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un-gedyrstig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gedyrstig, adj.

Faint-hearted ⬩ diffident

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Faint-hearted, diffident Ða unmódigan and ða ungedyrstigan wénaþ ðæt ðæt suíðe forsewenlíc sié ðætte hié dóð and forðon weorðaþ oft ormóde pusillanimes vehementer despecta putant esse, quae faciunt, et ideirco in desperatione franguntur, Past. 32; Swt

Linked entry: ge-dyrstig

for-lǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
for-lǽdan, (?)

to bring forth

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.), Mt. 13, 52) of his goldhorde ealde þing and níwe similis est homini qui profert de thesauro suo noua et uetera, Ælfc. T. Grn. 19, 29

ge-bryttian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bryttian, p. ode
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Wé sculon him gefremman and gebryttian hwylcnehuga dǽl þǽre bróðorlican lufan debemus ei aliquid caritatis impendere, Gr. D. 345, 24. Gebryttodre inpensa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 9

Linked entry: bryttian

hwilfan

(v.)
Grammar
hwilfan, p. te
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To arch, vault, make hwealf (q. v. ) Ðonne þú hlid habban wylle, bonne hafa þú þíne wynstran hand sámlocene, and eác swá þá swýþran, and hwylf hý ofer þá wynstran eal swylce þú cuppan hlíde, Tech. ii. 125, 7

mild-heort

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Þú eart mín Drihten God dǽdum mildheort tu, Domine, Deus meus, miserator et multum misericors, Ps. Th. 85, 14

ofer-hygdlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ofer-hygdlíce, adv.
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Etsi interrogatus aut contemptus huius modi corporis et sanguinis Domini solitarius consecrator fuerit, quid respondere poterit ?, Chrd. 83, 20

wíd-gal

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Hé eóde út and mid wídgalum móde worhte á hwæthugu eorðlices egrediebatur et mente vaga terrena aliqua agebat, iii, 13. Add

tó-stician

(v.)
Grammar
tó-stician, p. ode

To stab to pieces ⬩ wound severely by stabs ⬩ destroy by thrusts

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To stab to pieces, wound severely by stabs, destroy by thrusts Funde he hiene ǽnne be wege licgan mid sperum tósticad healfcucne invenit in itinere solum relictum, confossum vulneribus et extrema vitae efflantem, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 128, 14

Linked entry: tó-stingan

án-ád

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
án-ád, án-ǽd, es; n. [án unus, ád = eád, eáþ desertus, vastus, Ett: Goth, áuþs ἔρημος desertus: v. DER. eáðe; adj.]

Solitude ⬩ a desert ⬩ solitudo ⬩ desertum

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Solitude, a desert; solitudo, desertum On ðam ánáde in the desert, Exon. 37a; Th. 122, 12; Gú. 304: 37b; Th. 123, 34; Gú. 327. On ánǽde in a desert, 122b; Th. 471, 22; Rä. 61, 5

Linked entry: ǽn-ette

Eofor-wíc

(n.)
Grammar
Eofor-wíc, Eofer-wíc, Efer-wíc, Euer-wíc, es; n. [Hunt. Eouerwic, Eouorwic, Euerwic: Dun. Eworwic: Hovd. Eboracum]

YORK ⬩ Ebŏrā*-*cum

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YORK; Ebŏrā*-*cum Seuerus ge-endode on Eoforwíc Severus ended [his days] at York, Chr. 189; Th. 15, 28, col. 1

Linked entries: Efer-wíc Eofer-wíc Euer-wíc

be-tíhtlian

(v.)
Grammar
be-tíhtlian, -týhtlian; p. ode, ede, ade; pp. od, ed, ad

To accuse, charge ⬩ accusare, criminari

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Eth, iii. 8; Th. i. 296, 15. Gif he betýhtlad wurðe if he should be accused, L. Eth. i. 1; Th. i. 280, 8, 16

Linked entry: be-týhtlian

bíd-steal

(n.)
Grammar
bíd-steal, -steall, es; m. [bíd an abiding, delay; steal a stall, place]

A stand, halt ⬩ statio, mora

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Ic eofore eom cénra, ðonne he, gebolgen, bídsteal giefeþ I am bolder than a wild boar, when he, enraged, makes a stand, 110 b; Th. 423, 11; Rä. 41, 19

gærsum

(n.)
Grammar
gærsum, es; m. n. Substitute: gærsurna(-e), an; m. (f.): gærsum, es; m.: e; f. , and add

treasure ⬩ an article of value ⬩ treasures

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in a collective sense, treasure Heora gærsama fornéh eall losade, Chr. 1075; P. 209, 38. Gif hé ne sealde þe máre gersuman, 1047; P. 171, 14. Hí budon þám pápan mycelne garsuman and seolfer, Chr. 995; P. 130, 22. Gærsuman, 34.

céping

(n.)
Grammar
céping, e; f.

Traffic, merchandise ⬩ negotiatio

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Betre is tosocnung his cépinge seolferes and goldes melior est acguisitio ejus negotiatione argenti et auri, 81, 14

fulluht-nama

(n.)
Grammar
fulluht-nama, an; m.

The baptismal or Christian name ⬩ nōmen tempŏre baptīzandi impŏsĭtum

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Danish] king died, whose baptismal name was Æthelstan, Chr. 890; Erl. 86, 27

Lang-beardas

(n.)
Grammar
Lang-beardas, -beardan; m. pl.

The Lombards

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Tó Longbeardna londe, Chr. 887; Erl. 86, 9. Longbeardum, Exon. 85 a; Th. 320, 21; Víd. 32: 86 a; Th. 323, 18; Víd. 80

macung

(n.)
Grammar
macung, e; f.

Making ⬩ doing ⬩ action

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Making, doing, action Þurh ðes macunge mǽst se eorl Rotbert ðises geáres ðis land mid unfriþe gesóhte it was mostly his doing that Earl Robert attacked this country in the course of this year, Chr. 1101; Erl. 238, 1

ge-maca

(n.)
Grammar
ge-maca, an; m. and f.

A mate, an equal, companion ⬩ par, socius ⬩ socius

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A mate, an equal, companion; par, socius Gemaca hic et hæc par, Ælfc. Gr. 9; Som. 9, 50. Of eallum nýtenum ealles flǽsces twegen gemacan of all beasts two of the same kind, male and female, Gen. 6, 19

Linked entry: maca

scímian

(v.)
Grammar
scímian, p. ode
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Be hiora. hiwe . . . beóþ ǽblǽce and eal se líchoma áscímod (shiny), Lchdm. ii. 232, 2

Ter-finnas

(n.)
Grammar
Ter-finnas, pl.
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Ac ðara Terfinna land wæs eal wéste ... Finnas, him þúhte, and ða Beormas sprǽcon neáh án geþeóde, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 29

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