for-gifan
to give ⬩ bestow ⬩ grant ⬩ dispense ⬩ to give ⬩ to give ⬩ to give ⬩ to give up ⬩ hand over ⬩ deliver up ⬩ commit ⬩ practice ⬩ to give back ⬩ restore ⬩ to marry ⬩ to grant ⬩ permit ⬩ allow ⬩ to grant ⬩ to give ⬩ cause ⬩ to forgive
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Ne beó ǽfre ǽnig foráð forgifen, 388, 18. Beón þá heregeata forgyfene, 420, 16. to give up claim to reparation for wrong doing, sin, offence. the object a noun Se Hálga Gást manna synna forgifð, Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, 16.
INN
A dwelling ⬩ house ⬩ chamber ⬩ lodging
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A dwelling, house, chamber, lodging Næs Beówulf ðǽr ac wæs óðer in ǽr geteohhod Beowulf was not there, but other lodging had before been assigned to him, Beo. Th. 2604; B. 1300.
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tunece
A tunic ⬩ coat
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Hió an Ceóldrýþe hyre blacena tunecena, swá ðǽr hyre leófre beó, 538, 6. Se ðe hæfþ twá tunecan (cyrtlas. Lind. Rush. ), Lk. Skt. 3, 11: Blickl. Homl. 169, 13
Linked entry: tunice
ge-sécan
to seek, inquire, ask for ⬩ quærere, requirere, inquirere ⬩ to seek, go to, approach, look for, visit, come to ⬩ adire, ire vel proficisci, aliquo vel ad aliquem, visitare, venire, pervenire aliquo ⬩ to seek with hostile intention, to persecute, afflict, invade ⬩ hostiliter aggredi, invadere, corripere ⬩ to seek; go to, visit ⬩ ire, proficisci ⬩ to appoint, dispose, beset ⬩ exigere, disponere
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Nǽnig heora þohte ðæt he scolde eft eardlufan ǽfre gesécean not one of them thought that he should ever seek his loved home again, Beo. Th. 1389; B. 692. Land swíðe feor to gesécanne the land is very far to seek, Andr. Kmbl. 847; An. 424: Beo.
a-hón
To hang ⬩ crucify ⬩ suspendere ⬩ crucifigere
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Ðæt he ahangen wǽ re that he should be crucified, 15, 15 : Mt. Bos. 27, 38, 44. Sý he ahangen crucifigatur, 27, 23.
cyne-ríce
A royal region or possession, a kingdom, realm ⬩ regnum
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Féng his bearn to cyneríce his child succeeded to the kingdom, Chr. 975; Erl. 126, 5; Edg. 31: 1066; Erl. 201, 1: 1076; Erl. 215, 2. On ðý cyneríce be súþan Temese in the kingdom south of the Thames, 871; Erl. 76, 9.
Linked entry: cyning-ríce
georn-ful
Full of desire, eager, solicitous, anxious, strenuous, zealous, intent, diligent ⬩ sollĭcĭtus, stŭdiōsus, anxius, sēdŭlus, intentus, dīlĭgens
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He wiste ðæt hý woldon georn-fulran beón ðære wrace, ðonne óðre men he knew that they would be more eager for revenge than others, Ors. 2, 5; Bos. 47, 3
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á-cunnian
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Be his regolum ácunnod tried by its rules, Lch. iii. 250, 7. to experience, ascertain by trial Ǽlce dæge wé ácunniað, ðæt ðǽre sóþfæstnysse word beóþ gefyllede, Gr. D. 51, 24.
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eornost
in earnest ⬩ seriously ⬩ indeed
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Beóð ánrǽde and habbað sum eornost. Sé ðe eornost næfð, earfoðlíce hé sceal ǽfre geðeón tó ǽnigre geðingðe, Hml. A. 48, 582-4. Hé mid geleáfan clipode on his eornost tó Gode, Ǽlfc. T. Grn. 11, 38.
ge-rímcræft
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Béda cwæð on þǽre bóc þe hé gesette be gerímcræfte and hig du temporibus genemde, 308, 38. Þá Egiptiscan þe sélost cunnon on gerímcræfte tealdón ꝥ seó lenctenlice emniht is on duodecima kl. April. Lch. iii. 256, 7.
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má
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Be úre sáwle lífe ic nú ðon má náwuht ne twæóge, 59, 25. qualifying a predicate as being applicable in a greater measure or degree than another, more, rather Eówra sáwla má (potius) forhwerfdon þonne hié gerihton, Ll. Th. i. 56, 18
on-þracian
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Andþraciaþ herescunt (horrescunt seems to have been read, Cf. horrescunt andþrachiað, Hpt. Gl. 481, 24: both are glosses on Ald. 43, 38).
á-lífan
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Th. 139, 8. to be permitted Álýfð (is áléfed, L. R.) restedagum wel tó dónne hweþer ðe yfele licet sabbatis bene facere an male? , Mk. 3, 4. Hwæþer álýfð ( licet ) ǽnegum men his wíf forlǽtan, 10, 2.
hleahtor
a laugh
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Be hlehtre and be wópe, I. Hwelce cehhettunge gé woldon þæs habban and mid hwelcre hleahtre gé woldon beón ástyred quanta moveris cachinno Bt. 16, 2; F. 52, 5. Dyde ic mé tó gomene ganetes hleóðor and huilpan swég fore hleahtor wera, Seef. 21.
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hrægel
A garment ⬩ dress ⬩ robe ⬩ rail ⬩ clothing
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Hrægl and hringas robe and rings, Beo. Th. 2394; B. 1195. Sæt ðǽr sum þearfa nacod bæd hrægles and ælmessan a beggar sat there naked asked for a garment and an alms, Blickl. Homl. 213, 33.
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hýnþ
Humiliation ⬩ abasement ⬩ disgrace ⬩ contempt ⬩ injury ⬩ harm ⬩ loss
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Sorh is mé tó secganne hwæt mé Grendel hafaþ hýnþo gefremed a grief it is to me to say what harm Grendel hath done me, Beo. Th. 954; B. 475: 1190; B. 593. Undóm déman earmum tó hýnþe to judge unjust judgment to the injury of the poor, L. I.
hof
A house ⬩ hall, ⬩ dwelling, ⬩ building ⬩ ædes, ⬩ domus
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Hofum, Beo. Th. 3677; B. 1836
hwá
Who ⬩ what. ⬩ any one ⬩ some one ⬩ anything ⬩ something ⬩ whosoever ⬩ whatsoever, ⬩ whatever
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Be hwý according to what principle, Chart. Th. 171, 7. Ic wundrige for hwý se góda God lǽte ǽnig yfel beón I wonder for what reason the good God allows any evil to exist, Bt. 36, 1; Fox 172, 4. For hwig, St. And. 32, 13.
a-bégan
To bend ⬩ bend down ⬩ bow ⬩ reduce ⬩ subdue ⬩ incurvare ⬩ redigere ⬩ subigere
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To bend, bend down, bow, reduce, subdue; incurvare, redigere, subigere Weorþe heora bæc swylce abéged eác dorsum illorum semper incurva, Ps. Th. 68, 24: Chr. 1073; Erl. 212, 1: 1087; Th. 356, 10
Linked entries: a-bégendlíc a-býgan
fyrclian
To flash ⬩ flicker ⬩ fulgēre
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To flash, flicker; fulgēre Swilce se beám ongeán weardes wið ðæs steorran ward fyrcliende wǽre as if the beam were flashing towards the star from an opposite direction, Chr. 1106; Erl. 240, 34