ge-mæcca
A companion, mate, consort, husband or wife ⬩ conjux
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Boga sceal strǽle sceal mon to gemæccan a bow must have an arrow, a man must to his mate, Exon. 91 b; Th. 343, 10; Gn. Ex. 155. Gemæcca conjunx, Ælfc. Gr. 28; Som. 31, 54.
sundor-sprǽc
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Cornelius Asina gefór tó Hannibale tó sundorsprǽce ad colloquium, Ors. 4, 6; Swt. 172, 7. Ðá nam Eugenia hí on sundorsprǽce, Homl. Skt. i. 2, 48. Ðá clypode Herodes ða ðrý tungelwítegan on sundersprǽce, Homl. Th. i. 78, 17.
fægen
glad
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Fægen wǽron síðes, lungre leórdan, An. 1043. in a clause Hé wæs fægen ꝥ hé tó scypum ætfleáh, Chr. 1076; P. 211, 28. Wǽron þá burgware tó þon fægene and tó þon blíðe þæt hié feohtan móston, Ors. 5, 3; S. 222, 4.
for-berstan
exhausted ⬩ to fail ⬩ break down
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K. 19. of legal proceedings, to fail, break down, come to nothing Gif hit tihtle sí and lád forberste if it be a prosecution and the defence fail, Ll. Th. i. 406, 10. Him wǽre leófre ðæt hé . . . þonne se áð forburste. Cht. Th. 171, 26.
ge-hlíwan
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Gehlýde, Job Thw. 165, 2. to refresh Spíw and hit gehlýwð ( refrigerabit ) þé and þú ná tó gelǽd líchaman ðínum untrum-nysse, Scint. 170, 6. in a spiritual sense Sé þe gehýrsumað fæder, hé gehlýwð ( refrigerabit ) mǽder, Scint. 174, 3.
Linked entries: ge-hleówan ge-hlýwan
hwít
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Fæst ǽlc dæge tó nónes and tó ánes métes búton sunnandæg, and forgá hwít, Wlfst. 289, 25. Cf. Ðá ðé on þás hálgan tíde magon cýse and ǽgra and fisc forgán, swíþe heálic fæsten ꝥ bið, Ll. Th. ii. 438, II.
sweotolian
to make clear or manifest, to shew, declare ⬩ to become manifest
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to make clear or manifest, to shew, declare Ǽlc gesceaft ðæt sweotolaþ, ðæt God éce is Deum aeternum esse cunctorum degentium commune judicium est, Bt. 42; Fox 256, 7.
irsian
to be angry ⬩ to rage ⬩ to make angry ⬩ to anger ⬩ provoke
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Ða Iudéiscan yrsigende cwǽdon tó Criste the Jews being angry said to Christ, Homl. Th. ii. 236, 4. to make angry, to anger, provoke Hí yrsodon moyses irritaverunt Moysen, Ps. Spl. 105, 16
Linked entry: eornigende
fore-secgan
to foretell ⬩ prophesy ⬩ proclaim ⬩ pronounce ⬩ declare ⬩ to preach
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Foresǽde cempan praedictos tyrunculos, 3044. referring to the future. of natural knowledge, to mention beforehand what is to take place Foresægeð (praenuntiat) eástro æfter tuǽm dógrum (cf. scitis quia post biduum Pascha fiet, Mt. 26, 2), Mt. p. 19,
lícian
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(i) to be (well) pleasing :-- In ðǽm wel lícade sáwle míne in quo bene complacuit animae meae, Mt. L. 12, 18. Ús mára hearm tó fundode þonne ús wel lícode, Cht. E. 230, 2. (ii) to be sufficient :-- Wel lícas sufficit, Mk.
wegan
to move, bear, carry, bring, transport ⬩ to bring, cause ⬩ to bear, support ⬩ to bear, carry, ⬩ to have ⬩ bear ⬩ wear ⬩ to have ⬩ to be under the influence of ⬩ have ⬩ bear ⬩ to bear, submit to ⬩ to weigh, ⬩ to put something in a balance ⬩ to be equal to ⬩ To move
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To teche an beore to weȝe boþe scheld and spere, O. and N. 1022. Chepinge þe me shule meten oðer weien, O. E. Homl. ii. 213, 34. To weien swuðer his sunne þen he þurfte. Weien hit to lutel is ase vuel, A. R. 336, 22
Linked entry: æt-wegan
L
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The same name seems to have been given to the corresponding letter in the Gothic alphabet, though it occurs only in a, corrupt form laar = lagus.
nídan
To force ⬩ compel ⬩ urge
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Ne nýdde hé ná ðæt folc tó his cwale he did not force the people to kill him, Homl. Th. i. 216, 1. Ðá nýdde hé ðone unclǽnan gást út, Lk. Skt. 9, 42. Hé hié nýdde in fæðm fýres, Cd. Th. 230, 14; Dan. 233.
wissian
to shew ⬩ to shew ⬩ guide ⬩ direct ⬩ rule ⬩ declare ⬩ make known
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to shew a way Grammar wissian, (acc.) to a person Grammar wissian, (dat. ) Ðæt ðú nyme ðé ládmenn, ðæt ðé wegas wissigeon, Gen. 33, 15.
á-gán
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</b> to run out (of a lease). v. un-ágán in Dict. to pass off, lose strength Ágǽþ evanuerit (v. Mt. 5, 13), Wrt. Voc. ii. 30, 62. Ágǽtþ, 73, 2. to come off, come to pass, happen Hit ágǽd eallswá hé spricð evenerit quod locutus est .
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búan
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Tó býenna possidenda, p. 9, 16. Forgeaf God him and his ofspringe þone eard tó búgienne, Hml. Th. ii. 190, 14. Land tó búgianne land to inhabit, Bt. 17; F. 60, 4: 18, 1; F. 62, 16
hand
HAND, side, power, control
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Ðǽr unc hwíle wæs hand gemǽne there for a time we two had a hand to hand struggle [cf. Ger. handgemein werden to fight hand to hand ], Beo. Th. 4281; B. 2137.
Linked entries: irfe-hand hand-gemǽne hond
a-calan
To become cold ⬩ algere ⬩ frigescere
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To become cold; algere, frigescere Nó acól for ðý egesan he never became cold for the terror, Andr. Grm. 1267
æfter-rídan
To ride after ⬩ equo in-sequi
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To ride after; equo in-sequi Híg ða sóna æfterridon ídelum færelde secuti sunt eos per viam, Jos. 2, 7
æt-hwá
Each ⬩ quisque
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Each; quisque Se is æt-hwám freónd which is to each a-friend, Exon. 95b; Th. 356, 22; Pa. 15