ge-tucian
To adorn ⬩ dress
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To adorn, dress[?] Ðǽr stent cwén ðé on ða swýðran hand mid golde getucode, and mid ǽlcere mislícre fægernysse gegyred adstitit regina a dextris tuis in vestitu deaurato circumamicta varietate, Ps. Th. 44, 11
ge-twífyldan
to double
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to double Seó eahteoðe præteritum getwýfylt ðæt æftre stæfgefég the eighth preterite doubles the second syllable, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 8; Som. 33, 1. Hí beóþ getwyfylde they are doubled, Homl. Th. ii. 372, 35
bóc-scyld
A beechen shield ⬩ fagineum scutum
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[bóc a beech-tree, scyld a shield] A beechen shield; fagineum scutum Ic ge-an [MS. geann] Siferþe mínes bócscyldes I give to Siferth my beechen shield, Th. Diplm. A. D. 938; 561, 5
ge-mundian
to protect
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to protect Mildheortnys ána gemundaþ us on ðam micelum ðóme mercy alone will protect us at the great doom, Homl. Th. ii. 102, 5. Gemunde ðisne heáp protect this assembly, H. R. 103, 31
þurh-etan
to eat through ⬩ eat out
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to eat through, eat out Se wyrm ða eágan þurheteþ, Soul Kmbl. 236; Seel. 122. Áholad, þurhetan (-en?) exesum vel comessum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 76. Swyrd ómige, þurhetene, Beo. Th. 6090; B. 3049
un-forburnen
Unburnt ⬩ not consumed by fire
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Unburnt, not consumed by fire Se wind ábær ðone líg tó ðæs cyninges botle, swá ðæt him ne belǽfde nán þing unforburnen, and hé sylf earfoðlíce ðam fýre ætbærst, Homl. Th. ii. 480, 7
Linked entry: for-beornan
un-árweorþian
to dishonour
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to dishonour Ic árwurðige (-weorðige, Jn. Skt. 8, 49, MS. A.) mínne Fæder and gé unárwurðiaþ (-weorðodon, Jn. Skt. MS. A.) mé honorifico Patrem meum et uos inhonoratis me, Homl. Th. i. 442, 21
be-lífed
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Maria and Martha wǽron twá geswystru swíðe on God belýfede, Hml. Th. i. 130, 5. Cf. ge-lífed
belt
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Helmstán þá undǽde gedyde þæt hé Æðerédes belt forstæl, Cht. Th. 169, 20
frum-geweorc
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A first building Fram Móyses gebyrdtíde þá forð tó Salamones gebyrde and his mǽran frumgeweorces ðæs temples, Angl. xi. 9, 11. Oð ðæt frumgeweorc ðæs temples ( the building of the first temple ), 4, 22
reów
Fierce, cruel;
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Th. 271, 12; Jul. 481. Wǽron hý reówe tó rǽsanne gífrum grápum, 126, 26; Gú. 377 : Andr. Kmbl. 2669; An. 1336
gafol-fisc
Fish paid as toll or tribute
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Fish paid as toll or tribute Ic geann þám munecan tó fódan mín gafolfisc þe mé áríst be sælande concedo maritimos pisces qui mihi contingere debent annualiter per thelonei lucrum, Cht. Th. 307, 37
Linked entry: fisc
wíf-scrúd
Clothing for a woman ⬩ woman's dress ⬩ female attire
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And mínre gyngran dehter ic geann ealles ðæs wífscrúdes ðe tó láfe bið, Chart. Th. 530, 14-25
ge-sweðerian
To weaken ⬩ destroy
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To weaken, destroy Gesweðerad wæs se swyle fuga tumoris secuta est, Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 39. Ðonne beoþ mín sorg gesweðrad my sorrow will be stilled, Exon. 48; Th. 164, 17; Gú. 1013
Linked entry: ge-swæðrung
ǽr-gewyrht
A former work ⬩ a deed of old ⬩ opus pristinum ⬩ facinus olim commissum
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A former work, a deed of old; opus pristinum, facinus olim commissum Ða byre siððan grimme onguldon gaful-rǽdenne þurh ǽrgewyrht the children since have bitterly paid the tax through the deed of old, Exon. 47 a; Th. 161, 17; Gú. 960: Elen.
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búte
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Búte ge to him gecyrren nisi convertimini, Ps. Th. 7, 12
CEÁS
A quarrel, strife ⬩ lis
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Ethb. 18; Th. i. 6, 19. On ceáse in strife, L. Alf. 18; Th. i. 48, 17. Mearh mægen samnode to ceáse the horse collected his strength for the strife, Elen. Kmbl. 111; El. 56
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cine-líc
Of a like kind, agreeable, suitable, adequate ⬩ congruus, cornpetens
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Ath. v. § 8, 3; Th. i. 236, 16
Cilt-ern
The CHILTERN
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an upward course out through Chiltern, and so to Oxford, and burned that town, Chr. 1009; Th. 262, 21, col. 1
dómere
A judge ⬩ jūdex
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H.] gereccen as the judges may prescribe to him, L. Ælf. 18; Th. i. 48, 18. Heretogan and dómeras hæfdon mǽstne weorþscipe consuls and judges had most honour, Bt. 27, 4; Fox 100, 13. Settaþ ða to dómerum, appoint them judges, Past. 18, 2; Hat.