cniht
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Swíðe góde cnihtas, Eustatius þe iunga, and Rógeres eorles þreó sunan, and ealle þá betstboren men þe wǽron innan þisan lande, 1087; P. 224, 28. v. búr-, ceáp-, cípe-, hel-, heorþ-, híréd-, hors-cniht
ge-stígan
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Scealtú ceól gestígan, An. 222. of spirits, to mount to a position in heaven, rise to heaven Him þá sððfæstan on þá swíðran hond mid rodera weard reste gestígað, Sae. 612.
twelf-hynde
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Twelfhindus est homo plene nobilis, i. thainus cujus wera est duodecies .c. soł., L. H. 76, 4; Th. i. 581, 17. Twelfhinde, i. thaini, 70, 1; Th. i. 572, 22. See also L. W. I. 8; Th. i. 470, 14), L. E. G. 12; Th. i. 174, 13.
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strang
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Voc. i. 83, 56 : acer, vehemens, 17, 28 : strenuus, ii. 74, 60. of living beings, strong, powerful, mighty Hé wæs strang foreþingere he was a powerful intercessor, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 6. Fugel meahtum strang, Exon. Th. 40, 31 ; Cri. 647.
teóðung
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Godes ǽ ús bebýt, ðæt wé sceolon ealle ða ðing ðe ús gesceótaþ of úres geáres teolunge Gode ða teóðunge syllan, Homl. Th. i. 178, 28: Wulfst. 102, 20.
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ge-beódan
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Him Hygd gebeád hord and ríce, B. 2369. Hé him ǽt gebeád, Ph. 401. Ne sceal him mon ánne mete gebeódan, ac missenlice, Lch. ii. 240, 15. of non-material objects, to offer a condition, homage, respect, &c. Wurþmynt gebeódan, Hml. S. ii. 8.
ge-wǽcan
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Ðá seó lætre tíd hí gangende gewǽhte cum eos tardior hora fatigaret, Gr. D. 129, 2. Hé wæs swíðe gewǽced ǽgðer ge mid fæstene ge on þám langan geswince, Hml. S. 23 b, 769. Gif wé lange standað, wé beóð gewǽhte, Hml.
glæd
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Him Godes engel þurh glædne geþonc þá wísan onwráh, Cri. 315. of a place, suggestive of gladness, delightful In þám gladan hám in that home of pure delight, Ph. 593. mild, gentle Beón dagas blíþe and glæde nihta sint dies laeti placideque noctes, Hy
hræd
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Heora hors mid swá hræde ryne ( tanto cursu ) þá eá oferférdon, efne swá seó eá in hire nǽnigne wætres streám hæfde, Gr. D. 15, 31. Hrædne gang rapidum (i. uelocem) gressum, An. Ox. 50, 43. Ðá hradan perpeti praepeti volatu, Ald. 22, 6), Wt.
A
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The following words have either the same or an analogous meaning, both in English and Anglo-Saxon: Hám home, án one, bán bone, hán hone, stán stone, sár sore, ráp rope, lár lore, gást ghost, wrát wrote.
heáfod
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Þú hand þíne mé ofer heáfod holde gesettest posuisti super me manum tuam, Ps. Th. 138, 3.
FEORH
life ⬩ soul ⬩ spirit ⬩ vīta ⬩ ănĭma ⬩ a living being ⬩ person ⬩ hŏmo ⬩ persōna
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Ne bip him feores wén there will be no hope of his life, L. M. 2, 51; Lchdm. ii. 264, 19: Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 8: Bt. 14, 3; Fox 46, 27: Exon. 115 b; Th. 445, 4; Dóm. 2: Cd. 162; Th. 203, 15; Exod. 404.
ge-met
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Þýs gemete hoc modo, Bd. 5, 12 ; Sch. 615, ii. On þí gemete swilc man nǽddran fleó, Hml. S. 23 b, 318: Bl. H. 123, 24. Tó hwylcum gemete, 5, 7- Gecýþe ús hwylce gemete þú cóme, 141, 20. Nánum gemete nullo modo, Gr. D. 155, 30.
ge-hǽlan
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</b> to save from something :-- Gehǽl mé of ðisse tíde saluifica me ex hora hac, Jn. 12, 27. Mé wið blódhreówes weres bealuwe gehǽle de viris sanguinum salva me, Ps.
grið
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Dict.) means first home, domicile, then in pl. truce, peace, pardon; friðr is the general word, grið the special, deriving its name from being limited in time or space (asylum)] Leófsig ealdorman grið wið hí gesætte alderman Leofsig made a truce with
stund
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Halliwell), a while, time, hour Nis seó stund latu ðæt ( the hour will not be long in coming when ) ðé wælreówe wítum belecgaþ, Andr. Kmbl. 2422; An. 1212: Exon. Th. 156, 16; Gú. 875.
wyrhta
a wright ⬩ workman ⬩ artificer ⬩ labourer ⬩ one who works at some trade ⬩ a maker ⬩ producer ⬩ author ⬩ creator ⬩ fabricator ⬩ the Creator ⬩ Maker ⬩ a doer ⬩ worker
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Hond bið gelǽred, wís and gewealden, swá bið wyrhtan ryht, sele ásettan, Exon. Th. 296, 5; Crä. 46.
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irfe
Inheritance ⬩ property
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Gif hé wite hwá ðæs deádan ierfe hæbbe tiéme ðonne tó ðam ierfe and bidde ða hond ðe ðæt ierfe hafaþ ðæt hé him gedó ðone ceáp unbeceásne oððe gecýde ðæt se deáda nǽfre ðæt ierfe áhte if he know who has the property of the dead, let him then vouch the
eard
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Eard gesécan to return to their country, 2, 4; S. 70, 15. of a more limited area, the place where a person lives, habitation, dwelling, home Hé leng on þám lande gewunian ne mihte, ac of his cýððe gewát and of his earde, Bl. H. 113, 12.
ge-lǽran
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Philippus þá hé cniht wæs . . . mid Paminunde gelǽred wearð Philippus apud Epaminondam . . . eruditus est, Ors. 3, 7; S. 110, 23. with acc. of person and of thing Ic ðé geongne gelǽrde snytro, Bt. 8; F. 24, 28. to train an animal or bird Wildu hors