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hǽman

(v.)
Grammar
hǽman, p. de; pp. ed

To lie with, have intercourse with, to marry ⬩ concumbere, coire, nubere

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To lie with, have intercourse with, to marry; concumbere, coire, nubere Wit wǽron swíðe unróte geworden for ðý hǽmede ðe wé wéndon ðæt wit hǽman sceoldon we became very sad on account of the intercourse that we expected we should be obliged to have,

cumbol-hete

(n.)
Grammar
cumbol-hete, es; m. [hete hate]

Warlike hate ⬩ bellicum odium

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Warlike hate ; bellicum odium Þurh cumbolhete through warlike hate, Exon. 75a ; Th. 280, 30 ; Jul. 637

healt

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Gif ðín fót swicað þé, ceorf hine of; betere þé is ꝥ þú healt (halt, L., R.) gá on éce íf. . . Mk. 9, 45. ꝥ hé þám healtan cnapan (cf. se cnapa wæs creópere, 20) Blinde geseóð, healte (claudi) gáð, Mt. 11, 5.

ge-habban

(v.)
Grammar
ge-habban, ðú -hæfst, -hafast, pl. -habbaþ; p. -hæfde; pp. -hæfed, -hæfd

To hold ⬩ be [ill] ⬩ habere ⬩ tenere

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To hold, be [ill]; habere, tenere Gehafa geþyld on me patientiam habe in me, Mt. Bos. 18, 26 : Exon. 105 a; Th. 398, 19; Rä. 17, 10. Ðara synna gé gihabbaþ quorum peccata retinuerites, Jn, Skt. Lind. 20, 23 : Past. 51, 9; Swt. 401, 32; Hat. MS.

Linked entry: ge-hafa

ge-sceón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sceón, p. de

To happen, come upon ⬩ accidere, contingere

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Him bonena hand hearde gesceóde [Kmbl. gesceód] the hand of slayers had been hard upon him, Andr. Kmbl. 36; An. 18.

Linked entry: sceón

fióde

(v.; part.)
Grammar
fióde, hated,
  • Bt. 39, 1
    • ;
  • Fox 212, 5
; p.
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of fiógan, fión

þegan

(v.)
Grammar
þegan, (this seems the regular strong form for the verb which usually has weak forms in the present, þicgan, q. v.)
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to take, accept Him wæs Godes egsa mára in gemyndum ðonne hé menniscum þrymme þegan wolde there was too great fear of God in his thoughts for him to wish to get human glory, Exon. Th. 112, 8; Gú. 140

dryht-sele

(n.)
Grammar
dryht-sele, driht-sele,es ; m. [sele a dwelling, hall]

A princely dwelling, hall ⬩ aula

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A princely dwelling, hall; aula Draca hord eft gesceát,dryhtsele dyrnne the dragon darted back to his hoard, his secret hall, Beo. Th. 4629; B. 2320 : 1538; B. 767. Wæs drihtsele dreórfáh the princely hall was stained with blood, 974; B. 485

Linked entry: driht-sele

ge-

(prefix)
Grammar
ge-, Both ge- and gi- are used in the oldest glossaries: e. g. on
  • p. 48 of O. E. T.
nine words with the prefix occur; in four cases both the Epinal and Erfurt glosses have gi-, in one they have ge-, in two the Epinal has ge- where the Erfurt has gi-, and in two the Epinal has gi- where the other has ge-. In each case the
  • Corpus Gloss.
has ge-. In this glossary, however, gi- is found, e. g. gi-brec,
  • 2152
, and in later glossaries also, e. g. gi-mynd,
  • Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 73.
Besides the forms given may be noted ga-eddun,
  • Erf. 75
; gy-byrdid,
  • Ep. 228.
In the
  • Durham Ritual
the regular form is gi-.
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wíg-trod

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-trod, (?), es; n. : -trodu (? v. wíg-rád), e; f.

A war-track ⬩ the road along which an army has passed

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A war-track, the road along which an army has passed Wítrod ( = wígtrod) gefeól heáh of heofonum handweorc Godes on to the track where the host of Israel had passed fell from the heavens the lofty walls raised by God's hand (cf. se ágend up árǽrde reáde

Linked entry: wí-trod

cytere

(n.)
Grammar
cytere, an; f. A harp; cithăra = κιθάρα
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Arís saltére and cytere exsurge, psaltērium et cithăra, Ps. Spl. C. 56, 11

Linked entry: citere

FOLC

(n.)
Grammar
FOLC, es; n. [Folc being a neuter noun, and a monosyllable, has the nom. and acc. pl. the same as the nom. and acc. sing: it is a collective noun in English, and has not the plural form folks but by a modern corruption]

The FOLK ⬩ people ⬩ common people ⬩ multitude ⬩ a people ⬩ tribe ⬩ family ⬩ pŏpŭlus ⬩ gens ⬩ nātio ⬩ vulgus ⬩ plebs ⬩ cīves ⬩ hŏmĭnes ⬩ exercĭtus ⬩ multĭtūdo

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The FOLK, people, common people, multitude, a people, tribe, family; pŏpŭlus, gens, nātio, vulgus, plebs, cīves, hŏmĭnes, exercĭtus, multĭtūdo Twá folc beóþ todǽled, and ðæt folc oferswíþ ðæt óðer folc two nations shall be divided, and the one folk shall

Linked entries: folc-stów ge-folc

feóde

(v.; part.)
Grammar
feóde, pl. feódon hated,
  • Ps. Th. 118, 163
    • ;
p.
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of feón, feógan

onga

(n.)
Grammar
onga, [should have been given under anga], an; m.

A sting

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A sting Onga aquilium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 100, 59: 7, 12. Mé of bósme fareþ ǽttren onga ( an arrow ). Exon. Th. 405, 18; Rä. 24, 4

Linked entry: anga

glisnian

(v.)
Grammar
glisnian, p. ode; pp. od

To glisten ⬩ shine

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Se engel hæfde twegen beágas on hys handa ða glysnodon swa rósan blósman the angel had two rings on his hand, they shone like roses, Shrn. 149, 29

ge-stælan

Grammar
ge-stælan, l. -stǽlan, dele first passage, in last for leágung l. leásung, and add: to bring home to a person a charge, liability, &c., to prove something to have been committed by, or
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Heó þá fǽhðe wræc þe þú Grendel cwealdest . . . heó wolde hyre mǽg wrecan ge feor hafað fǽhðe gestǽled ( to the full has she made good her charge of slaying), B. 1340

ge-weorþan

Grammar
ge-weorþan, <b>;
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</b> add Hæfð Ælfréd gehaldene Herewinne on ǽghwelcre wihte ðæs ðe hió an geworden wæs ðæs ðe hió seulf geðafigan wolde A. has maintained H. in every bit of what she had come to feel she would herself consent to, C.D.B. ii. 146, 29

mund

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Lida bið longe on síðe . . . hám cymeð, gif hé hál leofað, nefne him holm gestýreð, mere hafað mundum (unless the sea has him in its clutches), Gn. Ex. 107. <b>III a.

þeód-

(prefix)
Grammar
þeód-, As the first part of several compounds (see below) þeód has the force of general, great; a similar use is found in
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O. Sax. and Icel. The form is also found in proper names, e.g. Ðeód-bald, Bd. 1, 34; S. 499, 33. Ðeód-ríc, Bt. 1; Fox 2, 5. Þeód-Scyldingas, Beo. Th. 2042; B. 1019. Cf. regn-

scilcen

(n.)
Grammar
scilcen, [The word has not necessarily a bad meaning. With the passage given compare the description of the same incident in Gr. D.
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Hé sænde .vii. nacode mǽdenu (puellas), 119, 11] :-- Scylcen, fǽmne, meówle iuuencula, i. uirguncula, An. Ox. 2112. [Þer com o schelchene gon þat wes myd Kayphas (uenit una ex ancillis summi sacerdotis, Mk. 14, 66), Misc. 45, 279.]

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