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CÍGAN

(v.)
Grammar
CÍGAN, cígean, cýgan, cýgean, ciégan, cégan, cégean; cígende; de; ed.

To call, name, call upon, invoke, call together, summon ⬩ vocare, nominare, invocare, convocare ⬩ To cry, call ⬩ clamare, vocare

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God híg ne cígdon Deum non invocaverunt, Ps. Lamb. 52, 6: 78, 6: Ps. Spl. 98, 7. Us gehýr swilce we ðé daga, Drihten, cígen hear us, 0 Lord, on whatever day we may call upon thee, Ps. Ben. 19, 9; Ps. Grn. ii. 148, 19, 9.

Linked entries: cýgan cégan ciégan

ENGEL

(n.)
Grammar
ENGEL, ængel, angel, engyl; gen. engles; dat. engle; pl. nom. acc. englas, engel; gen. engla; dat. englum; m. An ANGEL, a messenger; angelus = ἄγγελος
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Englas God worhte, ða sind gástas, and nabbaþ nǽnne líchaman God created angels, which are spirits, and have no body, Homl. Th. i. 276, 1. Mannes sunu sent his englas mittet fīlius hŏmĭnis angĕlos suos. Mt. Bos. 13, 41: Mk. Bos. 13, 27

gafol

(n.)
Grammar
gafol, gafel, gaful, es; n. [gifan to give]

Tax ⬩ tribute ⬩ rent ⬩ interest ⬩ vectīgal ⬩ trĭbūtum ⬩ census ⬩ ūsūra

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Se ðe feoh his ne sealde to gafole qui pĕcūniam suam non dĕdit ad ūsūram, Ps. Lamb. 14, 5.

K

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(more particularly the Cotton) of Alfred's translation of Gregory's Pastoral Care, where in the words kyning, kyun &c. it occurs not unfrequently, this writing is not uniform.

reáf-lác

(n.)
Grammar
reáf-lác, es; n. m.
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Ðæt hé begange nán reáflác, Homl. Th. ii. 46, 4. Þurh rícra reáflác, Wulfst. 166, 23. [Unwrenches, stele oðer refloc oðer drunkenesse, O. E. Homl. ii. 79, 29. Þe vox of giscungehaueð þeos hweolpes ... þeofþe, reflac ... A. R. 202, 19.

wésten

(n.)
Grammar
wésten, wésten[n], wéstern (in northern dialect), es, e ; m. f. n.
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On ða wéstenu middangeardes in desertas orbis terrarum solitudines Nar. 6, 5. Gynd wéstnu per auia Germ. 391, 40

ge-namian

(v.)
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Fæder and Sunu and Hálig Gást ne magon beón tógædere genamode ( cannot be included under one name), Hml. Th. ii. 282, 20: 606, 23.

hírsumian

(v.)

to obey ⬩ to obey ⬩ to obey ⬩ a feeling ⬩ desire ⬩ an impulse ⬩ to serve ⬩ to serve God

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Þæt hé ágenum lustum ne hýrsumige non voluptatibus suis obediens, 20, 12. to serve Gif hé tóbræc ǽnig þing on þǽre hýrsumnesse þe hé on hýrsumode, áþer on kycenan ..., oðþe on ǽnigum óðerum craefte þe hé mid líchomlicum geswince on hýrsumode, R.

sleán

Grammar
sleán, <b>A. I.</b> add: v. sliccan
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Heó leát tó siege and hé slóh þá tó, ac ꝥ swurd ne mihte búton þá hýde ceorfan, þeáh þe hé betelíce slóge, Hml. S. 12, 211. Þeáh him mon sleá mid sweorde wiþ þæs heáfdes, Bl. H. 47, 13. Sé went óþer hleór tó sleándum, R. Ben. 28, 3. <b>I b.

sceáwung

(n.)
Grammar
sceáwung, e; f.

a looking at, contemplation, consideration ⬩ respect,regard ⬩ reconnoitring, surveying, examination ⬩ a spectacle, show ⬩ a show, appearance, pretence

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Ǽrest ic hyt leornode myd ðám eágum, syððan myð ðam ingeþance ... ac syððan ic hyt ongyten hæfde ðá forlǽt ic ða sceáwunga mid ðam eágum, Shrn. 175, 8. respect,regard Nis scáwung heora deáþes non est respectus morti eorum, Ps.

BREGDAN

(v.)
Grammar
BREGDAN, bredan, ic bregde, ðú bregdest, he bregdeþ, pl. bregdaþ ; p. brægd pl. brugdon pp. brogden, bregden.

To move to and fro, vibrate, cast, draw, drag, change, bend, weave; ⬩ vibrare, vibrare gladium, jactare, stringere, trahere, nectere, plectere ⬩ to turn into ⬩ se vertere in aliquid

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Ðæt hie ne móste se synscaða bregdan that the sinful spoiler might not draw them, 1419; B. 707: Exon. 42b; Th. 142, 23; Gú. 648. Ic underbæc bregde nebbe I draw my face backwards, Exon. 130a; Th. 498, 6; Rä. 87, 8.

snotor

(adj.)
Grammar
snotor, snottor (-er, -ur); adj.

Prudent, wise, sagacious ⬩ prudens

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Nis nǽnig swá snotor . . . ne ðæs swá gleáw, nymþe God seolfa 286, 8; Sat. 349. Á sceal snotor hycgean ymb ðysse worulde gewinn Menol. Fox 570; Gn. C. 54: Beo. Th. 1656; B. 826. Snotur Ps. Th. 118, 23.

Linked entry: snytre

ge-sittan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sittan, p. -sæt, pl. -sǽton; pp. -seten.

to sit ⬩ sit down ⬩ settle ⬩ lean ⬩ recline ⬩ sĕdēre ⬩ consīdĕre ⬩ discumbĕre ⬩ to occupy ⬩ possess ⬩ inhabit ⬩ possĭdēre ⬩ hăbĭtāre

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Hie hæfdon heora stemn gesetenne they had sat out their time of service, Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 31. to occupy, possess, inhabit; possĭdēre, hăbĭtāre Ðeáh ðe wyrigcwydole Godes ríce gesittan ne mágon quamvis maledīci regnum Dei possĭdēre non possint, Bd.

Linked entry: ge-setenness

ge-timbran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-timbran, -timbrian, -timbrigean; part. -timbriende; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed [timbrian to build] .

to make of wood ⬩ to build ⬩ to build up ⬩ construct ⬩ ædĭfĭcāre ⬩ construĕre ⬩ exstruĕre ⬩ to build up the mind ⬩ instruct ⬩ edify ⬩ instruĕre

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Ná ðú getimbrast hí non ædĭfĭcābis eos, Ps. Spl. 27, 7. He getimbreþ eardwíc niwe he builds a new dwelling-place, Exon. 62 a; Th. 227, 28; Ph. 430: Salm. Kmbl. 150; Sal. 74.

sweostor

(n.)
Grammar
sweostor, swistor, swystor, swustor (-er, -ur); indecl. in sing.; pl. sweostor, sweostra, sweostru (u, y); f.

A sister. ⬩ of blood relationship ⬩ of membership in a religious house

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Ðe ne onfó swustru (swustra, MS. A.: suoestro, Lind.: swester, Rush.) Mk. Skt. 10, 30. of membership in a religious house Ætýwde sumre gódre swuster wundorlíc gesyhþ . . . Ðeós sweoster. . . Bd. 4, 9; S. 576, 18-30.

scilling

(n.)
Grammar
scilling, es; m.

as a denomination of English money ⬩ a shilling ⬩ as denoting foreign money the word is used to translate various words

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Nis woruldfeoh ðe ic mé ágan wille, sceat ne scilling, Cd. Th. 129, 13; Gen. 2143. Hundraþ scillinga centum denarios, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 18, 18. Þriim peninga ł scillinga, Jn. Skt. Lind. 12, 5. Þrítig scillinga triginta argenteos, Mt. Kmbl. 26, 15.

slǽp

(n.)
Grammar
slǽp, slép, sleáp, sláp, es; m.

Sleep ⬩ The sleep of death

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Gif hé ðære hnappunge ne swícþ ðonne hnappaþ hé óþ hé wierþ on fæstum slǽpe dormitando oculus ad plenissimum somnum ducitur, Past. 28, 4; Swt. 195, 12. Ðý swíðan slǽpe, Blickl. Homl. 205, 4. Slápe somno, Eng. Stud. ix. 40, col. 1.

Linked entry: sláp

ge-cynde

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-cynde, adj.

natural, native, ⬩ that is in accordance with nature or the usual course of things ⬩ implanted by nature, innate, inherent ⬩ naturally pertaining to, or associated with, proper ⬩ belonging to one by birth, descent, or inheritance ⬩ (4 a) native (country, language) :-- ⬩ rightful (lord)

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Swá déð se gecynda cræft ǽlcum men agit cujusque rei natura quod proprium est, Bt. 16, 3; F. 54, 32. naturally pertaining to, or associated with, proper Nis hit nó þé gecynde ꝥte þú hí áge ... ac þá heofencundan þing þé sint gecynde.

ge-feohtan

(v.)

of fighting between champions :-- ⬩ to fight in a quarrel, ⬩ to struggle, strive for supremacy ⬩ to gain by fighting ⬩ to maintain a charge by fighting

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Gif hé wǽpne gebréde and nó feohte, sié be healfum þám, 86, 21.

be-beódan

'to give . . . generally,' ⬩ to order ⬩ enjoin ⬩ to commit ⬩ commend ⬩ to offer to the gods ⬩ to commit into (on, in) ⬩ to announce

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Hé bebeád þæt nán crísten mon ne cóme on his hiérede, 6, 30; S. 282, 29. Hwæt yfela bebeád Drihten ǽfre, Bl. H. 41, 2. Bebudan sancserunt, An. Ox. 1301. Bebiód ðis praecipe hoc, Past. 385, 30. S.