wreón
To cover ⬩ to put a covering on ⬩ to cover with clothes ⬩ to clothe ⬩ to cover ⬩ to bind ⬩ to conceal ⬩ hide ⬩ to serve as a covering ⬩ be spread over
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Óþer eáre hí him underbrédaþ and mid óðran hí wreóð (se cooperiunf). Nar. 37, 12. Hé wreáh and þeahte mánfǽhðu bearn wonnan wǽge, Cd. Th. 83, 10; Gen. 1377.
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elcor
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D. 301, 12. if not, under other conditions, on another supposition Gif hé bið cealdre gecyndo, þonne cymð æfter feówertigum; elcor cymð æfter fíftigum wintra, Lch. ii. 284, 21.
gehwǽr
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Th. i. 128, 12. of position Þá welmas þá þe beóþ gehwǽr geond þone líchoman, Lch. ii. 204, 14. somewhere Wæs eác eorðstynung on manegum stówum on Wygracestre and on Wíc and on Deórbý and elles gehwǽr ( in some other places ) and eác ꝥ wilde fýr on Deórbýscíre
ge-yppan
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gemóte cyninges geréfan geyppe eofot and his eft geswícan wille, gestǽle on ryhtran hand, gif hé mæge if a man in the folkmoot give to the king's reeve notice of a crime (done to him by another), and afterwards wish to abandon the charge against the other
gréne
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Þá geseah hé ánre stówe fæc þám óþrum felda grénre ( viridius ), Bd. 3, 10; Sch. 233, 1. of other things Groeni prassus, Hpt. 33, 251, 20. Groeni ár aurocalcum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 101, 36. Gréne ár auricalcos, i. 286, 66.
rídan
to ride on horseback ⬩ equitare ⬩ to ride ⬩ to ride ⬩ to swing ⬩ rock
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Rídende men equites, Gen. 50, 9. to ride (of other modes of transport as a vessel rides on the waves) Wíde rád ðæt scip ofer holmes hrincg, Cd. Th. 84, 3; Gen. 1392. Fana up rád the ensign (the fiery pillar) moved aloft, 193, 18; Exod. 248.
ymb-útan
about, around, without ⬩ about, concerning ⬩ alone
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Glídeþ ǽg ymbútan, 20, 171. with other adverbs Se sciphere sigelede west ymbútan, Chr. 877; Erl. 78, 17. Sum hund scipa fóron súð ymbútan, and sum feówertig scipa norþ ymbútan, 894; Erl. 91, 6. Tó farenne eást ymbútan, Ors. 6, 36; Swt. 292, 29.
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dígol-líce
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Add: Secretly, so as to take others unawares or at a disadvantage Hé gesette twá folc diégellíce on twá healfa his, Ors. 4, 6; S. 174, 32: 4, 10; S. 200, 13. He diégellíce for þǽm gewinne V geár scipa worhte, 2, 5; S. 78, 32.
ge-féran
To go ⬩ travel ⬩ go on ⬩ behave ⬩ fare ⬩ get on ⬩ come ⬩ get to a place ⬩ To perform a journey ⬩ reach or get by going ⬩ obtain ⬩ attain ⬩ experience ⬩ suffer
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Ðá ðis cúþ wæs hú ða óðre geférdon when this was known how the others had fared, Chr. 1009; Erl. 142, 8 : Cd. 214; Th. 268, 29; Sat. 62. Ne mæg ðǽr unwitfull ǽnig geféran no deceitful man can get there, Cd. 45; Th. 58, 19; Gen. 948.
ge-sceaft
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Th. ii. 318, 17. of other things Hwí eów þince þǽre ungesceadwísan gesceafte gód betere þonne eówer ágen gód, Bt. 13; F. 40, 5.
Æ
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Like a, ge, etc. æ is sometimes prefixed to perfect tenses and perfect participles and other words without any perceptible alteration in the sense; as Céled, æ-céled cooled.
FOLC
The FOLK ⬩ people ⬩ common people ⬩ multitude ⬩ a people ⬩ tribe ⬩ family ⬩ pŏpŭlus ⬩ gens ⬩ nātio ⬩ vulgus ⬩ plebs ⬩ cīves ⬩ hŏmĭnes ⬩ exercĭtus ⬩ multĭtūdo
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common people, multitude, a people, tribe, family; pŏpŭlus, gens, nātio, vulgus, plebs, cīves, hŏmĭnes, exercĭtus, multĭtūdo Twá folc beóþ todǽled, and ðæt folc oferswíþ ðæt óðer folc two nations shall be divided, and the one folk shall overcome the other
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wealcan
To roll, toss. ⬩ of the movement of water ⬩ trans. ⬩ of other movement ⬩ literal ⬩ metaph. ⬩ of action ⬩ of thought, ⬩ trans. To turn over in the mind ⬩ to revolve, consider ⬩ with a preposition ⬩ intrans. ⬩ to turn over, deal with
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v. wǽl) weólc and welode inter fluctuantis saeculi gurgites jactaretur, Guthl. 2; Gdwin. 14, 14. of other movement, literal Hægl hwyrft of heofones lyfte, wealcaþ hit windes scúras, Runic pm.
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GLÆD
shining ⬩ bright ⬩ glad ⬩ cheerful ⬩ joyous ⬩ bright ⬩ pleasant ⬩ kind ⬩ mild ⬩ courteous
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Óðer biþ golde glædra óðer biþ grundum sweartra one is brighter than gold, the other darker than the depths, Salm. Kmbl. 975; Sal. 488.
gód
Good ⬩ good thing ⬩ good deed ⬩ benefit ⬩ goodness ⬩ welfare
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Búton he mid óðrum gódum hit geéce unless he add thereto other good deeds, Blickl. Homl. 37, 25. Ic gaderige ðyder míne gód illuc congregabo bona mea, Lk. Skt. 12, 18: Gen. 24, 10: Bd. 4, 24; S. 598, 4.
ge-timbrung
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Hé cwæð, 'Ne mæg nán man lecgan óþerne grundweall ...,' Hml. Th. ii. 588, 17. Þá stánas bǽron tó þæs húses getimbrunge ( ad aedificationem domus ) ge ealde men ge geonga, Gr. D. 321, 22. Ealle ðás getimbringe hé geendode binnon ðrím geárum, Hml.
ge-líc
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Funde hé óþerne þurh eall þing him þone gelícestan (swíþe gelícne, v. l. ), Bd. 4, 22; Sch. 457, 6.
ge-wundian
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Him is micel ðearf ðæt hé hine selfne gewundige . . . ðætte ðǽr ðǽr hé óðerra monna wunda lácnað, hé self ne weorðe áðunden, Past. 461, 31. of other than bodily injury or pain, to wound with non-material instruments. the subject a person Ðonne of ðǽre
hwider
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L. 21, 18. indefinite, to some place or other Sé ðe hwider faran wille singe his paternoster, Hml. S. 17, 96. Elles hwider aliorsum Ælfc. Gr. Z. 225, 10. Elles hwyder ofer ꝥ ( ne) aliorsum ulterius (progredi valentes ), An. Ox. 3781 : Wrt.
on-ǽlan
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<b>III a</b>. to make hot with other matter than fire :-- Flór is on welme ǽttre onǽled, Sat. 40. Wæs se báncofa ádle onǽled, Gú. 928.