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óþ-sacan

(v.)
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Borges mon mót óþsacan gif wát ðæt ryht déþ, L. In. 41; Th. i. 128, 2. Cf. æt-sacan

seó

(n.)
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seó, gen. seón, seó; acc. seón, seó ; f. m. (?)
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heóld hig swá his eágan seón ( quasi pupillam oculi sui ), Deut. 32, 10 : Ps. Spl. 16, 9. Seán, Ps. Surt. 16, 8. Sión, Kent. Gl. 177. Swylce hreppe ða seó mínes eágan, Homl. Th. i. 390, 15 : 516, 23. Seón pupillae , Wrt. Voc. i. 65, 8.

BLÆC

(adj.)
Grammar
BLÆC, gen. m. n. blaces, f. blæcre; def. m. se blaca, f. n. blace: bleac; adj.

BLACK, swarthyniger, fuscusnigerink

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BLACK, swarthy; niger, fuscus He hæfde blæc feax, and blácne andwlitan he had black hair, and a pale [lean, thin] countenance; nigro capillo, facie macilenta, Bd. 2, 16; S. 519, 33.

Linked entries: blæc-berie bleac

bold-getæl

(n.)
Grammar
bold-getæl, es; n. [bold a house, getæl a number, tribe, register]

A dwelling-place, mansion, habitation, housedomicilium, mansio, vicus, domus

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followed in his shire, L.

ge-cwéman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cwéman, p. de; pp. ed [cwéman to please]

To pleasesatisfypropitiateplăcēresatisfăcĕre

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To please, satisfy, propitiate; plăcēre, satisfăcĕre He ne mihte ðám folcum mid gifum gecwéman he had not power to satisfy the people with rewards, Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 60, 45. Pilatus wolde ðam folce gecwémam Pilātus vŏlens pŏpŭlo satisfăcĕre, Mk.

Linked entry: ge-cwémdun

ge-riht-lǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-riht-lǽcan, p. -lǽhte; pp. -lǽht
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Ðæt hys weorc ne sýn gerihtlǽhte ut non arguantur opera ejus, Jn. Bos. 3, 20: Ps. Lamb. 36, 24. He ðǽrbinnan wunode gerihtlǽcende ðæt folc mid láre to geleáfan he dwelt therein directing the people by teaching to belief, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 98, 113.

Undalan

(n.)
Grammar
Undalan, pl.

Oundle

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The name which remains as Oundle, a town in Northamptonshire Férde forþ on his mynstre ðe hæfde on Undalana mǽgþe ( in provincia Undalum ), Bd. 5, 19; S. 641, 16.

un-gemetfæst

(adj.)
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un-gemetfæst, adj.

immoderateimmodestintemperateimmoderateexcessiveirretentive

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in a moral sense, immoderate, immodest, intemperate Ðá forseah se Catulus hine, for ðam hine wiste swíþe ungesceádwísne and swíþe ungemetfæstne, Bt. 27, 1; Fox 96, 5.

wiþ-habban

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-habban, p. -hæfde

To hold out againstto withstandresist

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Se ðe him ǽr geþúhte, ðæt him nán sǽ wiþhabban ne mehte, ðæt hiene mid scipum and mid his fultume áfyllan ne mehte, Ors. 2, 5; Swt. 84, 13. Næs nán ðæs stronglíc . . . ðæt mihte ðam miclan mægne wiðhabban, Cd. Th. 297, 18; Sat. 519

Linked entry: wiþer-habban

cynd

(n.)
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.: es; n. nature Nis nán gesceaft ðe tiohhige ꝥ hió scyle winnan wiþ hire Scippendes willan, gif hió hire cynd (gecynd v. l.) healdan wile nihil est quod naturam servans Deo contraire conetur, Bt. 35, 4; F. 160, 23.

eargian

(v.)
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Þá eargode heora án for þám ormǽtum cyle, Hml. S. 11, 156. His geféran eargodon bútan eahta hund mannum þe him mid fuhton, 25, 654. Ne déð náht, eargie oðþon hine forsceamige riht tó sprecanne, Ll. Th. ii. 326, 21.

ge-gifan

(v.)
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D. 16, 1. to give as a present Hig noldon him ágyfan nán þingc þæs þe se cyng heom gegyfen (geunnen, v. l. ) hæfde, Chr. 1049; P. 168, 19. hæfð gegyfen þǽ gegyldhealle, Cht. Th 605, 6.

Linked entry: gifan

ge-orwénan

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Nán georwénan scyl forgyfenysse nullus desperare debet ueniam, Scint. 48, 6. with (negative) clause Ðá þe georwénde ꝥ him nǽfre ofer ꝥ ne mihte beón geleoðad cum relaxari se jam posse desperaret, Gr.

ge-ríp

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Æfter heora gerípe ( printed gerepe, Lch. iii. 252, 23) gǽð seó eá upp, and oferflét eal þæt Egyptisce land, Scrd. 27, l. what is reaped, corn lǽdde hámhis byrene ꝥ ásnidene gertp ( messem ) þe ǽr mid his handa geseów, Gr. D. 290, 20.

ge-sweorcan

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Forst. 147, 18. anger Wearð gecýdd þám cyninge embe Iudan sige, and he geswearc on móde (when king Antiochius heard these things, he was full of indignation, I Mace. iii. 27), Hml.

hǽþen-gilda

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Þá wurdon getealde án hund þǽra hǽðengylda þe ðæs temples gýmdon, and nán man ne mihte heora ǽhta geríman, Hml. Th. ii. 484, 22. ofslóh ðá hǽðengildan (cf. deofolgildan, 112) he slew the priests of Baal, Hml. S. 18, 155

tácn

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Add Ic wát ꝥ hæfde áne dolhswaðe on his hneccan . . . gýman wé nú hwæder ꝥ tácen þǽre wunde hæbbe, Hml. S. 30, 269. Add Þás tácnu ( signa ) fyliað þám þe gelýfað, Mk. 16, 17

tó-sceádan

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, cf. tó-dǽlan; Hig tyrigdon gást his and tósceádde on welerum his exacerbauerunt spiritum eius et distinxit in labiis suis, Ps. L. 105, 33. Míne behát þá þe tóscáddon ( distinxerunt ) míne weleras, 65, 14.

cóðu

(n.)
Grammar
cóðu, e; f; cóðe, an; f; cóða, an; m.

A diseasesicknesspestilence morbus

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He fram ðære cóðe hine gehǽlde he healed him from the disease i. 400, 10. Wið wambe cóðum for diseases of the stomach L. M. 2, 32; Lchdm. ii. 234, 1

on-þracian

(v.)
Grammar
on-þracian, (-þrácian ?); p. ode

To fear, dread

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Ðá wearþ mycclum áfyrht and anþracode ðæt his ríce feallan sceolde, Homl. Th. i. 82, 5. Anþracian revereantur, Ps. Spl. 69, 2

Linked entries: an-þracian an-þracian