earm-heort
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Substitute: poor-spirited, faint-hearted On óðre wísan sint tó monianne ðá ofermódan and ðá úpáhæfenan on hira móde, on óðre wísan ðá earmheortan and ðá wácmódan ( pusillanimes ), Past. 209, 2. pitiful, tender-hearted Hé wæs tó þám earmheort (swá mildheort
ge-gíman
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Take here <b>ge-géman</b> in Dict., and add: to take care with, correct Gegémes corrigens, Mt. p. 12, 13. to take care of medically, cure Alle in untrymnisse gegémde cunctos infirmitate curavit, Mk. p. 2, 13: Lk. p. 6, 9: p. 8, 9. Monigo
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ge-mǽdan
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Add: pp. ge-mǽd. to make insane Gemǽd amens (puer . . . vertitur in rabiem fraudatus mente sagaci, bacchatur . . . amens, Aid. 176, 17), Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 4: 5, 59. to make foolish Gemǽdid ineptus, Wrt. Voc. ii. in, 70. Gemaeded vanas, 123, 13. Gemǽdedne
ge-onet
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Substitute: <b>ge-ónettan;</b> p. te To get by hastening, seize, occupy Tó huon eorðo giónetað quid terram occupat, Lk. L. R. 13, 7. Geónette (geom-, MS.) occupavit (cf. ónete occupavit, 712), Txts. 82, 717. Geónet preoccupetur (v. ge-efstan
ge-scínan
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Add: to shine Eft gesceán onsióne his resplenduit facies ejus, Mt. L. 17, 2. Gewoedo his huít swíða gesceán (giscionun, R.) uestitus eius albus refulgens, Lk. L. 9, 29. to shine on Swá se fiicbeám ofersceadað ðæt lond ðæt hit under him ne mæg gegrówan
ge-scrincan
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Add: To contract (intrans.) Gif sino gescrince . . . monegum men gescrincað his fét tó his homme, Lch. ii. 68, 1 — 2. Hond gescruncan (arida), Lk. L. 6, 6. Þ wíf gescryncan áhóf mulierem curuatum trigens, p. 8, 4. Þá gescruncenan and þá þynhlǽnan marcida
ge-bryttan
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To break to pieces, crumble up Gebrytte frico, Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 75. Gif þá finde fisc on óþrum fisce innan, genim þone and gebrǽd swíþe, and gebryte on drincan and sele þám seócan drincan, Lch. ii. 90, 10. Heorotes lungena ... þonne hié ful wel ádrúgode
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geanðe
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Mið ðý wæs Petrus in worð from geanðe ł sunduria (deorsum. Has the glosser taken deorsum = de adversum and glossed it by from geán, and written both word, ðe = or, and symbol, ł, to connect this gloss with an alternative one, which, however, seems to
gearcung
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Take here <b>gærcung</b> in Dict. and add Gearkinge lustrationis An. Ox. 7, 126. Gearc[inge] praeparatione 3617. Hú-meta dorstest ðú gán tó mínre gearcunge ( the feast I have prepared. Cf. ealle míne ðing ic gearcode; cumað tó þám giftum,
ge-ceorfan
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Take here ge-cearfan in Dict., and add: to cut off, cut down Tré gecorfen bið ł [man] gecearfas arbor exciditur, Mt. L. 7, 19. Ðió eárliprece ðone Petrus gecurfe ( absciderat ), Lk. p. 11, 6. Gecearfa abscidi, Mt. p. 14, 15. to behead a person Hé gecearf
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ge-twisa
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Getwisan germanas (the gloss seems to belong to geminos: the passage is ' geminos germano foedere atres,' Ald. 160, 9), Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 6: 41, 42. Getwysan gemellos 92, 60. Getwisan, 41, 43. Rebecca ácende twégen getwysan, Hml. Th. i. 110, 21. His wíf
ígeoþ
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Add: ígeþ, ígþ Tó ðon crundele ðe se ígð on stent, C. D. v. 193, 33. Út ongeán streám tó snítan-íge, on norðhealfe þæs ígeðes,C. D. B. ii. 374, 15. Ofer ðonæ ígað, C. D. v. 173, 23. Andlang eaxan oþ focgan ígeþas, of focgan ígeþum, Cht. Crw. 3, 3; C.
ofer-sewenness
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Contempt; as a legal term, fine for disobedience to authority. The word occurs only in legal documents. In the laws of Henry I it corresponds to ofer-hírness in the Anglo-Saxon laws Habeat episcopus debita transgressionum et poenam delictorum quae nos
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hors-hwæl
A walrus
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A walrus Swíðost hé fór ðider tóeácan ðæs landes sceáwunge for ðǽm horschwælum for ðæm hie habbaþ swíðe æðele bán on heora tóþum his principal object in going there, in addition to the observation of the country, was to get the walruses, for they have
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ofer-fón
to seize ⬩ rapere
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to seize Oferféng obuncabat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 62, 69. Þeódríc ðone þegn oferféng, héht healdan ðone hererinc, Met. 1, 69. Ðá genáman him æfést tó ða ealdormen ðara sacerda, and hine sylfne oferféngon, Blickl. Homl. 177, 21. Hé hiene oferfón hét, and áhón
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ofer-sprecan
to say too much, use too many words ⬩ to say too much, more than is just ⬩ blasphemare
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to say too much, use too many words Ne flýt ðú wið ánwilne man ne wið ofersprecenne don't dispute with an obstinate man, or with one using too many words, Prov. Kmbl. 5. to say too much, more than is just Ofersprecendes obloquentis, Ps. Lamb
snide
a cut, incision ⬩ slaying ⬩ concisio, laceratio
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a cut, incision Ða wunde ðæs snides vulnus incisurae Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 17. Gif ðú wille on snide blód forlǽtan if you wish to let blood at an incision Lchdm. ii. 148, 10: 16, 5. slaying Similar entries v. sníðan, IV Swá swá scép tó snide tamquam ouis
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hird-ness
Guard, ⬩ keeping, ⬩ custody
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Guard, keeping, custody Hé betǽhte hig ða þrí dagas tó hirdnysse tradidit ergo illos custodiæ tribus diebus, Gen. 42, 17. Gif hwá befæst his feoh tó hyrdnysse si quis commendaverit pecuniam in custodiam, Ex. 22, 7. Swá hí on niht hyrdnesse begangaþ sicut
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Francan
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Bucellinus cóm mid Francum (Froncum, v.l.) ... Ongunnon þá Francan (Franci) gangan in tó cyrican, Gr. D. 16, 8-16. Far tó ðǽra Francena ríce, Hml. Th. i. 560, 4. Florus wæs fyrmest þǽra Francena þegna, Hml. S. 6, 140. Hé mid þám Francum wunode, 29, 164
searu-þancol
cunning ⬩ sagacious ⬩ wise
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Of cunning thought, cunning, sagacious, wise Searoþoncol mægþ (Judith) Judth. Thw. 23, 28; Jud. 145. Nis ǽnig secg searoþoncol tó ðæs swíðe gleáw, Exon. Th. 14, 16; Cri. 220. Ðe (which) secgas searoþoncle seaxe delfaþ, 427, 26; Rä. 41, 97. Gesǽton searuþancle