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ge-witan

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Gewutta, p. 11, 1. with clause Ꝥ gié gewitte for ðon sunu monnes hæfes mæht ut sciatis quoniam filius hominis habet potestatem, Mt. L. 9, 6. Ꝥ hé ásende sumne mann and gewiste ( agnosceret ) and him eft gecýðde hwæt wǽre geworden be Germane, Gr.

herigend-lic

praiseworthyapprobationexcellent

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Se man nǽre herigendlic, gif hé for þí ne syngode þe hé ne mihte; ac hé wǽre hérigendlic, gif hé ne syngode þá þá hé mihte . . . drecð deófol mancyn mid costnungum, ꝥ þá be-ón hergendlice and hálige þe him wiðstandað magnae laudi non esset, si ideo homo

ildra

(n.)
Grammar
ildra, m.
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Add: of relationship. a parent Sume habbað bearn genóge, ac ðá beóþ hwílum unhále oþþe yfele . . . ꝥ; ðá eldran for þám gnorniaþ, Bt. ii. i ; F. 32, 9. Mið ðý in lǽddun ældru his ( parentes eius ) ðone cnæht, Lk. R. 2, 27. Ældro, 43.

sæc

(n.)
Grammar
sæc, sæcc, e; f.

Strife, contest, conflict

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Nó hé him ðam sæcce ondréd, ne him ðæs wyrmes wíg for wiht dyde, 4684; B. 2347. Sæcce fremman to fight, 4991; B. 2499 : Exon. Th. 496, 28; Rä. 85, 21. Hí hæfdon sæcce gesóhte, sceolde sweordes ecg feorh ácsigan, Andr. Kmbl. 2265; An. 1134.

Linked entry: sæccan

út-lah

(adj.)
Grammar
út-lah, adj.

Outlawedan outlawcalling for outlawry

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Gif heora menn sleán úre ǽhta, ðonne beód hý útlage ge wið hý ge wið ús, ii. 7; Th. i. 288, 10. calling for outlawry Gif se Englisca beclypaþ Frenciscne mid útlagan þingan si Anglicus appellet Francigenam de utlagaria, W. ii. 3: Th. i. 489, 22

Linked entries: -lah út-laga

wealh-stod

(n.)
Grammar
wealh-stod, es; m.

An interpreterone who serves as a medium between speakers of different languagesan interpreter of written language a translatoran interpreter of a subject, an expoundera mediator the word occurs as a proper name

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Gr. 9, 26; Zup. 51, 14. one who serves as a medium between speakers of different languages Se cyning gerehte his witan on heora ágenum gereorde ðæs bisceopes bodunge, and wæs his wealhstod, for ðan ðe hé wel cúþe Scyttysc, Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 67.

Linked entry: -stod

timber

(n.)
Grammar
timber, es; n.

material for constructing a house, ship, etc.,timbermaterial of which anything is formeda structure,building,edificethe building of a house, ship, etc.

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material for constructing a house, ship, etc., timber Æfter siextegum daga ðæs ðe ðæt timber (arbores) ácorfen wæs, ðǽr wǽron xxx and c scipa gearora, Ors. 4, 6; Swt. 172, 4. Ne sceal cyrcean timber (ligna ecclesiae) tó ǽnigum óðrum weorce, L. Ecg.

Linked entry: and-timber

ge-healdan

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Hé fulwihte onféng and þæt forð geheóld, El. 192. Gé geheóldon þæt eów se hálga beád, An. 346. Þæt hié heora fulwihthádas gehealdan, Bl. H. 109, 26. Þæt hí Godes ǽwe on riht geheóldan, 45, 26.

hycgan

(v.)
Grammar
hycgan, hycgean; p. hogde.

take thoughtbe mindfulthinkconsidermeditateto intendpurposedetermineendeavourstriveto hope

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Gemune ús on módsefan forþ hycgende folces ðínes remember us, being continually mindful of thy people; memento nostri in beneplacito populi tui, Ps.

ge-sittan

(v.)
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L. 23, 2. to settle. of persons, of individuals, to dwell, reside Hé fór tó Róme and þǽr gesæt (wunode eal tó his lífes ende, v.l. ), Chr. 874 ; P. 72, 27.

útan

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
útan, (-on); adv. prep. A. adv.

from withoutwithouton the outsideon the outsideon the surfaceoutwardlyaboutroundoutaway from land

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Th. 62, 21; Cri. 1005: 219, 2; Ph. 301. figuratively, outwardly Gú ætýwaþ mannum útan (a foris) rihtwíse, Mt. Kmbl. 23, 28. Ðeáh hé fæger word útan ætýwe, Fragm.

Linked entries: útane úton út-weard

Alríca

(n.)
Grammar
Alríca, Eallríca, Ealleríca, an; m: Alarícus, i; m. Lot. [al=eall all, ríca a ruler; v. ríc]

AlaricAlarícus, king of the Visigoths

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Hettulf, Alrícan mæg, Honoriuses sweóstor him to wífe genam Ataulf, Alaric's kinsman, took the sister of Honorius for his wife, Ors. 6, 38; Bos. 133, 14. Seó hergung wæs, þurh Alarícum [acc. Lat.]

Linked entries: Ealleríca Eallríca

hríðer

(n.)
Grammar
hríðer, hrýðer, es; n.

oxcowheifer

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Ðǽr wǽron gecýpe hrýðeru and scép there were for sale oxen and sheep, Homl. Th. i. 406, 18. Hwílum hý him ráredon on swá hrýðro sometimes they bellowed at him like oxen, Shrn. 141, 10. Gif hrýðera steorfan if cattle are dying, Lchdm. iii. 54, 31.

Linked entries: hruðer hrýðer

HUNGOR

(n.)
Grammar
HUNGOR, es; m.

HUNGERfamine

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Hungre heófeþ wulf se grǽga the grey wolf howls for hunger, Exon. 91 b; Th. 342, 30; Gn. Ex. 150. Hungur heaðugrimne heardne, Ps. Th. 145, 6. Manncwealmas and hungras pestilentiæ et fames, Mt. Kmbl. 24, 7

lyt

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
lyt, indecl. used as subst. adj. and adv.

Fewlittle

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Ne sceal hé tó lyt þancian heora ælmessan he shall not be too sparing of thanks for their alms, Blickl. Homl. 43, 13.

Linked entry: lyt-hwón

gid

(n.)
Grammar
gid, gidd, gied, giedd, gyd, gydd, ged, es; n.

a songlaypoemcantuscantilenacarmenpoemaA speechtalesermonproverbriddlesermodictumloquelaproverbiumænigma

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Geríseþ gleómen gied a song is proper for a gleeman, Exon. 91 b; Th. 344, 1; Gn. Ex. 167. Cúþ gyddum known in lays [songs], Beo. Th. 304; B. 151.

Linked entries: gidding gied ged gyd

scrín

(n.)
Grammar
scrín, es; n.
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Th. 553, 12. a receptacle for the relics of a saint, a shrine Se earm wearð geléd on scrine of seolfre ásmiðod on Sancte Petres mynstre, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 99, 143. Ðá þwóh man ða hálgan bán, and bær intó ðære cyrcan on scríne, 100, 158.

þorp

(n.)
Grammar
þorp, þrop, es; m. Perhaps the idea at first connected with the words is that of an assemblage, cf. the use in Icelandic: Maðr heitir einnhverr ... þorp ef þrír ero, Skáldskaparmál; þyrpast to crowd, throng: þyrping
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In the end the meaning came to be hamlet, village, in which sense it remained for some time in English, e.g.: Ic Ædgar gife freodom Sce Petres mynstre Medeshamstede of kyng and of biscop, and ealle þa þorpes þe ðærto lin: ðæt is, Æstfeld and Dodesthorp

Linked entry: þrop

wícing

(n.)
Grammar
wícing, es; m.
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Metellus fór on Belearis ðæt lond, and oferwan ða wícingas ðe on ðæt land hergedon Metellus Baleares insulas bello pervagatus edomuit, et piraticam infestationem compressit, 5, 5; Swt. 226, 23. ¶ in passages dealing with English affairs the word refers

Linked entry: scegð-mann

á-breóþan

(v.)
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Substitute for all but the two instances from Ælfc. Gr. : intrans. To degenerate, deteriorate, fall away, fail, of persons, physical Oft hyre hleór ábreóðeð her good looks ore lost, Gn.

Linked entries: a-broten á-broþenness