerwen
a scattering ⬩ sharing ⬩ giving
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a scattering (?), sharing (?), giving (?) (cf. be-scerwan to deprive) Denum eallum wearð cénra gehwylcum eorlum ealuscerwen there was a fine feast for all the Danes (?) (the reference is to the disturbance caused by the fight between Beowulf and Grendel
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ambeht
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Weard, ombeht unforht, B. 287. Ic eom Hróðgáres ár and ombiht, 336. Ðe ambeht ł se ðegn discipulus ille, Jn. L. 21, 23. Ðone ilca arnbeh[t], 20. Ðára ambihta discipulorum, 20, 30. Ambehtum discipulis, 21, 14. Abraham spræc tó his ombihtum: 'Rincas míne
ge-dwimorlíce
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Add: in appearance only, not really Wearð án mǽden forbróden (changed to a mare) þurh drýmanna dydrung, ge-dwimorlíce swá deáh . . . Macharius cwæð: 'Ic geseó þis mǽden on menniscum gecynde, and heó nis ná áwend swá swá gé wénað . . . ac on eówrum gesihðum
gifeþe
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Add: — Gif hit gifeþe is huius si potis est, Germ. 402, 84. where what is granted is expressed by a noun Eów ys tír gifeðe, Jud. 157 : Vald. l, 25. Gyfeðe, B. 819. the grant given by a clause Mé gyfeðe weard þæt ic áglǽcan gerǽhte, B. 555. Cf. gifan
hlýd
Rumour
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Rumour, noise made in discussing an event Mardocheus wearð þurh þá micclan hlýde cúð þám cyninge the matter made such a great noise that Mordecai became known to the king, Hml. A. 95, 120. [In Ps. Spl. T. 9, 7 perhaps hlydne arises from confusion between
un-mǽte
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Add: of material objects Wearð hé gefyrht mid ege þæs unmǽtan wildeóres, Hml. S. 23 b, 774. of non-material objects Mægn unmættra hreónessa and unwederes vim nimiae tempestatis, Gr. D. 346, 33. Hé ábarn mid þý bryne þǽre unmǽtestan (-mǽtt-, v.l.)
gum-ríce
Power, rule over men ⬩ a kingdom ⬩ the earth
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Power, rule over men, a kingdom, the earth Nis ðé goda ǽnig on gumríce efne gelíc éce Drihten non est similis tibi in diis, Domine, Ps. Th. 85, 7. On ðam gumríce in that kingdom, Elen. Kmbl. 2439; El. 1221. Gumríces weard the king, Cd. 180; Th. 226,
ge-crístnian
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Substitute: To administer the rite of crístnung to a person. See the passage given under crístnian; II. [The passages given under crístnian; I and IV (l. III) should be taken under II. In Bd. 5, 6; Sch. 581, 1-19 the rite is evidently referred to, as
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wer-beám
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A strong man, warrior Ðá slóh mid hálige hand heofonríces weard werbeámas ( the Egyptians in the Red Sea ), wlance ðeóde, Cod. Th. 208, 20; Exod. 486. Cf. the epithets derived from words denoting trees which are applied to men in Icelandic poetry. v.
mis-tucian
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and add Hé beót Liberlinum on ꝥ heáfod and on þá ansýne, oð ꝥ eall his andwlita wearð tóswollen and áwannod. Ðá þá hé swá swíðe mid geþersce mistúcod wæs (vehementer caesus), Gr. D. 20, 33. Þá hors mid þám spurum mistúcode (geblódgode, v.l.) equi calcaribus
snotor-wyrde
Prudent or wise of speech
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Prudent or wise of speech Herodes wearð gewréged tó ðam cásere . . . hé wæs snotorwyrde tó ðan swíðe, ðæt se cásere hine mid máran wurðmynte ongeán ásende Homl. Th. i. 80, 9. Sum man wæs geháten Mercurius on lífe, se wæs swýðe fácenfull and ðeáh full
ge-swencednes
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Add: - — Þá wearð hé geneádod ꝥ hé on his ágenre geswencednysse (-swænced-, -swencend-, v. ll. ) oncneówe hwæt hé sylf wæs compulsus est cognoscere in sua vexatione quid esset, Gr. D. 73, 5 : Fram geswincednesse (the vowel of the second syllable is
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strang-lic
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1. add: displaying force or energy Beóð swíðe stranglicu word on heofenes roderum erit vox magna et fortis in firmamento caeli, Verc. Först. 121, 19. 2. add Þǽr wearð on dæg swíðe stranglic gefeoht on bá halfe, Chr. 1066; P. 199, 12. Hé þet land mid
wulf
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Wæs micel wundor ꝥ án wulf wearð ásend þurh Godes wissunge tó bewerigenne ꝥ heáfod wið þá óþre deór . . . Læg se grǽga wulf þe bewiste ꝥ heáfod, and mid his twám fótum hæfde ꝥ heáfod beclypped, grǽdig and hungrig, and for Gode ne dorste þæs heáfdes
BOLCA
The gangway of a ship ⬩ forus navis ⬩ the cargo of a ship
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The gangway of a ship; forus navis Bolca forus, Cot. 86. Geseah weard beran ofer bolcan beorhte randas the guard saw bright shields borne over the ship's gangway, Beo. Th. 467; B. 231: Andr. Kmbl. 1203; An. 602. He on bolcan sæt he sat on the gangway