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ge-hú

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Substitute: In every way, in all sorts of ways Ðeáh ðe seó sǽ sý gebýged gehú ( is bent in all sorts of ways ), heó wunað swá ðeáh on ðǽre eorðan bósme binnan hyre gemǽrum. Hex. 10, 30.

ge-neádian

(v.)
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Beón geneádode compellantur, 1257. absolute Geneádod bryce debitus usus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 139, 74- Ge-neáded inuitus, An.

ge-winful

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Hí ne mihton swá gewinnfullicum (gewinesfullicum, v. l.) fyrdum (tam laboriosis expeditionibus ) swencte beón, Bd. 1, 12; Sch. 33, 17. full of trouble. v. ge-win; 4 Þis líf is lǽnlic and hit is gewinful, Ll. Th. ii. 400, 15

hós

(n.)
Grammar
hós, a bramble.
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Twigu ł hosa ramnos (ramos seems to have been read. Cf. ramus twig, Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 80: but hosa from its form seems to belong to hosu ), Ps. Cam. 57, 10

brim-streám

(n.)
Grammar
brim-streám, brym-streám, es; m. [brim, stréam a stream, river].

the sea's current, ocean-stream, the sea, oceanmaris fluctus, mare, oceanus a rapid stream, riverfluvius rapidus, amnis

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Ic eów ferian wille ofer brimstreámas I will convey you over the seas, 695; An. 348: Beo.

Linked entries: brym-streám streám

friþ-stów

a refugea place of safety for a criminalan asyluma sanctuary

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Beó mín friðstów, and gedó mé hálne esto mihi in locum refugii, ut salvum me facias, 30, 3. in a technical sense, a place of safety for a criminal an asylum, a sanctuary Hé sceal fleón tó ánra ðára ðreóra burga ðe tó friðstówe gesette sint ( the cities

wan-sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
wan-sceaft, e; -sceafte(-a; m.?), an ; f.

misfortunemiseryunhappinesssome form of disease

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misfortune, misery, unhappiness Hí sorge ne cúðon, wonsceaft wera, wiht unhǽlo, Beo. Th. 240; B. 120. Ic ne wrecan meahte on wigan feore wonnsceaft míne, ac ic ealle þolige, Exon. Th. 499, 16; Rä. 88, 16.

K

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Words beginning with k are to be looked for under c

slǽp

(n.)
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slǽp, slép, sleáp, sláp, es; m.
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Se Hǽlend hit cwæþ be his deáþe. Jn. Skt. 11. 11. Up ástandan of slǽpe ðæm fæstan, Andr. Kmbl. 1589; An. 796: Exon. Th. 55, 27; Cri. 890

Linked entry: sláp

ge-timbran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-timbran, -timbrian, -timbrigean; part. -timbriende; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed [timbrian to build] .

to make of woodto buildto build upconstructædĭfĭcāreconstruĕreexstruĕreto build up the mindinstructedifyinstruĕre

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Ðeáh ðe ðæt port beó trumlíce on ǽlce healfe getimbrod though the gate be firmly constructed on every side, Homl. Th. ii. 432, 3. Ðǽr getimbred wæs tempel Dryhtnes where the temple of the Lord was built, Andr.

tó-twǽman

(v.)
Grammar
tó-twǽman, p. de

To divideseparatedisjointo dividestand between objectsseparate one object from another to dividepartdissociatebreak the connection betweento dispersescatterto divide with the minddistinguishdiscern

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Th. 138, 57; By. 241. where the object is abstract Beó dám hálgan tídan eallum mannum sibb and sóm gemǽne and ǽlc sacu tótwǽmed let every cause of strife be removed, L. Eth. vi. 25; Th. i. 320, 29: L. C.

ge-habban

(v.)
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Ben. 17, 7. <b>IX a.

hand

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Ben. 20, 3. Forlǽte ǽghwylc swá hwæt swá hé on handa (handum, R.

Cwén-land

(n.)
Grammar
Cwén-land, es; n.

Cwén-land lies between the White Sea [Cwén Sǽ] and Norway, north of the Gulf of Bothnia. The country east and west of the Gulf of Bothnia, from Norway to the Cwén or White Sea, including Finmark on the north. Malte-Brun says that the inhabitants of Cwén-land were a Finnish race. They were called Quaines, and by Latin writers Cayani. Gerchau maintains, in his history of Finland, 1810, that the Laplanders only were called Finns, and that they were driven from the country by the Quaines. 'They settled in Lapland, and on the shores of the White Sea, which derived from them the name of Quen Sea or Quen-vik.'. . . Adamus Bremensis happened to be present at a conversation, in which king Swenon spoke of Quen-land or Quena-land, the country of the Quaines, but as the stranger's knowledge of Danish was very imperfect, he supposed the king had said Quinna-land, the country of women or Amazons; hence the absurd origin of his Terra Feminarum, mistaking the name of the country with quinna a woman

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country of women or Amazons; hence the absurd origin of his Terra Feminarum, mistaking the name of the country with quinna a woman e Sweón habbaþ be súþan him ðone sǽs earm Osti; and be eástan him Sermende; and be norþan him ofer ða wéstennu is Cwén-land

hreósan

(v.)
Grammar
hreósan, p. hreás; pl. hruron; pp. hroren

To fallfall downruerecorruere

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Ðý læs cild sý hreósende ðæt is fylleseóc lest a child be falling, that is, be ill of the falling sickness [epilepsy ], L. Med. ex Quadr. 5, 12; Lchdm. i. 350, 12. Hríð hreósende the storm rushing, Exon. 78 a; Th. 292, 20; Wand. 102.

ge-hlýd

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Ben. 73, 14. violent speech, outcry Betere wé áhreddon ús sylfe of ðissere burhware gehlýde, Hml. S. 23, 202 : 22, 187. Ðá hǽðenan clypodon mid gehlýde . . . 'Beo se árleása ofelagen, ' 22, 160: 23, 612.

wæcce

(n.)
Grammar
wæcce, an; f.

wakefulnesssleeplessnesswatchingwatchfulnessa watchvigila division of the nighta watch

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Ðæs módes wæcce is micele betere, ðæt se man hogie hú hé gehealden beó wið ðone deófol, Homl. Ass. 51, 35-49: R. Ben. 35, 2.

ge-þafian

(v.)
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Ben. 119, 7. to assent to a request (dat.), acquiesce in a plan, an opinion, &amp;c. Ne hió ne geþafoð éniges benum nec adquiescet cuiusquam precibus, Kent. Gl. 174.

FÝSAN

(v.)
Grammar
FÝSAN, p. de; pp. ed [fús ready, prompt, quick] .

To hastenfestīnāreTo speed oneselfmake hastetake oneself awayhasten awayse festīnārepropĕrārese abrĭpĕreTo incitestimulateto send forthdrive awaystĭmŭlāreincĭtāreaccĕlĕrāreemittĕre

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Fýse hí man út of ðysan earde let them be driven out of this country, L. Eth. vi. 7; Th. i. 316, 22 : L. C. S. 4; Th. i. 378, 8

Linked entries: fýsian ge-fýsan

earm-sceapen

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Ðá micelan wíta þe þǽr beóð þám earmsceapenan for heora ǽrdǽdum gegearwode, Wlfst. 137, 1