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scortian

(v.)
Grammar
scortian, p. ode.
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To schorte oure weie, Chauc. Prol. 791). to run short, fail Ðætte ne scortige (sceortiga, Lind.) gileófa ðín ut non deficiat fides tua, Lk. Skt. Rush. 22, 32

beód-fers

(n.)
Grammar
beód-fers, es; n. (not m.)
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Substitute: Grace before meat Be ðám ðe late beódferse cumað (ad mensam veniunt), R. Ben. 67, 19. Sé þe his beódferse ne cume ad mensam qui ante versum ne occurrerit, 69, 9.

ge-beácnian

(v.)
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L. 18, 3. to give command by signs Búton hé ǽlcum men mæge gebeácnian ꝥ hé irne on his willan nisi ad nutum cuncta suppetant, Bt. 11, 1; F. 32, 20

récan

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Add: to expose to smoke or steam, fumigate: — Lege stór on þá gléda and réc hine mid ꝥ hé swǽte, Lch. ii. 348, 5.

egesung

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Send hé him swá fela eóroda þe mihton gebígan ꝥ mennisc him , oþþe mid egsunge þæt hig bugon sibbe, oþþe mid wíge ꝥ hí wurdon gewylde, Jud. Thw. 161, 37. Hé ondrǽde [þæs wítegan] egesunge metuat prophete comminationem, R. Ben. I. 58, 13. Add

ge-birhtan

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Take here ge-byrhtan and ge-brihtan in Dict. and add : to make bright -Geberhtes clarificabit, Jn. L. 16, 14. to become bright, to shine Ic áhyrde míne sunnan, and heó gebyrhteð ; þonne forbærned heó ealle þíne æceras, Wlfst. 260, 8.

gúþ-frec

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The epithet is applied to the cannibals who, distressed by hunger, were eager for the death of the victim they meant to eat Þá wæs rinc manig, gúðfrec guma, ymb þæs geongan feorh breóstum onbryrded þám beaduláce, An. 1119

ander-gilde

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In repayment, in compensation Ne weorðe ðé nǽfre þæs wá, ðæt ðú ne wéne betran andergilde never let things come to so ill a pass for you, that you don't hope for better times to make amends, Prov. K. 41. (Cf. án- gilde, ¶.)

Linked entry: un-andergilde

repan

(v.)
Grammar
repan, (?); ;p.; ræp, ;pl.; rǽpon

To reap

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; To reap; Hié reopaþ ;metent,; Ps. Surt. 125, 5. Manig men rǽpon heora corn onbútan Martines mæssan and gyt lator, Chr.1089; Erl. 226, 19. [I gaf hem red þat ropen sykel Þat I ne sewe neure, To seise to me with her Piers P. 13, 374.]

Linked entries: reopan wín-repan

ge-wyldan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wyldan, -wildan; he -wyld, -wild, -wylt; p. -wylde; pp. -wyld; v. a.

To exercise power overto tamesubdueconquertemperseizetakedominaridomaresubigereprehenderecapere

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Th. 59, 7

Linked entry: ge-wildan

ge-wrítan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wrítan, p. -wrát; pp. -writen

To writeto give or bestow by writingto write along with othersconscribere

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To write, to give or bestow by writing, to write along with others; conscribere He létt gewrítan hú mycel landes his arceb's hæfdon he had written how much land his archbishops had, Chr. 1085; Erl. 218, 29: Th. Chart. 296, 10.

á-sceótan

(v.)
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Áscuton þá gástas of ðǽre niwelnysse, Hml. Th. ii. 350, 32. trans. of motion, to shoot a missile Án scytta áscét ána flán, Hml. S. 18, 220. Wearð upp áscoten swýðlicu mycelnes þæs stánclifes ingentis saxi moles erupta est, Gr.

ge-dreog

(n.)
Grammar
ge-dreog, and <b>ge-dreóg.</b>
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Substitute: <b>ge-dreóg</b>, es; n. a dressing, something used in preparing material for use Ðá hremmas bróhton ðám láreówe lác médes swínes rysl his scón gedreóge ( the passage in Bede's life of Cuthbert is : Corvi digna munera ferunt

hwíl-tídum

(n.)
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Add: to the examples in Dict. : sometimes, as opposed to never, from time to time, now and again Gehwilce untrumnyssa hwíltídum þǽr wurdon gehǽlede, Hml.

á-drincan

to drink up, quench thirstto be drownedto be sunk to be drownedcrapulatus (a vino)

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Hwǽr hié wæteres hæfden þæt hié mehten him þurst of ádrincan, Ors. 2, 5; S. 80, 10. to be drowned; of ships, to be sunk Manega menn ádrincað on ánum dæge tógædere, ðe on mislicum tídum middanearde cómon, Hml. S. 5, 275.

hamele

(n.)
Grammar
hamele, hamule, an; f.

An oar-loop

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An oar-loop, but the word occurs only in a phrase, which may be borrowed from the Scandinavian. Icel. hamsa an oar-loop, is used in the phrase, til hömlu = per man [v. Cl. and Vig.

Linked entry: hamule

beald

(adj.)

boldconfidentboldimpudent

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Bealwes beald, Bl. H. 109, 28. Hé næs náht beald him gánne, Gr. D. 132, 13. Se bealda Hieu, Hml. S. 18, 359. Hí hæfden on bendum ǽnne bealdne ðeóf, Barraban (cf. ǽnne strangne þeófmann, insignem ) Mt. 27, 16, Hml. Th. ii. 252, 11.

ge-girwan

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Ꝥ wæter is gegyred þám neoðerum stówum fram þám cnolle þæs muntes ut aqua ab illo montis cacumine usque ad inferiora derivetur, 113, 13. to present, give Þá máðmas ic þé bringan wylle, éstum gegyrwan, B. 2149

middan-geard

(n.)
Grammar
middan-geard, es; m.

the middle dwellingthe earthworldthe world and they that dwell thereinmankind

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Ðes middangeard wæs ðon fæger, ðæt hé teáh men him þurh his wlite, 115, 10. Ðes middangeard daga gehwylce fealleþ and ende éfsteþ, 59, 26: Exon. 77 a; Th. 290; Wand. 62.

Linked entry: middan-eard

wan-sǽlig

(adj.)
Grammar
wan-sǽlig, adj.
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Th. 334, 24; Gn. Ex. 21. Werum wansǽligum ( the Jews ), Elen. Kmbl. 1952 ; El. 978