ge-medemian
To deign, deem worthy, honour, vouchsafe, moderate, humiliate, humble
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Th. i. 40, 25, He wæs gemedomad on róde beón ahangen he suffered the humiliation of being hung on the cross, L. E. I. 21; Th. ii. 416, 28 : Blickl. Homl. 179, 9 : 139, 26. Gemedemud temperatus, Scint. 12
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þeáh-hwæðere
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Th. ii. 364, 25. Nolde ic cwic ǽfre swá þeáhhwæðere ðíne gewitnesse forlǽtan, Ps. Th. 118, 157
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andeta
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Th. i. 80, 7. Ic þé eom andetta mínra synna, Angl. xiii. 501, 15. Ic þe eom andetta bóte I admit to thee my liability to make amends, 501, 17, 23.
hæft
a band, fetter ⬩ vinculum ⬩ captivity, bondage, imprisonment, keeping ⬩ captivitas, custodia ⬩ a bond, chain ⬩ clasp, rivet ⬩ imprisonment
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In hæftum in custodias, Lk. Skt. Lind. 21, 12
BRÉMEL
A BRAMBLE, brier, blackberry bush ⬩ ribulus, vepres, rubus fruticosus,
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. = rubus fruticosus], ðæt is brémel [brémbel MS. H.] the herb rubus, that is bramble, Herb. cont. 89; Lchdm. i. 34, 21. Genim ðás wyrte ðe man brémel [brǽmbel MS. H.] nemneþ take this herb which a man calls bramble, Herb. 89, 1; Lchdm. i. 192, 9.
Linked entries: brǽmbel brǽmbel-brǽr brǽmbel-leáf brémbel brémbel-rind brémber brémblas
wilde
Wild ⬩ wild ⬩ not domestic ⬩ not tamed ⬩ not broken in ⬩ wild ⬩ not cultivated ⬩ wild ⬩ uncultivated ⬩ uninhabited ⬩ wild ⬩ turbulent ⬩ ungoverned
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Voc. ii. 99, 53: i. 17, 41. Wilde indomitus ii. 111, 78. Untamed, wilde edomitus 142, 40. Wudulíce oððe wilde agrestes, 4, 61. As in this gloss the word seems used in wylde (or cf. weald?)
Linked entries: ge-wilde wild-cyrfet
ge-frignan
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L. 7, 17. (4 b) to ask of a person :-- Gefrægn ðá tíd from ðǽm, Jn. 4, 53. to learn by inquiry, (i) with acc. Ic þæt wundor gefrægn, Rä. 48, 2. Hié wuldor gesáwon, swá hæleð gefrúnon, Exod. 388.
-estre
a seamstress
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a seamstress, 74, 13
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teóna
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Th. ii. 174, 10. Teónan calumniae, Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 49. Mid teónum gewǽcende afficientes contumelia, Lk.
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wífian
To take a wife ⬩ to marry ⬩ on
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C. 7 ; Th. ii. 346, 5. Wífian, L. Ælfc. P. 39; Th. ii. 380, 16.
un-lagu
violation of law ⬩ illegality ⬩ injustice ⬩ a bad law
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Icel. at úlögum in a lawless manner ), L. C. S. 61; Th. i. 408, 18. Swicollíce dǽda and láðlíce unlaga áscunige man, ðæt is, false gewihta ... and leáse gewitnessa, L. Eth. v. 24; Th. i. 310, 12: vi. 28; Th. i. 322, 13.
á-lǽdan
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Th. i. 458, 11), Gn. Ex. 48. Tó ware álǽd (is) ad tutelam dirigitur, An. Ox. 3335. to bear off; carry off an object Swá hwæt swá hí ( two ravens ) mihton gegrípan, hí þæt woldon onweg álǽdan, Guth. 50, 24.
un-wærlíce
Unwarily ⬩ incautiously ⬩ without caution ⬩ heedlessly
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Ðá eode hé on íse unwærlíce dum incautius in glacie incederet, Bd. 3, 2; S. 525, 1. Ða ðe unwærlíce and gémeleáslíce Gode hýraþ, Blickl. Homl. 63, 22: 57, 9: Exon. Th. 363, 34; Wal. 63: L. Ælfc. P. 7; Th. ii. 366, 13.
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ge-férlǽcan
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I. 77, 5 : 90, 9. Geférlǽht glomeratus, junctus, An. Ox. 7, 48. Ic eom þysum mǽdenum geférlǽht. Hml. S. 7, 256. Hí wǽron geférlǽhte on fæstum geleáfan, 28, 20. Beón on sóðre sibbe geférlǽhte, R.
lecgan
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Th. i. 308, 6. Sleá hine man and on fúlan lecge, 396, 17. to lay an egg, Lch, iii. 204, 30 (in Dict.). to deposit a pledge, a material pledge Æt cynges spǽce lecge man .VI. healfmearc wedd, Ll. Th. i. 296, 25.
ende-dógor
The final day, day of one's death ⬩ finālis dies, mortis dies
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Ðæt eorlwerod sæt on wénum ende-dógores the warrior band sat in expectation of the final day [death ], Beo. Th. 5784; B. 2896. Nis nú swíðe feor ðam ýtemestan endedógor it is now not very far to the utmost final day.
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heófan
To lament ⬩ grieve ⬩ wail ⬩ mourn
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Gif hé mid inweardre heortan heófe if he heartily grieve, L. Pen. 8; Th. ii. 280, 10. Heófende spræc lamenting he spoke, Andr. Kmbl. 3113; An. 1559.
Lid-wiccas
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Two other MSS. have Lidwícingum, Th. 154, 155, and this form occurs in the Scop's Tale:-- Ic wæs mid Lidwícingum, Exon. 86 a; Th. 323, 17; Víd. 80. Micel sciphere com súþan of Lidwicum, Chr. 910; Erl. 101, 32. Lidwiccum, 918; Erl. 102, 22.
mersc
A marsh
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Voc. ii. 13, 42: 103, 10: 127, 55. Tó mærsce, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 175, 32. Ðat lond at Ðorpe mid médwe and mid merisce, iv. 295, 7. On sealtum mersce, Ps. Spl. 106, 34. Hé ða weaxendan wende eorþan on sealtne mersc ( in salsuginem ), Ps.
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Scot-land
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Th. ii. 346, 29