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gód

(adj.)
Grammar
gód, adj.

GOODbonus

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Gódes lífes bysene onstellan to set an example of good life, 81, 6. Wæs he swíðe æþelra gebyrda and gódra he was of very noble and good birth, 211, 19. Góde sangeras good singers, 207, 31

Linked entry: good

lafian

(v.)
Grammar
lafian, p. ode

To lavebathepour water on

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To lave, bathe, pour water on Nim ðone wǽtan and wyrm and lafa ðín heáfod mid take the liquor and warm it and lave thy head with it, Lchdm. iii. 48, 7.

of-feallan

(v.)

to fall upon, kill by falling, destroy

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Sigferþ cyning hine offeóll and his líc ligþ æt Wimburnan King Sigferth laid violent hands on himself, and his body lies buried at Wimborne, Chr. 962; Erl. 120, 4.

a-swógan

(v.)
Grammar
a-swógan, p. -swég, pl. -swégon ; pp. -swógen [a, swógan to rush]

To rush intoinvadeoverrunchokeirruereinvadereoccuparesuffocare

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which before was overrun with thorns, and after that the thorns are dug out and the land is ploughed up, brings good fruit, Past. 52, 9 ; Hat.

Linked entry: swógan

býtlian

(v.)
Grammar
býtlian, p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [býtla a builder]
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Hí worhton ðæt geweorc æt Tæmeseforda, and hit búdon, and býtledon they wrought the work at Tempsford, and inhabited it, and built, Chr. 921; Erl. 106, 18

Linked entry: byggan

Dalamensan

(n.)
Grammar
Dalamensan, gen.-ena ; pl. m.

The Dalamensan; Dalamensæ: a Slavonic race, who dwelt in Misnia on both sides of the river Elbe

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Dalomensam] sindon Surpe to the north-east of the Moravians are the Dalamensan, and to the east of the Dalamensan are the Horithi, and to the north of the Dalamensan are the Surpe, Ors. 1, 1, § 12; Bos. 19, 4-6

hundred-gemót

(n.)
Grammar
hundred-gemót, hundredes gemót, es; n.
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The assembly of the hundred [v. hundred] Séce man hundredgemót swá hit ǽr geset wæs and ðǽr beó on scirebisceop and se ealdorman let the hundredmoot be attended as was before appointed; and let the bishop of the shire and the alderman be there present

reód

(adj.)
Grammar
reód, adj.

Red

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Red Se ðe ǽror com, se wæs reód( rufus ) and eall rúh, Gen. 25, 25. Ðonne ðú ( the body) wǽre glæd and reód and gódes hiwes, ðonne wæs ic ( the soul) blác and swýðe unrót, Wulfst. 140, 27 : L. E. I. prm.;Th. ii. 398, 14.

ge-stun

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.), 150, 41. a storm, tempest, hurricane Þæt gestun and se storm and seó stronge lyft brecað bráde gesceaft hurricane and storm and tempest break up the wide world, Cri. 991.

ge-bilegan

(v.)
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Substitute: <b>ge-bilgan;</b> p. de To anger, offend Swá swá heó gebylged wǽre heó cwæð quasi indignata subjunxit, Bd. 4, 9; S. 398, 1. Mid hwylcum sáre gegremed and ábolgen (gebylged, v. l. ), Gr. D. 207, 25.

níwlinga

(adv.)
Grammar
níwlinga, adv.
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Anew Þá nýtenu æfter deáþe ne lifiað, and se man onginneþ þonne eft neówlinga (neówunga, v. l. ) lifigean æfter þæs líchaman deáþe, þonne hé geendeþ þis gesewenlice líf jumenta post mortem non vivunt, homo vero tunc vivere inchoat, cum per mortem carnis

Linked entries: níwunga neówlinga

un-gearowitolness

(n.)
Grammar
un-gearowitolness, e; f.
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Want of ready wit, want of clear thought For þon wé hí geseóð swylce hit sý ǽr sunnan uppgange, for þon þe hit nú gýt is in sumre glímunge and ungearewitolnesse (-gearu-, v.l.) úres módes quia quasi in quodam mentis crepusculo haec velut ante solem videmus

wiltan

(v.)
Grammar
wiltan, p. wilte

To roll (trans.)

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.: áwælte, Rush.) ánne stán tó ðære byrgenne dura aduoluit lapidem ad ostium monumenti, Mk. Skt. 15, 46. Hé (a cup) in healle wæs wylted and wended wloncra folmum, Exon. Th. 441, 16; Rä. 60, 19

máðum-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
máðum-fæt, es; n.

A costly vessel

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Ðá genam hé ða máðmfatu, gyldene and sylfrene, binnon Godes temple, Homl. Th. ii. 432, 25. Ða mádmfatu ðæs temples ungeríme, gyldene and sylfrene, mid óðrum goldhordum, 66, 7. [Ðá Ælfréd king forlét his mádmes and mádmfaten, Shrn, 16, 10.]

ge-tǽsnes

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Substitute: I. fitness, convenience for a purpose Habban ealle fultum and frófor be þǽre geférrǽdenne micelnesse and be þǽre stówe staðole and getǽsnesse habeant omnes solacia secundum modum congregationis oue positionem loci, R.

ǽmerge

(n.)
Grammar
ǽmerge, an; f.

embers, ashesdustbustaembers

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embers, ashes Se hláf wæs mid ðám glédum and mid ðǽre ǽmyrgan (-yrian, -ergean, v. ll.) (cineribus) bewrigen, Gr. D. 87, 11. Beréc hý on háte ǽmergean, Lch. iii. 30, 18. fig. dust Ic nán gást ne eom ac ǽmerge and axe and eall flǽsc, Hml.

Linked entry: ǽmyrge

wic-þegnung

(n.)
Grammar
wic-þegnung, e; f.
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Æfterfylige ðære tóweardan wucan wicþén, and þus cweþe . . . and swá mid bletsunge his wicþénunge beginne, R. Ben. 59, 21-60, 8

eáþ-nes

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Eorla gehwám eádnys and tóhyht, Rún. 4. ease, freedom from difficulty Éðnise facultatem, Lk. p, 9, 6. gentleness Ongan hé wurðigan þá gódan þeáwas þára gódra on þám lífe, eádnysse and hýrsumnysse, geþyld and þolemódnysse, Guth. 18, 16. v. un*-*eáþness

Linked entry: eád-nes

eorþ-styrung

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Wæs mycel eorðstyrung wíde on Englalande (on Wygracestre and on Wíc and on Deórbý and elles gehwǽr, v. l.), Chr. 1048; P. 166, 24: 1089; P. 225, 11: Hml. S. 15, 60. Hé sǽde ꝥ his hús feólle fǽrlíce mid eorðstyrunge, 25, 842.

for-þylman

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Ðí lǽs strengð þǽre wyrte þá góman bærne and forðylme, 316, 20