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ymb-hwyrft

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-hwyrft, (-hwearft, -hweorft, -hwerft), es; m.
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Gang óð ðæt ðú ðone ymbhwyrft alne canne, Cd. Th. 308, 33; Sat. 702. ¶ On ymbhwyrfte among :-- Se ðe is on ealra ymbhwyrfte tó weorþienne he that is to be honoured among all people Blickl.

þeówet

(n.)
Grammar
þeówet, (-ot, -ut), þeówt, [t]es; m.
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On þeówot gangan, L. In. 7; Th. i. 106, 17. On þeówot sellan, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 112, 30. Þeówet, L. Ecg. C. 27; Th. ii. 152, 17

Linked entries: þeówot þeówt

bæþ

a bath for washingthe bath of fish or sea-fowl:--

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'Wé ne willað on ðæt bæð (fontem) gangan,' Bd. 2, 5;Sch. 134, 13-19. Hí hiene bǽdon ryhtes geleáfan and fulwihtes bæðes they asked him for the true faith and baptism, Ors. 6, 34;S. 290, 27.

neáh

(adj.; adv.)
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neáh, néh

nighnearnearnearlyaboutof place

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Gang mé neár hider come hither nearer to me, 179, 30. Seó Ægyptus ðe ús neár is, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 12, 16. Swá hé biþ ðære sunnan neár swá biþ hire fyrr whether it (the moon) is nearer to the sun or farther from it, Shrn. 64, 32.

DÉMA

(n.)
Grammar
DÉMA, an; m. [déman to deem, judge, think] .

a deemer, thinker, judge, an umpire censor, consul, jūdex, arbĭter the judge, who gave a wrong judgment, was subject to a fine of one hundred and twenty shillings; and if a man could not obtain justice, the judge to whom he applied was fined thirty shillings. As the judge represented the king, he was at the king's disposal

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Ǽrmorgenes gancg wið ǽfentíd ealle ða déman Drihten healdeþ exĭtus matutīni et vespĕre delectabĕris, Ps.

Linked entries: dǽma doema

stów

(n.)
Grammar
stów, e ; f.
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Gange seó sócn intó ðære stówe ( the monastery at Ely ), Chart. Th. 243, 1. On ðære stówe ( the town of Zoar ) wé gesunde mágon bídan, Cd. Th. 152, 19 ; Gen. 2522.

heán

lowpoormeanignoblebasehumbleddepresseddejectedcast downmiserablewretchedmeanbaselow

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Ic mé ceóse þæt ic heán gange on hús Godes elegi abjectus esse in domo Dei mei, Ps. Th. 83, 11. Heán sceal gehnígan, Gn. Ex. 118. Doem þǽm freóndleásan and ðǽm heánan (humili), Ps. Srt. 9, 39. Heánne and ðearfan, 81, 3.

hrægl

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Mid swelce hrægle (veste) hé in eóde, mid swelce gange hé út, Ll. Th. i. 46, 3. <b>II a.</b> clothes that a person is wearing, (a person's) dress :-- Gif hwá nunnan . . . on hire hrægl gefó, Ll.

seón

(v.)
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seón, p. seah, pl. sáwon, sǽgon, ségon ; pp. sewen, sawen.
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Hát in gán seón sibbegedriht, Beo. Th. 779; B. 387. Uton éfstan seón and sécean searogeþræc, 6195; B. 3102. <b>II a.

freó

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H. 83, 31. of studies, liberal Wæs hé on gelǽrednesse gewrita ge freóra ( liberalium ) ge cyriclicra tó wundrienne, Bd. 5, 15; Sch. 651, 14. at liberty, not in confinement or custody Álýs ðú hine fram deóflum gehæftne, and lǽt hine gán frígne, Hml.

LÆS

(adv.)
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LÆS, adv. also used in conjunctional phrases and as a noun.

Lesslest

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Cýð ðis folc ðæt hig ne gán ofer ða gemǽro ðé læs hig swelton contestare populum ne forte velit transcendere terminos et pereat, Ex. 19, 21, 24: Ps. Th. 68, 14. Ðé lea ne, Kent. Gl. 161.

Linked entry: læsast

ge-métan

(v.)
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(a α) to find that to which one is directed :-- Gang tó ðæs sǽs waroðe, and þú þǽr gemétst scip, Bl. H. 231, 30. Gangað . . . and gé þǽr gemétað fíctreów, 239, 6: 147, 30.

tó-bregdan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-bregdan, -brédan; p. -brægd, -brǽd, pl. -brugdon, -brúdon (-brudon ?); pp. -brogden, -bróden (-broden ? in O. and N. tobrode rimes with unsode).

to separate (trans.) by a quick movement,to pull to pieces (lit. and fig. )to pull apartto separate (intrans.) by a quick movement,to break off,start from sleep,to awaketo separate by making a quick movement with something

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to separate (trans.) by a quick movement, to pull to pieces (lit. and fig. ) Hú ǽnig mæg gangan in húse stronges and fatu his tóbregdan (diripere), nymþe ǽr gebindaþ se stronge and ðonne hús his tóbrægdeþ (diripiat), Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 12, 29.

furþum

Take herein Dict., and add:even,just

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Ðá cyld þonne hí furþum gán magon . . . wilniaþ sumes weorþscipes, Bt. 36, 5; F. 180, 7

losian

(v.)
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losian, p. ode

To perishbe loststrayescape

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Mé syndon losode fóta gangas effusi sunt gressus mei, Ps. Th. 72, 1

Linked entry: lorian

wræc-síþ

(n.)
Grammar
wræc-síþ, es; m.

travel in a foreign landperegrinationpilgrimageexilebanishmentmiserywretchedness

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Homl. 23, 5. misery, wretchedness Uton gangan ðæt wé bysmrigen bendum fæstne, óðwíton him his wræcsíð, Andr. Kmbl. 2715 ; An. 1360. 'Ic nú þrý dagas þolian sceolde wælgrim wítu. . . .' ' Ne wép ðone wræcsíð, ' 2861 ; An. 1433.

ge-hild

(n.)
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ge-hild, es; n. ; ge-hildo, ge-hildu ; f.
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Ne mihte ic gangan tó eástdǽlum for Rómwarena cempena neáhhergunge and for [Persisc]ra gehældum, Hml. A. 200, 174. <b>I a.</b> a watch, period during which watch is kept :-- Swé swé gehaeld (custodia ) in næht, Ps. Srt. 89, 4.

gearwe

(adv.)
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gearwe, adv.
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</b> with verbs of observation, well :-- Fóre míne and míne gangas þú gearwe átreddest (investigasti ), and ealle míne wegas wel foresáwe, Ps. Th. 138, 2. Geara ic sceáwade considerabam, 141, 4. readily, willingly, eagerly Geare andettan, Ps.

ge-wil

(adj.)
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Ben. 118, 13. with dat. of person Þone þe byð heora leahtrum geþafa and him on gewill gancge consentientem personam, R. Ben. 118, 7.

wǽg

(n.)
Grammar
wǽg, es; m.

movementa wavewaterthe wavesea

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Wræclíce syndon wǽgea gangas, ðonne sǽstreámas swíðust flówaþ mirabiles elationes maris, Ps. Th. 92, 5. Wága gurgites, Hpt. Gl. 464, 76. Féran ofer wéga gewinn, Andr. Kmbl. 1863; An. 934. Ealle ða ðe onhréraþ hreó wǽgas on ðam brádan brime, Exon.