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port

(n.)
Grammar
port, es; m. n.
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a port, haven Wið ðone gársecg is se port ðe mon hǽt Caligardamana, and be súþaneástan ðæm porte is ðæt ígland Deprobane, and be norþan ðæm Gandes múþan ... is se port Samera. Be norþan ðæm porte is se múþa ðære ié Ottorogorre, Ors. 1, 1 ; Swt. 10, 8

Linked entry: Portes-múþa

Germania

(n.)
Grammar
Germania, e [ = æ]; f.
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Germany. The Germania of Alfred extended from the Don on the east to the Rhine and the German Ocean on the west; and from the Danube on the south to the White Sea on the north; it therefore embraced nearly the whole of Europe north of the Rhine and the

spanan

(v.)
Grammar
spanan, p. spón, speón; pp. spanen
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To allure, entice, lure, decoy, attract, urge Spenst illicias, Hpt. Gl. 524, 9. Spones inlicias, Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 7: 87, 26. in a good sense, with a preposition marking the direction of aim Ðú spenst (spænst, Cott. MS.) mé on ða mǽstan sprǽce and on

þafian

(v.)
Grammar
þafian, p. ode.
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to consent to, agree with, approve of, assent to, allow, permit. with accusative Ic Beágmund ðis ðeafie and wríte, Chart. Th. 472, 22, 24, 28, 19, and often. Swá hwylc swá morþorslege þafaþ and hine man ðonne fremmeþ quicunque ad homicidium consenserit

widuwe

(n.)
Grammar
widuwe, widewe, weoduwe, weodewe, wuduwe, wudewe, wydewe, widwe, an; f. A widow, v. wíf, <b>III a</b>
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Wudewe (wuduwe, v.l.: widuwe, Rush. : widiua, Lind.) vidua, Lk. Skt. 18, 3. Widewe, Wrt. Voc. i. 73, 15. Weodewe, Gen. 38, 11. Wydewe (wudewe, Ps. Spl. : weoduwa, Ps. Lamb.: widwe, Ps. Surt.), Ps. Th. 108, 9. Widwe, Lk. Skt. Rush. 2, 37 : 18, 5. Anna

Linked entries: weodewe weoduwe

wund

(n.)
Grammar
wund, e; f.

A woundvulnusa woundan injury caused by a blowa sore caused by disease

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A wound; vulnus, Wrt. Voc. i. 85, 49. in a physical sense, a wound, an injury caused by a blow Sió wund, ðe him se eorðdraca geworhte, Beo. Th. 5416; B. 2711. Blódig wund, Andr. Kmbl. 2945; An. 1475: Exon. Th. 143, 33; Gú. 670. Hér sindon dolhsealfa

yfele

(adv.)
Grammar
yfele, adv.
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Evilly, badly, ill Yfele male, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Zup. 235, 1. in a moral sense Yfele gé dydon pessimam rem fecistis, Gen. 44, 5. Hit is gecweden, ðæt him betere wǽre ðæt hé nǽfre wǽre, ðonne hé yfele wǽre, Homl. Th. ii. 244, 21. badly, imperfectly, improperly

ed-wít

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Add: a source or cause of disgrace Edwít probrum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 21. Þý lǽs him ætwite and on edwít sette (should make it a reproach to him) his geþoftan ꝥ hé for ege þæs deáþes þá þing dyde ne exprobrarent sibi sodales, quod timore mortis faceret

ge-beran

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Add: I. to bear, bring ꝥ cild Críst wearð geboren ágeán of Egiptan, Chr. 3; P. 5, 22. Sió gifu þæs hálegan gerýnes. . . bútan ǽnigre yldinge is tó berenne (gebeorenne, -anne, v. ll.) sancti mysterii gratia . . . sine ulla dilatione offerenda est, Bd.

ge-hýdan

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Dele <b>ge-hédan</b>, and to Add Condit, i. abscondit, reservat vel sell vel gehýt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 56. Gehýdde occulit 65, 23. Gehýddum abditis 98, 34. to hide, put out of sight, bury in the ground Dætste ꝥ wíf gehýdeð ( abscondit )

ge-earnian

(v.)
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Add: to deserve, merit. with acc. Hé him sylfum réþne dóm geearnaþ and begyteþ, Bl. H. 95, 34. Gefeán . . . þe þú ǽr on worlde mid geleáfan tó mé . . . geeamodest, 63, 29. Nis nán tweó ꝥ hé forgifnesse syllan nelle þám þe hié geearnian willaþ, 65, 9.

ge-wundian

(v.)
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Add: to cause bodily injury Wið sárum andgewundedum fótum, Lch. i. 358, 8. Ðæt hié mid ðǽm ísene hié selfe tó feore ne gewundigen, Past. 365, 11. <b>I a.</b> in cases of fighting or assault. physical Sé þe ofslehð man binnan ciricwágum,

ge-þyncþ

Grammar
ge-þyncþ, ge-þyncþu.
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Take here <b>ge-þingþu;</b> in Dict., and add: thriving, prosperous condition. in temporal matters, dignity, honour Ne maeg se mann módigan on geðincðum (-ðinðum, v. l. ) for ðan þe fela synd geþungenran, Hml. S. 16, 372. Án woruldcynincg

god-webb

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Add: fine woven material, material woven from silk or cotton, fine linen Twihíwe godweb caecum bis tinctum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 44. Godeweb purpura, An. Ox. 1378. Seolcen godewebbes bombicinum purpurae (peplum ), 461. Genim þone aeppel and hine bewind

Linked entry: gode-webb

hræd

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Add Hraed, hrad percitus, Txts. 85, 1539: perpes, 87, 574. Hraeðe propero, 89, 1675. of rapid movement, v. hrædlic; Swá hrædlíce swá hradu ýst windes scip tóbrycð, Ps. Th. 47, 6. Eal swá earn þonne hé mid hrædum flyhte wyle forð áfleón, Nic. 14, 36.

DÓN

(v.)
Grammar
DÓN, to dónne; part. dóende, dónde; ic dó, ðú dést, he déþ, pl. dóþ; p. ic, he dyde, ðú dydest, pl.dydon ; impert., pl. dóþ; subj. , pl. dón, dó; p. dyde, pl. dyden; pp. dón, dén

To DO, make, cause agĕre, facĕre

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To DO, make, cause; agĕre, facĕre Ne mót ic dón ðæt ic wylle non licet mihi quod volo facĕre? Mt. Bos. 20, 15: Chr. 876; Erl. 79, 12: 994; Erl. 133, 17: Cd. 10; Th. 12, 23; Gen. 189: Beo. Th. 2349; B. 1172: Bt. Met. Fox 19, 78; Met, 19, 39. Alýfþ on

hád

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Add: person ; persona. a character in a drama or the like Þonne se sceop in gebtingð óðre hádas þe wið hine wurdlion, swylce hig him andswarion, Angl. viii. 330, 43. (l a) (one's own) person :-- Swylce ágenum háde ł naman ceu propria persona. An. Ox.

on-wendan

(v.)
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to turn, change Ðú hí onwendest mutabis ea, Ps. Th. 101, 23. Hé onwendeþ his hiw, Lchdm. ii. 204, 9. Werþióde his ( the morning-star ) noman onwendaþ, hátaþ hine ǽfenstiorra, Met. 29, 29. Mé onhwyrfdon of ðære gecynde ðe ic ǽr beheóld, onwendan míne

scyldig

(adj.)
Grammar
scyldig, adj.
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guilty, sinful, criminal Scyldig reus, Wrt. Voc. i. 49, 1: 86, 61: sons, Ǽlfc. Gr. 9, 39; Zup. 63, 14. Gif man wát, ðæt óðer mán sweraþ, hé biþ scildig ( portabit iniquitatem suam ), gif hé hit forhilþ, Lev. 5, 1. Wæs gecueden tó ðæm scyldegan folce

leóht

(n.)
Grammar
leóht, a light.
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Add: light. the medium of visual perception generally; the condition of space in which light is present Leóht hafað híw and hád Háliges Gástes, Sal. 408. Æt sunnan setlgange . . .nǽnig leóht ne æteóweþ, BI. H. 93, 17. Þǽr is ꝥ éce leóht búton þeóstrum