ge-swelgan
To swallow ⬩ devour ⬩ devŏrāre ⬩ deglutīre
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To swallow, devour; devŏrāre, deglutīre Ða mægenþreátas meredeáþ geswealh the sea-death swallowed those mighty bands, Cd. 169; Th. 210, 9; Exod. 512
hilde-gráp
Hostile grasp
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Th. 2896; B. 1446: 5007; B. 2507. In the latter passage Thorpe and Kemble take gráp to be a verb
freá-gleáw
Very prudent ⬩ prudentissĭmus
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Very prudent; prudentissĭmus Hie ðǽr fundon freágleáwe æðele cnihtas they found there very prudent noble youths, Cd. 176; Th. 221, 15; Dan. 88
ge-þencan
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</b> with the implication that conduct will be influenced by remembrance :-- Gif ic þé ne geþence þonne méé Geþence hé word and wedd þe hé Gode betǽhte, Ll.
mǽd-æcer
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A meadow Þæne hagan þe Eádwerd áhte, and þæne mǽdæcer þe þǽr tó hýrð, Swt. A. S. Rdr. ii. 203, 13. .viii. rnǽdæceras. . . gebyriað tó Cenelmestúne, C. D. vi. 33, 28
FLǼSC
FLESH ⬩ căro
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Þurh ðæt flǽsc through the flesh, Exon. 27a: Th. 80, 12; Cri. 1306: 13b; Th. 16, 17; Cri. 418. Flǽsce bifongen invested with flesh, 84a; Th. 316, 13; Mód. 48: 98a; Th. 308, 33; Seel. 34.
æt-fón
To claim ⬩ lay claim ⬩ attach ⬩ deprehendere ⬩ capere
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To claim, lay claim, attach; deprehendere, capere Gif se ágend hit eft ætfó if the owner afterwards lay claim to it, L. H. E. 7; Th. i. 30, 8: 16; Th. i. 34, 6: L. Ed. l; Th. i. 160, 8
for-weorþan
to become ill ⬩ to go bad ⬩ to come to a bad end ⬩ to perish
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Þý lǽs wén sié þæt wé yfele forweorþon, Bl. H. 247, 2. Hý sculon æt Seaxena handa forwurþan, Chr. 605; P. 23, 7.
FNÆST
A puff ⬩ blast ⬩ breath ⬩ flātus ⬩ anhēlĭtus
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Þurh ðæs fíres fnæst through the fire's blast, Exon. 74a; Th. 277, 29; Jul. 588. Hyt bringþ forþ ðone [MS. ðane] fnæst it will bring forth the breath, Lchdm. iii. 100, 13: 116, 24.
ge-driht
A host ⬩ company ⬩ turma ⬩ cohors
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A host, company; turma, cohors Wæs seó eorla gedriht ánes módes the host of men was of one mind, Cd. 158; Th. 197, 10; Exod. 304 : Exon. 22 b; Th. 63, 3; Cri. 1014
bend-feorm
A feast for the reaping [binding] of corn ⬩ a harvest-feast ⬩ firma ad congregandas segetes ⬩ firma messis
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S. 21; Th. i. 440, 26
ed-sceaft
A new creation, new birth ⬩ regĕnĕrātio
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A new creation, new birth; regĕnĕrātio Com swefnes wóma, hú woruld wǽre wundrum geteód ungelíc yldum óþ edsceafte the terror of a dream came, how the world was wondrously framed unlike to men until regeneration, Cd. 177; Th. 222, 30; Dan. 112: Bt. 34
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be-stapan
To step, step upon, tread with the foot, go, enter ⬩ gradi, calcare, ire, inire
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Se deófol into Iudan bestóp the devil went [entered] into Judas, Homl. Th. ii. 242, 14
be-wenian
To entertain, take care of ⬩ hospitio accipere
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Th. 3646, note; B. 1821. Dryht-bearn Dena duguþa bewenede [MS. and Thorpe's note, 4077; bí werede, B. 2035] a noble offspring of the Danes entertained the knights, 4077, note
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bóc-tǽcing
Book-teaching, a book of decrees, writings, the scriptures, holy writ, the Bible ⬩ Scripta Lambardo; Sacra Scriptura Bromto: rectius fortasse Sacri Canones, vel Liber Judicialis,
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S. 38; Th. íi. 398, 21
ge-wilde
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., and add: Perhaps the three passages, Ors. 3, 9; S. 133, 22: Guth. 56, 23: Ps. Th. 59, 7, at the end of <b>ge-wyldan</b> in Dict. might be taken here
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heáh-engel
An archangel
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Micahel, se heáhengel se wæs ealra engla ealderman Michael the archangel who was the chief of all angels, Blickl. Homl. 147, 2. Englas and heáhenglas angels and archangels, 103, 32: Homl. Th. i. 10, 13
heáh-flód
High tide [as opposed to neap tide], deep water ⬩ a high flood-tide
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Lét fleógan hrefn ofer heáhflód he let a raven fly over the deep water [of the deluge], Cd. 71; Th. 87, 1; Gen. 1442
God-fyrht
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Ðá ongan Andreas grétan godfyrhtne then began Andrew to greet the godfearing man, Andr. Kmbl. 2043; An. 1024: 3030; An. 1518. Godferhte, Ps. C. 14; Grn. ii. 277, 14
blíþe-mód
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Add:, of gladsome mind Þú blíðmód bidde, ꝥ hí (the saints) þé þingian tó þeódne, Dóm. L. 36, 23. of kindly mind, kindly disposed Hí cwǽdon ꝥ hí ealle him swíðe blíðemóde wǽron . . .