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ge-métan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-métan, he -méteþ, -métt, -mét; p. -métte, pl. -métton; pp. -méted, -métod, -métt, -mét

To find, find out, discover, come upon, meet withinvĕnīre, compĕrīre

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He is gemét inventus est, Lk. Bos. 15, 24, 32. Gif ðǽr beóþ gemétte feówertig rihtwísra sin quadraginta ĭbi inventi fuĕrint, Gen. 18, 29: 2, 12.

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þrúh

(n.)
Grammar
þrúh, (also þrýh, Bd. S. 580, 14); gen. dat. þrýh, and dat. þrúh; f.: dat. þrúge; m. n.

Wood or stone hollowed outa troughpipeconduita boxchesta coffinsarcophagustomb

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Inventum est sarcofagum illud congruae longitudinis, Bd. 4, 11; S. 580, 3-14. Wæs him ðrúh ( loculus ) gegearwod, 5, 5; S. 617, 39. Ðá stód on ðære stówe sum stǽnen ðrúh ... Ðá lédon ða þegenas ðone Hǽlend ðǽron ... Hí ða ðrúh geinnsegelodon, Homl.

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ge-nédedlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-nédedlíc, adj.

Compulsory, forcedcoactus

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Compulsory, forced; coactus He geleornade ðæt Cristes þeówdóm sceolde beón wilsumlíc, nalæs genédedlíc didĭcĕrat servĭtium Christi voluntārium, non coactitium esse debēre, Bd. 1, 26; S. 488, 18

æspe

Grammar
æspe, aspen.
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Aespe aespae, espe tremulus, 103, 2048. Æspe, Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 36. Tó ðǽre gemearcodan æfsan, C. D. v. 195, 11. Add

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clyppan

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Ꝥte clioppende (cliopende, R.) wæs ut complexus esset, Mk. L. 9, 36. Add

on-lísness

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Ongan mín mód smeágean hweþer ǽnig lǽcedóm wǽre his generenesse and onlýsnesse coepit animus meus si quod esset ereptionis ejus remedium quærere, Gr. D. 345, 21. Add

un-dearninga

(adv.)
Grammar
un-dearninga, un-dearnunga, -deornunga; adv.

Without secrecy or concealmentopenly

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Ðú ofer ealle undearnunga ðíne bearn sprecest and beslde cwyst locutus es in aspectu filiis tuis et dixisti, Ps. Th. 88, 16. Ic seah wyhte twá undearnunga plegan, Exon. Th. 429, 9; Rä. 43, 2.

disc

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Discas (-es?) ferculi, swǽsende fercula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 35, 18. Sende se cyning þám þearfum þone sylfrenan disc mid sande mid ealle, and hét tóceorfan þone disc and syllan þám þearfum, Hml. S. 26, 96. Ánnæ dics an þrým pundom, C. D. iii. 127, 19.

seohtre

(n.)
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For 'pipe . . . directed' substitute: ditch, and add: seohtra, an: <b>seohter,</b> es; m. Ondlong ðæs sihtran in ðone ealdan secgmór, C. D. vi. 218, 22. On cytan seohtres ford, v. 374, 22-23. On seohteres heáfod; of þám seohtere, C. D.

tóweardlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
tóweardlíce, adv.

In the futurein time to come

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In the future, in time to come Hé forecwæþ ðæt hé tówardlíce biscop beón sceolde antistitem eum futurum esse prae-dixerat, Bd. 4, 28; S. 606, 21

Eorman-ríc

(n.)
Grammar
Eorman-ríc, Eormen-ríc, es; m. The celebrated king of the Ostrogoths or East Goths, the Alexander of the Goths; Eormanrīcus, v. Gota III, Alríca, and þeód-ríc
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Eormanríc áhte wíde folc Gotena ríces Ermanric possessed the wide nations of the kingdom of the Goths, Exon. 100a; Th. 378, 25; Deór. 21. Weóld Eormanríc Gotum Ermanric ruled the Goths, Scóp. Th. 38; Wíd. 18. Ic wæs mid Eormanríce I was with Ermanric,

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be-swíc

(n.)
Grammar
be-swíc, big-swíc, bí-swíc, es; m. [be, big, bí intensive; swíc deceit, swícan to deceive]

Deceit, a deceiving, treacheryfraus, deceptio, dolus = δόλos

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Deceit, a deceiving, treachery; fraus, deceptio, dolus = δόλos Bútan bræde and beswíce [bigswíce, bíswíce, Th. i. 160, 7, note 6] absque frgmento et fraude, L. Ed. 1; Wilk. 48, 38. Bíswícum deceptionibus, Mone B. 1174. Philippus ealle ða cyningas mid

wundrian

(v.)
Grammar
wundrian, p. ode.

to wonder atto regard with surpriseadmirationto make wonderfulmagnify

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Jesus miratus est, Mt. Kmbl. 8, 10, Hig wundrodun (wundradan, Rush.), 19, 25: 21, 20. Hí wundrodon mycelre wundrunge obstupuerunt stupore maximo, Mk. Skt. 5, 42. Ðá ongan ic wundrigan, Bt. 40, 1; Fox 236, 9.

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ge-restan

(v.)
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.) :-- Hié heora gefeohta hie gerestan, þéh hié þæs hungres and þæs moncwealmes ne mehte cessatum est a praeliis, cessatum tamen a mortibus non est, Ors. 2, 4; S. 70, 9. to be at ease, remain quiet, dwell, lodge Hwá eardað on þínum temple, odðe hwá mot

bi-murnan

(v.)
Grammar
bi-murnan, p. -murnde; pp. -murned

To mourn, be troubled about, care forlugere, curare

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To mourn, be troubled about, care for; lugere, curare, sollicitum esse de re,Exon. 87 a; Th. 328, 7; Vy. 14; 34 a; Th. 110, 1; Gú. 101

a-scúnian

(v.)
Grammar
a-scúnian, p. ode; pp. od; v. a. [a away, scúnian to shun] .

to avoidshunfly fromevitarereprobareto hatedetestodissedetestarito accusereproveconvictarguere

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Ed. 4; Th. i. 162, 6. to hate, detest; odisse, detestari Esau ascúnode Iacob oderat Esau Jacob, Gen. 27, 41.

Exan ceaster

(n.)
Grammar
Exan ceaster, Eaxan ceaster, Exe cester, es; n. [Flor. Exancestre, Excestre: Hovd. Excester; Ex. Exa the river Ex: ceaster; gen. ceastres; n. v. ceaster a city]

EXETER, Devoncīvĭtas Exoniæ in agro Devŏniensi, ad rīpam Iscæ flūminis

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EXETER, Devon; cīvĭtas Exoniæ in agro Devŏniensi, ad rīpam Iscæ flūminis Se here Exan ceaster beseten hæfde the army had beset Exeter, Chr. 895; Th. 172, 12. He wende hine wið Exan ceastres he turned towards Exeter, Chr. 894; Th. 166, 31. Wið Exan cestres

ing

(n.)
Grammar
ing, the name of the nasal guttural ᛜ ng, in the Runic alphabet. In the Gothic the name seems to have been iggws, see Zacher, Das Gothische Alphabet, p. 3.
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Gothic form] may be the same as that found in a genealogy in the Chronicle a. 547 :-- Esa wæs Inguing Ingui Angenwitting, Erl. 16, 11. As a proper name or as part of a proper name Ingi occurs in Icelandic, e.g.

ge-ner

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Add: refuge, safety, asylum Sý þú mé on húse generes esto mihi in domum refugii, Ps. L. 30, 3. Hý sceoldon fægnian, þonne hý on genere wǽron, Ps. Th. 39, arg. Betere wé faran ús intó þám niycclan scræfe . . . and ðǽr wé magon on genere wunian, Hml.

ealdor-dóm

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Hé lǽreð aldordóm ne sié tó soecanne docet primatum non esse quaerendum.