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borh

paymentsuretyshipsecurityloandebt

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Icel. á-byrgð responsibility; or on borge ?) betwínon Eádgyfe abbedysse and Leófríce abbode æt þám lande æt stoctúne, Cht. E. 256, 7. Gilébdae borg concesserim vadimonium, Txts. 106, 1090.

fore-secgan

to foretellprophesyproclaimpronouncedeclareto preach

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tyrunculos, 3044. referring to the future. of natural knowledge, to mention beforehand what is to take place Foresægeð (praenuntiat) eástro æfter tuǽm dógrum (cf. scitis quia post biduum Pascha fiet, Mt. 26, 2), Mt. p. 19, 18. with the idea of warning or

ge-hild

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hild, es; n. ; ge-hildo, ge-hildu ; f.
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D. 275, I. keeping, preserving, preservation from injury or destruction hié for his gehylde (-hælde, v. l.) Gode heora béne geóten qui pro eius custodia Deo preces fundant . Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 73, 14.

ge-lettan

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Hine ne meahte Meotudes willan longað gelettan, Gú. 330. to hinder a person from progressing or developing Hý bodedon on Róme Crístendóm, ac se deófles man hý gedrehte and þæt folc gelette wundorlíce swýðe, Wlfst. 98, 18. to hinder the movement of a

gearwe

(adv.)
Grammar
gearwe, adv.
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Th. i. 424, 23. readily, without difficulty or delay Sé ðe him tó ðám hálgan helpe gelífeð, tó Gode gióce, hé þǽr gearo findeð, Vald. 2, 28. Heó gearwe (but see gearo; ) funde mundbyrd æt ðám mǽran þeódne. Jud. 2

geat

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Take here <b>gæt</b> in Dict. and add : the gate of an enclosure, the opening in a fence or wall to allow passage, and provided with a movable barrier, the enclosure a field Gif ceorlas gærstún hæbben gemǽnne . . . gán þá þe ꝥ geat ágan,

ge-feón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-feón, to rejoice.
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L. 14, 28. where the cause or occasion of rejoicing is given, in gen. Seó módor þæs gefeah ꝥ . . . Gr. D. 69, 13 note. Þæt míne fýnd ne gefeón mínes ungelimpes ut non supergaudeant mihi inimici met, Ps. Th. 34, 23. in dat.

hwón

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Add: : [For construction cf. feáwa.] substantival of number, alone, a few persons or things Ofer lytla ł huón ðú wére leáffull, ofer monigo ðec ic setto super pauca fuisti fidelis, super multa te constituam Mt. L. 25, 21. with gen.

lícian

(v.)
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Add: to please, with person or thing as subject. absolute On ǽlcum lande ne lícað ꝥ on óþrum lícaþ, Bt. 18, 2 ; F. 64, 26. Hé wilnað ungemetlíce lícigean (lícian, v. l. ), Past. 143, 6.

leás

Grammar
leás, <b>. II.</b>
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Voc. i. 76, 17-20. of persons (or personifications). not truthful Ic cwæð þæt wǽron ealle menn ungemete leáse ego dixi, 'Omnis homo mendax,' Ps. Th. 115, 2. not real, false, pseudo- Leáse crístas and leáse wítegan, Mk. 13, 22.

tó-brǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-brǽdan, p. de.

to make broad,enlarge,extend,make great in size or numberto make great, magnify, multiply, increase, improve the condition of a personto expand,extend,spread out,open wide,distendto extend,spread abroad,diffuse

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to make broad, enlarge, extend, make great in size or number, of material objects Hig tóbrǽdaþ hyra healsbéc dilatant philacteria sua, Mt.

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tó-dál

(n.)
Grammar
tó-dál, -dǽl, es; n.

Division.a dividing into parts,partitionseparationa part of a whole,separate portion,sectiona mark which divides,dividing-pointdistinction,differencedistributionscattering,dispersingdissension,want of union or peace,discretion

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Voc. ii. 142, 67. dissension, want of union or peace, v. tó-dǽlan, II. For ðam ðe ic com sybbe on eorþan sendan; ne secge ic eów, ac tódál (separationem), Lk. Skt. 12, 51. discretion, v. tó-dǽlan, X.

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swíge

(n.)
Grammar
swíge, (but swígea occurs,
  • Scint. 82, 1
), an; f.

silence, absence of speechsilence, quiet, absence of noise; also a time of silencesilence from astonishment, amazementstupordelaya curve, circuitto bend, swaytaciturnitas, silentium

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[Or is this a different word? cf. (?) Icel. svig a curve, circuit; sveigja to bend, sway.]

weorþ

(adj.)
Grammar
weorþ, worþ, wurþ, wirþ, wyrþ, wirþe, wierþe, wyrþe, weorþe; adj.
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Rush. 3, 8. worthy of, fit for or to, properly qualified for, with gen. Ðæt Martinus wǽre wyrðe ðæs hádes, Homl. Th. ii. 506, 8. Ne fleáh hé ðý ríce ðý his ǽnig mon bet wirðe (wyrðe, Hatt. MS.) wǽre, Past. 3; Swt. 32, 17. with dat. or inst.

hand

(n.)
Grammar
hand, hond, a; f.

HAND, side, power, control

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Ealle hé hí oððe wið feó gesealde oððe on his ágenre hand heóld all of them he either sold for money or kept in his own hands, 1100; Erl. 236, 6, 9.

smeágung

(n.)
Grammar
smeágung, smeáwung, smeáung, sméung, smeáng, e; f.

search, inquiry, investigation, where something is lostinquiry carried on by the mind, inquiry, consideration, meditation, discussion, deliberation

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Habban ðás ylcan smeágunge on mínum cucum orfe and on mínra þegena 13; Th. i. 276, 24: 14; Th. i. 276, 32. inquiry carried on by the mind, inquiry, consideration, meditation, discussion, deliberation Smeágung studium Wrt. Voc. i. 51, 27.

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DEÁD

(adj.)
Grammar
DEÁD, def. se deáda; seó, ðæt deáde; adj.

DEAD mortuus

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Brihtríc þohte ðæt he Wulfnóþ cuconne oððe deádne begytan sceolde Brihtric thought that he would get Wulfnoth alive or dead, Chr. 1009; Erl. 142, 3. Ealle synd deáde mortui sunt omnes, Ex. 4, 19: Mt. Bos. 28, 4: Ps. Th. 113, 24.

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FLÓR

(n.)
Grammar
FLÓR, gen. flóre; dat. flóre, flóra; acc. flór, flóre; f: flór, es; m.

A FLOORpăvimentumsŏlumārea

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Breda þiling >vel flór on to þerscenne a joining of planks or a floor to thresh on, Ælfc. Gl. 57; Som. 67, 73; Wrt. Voc. 37, 59. Scipes flór a ship's floor, gangway; fŏri, Ælfc. Gl. 103; Som. 77, 116; Wrt. Voc. 56, 36.

FREMEDE

(adj.)
Grammar
FREMEDE, fremde, fremþe, fræmde; adj.

Strangeforeignestranged fromdevoid ofaliēnusperegrīnusaliēnātusaversusremōtusexpers

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Feorcund mon oððe fremde a far-coming or a strange man, L. In. 20; Th. i. 114, 15: L. Edg. ii. 7; Th. i. 268, 21: L. C. S. 25; Th. i. 390, 24: Ps. Spl. C. T. 68, 11.

leahter

(n.)
Grammar
leahter, es; m.

a crimefaultoffencesinvicedisgracefulreproachopprobriumblamedisgracediseasedisorderhurtmalady

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a moral defect, a crime, fault, offence, sin, vice, disgraceful or shameful act, reproach, opprobrium, blame, disgrace Leahter crimen, Ælfc. Gr. 9; Som. 9, 29. Hosp, lehter probrum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 67, 35.

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