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gearcung

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Hú-meta dorstest ðú gán mínre gearcunge ( the feast I have prepared. Cf. ealle míne ðing ic gearcode; cumað þám giftum, 522, 8) búton gyftlicum reáfe?, Hml. Th. i. 530, 2

ge-ceorfan

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Gecearfa abscidi, Mt. p. 14, 15. to behead a person Hé gecearf (giceorf, R.) hine decollauit eam, Mk. L. 6, 27

Linked entry: ceorfan

ge-dihtnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dihtnian, p. ode
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To dispose, order, arrange; disponere Gedihnað disponat (cor hominis viam suam ), Kent. Gl. 551.

gecoren-ness

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Sé wæs cynincge áhafen swýðor for folces gecorennysse þonne ðurh Godes rǽd, Hml. S. 18, 2. Þǽr wǽron bisceopas of gehwilcum burgum þǽre gecorennysse, 31, 268

Linked entry: ge-corenes

ge-twisa

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Getwisan germanas (the gloss seems to belong to geminos: the passage is ' geminos germano foedere atres,' Ald. 160, 9), Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 6: 41, 42. Getwysan gemellos 92, 60. Getwisan, 41, 43. Rebecca ácende twégen getwysan, Hml. Th. i. 110, 21.

ígeoþ

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Add: ígeþ, ígþ ðon crundele ðe se ígð on stent, C. D. v. 193, 33. Út ongeán streám snítan-íge, on norðhealfe þæs ígeðes,C. D. B. ii. 374, 15. Ofer ðonæ ígað, C. D. v. 173, 23. Andlang eaxan oþ focgan ígeþas, of focgan ígeþum, Cht.

ofer-sewenness

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-sewenness, e; f.
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Contempt; as a legal term, fine for disobedience to authority. The word occurs only in legal documents.

Linked entry: ofer-gesewenness

hors-hwæl

(n.)
Grammar
hors-hwæl, es; m.

A walrus

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A walrus Swíðost hé fór ðider tóeácan ðæs landes sceáwunge for ðǽm horschwælum for ðæm hie habbaþ swíðe æðele bán on heora tóþum his principal object in going there, in addition to the observation of the country, was to get the walruses, for they have

Linked entry: hwæl

ofer-fón

(v.)

to seizerapere

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to seize Oferféng obuncabat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 62, 69. Þeódríc ðone þegn oferféng, héht healdan ðone hererinc, Met. 1, 69. Ðá genáman him æfést ða ealdormen ðara sacerda, and hine sylfne oferféngon, Blickl. Homl. 177, 21.

Linked entry: ofer-feng

snide

(n.)
Grammar
snide, es; m.

a cut, incisionslaying concisio, laceratio

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Gif ðú wille on snide blód forlǽtan if you wish to let blood at an incision Lchdm. ii. 148, 10: 16, 5. slaying Similar entries v. sníðan, IV Swá swá scép snide tamquam ouis ad occisionem Engl. Stud. xiii. 27, 9

Linked entry: snáþ

hird-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hird-ness, hyrd-, e; f.

Guard, keeping, custody

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Guard, keeping, custody Hé betǽhte hig ða þrí dagas hirdnysse tradidit ergo illos custodiæ tribus diebus, Gen. 42, 17. Gif hwá befæst his feoh hyrdnysse si quis commendaverit pecuniam in custodiam, Ex. 22, 7.

Linked entries: hyrd-ness heord-ness

spornan

(v.)
Grammar
spornan, spurnan; p. spearn, pl. spurnon ; pp. spornen.

to strike with the foot, spurnto spurn, rejectstumbleto strike with the feet, tread

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On spornendum fét in offenso pede Scint. 187, 8. to spurn, reject Æfter ðæs mǽdenes sprǽce, ðe hine spearn mid wordum, Homl. Skt. i. 7, 64

Linked entry: spurnan

ǽ-festnes

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-festnes, -ness, e; f.

Religiondevotionreligio

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Religion, devotion; religio Ða ðe to ǽfestnesse belumpon quæ ad religionem pertinebant, Bd. 4, 24; S. 597, 1

Linked entry: ǽw-festnys

a-hýrian

(v.)
Grammar
a-hýrian, p. ode; pp. od

To hireconducere

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To hire; conducere He úteóde ahyrian wyrhtan exiit conducere operarios, Mt. Bos. 20, 1: Jn. Bos. 10, 13

Linked entries: a-hérian hýrian

ǽtrian

(v.)
Grammar
ǽtrian, ǽttrian; p. ede; pp. ed; v. trans, [ǽtor = átor poison]

To poisonenvenomvenenare

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To poison, envenom; venenare For ǽtredum gescotum from poisoned arrows, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 68, 38; MS. C

Linked entries: ætran ǽttrian átrian

ǽwan

(v.)
Grammar
ǽwan, ðú ǽwest

To despisecontemnscornspernereaversari

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To despise, contemn, scorn; spernere, aversari Ða ðú ǽfre ne ǽwest ea tu nunquam spernis, Ps. C. 129

a-parian

(v.)
Grammar
a-parian, p. ode; pp. od

To apprehendtakedeprehendere

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To apprehend, take; deprehendere Seó wæs aparod on unriht-hǽmede deprehensa est in adulterio, Jn. Bos. 8, 3

a-terian

(v.)
Grammar
a-terian, p. ede; pp. ed

To failbecome wearydeficerefatigare

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To fail, become weary; deficere, fatigare Atered fatigatus, Ælfc. Gl. 87; Wrt.Voc. 50, 20: R. Ben. interl. 53

be-baðian

(v.)
Grammar
be-baðian, bi-baðian; p. ode; pp. od

To bathewashluereabluerelavare

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To bathe, wash; luere, abluere, lavare Wætere aþwegen and bebaðod lotus aqua, Bd. 1, 27; S. 496, 17

Linked entry: bi-baðian

ceaster-búend

(n.)
Grammar
ceaster-búend, es; m.

City-dwellerurbem habitans

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City-dweller; urbem habitans He áteáh ceasterbúendum he came to the city-dwellers, Beo. Th. 1540; B. 768