mæcg
A man
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Adam iécte siððan mægþum and mæcgum mǽgburg síne Adam afterwards increased his family with daughters and sons, 55; Th. 68, 26; Gen. 1123
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ge-winna
An enemy ⬩ adversary ⬩ a foe ⬩ rival ⬩ hostis ⬩ inĭmīcus ⬩ æmŭlus
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Beóþ ðé hungor and þurst hearde gewinnan hunger and thirst will be hard adversaries to thee, Exon. 36 b; Th. 118, 28; Gú. 246. Heora gewinnan hí éhtan insĕquĭtur hostis, Bd. 1, 12; S. 481, 23: 1, 23; S. 483, 13.
BÉTE
BEET ⬩ bēta = σεύτλoν
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Beðe mid bétan leáfum foment with leaves of beet, L. M. 1, 39; Lchdm. ii. 100, 12: iii. 2, 8: 44, 8: 114, 13. Nim ða bétan, ðe gehwǽr weaxaþ take the beet, which groweth anywhere, L. M. 2, 33; Lchdm. ii. 238, 3: iii. 22, 12.
ge-meltan
To melt, digest
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Gif his mete gemyltan nelle if his meat will not digest, Herb. i. 90, 9; Lchdm. i. 196, 6 : 1, 19; Lchdm. 76, 15. Ðæt sweord eal gemealt íse gelícost the sword all melted just like ice, Beo. Th. 3220; B. 160S : 3235; B. 1615.
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ge-neálǽcan
To approach, draw near, adhere
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To approach, draw near, adhere [with dat. and acc.] Ne dorstan hie ðære stówe geneálǽcan they durst not approach the place, Blickl. Homl. 199, 26.
scógan
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To shoe, put on (one's) shoes, furnish with shoes Ic scóge (sceóge) mé calceo vel calcio, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 6; Zup. 158, 8. Se engel cwæð : Begyrd ðé, and sceó (gisceó ðec, Rtl. 58, 11) ðé, and fylig mé, Homl. Th. ii. 382, 9. Sceógiaþ calciate, Engl.
un-gelygen
Not lying ⬩ true
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Swá fela manna swá man wite ðæt ungelygne sýn.... And sién heora áðas ungelygenra manna be ðæs feós wyrðe, L. Ath. iv. 1; Th. i. 222, 10, 13. Hæbbe hé ðæs portgeréfan gewitnesse oþþe óðera ungeligenra manna ðe man gelýfan mæge, L.
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weþer
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Ger. widar aries, vervex, multo: Icel. veðr.]
á-bídan
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S. 26, 251. with gen. Hwæs ábítst ðú?, Hml. S. 24, 23. Hé wederes ábád. Chr. 1094; P. 229, 2. Hí ábiden heora máles they waited for their pay 1055; P. 186, 19. case uncertain Ábíd dryht expecta Dominum, sustine Dominum Ps. Srt. 26, 14
bune
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Add: a reed Canna, harundo, calamus vel bune (cf. calamus vel canna vel arundo hreód, i. 79, 27: cf. too Bun-hám with Hreód-hám in local names, and see N.E.D. bun.
for-glendrad
To devour ⬩ consume
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Forglendrad conglutinatus (confounded by glosser with glutitus?), Ps. L. 43, 25. ¶ forglendred (-end? a voracious person; lurco?) serviunculus, Wrt. Voc. i. 290, 49. Substitute:
firen-lust
lust
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Ælces unþeáwes and firenlustes (luxuriae) full, Bt. 28 ; F. 100, 28, Se oferǽt wierð oft gehwierfed tó fierenluste usque ad luxuriam, Past. 311. 14. Besmitene mid þǽm unclǽnan firenluste, Bl. H. 25, 8: Ors. I. 2, S. 30, 33.
ge-sibbian
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Add: to reconcile those who are at variance Sibba þá cídenda[n] men and þú hié gesibbast try to reconcile disputants and you will reconcile them, Lch. iii. 176, 26. On ðisum wræcfullum lífe wé sceolon ðá ungeðwǽran gesibbian, Hml.
ge-sylhþ
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Ger. pfluogide a pair of plough-oxen : but gesylhðe above with plural in e seems to be feminine: oxan seems to be an instance of a gen. pl. in an instead of (e)na.]
gramlic
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Gebígan fram Godes geleáfan þurh ðá gramlican wítu, 19, 132. Þurh gramlice steóra, Wlfst. 133, 18
mynegian
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add: with reflex pron. Ic mé sylfe myngode mínes foregehátes. Hml. S. 23 b, 542. <b>II a.</b> add :-- Wel þú mé mynegast (your reminder is opportune); ic ðé gelǽste þæt ic þé gehét, Solil. H. 31, 4. <b>IIb.
tó-brítan
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S. 37, 78. to crush with pain, hardship, &c. Seó éstfulle heorte ne bið tóbrýt for nánum ungelimpum, Hml. Th. ii. 92, 28.
wending
Turning ⬩ a turning round ⬩ revolution ⬩ changing ⬩ mutation
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Orsorg líf lǽdaþ woruldmen wíse búton wendinge (cf. unonwendendlíce, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 24) Met. 7, 41
gyrdan
To GIRD ⬩ bind round ⬩ cingere
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Hine se hálga wer gyrde grǽgan sweorde the holy man girded himself with a grey sword, Cd. 138; Th. 173, 22; Gen. 2865; Fins. Th. 27; Fin. 13. Gyrd nú ðín sweord ofer ðín þeóh accingere gladium tuum circa femur, Ps. Th. 44, 4: Lk. Skt. 17, 8.
híréd-mann
A member of a 'híréd:' —
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His hírédmen férdon út mid feáwe mannan of ðam castele and geslógen and gelǽhton fíf hundred manna the members of his household sallied out with few men from the castle, and slew and captured five hundred men, Chr. 1087; Erl. 224, 29.