for-habban
To abstain ⬩ refrain ⬩ abstinent ⬩ continent ⬩ to abstain from ⬩ to restrain ⬩ keep away ⬩ to keep back ⬩ not to mention ⬩ to restrain ⬩ check ⬩ stop
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S. 31, 1456. to restrain, check, stop, put difficulties in the way of Cum ymb geáres rynu . . . ic þé bidde ꝥ þú þis ne forhæbbe, ac ꝥ þú cume, Hml. S. 23 b, 708. Hí ne mihton forhabban merestreámes mód, ac hé manegum gesceód, Ex. 487.
ge-hreósan
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Swá feallan and gereósan (cadant ) míne fýnd under mínum fótum, C. D. B. ii. 333. 7-12. to fall from a prosperous condition Feallan hí ł gehreósan hí (decidant), Ps. L. 5, II.
gid
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Hǽlend lofede . . . and hine fugel nemde, Cri. 633. of prophecy Gydde uaticinium An. Ox. 3708
gold
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, Gen. 44, 8. gold used as an ornament. for personal ornament (dress, jewellery, &c.) Cume manna gehwilc tó circan búton golde and glæncgum, Wlfst. 181, 2. Godweb mid golde gefágod, Bl. H. 113, 20. Golde fǽted sweord, Ll. Th. i. 188, 8.
scip
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Alle nédbáde tuégra sceopa, C. D. i. 114, 11. Hí comon úp on Limene múþan mid .ccl. hunde scipa . . . on þá eá hí tugon úp hiora scipu oþ þone weald .iiii. míla fram þǽm múþan úteweardum, Chr. 893; P. 84, 4-11.
úre
our ⬩ ours
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Deóre Drihtne úrum, Cd. Th. 17, 17; Gen. 261. Mid úre ánre sáule, Blickl. Homl. 91, 16. Úrne dæghwamlícan hláf, Mt. Kmbl. 6, 11. Álése wé úre sáule, Blickl. Homl. 101, 10: 33, 13. Ge wé ge úre fæderas, Gen. 46, 34.
hám-sócn
Attack on a man's house; also the fine paid for such a breach of the peace ⬩ the crime of beating or assaulting a person within his own house ⬩ an inroad or attack on one's home ⬩ attack on one's house
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C. S. 12; Th. i. 382, 13, see the note: 15; Th. i. 384, 6: Th. Chart. 333, 32 : 359, 4 : 369, 14.
Linked entry: sócn
sorh-full
full of care or anxiety ⬩ careful ⬩ anxious ⬩ feeling anxiety ⬩ attended with anxiety ⬩ causing anxiety ⬩ sorrowful ⬩ mournful ⬩ sad ⬩ feeling sorrow or grief ⬩ attended with or causing sorrow ⬩ grievous ⬩ sollicitus
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C. 50, 141. Adam and Eve in ðás deáðdene drohtað sóhton, sorgfulran gesetu, Exon. Th. 227, 2; Ph. 417
tó-drífan
To drive in different directions, ⬩ drive away ⬩ to drive asunder ⬩ separate ⬩ to scatter, ⬩ disperse ⬩ to scatter, ⬩ destroy ⬩ to drive away, ⬩ send elsewhere ⬩ to drive away, ⬩ dispel, ⬩ put an end to
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Wearð se háta líg tódrifen and tódwæsced, Cd. Th. 238, 11; Dan. 353. Al he todrof þes kinges here, Laym. 549. Hiss stren all shollde ben todrifenn and toskeȝȝredd, Orm. 16397
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tó-middes
in the midst of, ⬩ amidst, ⬩ into the midst of ⬩ in the midst of, ⬩ in the middle of ⬩ into the midst of
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Holte tómiddes, Met. 13, 37: Cd. Th. 21, 15; Gen. 324. marking motion, into the midst of Hwænne ðú miht to ðam folce becuman mid ealre ðínre fare tómiddes Hierusalem, Homl. Ass. 110, 259. Hine ðanon ealle átugan tómiddes ðære cýpinge, Homl.
ge-settan
To set, put, fix, confirm, restore, appoint, decree, settle, possess, occupy, place together, compose, make, compare, expose, allay
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C. 68, 42: 78, 12: 82, 11. Of láme ic ðé leoðe gesette of loam I formed thee limbs, Exon. 28 a; Th. 84, 31; Cri. 1380: 33 a; Th. 105, 12; Gú. 22. Ðú gesettest sunnan and mónan tu fecisti solem et lunam, Ps. Th. 73, 16.
ge-openian
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</b> trans. to open a door, gate, &c., so as to admit of passage Gatu heofonan hé geopnode ( aperuit ), Ps. L. 77, 23. Se preóst nolde undón þá duru mid cǽge, ac se bisceop hí geopenade mid his worde, Hml. S. 3, 485.
ge-samnian
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Cf. ge-samnung; Ðá gesomnodon wé ús ymb ꝥ Ll. Th. i. 56, 18. Æþelstán cyning and Sihtric Norðhymbra cyng heó gesamnodon æt Tameweorðige, Chr. 925 ; P. 105, 19. a, used intransitively Tó þǽre ylcan stowe ealle gesomniað (congregantur), LI.
wandian
to hesitate ⬩ shrink ⬩ flinch ⬩ be influenced by
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Hé ne wandode ná him metes tó tylienne, Chr. 1052; Erl. 183, 20. with the constructions of and (c.α) Ðæt hyra nán ne wandode ne for mínan lufan ne for mínum ege, ðæt hý ðæt folcriht árehton, Chart. Th. 486, 23.
teám
A line; but the word which is used in the related dialects (v. infra) with a physical meaning is used in English figuratively. ⬩ a line of descendants, offspring, progeny, family, children ⬩ bringing forth children, child-bearing ⬩ a line of animals harnessed together, a team
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In. 75; Th. i. 150, 7: cf. 35; Th. i. 124, 10.
Linked entries: teám-byrst tém wróht-getíme ge-teáma -tíme -tíme frum-teám
láf
remnant ⬩ remains ⬩ relic ⬩ remainder ⬩ rest ⬩ lave ⬩ legacy ⬩ heirloom ⬩ a relict ⬩ widow
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Seó wǽpna láf the weapons' leavings, the survivors of a battle, Cd. 93; Th. 121, 5; Gen. 2005. Secg gára láf se ða gúþe genæs, 94; Th. 121, 32; Gen. 2019. Ða Norþmen dreórig daraþa láf, Chr. 937; Erl. 115, 3; Æðelst. 54.
BLÍÐE
joyful, glad, merry, cheerful, pleasant, BLITHE ⬩ lætus, hilaris ⬩ gentle, kind, friendly, clement, mild, sweet ⬩ mansuetus, benignus, comis, clemens, mitis, suavis ⬩ quiet, calm, peaceful ⬩ tranquillus, placidus ⬩ joy
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Wæs engla þreát hleahtre blíðe geworden the host of angels became merry with laughter, Exon. 18 b; Th. 46, 19; Cri. 739: 20 b; Th. 55, 3; Cri. 878: Cd. 178; Th. 223, 10; Dan. 117.
ge-met
a measure, space, distance ⬩ mensura, spatium, intervallum ⬩ that by which anything is measured, a measure ⬩ mensura, modius, satum ⬩ measure, capacity, ability, power, etc ⬩ mensura, facultas, potestas, vis ⬩ measure, proportion, moderation, bounds, limit, boundary, means, way, manner ⬩ mensura, modus, finis, terminus, limes, ratio ⬩ a rule, order, law ⬩ norma, regula, lex ⬩ a poetical measure, metre ⬩ metrum
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Bos. 6, 38: Cd. 80; Th. 101, 4; Gen. 1677. Betweonan Eferwíc and six míla gemete between York and a distance of six miles, L. N. P.
bísen
an exemplar ⬩ a model ⬩ pattern ⬩ example ⬩ precedent ⬩ a rule ⬩ prescript ⬩ precept ⬩ parable ⬩ similitude ⬩ type
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Mið úser líchome bisene cum nostrae carnis substantia, Rtl. 4, 28. Mið ðý on bisne Godes wæs cum in forma Dei esset, 21, 18. Gif hwá ðás bóc áwritan wylle, þæt hé hí gerihte be ðǽre bysne (the original), Hml. Th. ii. 2, 21: Ælfc. Gr. Z. 3, 21.