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ge-sceþþan

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Forð gewát Cham of líce, þá him cwealm gesceód [ when mortal sickness wrought him hurt), Gen. 1623 : Dan. 668. Him wlenco gesceód pride proved his destruction, 678.

Linked entries: sceþþan ge-sceaþan

hreówan

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Him þæt ne hreóweð, Gú. 783. Hit þé wyrs ne mæg on þínum hyge hreówan þonne hit mé æt heortan déð, Gen. 826. with clause or subject Hreáw hine swíðe þæt hé áweahte aðelinga ord, Gen. 1276.

freó-bróðor

(n.)
Grammar
freó-bróðor, m.

An own brothergermānus frāter

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An own brother; germānus frāter Him frumbearnes riht freóbróðor óþ-þah his own brother took from him his firstborn's right, Cd. 160; Th. 199, 14; Exod. 338

íþ-ness

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Swá him ðiós stillnes and ðiós iéðnes má lícað, swá him lǽs lícað ðæt ðæt hié tó gelaðode sindon quo non sunt molesta quae tenent, eo minus amabilia fiant quae vocant, Past. 351, 7.

ge-sóþian

(v.)
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Gif hit him on gesóðod weorðe, 324, 18. to attest, bear witness to Þæt hé geseah hé gesóðode eác þurh his geséð-nysse, Nap. 32, 3

byrþere

(n.)
Grammar
byrþere, gen. byrþres; m. [beran to bear, carry]
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Ða byrþeras hine to byrgenne féredon the bearers bare him to the grave, i. 492, 27. Seó untrumnys his gecyndes behófode sumes byrþres the infirmity of his nature had need of some supporter, i. 308, 12

þǽr-ofer

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-ofer, adv.
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Thereover, over that Se fnobeám ofersceadaþ ðæt lond, ðæt hit under him ne mæg gegrówan, ne hé self nánne wæsðm dǽrofer ne bireþ, Past. 45; Swt. 337, 12. Hig tódðldon hys reáf, and wurpon hlot þǽrofer, Mt. Kmbl. 27, 35

Linked entry: ofer

fór-steal

(n.)
Grammar
fór-steal, -steall, -stal, fóre-steall, es; m. [fór, fóre before; steal from stellan to leap, spring; therefore, at least originally, an assault, consisting in one man springing or placing himself before another, so as to obstruct his progress, Thorpe's Glos. to A. Sax. Laws] .

an assaultassultus sŭper ălĭquem in via rēgia factusviæ obstructiothe fine for an assaultmulcta pro assultu

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an assault; assultus sŭper ălĭquem in via rēgia factus, viæ obstructio Gif hwá forsteal oððon openne wiðercwyde ongeán lahriht Cristes oððe cyninges gewyrce if any one commit an assault or open opposition against the law of Christ or of the king, L.

Linked entries: fóre-steall fór-stal

on-wreón

(v.)

to uncover, discloseto uncover, open, remove a coveringto make known, shew forth, reveal, discoverto shew the (hidden) meaning of anything, to explainto shew, display so as to avoid concealmentto display what is bad, to exposeto reveal

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Gif his sáule gyltas óðerum monnum dígle beóþ and him sylfum cúðe, mid his andetnesse onwreó ða his abbode, R. Ben. 72, 5. to display what is bad, to expose God hine ( the sorcerer ) onwrýhþ gyt, ðeáh ðe wit hine ne geopenian, Blickl.

god-sunu

(n.)
Grammar
god-sunu, a; m.
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A GODSON Ðá onféng he him and æt fulluhtbæþe nam æt ðæs B' handa him to godsuna then he accepted him and took him from the font at the bishop's hand as his godson, Bd. 3, 7; S. 529, 18.

wiþer-mál

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-mál, es; m.

A case againstin reply toby way of accusationdefenceprosecution

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Man útlagode Swægn eorl, his óðerne sunu. Ðá ne onhagode him tó cumenne to wiðermále ongeán ðone cyng, and ágeán ðone here ðe him mid wæs his (Godwin's) other son, Swegen, was outlawed.

lǽtan

(v.)
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Ðæt hé ðá ðe him underðiédde sién lǽte him gelíce aequalem se subditis deputet Past. 107, 15. Ðæt hié lǽten him ðæt tó genyhte ðæt hié him sellen, 320, 1.

ærdon

(v.)
Grammar
ærdon, = ærndon? from ærnan; p. de

To runrun awaycurrere

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To run, run away; currere He gehleóp and his bróðru mid him begen ærdon he fled and both his brothers ran away with him, Byrht. Th. 137, 25; By. 191

a-smorian

(v.)
Grammar
a-smorian, p. ede, ode; pp. ed, od; v. trans.

To smotherchokestranglesuffocatesuffocare

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hine on his bedde asmoredan and aþrysemodan they smothered and stifled him on his bed, Ors. 5, 4; Bos. 105, 5. Ðæt ge ne blód ne þicgen, ne asmored [MS. H. asmorod] that ye taste not blood, nor [what is] strangled, L. Alf. 49; Th. i. 56, 26

Linked entry: smorian

heáfod-burh

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-burh, gen. -burge; f.

Chief town, capital, metropolismetropolis

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Chief town, capital, metropolis Forgeaf him wununge on Cantwarebyrig, seó wæs ealles his ríces heáfodburh he gave him a dwelling in Canterbury, that was the chief town of all his kingdom, Homl. Th. ii. 128, 31.

fór-mete

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Hig lédon on his sacc fórmete datis cibariis in viam, Gen. 42, 25. Hé sealde him formete (or for mete?), hláf and wæter tollens panem et utrem aquae imposuit scapulae ejus, 21, 14. Sile him fórmete dabis viaticum, Deut. 15, 14.

ange

(adv.)
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Anxiously, painfully, with anxiety Blind sceal his eágna þolian . . . þæt him biþ sár in his móde, onge þonne hé hit ána wát, Gn. Ex. 42. Þú eart bitere ætfæsted, ænge and yfele, Ps. Th. 136, 8

fǽhþ

feud

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Add: in a general sense Themistocles gemyndgade Iónas þǽre ealdan fǽhþe þe Xersis him tó geworht hæfde, hú hé hié mid forhergiunge and mid heora mǽga slihtum on his geweald geniédde, Ors. 2, 5; S. 82, 16.

fær

(n.)

goingpassinga going awaya journeycoursea voyagea marchan expeditionenterprisea passagethoroughfareroadentrancecarriagevessela troopa crewfareproceedings

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for , Hml.

Linked entry: færbu

ge-feohtan

(v.)
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Hié getrúwedon þæt hié mid hiera cræftum sceolden sige gefeohtan, Ors. 2, 4; S. 72, 17: 2, 5; S. 82, 26. to maintain a charge by fighting Þǽr beteáh Gosfrei Bainard Willelm of Ou ꝥ hé heafde gebeón on þes cynges swicdóm, and hit him on gefeaht, and hine