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glíwian

(v.)
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., and add: of the sound made by metal(?), to play, sound Mec (a book) siððan wráh hæleð hleóbordum, hýde beþenede, gierede mec mid golde forð (for a similar verse cf.

gúþ-fana

(n.)
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Add: and <b>gúp-fan,</b> es; n. (?) a flag, pennon Hé (Constantine) mearcode on his gúðfanan hálig róde tácn, Hml. Th. ii. 304, 15. Gúðfanan gelea[fa]n wé beorað vexillum fidei ferimus, Ps Srt. ii. p. 203, 23.

heall

(n.)
Grammar
heall, es; m.

A stone ⬩ rock

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The word is used also as a proper name

hearmian

(v.)

to da harm to

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A. 96, 152. Add:

wealdende

(v.; adj.; part.)
Grammar
wealdende, adj. (ptcpl.)

Ruling ⬩ powerful

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Hwæþer ðú nú wéne ðæt ðæs cyninges geférrǽden and se wela and se anweald ðe hé gifþ his deórlingum mæge ǽnigne mon gedón weligne oððe wealdendne? an vero regna regumque familiaritas efficere potentem valent? 29, 1; Fox 102, 4.

Linked entry: ge-wealdende

tó-gangan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-gangan, p. -géng; pp. -gangen.

to go in different directions, ⬩ to part ⬩ to go away, ⬩ pass away

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M. 372, 20) wǽron digredientes ab invicem, S. 607, 36. to go away, pass away Ne tógongeþ gumena hwylcum eáþe ðæt ic ðǽr ymb sprice what I speak of does not easily pass away from any man (it is a bow that speaks, and the reference is to a wound from a

Linked entry: tó-gán

a-beran

(v.)
Grammar
a-beran, p. -bær; pp. -boren.

to bear ⬩ carry ⬩ suffer ⬩ portare ⬩ ferre ⬩ to take or carry away ⬩ tollere ⬩ auferre

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to bear, carry, suffer; portare, ferre Ðe man aberan ne mæg which they are not able to bear, Mt. Bos. 23, 4. Hí ne mágon nán earfoða aberan they cannot bear any troubles, Bt. 39, 10; Fox 228, 3: Andr. Kmbl. 1912; An. 958: Ps.

Linked entries: a-bær a-biran a-boren

lah-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
lah-líce, adv.

Lawfully

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A. S. Rdr. 107, 78. Ðæt hí lǽran ðæt gehádode menn regollíce libban and lǽwede lahlíce heora líf fadian, L. I. P. 18; Th. ii. 324, 27

Linked entry: lah-líc

ge-beór-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
ge-beór-scipe, -scype, es; m. [ge-, beór beer, -scipe -ship]

BEER-SHIP ⬩ convivial society ⬩ a drinking party ⬩ feast ⬩ an entertainment ⬩ pōtātio ⬩ compōtātio ⬩ coena ⬩ convīvium

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On gebeórscipe at a feast, L. In. 6; Th. i. 106, 11

tæpped

(n.)
Grammar
tæpped, tæppet, es; n.

A covering for a floor, wall, etc., a carpet, hanging, coverlet; for a person, a tippet

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A covering for a floor, wall, etc., a carpet, hanging, coverlet; for a person, a tippet Án healf-hrúh tæppet sipla (sipha? cf. in a list de lectis et ornamentis eorum :-- Hec amphicapa, est tapeta ex utraque parte villosa.

Linked entries: tæppet teped

cyrten-líce

(adv.)
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Add: elegantly, fitly, fairly, well Cyrten[líce] ( si tu te sumptuosius comas et per publicum) notabiliter (incedas ), An. Ox. 5185. Eall ꝥ cyrte[n]líce ( subtiliter, i. eleganter ) wé þenceað, Scint. 140, 7.

cracian

(v.)
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Angl. vi. 133), but the former seems better to give the meaning of the sonaverunt in the Latin, and to agree with the preceding clause of the English :-- Ús ðúhte for þám geþune þæt seó eorþe eall cracode (?)

ge-tíme

(n.)
Grammar
ge-tíme, es; n. [<b>ge-tímu;</b> f. (?); pl. ge-tíme; gen. ge-tímena. Cf. ge-timbre.]
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A yoke of oxen Ic bohte án getýme (getýmðe, v. l.) oxena jugum boum emi, Lk. 14, 19. 'Ic bohte fíf getýme oxena ...' Ðá fíf getýma getácniað ðá fíf andgitu ... Þás andgitu sind rihtlíce wiðmetene fíf getýmum oxena, Hml. Th. ii. 372, 23-24.

fæst

Grammar
fæst, <b>.
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</b> add Swilce hé on fæstre eorðan urne, Hml. Th. ii. 160, 10. Add Hé cwæð ꝥ sió burg wǽre genóh fæst on his hǽlo civitas ad salutem tuta, Past. 399, 25. <b>IV a.

smocian

(v.)
Grammar
smocian, p. ode

To smoke, emit smoke ⬩ To smoke

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Swilce án ofen eall smociende Gen. 15, 17. Smocigende Homl. Th. ii. 202, 24. trans. To smoke Genim ðú ðás ylcan wyrte and smoca ðæt cild mid Lchdm. i. 116, 9. Smeóce (smoca, MS. R.) mid hǽþe 354, 23. [ Þa iseȝen heo a fur smokien Laym. 25734.

sneóme

(adv.)
Grammar
sneóme, snióme; adv.

swiftly, rapidly ⬩ quickly, immediately, at once ⬩ velociter, cito, subito, statim ⬩ citius ⬩ quickly ⬩ to hasten

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Th. 147, 4. quickly, immediately, at once Hét ófstlíce up ástandan . . . sneóme of slǽpe ðæm fæstan Andr. Kmbl. 1589; An. 796: Exon. Th. 55, 27; Cri. 890. Hí semninga sneóme forwurdon subito defecerunt Ps. Th. 72, 15: 106, 13.

frum-sceapen

first-formed ⬩ original

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Add: first-formed Se frumsceapena man, Adam, næs gestrýned ne ácenned, ac God hine gesceóp. Seó óðer gesceapennys wæs swá þæt God gesceóp Euan of hire weres sídan, Hml. Th. ii. 8, 22. Frumsceapena protoplastus, i. primitus plasmatus i. Adam, An.

blíþe

(adj.)

cheerful ⬩ gentle

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Th. ii. 518, 9. well-disposed to, ready for; alacer (ad) :-- Þá cempan hét Claudius heáfde beceorfan . . . and hié wǽron blíðran tó ðám deáðe þonne hý hér on hǽðengilde lifden, Shrn. 132, 12. in encouraging exclamations: Beó blíþe euge, An.

lǽfan

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Hí nymað ǽlc wiht, and uneáðe hí ám þearfiendum lytles hwæt lǽfað, Ll. Lbmn. 476, 11. Hí náman æt heora mágon sceattas genóge . . . and á spendon and dǽldon hafenleásum mannum . . .

EAR

(n.)
Grammar
EAR, es; n.

EAR of corn ⬩ spīca

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Ða seofon fullan ear getácniaþ seofon wæstmbǽre geár and wélige septem spīcæ plēnæ septem ubertātis anni sunt, Gen. 41, 26, 27. Pharao rehte Iosepe be ðám oxum and be ðám earum Pharaoh told Joseph of the oxen and of the ears [of corn ], Gen. 41, 17.