ge-þolian
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L. 5, 26. to bear evil, be patient under, submit to Ic þæt sár for þé þurh eáðmédu eall geþolade, hosp and hearmcwide, Cri. 1443.
ge-weaxan
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Him ( a tree ) on æðele bið þæt hit on holte hýhst geweaxe, Met. 13, 52. Gewæxe crescere, Mt. L. 13, 30: Mk. p. 3, 5. Geweaxen adultus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 90, 39: 3, 21: 6, 29. Hé lǽtt hí ( children ) habban ágenne cyre, þonne hí geweaxene beóð, Hml.
swícan
to move about, wander ⬩ to move away, depart, escape ⬩ from to turn from, to withdraw favour or allegiance from, to rebel ⬩ to desist from (dat. or prep.), cease from ⬩ to deceive ⬩ to fail in one's duty to another, be a traitor to, desert ⬩ cease ⬩ to deceive, leave in the lurch
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Hé biþ on ðæt wynstre weorud wyrs gesceáden, ðonne hé on ða swíþran hond swícan móte, Exon. Th. 449, 25; Dóm. 76.
Linked entry: be-swicenness
on
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Ic on máðma hord mínne bebohte fróde feorhlege, B. 2799. Ǽr wæs eall weoruld sprecende on án gereord, and nú synd gereord twá and hundseofontig, Wlfst. 211, 19. Tó brúcanne on éce ærfe, C. D. i. 316, 18.
feorm
provisions ⬩ stores ⬩ a feast ⬩ an entertainment ⬩ entertainment
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Tíd farmes hora caenae, Lk. L. 14, 17. Tó feorme ad agapem, An. Ox. 4834. Æt ánre feorme convivio, Ors. 237, 4. Aman unþances cóm tó þǽre cwéne feorme, Hml. A. 99, 247. Árás from ðǽr farma (feorme, R.) surgit a cena, Jn. L. 13, 4. Færma, 21, 20.
ǽr
early ⬩ expressing readiness, quickness, soon ⬩ earlier, before ⬩ previously, beforehand ⬩ sooner ⬩ before ⬩ sooner ⬩ first
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Ǽr ic mé sylfne ofsleá, ǽr ðon ic sende míne hond on ðás fǽmnan, Shrn. 130, 26. superlative (ǽrest), first Ðú meaht ǽlcne unðeáw on ðǽm men ǽresð be sumum tácnum ongietan . . . ǽr hé hit mid wordum cýðe, Past. 157, 19.
þeóf-feng
Seizing of thieves ⬩ comprehensio (or captio) furis (-um). ⬩ the obligation of one who holds land to arrest and bring to justice those who committed theft on that land ⬩ the right to receive the fines which might be exacted in case of conviction for theft.
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The word seems to denote the obligation of one who holds land to arrest and bring to justice those who committed theft on that land, and occurs generally in connection with the burdens from which land, when granted, was relieved Ic forgyfe ðisne freóls
fón
to take ⬩ catch ⬩ to take ⬩ arrest ⬩ apprehend ⬩ to get ⬩ gain ⬩ to get ⬩ suffer ⬩ experience ⬩ to begin ⬩ to begin ⬩ to take ⬩ to set about ⬩ undertake ⬩ to attack ⬩ to begin at ⬩ to take ⬩ take ⬩ to set to work at ⬩ deal with ⬩ receive ⬩ accept ⬩ to take ⬩ to take ⬩ take possession of ⬩ to take ⬩ to take ⬩ undertake ⬩ to take ⬩ to take to ⬩ allow of ⬩ to take to ⬩ to take to ⬩ join battle ⬩ to join together ⬩ to struggle with
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Gif hé þonne gecyrran wyle and tó sybbe fón homo qui . . . adeo durus sit ut juramenta praestet se nullam pacem admittere velle cum eo qui in eum deliquerit. . Si autem resipiscere velit et pacem admittere. Ll.
ge-weorþan
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how could it seem pit to you to come to the coast without money ?, An. 307. Gif þæs geweorðe gesíðcundne mannan, ꝥ hé unrihthíémed genime if it please a gesith-cund' man to take to adultery, Ll. Th. i. 38, 4.
Beó-wulf
BEOWULF
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Intelligence of this calamity having reached the heroic Beowulf, a relation of Hrothgar, Beowulf resolves to rid the Danish land of this monster; and, in pursuance of this design, sails from home with a company of fifteen warriors.
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FYRD
an army ⬩ the military array of the whole country ⬩ exercĭtus ⬩ expĕdītio ⬩ an army ⬩ agmen ⬩ exercĭtus ⬩ an expedition ⬩ expĕdītio ⬩ a camp ⬩ castrum
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[Laym. ferde, uerde, f. an army: Orm. ferd an army: Scot. ferde an army, host: O. Sax. fard, f. an expedition: Frs. feard: O. Frs. ferd, f. an expedition: Ger. fahrt, fart, f. ĭter: M. H. Ger. vart, f: O. H.
ge-sweotulian
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Abraham geswutelode mid þǽre dǽde ꝥ man ne sceal fandian Godes ostenditur in isto ejus facto quod homo non debet tenare are Dominum, Angl. vii. 42, 404. ꝥ wé é Oferfundennessum geswutelian experimentis comprobasse, An.
scír
Clear ⬩ bright ⬩ bright ⬩ brilliant ⬩ splendid ⬩ resplendent ⬩ bright ⬩ brilliant ⬩ white ⬩ bright ⬩ lustrous ⬩ glittering ⬩ brilliant ⬩ clear ⬩ transparent ⬩ clear ⬩ limpid ⬩ bright ⬩ clear ⬩ pure ⬩ neat ⬩ bright ⬩ clear ⬩ brilliant ⬩ clear
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Ic eom ásceáden from ðære scíran driht (the heavenly host), Cd. Th. 275, 26; Sat. 177. Ðone scíran Scippend, Elen. Kmbl. 740; El. 370. of a quality Gé ða scíran miht (the power of Christ)déman ongunnon, Elen.
Ælfréd
Alfred ⬩ Alfrédus ⬩ Alfred the Great
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D. 990, — 'Historia Anglorum' ða ðe Ælfréd cyning of Lédene on Englisc awende Historia Anglorum, which king Alfred turned from Latin into English, Homl. Th. ii. 116, 30-118, 1. The third book which Alfred translated, about A.
ge-þafian
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Add: ge-þeafian. to permit Ne cweðo ic nó ðæt bebeódende, ac lǽrende and geðafigende hoc autem dico secundum indulgentiam, non secundum imperium, Past. 397, 28. with acc. Ðone gedwolan ðe hé stiéran sceolde hé oft tó suíðe geðafað, Past. 143, 11.
á-wrítan
to write out or down ⬩ write words ⬩ to transcribe ⬩ copy in writing ⬩ to state in writing ⬩ to write a book, letter, ⬩ to write of or about something ⬩ to write to ⬩ to write an account of ⬩ describe ⬩ to inscribe the name of a person ⬩ to write on material ⬩ cover with writing ⬩ to make a symbol other than a letter
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Th. i. 8, 10. to state in writing Swá holde ꝥ hié on monegum templum áwriten, ꝥ ǽlc crísten mon hæfde frið . . . and Antonius hét forbærnan ꝥ gewrit þe hit on áwriten wæs hwæt mon on geáre ágiefan sceolde, Ors. 6, 13;S. 268, 18-23.
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ge-seón
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Þǽr hé þæt wíf geseah stondan, Gen. 547: Ho. 50. Geseah hé rinca manige swefan, B. 728. Swá ic ǽfre ne geseah ǽnigne mann þé gelícne steóran, An. 493.
innan
In ⬩ into ⬩ within ⬩ from within
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Icel. innan-bords] gehióldon they maintained their power at home, Past. pref; Swt. 3, 7. Innabordes intus, Rtl. 2, 21. with dat Ðá hé sæt innan húse discumbente eo in domo, Mt. Kmbl. 9, 10.
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ge-frignan
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(l a) to ask a question, the question given in a dependent clause :-- Se geroefa gefraign huoeðer ł gif moun Galilesca woere Pilatus interrogauit si homo Galilaeus esset, Lk. L. 23, 6. Mið him efne gefrugnon (giffrugnun, R.) huæd hit wére, Mk.
gild
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Add: payment, of purchase or barter Hwælc seleþ monn geld for ferh his quam dabit homo commutationem pro anima sua? Mt.