GIM
GEM ⬩ jewel ⬩ gemma ⬩ used metaphorically of the eye, the sun, stars, etc.
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Gim sceal on hringe standan steáp the gem shall stand prominent in the ring, Menol. Fox 504; Gn. C. 22: Salm. Kmbl 570; Sal. 284. Gimmas líxton jewels glittered, Elen. Kmbl. 180; El. 90.
gim
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Ne mæg hit steorra ne stán ne se steápa gim be-swícan, Sal. 284, Is seó eággebyrd híwe gelícast gladum gimme, þonne in goldfate smiða orþoncum biseted weorðeð Ph. 303. Ðá giemmas, Past. 135, 3, 4, 16. Gimmas, 7.
ge-feormian
to entertain ⬩ harbour ⬩ receive as a guest ⬩ feed ⬩ cherish ⬩ support ⬩ suscipere ⬩ hospitio suscipere ⬩ epulare ⬩ fovere ⬩ curare ⬩ to feed on ⬩ devour ⬩ vesci ⬩ comedere ⬩ to cleanse ⬩ farm ⬩ cleanse out ⬩ mundare
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Ðonne mon monnan betýhþ ðæt he ceáp forstele, oððe forstolenne gefeormie when a man charges another that he steal cattle, or harbour the stolen, L. In. 46; Th. i. 130, 13.
stíg
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Steáp stánhliðo, stíge nearwe, enge ánpaðas, Beo. Th. 2823; B. 1409
Linked entries: stíga gát-ánstíg
diácon
A deacon, minister of the church, levite ⬩ diācōnus = διάκoνos a servant, waiting man = Lat. minister, levīta, levītes = λευίτηs
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[Gif frigman] diácones feoh [stele], vi gylde [forgylde] if a freeman steal the property of a deacon, he must repay sixfold, L. Ethb. 1, 4 ; Th. i. 2, 5; 4, 3; about A. D. 599. Swylce diácon hine clǽnsie so let a deacon clear himself, L.
Linked entry: deácon
ofer-gán
to overspread ⬩ to overrun (a country, as a victorious army does), to conquer ⬩ to pass a point or limit ⬩ to pass a moral limit, to transgress ⬩ to pass across, traverse, cross ⬩ to pass, pass off or away, be over, come to an end ⬩ To be over ⬩ to come upon, attack
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Rush. 15, 2. to pass across, traverse, cross Hé ofereode steáp stánhliþo, Beo. Th. 2820; B. 1408. Hí ða Reádan Sǽ ofereodon, Homl. Th. ii. 200, 27: Beo.
Linked entries: ofer-eode ofer-gangan
rodor
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Steám up árás swylce réc under radorum, Elen. Kmbl. 1604; El. 804. Alwalda worhte rúme roderas, Exon. Th. 341, 30; Gen. Ex. 134
Linked entry: rador
on-cweðan
of animate beings, to reply, respond ⬩ to echo back, give back a sound, reply
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Stormas stánclifu beótan, him stearn oncwæð, Exon. Th. 307, 14; Seef. 23.
hlifian
To stand out prominently, ⬩ tower up, ⬩ to be raised high
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Beorgas ne muntas steápe ne stondaþ ne stánclifu heáh hlifiaþ nec tumulus crescit, 56 a; Th. 199, 9, 27;Ph. 23, 32. Hlifiaþ eáran ofer eágum ears stand up above my eyes, 104b; Th. 396, 14; Rä. 16, 4.
wang
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III. fig. of any surface Ic ( a cup for cupping) eom stíð and steáp wong, staþol wæs in þá wyrta wlitetorhtra, Exon. Th. 484, 4; Rä. 70, 2
ge-witnes
knowledge ⬩ cognisance ⬩ witness ⬩ testimony ⬩ used of persons
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Gif he stalie on gewitnesse ealles his hírédes if he steal with the cognisance of all his household, L. In. 7; Th. i. 106, 16: L. C. S. 76; Th. i. 418, 12. Wundorlíc is ðín gewitnes mirabilia testimonia tua, Ps. Th. 118, 129, 24.
Linked entry: witness
gild
a payment of money ⬩ a tribute ⬩ compensation ⬩ retribution ⬩ substitute ⬩ solutio ⬩ tributum ⬩ compensatio ⬩ remuneratio ⬩ retributio ⬩ GUILD ⬩ society ⬩ club, to which payments were made for mutual protection and support, more extensive than our friendly societies ⬩ societas ⬩ fraternitas ⬩ a payment to God ⬩ worship ⬩ service ⬩ sacrifice ⬩ offering ⬩ cultus ⬩ sacrificium ⬩ a heathen deity ⬩ numen ⬩ a visible object of worship ⬩ an idol ⬩ idolum
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On ðære sunnan gyld in the sun's stead, Exon. 24 a; Th. 68, 14; Cri. 1103. IX gylde forgylde let him pay nine[-fold] for compensation, L.
Linked entries: gield gild-scipe ed-gild gild-selenn ge-gild ge-gilda geld geold gyld hǽðen-gild
ge-stígan
To mount ⬩ ascend ⬩ descend
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Siððan ðú gestígest steápe dúne after thou dost mount the lofty hills, Cd. 137; Th. 172, 32; Gen. 2853: 227; Th. 303, 14; Sal. 612. Beddreste gestáh mounted the couch, 102; Th. 135, 25; Gen. 2248.
sticol
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lofty, reaching to a great height, of a mountain 'Ic wille standan on ðisum steápum munte'. . . Moyses ðá ástáh tó ðam sticolan munte, Homl. Skt. i. 13, 9-12. Wæs án myrige dún . . . ful sméðe . . . se streám arn of ðære sticolan dúne, 19, 108-115.
Linked entry: sticel
HORS
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Horsa steal carceres, Ælfc. Gl. 61; Som. 68, 54; Wrt. Voc. 39, 37. Horsa hnǽgung neighing of horses, Ælfc. Gl. 1; Som. 2, 38.
lutian
lurk ⬩ skulk
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Nys hyt swá stearc winter ðæt ic durre lutian æt hám for ege hláfordes mínes non est tam aspera hyems ut audeam latere domi prae timore domini mei, Coll. Monast. Th. 19, 17.
swéte
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Wynsumra steám, swéttra and swíþra, 358, 15; Pa. 46. Of múðe cwom swecca swétast, 178, 20; Gú. 1247. Ðara swétestena wyrta, Bd. 3, 8; S. 532, 20. of freedom from unpleasant taste or smell, sweet, pure, untainted:?
scolu
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Ðá wearð stearc storms gelác . . . út feor ádráf on Wendelsǽ wígendra scola, Met. 26, 31
hlǽw
a low ⬩ law ⬩ a rising ground, ⬩ an artificial as well as a natural mound, ⬩ a funeral mound; ⬩ tumulus ⬩ the interior of a mound, ⬩ a cave
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Beorgas ðǽr ne muntas steápe ne stondeþ, ne stánclifu heáh hlifiaþ ne dene ne daiu ne dúnscrafu hlǽwas ne hlincas nec tumulus crescit, nec cava vallis hiat, Exon. 56 a; Th. 199, 13; Ph. 25. The word is found in local names, e.g. Cwicchelmes hlǽw.
Linked entry: hláw