ród
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D. rood; 8) West be ðý wioda andlanges ðǽre róde, Cht. E. 153, 3. Of ðǽre dúne andlang þǽre róde oð hit cymð beneoðan stáncnolle, 248, 16. Of wáddene andlang ðǽre róde innon syx æceres, C. D. vi. 29, 34.
hlíwe
A shelter
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Tó ðǽre strǽt; on ðá streátan hlýwan; of ðǽre hlýwan, C. D. iii. 229, 28. Tó poshlíwan; ðonne of poshlíwan, 82, 2
wyn-sum
winsome ⬩ agreeable ⬩ pleasant ⬩ pleasant ⬩ joyous
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Hú wynsum (iocundum) is ðæt mon eardige on ðara gebróðra ánnesse, Blickl. Homl. 139, 29. Þincð him wynsum ðæt se weald oncwyð, Met. 13, 46.
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deór
brave, bold, as a wild beast ⬩ fortis, strēnuus ⬩ heavy, severe, dire, vehement ⬩ grăvis, dīrus, vehĕmens
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Nis mon in his dǽdum to ðæs deór there is not a man so bold in his deeds, Exon. 82 a; Th. 308, 17; Seef. 41. Ðæt wæs se deóra, Didĭmus wæs háten that was the bold one, he was called Didymus, Cd. 225; Th. 299, 1; Sat. 543.
fracoþ
Vile ⬩ filthy ⬩ unseemly ⬩ hateful ⬩ abominable ⬩ worthless ⬩ useless ⬩ turpis ⬩ detestābilis ⬩ indĕcōrus
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Ne wæs ðæt [MS. ðær] húru fracoðes gealga that was indeed no vile [man's] gibbet, Rood Kmbl. 20; Kr. 10. We bióþ folcum fracoðe we shall be hateful to the people, Andr. Kmbl. 817; An. 409. Fracoðest vilest. Salm. Kmbl. 702; Sal. 350.
ge-lang
Along ⬩ belonging ⬩ depending ⬩ consequent
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Ðǽr is help gelong help comes from there, Exon. 75 a: Th. 281, 13; Jul. 645 : 83 a; Th. 313, 8; Seef. 121
ge-wealdan
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Swá hé late meahte oreðe gewealdan, 1199. to control, have power over a person Betra bið sé þe his ágen mód ofercymð and gewilt ( melior est qui dominatur animo suo ) ... sió gesceádwísnes hæfð ofercumen ðæt mód and gewielð, Past. 218, 15-21.
hearpe
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Hwelce sín ðá inngeðoncas monna búton suelce sumere hearpan strengas áðenede, ðá se hearpere suíðe ungelíce tiéhð and styreð, and mid ðý gedéð ðæt hí náwuht ungelíce ðǽm sóne ne singað ðe hé wilnað?, Past. 175, 6.
ryne
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Hé gewunode on þám gesettum tídum þæs dæges þone ryne his síðfætes gefæstnian, 163. Flugulum rynum fugitiuis disscursibus (apum), An. Ox. 7, 29. Add Singal rine perpes (aqueductuum) decursus, An. Ox. 509.
ofer-drífan
to cover by drifting ⬩ to overcome, refute, repel, defeat
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Gif hig sacan stande ðæt hig .viii. secgaþ and ða ðe ðǽr oferdrifene beóþ gilde heora ǽlc .vi. healfmarc if they (the twelve) disagree, that which eight of them say shall stand: and those that in such case are out-voted shall each pay six half-marks,
of-sceótan
to wound or kill by shooting an arrow or by hurling a weapon ⬩ elf-shot, diseased from an elf's shot, Lchdm. ii. 156, 25: 290, 21. The disease consists in an over-distension of an animal's stomach from the swelling up of clover and grass, when eaten with the morning dew on it.
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Ðǽr wearð Leostenas mid ánre flán ofscoten ibi Leosthenes telo e muris jacto perfossus occiditur 3, 11; Swt. 144, 27. Mid fýrenum flánum ofscotene (ofsceotene, 7), Homl. Th. i. 506,1.
ge-strýnan
To gain ⬩ get ⬩ obtain ⬩ acquire ⬩ beget ⬩ procreate ⬩ lucrāri ⬩ acquīrĕre ⬩ gignĕre ⬩ procreāre
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To gain, get, obtain, acquire, beget, procreate; lucrāri, acquīrĕre, gignĕre, procreāre Ðæs ðe ic móste mínum leóde swylc gestrýnan because I have been able to acquire such for my people, Beo. Th. 5589; B. 2798: L.
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bissextus
leap-year
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Þá tída maciað ǽfre ymbe ꝥ feórðe geár þone dæg and þá niht þe wé hátað bissextum, Lch. iii. 246, 14
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myntan
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<b>I d</b> a. the subject an immaterial thing personified :-- Nytende hwæt ofertó;werd mynte dæg ignorans quod superuentura pariat dies, Scint. 215, I
fóster
food ⬩ nourishment ⬩ sustenance ⬩ feeding ⬩ giving food ⬩ bringing up ⬩ fostering ⬩ bringing forth progeny
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Geunn ús tó þissum dæge dæghwámlices fóstres, Wlfst. 125, 11. Wǽron earme men besyrwde æt fóstre, 158, 31. Mid ðám fóstre ( nutrimento ) ðǽre Godes lufan weaxan, Past. 263, 17.
for-scrincan
To shrink up ⬩ dry up ⬩ dwindle away ⬩ wither ⬩ emarcescĕre ⬩ exarescĕre ⬩ arefiĕri ⬩ arescĕre
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Sóna forscranc ðæt fíctreów arefacta est contĭnuo fīculnea. Mt. Bos. 21, 19. Hig forscruncon āruērunt, Mt. Bos. 13, 6. Mín hýd is forscruncen my skin is shrunk up, Job Thw. 167, 37.
mann-rǽdenn
homage ⬩ the condition of being another's man ⬩ service or dues paid by the tenant to the owner
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Laym. he heora monredne onfeng.] service or dues paid by the tenant to the owner Ðæt is ǽrest of ðam lande æt Nigon hídon seó mannrédden intó Tantún, cirhsceattas ..., Chart. Th. 432, 22
rǽd-gifa
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Stígand ðe wæs ðæs cinges rǽdgifa and his handprést, Chr. 1051; Th. i. 317, col. 2. Rǽdgifan consulem, Germ. 397, 560. Ðis sindon ða gerǽdnessa ðe Engla rǽdgifan gecuran and gecwǽdan, L. Eth. vi. 1; Th. i. 314, 3.
ge-hyrwan
To make game of ⬩ despise ⬩ disparage ⬩ traduce ⬩ vex ⬩ oppress ⬩ cavillāri ⬩ contemnĕre ⬩ detrăhĕre
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Hý ðæs láreowes word ne gehyrwdon they despised not the teacher's words, 14 b; Th. 29, 8; Cri. 459. Beóþ ða gehyrwede they are despised, Ps. 52, 6; Ps. Grn. ii. 150, 6.
ge-leornes
A going ⬩ removing ⬩ departure ⬩ death ⬩ transĭtus ⬩ transmigrātio
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Ongeáton hí on ðon, ðæt heó to ðon ðider com, ðæt heó hire sǽde ða neáhtíde hire geleornesse ex quo intellexēre quod ipso ei tempus suæ transmigratiōnis in proxĭmum nunciāre venisset, 4, 9; S. 577, 34. Ingeliornisse in transmigratione, Mt. Kmbl.
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