ge-unstillan
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Rǽde hé swá þæt hé óþre mid gehlýde ne geunstille ( inquietet ), R. Ben. 73, 14. Se abbod ne geunstille ne ne gedréfe þá heorde abbas non conturbet gregem, 113, 23.
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greáda
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Ðá hé beseah on his ágenne grǽdan (sceát, v. l.) betweoh his ástrehtan earmas, þá gemétte hé on his greádan (sceáte,v. l., sinu), twelf mancosas ... hé áwearp þá mancosas on þæs mæssepreóstes greádan (sceáte, v. l., sinum ), Gr. D. 65, 13, 23.
lár-lic
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Cf. lár; lǽran ; 1 Hé hine getrymede mid his lárlicum wordum ( verbis persuasoriis ), Gr. D. 299, 2. concerned with learning, of learning, learned. Cf. lár; Hé underfǽng þone cnapan tó lárlicre scóle, Hml. S. 3, 14.
mǽnan
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his earfoða tó Rómána witum, þǽr hié æt hiera gemóte wǽron, hwý hié hiene swá unweorðne on his ylde dyden ; and ácsade hié for hwý hié nolden geþencan ealle þá brocu and þá geswinc þe hé for hira willan fela wintra dreógende wæs; and hú hé hié ádyde of
port
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Add Hé cleacode swíðe earhlíce tó porte (Ephesus) . . . Þá hé fulgehende wið ðæs portes geate eóde, Hml. S. 23, 493-498. Hí sumne man ofslógon of þám porte (Dover), Chr. 1052; P. 173, 25.
wincian
to wink ⬩ make a sign ⬩ to close the eyes ⬩ blink
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Se ðe ágímeleásaþ ðæt hé ðence ǽr ðæm ðe hé dó, se stæpð forð mid ðám fótum and wincaþ mid ðǽm eágum qui negligit considerando praevidere, quod facit, gressus tendit, oculos claudit, Past. 39; Past. 39Past. 39.
sófte
Soft ⬩ soft (of sleep), quiet, undisturbed ⬩ soft, luxurious ⬩ gentle, not harsh, not stern
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[ He wæs swíðe gód and sófte man and dyde mycel tó góde Chr. 1114; Erl. 244, 38. Hé milde man was and sófte and gód 1137; Erl. 261, 31. ]
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dæftan
To make conveniant or ready, put in order ⬩ apparare, sternere
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To make conveniant or ready, put in order; apparare, sternere Ðæt he sceolde gearcian anddæftan his weg [MS. weig] that he might prepare and make ready his way, Homl. Th. i. 362, 8. Menn dæftaþ heora hús men put their houses in order, ii. 316, 7.
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fóre-weard
A forewarder ⬩ scout ⬩ antecursor ⬩ explōrător
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, he then secretly led his army between the warders, Ors. 4, 10; Bos. 95, 12
hryre
Falling ⬩ decaying ⬩ perishing
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Tó ðam hé wext ðæt hé fealle verily by these words is manifested that the fruit of this world is decaying [or a ruin (?) v. preceding word]. It grows that it may fall, Homl. Th. i. 614, 8
leás-bregd
Deceit ⬩ fraud ⬩ a trick ⬩ cheat ⬩ wile
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Deceit, fraud, a trick, cheat, wile Hé hiwode þurh drýcræft fela leásbregda he performed many tricks by magic, Wulfst. 99, 16. Swicol on dǽdum and on leásbregdum, 107, 2. Þurh his leásbregdas, 252, 19.
mǽg-lagu
Law regulating the duties and responsibilities of kinsmen
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Law regulating the duties and responsibilities of kinsmen (mǽgas), e. g. in the matter of paying or receiving certain parts of the wergild if one of their number slew or was slain Hé (mynster-munuc) gǽþ of his mǽglage ðonne hé gebýhþ tó regollage, L.
medum-líc
middling ⬩ moderate ⬩ small ⬩ worthy ⬩ honourable
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Hé hæfþ medemlíce nosu (cf. medmicle neosu þynne naso pertenui, Bd. 2, 16; S. 519, 34) he has a slender nose, Homl. Th. i. 456, 18. worthy, honourable Medomlícan dignitosam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 28, 64. Medomlíce dignitosa, 106, 55: 140, 27
rásettan
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To move impetuously, to rage (of fire) Hé ( Nero) wolde fandian, gif ðæt fýr (at the burning of Rome ) meahte swá longe reád rásettan, swá hé secgan gehérde, ðæt Troia burg ofertogen hæfde léga leóhtost, Met. 9, 14.
ge-yrsian
to anger ⬩ make angry ⬩ to be angry
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Th. ii. 476, 34. to be angry He nele swá micclum swá we geearniaþ us geyrsian he will not be angry with us so much as we deserve, 126, 6
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ge-met
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Add Hé þone regol þe hé mid his handum áwrát betǽhte Maure mid him tó hæbbenne and heora hláfes gewiht and heora wínes gemett, Hml. S. 6, 68. <b>VII ¶.</b> add: Solil. H. 17, 9
be-tuh
Between ⬩ inter
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Between; inter He bewícode betuh ðám twám hergum he encamped between the two armies, Chr. 894; Ing. 115, 4; Th. 164, 23, col. 2; 165, 22, col. 1; 23, col. 2.
ge-lád
A way ⬩ path ⬩ road ⬩ course ⬩ via ⬩ trāmes
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A way, path, road, course; via, trāmes Oferfór he uncúþ gelád he traversed an unknown way, Cd. 145; Th. 181, 9; Exod. 58 : 158; Th. 197, 27; Exod. 313. Ofer deóp gelád over the deep way, i. e. ocean, Andr.
weorold-scipe
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.), ðý læs hé mislícige ðæm ðe hé ǽr hine selfne gesealde nemo millitans Deo implicat se negotiis secularibus, ut ei placeat, cui se probavit, Past. 18 ; Swt. 131, 2
costnung
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Þurh ðá fandunge hé sceal geðeón, gif hé þám costnungum wiðstent, Hml. Th. i. 268, 6-19. Oþer is seó fandung þe Jacob embe spræc, þæt is seó costnung þe gewemð þone man tó syngienne, Scrd. 23, 8. Add