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wíg-haga

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-haga, an; m.

A phalanx

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A phalanx mid bordum hét wyrcan ðone wíhagan, and ðæt werod healdan fæste wið feóndum. Byrht. Th. 134, 50 ; By. 102

BÝSEN

(n.)
Grammar
BÝSEN, bísen, býsn, e; f.
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Ðæt ealle gemyndige wǽron hyre býsene that they all should be mindful of her example, Bd. 4, 23; S. 595, 20. He býsene gegearwode he gave an example, 4, 23; S. 594, 24. He us býsene sealde his árfæstnysse he gave us an example of his piety, Homl.

Linked entries: bísen bigsen bísen

ge-sceáwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sceáwian, p. ode; pp. od.

To spew, manifest, exhibitexhibere, monstrāre, manifestāreTo see, behold, view, look round uponvidere, perspicere, circumspicereTo see, considervidere, considerare

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He him wolde árlíc bisceop-setl gesceáwian he would shew [provide for] him an honourable bishop's-seat, Bd. 3, 7; S. 530, 2. acc.

Linked entry: sceáwian

ge-mána

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mána, an; m. [ge-mǽne communis]

Companionship, society, fellowship, familiarity, marriage, intercourse, commerce, conjunctioncommunio, societas, consortium, contubernium, commercium, concubitus

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Ðonne he wæs mid his ágnum cynne ðonne he wæs on ðare ryhtwísera gemánan he was then with his own kin when he was in the company of the righteous, Bt. 5, 1; Fox 10, 12. Engla gemána the society of angels, Exon. 42 a; Th. 142, 10; Gú. 642 : Ps.

Linked entry: ge-mánna

un-besacen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-besacen, adj.

unmolested by litigationnot made the subject of litigationuncontested

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Ðá sealde Æþelrige unbesacen land on hand, ðæt þanonforð syþþan ðǽron ne sprǽce he gave the land up to Æþelrige uncontested, so that thenceforth he would not lay claim to it, 289, 31.

andettan

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wolde, þæt his þeów beón wolde, Guth. 14, 27

fóre-stihtod

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-stihtod, fore-stihtan; p. te; pp. -stiht, -stihted; -stihtian; p. ode; pp. od

predestine

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'; þæt is, 'Ðá ðe forestihte,' Hml. Th. ii. 364, 25-366, 1. ne forestihte nǽnne tó yfelnysse . . . forestihte ðá gecorenan tó dám écan lífe . . . nolde forestihtan þá árleásan tó his ríce, i. 112, 28-33.

teón

(v.)
Grammar
teón, p. teóde.
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Tó ðam golde ðe him tó gode teóde the gold that he had shaped for a god to himself, Cd. Th. 229, 13; Dan. 216. Se ðás woruld teóde, Exon. Th. 335, 16; Gn. Ex. 34: Andr.

Linked entries: tyht forþ-tíhan

ge-nyhtsumian

(v.)
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Add: to abound, have abundance Ælc þǽra ðe hæfð, him bið máre geseald, and genihtsumað ( abundabit ), Hml. Th. ii. 556, 12. Genyhtsumaþ ( hæfð genóh, W. S.), Mt. R. 25, 29: 13, 12. Þǽm hæbbendum mon sceal ágyfan and genyhtsumiað, Ll.

ge-secgan

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H. 66, 2

stearc

(adj.)
Grammar
stearc, adj.
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ða stíðnyssa his stearcan bigleofan betwux lǽwedum folce geheóld, Homl. Th. ii. 148, 31. Se ðe mec lǽreþ from ðé on stearcne weg, Exon. Th. 259, 14; Jul. 282. mihte swá stearce forhæfednysse (rigid abstinence) healdan, Homl.

Linked entries: stearc-heard streac

ge-nóg

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-nóg, adj.
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Gelde swá genóh áge (the MS. has háge with gono written above it) let him pay as he may have enough i. e. as much as his means allow, Ll.

tó-gædere

(adv.)
Grammar
tó-gædere, -gædre, -gadore; adv.

Togetherunion, association, joining, mingling,

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Ðá tógædere cómon, ii wolde se ealdorman beswícon ðone æþeling, and tóhwurfon búton gefeohte. Chr. 1015; Erl. 152, 14: Ors. 4, 10; Swt. 202, 14.

under

(prep.)
Grammar
under, prep. adv.

Underunderat the foot ofunderwithinamongbelowbeneathdown

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him his forwierndon and hit under ðæt ládedon for ðon ðe æt ðæm óþrum cirre sige næfde they refused him the triumph, and sheltered themselves under the excuse, that he had not on the other occasion been victorious, Ors. 5, 2; Swt. 216, 31.

Linked entries: Middel-Seaxe þúsend

hræfn

(n.)
Grammar
hræfn, es; m.

A raven

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Ðǽr him hrefn nimeþ heáfodsýne slíteþ salwigpád sáwelleásne there shall the raven, dark-coated, pluck from him his eyes, shall tear him lifeless, Exon. 87 b; Th. 329, 18; Vy. 36. Hræfen wan, Elen. Kmbl. 104; El. 52: Fins. Th. 69; Fins. 34.

Linked entries: hræm hrefn hrem hremn

stycce-mǽlum

(adv.)
Grammar
stycce-mǽlum, (sticce-, stic-); adv.
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Ðone song gehýrde sticcemǽlum tó him neálǽcan, 4, 3; S. 567, 43.

a-gǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
a-gǽlan, p. de; pp. ed.

To hinderoccupydetaindelayneglectimpedireretardaremorarinegligereTo hesitatebe carelesscunctariindili-gens esse

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To hinder, occupy, detain, delay, neglect; impedire, retardare, morari, negligere Ðæt he ne agǽle gǽstes þearfe that he delay not his spirit's welfare, Exon. 19b; Th. 51, 16; Cri. 817. Me ðiós siccetung hafaþ agǽled this sighing has hindered me.

Linked entry: a-gálan

ge-brecan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brecan, he -breceþ, -bryceþ; p. -bræc, ðú -brǽce , pl. -brǽcon; pp. -brocen; v. trans, [ge-, brecan to break]

To breakbruisecrushdestroyshatterwastefrangĕreconfringĕrecontrībulārecontĕrĕreconquassāreattĕrĕre

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He him on fæðm gebræc he crushed them into his grasp, i. e. subdued them, Cd. 4; Th. 4, 32; Gen. 62: 97; Th. 127, 15; Gen. 2111: Bd. 3, 2; S. 525, 2.

æt-hrínan

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Ic nǽfre ne æthrán hire leomum, Hml. A. 204, 304. Heó nolde were æthrínan, 135, 654. with acc. hig æthrán, Mt. 17, 7. Heó æthrán hys reáfes fnæd, 9, 20. case uncertain cwæð þæt hyre nǽfre ne æthrine, Hml. A. 135, 660.

bí-leofa

(n.)

subsistencemaintenanceprovisionvictuals

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Sýfre on bigleofan sobrii, Hml. A. 52, 52. Þá ðe hæfdon sum þing lytles tó bigleofan, ꝥ reáferas of þám múðe him ábrúdon, 68, 72. Ǽlcum hláforde gedafenaþ ðæt his mannum heora bigleofan on gesettum tíman, 55, 128: 105, 90.