ge-trum
A knot ⬩ band ⬩ mass ⬩ company ⬩ company of soldiers ⬩ nodus ⬩ caterva ⬩ cohors ⬩ exercitus
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He eft gewát getrume micle he returned with a great company, Andr. Kmbl. 1413; An. 707: Beo. Th. 1849; B. 922: Exon. 90 a; Th. 337, 12; Gn. Ex. 63
ge-wlitegian
To form ⬩ adorn ⬩ make beautiful ⬩ formare ⬩ decorare ⬩ exornare ⬩ speciosum vel pulchriorem reddere
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Wuldre gewlitegad with glory beautified, Exon. 55 b; Th. 197, 8; Az. 187: 57 b; Th. 205, 23; Ph. 117: 108 a; Th. 413, 7; Rä. 32, 2: 128 b; Th. 493, 22; Rä. 81, 35: Andr. Kmbl. 1337; An. 669
wincian
to wink ⬩ make a sign ⬩ to close the eyes ⬩ blink
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to wink, make a sign Ic wincie annicto vel annuto, Wrt. Voc. i. 22, 27. to close the eyes, blink Ic wincige conniveo, Wrt. Voc. i. 34, 14:Ælfc. Gr. 26, 5; Ælfc. Gr. 26, 5Ælfc. Gr. 26, 5.
spreót
A pole, sprit (in bow-sprit) ⬩ contus ⬩ sprit
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Voc. i. 35, 43 trude (in a list of things connected with ships), 48, 13: 57, 16: 64, 7: ansatas ii. 3, 68: contos, 14, 72. Spreótum, spreútum contis, Txts. 48, 211
á-wundrian
to wonder ⬩ be astonished ⬩ to wonder at ⬩ admire ⬩ magnify
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Áwundrode eall se líchama in þám wífum omne in eis corpus obrigesceret, 284, 21. Áwundradon mirabantur, Lk. L. 1, 21: 4, 22: mirati sunt, 8, 25. Áundrad wæs miratus est, 7, 9. Ꝥ hé woere áwundrad ut miraretur, Mk.
be-fleán
to strip the skin ⬩ bark off ⬩ to strip off
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Beflagen flǽ[s]c flesh with the skin stripped off; viscera, 45, 7. to strip off (skin) Befleh (fleah, v. l.) ǽnne þwang þám biscope fram þám hneccan oþ þene hóh episcopo a vertice usque ad calcaneum corrigiam tolle, Gr. D. 198, 4
ge-sprecan
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Þá englas þá hwíle Heliodorum gesprǽcon, sǽdon ꝥ hé sceolde Onian mycclum þancian, 25, 789. to speak with, have an interview with Hí áxodon hwæðer Petrus þǽr wununge hæfde, woldon hine gespræcan, Hml. S. 10, 112.
ge-grípan
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Suǽ iornað gié ꝥte gié gigrípa ( conprehendatis ), Rtl. 5, 37. with idea of violence, constraint Gegrípe capiat, retineat, Wrt.
ge-cnáwan
to recognize, identify an object ⬩ to acknowledge, ⬩ a claim, to pay by way of acknowledgement, ⬩ to know, be acquainted with ⬩ to know, be conversant with a subject ⬩ to have a clear apprehension of ⬩ to be cognizant of a fact, understand ⬩ to make known, declare
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Gebyreð ꝥ man his geswinces leán gecnáwe on ðám endum ðe tó efenlǽse licgan, 440, 12. to know, be acquainted with Hié hæfdon míne ǽ, and hí mé ne gecniówon (-cnéwon, v.l.) tenentes legem nescierunt me, Past. 29, 1. to know, be conversant with a subject
hé
He, she, it
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Sume hit ne gedýgdan mid ðam lífe some did not come out of it with life, Chr. 978; Erl. 127, 12.
Brunan burh
Brunanburh, about five miles south-west of Durham, or on the plain between the river Tyne and the Browney,
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Anlaf, king of Dublin, commenced the fray by sailing from Ireland with 615 ships, containing about 100 men each, making more than 61,000 men: with this force he entered the Humber.
eardian
To dwell, live, feed ⬩ habĭtāre ⬩ To inhabit ⬩ inhabĭtāre
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Sceolde wíc eardian elles hwergen he should inhabit a dwelling elsewhere, Beo. Th. 5172; B. 2589: Ps. Th. 104, 19
LYTEL
LITTLE
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Ælfréd cyning gefeaht wið alne ðone here lytle werede, Chr. 871; Erl. 76, 5. Lytle læs paulo minus, Ps. Th. 118, 87. Lytle ǽr, Elen. 1325; El. 664. Lytle lengre ðonne seofon fóta, Lchdm. iii. 220, 4. Lytle máre ðonne feówer, 220, 12.
mór
a moor ⬩ waste and damp land ⬩ high waste ground ⬩ a mountain
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Th. 326; B. 162: 207; B. 103. high waste ground, a mountain Licgaþ wilde móras wið eástan . . . on ðǽm mórum eardiaþ Finnas . . .
mund-byrd
protection ⬩ patronage ⬩ aid ⬩ the fine paid for a violation of mund
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Wíh. 2; Th. i. 36, 17. Scyldig (liable to pay) cyninges mundbyrde, L. Alf. pol. 5 Th. i. 64, 11. Forgylde ðem mæn his mundbyrd (the fine for violating the man's mund by fighting in his house), L. H. E. 14; Th. i. 32, 15 : L. Ath. iv. 4; Th. i. 224, l
rád
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Cyninges þegnas oft ráde onridon, Chr. 871; Erl. 76, 11. a road; in the compounds brim-, hran-, hweogol-, segl-, streám-, swan-, wíg-rád. the name of the Runic R. v. Exon. Th. 440, 10; Rä. 59, 25. See also next word
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tihtle
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Ðá tugon hié hiene ðæt hé heora swicdomes wið Alexander fremmende wǽre and hiene for ðære tihtlan ofslógon they accused him of betraying them to Alexander, and on that charge slew him; hunc, quasi urbem Alexandro venditasset, necaverunt, Ors. 4, 5; Swt
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un-gewiss
uncertainty ⬩ ignorance ⬩ unconsciousness ⬩ in ignorance ⬩ unintentionally ⬩ unconsciously ⬩ unwittingly ⬩ what is uncertain or unknown ⬩ incertum ⬩ ignominia
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their wild beasts and the languages of nations to seek him and get peace, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 136, 24.
wiþerweard-ness
hostility ⬩ contention ⬩ opposition ⬩ perversity ⬩ frowardness ⬩ depravity ⬩ arrogance ⬩ unfavourable condition ⬩ adverse circumstance ⬩ adversity ⬩ contrariety ⬩ diversity
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Hé wearð grǽdig ðæs gódan deáþes bútan ǽlcre scylde and ǽlcre wiðerweardnesse wið hine he (David) was greedy for the death of the good man (Uriah), who was without any crime against him and had shewn no hostility to him, Past. 3; Swt. 37, 2.
búgan
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Gif hió mid bearnum búgan wille if she wish to go away taking the children with her, Ll. Th. i. 22, 6. of adhesion, submission, or abandonment, defection, to turn to or from Se ðe fram Gode bíchð tó deófle, Hml. Th. i. 110, 1.