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ge-þeódan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þeódan, he -þeót; p. -þeódde; pp. -þeóded, -þeód

To joinconnectuniteassociateapplyadjusttranslatejungĕreadjungĕreconjungĕrecōpŭlāresŏciāreaptāre

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Mihte swýðe well beón to him geþeóded se cwide ðe Iacob se heáh-fæder cwæþ cui mĕrĭto pŏtĕrat illud quod Patriarcha dīcēbat aptāri, Bd. 1, 34; S. 499,25. Ðá wæs geþeóded hefig gefeoht conserto grăvi prælio, 2, 20; S. 521, 10: 4, 21; S. 590, 12.

HOLT

(n.)
Grammar
HOLT, es; m. n.

a HOLT, wood, grove, copsewood;lignum

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Gewiton áweg tó holte they went away to the wood, Homl. Th. ii. 516, 12. Holt ofgeáfon they left the wood, Beo. Th. 5685; B. 2846: 5190; B. 2598. Abraham ðá plantode ǽnne holt Abraham vero plantavit nemus, Gen. 21, 33.

Linked entries: gár-holt hilt

ge-met

(adj.)
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Hwæt magon dón, gyf þú nást þæt gemet? Þú sceoldest witan hwænne þé genóh þúhte, Solil. H. 15, 8. [Perhaps here might be taken the passages given at gemet; adj.]

níwe

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cweðað níwne mónan æfter menniscum gewunan, ac hé is ǽfre se ylca þeáh ðe his leóht gelómlíce hwyrfe, 242, 15.

láf

(n.)
Grammar
láf, e; f.

remnantremainsrelicremainderrestlavelegacyheirlooma relictwidow

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Ðǽr wæs ungemetlíc wæl geslægen and sió láf wið ðone here friþ nam there was immense slaughter, and those who were left made peace with the Danes, Chr. 867; Erl. 72, 17: 894; Erl. 93, 1.

Linked entries: lǽf

ge-swencan

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Úre fæder biddeð ꝥ gé eów on þone weg ne geswencean rogat pater noster ne fatigati debeatis, Gr. D. 39, 16.

ge-wita

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Gelýf hys hálgum, for ðám hí wéron swíðe unleáse gewitan, Solil.

eald

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H. 107, 11. (1 a) used substantively :-- Ongan seó leó fægnian wið þæs ealdan weard, Hml. S. 23 b, 778. of material things Sylle hé earmum mannum his ealde hrægl, Bl. H. 53, 13. <b>I a.

FǼHÞ

(n.)
Grammar
FǼHÞ, fǽgþ, e; f: fǽhþe, an; f: fǽhþo, fǽhþu; indecl. f.

Feud, vengeance, enmity, hostility, deadly feud, that enmity which the relations of the deceased waged against the kindred of the murderer capĭtālis inĭmīcĭtia, vindĭcātio, hostīlĭtas, factio ob hŏmĭnem interemptum

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Fǽhþe ic wille on weras stælan I will place vengeance on men, Cd. 67; Th. 81, 27; Gen. 1351: 227; Th. 305, 2; Sat. 641. Gif hwá ǽnigne man ofsleá, ðæt he wege sylf ða fǽhþe if any one slay any man, that he himself bear the feud, L. Edm.

Linked entries: fǽhþe fǽhþo

staþolian

(v.)
Grammar
staþolian, p. ode.
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Se wealdend ðe ðæt weorc staðolade, Andr. Kmbl. 1598; An. 800: Met. 29, 87. Ðá heó in helle hám staðeledon, Cd. Th. 266, 21; Sat. 25. Staðelodon, 286, 1; Sat. 345. Staðola ðú ða óðra on hira hámon, Gen. 48, 6.

á-beódan

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H. 59, 12. (2 a) to announce the coming of a person :-- Hæfde hé seleweard áseted, sundornytte beheóld, eoton weard ábeád (the guard's special office was to give notice of Grendel's coming ), B. 668. in formulae of greeting, to bid farewell, (hǽl ábeódan

Linked entry: eoton-weard

bryne

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Seó cæster wearð on bryne, Gr. D. 47, 24. On hiere ( Corinth ) bryne. Ors. 5, 2; S. 216, 1. Þæt þá elpendas fóran wédende for þæs flexes bryne, 4, 1; S. 158, 7. Þone bryne seó sáwl þrowaþ, Gr. D. 304, 12. <b>I a.

dígol-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
dígol-líce, díglíce.
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Hé gegaderode his fyrde díglíce, Chr. 1004; P. 135, 31. so as to avoid publicity, exposure, detection Hé wearð diégel-lice crísten, for þon hé eáwenga ne dorste, Ors. 6, 21; S. 272, 18.

eácan

(v.; adj.)
Grammar
eácan, eácen; adj.
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Adam wearð of Godes múðe gáste eácen, Gen. 1001: Rä. 10, 8. Bið seó móddor mægene eácen, 81, 15. Cræfte eácen, 21. Nǽron gé swá eácne módgeþances, Dan. 136. pregnant Eácene feta (coelesti pignore, Ald. 182, 5), Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 40: 37, 40.

for-sleán

cut throughto slaykillto destroylay wastefinishto routoverthrowto condemn

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Th. i. 98, 1. to slay, kill: Wearð hé gefliémed and his folces fela forslagen, Ors. 5, 12; S. 240, 28. Mid sweordum and mid mancwealme hí wǽron forslægene (-sleg-, v. l.) gladiis et pestilentia vastati sunt, Gr.

ge-mǽnelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-mǽnelíce, <b>ge-mǽnlíce.</b>
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Ben. 69, 10. where persons are affected together Ic nú þás þing wríte tó þé gemǽnelice and tó mínre méder and mínum geswustrum, Nar. 3, 7. where things are done together Seó hiés and þá fulfremedan weorc gemǽnelíce (communiter) butú þá þing beóð gefyllede

ge-þinge

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þinge, es; n.
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., intercessionibus ) þæs hálgan weres, Gr. D. 54, 6. Sé wæs wið his feóndum gescilded, sé þe þá anlícnesse tó geþingum (-þingunge, v. l. ) sóhte, Mart. H. 60, 24. Gif hé gecéð him tó geþingum þínne naman, 68, 12.

Linked entries: ge-þingio ge-þynge

BREÓST

(n.)
Grammar
BREÓST, es; n.

the breast of man or beast; pectusthe breasts;ubera The heart, mind, thought pectus, cor, mens

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Hwæðre he in breóstum ða git hérede — in heortan — heofonríces weard nevertheless he still in his breast — in his heart — honoured the guardian of heaven's kingdom, Andr. Kmbl. 102; An. 51.

HORN

(n.)
Grammar
HORN, es; m.

A HORN, a drinking-horn, a cupping-horn, a trumpet, the horn-shaped projection on the gable-end of a house [v. Dasent's translation of Njála, plate 3, p. cvii], a pinnacle a horn, drinking-horn, trumpet, husk cornu, tuba a horn, drinking-horn, trumpet; a corner n. cornu, tuba, promontorium

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Gif feorrancumen man oððe fræmde búton wege gange and hé ðonne náwþer ne hrýme ne hé horn ne bláwe for þeóf hé biþ tó prófianne if a man come from a distance, or a stranger, go out of the highway, and he then neither shout nor blow a horn, he is to be

hleápan

(v.)
Grammar
hleápan, p. hleóp, pl. hleópon and hlupon [cf.Icel.hlupu]; pp. hleápen

To LEAP, jump, dance, run

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Hér Eádwine eorl and Morkere eorl hlupon út and mislíce férdon on wuda and feldon in this year earl Edwin and earl Morcere fled away and went different ways through wood and open country, 1072; Erl. 210, 26.