brycgian
a bridge ⬩ To bridge, bridge over, make a bridge ⬩ pontem trajicere vel construere
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[brycg a bridge] To bridge, bridge over, make a bridge; pontem trajicere vel construere Sceal ís brycgian ice shall bridge over [water], Exon. 90 a; Th. 338, 4; Gn. Ex. 73. Ofer eástreámas ís brycgade the ice bridged over the water-streams, Andr.
Linked entry: ge-brycgian
wíglian
To practise divination or sorcery
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Ne sceal nán cristen mann nán þincg be ðám mónan wíglian, Lchdm. iii. 266, 17
gang-dagas
Perambulation days ⬩ the three days before Ascension day or Holy Thursday ⬩ Rogation days, when the boundaries of parishes and districts were traversed ⬩ dies perambŭlātiōnes vel processiōnis ⬩ rogātiōnum dies
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Ðys Gódspel sceal to Gang-dagon this Gospel must be on the Rogation days [Gang-days], Rubc. Mt. Bos. 7, 7-14, notes, p. 575. Ðis sceal to Gang-dagon ðæge twegen dagas, this [Gospel] must be on the two days of the Rogation days, Rubc. Lk.
GEÁP
Open ⬩ spread out ⬩ extended ⬩ broad ⬩ roomy ⬩ spacious ⬩ wide ⬩ pătens ⬩ pătŭlus ⬩ amplus ⬩ lātus
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Sum sceal on geápum galgan rídan one shall ride on the extended gallows, Exon. 87 b; Th. 239, 12; Vy. 33. Under geápne hróf under the spacious roof, Beo. Th. 1677; B. 836
mann-bót
A fine to be paid to the lord of a man slain
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Weaxe sió [mǽg]bót be ðam were swá ilce swá sió manbót déþ ðe ðam hláforde sceal, L. In. 76; Th. i. 150, 14-16. Æt twýhyndum were mon sceal sellan tó monbóte xxx. sciłł, æt vi. hyndum Lxxx. sciłł, æt twelfhyndum cxx., 70; Th. i. 146, 13-15: L. Edm.
beþian
To warm ⬩ foment
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Mon sceal mid wearmum springum and háte wætre beþian þá stówe . . þá sáran stówa beþe and lǽt reócan on, 202, 20-24. Mon sceal beþan (beþian ?, beþþan ?) þá breóst mid wine, 232, 19. Is sió tó beðianne mid hátan wætre, 206, 14.
erian
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Ǽlce dæg ic (the ploughman) sceal erian fulne æcer oþþe máre, Coll. M. 19, 21. Hwylc man áþóhte ærest mid sul tó erianne? Ðæt wæs Cham, Noes sunu, Sal. K. p. 186, 28. Add
féðe-mund
A foot-hand ⬩ mánus gressus
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Used for the fore-feet of the badger Ic sceal fromlíce féðemundum þurh steápne beorg strǽte wyrcan I [a badger] shall strenuously work a road through a steep mountain with my fore-feet, Exon. 104b; Th. 397, 10; Rä. 16, 17
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ge-fiðerian
To give wings to ⬩ provide with wings ⬩ ālas addĕre ⬩ pennis instruĕre
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To give wings to, provide with wings; ālas addĕre, pennis instruĕre Ic sceal ǽrest ðín mód gefiðerian I must first give wings to thy mind, Bt. 36, 1; Fox 172, 31. Gefiðerigan, 36, 2; Fox 174, 6.
Linked entries: ge-feðeran ge-fiðerhamod ge-fyðerian
ge-seccan
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Ides sceal dyrne cræfte hire freónd geseccan gif heó nelle on folce geþeán ðæt hí man beágum gebycge a woman must by secret art get herself a friend if she do not wish publicly to succeed in being bought with rings, Menol. Fox 548; Gn. C. 44
un-swiciende
Unfailing ⬩ that does not deceive ⬩ loyal
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Ðæt ðú wið Waldend heólde fæste treówe; seó ðé freoðo sceal weorðan áwa tó aldre unswiciendo, Cd. Th. 204, 25; Exod. 424
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cyning-ǽþe
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Sé þe onsacan wille þæs sleges mid áðe, þonne sceal bión on þǽre hyndenne án kyningǽðe (-ǽde, v. l. ) (cf. ládige hé hine mid .xi. his gelícena and mid ánum cyninges þægne, 154, 9), Ll. Th. i. 136, 12
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adesa
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Hé sceal habban æcse, adsan, bil, Angl. ix. 263, 1. Add
ge-þaca
A thatcher ⬩ coverer ⬩ tector
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A thatcher, coverer; tector Sceal ðis sáwel-hús fǽge flǽschoma leomu lámes geþacan wunian wælreste this soul-house, the doomed flesh-covering, the limbs, coverers of the earth [lying upon the earth], must inhabit the mortal resting-place, Exon. 47 b;
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ham
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D. v. 374, 14-32. v. fleax-hamm, flód-hamm, mint-hamm, mylen-hamm, sceáp-hamm, stigel-hamm, wæter-hamm. See Midd. Flur, s. v
sacan
to fight, strive, contend ⬩ to disagree, ⬩ to wrangle ⬩ to bring a suit ⬩ to accuse, blame ⬩ to refuse, deny.
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Ic ( Beowulf) sceal fón wið feónde and ymb feorh sacan, Beo. Th. 883; B. 439. Gód sceal wið yfele, líf sceal wið deáþe, leóht sceal wið þýstrum, fyrd wið fyrde, feónd wið óðrum, láð wið láðe ymb land sacan, Menol. Fox 568; Gn. C. 53.
ge-ecgode
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Edged, provided with an edge Tóbrocene tigelan scearpe geecgode. Hml. S. 37, 179
spere-leás
Without a point or head
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Without a point or head Spereleás sceaft contus, Wrt. Voc. i. 35, 42
hóh-scanca
The shank; ⬩ crus
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The shank; crus Sceápes hóhscancan, L. M. 1, 2; Lchdm. ii. 38, 8