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eorþ-burh

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-burh, gen. -burge ; dat. -byrig; f.

An earth mound or burying place agger, hŭmātio

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An earth mound or burying place; agger, hŭmātio To ðare eorþ-byrig to the earth mound, Cod. Dipl. Apndx. 335 ; A. D. 903 ; Kmbl. iii. 403, 31

for-biódan

(v.)

to forbid

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to forbid He wel meahte ðæt unriht him eáðe forbiódan he might well easily forbid that injustice to him, Bt. Met. Fox 9, 108; Met. 9, 54

for-giémeleásian

(v.)
Grammar
for-giémeleásian, p. ode; pp. od

To neglectneglĭgĕre

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To neglect; neglĭgĕre Gif hwá adulfe pytt, and forgiémeleásode ðæt he hine betýnde if anyone dug a pit, and neglected to inclose it, Past. 63; Hat. MS

langian

(v.)
Grammar
langian, p. ode

To belongpertain

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To belong, pertain Alle ða land ðe longen intó ðare hálagen stówe all the lands that belong to the holy place, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 215, 4

gristan

(v.)
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to gnash the teeth Cyrmiende, gyrst ł crim̃ ( = ? gyrstende ł crimende) stridulę. An. Ox. 4605. [v. N. E. D. grist to gnash the teeth.] See preceding word. (?)

Linked entry: gyrst

mús-fealle

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Ne sceolde hé nán ðing forgýman ðe ǽfre to note mehte, ne forða músfellan, ne ꝥ gít lǽsse is, hǽpsan pinn, Angl. ix. 265, 8. Add

of-swingan

(v.)

to scourge to death

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to scourge to death Sume hié ofslógon sume ofswungon sume wið feó gesealdon omnes bello utiles caesi, reliqui pretio venditi sunt, Ors. 4, I; Swt. 154, 8

hlǽnsian

(v.)
Grammar
hlǽnsian, p. ode

To make lean;macerare, castigare.

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To make lean; macerare, castigare. Hpt. Gl. 433. 'Carnis maceratio fleises lensing.Mon lenseþ his fleis hwenne he him ȝefeð lutel to etene,' [Cf. O. E. Hom.i. 147.]

FEOHTAN

(v.)
Grammar
FEOHTAN, part. feohtende; ic feohte, ðú feohtest, he feohteþ, fiht, pl. feohtaþ; p. ic, he feaht, ðú fuhte, pl. fuhton; pp. fohten

To FIGHTcontendmake warcombatstruggleprœliāripugnārebellārecontendĕredecertārecollīdĕre

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To FIGHT, contend, make war, combat, struggle; prœliāri, pugnāre, bellāre, contendĕre, decertāre, collīdĕre Mec mín freá feohtan háteþ my lord commands me to fight, Exon. 102 b; Th. 389, 10; Rä. 7, 5: 104 b; Th. 398, 2; Rä. 17, 1.

Linked entries: a-feohtan ge-feohtan

gehðo

(n.)
Grammar
gehðo, gehðu, geohðu, geoðu, giohðo, giðu, e; f.

Careanxietycurasolicitudo

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Care, anxiety; cura, solicitudo Gomol on gehðo eówic grétan hét the aged [prince] in sadness commanded to greet you, Beo. Th. 6181; B. 3095. Gehðomǽnan to bemoan misery, Andr. Kmbl. 3095; An. 1550.

Linked entry: gihþu

án-rǽd

(adj.)
Grammar
án-rǽd, adj. [án one, rǽd counsel]

One-mindedunanimousagreedperseveringresolutepromptvehementunanimusfirmus consiliiconfidensaudaxvehemens

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Ath. iv. 7; Th. i. 226, 19. Ðis swefen ys ánrǽde som-niurn unum est, Gen. 41, 25. Ealle ánrǽde to gemǽnra þearfe all unanimous for the common need, L. Edg. C. l; Th. ii. 244, 4.

leóhte

(adv.)
Grammar
leóhte, adv.

Brightlyclearly

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Wearþ mé on hige leóhte my mind was enlightened, Cd. 32; Th. 42, 20; Gen. 676. Scýnan leóhtor to shine more brightly, Exon. 21 a; Th. 56, 18; Cri. 902

Linked entry: líhte

mann-dreám

(n.)
Grammar
mann-dreám, es; m.

Human joyjoyous life among menjoyous noise

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Human joy, joyous life among men, joyous noise Ðú ne gemyndgast æfter mandreáme, ne wást bútan wildeóra þeáw thy mind shall not be according to human life, nor shall thou (Nebuchadnezzar) know aught but the habit of wild beasts, Cd. 203; Th. 251, 30;

fægere

(adv.)

beautifullyelegantlygentlyfairplausiblyspeciouslyimpuritythoroughlynoblysplendidlyjustly

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Th. 118, 117. Gefultuma mé fægere, 118, 86. Fægre, Jud. 301. Þá gefetredan fægre Drihten álýseð the Lord makes deliverance fair of the fettered, Ps. Th. 145, 7. Seledreáme fægre onþeón, Rä. 64, 2. Fægere áfréfran, Ps. Th. 125, 1.

ge-leoran

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ge-leoran, l. ge-leóran,
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R. 15, 44. of things. to pass from the body Ꝥ se drænc sý ðe ǽr geleóred, Lch. iii. 20, 3. to pass away, cease Oþ ꝥ seó ýst forð geleóreð until the storm passes, Shrn. 81, 27. to pass away, cease to exist, come to nothing Heofon and eorðo geliórað

bǽtan

to baitworry with dogs,to beatmake way against the wind or current

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bǽtte, warenað hé hine wið ðæt weder a good pilot perceives a great wind on a rough sea before it comes on him, and orders the sail to be furled, and also sometimes the mast to be lowered and to leave off beating; if he have before in an adverse wind

for-búgan

(v.)
Grammar
for-búgan, port, -búgende; p. -beáh, pl. -bugon; impert. -búh, pl. -búgaþ; pp. -bogen; v. trans.

To bend frompass bydeclineavoidshuneschewrecēdĕreprætĕrīredeclīnāreevītāredevītāre

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T. 15, 2: Homl. Th. i. 82, 26: 206, 6: Num. 22, 26. Se wer wæs forbúgende yfel ĕ rat vir recēdens a mălo, Job Thw. 164, 3. Næs ðæt ná se Godríc ðe ða gúþe forbeáh this was not the Godric who had fled from the war, Byrht. Th. 141, 21; By. 325.

hider

to this worldto this lifein this worldto this pointhither and thitherto and fro

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Ne þec mon hider móse fédeð they won't come hither to feed you, Gú. 245. to the country or region to which the speaker belongs, with a verb expressing movement Þ wæs ymb twá gér þæs þe hié hider ofer sǽ cómon, Chr. 895; P. 89, 1: 937; P. 110, 3: B. 240

Linked entry: hider-cyme

fóran

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
fóran, prep. adv.

Beforein frontin frontin frontbefore alloppositeover againstBeforeBeforehandbeforebeforeBeforein front of

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Take here foran- (l. foran ) in Dict., and add Foran his þrowunga and foran þon tócyme dómes dæges, Bl.H. 35, 7: 27, 26. Foran þyssum ondweardan dæge, Bl. H. 131, ii. Foran ðǽre tíde, C.

ge-mang

Grammar
ge-mang, among.
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J 64, 4. of the relation of anything in a local group to the other members of the group, although these do not actually surround it Zosimus hine sylfne fulfremednysse áþenede gemang þám emnwyrhtum. Hml. S. 23 b, 97.