geolo
YELLOW ⬩ flavus
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Him beóþ ða eágan geolwe his eyes will be yellow, L. M. 3, 62; Lchdm. ii. 348, 12. Geolo flavus, fuscus, Hpt. Gl. 510. Mid geolewere fáhnisse crocea qualitate, 419
un-gedéfelíce
Unfitly ⬩ in a way that ill suits the conditions of a case
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Hæthcyn with his arrow slew his kinsman, brother slew brother, Beo. Th. 4862; B. 2435
Linked entry: ge-défelíce
be-hættian
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Ox. 4466. to strip the skin from the head Þá cwelleras hine be-hættedon they pulled off the skin of his head with the hair (2 Maccabees 7, 7), Hml. S. 25, 126. Behættian, 116. v. hættian in Dict
Linked entry: hættian
clǽg
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Add: ¶ as a component of words denoting places with a clayey soil, Clay- in local names Of clǽgbróce . . . on clǽgbróc, C. D. vi. 52, 25, 29. Cléigate, iv. 178, 2. On clǽghyrste, C. D. B. iii. 45, 7. On clǽgweg, andlang clǽgweges, 44, 25: C.
ge-fylsta
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Wé sind Godes gefylstan we are labourers together with God; Dei sumus adjutores, 8, 8: Hml. S. 11, 309. Hí tó Antecríste búgað and weorþað his gefylstan eallum heora mihtum, Wlfst. 93, 10. Add
ge-temian
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Add: to tame. v. tam Ylpas getemode and to wíge gewenode, Hml. S. 25, 558. [as causative to a verb corresponding to O. H. Ger. ge-zeman; p. -zam convenire decere] to cause to be fitting, to allow (?)
hwega
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Add: as substantive with gen., somewhat, v. hwæt-hwega ; 2 b, hwilc-hwéga; 2 Lytles hwega for þæs líchaman nédbehǽfednyssum mid him hæbbende, Hml.
met
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mannes eágan beóþ unscearpsýno; þonne sceal hé þá eágan weccan mid gnídingum, mid gongum, mid rádum, oþþe mid þý þe hine mon bere oþþe on wǽne ferige; and hý sculan nyttian lytlum and forhtlicum metum ( these means are to be employed in small doses and with
þeódan
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Add: to join as a companion, associate with, attach oneself to a person, society, place, &c. Sege úrum bróþrum ꝥ heora nǽnig hine ne þýde tó þám seócan bréþer nullus ex fratribus se ad eum morientem jungat, Gr. D. 344, 27.
wearglíce
Vilely, meanly, wretchedly
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Vilely, meanly, wretchedly Gif ðú ðé wilt dón manegra beteran and weorþran, ðonne scealt ðu ðé lǽtan ánes wyrsan.
bryðen
A drink, brewing ⬩ potus
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Án bryðen mealtes one brewing of malt, Wulfgeat's Will
croc-sceard
A shred or fragment of a crock or pot ⬩ a potSHERD ⬩ testa, testu
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Mid ánum crocscearde with a potsherd Job Thw. 166, 34; Homl. Th. ii. 452, 29. Crocsceard testu Ælfc. Gr. 11; Som. 15, 29
Linked entry: sceard
on-médan
(?) to take upon ones self, to presume ( the following passage should be given under médan)
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to take upon ones self, to presume ( the following passage should be given under médan) Ondsware ýwe se hine on méde wordum secgan hú se wudu hátte let him give answer, who will take upon himself to say in words, what the name of that wood is, Exon.
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ge-síþwíf
A woman of the class to which the 'gesith ⬩ ' 'comes' belongs
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Anastasia's the holy lady; she was very noble with respect to this world, Shrn. 30, 20. All ða gesíþwíf and ða æðelan fǽmnan all the ladies and noble women, 87, 21
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hyht
Hope ⬩ joyous expectation ⬩ joy
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Hyhtum tó wuldre with hopes of glory, 116 b; Th. 448, 3; Dóm. 48
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twéntig
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Twenty. used adjectivally, with the inflexions of the plural adjective in gen. and dat., but also with singular gen. alone Ðis synd ðara twéntiges hída landgemǽra, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 429, 25.
gódian
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if people would cease to do evil, then would it soon be well with us, Wlfst. 243, 21.
hám-weard
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Cf. hám; 3. with substantive verb Hé mid heora here wæs in Asiam ; þá burgware bǽdon ꝥ hié tídlíce hámweard wǽre Agesilaus, arcessitus ex Asia, Ors. 3, 1; S. 98, 14.
for-habban
To abstain ⬩ refrain ⬩ abstinent ⬩ continent ⬩ to abstain from ⬩ to restrain ⬩ keep away ⬩ to keep back ⬩ not to mention ⬩ to restrain ⬩ check ⬩ stop
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Ðá forhæbbendan continentes, Past. 453, 30, 31. to abstain from. with dat. Sóna swá hý geedwyrpte beóð, þám flǽscǽte forhæbben (-habban v. l.) a carnibus abstineant, R. Ben. 61, 3. with prep. From giriordum forhabba, Rtl. 16, 25.
hreówsian
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Sceal hé ðára lǽstena worda hreówsian, 199, 16. with clause Hé hreówsade ðæt hé him ǽfre suá ungeriesenlíce geðénigan sceolde, Past. 199, 18. with prep.