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EARD

(n.)
Grammar
EARD, es; m.

land, country, province, region, place of residence, dwelling, home sŏlum nātīvum, patria, rĕgio, dŏmĭcĭlium on land terra, terra firmastate, station, conditionsĭtus, condĭtio

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Eard git ne const frécne stówe, ðǽr ðú findan miht secg thou dost not yet know the land, perilous place, where thou mayest find the man, Beo. Th. 2759; B. 1377: Exon. 38 b; Th. 128, 4; Gú. 399: 129 a; Th. 495, 20; Rä. 85, 6.

wuldor

(n.)
Grammar
wuldor, (-ur, -er), es; n.

Gloryvainglory

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Th. 182, 32; Gú. 1319: (St. Juliana), 278, 20; Jul. 600: 269, 23; Jul. 474. Seeorðan dǽl. . . se wuldres dǽl the body . . . the soul, 184, 11 ; Gú 1342. Wuldres treó the cross, Elen. Kmbl. 177; El. 89: Rood Kmbl. 28 ; Kr. 14. Wuldores stæf, Salm.

Linked entries: wulder wuldor-full

ge-séðan

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Ox. 217. to shew by evidence the truth of a statement, to prove Mid áfundennyssum wé geséþaþ experimentis i. argumentis astipulabimur, An. Ox. 3897. Hé geséðde þæt heora (the Jews') forðfæderas Godes frýnd gecígede wǽron, Hml. Th. i. 558, 20.

ge-swígian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-swígian, (l. ge-swigian, -swugian; and for Mt. L. 22, 12: 12, 23: Shrn. 151, 33: Ph. 145 see ge-swígan).
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Ácsode hine hwæþer him þ úhte ꝥ hé úþwita wǽre . . . ' Ic wolde cweþan ꝥ þú úþwita wǽre, gif þú geswugian (-sugian, v.l. ) mihtest, ' 18, 4; F. 68, 4. trans. with gen. to refrain from the saying of something þæt wé sceolan ídelra worda geswigian a mails

ge-hleótan

(v.)
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Add: trans. to obtain by lot Þá hluton þá consulas hwelc hiera ǽrest þæt gewinn underfénge.

ge-mǽnsumian

(v.)
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Substitute: <b>ge-mǽnsumian, ge-mǽnsuman;</b> p. ode, ede. to make one's own common to others, to impart, communicate, trans.

Linked entry: -mǽnsumian

hrínan

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</b> to touch, be sensitive to :-- Scíneð þé leóht fore . . . nú þú his hrínan meahte, Gen. 616. <b>I b.

Angle

(n.)
Grammar
Angle, g. a; dat. um; pl. m.

The ANGLES

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To Anglum to the Angles, Chr. 443; Th. 18, 33, col. 1; 19, 30, col. 1.

æt-speornan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-speornan, l. æt-spornan, -spurnan,
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Th. ii. 158, ll

folgere

a successora followeradherent

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Add: one who walks in the steps of another (lit. or fig.) Oft cymð sé bæftan ús þe ús mid swyftnysse gódre drohtnunge fore-stæpð; and wé earfoðlíce him filiað merigen, sé ðe nú dæg is úre folgere geðúht, Hml.

dýre

(adj.)
Grammar
dýre, adj.

dear, belovedcārus, dilectus dear of price, precious, costly

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Th. 88, 3: Exon. 9 a; Th. 7, 5; Cri. 96: Cd. 25; Th. 32, 22; Gen. 507: Exon. 54 b; Th. 192, 18; Az. 108: Ps. Th. 131, 5: Exon. 120 b; Th. 463, 14; Hö. 70: Menol. Fox 381; Men. 192: Elen.

Linked entry: DEÓRE

tyllan

(v.)
Grammar
tyllan, p.tylde

To drawattract

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Of þe purse þat seluer heo tulleþ. Misc. 188, 40. Ille felawes hafd maistri To tille this yong man to foli, Met. Homl. 113, 8. Þe world tyl hym drawes And tilles ... þam þat him knawes, Pr. C. 1183. To þe scole him for to till (tille), C.M. 12175.

HLÁF

(n.)
Grammar
HLÁF, es; m.

Bread, food, a loaf

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Cweþ ðæt ða stánas hláfum geweorþan tell the stones to become loaves, Blickl. Homl. 27, 7

of-teón

(v.)
Grammar
of-teón, pp. -togen and -tigen.

to withdrawto take away what a person has, deprive a person of anythingto withhold, keep back, deny a person anythingabstrahere

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Hond feorhsweng ne ofteáh the hand refused not to strike a fatal stroke, Beo. Th. 4972; B. 2489 : 3045; B. 1520.

cyne-þrym

(n.)
Grammar
cyne-þrym, gen.cynet-þrymmes ; m. [þrym a multitude, majesty, glory]

A kingly host, royal majesty or gloryregia multitudo, regis majestas

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Ðú me gecýðdest cyneþrymma wyn thou declaredst to me joy of kingly glories, Exon. 120 b; Th. 463, 23; Hö. 74

sécan

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3. add: Hiǽ sóhtum ł soecað ðec stǽnenna quaerebant te lapidare, Jn. R. L. 8, 11. 3 a. with prep., to seek after, try to provide for Séc(e) man on cwicum ceápe ymbe mínre sáwle þearfe, swá hit beón mæge, and swá hit eác gerysne sý, C.

til

(prep.)
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prep, (used only in the North) To Fúsæ fearran kwómu æþþilæ til ánum (cf. fúse feorran cwómon ðam æðelinge, Rood Kmbl. 115; Kr. 58), Txts. 126, 13. Hé scóp ælda barnum heben til hrófe (cf. hrófe, Bd. 4, 24; M. 344, 11), 149, 6.

án-forlǽtan

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Hé (Adam) gemunde þá gefeán þe hé ǽr ánforlét (amiserat), Gr.

Linked entry: for-lǽtan

or-wéne

(adj.)
Grammar
or-wéne, adj.
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P. i. 4; Th. ii. 172, 23. Hé wearþ his lífes orwéne. Homl. Th. i. 86, 28. Hé læg his lífes orwéne, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 301: Glostr. Frag. 6, 18: Chart. Th. 339, 22. Hié ðæs écan lífes orwéne wǽron, Blickl. Homl. 85, 27. Huí wǽron orwéne hwæðer. . .

Linked entries: wéne orenum

gleó-man

(n.)
Grammar
gleó-man, glí-man, glii-man, gliig-man, glig-man, -mann, es; m.

A glee-manmusicianminstreljesterplayerbuffoonmusicuscantorjoculatorhistrioscurramimuspantomimus

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Wera gehwylcum wíslícu word gerísaþ, gleómen gied to every man wise words are fitting, song to the gleeman, Exon. 91 b; Th. 344, 1; Gn. Ex. 167: 87 a; Th. 326, 29; Wíd. 136. Gligman mimus, jocista, scurra, pantomimus, Ælfc.

Linked entry: glí-man