cweart-ern
A guard-house, prison ⬩ custodia, carcer
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A guard-house, prison; custodia, carcer Ðæs cwearternes hirde híg betǽhte Iosepe custos carceris tradidit eos Ioseph, Gen. 40, 4. Ic wæs on cwearterne eram in carcere, Mt. Bos. 25, 36, 39: Lk. Bos. 3, 20: Jn. Bos. 3, 24: Ælfc. Gr. 9, 18; Som. 9, 59
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eln-gemet
An ell-measure, the length of an ell, two feet? ⬩ cŭbĭtālis mensura, ulnae mensūra
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cŭbĭtālis mensura, ulnae mensūra Ðæt fær gewyrc fíftiges wíd, þrittiges heáh, þreó hund lang elngemeta make the vessel fifty wide, thirty high, three hundred long, of ell measures, Cd. 65; Th. 79, 10; Gen. 1309. and III
geatolíc
Ready ⬩ prepared ⬩ equipped ⬩ stately ⬩ părātus ⬩ instructus ⬩ ornātus
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Ready, prepared, equipped, stately; părātus, instructus, ornātus Ðǽr wæs on eorle geatolíc gúþscrúd there was on the man a prepared war-dress, Elen. Kmbl. 515; El. 258 : Beo. Th. 435; B. 215 : 4314; B. 2154.
leóht-bǽre
Luminous ⬩ brilliant ⬩ splendid
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Á ðæs dóm áge leóhtbǽre lof se ús ðis líf giefeþ ever therefore may he have glory, splendid praise, who giveth us this life, Exon. 80 a; Th. 299, 34; Crä. 112
mægden-hád
Maidenhood ⬩ virginity
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Gif ǽnig wer oððe wíf geháte ðæt hé wylle mǽdenhád gehealdan si quis vir aui mulier voverit virginitatem servare, L. Ecg. C. 19; Th. ii. 146, 1
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ge-tot
Pomp ⬩ splendour ⬩ pompa
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Pomp, splendour; pompa Ídel-wuldor ðæt is gylp oððe getot vain-glory, that is pride or pomp, Homl. Th. ii. 220, 28. Riggon ðe mid ðam leaslícum getote inneode Riggo who entered with the false pomp, Homl. Th. ii. 168, 16. Getote pompa, R. Ben. 7, Lye
ge-léfan
To believe ⬩ confide ⬩ trust ⬩ crēdĕre ⬩ confīdĕre
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Geléfst ðú ðæt seó wyrd wealde disse worulde dost thou believe that fortune governs this world? Bt. 5, 3; Fox 12, 1
ge-seccan
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Ides sceal dyrne cræfte hire freónd geseccan gif heó nelle on folce geþeán ðæt hí man beágum gebycge a woman must by secret art get herself a friend if she do not wish publicly to succeed in being bought with rings, Menol. Fox 548; Gn. C. 44
ge-mimor
Existing in the memory or mind[?], known ⬩ notus
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, known; notus Leden him wæs swá cúþ and swá gemimor swá swá Englisc ðæt him gecyndelíc wæs linguam Latinam non minus quam Anglorum, quæ sibi naturalis est, noverit, Bd. 5, 20; S. 641, 35. v. Grm. D. M. 352-3
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sícan
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Th. 6, 5. to sigh for, long for Ðæt wǽron ða tída ðe Rómáne nú ǽfter sícaþ en tempora . . . quibus recordatio suspirat, Ors. 2, 8 ; Swt. 92, 35
sige-folc
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A victorious or triumphant people Heó ( Judith) ðæt word ácwæþ tó ðam sigefolce (the Jews who were about to destroy the Assyrians ), Judth. Thw. 23, 32 ; Jud. 152. Ðá wæs þeód on sǽlum, sigefolca swég, Beo. Th. 1292 ; B. 644 : Menol. Fox 593 ; Gn.
un-þingod
Unatoned ⬩ unsettled
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Unatoned, unsettled Swá eác se ðe óðrum bismer cwið, oððe déð, ðeáh hé geswíce, and hit nǽfre eft ne dó, ðeáh hit bið gedón, ðæt hé dyde, and unðingad, gif hé hit ne bét neque qui contumelias irrogat, si solummodo tacuerit, satisfecit, Past. 54; Swt.
un-lár
Evil teaching ⬩ incitement to evil
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Ðæt hé forsace and forbúge deófles unlára, Wulfst. 32, 15: 144. 9
wiþer-leán
Recompense ⬩ retribution
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Recompense, retribution Wearð wícingum wiþerleán ágifen; gehýrde ic ðæt Eádweard ánne slóge, Byrht. Th. 135, 11; By. 116. Deáþes háliges wiþerleáne (as recompense) líf eádig geáhniaþ mortis sacre compendia vitam beatam possident, Hymn.
wiþerweardlíce
Detrimentally ⬩ against the interests
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Detrimentally, against the interests of any one Þurh ðæt ðe ðú ðysne wuldres cyning áhénge, ðú dydest wyþerwerdlíce ongeán ðé and eác ongeán mé (thou hast acted against thine own interests and against mine. v.
writ-bred
A writing-tablet
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Ðá álýfde se ðám cnihtum ðæt hí hyne ofslógen mid heora writbredum and hine ofsticodon mid hira writýrenum, Shrn. 117, 29
bí-sǽce
Disputed ⬩ disputable ⬩ contested
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Substitute: Disputed, disputable, contested Gif ðær hwæt bísæces sý, séme se biscop if there be anything contested, let the bishop arbitrate, Ll. Th. ii. 314, 9. Wé lǽrað ꝥ preóst bísæce ordél ǽfre ne geǽðe, 258, 3. Cf. un-besacen
cnyssan
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Cnyssaþ (cnysað, L.) pulsate . . . cnyssande (ðǽm cnysende, L.) pulsanti, Mt. R. 7, 7, 8. Ongan ic wépan and míne breóst cnyssan, Hml. S. 23 b, 428. Add
for-micel
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Very great Is ðæt formicel scyld quanta sint mala, Past. 349, 17: Lch. iii. 436, 8. Þú miht witan ꝥ ꝥ gecynd is swíþe mice). Ýs ꝥ formicel gecynd ꝥ ..., Bt. 34, 11; F. 150, 33. Hé áh þæs formycle þearfe ꝥ ..., Ll. Th. i. 372, 13
geard-steall
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Ondlang ðæs aldan geardstealles ...; and swá æfter ðám hegestealle, C. D. iii. 391, 8
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