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earc

(n.)
Grammar
earc, e; f.
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Hwæt mæg seó earc tácnian?, Past. 169, 19-171, 2. Ðerh aerca cýðnisse per arcam testamenti, Mt. p. 8, 6. Ðá aerce, Rtl. 194, 15

ge-níwian

(v.)
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Hrægl bið geníwad, Rä. 14, 9. the object non-material Eft geníues restituens, Mt. p. 13, 4. Hé eft geníweges alle restituet omnia, Mt. L. 17, 11. Gást rehtne geniówa, Ps. Srt. 50, 11: Ps. C. 93.

trymman

(v.)

to make firm or strongto construct strongly,of physical health or strengthto give strength tostrengthenof mental or moral strengthto confirmestablishgive strength to mind or heartto confirm,to corroborateconfirm an agreement, a grant, testimony, statementto give as suretyto trimto set infirm orderarray troopsto settlearrangeto strengthen with wordsexhortencouragecomfortto become strongto be arrayed.

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Ðú trymmende earð mec exhortatus es me, Ps. Surt. 70, 21. Tremegende ide monens, R. Ben. 4, 15. Grammar trymman, intrans. (?)

for-sleán

(v.)
Grammar
for-sleán, he -slæhþ, -slyhþ, -slihþ; p. -slóh, pl. -slógon; pp. -slegen, -slægen, -slagen [sleán to strike]

To strike with violencesmitebreakslaykilldestroyvehementer fĕrīrepercŭtĕrefrangĕreoccīdĕreinterfĭcĕre

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Gif monnes ceácan mon forslihþ [forslyhþ, H] ðæt hie beóþ forode, gebéte mid xv scillinga if one smite a man's cheeks, that they be broken, let him make amends with fifteen shillings, L. Alf. pol. 50; Th. i. 94, 14.

Linked entry: for-slegenlic

hréran

(v.)
Grammar
hréran, p. de

To moveshakestir

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Forhwí dréfe gé eówru mód mid unrihte fióunge swá swá ýða for winde ða sǽ hréraþ quid tantos juvat excitare motus, Bt. 39, 1; Fox 210, 25: Bt. Met. Fox 27, 5; Met. 27, 3. Hig wegdan hrérdan heora heáfod moverunt capita sua, Ps. Th. 108, 25.

Linked entry: for-hréred

ge-wyrht

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wyrht, es; n.

Workdeedmeritdesert

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Ǽlcum men wrecan be his gewyrhtum to punish every man according to his deeds, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 26. Búton gewyrhtum undeservedly, 22, 1; Fox 76, 15: 38, 3; Fox 202, 3.

Linked entries: ge-weorht ge-wriht

ge-fér-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fér-scipe, -scype, es; m.

Societyfellowshipbrotherhoodsŏciĕtascŏmĭtātusclērus

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Met. Fox 11, 185; Met. 11, 93. Of hiora gefoerscipe de eorum societate, Rtl. 75. 28

Súþ-Seaxe

(n.)
Grammar
Súþ-Seaxe, -Seaxan; pl.
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Súþ-Seaxna (Súð-, MS. E.) ríce, 836; Erl. 66, 3. Súd-Seaxna (Súð-Seaxena, MS. E.) cyning, 661; Erl. 34, 15. Hé gewát on Súþ-Seaxe and Ine gefeaht wiþ Súþ-Seaxum, 722; Erl. 44, 29. Eádulf cynges þegn on Súð-Seaxum, 897; Erl. 95, 3.

þeorf

(adj.)
Grammar
þeorf, adj.
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Doege ðara ðorofra (ðefra, Rush.) mæta die azymorum, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 26, 17. Lactuca hátte seó wyrt ðe hí etan sceoldon mid ðám þeorfum hláfum, Homl. Th. ii. 278, 26, 18. On ðærfum biluitnises in azymis sinceritatis, Rtl. 25, 19.

Linked entries: þorof þærf

Eást

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
Eást, es; m.
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Eást mid Crécum, Met. 30, 1. Secga sitlu súð, eást, and west, 9, 42: 14, 7. v. norþ-, súþ-eást; cf. west; adv

mann-cynn

Grammar
mann-cynn, II. add: (i)
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Mann slóh eall þet mancynn ꝥ man árǽcan mihte, Chr. 1014; P. 145, 20. a race of men, a people Ðis mannkynn lifað fela geára hoc genus hominum multos vivit annos. Nar. 38, 22. Mannkynn . . . þá man háteð Silhearwan, 29.

weall-stellung

(n.)
Grammar
weall-stellung, -stilling, -stylling, e; f.

The putting a wall in order, repairing of a wall.

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Similar entries v. burh-bót Tó ánes æceres brǽde on wealstillinge (cf. weall-geweorc) and tó ðære wære gebirigeaþ xvi. hída; gif ǽlc híd byþ be ánum men gemannod, ðonne mæg man gesettan ǽlce gyrde mid feówer mannum.

Linked entry: stellung

ge-þrowian

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

To suffer

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Twegen mid him geþrowedon two suffered with him, 1706; El. 855. Sunu monnes geþrowend biþ Filius hominis passurus est, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 17, 12. Ðú bist geþrouad tu cruciaris, Lk. Skt. Lind. 16, 25.

tó-gán

(v.)
Grammar
tó-gán, p. -eode; pp. -gán.

to go in two different directions,to part,separateto be sundered,to partto go in many different directions,to disperse,go away

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He smat Frolic uppen þæne hælm þat he atwa helden (toȝeode, 2nd MS. ), Laym. 23980

up

(adv.)
Grammar
up, (úp?), upp; adv.

Up.upon high uperectlyupto a high point

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. 74, 1-5. in figurative expressions Ðú áhefst upp mín heáfod exaltans caput meum, Ps.

ceaster

(n.)
Grammar
ceaster, cæster, cester; ceastre; ceastre, ceaster, ceastra; f. The names of places ending in caster and -chester were probably sites of a castrum

a fortressA city, fort, castle, townurbs, civitas, castellumthe cityhæc civitas

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A city, fort, castle, town; urbs, civitas, castellum Ne mæg seó ceaster beon behýd non potest civitas abscondi, Mt. Bos. 5, 14. On ðære heán ceastre in the high city, Bt. 39, 5; Fox. 218, 18.

seonu

(n.)
Grammar
seonu, sionu, senu, sinu, synu; gen. seonwe, sine;
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Mid rápum of sinum geworhte nerviceis funibus, Jud. 16, 7. Se líchama wæs geboren mid blóde and mid bánum, mid felle and mid sinum, Homl. Th. ii. 270, 19. Árǽran of duste flǽsc and bán, sina and fex, i. 236, 21. On ða sáran sinua, Lchdm. ii. 282, 6.

Linked entry: sinu

wítegian

(v.)
Grammar
wítegian, wítgian; p. ode

To prophesy

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Wítgas, Mt. Kmbl. p. 7, 10. Zacharias wæs mid hálegum gáste áfylled and hé wítegode (prophetauit), Lk. Skt. 1, 67: Num. 23, 8. Hú ne wítegode wé on ðínum naman? Mt. Kmbl. 7, 22. Ealle wítegan wítegudun (wítgadun, Rush.) óð Ióhannes, 11, 13.

Linked entry: wítgian

þeóden

(n.)
Grammar
þeóden, es; m.
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Fox 4; Men. 2. Se drihten, se ðe deáð for ús geþrowode, þeóden engla, Cd. Th. 306, 19; Sat. 666: Elen. Kmbl. 971; El. 487

múþ

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Ox. 837. considered as the instrument of specen or voice Se crístena man sceal clypian tó his Drihtne mid móde and mid múðe. Hml. S. 17, 137.