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earn

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Se earn on ðam ófre gesæt mid fisce geflogen, þone hé ðǽrrihte geféng, þá cwæð hé . . . 'Yrn ðám earne and him of ánim þæs fisces dǽl . . . Syle swáðeáh sumne dǽl ðám earne edleáne his geswinces, Hml. Th. ii. 138, 30-140, 8.

willian

(v.)
Grammar
willian, p. ode.

to willto desire,with a genitivewith infinitivewith gerundial infin.with a clauseabsolute

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to will: Gode willigende Deo volente, Guthl. 20; Gdwin. 78, 20. to desire, with a genitive Mæg snottor guma his gǽste forð weges willian. Exon. Th. 104, 15; Gú. 8. Ne sceolde nan wis man willian (wilnian, séftes lífes, v. l.)

DUBBAN

(v.)
Grammar
DUBBAN, p. ade; pp. ad

To strike, DUB, createpercŭtĕre, creāre

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To strike, DUB, create; percŭtĕre, creāre Se cyng dubbade his sunu Henric to rídere the king dubbed [or created] his son Henry a knight, Chr. 1085: Erl. 219, 1

ge-iéwan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-iéwan, p. de; pp. ed; v. trans.

To shewostendere

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To shew; ostendere He ðæt beácen geseah ðæt him on heofonum ǽr geiéwed wearþ he saw the beacon which to him before in heaven was shewn, Elen. Grm. 102

ge-nacodian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-nacodian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To make bare, naked, to stripnudare

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To make bare, naked, to strip, nudare He hine middangeardes þingum ongyrede and genacodade [genacode?] he unclothed and stripped himself of worldly things, Bd. 4, 3; S. 567, 24

Linked entry: nacodian

under-etan

(v.)

to eat away belowto sapsubedere

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to eat away below, to sap; subedere Ðæt mennisce mód bið undereten and áweged of his stede ðonne hit se wind strongra geswinca ástyroþ, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 17

deór-geat

(n.)
Grammar
deór-geat, es; n.
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A gate for deer to pass through Of stapolwege on ðæt deórgeat; of ðám deórgeate, C. D. v. 270, 15. East be hagan ðám ealdan deórgeate, 281, 25

fillen

(n.)
Grammar
fillen, (?), e;

A dropping

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A dropping Biþ se þost hwít and micel gif þú hine nimest and gaderast æt fylne, þonne ne biþ h;é unswéte to gestincanne, Lch. ii. 48, 14

Linked entry: fylne

forlig-gang

(n.)
Grammar
forlig-gang, es; m.

Adultery

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Adultery Forliggange prostibuli (the passage is 'prostibuli stupro' (Ald. 40, 6), and the gloss, which is in the dative, seems to belong to stupro), Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 6

ge-treágian

(v.)
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to sew together Hýfa geholedum getreágede telgrum tuguria cauatis consuta corticibus, An. Ox. 256. In a note to this gloss is cited :-- Ꝥ getreágode hrægl, Archiv lxxxiv. 16, 224

gymmian

(v.)
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Substitute: gymian, gymman, gymmian to cut, pierce the flesh Gesyrewede [heápas] hí sylfe gymmienne armatas catervas (jam jamque strictis mucronibus allernatim) se jugulaturas (i. perfossuras), An. Ox. 3799

hradian

(v.)
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Geefst ł hrada þæt þú álýse accelera ut eruas me Ps. L. 30, 3. Is hradienne and efstenne currendum et agendum est, R. Ben. 5, 8. Add

módorlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
módorlíce, adv.
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Like a mother Heó wearð gehádod abudessan on Élígmynstre ofer manega mynecena, and heó hí módorlíce heóld mid gódum gebysnungum þám gástlican lífe, Hml. S. 20, 39

rǽdere

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Add Rǽdere geornfull má gefyllenne þe hé rǽd þænne witenne hræd ys lector strenuus potius ad complendum quę legit quam ad sciendum promptus est, Scint. 219, 16

bracan

(v.)
Grammar
bracan, p. bróc, pl. brócon, pp. bracen

To break, bruisebray in a mortar, to beat upcontererecontundere

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To break, bruise or bray in a mortar, to beat up conterere contundere Ðá sceolon beón ele bracene then shall they be beaten up with oil, Lev. 6, 21

ge-sundfullian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sundfullian, p. ode; pp. od

To be made prosperousto be successfulprosperari

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To be made prosperous, to be successful; prosperari Swá hwæt swá he déþ beóþ gesundfullode quæcumque faciet prosperabuntur, Ps. Lamb. 1, 3. Gesundfulla prosperare, Ps. Spl. C. 117, 24

Linked entry: -sundfullian

ge-tíþian

(v.)
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God þé getíþige and þíne béne gehýre, Angl. xii. 515, 13. with gen. of request and dat. of person Gif wé þæs biddað þe ús écere hǽlþe fremiað, ús getíðað þæs se heofenlica Fæder, Hml. Th. ii. 528, 20.

wíglung

(n.)
Grammar
wíglung, , e; f.

Divinationsoothsayingsorceryaugury

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Ðæthé tǽlð unálýfedlícere wíglunge, gif hwá ða wyrta on him becnitte, búton hé hí ðam dolge gelecge, Homl. Th. i. 476, 4. Se ðe gelýfð wíglungum oððe be fuglum, oððe be fnorum, oððe be horsum, oððe be hundum, ne bið hé ná cristen . . .

Linked entry: wílung

mǽte

(adj.)
Grammar
mǽte, adj.

Moderatemeansmallpoorbadinferior

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Th. 103, 24: 113, 21: Exon. 33 a; Th. 105, 16; Gú. 24. Ic ðé feáwe dagas mínra mǽttra móde secge I will tell thee the fewness of my days poor and evil; paucitatem dierum meorum enuntia mihi, Ps. Th. 101, 21.

Linked entries: mæctor ge-mǽte

eác

(prep.; con.)
Grammar
eác, prep. dat.

With, in addition to, besides cum, præter

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Cd. 116; Th. 150, 31; Gen. 2500. Ðæt gér wæs ðæt sixte eác feówertigum that year was the six and fortieth, i. e. the sixth with the fortieth, or the sixth increased with forty, Bd. 1, 3; S. 475, 16: 1, 13; S. 481, 35, 39: Bt. Met.

Linked entries: ǽc éc ícan