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hád

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Add: person ; persona. a character in a drama or the like Þonne se sceop in gebtingð óðre hádas þe wið hine wurdlion, swylce hig him andswarion, Angl. viii. 330, 43. (l a) (one's own) person :-- Swylce ágenum háde ł naman ceu propria persona. An. Ox.

ge-limpan

(v.)
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Add: to happen. construction uncertain Gelamp obtigit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, i : contigit, i. accidit, evenit, 135, 12 : attigisset, 88, 23. Gewarð ł gelump accidit, Mt. p. 3, 7. the subject a noun (pronoun) to take place, be done or made Þý ærestan dæge

ge-riht

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Add: where direction is marked, a straight line. [The phrase on gerihte (geriht) occurs often in the charters which give the boundaries of land, and corresponds to various Latin phrases, e. g. per rectitudinem uiae, C. D. v. 279, 7 : directe, iii. 374

a-rǽfnan

(v.)
Grammar
a-rǽfnan, -réfnan; p. ede, de; pp. ed

To endurebearsuffersustineretolerareperferre

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To endure, bear, suffer; sustinere, tolerare, perferre Ðæt he ðæt sár mihte geþyldelíce mid smylte móde aberan and arǽfnan ut patienter dolorem ac placida mente sustineret, Bd. 4, 31; S. 610, 27. Ðonne hí ðæt mægen ðære unmǽtan hǽto arǽfnan ne mihton

a-wecgan

(v.)
Grammar
a-wecgan, -wegan ; p. -wegde, -wegede ; pp. -weged ; v. trans.

To moveremoveshakemovereamoverecommovereagitare

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To move, remove, shake; movere, amovere, commovere, agitare Ne mihton awecgan Iob of his módes ánrǽdnysse might not move Job from his constancy of mind, Job Thw. 167, 33 : Andr. Kmbl. 1005; An. 503. Hí ne mihton hine awecgan they could not move it, Homl

Linked entries: a-wegan a-wegyd

burh-stede

(n.)
Grammar
burh-stede, burg-stede, es; m.
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A city-place, city; urbis locus, urbs On ðam burh-stede in thai city. Cd. 52; Th. 65, 7; Gen. 1062 : 174; Th. 218, 31; Dan. 47. Hí ágon beorhtne burhstede they shall have a bright city-place, 221; Th. 287, 6; Sae. 363: Beo. Th. 4522; B. 2265. Æfter burhstedum

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BÝRGAN

(v.)
Grammar
BÝRGAN, býrian, býrigan, býrgean, býrigean, beorgan; p. de; pp. ed
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To taste, eat; gustare, manducare Ðú ðínes gewinnes wæstme býrgest labores fructuum tuorum manducabis, Ps. Th. 127, 2. Nymþe ðú æppel ǽnne býrgdest unless thou hast tasted an apple, Cd. 42; Th. 54, 21; Gen. 880. Hí bú þégun æppel, býrgdon forbodene they

DÍGOL

(n.)
Grammar
DÍGOL, dýgol, dégol,es; n.

Concealment, a secret place, secret, darkness, the grave, mystery secrētum, abscondĭtum, sepulcrum, mystērium

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Concealment, a secret place, secret, darkness, the grave, mystery; secrētum, abscondĭtum, sepulcrum, mystērium Ðæt ðín ælmesse sý on díglum ut sit eleemosy̆na tua in abscondĭto, Mt. Bos. 6, 4. He wǽt díglu heortan ipse nōvit abscondĭta cordis, Ps. Spl

flot

(n.; part.)
Grammar
flot, es; n. [floten, pp. of fleótan to float]

Water deep enough for sustaining a shipthe seaăqua sătis alta ad nāvem sustĭnendammăre

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Water deep enough for sustaining a ship, the sea; ăqua sătis alta ad nāvem sustĭnendam, măre Ongan eorla mengu to flote fýsan the multitude of warriors began to hasten to the sea, Elen. Kmbl. 451; El. 226: Andr. Kmbl. 3393; An. 1700. Wǽron ða útlagas

here-gild

(n.)
Grammar
here-gild, es; n.

A war-taxthe Danegild tax to support an army

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A war-tax, the Danegild, tax to support an army Hér wæs ðet heregeold gelǽst ðæt wǽron xxi þúsend punda and xcix punda in this year the Danegild was paid, it was twenty-one thousand and ninety-nine pounds, Chr. 1040; Erl. 167, 23. Swá fela sýðe swa menn

mis-

(adv.; prefix)
Grammar
mis-, mist-líce; adv.

diverselyvariouslyin different waysin an irregular manner

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diversely, variously, in different ways Godwine his geféran mislíce ofslóh Godwine killed his companions in different ways, Chr. 1036; Erl. 164, 33; Alf. Tod. 2: Exon. 107 b; Th. 411, 13; Rä. 29, 12. Hí his mistlíce (Cott. MS. mislice) willnigen, Bt.

BÓSG

(n.)
Grammar
BÓSG, bósig, bósih, es; m? n?

An ox or cow-stall, where the cattle stand all night in winter; a BOOSE,præsepiuma cottagea barnstabulum, præsepium bovis

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An ox or cow-stall, where the cattle stand all night in winter; a BOOSE, as it is now called by the common people, in the Midland and Northern counties. It is now [1874] more generally used for the upper part of the stall where the fodder lies,-They say

singallíce

(adv.)
Grammar
singallíce, adv.
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Perpetually, continually, constantly Hieremias wilnode singallíce ( sedulo ) hine geþiédan tó ðære lufan his Scippendes, Past. 7, 1 ; Swt. 49, 16 : Blickl. Homl. 101, 27. Wé him gyldaþ sin*-*gallíce, and hý ús hýnaþ dæghwamlíce, Wulfst. 163, 10. Swíðe

Linked entry: ge-singallícode

teónd

(n.)
Grammar
teónd, es; m.
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An accuser Gif wíteþeów mon betýnþ . . . ðonne áh se teónd áne swingellan æt him, L. In. 48; Th. i. 132, 9. Eode se man sylf tó ðe man tuge, and hæbbe se teónd (se ðe týhþ, MS. B.) cyre, swá wæterordál swá ýsenordál, L. Ath. iv. 6; Th. i. 224, 15. Tiónd

un-ámeten

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ámeten, adj.

Unmeasurednot having determined limitsvery greatimmenseboundless

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Unmeasured. not having determined limits Unámeten is se Fæder, unámeten is se Sunu, (unámeten is se Hálga Gást) ... Ne synt þrý unánetene ... ac is án unámeten immensus Pater, immensus Filius, immensus Spiritus Sanctus ... Non tres immensi ... sed unus

Linked entry: á-metan

un-fyrn

(adv.)
Grammar
un-fyrn, adv.

not long agobefore long

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of past time, not long ago Weorþodan wé nú unfyrn for tén nihtum ðone symbeldæg foran tó ðyssum ondweardan dæge not long ago now, ten days from to-day, we celebrated the festival, Blickl. Homl. 131, 9. of future time, before long Secgas míne gearwe

Linked entry: un-gefyrn

á-mánsumian

(v.)
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Dele bracket and add: to accurse Heó nolde ágan þæs wælhreówan hærereáf ac ámánsumode, Hml. A. 115, 426. Sí þeós buruh ámánsumod sit civitas haec anathema, Jos. 6, 17. as an ecclesiastical term, to excommunicate Gif gé ne dóð, ic eów ámán*-*sumige

Linked entry: mánsumian

be-grípan

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Substitute: to seize, lay hold of Gif ic begrípe (sumpsero) feðera míne, Ps. L. 138, 9. Begrípat capessunt (artna), An. Ox. II, 79. Begráp (apprehendit) hig fyrhto, Ps. L. 47, 7. Hig be-gripon (coeperunt) míne sáwle, 58, 4. Gif seó sáwul mid leahtrum

cyrf

(n.)
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Substitute: <b>cyrf,</b> es; m. a cutting, act of cutting Notige se abbod cyrfes and mid ísene þone uncoðan áceorfe abba utatur ferro abscisionis, R. Ben. 52, 19. 'Ælc treów ðe ne wyrcð gódne wæstm bið forcirfen.' . . . Be ðisum cyrfe spræc

ears-gang

(n.)
Grammar
ears-gang, es; m.
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a privy. v. gang, Hwílum þurh þá nosa hym yrnþ ꝥ blód, hwílum þanne on arsganga sitt hyt hym fram yrnþ, Lch. iii. 138, 5. Þanne hé tó arsganga gǽþ, þanne ꝥ hym from gǽþ byþ swýþe wyþ blóde gemenged, 140, 18. Ar[s]ganga latrinarum, An. Ox. 3917. faecal