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ge-sceón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sceón, p. de

To happen, come uponaccidere, contingere

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Ex. Th. 226, 4; Ph. 400.] Him bonena hand hearde gesceóde [Kmbl. gesceód] the hand of slayers had been hard upon him, Andr. Kmbl. 36; An. 18.

Linked entry: sceón

menigu

(n.)
Grammar
menigu, <b>mengu,</b> menigeo; indecl.: also gen. e; f.

A manymultitudecrowdgreatnumber

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Mengu, Elen. Kmbl. 450; El. 225. Mengeo, Cd. 80; Th. 100, 13; Gen. 1663. Mengio, Bt. 14, 1; Fox 42, 20. Menio, Cd. 223; Th. 294, 25; Sat. 476. Mænieo, 173; Th. 216, 12; Dan. 5. Ðære menigo þeáw, Andr. Kmbl. 354; An. 177.

BLÓD

(n.)
Grammar
BLÓD, es; n.

BLOOD, goresanguis, cruor

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BLOOD, gore; sanguis, cruor Ðæt blód eów byþ to tácne on ðám húsum, ðe ge on beóþ: ðonne ic ðæt blód geseó, ðonne forbúge ic eów erit sanguis vobis in signum in ædibus, in quibus eritis, et videbo sanguinem et transibo vos, Ex. 12, 13: Gen. 4, 10: Jn

wirsa

(adj.)
Grammar
wirsa, (wirra occurs once in the Chronicle); cpve.; wirrest, wirst; spve. adj.

Worseworst

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Th. 257, 20;Jul. 250: Elen. Kmbl. 1860; El. 932. Grammar wirsa, marking inferiority Hé bið swíðe gelíc sumum ðara gumena ðe him þringaþ ymbe útan; gif hé wyrsa ne bið, ne wéne ic his ná beteran, Met. 25, 20.

nama

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Ic him selle beteran noman ðonne óðrum mínum sunum oððe dohtrum dabo eis nomen melius a filiis et filiabus, 407, 36. <b>II b.

arhlíce

(adv.)

disgracefullybasely

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disgracefully, basely Eádwine eorl wearþ ofslagen arhlíce fram his ágenum mannum earl Eadwine was basely slain by his own men, Chr. 1071; Erl. 210, 14; Th. 347, 12

cýs-gerunn

(n.)
Grammar
cýs-gerunn, es; n? [ge-runnen cougulatus]

Rennet or runnet, a substance used to produce curdlactis coagulum

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Rennet or runnet, a substance used to produce curd;lactis coagulum Butergeþweor ǽlc and cýsgerunn losaþ eów butyrum omne et caseus pereunt vobis, Coll. Monast. Th. 28, 19

cwild

(n.)

a plague, pestilence, murrain, destruction

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Gr. 9, 27; Som. 11, 25: Chr. 897; Erl. 94, 31: Ps. Spl. C. 28, 9: 31, 8

ge-bælded

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-bælded, part. [ge-, pp. of bældan to animate]

Made boldanimatedanĭmātus

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Made bold, animated; anĭmātus Wæs Laurentius mid ðæs apostoles swingum and trymenessum swíðe gebælded apostŏli flagellis sĭmul et exhortatiōnĭbus anĭmātus ĕrat Laurentius, Bd. 2, 6; Wilk. 124, 7

níw-fara

(n.)
Grammar
níw-fara, an; m.

A new-comera stranger

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A new-comer, a stranger Ic eom nífara hider on eorþan beforan ðé and ælþeódig incola ego sum apud te in terra, et peregrinus, Ps. Th. 38, 15

Linked entries: níw-gefara fara

ge-bicgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bicgan, -bicgean

to buypurchase

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Ex. 82: L. Edg. ii. 3; Th. i. 266, 18: L. Eth. ii. 1; Th. i. 284, 13

slǽting

(n.)
Grammar
slǽting, e; f.
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William of Malmesbury's statement that he gave the English free leave to hunt), Chr. 1087; Erl. 225, 7

flége

(n.)
Grammar
flége, floege

a ship

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a ship Floege ł lyttel scipp óeth;er ne uæs ðér nauicula alia non erat ibi, Jn. L. R. 6, 22. [From Scandinavian (?), Cf. Icel. fley a ship.]

ge-swinclic

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-swinclic, adj.
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That requires labour, laborious, hard (of work) Bebeád Drihten eów þæt gé healdan þone Sunnandæg fram ǽlcum geswinclicum worce (non facies omne opus in eo), Wlfst. 294, 18

hárung

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Z. 82, 14. a growing grey-haired, old age Oð ylde and hárunga usque in senectam et senium, Ps. L. 70, 18

worn

Grammar
worn, (l b).
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Swá swá hé spræc tó fæderum úrum (Abraham) and sǽdes worne (sædsworne, MS.) sicut locutus est ad patres nostros Abraham et semini eius, Ps. Rdr. 296, 55. Add

hearm-cweðan

(v.)
Grammar
hearm-cweðan, p. -cwæþ

To revile, speak ill of

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Hearmcuǽdon him convitiabantur ei, Mk. Skt. Lind. 15, 32

riht-lícettere

(n.)
Grammar
riht-lícettere, es; m.

A thorough hypocrite

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A thorough hypocrite Fela manna wyrð þurh deófol forlǽred swá ðæt hý eal óðer specaþ and óðer hiwiaþ, óðer hý þencaþ; and ða beóþ rihtlíceteras, Wulfst. 54, 14

orc

(n.)
Grammar
orc, es; m.

The infernal regionsorcus

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The infernal regions (orcus) Orc orcus, Ep. Gl. 16 f, 36; Wrt. Voc. ii. 115, 61. Orcþyrs oððe heldeófol Orcus (the god of the infernal regions ), 63, 49

Linked entry: orc-þyrs

sweord-leóma

(n.)
Grammar
sweord-leóma, an; m.

The glitter of swords

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The glitter of swords Swurdleóma stód swylce eal Finnsburuh fýrenu wǽre there was flashing of swords, as if all Finnsburg were on fire, Fins. Th. 71; Fin. 35. :?-