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be-beódan

'to give . . . generally,'to orderenjoin to commitcommendto offer to the gods to commit into (on, in)to announce

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Gif ðú gewítest, hwǽm bebeódest þú ús?, Bl. H. 225, 17. Þá þré fǽmnan þe him Críst bebeád, 145, 31. Þé Gode bebeód te Deo commenda, Ll. Th. ii. 226, 16. Bebeóde hé hine Gode, Lch. ii. 116, 8: Bl. H. 47, 19.

rún

(n.)
Grammar
rún, e; f.
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Goth. rúna niman to take counsel] On hyne nǽnig monna cynnes mihte wlítan nymþe se módiga hwæne neár héte rinca tó rúne gegangan (cf. gangan te rúnu, an rúna, Hel. 1273, 5064), Judth. Thw. 22, 7; Jud. 54.

earfoþnes

(n.)
Grammar
earfoþnes, -ness, -niss, -nyss, e; f.

Difficulty, hardship, anxiety, tribulation, misfortune diffĭcultas, lăbor, angustiæ, tribŭlātio, infortūnium

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Mihte we ðý éþ geþolian swá hwæt earfoþnessa swá us on becóme we might the more easily bear whatsoever misfortunes come upon us, Bt. 10; Fox 30, 12

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hreówsung

(n.)
Grammar
hreówsung, e; f.

Sorrowingsorrowpenitencerepentance

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Gif hí hwæt gesyngodon hí hit eft mid hreówsunge gebéton if they sinned in aught they should make amends therein with repentance, Bt. 41, 3; Fox 248, 14. Hig hreówsunge dydon pœniterent, Lk. Skt. 10, 13.

irringa

(adv.)
Grammar
irringa, irrenga; adv.

Angrilyin anger

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Seó beó sceal losian ðonne heó hwæt yrringa stingþ the bee shall perish when she stings anything in anger, Bt. 31, 2; Fox 112, 26 : Bt. Met. Fox 18, 13; Met. 18, 7. Yrrenga, 26, 167 ; Met. 26, 84.

caru

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Hwæt bewearp þé on þás care and on þás gnornunga quid est quod te in moestitiam luctumque dejecit ?, Bt. 7, 2; F. 16, 26. Hí fácnum wordum heora aldorþægn unreordadon on cearum ( d. pl. ) cwidum (?cwíðdun, Cf. in cearum cwíðað, Gú. 194), Sat. 67.

grǽg

(adj.)
Grammar
grǽg, grég; adj.
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Grǽg hwǽte far, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 17; Som. 9, 52. Se grǽfa mǽw the grey mew, Andr. Kmbl. 742; An. 371. Wulf se grǽga the grey wolf, Exon. 91 b; Th. 343, 3; Gn. Ex. 151: Chr. 937; Erl. 115, 13; Ædelst. 64.

á-windan

(v.)

To twistplaitweaveto slip awayto become weak (?)

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v. á-swindan), þá þe ǽr hæfdon ful hwæte fingras, Wlfst. 148, 3

hæppan

(v.)
Grammar
hæppan, (?); p. te
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Th. ii. 510, 22 : nyste hé fǽringa hwǽr ; ꝥ seax cóm þe hé ǽr on handa hæfde, Bl. H. 223, 17 : all three passages refer to the same event in the life of St. Martin), Hml. S. 31, 477. [Cf. N. E. D. hap to go by chance.]

ge-faran

(v.)
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Bið æt Gode gelang eal hwæt wé gefaran scylan, 122, 9. Se cásere is nú gyt smeágende hwæt wé gefaran habban ( what has happened to us ), Hml. S. 23, 452.

geóna

(adv.)
Grammar
geóna, adv.
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Hitherto, yet; adhuc Hwædd geóna me gwona is quod adhuc mihi deest? Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 19, 20. Geóna hlifigende adhuc vivens, 27, 63. Ðá geóna [geone, Lind.] athuc, Jn. Skt. Rush. 11, 30: Mk. Skt. Rush. 5, 35. Ne ðá geóna nondum, Jn. Skt.

ge-tácnian

(v.)
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Hwæt elles getácnað ðæs sácerdes hrægl búton ryht weorc vestimenta sacerdotis quid aliud quam recta opera debemus accipere t, 93, 12.

holh

(n.)
Grammar
holh, holg, es; n.
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A hollow, cavity, hole Hwæt tácnaþ ðæt holh on ðæm weobude búton gódra monna geþyld? Forðam ðonne mon his mód geeáðmódgeþ ðæt he wiðerweardnesse and scande forbere ðonne geeácnaþ hé sum holh on his móde swá swá ðæt weobud hæfþ on him uppan.

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ymb-hygdig

(adj.)
Grammar
ymb-hygdig, adj.
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Ne beó gé ymbehýdige eówre sáwle hwæt gé etan nolite solliciti esse animae vestrae quid manducetis Lk. Skt. 12, 22. Be óðrum þingum ymbehýdige de ceteris solliciti 12, 26. Ymbhýdige be reáfe, Mt. Kmbl. 6, 28.

Linked entries: ymb-hédig -hygdig

dust

Grammar
dust, l. dúst,
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Hwæt ofermódgað ðiós eorðe and ðis dúsð?, Past. 299, 22

earming

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Hwæt ðú ( the impenitent thief ) lá, earming, ne ondrǽtst ðú ðé God?, Hml. Th. ii. 256, 12. Ðá áwrát se earming mid his ágenra hande swá swá se deófol him gedihte þone pistol, Hml.

stede

(n.)
Grammar
stede, es; m.
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Ðá stód seó sunne on ðam stede, Jos. 10, 12, 13. standing as opposed to moving, stopping, standing still. v. sunn-stede Hwæt is ðæs Hǽlendes stede oððe hwæt is his fær? Homl. Th. i. 156, 33. <b>IV a.

Linked entries: bed-stede hám-stede

ge-gilda

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Syndon ðis ðá forword þe . . . þá gegyldan gecoren habbað . . . æt ǽlcon gegyldan ǽnne peningc . . . æt twám gegyldum ǽnne brádne hláf . . . sceóte ǽlc gegylda ǽnne gyldsester fulne clǽnes hwǽtes, Cht. Th. 605, 17-606, 8.

be-limpan

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Ǽlc man, hwæt his háde tó belumpe, folgade, Chr. 1086; P. 219, 31. to concern, be the concern of a person Hwæt belympð tó þé hwylcere mǽgðe ic sý, Hml. S. 19, 56. to pertain to, relate to, have to do with Þá þing þe Gode belimpað, Ex. 4, 16.

ge-rýne

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Ðys syndon þá hálgan gerýnu þe þá twégen wítegan gesáwon and gehýrdon, Nic. 19, 5: 11. 29. what is beyond mere human comprehension, a mystery. of speech (prophecy, allegory, &amp;c. ) Wé nestan ǽr hwæt se blinda wæs ; nú we magon ongytan hwæt ꝥ gerýne