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fæsten

firmamentcitadelforta fortificationentrenchmentsfastnessstrongholda prisona sepulchreHellclaustrum

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Hé forneáh ealle þá betste of þes eorles híréde innan ánan fæstene (in a fortress called New Castle,Hen. Hunt.) gewann, 1095; P. 231, 3. Hí fóron on þæt fæsten (Rome), Met. 1, 20.

styrian

(v.)
Grammar
styrian, p. ede, ode
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Ne stira ðú, sunne, of ðam stede, Jos. 10, 12. Hí ne móton swíþor styrian, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 8. Ða styriendan nétenu, 41, 5; Fox 252, 24. Hý wǽron styriende commoti sunt, Ps. Th. 47, 5. Styrendum mobilibus, Mt. Kmbl. p. 8, 7. trans.

Linked entry: stirian

færeld

(n.)
Grammar
færeld, (n. and) m.

goingwalkinga goingcoursejourneya wayroadthe runcarriagevehicle a trainretinuecourseproceeding

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Hé bebeád þæt nán crísten mon ne cóme on his hiérede ne on his færelte omnes Christianos e palatio suo jussit expelli, 6, 30; S. 282, 29. of conduct, course, way of life, proceeding Ic ǽlcum sylle æfter his færelde do unicuique juxta viam suam (Jer.

fæstlíce

(adv.)

fastfirmlyconstantlypersistencefaststrictlyspeedily at once

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Similar entries Cf. fæste; I Ðú gestaþoladest eorþan swíþe fæstlíce ꝥ heó ne helt on náne healfe, Bt. 33, 4; F. 130, 36. Hié þá ingehygd heora heortan ful fæstlíce on þone heofonlican hyht gestaþelodon, Bl. H. 135, 29: Jul. 270: El. 427: Hy. 4, 37.

ge-frignan

(v.)
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Ne nédðarf is þte huælc ðec gefraigna (gifregne, R., interroget), 16, 30. Hine ꝥ hiá gefrugno (-un, R.) eum interrogare, Mk. L. 9, 32.

ge-nemnan

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Ne sint þæt þreó Godas þriwa genemned, Hy. 10, 44. Man sceal habban wǽngewǽdu . . . and fela ðinga ðe ic nú genæmnian ne can, Angl. ix. 264, 6. <b>III a.

helm

a helmeta crowndiademthe topcrowncoverconcealmenta covering

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Ox. 95: 924. cover, concealment Nó heó on helm losað, ne on foldan fæðm, ne on fyrgenholt, ne on gyfenes grund, gá þǽr heó wille she will not escape into concealment, neither into earth's bosom, nor into the mountain wood, nor into ocean's depths, go

wédan

(v.)
Grammar
wédan, p. de

To be mad or furious, to rage, rave to be mad, out of one's sensesto act with violence, be furious, rage,

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Voc. ii. 151, 65. to be mad, out of one's senses Cwæþ se cyning : ' Ne wille ðú swá sprécan ; ðæt ðú teala wite. ' Cwæþ hé: 'Ne wéde ic (non insanio), Bd. 5, 13; S. 632, 32. Deófol is on him, and hé wét (insanit), Jn. Skt. 10, 20.

Linked entry: a-wédan

ge-tellan

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Geteledon symbel ne woeron wyrðe studentes cena non fuerint digni, Lk. p. 8, 13. to assign. to assign something to a person, ascribe, impute Wer þǽm ne geteleð (imputavit) Dryhten synne, Ps. Vos. 31, 2.

teohhian

(v.)
Grammar
teohhian, teohchian, teohgian, tihhian, teohian, teochian, tihian; p. ode.
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Gif hé hit ne tiohchode eall tó anum si utraque unum esse non decerneret, Past, 49; Swt. 385, 34. in other ways Teohgaþ decreverit, cogitaverit, Hpt. Gl. 412, 48. Ne biþ hé swá brád swá hé teohhaþ (tihhaþ, Cott.

un-cúþ

(adj.)
Grammar
un-cúþ, adj.

Unknownincognitusunknownstrangeunknownnot understoodunknownuncertainungentleunkindhostileharshunfriendly

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Ne fyligeaþ hig uncúþum ( alienum ), for ðam ðe hig ne gecneówun uncúðra (alienorum ) stefne, Jn. Skt. 10, 5. Uncúðum gode deo ignoto, Hontl. Skt. ii. 29. 23. Be uncúðum yrfe (cf. ignotum pecus, L. Edm. C. 5; Th. i. 253, 7), L. Edg.

Linked entry: un-cúþlíce

ge-ascian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ascian, l. ge-áscian,
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Man áxode on porte . . . man scrútnode on ǽlcere stówe þær man hí ǽfre geáxian cúðe ; ne mihte hí nán man náhwer findan, Hml. S. 23, 264-269.

ge-þeaht

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þeaht, m. (e. g. geþeahtas, Gr. D. 137, 20), f. (e. g. mid bróþorlicre geþeahte. Bd. 3, 22; Sch. 292, 8), n. (e. g. ðæt ryhte geðeaht. Past. 287, 14).
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Hwæþer þú on ǽngum geþeahte swá twiórǽde sié ꝥ ðé helpe hwæþer hit gewyrþe þe hit nó ne gewyrþe, 41, 3; F. 250, 8. Fróde geþeahte with prudent purpose, Men. 182.

smeágan

(v.)
Grammar
smeágan, smeán; p. smeáde; ppr. smeágende, smeánde; pp. smeád

to consider, meditate, inquire, deliberateto consider, ponder, examine, inquire into, discuss, searchto seek an opportunityto accept as the result of inquiry, to suppose

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Ne sécþ hé nánwuht, ne ne smeáþ, for ðam ðe hé hit wát eall Bt. 42;Fox 258, 1. Hwí smeágaþ hí unnytt quare populi meditati sunt inania Ps. Th. 2, 1. Hwæt smeáde gé be wege quid in via tractabatis Mk. Skt. 9, 33. Drihten, smeá míne geþohtas Ps.

Linked entry: smeán

án

(n.; num.; adj.; pronoun.)
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Þá Finnas and þá Beormas sprǽcon neáh án geþeóde, Ors. 1, 1; S. 17, 34. <b>X a.

a-grafan

(v.)
Grammar
a-grafan, p. -gróf, pl. -grófon; pp. -grafen

To engraveinscribesculperecælaresculptareinscribere

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To engrave, inscribe; sculpere, cælare, sculptare, inscribere He sealde Moise twá stǽ nene wexbreda mid Godes handa agrafene dedit Moisi duas tabulas scriptas digito Dei, Ex. 31, 18.

Linked entries: a-græfen a-gróf

heorde

(n.)
Grammar
heorde, f.

Careguardingcustody

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Care, guarding, custody Hé út wæs gongende tó neáta scýpene ðara heorde him wæs ðære nihte beboden egressus esset ad stabula jumentorum quorum ei custodia nocte illa erat delegata, Bd. 4, 24; S. 597, 9.

gild-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
gild-rǽden, gyld-rǽden, -rǽdenn, e; f.

The relation involved in membership of a guild

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The relation involved in membership of a guild Gif he nele to bóte gebúgan þolige he ðære gefér-rǽdene and ǽlcere óðre gyldrǽdene if he will not submit to make amends let him forfeit the fellowship and every other interest in the guild, Th.

stoppa

(n.)
Grammar
stoppa, an ; m.
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'The holy-water stoppe was a vessel containing holy-water placed near the entrance of a church, and was sometimes made of lead' Stoppa situla, Wrt. Voc. i. 25, 10 : bona (?)

Linked entry: stappa

cyrnel

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Cirnlas nucli, 115, 6. a kernel in the neck, a tonsil; a glandular swelling Cirnel glandula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 109, 80: 41, 1. Cyrnel tolia, i. 289, 62. Cyrnla toles (cf. grynlas toles, 64, 60), 282, 80