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of-gifan

(v.)

to give up, leave, abandondestituere

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Mec deádne ofgeáfun fæder and móder, ne wæs mé feorh ðágén in innan, 391, 7; Rä. 10, i. Hí heora land ofgeafan patria profugi, Ors. 1, 4; Swt. 32, 20. Ofgǽfon, Cd. Th. 6, 8; Gen. 85. Ne ofgif ðú mé ne elonges a me, Ps. Th. 70, 11.

ge-ícan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ícan, -ícean, -ýcan, -iécan; p. -ícte, -íhton; pp. -íced, -íct

To ekeincreaseaddenlargeaugereextendere

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Æðelinga rím feorum geícte he increased the number of men with lives, 58; Th. 70, 33; Gen. 1162. Bizantium wæs fram Constantino geiéced Byzantium was enlarged by Constantine, Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 61, 10 : Th. Diplm. A. D. 864; 125, 19

Linked entries: ge-ýcan ge-écan

hrind

(n.; v.; adj.)

barkyrindedcaudexcodexlibercortexfrozen to deathto destroydead

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A word of doubtful meaning occurring in the following passage, 'Nis ðæt feor heonon ðæt se mere standeþ ofer ðæm hongiaþ hrinde bearwas wudu wyrtum fæst wæter oferhelmaþ,'; Beo. Th. 2731; B. 1363.

wirgþu

(n.)
Grammar
wirgþu, (-o); indecl.: wirgþ, e; f.

condemnationcursepunishmentevilwickednesscursingmaledictio

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Th. 7, 8; Cri. 98. evil, wickedness Ðé firina gehwylc feor ábúgeþ, wærgðo and gewinnes, Exon. Th. 4, 23; Cri. 57. cursing; maledictio Hé hine gegyrede mid wyrgðu induit se maledictionem, Ps. Th. 108, 18

norþan

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Se feórða heáfodwind hátte septemtrio; sé blǽwþ norðan, Lch. iii. 274, 23. Wind norþan and eástan Boreas, Bt. 4; F. 8, 6 : Met. 4, 23: Auster, 6, 12. Gefaren tósomne súðan and norðan, Gen. 1988 : Dan. 52 : Sal. 259.

frum-gár

(n.)
Grammar
frum-gár, es; m.

a chieftainleaderprincepatriarchprimĭpīlusprŏcerduxprincepspatriarcha

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Ne meahte he on ðam frumgáre feorh gehealdan he could not keep life in the chieftain, Beo. Th. 5704; B. 2856: Exon. 75 b; Th. 283, 24; Jul. 685. Gesamnedon herigeas folces frumgáras the leaders of the people collected their bands, Andr.

laðian

(v.)
Grammar
laðian, p. ode

To invitecallcall upon

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Hé sende his þeówan tó laðigenne mancynn tó ðære écan feorme, Homl. Th. ii. 372, 5

ge-hwylc

(pronoun.)
Grammar
ge-hwylc, -hwelc, -hwilc; pron.

Eachevery oneallwhoeverwhateverquisqueunusquisque

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And hiera se æðeling gehwelcum feoh and feorh gebeád and the atheling offered each of them money and life, Chr. 755; Erl. 50, 5. He beheóld heora ánra gehwilcne he observed each one of them, Th. Ap. 12, 24

earc

(n.)
Grammar
earc, e; f.
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Sum ceorl ásette his earce mid hwǽte gefyllede ofer his byrgenne . . . þoden feorr áwearp þá earce, Gr. D. 41, 23-42, 6. the ark of Noah. v. arc in Dict. Hú wæs Nóes arc (earc, v. l.) gesceapen?

earmlíce

(adv.)
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S. 32, 206. piteously, cf. earm-lic, 2 Þéh þe heó earmlíce hiere feores tó him wilnade quamvis miserabiliter pro vita precantem, Ors. 3, 11; S. 150, 33. pitiably.

earn

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Þæt feórðe nýten wæs fágum earne gelíc, Hml. S. 15, 184. Gif þú gesihst earn fleón wíf þín gegrípan, deáð getácnað, Lch. iii. 214, 11. Add

ge-níwian

(v.)
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Bið geníwad feorh, Ph. 279. to renew what has ceased to operate Hyht wæs geníwad, Cri. 529: An. 1012: Jul. 607: Gú. 926: Kr. 148: Jud. 98. Sorg bið geníwad, Wand. 50: B. 1322. Cearo bið geníwad, Wand. 55: B. 1303.

fleótan

(v.)
Grammar
fleótan, part. fleótende; ic fleóte, ðú flýtst, he flýt, pl. fleótaþ; p. fleát, pl. fluton; pp. floten [fleót a stream]

To FLOATswimfluctuārenătārenāvĭgāre

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Nó he fram me flódýðum feor fleótan meahte he could not float far from me on the waves, Beo. Th. 1089; B. 542. Se feónde [MS. feond] gespearn fleótende hreáw the exulting [fowl] perched on the floating corpses, Cd. 72; Th. 87, 12; Gen. 1447.

Linked entry: a-fleótan

ge-irnan

(v.)
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Náhwár hé eft his feorh gefare ne geyrne, 24

Linked entries: ge-urnen ge-yrnan

self-déma

Grammar
self-déma, selfe-déma, an; m.
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Ðæt feórþe muneca cyn ðe is wídscriþul genæmned . . . hié synt wyrsan ðænne ða sylfedéman (sylf-, MS. T.), R. Ben. 9, 10-10, 2.

Linked entry: déma

ge-frætewian

(v.)
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Onginneþ seó feórþe bóc gefrætwedu and áwritenu mid wíslicum wordum and on gesprǽcum witena, Gr. D. 259, 22. Gefrætwadne compturum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 95, 29. Þǽr sǽton six árwurðlice menn, swíðe wurðlíce gefrætewad, Vis. Lfc. 19

ge-laðian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-laðian, p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed

To invitebidcallsummonassemblecongregateinvītārevŏcārearcessĕrecierecongrĕgāre

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Sum man worhte mycele feorme, and manega gelaðode hŏmo quīdam fēcit cœnam magnam, et vocavit multos, Lk. Bos. 14, 16 : Chr. 449; Erl. 13, 2.

Linked entries: ge-hlaðen ge-leaðian

(n.)
Grammar
tá, (contracted from) , an; f.

A toe

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Sió micle tá ... sió æfterre tá ... sió midleste tá ... sió feórde tá ... sió lytle tá, L. Alf. pol. 64; Th. i. 96, 19-24. Seó mycle tá ... ðare mycclan táan nægl, L. Ethb. 70, 72; Th. i. 20, 2, 5.

Linked entries: táhae tán

for-weorþan

(v.)
Grammar
for-weorþan, -wurþan; ic -weorþe, ðú -weorþest, -wyrst, he -weorþeþ, -wyrþ, pl. -weorþaþ, -wyrþaþ; p. ic, he -wearþ, ðú -wurde, pl. -wurdon; pp. -worden

To become nothingto be undoneto perishdiead nihilum devĕnīrepĕrīreinterlredeficére

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Ðæt hí forwordene weorþen syððan, on worulda woruld and to wídan feore ut intĕreant in sēcŭlum sēcŭli, Ps. Th. 91, 6

hentan

to seizetaketo arrestto capturestriketo try to get

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Se cásere beád þ man swíðe georne sceolde cépan crístenra manna, and gehwá þǽr hé mihte heora be feore hente Hml. S. 23, 49. to capture an animal Þá woldon þá hǽþenan he[n]tan þǽre leó, ac heó gelælite ǽfre ǽnne and æune, Hml.