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ceáp-gyld

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indemnity for stolen property.Add: Gecýðe ꝥ hit wǽre forstolen, and bidde syþþan his ceápgildes, Ll. Th. i. 238, 13. 8. Þingie on þám ceápgilde, náht on þám wíte, 210, 16.

ge-reordness

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hí in gelaðode tó gereordnesse, 252, 12, 16. bróhte mé hláf to gereordnesse, 347, 32. Wín tó his heortan gereordnysse, Ll. Th. ii. 438, 17.

Linked entry: -reordness

for-faran

(v.)

To perishTo destroyto blockade

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Þurh ꝥ . . . þe hí heom sylfe ǽlc óðerne forfóre, Chr. 1052; P. 180, 25. (Jupiter) wolde his ágene fæder forfaran, Wlfst. 106, 11. Is folces forfaren máre þonne scolde, 46, 18.

Linked entry: fór-faran

ó-leccan

(v.)
Grammar
ó-leccan, -liccan, -læcan; p. -lecte, -lehte, -læhte.
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him ólecte ðá cuæþ cut blandiens dicit. Past. 26, I ; Swt. 181, 10. God hwílon geólæhþ, and hwílon beswingþ. Nǽre nán tihting, gif ús ne ólæhte, Homl. Th. ii. 330, 3. Ólecce demulceat, blanditur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 68.

Linked entry: óliccan

sóþ

(adj.)
Grammar
sóþ, adj.
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þohte on him sylfum hwæt his sóðes wǽre he thought in himself what there was of it true, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 545. Fela spella him sǽdon ðaBeormas . . . ac nyste hwæt ðæs sóþes wæs, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 33.

ge-lettan

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wearð þurh weder gelet, Chr. 1097; P. 233, 17. him swá gelettum and swá genýddum hwæthugu getǽse gedyde ei commodum coacto renitentique dedit, Gr. D. 39, 26.

ge-wita

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H. 36, 707) gecýðe . . . ꝥ ne gewita ne gestala nǽre ( that he neither knew of, nor took part in, the theft ), Ll. Th. i. 118, 15.

a-calan

(v.)
Grammar
a-calan, p. -cól, pl. -cólon

To become coldalgerefrigescere

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To become cold; algere, frigescere Nó acól for ðý egesan he never became cold for the terror, Andr. Grm. 1267

æt-écan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-écan, -ycan; p. -écte; v. trans, [æt to, at, eacan to eke]

To add toincreaseaddereadjicere

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To add to, increase; addere, adjicere He ætécte addidit, Bd. 3, 27; S. 559, 33: Mt. Rush. Stv. 6, 27

a-firsian

(v.)
Grammar
a-firsian, p. ode; pp. od

To take awayremovelongefacereremovere

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To take away, remove; longefacere, removere He afirsode fram us unrihtwísnysse longefecit a nobis iniquitates, Ps. Spl. M. 102, 12

eorþ-cyn

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-cyn, -cynn, es ; n.

he earth-kind, terrestrial speciesgĕnus terricŏlārum

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he earth-kind, terrestrial speciesT; gĕnus terricŏlārum Eallum eorþcynne for each terrestrial species, Cd. 161; Th. 201, 10; Exod. 370

for-þeóstrian

(v.)
Grammar
for-þeóstrian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To darkenbe darkobscūrāre

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To darken, be dark; obscūrāre He asende þeóstru and forþeóstrade oððe swearc mīsit tenebras et obscūrāvit, Ps. Lamb. 104, 28

friénd

(n.)

friend

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friend Ne murnþ náuðer ne friénd ne fiénd he regards neither friend nor foe, Bt. 37, 1. Fox 186, 7

eald-geneát

(n.)
Grammar
eald-geneát, es; m.

An old companionvĕtus cŏmes

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An old companion; vĕtus cŏmes Se wæs eald-geneát he was an old companion, Byrht. Th. 140, 58; By. 310

heoloran

(v.)
Grammar
heoloran, holrian; p. ede

To weigh in a balanceto consider

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To weigh in a balance, to consider holrede pensavit, cogitavit, Mone B. 1604. Heolorende librantes, Cot. 123: 180, Lye

Linked entry: holrian

in-gedón

(v.)

to put in

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to put in on ðæt gemynegade mynster ingedón wæs monasterio supra memorato inditus, Bd. 5, 12 ; S. 631, 9

ge-slǽpan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-slǽpan, -slépan, -slépian [in the Northern glosses of the Gospels the verb is weak]
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to sleep He geslépde dormiebat, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 8, 24. Geslépedon alle and geslépdon dormitaverunt omnes et dormierunt, 25, 5

geswincfulnys

(n.)
Grammar
geswincfulnys, -nyss, e; f.
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Sorrow, affliction, tribulation; trībŭlātio Of eallum geswincfulnyssum he gehǽlde hine de omnĭbus trībŭlātiōnĭbus ejus salvābit eum, Ps. Lamb. 33, 7

streng-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
streng-líc, adj.
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Strong, flrm Hú him strenglícran stól geworhte, heáhran on heofonum, Cd. Th. 18, 14; Gen. 273. Cf. strang-líc

sundor-notu

(n.)
Grammar
sundor-notu, e ; f.
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-Gif ceorl geþeáh ðæt hæfde sundornote on cynges healle, L. R. 2; Th. i. 190, 17