un-staþolfæst
unsettled ⬩ not remaining in one place ⬩ not stationary ⬩ unsettled ⬩ desirous of change ⬩ not steadfast ⬩ unstable ⬩ not enduring ⬩ easily moved ⬩ unsettled in mind ⬩ wavering
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unsettled, not remaining in one place, not stationary Ða twám and þrím dagum geond missenlícra monna húsum wuniaþ, ǽfre unstaþolfæste ( numquam stabiles ) and woriende, R.
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ǽ-spryng
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Srt. 67, 27. departure, defection, v. á-springan, II Nǽnig ðæs fród leofað ðæt his ( the sun's ) mæge ǽspringe witan, hú geond grund færeð goldtorht sunne in ðæt wonne genip under wætra geþring. Sch. 77
ginne
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Ic geondférde fela fremdra londa geond ginne grund, Víd. 51.
sceáta
a corner,angle ⬩ bosom, lap ⬩ a cloth, napkin
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Voc. i. 63, 59. bosom, lap Geond ealne ymbhwyrft eorþansceátan Exon. Th. 359, 26; Pa. 68 . a cloth, napkin Hé geseah Godes engel drýgan mid sceátan sc̃i Laurentius limu, Shrn.115, 23
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tó-hweorfan
To go in different directions, ⬩ to part, ⬩ separate ⬩ to disperse
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Siendon wé tówrecene geond wídne-grund, heápum tóhworfene (-hworfne, Exon. Th. 186, 19; Az. 22) we are scattered in exile through the wide world, dispersed in bands, Cd. Th. 235, 6; Dan. 302. Similar entries Cf. tó-cirran
be-healdan
to hold by or near ⬩ possess ⬩ observe ⬩ consider ⬩ beware ⬩ regard ⬩ mind ⬩ take heed ⬩ behave ⬩ to mean ⬩ signify ⬩ tenere ⬩ inhabitare ⬩ servare ⬩ curare ⬩ gerere ⬩ to BEHOLD ⬩ see ⬩ look on ⬩ observare ⬩ aspicere ⬩ videre
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Loth ðá beheóld geond eall, and geseah elevatis itaque Lot oculis, vidit Gen. 13, 10
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neósung
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Nis nánra geongra manna neósung tó þǽm ad quas (nuns) juvenum nullus accessus est, R. Ben. 139, 8. Dǽle man . . . frófer þám dreórigan, neósunge þám seócan, Wlfst. 74, 5. Add
síd
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Geseah sceado swiðrian geond sídne grund, 8, 35 ; Gen. 134. Sǽs sídne grund, Exon. Th. 349, 2 ; Sch. 40. Geond sídne sǽ, 53, 19; Cri. 853. Sǽs sídne fæðin, Elen. Kmbl. 1454; El. 729.
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HEGE
A HEDGE ⬩ fence
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Gá geond ðás wegas and hegas exi in vias et sepes, Lk. Skt. 14, 23. Ðú tówurpe ealle hegas his destruxisti omnes sepes ejus, Ps. Spl. 88, 39. Gif hryðera hwelc síe ðe hegas brece if there be any beast that breaks hedges, L. In. 42; Th. i. 128, 12.
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geofon
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Duguð wearð áfyrhted þurh þæs flódes fǽr . . . geonge on geofene gúðrǽs fornam, 1533
un-rím
Innumerable ⬩ incalculable ⬩ not to be numbered ⬩ an immense, incalculable good
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Monige sindon geond middangeard, unrímu cynn, Exon.
up-lendisc
Uplandish ⬩ country (as opposed to town) ⬩ rural ⬩ rustic
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Ð á arn se ceorl geond ealle ða strǽt hrýmende, Homl. Th. ii. 302, 4-8. Wé wyllaþ ðisne circul ámearkian, ðæt se uplendiscea preóst (cf.
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galan
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Add: of human speech, in poetical or passionate expression Se geonga ongann geómran stefne gehæfted for herige hearmleóð galan, An. 1129 : 1344. Sorhleóð galan to lament Kr. 67 : Cri. 623.
wín-burh
a town where wine is drunk, where there is feasting, where a prince feasts his followers, ⬩ a chief town ⬩ a walled vineyard
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Geond ða wínburg (the town of the Mermedonians) Andr. Kmbl. 3272; An. 1639. Se ðe wínburga geweald áhte, Exon. Th. 323, 11; Víd. 77.
tó-scǽnan
To break to pieces
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Ne furðon án bán næfde hé mid óþrum ac tóscǽnede ofer eall lágon and tóworpene geond ða wídan eorban he had not even one bone along with another, but broken to pieces they lay in all directions and flung here and there throughout the wide world, Homl.
ǽn-lic
only, single ⬩ alone, solitary ⬩ excellent, peerless,
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Adrianus wæs geong and ǽnlic, Shrn. 59, 28. Fæger on ansýne and ǽnlic, 88, 13. Ǽnlicu Godes drút alma Dei genetrix, Dóm. L. 290. Ǽnlicum claro, An. Ox. 3082: preclaram, 3721. Hí ealle licgað on ǽnlicum wurðmynte, Hml. S. 29, 333.
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slǽd
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Geond slades & geon dunen, 28365. By slente oþer slade, Allit. Pms. 5, 141. Loke a littel on þe lannde on þi lyfte honde & þon schal se in þat slade þe self chapel, Gaw. 2147
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dragan
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Dele the derivatives and the passage from Gú. given under and add Heó creáp on þám handum and dróh ( trahebat) on ðǽre eorðan ealne hire líchaman . . . þá ongan heó hider and þider dragan hí selfe (se trahere ) geond þá cyrican, Gr. D. 228, 10-18.
hetelíce
violently ⬩ furiously ⬩ fiercely ⬩ malignantly ⬩ with ill-will
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Þá fýnd hine úp geond þá lyft sume hwíle feredon, þæt hé on his fylle þý hetelícor hreósan sceolde, Hml. Th. i. 380, 28. of disposition, malignantly, with ill-will Þyses cyninges cwén wæs forcúþost wífa, Gezabel geháten, hetelíce gemódod, Hml.