ge-bígan
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To crown Hié þá swá sigebeorhte and swá gebégde mid mycelre blisse tó hám fóran, Bl. H. 203, 30
ceorfan
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Gé soecað mec tó ceorfanne ł tó ácwellanne (interficere), Jn. R. 8, 37. v. fore-ceorfan, ofer-ceorfan. Add
wæscing
a road leading to a sheep-washing place(?)
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a road leading to a sheep-washing place(?) Tó weascingwege nioðeweardun, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 78, 17: 138, 4
Linked entry: weascing
gyst-ern
A guest-place ⬩ guest-chamber
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A guest-place, guest-chamber To ðam gysterne to the guest-chamber, Judth. 10; Thw. 21, 29:Jud. 40
gesoc
Suck; ⬩ suctus
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Suck; suctus Ðæt Sarra sceolde lecgan cild to hyre breóste to gesoce quod Sara lac'āret fīlium, Gen. 21, 7
bletsung
benediction
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Th. i. 100, 31. Þá þá (hé) bletsunga mearcode on sǽlicum strandum cum (patibuli) signacula sulcaret in glarigeris litoribus, An. Ox. 2490. Similar entries v. bletsian, II. Wyrþe þú eart, Drihten, ꝥ þú onfó wuldor and bletsunga, Bl.
ge-werian
to defend ⬩ protect ⬩ take care of ⬩ make [land] free from claims ⬩ defendĕre ⬩ procurare ⬩ to associate with for the cause of defence ⬩ to make a treaty with ⬩ assŏciāre defensiōnis causa ⬩ jungere fœdĕre
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Ðonnæ his ðæs londæs hundseofontig hída and is nú eall gewæred and ðá hit æst mín láford mæ to lǽt ðá wæs hit ierfelæás hujus terræ sunt lxx hidæ, et est modo tota bene procurata, quæ quando dominus meus michi eam tradidit omni peccunia caruit, Th.
ceáp-gyld
bargain money ⬩ justum rei venditæ pretium ⬩ rei furto ablate pretium
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Ath. i. 24; Wilk. 61, 25; Th. i. 212, 16, note 33. price or market-price of what is stolen; rei furto ablate pretium Gilde man ðam teónde his ceápgyld let a man pay to the accuser the market-price [pretium], L. C. S. 25; Th. i. 390, 23
dún-scrǽf
A mountain-cave ⬩ montāna cavema
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Weras woldon to dúnscræfum drohtoþ sécan the men would seek a refuge in mountain-caves, Andr. Kmbl. 3076; An. 1541
Linked entry: scræf
hréð
Glory ⬩ fame ⬩ triumph ⬩ honour
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Th. 5143; B. 2575. v
mán-swerian
To swear falsely ⬩ commit perjury ⬩ forswear
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I. 21; Th. ii. 416, 8. Ða mánsweriendan perjurantes, Hpt. Gl. 472, 8
Linked entry: swerian
ge-mǽðian
To honour, bestow something with honour upon one ⬩ hŏnōrāre, bĕnigne conferre
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For ðære micclan mǽrþe ðe he hine gemǽðegode for the great glory which he honourably bestowed upon him, Ælfc. T. 4, 11
Linked entry: ge-méðrian
tægl
A tail
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In. 59; Th. i. 140, 3. Foxes tægles se ýtemesta dǽl, Lchdm. i. 340, 22. Se ðrowend slihþ mid ðam tægle tó deáðe, Homl. Th. i. 252, 5, 10, 12. Ða beón beraþ ǽtterne tægel, Frag.
under-wed
A pledge ⬩ security
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'Hwæt wilt ðú tó underwedde (pro arrhabone ) nyman?' ... Iudas sende án tyccen wið his hirde, ðæt hé fette ðæt underwedd, Gen. 38, 17-20. Gylde hé ðæt yrfe oþþe uuderwed lecge, L. O. D. 1; Th. i. 352, 8: 8; Th. i. 356, 10
un-brosnigendlíc
Incorruptible ⬩ imperishable
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On ðam gemǽnelícum ǽriste beóð úre líchaman geedcennede tó unbrosnigendlícum líchaman, Homl. Th. i. 394, 33
weorold-strúdere
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P. 49; Th. ii. 386, 7. Tó helle sculan gítseras, rýperas and reáferas and woruldstrúderas, Wulfst. 26, 17: 165, 36. Cristen cyning sceal rýperas and reáferas and ðás woruldstrúderas hatian and hýnan, L. I. P. 2 ; Th. ii. 304, 19
sæp
Sap
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Ðá wearð beam monig blódigum teárum birunnen, sæp wearð tó swáte, Exon. Th. 72, 23; Cri. 1177. Ðæs swétestan sæpes suavissime succi, Hpt. Gl. 411, 58. Seó dríge gyrd ðe næs mid sæpe ácucod, Homl. Th. ii. 8, 17. Sep sucum, Germ. 391, 18
Linked entry: saftriende
ofer-mód
pride, arrogance, over-confidence ⬩ a high style ⬩ superbia
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Th. 18, 12; Gen. 272. Ðá se eorl ongan for his ofermóde álýfan landes tó fela láðere þeóde, Byrht. Th. 134,25; By. 89. [Gif hwa nulle for his ouermoð, oðer for his prude . . . his scrift ihalden, O. E. Homl. i. 9, 30.] a high style (?)
scip-bryce
Ship-wreck ⬩ what comes ashore from wrecks
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Th. 421, 33. (Cf. L. H. i. 10, 1; Th. i. 519, 4 where among the rights (jura) belonging to the king naufragium is mentioned.)
Angle
The ANGLES
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To Anglum to the Angles, Chr. 443; Th. 18, 33, col. 1; 19, 30, col. 1.