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ge-hýd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hýd, e; f : es; n.

A thoughtcōgĭtātio

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A thought; cōgĭtātio In sefan gehýdum in the mind's thoughts, Cd. 212; Th. 261, 27 : Dan. 732

Linked entry: -hýd

ge-scæft

(n.)
Grammar
ge-scæft, e; f.

Creationcreātio

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Creation; creātio On ða beorhtan gescæft on the bright creation, Cd. 216; Th. 273, 20; Sat. 139

geng

(adj.)
Grammar
geng, adj.

Youngjŭvĕnis

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Young; jŭvĕnis Ðám gengum þrým to the three young men, Cd.176; Th. 222, 9; Dan. 102

snytro-hús

(n.)
Grammar
snytro-hús, es; n.
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The house of wisdom Hé ðá swá gelóme wiðsóc snytruhúse repulit tabernaculum Silon, Ps. Th. 77, 60

wíg-cirm

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-cirm, es; m.

The din of battle

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The din of battle Ðǽr wæs wígcyrm micel, hlúd hilde swég. Cd. Th. 120, 6 ; Gen. 1990

of-þecgan

(v.)

to consume, destroy

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to consume, destroy Æþelinga bearn ecgum ofþegde consumed by the sword, Cd. Th. 120, 30; Gen. 2002

bendan

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Th. 10, 2: 36, 13. Bogan bendan oððe flán ásendan geswinc getácnað. Lch. iii. 198, 19. Bendende, Ps. Spl. T. 77, 12. to bind Hý hergiað and heáwað, bændað and bismriað. Wlfst. 163, 12. Man Críst bænde . . . þá þe hine bændon, Ll.

hwem

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Th. ii. 256, 3

deópe

(adv.)
Grammar
deópe, adv.
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Th. ii. 328, 27. Hit is forboden on hálgum bócum swýþe deópe, Shrn. 162, 26. Þá dǽde wrecan swíðe deópe to punish the deed very severely, Ll. Th. i. 174, 10: 400, 8. Hé syngað swýðe deópe he sins very grievously, Hml. S. 19, 254.

be-licgan

(v.)
Grammar
be-licgan, he -ligeþ, -líþ, pl. -licgaþ; p. -læg, pl. -lǽgon, ; pp. -legen; v. a. [be by, licgan to lie]

To lie or extend by or aboutto surroundencompasscircumdarecingere

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Sió eá Etheopia land beligeþ úton the river encompasseth the Ethiopian land Cd. 12; Th. 15, 7; Gen. 229. Me néd belæg want surrounded me Ps. Th. 118, 153

Linked entries: be-ligeþ be-líþ

cear-wylm

(n.)
Grammar
cear-wylm, -welm, -wælm, es; m. [wylm heat of mind, emotion]

agitationsollicita perturbatio, agitatio

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Th. 4138; B. 2066

teón

(n.)
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Th. 7, arg. Teóna calumniarum, Hpt. Gl. 506, 22

sám-wyrcan

(v.)

to do a thing incompletely

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S. 62; Th. i. 408, 23. Fæsten wæs sámworht the fort was not finished, Chr. 892; Erl. 88, 34. Stántorr ( the tower of Babel ) sámworht stód, Cd. Th. 102, 16; Gen. 1701. Similar entries [Cf. sám-bryce.]

Linked entries: sám-bryce sám-worht

in-fær

(n.)
Grammar
in-fær, es; n.

An entranceingress

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An entrance, ingress Ðá gesette God æt ðam infære engla hyrdrǽdene then God set a guard of angels at the entrance, Gen. 3, 24. Mid ðam innfære mid ðam ðe hé inn áfaren wæs by the entrance at which he had entered, Homl; Th. i. 178, 2.

an-sín

(n.)
Grammar
an-sín, e; f.

a viewsightfigure

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a view, sight, figure Ðín mód wæs abísgod mid ðære ansíne ðissa leásena gesǽlþa thy mind was occupied with the view of these false goods. Bt. 22, 2; Fox 78, 10: Bd. 5, 13 ; S. 633, 5.

friþ-land

(n.)
Grammar
friþ-land, es; n.

A land with which, one is at peace, with which ' friþ' has been madepācis terra

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A land with which, one is at peace, with which ' friþ' has been made; pācis terra Hí ðone mǽstan hearm dydon ðe ǽfre here innon friþlande dón sceolde they did the greatest harm that ever an army could do in a land with which it was at peace, Chr. 1097

bile-witness

(n.)
Grammar
bile-witness, bil-witness, e; f.

Mildness, simplicity, innocencesimplicitas

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Hý on bilwitnesse hyra líf alyfdon they passed their lives in simplicity, Ors. 1, 2; Bos. 27, 5

Linked entries: bil-wetnes bil-witness

ge-grápian

(v.)
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Add: to lay hold of with the hand; to reach Seó clǽne beó oft wíde and síde blósman gegrét . . . and hig grimme windas gemétað, and þá wreccan geswencað, ꝥ heó earfoðlíce cýððe gegrápað ( that hardly can she reach home ), Angl. viii. 324, 15.

un-lísan

Grammar
un-lísan, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Nǽnig þá bóc mihte unlýsan and unfealdan (solvere), Gr. D. 333, 10.

wulf

Grammar
wulf, <b>. I.</b>
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Læg se grǽga wulf þe bewiste ꝥ heáfod, and mid his twám fótum hæfde ꝥ heáfod beclypped, grǽdig and hungrig, and for Gode ne dorste þæs heáfdes ábyrian, Hml. S. 32, 145-155. Add