ge-dyrnan
To conceal ⬩ hide ⬩ keep secret ⬩ cēlāre ⬩ occultāre
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Se ðe ða þýfþe gedyrne, forgylde ðone þeóf be his were let him who conceals the theft pay for the thief according to his value, 36; Th. i. 124, 17, note 40, MS. B. Ðonne hit gedyrned weorþeþ when it is hidden, Exon. 91 a; Th. 340, 27; Gn. Ex. 117
Linked entries: ge-diernan ge-dirnan
un-snytro
Folly
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Hé his selfa ne mæg for his unsnyttrum ende geþencean, Beo. Th. 3472; B. 1734: Met. 9, 11. Hé unsnytrum ( foolishly, unwisely ) Andreas hét áhón, Exon. Th. 260, 35; Jul. 308. Unsnyttrum, 251, 14; Jul. 145: 153, 25; Gú. 831: Elen. Kmbl.1900; El. 947
árfæstnes
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Hé bæd ðone ælmihtigan for his árfæstnysse ꝥ hé þám preóste gemiltsode, Hml. S. 6, 167: 30, 350. Ongeán þǽre árfæstnysse hé sylð árleásnysse, þæt hé ne árige his underþeóddum ne his gelícum, Wlfst. 59, 16
án-setla
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Nán man ne dear for árwyrðnesse þæs ánsetlan leahtras tǽlan, R. Ben. 134, 22 — 135, 18
fæger
beauty
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Hwæþer ðú beó á þý fægerra for óþres mannes fægere, 30, 1; F. 108, 28. what is beautiful Þeáh hé mycel áge und feala fægeres, him bið mycel daru gif hé hit geseón ne mæge, Bl. H. 21, 8
fant-bæþ
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The baptismal font, font with water in it ready for baptism, the rite there performed Þonne is æfter eallum þisum mid rihtum geleáfan tó efstanne wið fontbæðes georne . . . Þá ðreó dýfinga on fontbæðe getácniað . . . Wlfst. 36, 1-10.
ge-nípan
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For ' to rise as a cloud . . . Exod. 454' substitute Him ongén genáp atol ýða gewealc: ne þǽr ǽnig becwóm herges tó háme the horrid waves grew dark as they rolled on to meet them; not one of that host got back to his home, Exod. 454.
ge-stihtung
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Ðæt wille ic gecýþan, þæt þá rícu of nánes monnes mihtum swá gecræftgode ne wurdou, ne for nánre wyrde, buton from Godes gestihtunge ut omnia haec Dei judiciis disposita, non autem humanis viribus, aut incertis casibus accidisse perdoceam, Ors. 2, l ;
griþ-bryce
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Th. i. 408, 21. the fine for such breach, the revenue derived from such fines Ic cýðe eów ꝥ ic hæbbe geunnen him ꝥ hé beó his saca and sócne wyrðe and griðbryces, Cht. E. 233, 3. Ic habbe gegeofen ... saca and sócna, ... griðbryce and scipbryce, C.
menigu
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For ðǽre menige (menge, v. l. ) ðæs folces, Past. 113, 19. Ðæt mon ðá godcundan sprǽce ðǽre menigo (mengio, v. l. ) tódǽle, 373, 19. Binnon ðám weallum wǽron ungeríme meniu manna (cf. innumera hominum conuenticula. Bd. Sch. 623), Hml.
nídinga
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Ðonne sculon hié eft niédenga gadrian óðer ierfe on ðaes wriexle ðe hié ǽr for mildheortnesse sealdon violenter exquirunt, quae misericorditer largiuntur, Past. 341, 18.
ofer-hlifian
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Add Tó þám scræfe næs nán weg, for þon þe þǽr oferhlifode micel stánclif (excelsa desuper rupes eminebat), Gr. D. 99, 2. Add Manega trahtnedon ymbe þis angin . . . ac ic hig ealle oferhlifige oððe oferswýðe (ego sublimor), Angl. viii. 307, 8.
ofer-méttu
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For ðæs ríces heánesse him weóxon ofermétto, Past. 113, 6 : 425, 18. Hé cwæð ðæt ǽlces yfles fruma wǽre ofermétta quia initium omnis peccati superbia, 301, 4: 307, 2. Sió scyld ðára ofermétta superbiae culpa, 311, 23 : 271, 23 : 439, 3.
plega
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Heora biscepas sǽdon þæt heora godas bǽdon ꝥ him man worhte anfiteatra, ꝥ mon mehte þone hǽðeniscan plegan þǽrinne dón suasere pontifices, ut ludi scaenici diis expetentibus ederentur, Ors. 3, 3; S. 102, 12. an implement for a game Geseah hé ǽnne nacodne
yfel-sacian
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H. 189, 24 for mé should probably be read má, the original Latin is: Ne tantas Deo inferret blasphemias. v. Archiv xci. 190) Gé gehýrað hú hé Gode yfelsacað, Nap. 88.
wácness
Meanness of condition ⬩ mean estate ⬩ vilitas,
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Hwí forgifð God ðám wácum wyrtum swá fægerne wlite,... búton for ðan ðe wé sceolon mid wácnysse and sóðre eádmódnysse ða heofenlícan fægernysse geearnian, Homl. Th. ii. 464, 18.
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wælhreówness
Cruelty
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Wearð Iulianus for his wælhreównysse ofslægæn, Homl. Skt. i. 7, 419. Wé sceolon déman mildheortlíce bútan wælhreównysse, Homl. Ass. 9, 222. Sceal his steór beón mid lufe gemetegod, ná mid wælhreáwnysse oferdón, Homl. Th. ii. 532, 13.
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on-tyge
What one takes upon one's self, an undertaking
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Gif hwylc abbod geþafaþ ðæt maæssepreóst oððe diácon in tó mynstre gange tó ðý ðæt hý messan singan ... hý nán þing gedyrstlǽcen ne nǽnne ontige on ðam mynstre bútan ðære mæssan ánre if any abbot permit a mass-priest or deacon to enter a monastery for
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orige
in the following passage
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For the responsibility of one who lets a thief escape, see L. In. § § 36, 72) be liable to fine, L. In. 28 ; Th. i. 120, 7. (?)