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ge-hnǽgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hnǽgan, -hnǽgean, -hnégan; p. -hnǽgde, -hnǽde; pp. -hnǽged, -hnǽgd; v. trans.

To bend downhumblecast downsubduedeclīnārehŭmĭliāredejĭcĕresubĭgĕre

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Ðú hí mid fýre fácnes gehnégest in ignem dejĭcies eos, 139, 10. He fyrenfulle wið eorþan niðer ealle gehnégeþ hŭmĭliat peccātōres usque ad terram, 146, 6. Hie on wætere wicg gehnǽgaþ they cast down the horse in the water, Salm. Kmbl. 312; Sal. 155.

á-sceacan

(v.)
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Voc. ii. 146, 20, 21. literal Hé áscóc hí ( the viper ) in tó fýre, Hml. Th. i. 574, 15. Ásceaccað asca, Lk. L. 9, 5. figurative Gif hé his fram áscæcð yfelu si sua discusserit mala, Scint. 164, 2.

Linked entries: sceacan on-sceacan

ge-timbrung

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Gif hwæs getimbrung ðurhwunað and ðám fýre wiðstent, Hml. Th. ii. 588, 28. Be þǽra enta getimbrunge about the tower of Babel, 198, 17. On getimbringce in domicilio, Ps. L. 101, 7. Árǽrde getimbrunge editam structuram, An. Ox. 410 b.

bærnan

to expose to the action of heatto cauterizeto cause to give lightto consume by fire

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Swá þú bærne þornas fýre, Ps. Th. 117, 12. Hé ongan bærnan sum deófolgild, Bl. H. 221, 6: B. 2313: Dan. 242. Mul wærð on Cent bærned, Chr. 687; P. 39, 34

lind

(n.)
Grammar
lind, e; and linde, an; f.

a shield

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On fyrd wegan fealwe linde, Cd. 94; Th. 123, 14; Gen. 2044. Under lindum, 154; Th. 192, 7; Exod. 228: 155; Th. 193, 23; Exod. 251. Bordum beþeahte, hwealfum lindum, Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 30; Jud. 214. Beraþ linde forþ, Thw. 24, 16; Jud. 191.

ge-neálǽcan

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Mid ðý þe hí eft geneálǽcton (-neólécton, v.l. ) þám fýre, ðá tódǽlde se engel ðone lég þæs fýres, Bd. 3, 19; Sch. 280, 13. Hé ne dorste his neáwiste geneálǽcan he durst not come into his neighbourhood. Hml.

un-eáðelíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-eáðelíc, adj.

difficult to doimpossibledifficult to beargrievoustroublesome

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Líg fýres on ceafa yrnende æthabban ys uneáþelíc flammam ignis in paleas currentem retinere est impossibile, Scint. 57, 7. difficult to bear, grievous, troublesome Ne heó ( a sin ) nǽfre ne þince eów tó ðan hefig ne tó ðan uneáðelíc ne tó ðam fracodlíc

ge-blissian

(v.)
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þú þíne fyrde geblissast. Hy. 7, 47. Ealle weorðaþ and féhþ and geblysaþ (cf. blisung. Ps. Spl. 64, 13) fæder ætsomne cunctos fovet, implet, honorat, Dóm. L. 274.

or-mǽte

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Cóm Timotheus mid ormǽtre fyrde, Hml. S. 25, 432. Hé (David) his (Goliath's) ormǽte heáfod of óslóh, 18, 26. of non-material things Ormǽte inormis (facinus inorme, Ald. 139, 11), An. Ox. 18 b, 47.

leóma

(n.)
Grammar
leóma, an; m.

Lightradiancesheensplendourlightningray

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Fýres leóma illuminatio ignis, Ps. Th. 77, 16. Sunnan leóma the light of the sun, Exon. 21 a; Th. 56, 16; Cri. 901. Swegles leóma the radiance of the sky, 57 a, Th. 204, 26; Ph. 103.

HEL

(n.)
Grammar
HEL, hell, helle; e; f.

HELLthe place of souls after deathHadesthe infernal regionsthe place of the wicked after death

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Fýr byrnþ óð helle endas a fire shall burn unto the lowest hell, Deut. 32, 22. Óð helle in infernum, Mt. Kmbl. 11, 23.

bétan

put rightto mendrepairrestorecureto correctto amendmake amendsreparation for

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Ná bete nán man ꝥ fýr ná læncg þonne man þá hálgunge onginne, Ll. Th. i. 226, 25. Hét bewindan heora fét mid flexe, and fýr under bétan, Hml. S. 4, 393. Hé árás tó bétanne þá leóht ( ad melioranda luminaria), Gr.

torr

(n.)
Grammar
torr, es; m.

turrisa towera projecting rocka tor

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Similar entries v. fýr-, geat-, heáh-, mere-, seoh-, stán-torr

Linked entries: túr tor

wyrt-truma

(n.)
Grammar
wyrt-truma, (wyrtruma), an: -trum, es; m.: -trume, an; f. (v. Be ðare wyrtruman,
    Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 93, 7).
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Andlang fyrh on ða heáfda; andlang heáfda on ðæne grénan pæð ... andlang fyrh on ða wyrtwale; swá be ðære wyrtwale, iv. 19, 17-28. Cf. too: Be ðám heáfdon, iii. 378, 22. Á be heáfdan, 438, 29.

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ge-horsian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-horsian, p. ode, ade, ude; pp. od, ad, ud

To horseto set or mount on a horseto supply with a horseequitem facereequo instruere vel imponere

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Ælfréd æfter ðam gehorsodan [gehorsudan, col. 1; -sedum, 147, 3, col. 1; sedun, col. 2] here mid fyrde rád óþ Exancester Alfred with his force rode after the mounted army to Exeter, Chr. 877; Th. 146, 1, col. 3.

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swól

(n.)
Grammar
swól, es; m. (?), n. (?)
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Oa swóle byrneþ þurh fýres feng fugel mid neste, 212, 23; Ph. 214. of the sun's heat Hé swá swíþe swǽtte swá hé in swóle ( caumate ) middes sumeres wǽre, Bd. 3, 19; S. 549, 30 MS.

wiþ-habban

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-habban, p. -hæfde

To hold out againstto withstandresist

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To hold out against, to withstand, resist Gif ðæs synfullan ingehýd bið gehrepod mid fyrhte ðæs upplícan dómes, ðonne wiðhæfð hé ðám unlustum, Homl. Th. i. 494, 9. Ðæt wæs wundor micel, ðæt se wínsele wiðhæfde heaðodeórum, Beo. Th. 1548; B. 772.

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ge-sweorcan

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L. 105 : Wlfst. 137, 9. of dark passions, sadness Ic geþencan ne mæg for hwan módsefa mín ne gesweorce, Wand. 59. fear Wé férað gesworcene mid ege and mid fyrhðu, Verc.

deád

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deáde, Bt. 38, 2; F. 198, 13. of flesh, dead, without sensation Gif ꝥ líc tó þon swíþe ádeádige ꝥ þǽr nán gefélnes on ne sié, þonne scealt þú sóna eal ꝥ deáde of ásníþan oþ ꝥ cwice líc, ꝥ þǽr náwiht þæs deádan líces tó láfe ne sié, þæs þe ǽr ne ísen ne fýr

fillan

(v.)

throw downto felldestroy

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R. 18, 8. to cast into: Hé ús on þæt fýr fylde, Gen. 747. to fell, destroy Þonne ic hiora fýnd fylde and hýnde ad nihilum inimicos eorum humiliassem. Ps. Th. 80, 13. Ic fylde mid folmum fæder Enoses, Gen. 1096.

Linked entries: fællan fyllan