BIL
a BILL or a broad two-edged sword, a falchion ⬩ falx, marra, falcastrum, ensis curvus
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Whatever its shape, it must have had two edges; as, in the earliest poem, an envoy is attacked, billes ecgum, with the edges of a bill; falx, marra, falcastrum, ensis curvus.
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GEORN
Desirous, eager, anxious, ardent, zealous, studious, intent, careful, diligent ⬩ cupĭdus, appĕtens, sollĭcĭtus, studiōsus, intentus, dīlĭgens ⬩ eagerly ⬩ brisk, quick ⬩ earnestly ⬩ earnestly, eagerly ⬩ willingly, earnestly ⬩ desirous ⬩ willingly ⬩ willingly ⬩ willingly ⬩ desirous ⬩ intentus, cupĭdus, stŭdiōsus, prōnus ⬩ yearning for ⬩ gladly ⬩ fain, willingly ⬩ eager, willing
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Dǽda georn zealous in deeds, Cd.188; Th. 233, 27; Dan. 282. Teónum georn anxious for mischiefs, 27; Th. 36, 34; Gen. 581. Azarias, dǽdum georn, Dryhten herede Azariah, ardent in deeds, praised the Lord, Exon. 53 a; Th. 185, 5; Az. 3.
ge-mǽre
An end, boundary, termination, limit ⬩ finis
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Mycel sǽ and on gemǽrum wíd mare magnum et spatiosum, 103, 24, On gemǽru in finibus eorum, 104, 27 : Bt. Met. Fox 29, 17; Met. 29, 9 : Th. Apol. 9, 14.
séman
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Ðá wé hié sémdan then bade the king to bring them (the parties in a dispute about some land) to an agreement. Then was I one of the men who were nominated for the purpose . . . When we had brought them to an agreement. Chart.
be-sprecan
mention ⬩ to claim ⬩ To complain of ⬩ blame ⬩ To complain
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Th. i. 374, 13. of legal proceedings, to claim Sette hé borh ꝥ hé bringe his geteáman in þǽr hit besprecen bið (where the recovered property will be claimed), Ll. Th. i. 288, 17. in an unfavourable sense, trans.
eahtian
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Ðætte hié mægen geteón ðurh ðá eahtunge ðe hié mon eahtige hira niéhstan tó ðǽre sóðfæsðnesse lufan ut suae aestimationis dulcedine proximos in affectum veritatis trahant, 147, 8.
faroþ
ocean ⬩ waves ⬩ shore
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The MS. has oð ꝥ brim faroþæs: in Az. 38 the reading is oð brimflódas) the spacious vault of heaven down to the waters of ocean (i. e. to the horizon), the entire expanse of the sky, Dan. 322.
for-dyttan
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Fordyt oblitum, coopertum, 397, 378. in a literal, physical sense Þá geoniendan ceáfla þrotbollan fordytte hiulcos (i. apertos) faucium gurguliones oppilauit (i. obturauit ), An. Ox. 3577.
ge-lícian
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Add: with a subject expressed. a person Gelícað ( quasi pater in filio) complacet (sibi ), Kent. Gl. 40. Móna se þreótteóþa . . . cild ácenned . . . ofermód, him sylfum gelícigende, Lch. iii. 190, 14.
ge-sceþþan
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Heó gúðrinc geféng . . . nó þý ǽr in gescód h álan líce; hring útan ymbbearh þæt heó þone fyrdhom þurhfón ne mihte she clutched the warrior . . . none the more did she do hurt within to his body; the mail without protected, so that she might not pierce
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ge-teld
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On middum þǽm úrum wícum and betwih. þǽm geteldum inter ipsa tentoria in media castrorum parte, Nar. 12, 25. geteld sleán to pitch a tent :-- Man slóh an geteld ofer þá bán, Hml. S. 26, 180.
geár-gerím
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Cf. winter-gerím. in chronological reckoning. anno mundi Fram frymðe middaneardes tó dám flóde, ꝥ wæs geárgerímes twá ðúsenda wintra and twá hund wintra and twá and feówertyg wintra ... þonne wæs ealles áurnen geárgerímes fram frymðe middaneardes oþ
wiþ
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add: where the motion is in a direction opposite to that in which another object moves Se líg dreów wið þæi windes, Hml. Th. ii. 510, 9. Add Þeáh him mon sleá mid sweorde wiþ þæs heáfdes, Bl. H. 47, 14. 2.
wearn
A multitude, a great number or quantity, a great deal
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A multitude, a great number or quantity, a great deal Þunie (þu me, Th.) him gewinnes wearn ofer wealles hróf and heom on midle wese mán and inwit circumdabit eam super muros ejus iniquitas, et labor in medio ejus, Ps. Th. 54, 9.
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ófer
an edge, border, margin ⬩ the land bordering on water, a river-bank, sea-shore, over in local names,
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Smire ða ófras ðǽr hit reádige, the borders of a cancer 108, 20. the land bordering on water, a river-bank, sea-shore, over in local names, e.g. Over in Cambridgeshire, Wendover Strand litus, brerd vel ófer crepido, Wrt. Voc. i. 54. 24-25.
slipor
slippery, not easy to hold, moving easily ⬩ slipping easily, easily moved ⬩ foul ⬩ lubricum
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Sliper lubricum Nares gives several instances of slipper in sixteenth century, and Shakespeare uses the form: A slipper and a subtle knave, Oth. ii. 1. O. H. Ger. slefar, Grff. vi. 506 M. H. Ger. slepfer.]
sóm
agreement, concord ⬩ the bringing about of concord, reconciliation, adjustment of differences ⬩ an agreement, arrangement of a matter in dispute
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P. 10; Th. ii. 316, 35. an agreement, arrangement of a matter in dispute Ús eallan ðe æt ðære sóme wǽran Chart. Th. 171, 1
ge-swígian
to be silent ⬩ to pass over in silence; with the genitive ⬩ to silence
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in silence, Ps.
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ge-sýne
Visible ⬩ seen ⬩ evident ⬩ plain
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Visible, seen, evident, plain Ne mihte ic hire bedyrnan mínes módes unrótnesse for ðan hit wæs on mínum andwlitan gesýne I could not hide from her the disquiet of my mind for it was evident in my face, Shrn. 41, 25: Ors. 1, 7; Bos. 30, 28: Blickl.
ge-þwǽre
United ⬩ agreeing ⬩ consonant ⬩ harmonious ⬩ accordant ⬩ concordant ⬩ mild ⬩ gentle ⬩ peaceful ⬩ concors ⬩ congruus ⬩ consŏnus ⬩ mansuētus ⬩ pācĭfĭcus ⬩ plăcĭdus
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Ðú noldest on eallum þingum beón geþwǽre ðæs unrihtwísan cyninges willan thou wouldest not in all things be conformable to the will of the unrighteous king, Bt. 27, 2; Fox 96, 16.