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ge-défe

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In the metrical Psalms it is used as a favourable epithet of indefinite meaning Ealle þe . . . his gedéfne weg lustum gangað omnes . . . qui ambulant in viis ejus, Ps. Th. 127, 1.

þeáw

(n.)
Grammar
þeáw, es; m.
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Þis folc after ðeáwe tó húsle gange, Blickl. Homl. 207, 5. Heó ðone ðeáw ðæs Cristenan geleáfan ( ritum fidei ) healdan móste, Bd. 1, 25; S. 486, 34. Hǽþennysse ðeáw forlǽtan gentilitatis ritum relinquere, 1, 26; S. 488, 12.

setl

(n.)
Grammar
setl, sedl, seðl, seotl, sotl, seatl, sitl (-el, -ol, -ul), es; pl. setl, setlu, sotelas, setlas (
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</b> in reference to the heavenly bodies, tó setle gán, etc. (cf. Fr. le coucher do soleil, le soleil se couche) to set :-- Syððan sunne beó on setle after sunset. Lchdm. iii. 8, 19.

mǽl

(n.)
Grammar
mǽl, mál, mél, es; n. m. (?)

a measurea marksigncrosscrucifixfixed, suitable, appointed timeseasonoccasionthe time for eatinga meal

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Ðá wæs sǽl and mǽl ðæt tó healle gang Healfdenes sunu, 2021; B. 1008. Ðá ðæs mǽles wæs mearc agongen then was the appointed time past, Cd. 83; Th. 103, 16; Gen. 1719: 224; Th. 296, 12; Sat. 501.

sǽl

(n.)
Grammar
sǽl, es; m.: e; f.

time, occasiona fit time, season, opportunity,circumstance, condition happiness, good fortune, good time, prosperity

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Ðá wæs sǽl and mǽl, ðæt tó healle gang Healfdenes sunu it was the proper time for Hrothgar to go to the banquet-hall, Beo. Th. 2021; B. 1008. Óþ ðæt sǽl álamp (cf. Ðá seó tíd gelamp, ðæt . . .

Linked entry: sél

be-fón

to seizecatchtake,to seizetake forcible possession ofto seize a criminallost propertyto catchget to see a personto getattain toto surroundencompassto enclose,to serve as a covering forcontainto put into a coveringto encircle,to lie roundto place roundto includecontaincompriseto surround with wordsfurnish with a commentaryto have to do with an objectto engage in an occupationget involved in an action

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L. 8, 3. to catch, get to see a person :-- Gang tó ðám Godes menn ꝥ þú hine befó ǽr his forðsíðe, Hml. S. 3, 649. to get, attain to :-- ꝥte þá úe bifóe (contingamus) ðóhte, Rtl. 71, 21. of things Cwaecung biféng (adprehendit) hié, Ps. Srt. 47, 7.

sele

(n.)
Grammar
sele, es ; m.
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Hié tó sele ( the Danish king's hall ), gangan cwómon, Beo. Th. 652 ; B. 323. In sele ðam heán, 1431 ; B. 713 : ( Hygelac's hall ), 3973 ; B. 1984. On sele in the dragon's cave, 6248 ; B. 3128. Tó sele to the prison, Andr. Kmbl. 2624 ; An. 1313.

sinc

(n.)
Grammar
sinc, es ; n. (used only in poetry)
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Tó heánlíc mé þinceþ, ðæt gé mid úrum sceattum tó scype gangon unbefohtene . . . ne sceole gé swá sófte sinc gegangan, Byrht. Th. 133, 33 ; By. 59. Leóda gód, súðmonna sinc, Cd. Th. 121, 28 ; Gen. 2017.

scip

(n.)
Grammar
scip, a ship.
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Wé willað mid þám sceattum ús tó scype gangan, By. 40. Ðá ðe mid scipe líðað, Ps. Th. 106, 22. Gyf mon beó at his ǽhtan bereáfod and hé wite of hwilcum scipe, ágyfe steóresman þá ǽhta, Ll. Th. i. 286, 17.

sóþ-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
sóþ-fæst, adj.

true, without deceptiontrue in deedjustrighteouspiouswithout wickednesstrue in speechveracious

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Hí on ðín sóðfæst weorc (in justitiam tuam) ne gangan, Ps. Th. 68, 28: 70, 14, 20, 22. Ðín sóðfæst word justificationes tuas, 118, 20. Hé gecýþde ðæt sóþfæste men habbaþ mid him þeófas and synfulle men, Blickl. Homl. 75, 27.

hleów

(n.)
Grammar
hleów, hleó, es; n.

A shelter, protection, covering, refuge;

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Uton gán on ðisne weald innan on ðisses holtes hleó let us go into this wood, into the shelter of this grove, Cd. 39; Th. 52, 7; Gen. 840: Exon. 62 a; Th. 227, 26; Ph. 429.

swǽsende

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
swǽsende, es; but occurring almost always in pl. swǽsendu (-a, -o); n.
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&para; In phrases :-- Gán tó swǽsendum to go to dinner; ire ad reficiendum, 5, 4; S. 617, 18. Sittan æt or tó swǽsendum to sit at meat, take a meal :-- Hí æt beóde and æt swǽsendum sǽton sederunt ad mensam 5, 5; S. 617, 10: Cd.

Linked entries: swésende swoese

þider

(adv.)
Grammar
þider, þieder; adv.
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Uton mid him þyder geond gán, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 748, 321. Ðæt gifeðe ðe ðone þyder ontyhte, Beo. Th. 6164; B. 3086. Hit witena nán þider (cf. þǽr, Bt. 32, 3; Fox 118, 9) ne séceþ no wise man goes thither to look for it, Met. 19, 8.

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ge-hínan

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Gange hé of dóme gehýned cum judica-tur, exeat condemnatus Ps. Th. 108, 6. Hé hafaþ ealle scyldige for-démde and gehýnde, Bl. H. 87, 2. to accuse Ðá ðe ðec gehénað qui te accusant Jn. L. R. 8, 10. Gehéndon ( accusabant) hine ðá héhsácerdas, Mk. L.

seld

(n.)
Grammar
seld, es ; n.
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Cwom Daniel in ðæt seld gangan, 225, 9 ; Dan. 151 : 262, 1 ; Dan. 737. Engel lét his hand cuman in ðæt heá seld ( Belshazzar's hall ), 261, 7 ; Dan. 722. Hié tempel strudon, Salomanes seld, 260, 19 ; Dan. 712.

Linked entry: sæld

lást

(n.)
Grammar
lást, lǽst, leást, es; m.

A stepfootsteptracktrace

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Lástas wǽron wíde gesýne, gang ofer grundas, Beo. Th. 2809; B. 1402. Ic sume in bryne sende ðæt him lásta wearþ síðast gesýne some have I sent into the fire, so that no trace of them was left, Exon. 72 b; Th. 270, 33; Jul. 474.

Linked entry: lǽst

lócian

(v.)
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Hé úp lócade þurh wolcna gang, Dan. 623. Hé lócade geond þæt láðe scræf. Sat. 727. Lóca ofer londbúende, 684. Lócian ongeán þá sunnan oculos ad lucem solis attollere. Bt. 38, 5 ; F. 204, 27.

bysmerian

(v.)
Grammar
bysmerian, bysmrian, bismrian, bismærian, bysmorian, bysmrigan, to bismrienne, bysmrigenne; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [bismer, bysmer mockery, blasphemy]
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Uton gangan ðæt we bysmrigen him let us go that we may revile him, 2713; An. 1359

þeóstre

(adj.)
Grammar
þeóstre, þeóster (-or, -ur), and þiéstre, þístre, þýstre; adj.
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Ðeóf sceal gangan in ðýstrum wederum, Menol. Fox 544; Gn. C. 42. Niht biþ wedera þeóstrost, Salm.

híwian

(v.)

to formfabricateto feignto dissemble

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Anatolius hátte sum híwigende munuc, and hé behýdde his yfelnysse, 31, 792. to make as if: Ne híwa ðú, mín bearn, swilce ðú mid bilewitnysse mæge gán orsorh tó mǽdena húsum, Hex. 48, 9.