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ge-ealdian

(v.)
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Þte hiá lifia and gialdia ut vivent et senescant, Rtl. 111, 14. Add

hrycg-hrægel

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Eádgyfe his swyster .i. hrigchrægl and .i. setlhrægl, Cht. Crw. 23, 22. Add

orne

(n.)
Grammar
orne, what is harmful (?),
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injury Mid Godes fullume ne wyrð him nán orne, Lch. iii. 16, 5

Syrisc

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Ásende God his engel tó þám Syriscan here, Hml. S. 18, 402. Add

wóp

Grammar
wóp, <b>. II.</b>
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Mid singalum stefnum his wópa continues lamentorum vocitius, Gr. D. 215, 23. Add

ofer-ild

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-ild, e; f.

Very great age

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Very great age Him se deáþ geneálǽcþ for ðære oferylde, Wulfst. 147, 27

Linked entry: for-ildu

ge-suppan

(v.)

to taste

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to taste Hia ðæt gebirigdon ł gesupedon gustaturos, Mk. Skt. p. 4, 3

for-wemman

(v.)
Grammar
for-wemman, p. de

To defile

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To defile Hé manega his mágan mánlice forwernde, Sal. K. p. 121, 38

fadian

(v.)
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Hé wíslíce his líf ne fadað he orders not his life wisely, Wlfst. 52, 28. Fadode, 159, 18. Gesette man þæne þe Godes hús wel fadige domui Dei dignum constituant dispensatorem, R. Ben. 119, 12. Gif hé his líf rihtlice fadige, Ll. Th. i. 346, 18.

á-feorsian

(v.)
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áfyrsiað nǽddran, Hml. Th. i. 304, 20. Þæt hé áfyrsode ðæs deófles éhtnysse him fram, ii. 528, 5. Hé þám mannum hyra líf áfyrsode istis vitam abstulit . Gr. D. 162, 7. Áfyrsa expelle eos , Ps. L. 5.

ge-sceaft

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Forgietan him þára geócran gesceafta, Gn. Ex. 182. a condition imposed by providence, order of providence Ðá ðe him underðiédde beóð ðurh Godes gesceafte eos quos per conditionem tenet subditos, Past. 201, 18.

BÍTAN

(v.)
Grammar
BÍTAN, part. bítende; ic bíte, ðú bítest, bítst, he bíteþ, bítt, bít, pl. bítaþ; p. ic, he bát, ðú bite, pl. biton; pp. biten.

to BITE with the teethmordereto cut, woundcædere, vulnerarediscerperefindere, perforare

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Biton [MS. byton] hine lýs lice bit him, Hexam. 17; Norm. 24, 30.

Linked entries: a-bítan bát

weddian

(v.)
Grammar
weddian, p. ode

To engage, covenant, undertake to engage to wed, betroth, espouse

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Hig him weddedon feoh tó syllenne pacti sunt pecuniam illi dare, Lk. Skt. 22, 5.

Linked entry: be-weddian

þeóden

(n.)
Grammar
þeóden, es; m.
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Þeóden mǽrne þegn, winedryhten his, wætere gelafede, Beo. Th. 5435; B. 2721: 5570; B. 2788. Leófne þeóden, ríces hyrde, 6151; B. 3079.

ÁÐUM

(n.)
Grammar
ÁÐUM, es; m.

A son-in-lawa daughter's husbanda brother-in-lawa sister's husbandgenersororisut et patrissororis maritus

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Cwæþ to his twám áðumum locutus est ad generos suos, 19, 14 : Exon. 66 b ; Th. 246, 22; Jul. 65. Fór to ðam cynge his áðume went to the king his sister's husband, Chr. 1091; Th. 359, 6

tó-sciftan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sciftan, p. te

To divide for the purpose of distribution,to divide and distribute

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Se cyng lét tóscyfton ðone here geond eall ðis land tó his mannon the king had the troops divided and quartered all over the country on his men, 1085; Erl. 218, 8

fægere

(adv.)
Grammar
fægere, fægre, fegere; adv.

Pleasantly, softly, gently, fairly, beautifully suāvĭter, bĕnigne, cōmĭter, dĕcenter, pulchre

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Him fægere éce Drihten andswarode the eternal Lord answered him fairly, Cd. 107; Th. 141, 27; Gen. 2351: Frag. Kmbl. 8; Leás. 5. Fægere he syngþ pulchre cantat, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 32: Elen. Kmbl. 1483; El. 743: Runic pm. 18; Kmbl. 342, 32; Hick.

Linked entries: fægre fegere

ge-mǽne

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-mǽne, adj.

Common, general, mutual, in commoncommuniscommunis, generalis, solituscommunis

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Se ðe oferhogie ðæt he Godes bodan hlyste, hæbbe him gemǽne ðæt wið God sylfne he who scorns to listen to God's preacher, let him have that between him and God himself, L. C. E. 26; Th. i. 374, 27 : Kmbl. Cod. Dipl. iii. 22, 27.

Linked entry: mǽne

swǽsende

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
swǽsende, es; but occurring almost always in pl. swǽsendu (-a, -o); n.

food, victuals, refectionflatteries, blandishments, fair speech.

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Ðæt on his hús ne eodon ne of his swǽsendum mete ðygedon ne domum ejus intrarent neque de cibis illius acciperent Bd. 3, 22; S. 553, 28. Mid hígna suésendum ( the articles of food are then given ).

Linked entries: swoese swésende

Huntan-dún

(n.)
Grammar
Huntan-dún, e; f.

Huntingdon

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And ðá se firdstemn fór hám ðá fór óðer út and gefór ða burg æt Huntandúne and hie gebétte and geedneowade ðǽr heó ǽr tóbrocen wæs be Eádweardes cyninges hǽse, Chr. 921; Erl. 106, 16: 107, 31. Tóward Huntendúne porte, 656; Erl. 31, 19