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wæs geþreád mid fefre . . . Þá ǽlce dæge weóx se ece and seó ádl hefegode correptus febri . . . Cum per dies singulos languor ingravesceret, Gr. D. 175, 17. Ðǽr ( in hell) is éce æce (ece, v. l. ), Wlfst. 114, 4.

ge-bod

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Th. i. 232, 12. a command, an order of the Deity Gif ꝥ sóþ is . . . hit wæs unnet gebod . . . ꝥ God beád. Bt. 41, 3 ; F. 246, 32. ' þis bebod se Hǽlend ús sealde . . . ' 'Gif þis gebod eów wǽre geseald fram eówrum Drihtne . . .' Bl. H. 233, 21.

gyte

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Sum earm wíf wæs geswenct þurh blódes gyte, Hml. Th. ii. 514, 27. effusion, shedding of blood, shed in blood-shed Gyte blódes on sace ofermádigra effiisio sanguinis in rixa superborum, Scint. 83, 7.

mǽrþu

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mǽrþu, <b>. I.</b>
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Sceolde him man bringan ongeán crætwǽn . . . hiora consulum tó mǽrþe, þæt wæs triumpheum, Ors. 2, 4; S. 70, 35. Add Mǽrþa insignia (ornamentorum et vestium). An. Ox. 5172.

or-sorg

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Drihlen wæs hire forespeca, and heó sæt ðí orsorhgre, Hml. Th. ii. 440, 21. <b>I a.

stycce

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Hit wæs tódǽled on twá sticceu (stycciu, styccu, v. ll.), 97, 7: 17.] Þurh sticceo per cola [cf. Ald. 4, 36: Grammaticorum regulas et orthographorum disciplinas . . . pedibus poeticis compactas per cola (per cola, i. membra þurh lim, An.

wǽdlung

(n.)
Grammar
wǽdlung, e; f.

povertyindigencewantbegging

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poverty, indigence, want Ðár is geómerung and wǽdluncg, Wulfst. 114, 27. Hine (Lazarus) geswencte seó wǽdlung, and áfeormode; ðone óðerne (Dives) gewelgode his genihtsumnys, and bepǽhte, Homl. Th. i. 332, 9. Of wǽdlunga de inopia, Ps. Spl. 106, 41.

ge-teohhian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-teohhian, -teohian, -tiohhian, -tihhian; p. ode, ade; pp. od,ad

To appointdeterminedecreeassignstătuĕredecernĕreassignāre

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Wæs óðer in geteohhod mǽrum Geáte another dwelling had been assigned to the renowned Goth, Beo. Th. 2605; B. 1300. Geteohod, Bd. 5, 14; S. 634, 31, note.

bearn-teám

progenyoffspringissuechild-bearingprocreation of children

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Hé bi þǽre fægerne bearnteám gestrýnde, seó wæs Agathes geháten, Chr. 1057; P. 188, 14. Seó gelaðung ácenð micelne bearnteám, Hml. A. 30, 161. Ꝥ hí heora bearn-teám gebringon tó Críste þurh fulluht, 34, 254.

be-fealdan

to fold uproll upto bendthe bodyto fold up in somethingwrap up to entwine;implicareto involveimplicateto attach

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Hé (the town) wæs tó þæs pápan ǽhte bifealden, Hml. A. 199, 150

lǽran

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C. 105. to show a person the way to or from, guide, direct Hé mec lǽreð from þé on stearcne weg, Jul. 282.

þearf

(n.)
Grammar
þearf, e; f.
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Ic wát ðæt ðú sécst míne ðearfe I know that you seek my good, Shrn. 182, 32.

Linked entries: þarf þærf

cuman

(v.)
Grammar
cuman, p. cóm, coom.
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Mon cymen wæs of Alexandres herewícum, 18, 8. from a place, to get away Þæt hié nysten hú hié þonan cómen, Ors. 2, 5; S. 78, 16. <b>I a.

swingan

(v.)
Grammar
swingan, p. swang, pl. swungon; pp. swungen.

to swinge, flog, beat, scourge,to chastise, afflict, plague to give a blow with the handwithout the idea of hurting, to whip a top, cream, etc. , beat upto strike, dashto beat the wingsto wing, soar,a wing, pinionof a bird to soar

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[Wæs] suungen exalaparetur (cf. wæs fýstslægenu exalaparetur, 32, 2), Wrt. Voc. ii. 107, 75. without the idea of hurting, to whip a top, cream, etc. beat up Mid gelǽredre handa hé swang ðone top, Ap. Th. 13, 13.

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hé, [In p. 513, col. 1. l. 60 Enachis (Num. 13, 29) should be read for Enac his: cf. the accusative Enachim in Jos. 11. 21. For -is as gen. in foreign names cf. Num. 13, 11, 12.]
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Þǽr wæs begyten se mǽsta bera . . ., sé wæs gewunod ꝥ hé manna líchaman slát . . . þá wæs hé mid réðnesse onǽled, and ðone biscop gesóhte; ac hé forgeat ealle þá his réðnesse and his heáfod ofdúne ásænde, Gr. D. 194, 24-195, 3.

fæder

a parenta step-fatherforefatherfathersancestorsfathera god-fathera patron

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Bearn Ælfríces cwæð: 'Wæs mín ealda fæder Ealhelm háten, ' B. 218. Féng Carl tó þám westríce . . . swá hit his þridda fæder (his great-grandfather) hæfde, Chr. 885; P. 78, 32.

geár

(n.)
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Wæs se winter þý geáre grim, 213, 31. Perseus wæs ealne þone geár Rómáne swencende, Ors. 4, ll; S. 208, 13 : 3, 5 ; S. 106, 10. Þá sylfan tíd síde herigeas habbað foreweard geár.

hebban

(v.)
Grammar
hebban, occurs with dat.

to liftto liftto raiseliftmake a soundto exaltelevateto extolexaltto set upinstituteto raisebring upto directbearTo risemount

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Wæs lof hafen . . . hí Fæder weorðodon, and þone Sunu wordum heredon, El. 890: Jul. 693.

hlísa

famereputationreputegloryreputationreportfameapprobationapplause

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Ióhannes wæs wanigende on his hlísan, for ðan ðe hé wearð oncnáwen wítega, sé ðe wæs lytle ǽr Críst geteald, Hml. Th. i. 356, 35.

be-drífan

(v.)
Grammar
be-drífan, p. -dráf, -drǽf, pl. -drifon; pp. -drifen ; v. a.

to drivethrust on or uponto compelconstrain or enforce one to do a thingto pursuefollowcogerecompellereagereadigereto drive or beat againstto surroundobruereobducerecircumflare

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Ðú bedrifen [MS. bidrifen] wurde on ðas þeóstran worulde thou wast driven into this dark world, Exon. 28 b; Th. 86, 17; Cri. 1409. to drive or beat against, to surround; obruere, obducere, circumflare He geseah stapulas standan storme bedrifene he saw

Linked entries: be-drǽf be-dráf