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ge-scrépe

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-scrépe, ge-scroepe, ge-scrǽpe, ge-screópe; adj.
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Netto menniscum giwunu giscroepo wilde deáro tó onfóanne retes humano usui aptus bestias ad capiendas, Rtl. 117, 14

Linked entries: -scrépe un-gescrépu ge-scroepe

þeór

(n.)
Grammar
þeór, es(?), e(?), gender is uncertain: in the following passages, which might be decisive, the forms are doubtful
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Wið ðeóre, iii. 20, 15: 28, 7, 19: 30, 3, 13. v. next word

eáre

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D. ear, ll. 8, and next word

lá

(int.)

Lo ⬩ Oh ⬩ Ah

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Nese lá nese, Bt. 27, 2; Fox 96, 27

eall

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Ꝥ man crístene men for ealles tó lytlum tó deáðe ne fordéme, Ll. Th. i. 304, 19.

hláf

bread ⬩ a loaf ⬩ cake ⬩ bread ⬩ bread ⬩ manna ⬩ cake

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Hú mæg þǽm geweorðan þe ... him hláf and stán on gesihðe geweorðað ... þæt hé þone stán nime, ... hláfes ne gíme, El. 611-616. Hé his líchoman him sealde on hláfe, Bl. H. 73, 5. Gé etað hláf be gewihte and gé ne beóð fulle. Lev. 26, 26.

Linked entry: hláf-gang

freónd

(n.)
Grammar
freónd, friónd, es; pl. nom. acc. freóndas, frénd, frýnd, freónd; gen. freónda; dat. freóndum; m. [freónde loving, part. of freón,

A FRIEND ⬩ ămīcus

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Se hláford ne scrífþ freónde ne feónde the lord regards not friend nor foe, Bt. Met. Fox 25, 31; Met. 25, 16: Exon. 105 b; Th. 401, 23; Rä. 21, 16.

Linked entries: frénd friénd friónd ge-frýnd

GÁST

(n.)
Grammar
GÁST, gǽst, es; m.

the breath ⬩ hālĭtus ⬩ spīrāmen ⬩ the spirit ⬩ soul ⬩ GHOST ⬩ spīrĭtus ⬩ anĭmus ⬩ ănĭma

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the breath; hālĭtus, spīrāmen Ne ne is gást on múþe heora there is not breath in their mouth, Ps. Spl. 134, 17. Ðæt ic ofsleá eall flǽsc, on ðam ðe ys lífes gást that I may slay all flesh, in which is the breath of life, Gen. 6, 17.

Linked entries: góst gaast gǽst gǽst

rodor

(n.)
Grammar
rodor, rador, es; m.
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Hwá unlǽredra ne wundraþ þæs roderes færeldes, hú hé ǽlce dæge úton ymbhwyrfþ ealne ðisne middaneard, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 15. Rodres, Met. 28, 3.

Linked entry: rador

be-swícan

(v.)
Grammar
be-swícan, bi-swícan; ic -swíce, ðú -swícest, -swícst, he -swíceþ, -swícþ, pl. -swícaþ; p. -swác, pl. -swicon; pp. -swicen; v. a. [be by, swícan to deceive]

To deceive, entice, seduce, delude, betray, offend, supplant, weaken, evade ⬩ decipere, illicere, seducere, illudere, prodere, scandalizare, supplantare, deficere, evadere

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Ne mæg hit wildeór beswícan a wild beast cannot evade it, Salm. Kmbl. 572; Sal. 285. Ðú hafast ðínra feónda handa beswicene hostium manus evasisti, Bd. 2, 12; S. 515, 23

Linked entries: be-swác bi-swícan

wunung

(n.)
Grammar
wunung, e; f.

dwelling ⬩ living ⬩ a dwelling ⬩ habitation ⬩ place to live in ⬩ being ⬩ existence ⬩ living

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Ne biþ ðǽr Cristes eardung ne his wunung on ðære heortan, Blickl. Homl. 13, 24. On ðære fíftan fléringe wæs ðæra manna wunung gelógod, Boutr. Scrd. 21, 10: Homl. Th. i. 536, 16. Wununge contubernio, habitaculo, Hpt. Gl. 468, 63.

Linked entry: wunian

á-firran

(v.)
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Ne áfyr ( elongaveris ) þú fultum fram mé. Ps. L. 21, 10. Fácen from úrum heortum ádoon and áfyrran. Bl. H. 95, 28. From ús ðióstro áfirra. ( depellere ), Rtl. 37, 9. Eft wé sié áfirred from . . . retrahamur a . . . , 17, 15.

Linked entries: a-feorran á-ferran á-fyrran

ge-beódan

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Geboden tó bǽle, Dan. 414. to offer to do, do to a person Rihtlaga is þæt man óðran gebeóde, þæt hé wylle, þæt man him gebeóde, Wlfst. 274, 12.. nánum ne gebeóde þæt, þæt hé nelle þæt man him gebeóde, Hml. Th. i. 260, 30-32.

hræd

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Ne tó hræd ne tó stíð tó ðǽre wrace, Past. 79, 11. Eáðe and hræd on hlehtre facilis ac promptus in risu, R. Ben. 30, 9. Þú wǽre hrædra tó his fultume þonne hé wénde, Ps. Th. 20, 3. Hræd tó yfle prona in malum, Chrd. 54, 31.

hwider

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Elles hwyder ofer ꝥ ( ne) aliorsum ulterius (progredi valentes ), An. Ox. 3781 : Wrt. Voc. ii. 83; 35. combined with swá, whithersoever. swá hwider swá Ǽrendian swá hwyder swá him mon tó tǽcð in nuncium ire quocunque dicetur ei Ll.

standan

Grammar
standan, <b>I 2.</b>
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VIII. add: — His fét ne mihton áhwár standan, ac hé feóll ádún tó deófle áwend, Ælf. T. Grn. 3, 1. Ðǽr wæs standende wæter ofer þám lande, swá hit þǽre eá flód ǽr gefleów, Ors. 1, 3; S. 32, 11. <b>VIII a.

wǽr

(n.)
Grammar
wǽr, e; f.

A covenant ⬩ compact ⬩ agreement ⬩ pledge

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Ðæt ǽnig mon wordum ne worcum wǽre ne brǽce, Beo. Th. 2205; B. 1100. Heó his (Joseph's) mǽgwinum morðor fremedon, wǽre frǽton, Cd. Th. 187, 7; Exod. 147. Hé lyt wǽre gewonade, Exon. Th. 148, 19; Gú. 747.

Linked entries: ge-wǽred wǽrlíce

of-teón

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

to withdraw ⬩ to take away what a person has, deprive a person of anything ⬩ to withhold, keep back, deny a person anything ⬩ abstrahere

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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.

self

(pronoun.)
Grammar
self, seolf, silf, sylf; pron. <b>A.</b>
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Ne wén ðú ðæt ic tó ánwillíce winne wið ða wyrd, forðam iç hit nó selfe ne ondrǽde, Bt. 20; Fox 70, 21. Ðá ðá wé hit nóhwæðer ne selfe ne lufodon, Past. pref. ; Swt. 5, 6. Sylfe, Blickl. Homl. 53, 1: 223, 20.

Linked entries: seolf silf siolf sylf

ende-byrdnes

Grammar
ende-byrdnes, (-bred-, in Northern specimens).

a row ⬩ series ⬩ a rank ⬩ grade ⬩ degree ⬩ rank ⬩ position ⬩ degree ⬩ an order ⬩ order ⬩ order ⬩ order ⬩ method ⬩ regulation ⬩ ordering ⬩ an injunction ⬩ ordinance

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Hí ne móton tóslúpan of heora endebyrdnesse, 39, 5; F. 218, 32.

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