FREÓSAN
To FREEZE ⬩ gĕlāre
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Ex. 72. Men steorran mágon [MS. magan] geseón swá sutole swá on niht ðonne hit swíðe freóseþ men may see the stars as plainly as at night when it freezes hard. Homl. Blick. 93, 20. Hit frýst [frýsþ MS. D.] gĕlat, Ælfc. Gr. 22; Som. 24, 8
Linked entry: ge-froren
gár-clife
Agrimony ⬩ agrĭmōnia eupătŏria
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Gárclifan etan ǽrende fúllíc getácnaþ to eat agrimony betokens a disagreeable message, Somn. 20; Lchdm. iii. 198, 24
gearcian
To prepare ⬩ make ready ⬩ procure ⬩ furnish ⬩ supply ⬩ părāre ⬩ præpărāre ⬩ appărāre ⬩ exhĭbēre ⬩ præbēre
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On him gearcode fæt deáþes in eo părāvit vāsa mortis, 7, 14 : Gen. 19, 3
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helle-hinca
The hell-limper, -hobbler ⬩ the devil lamed by his fall from heaven,
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Grimm [Deutsche Mythologie, 944-5] speaking of the devil observes 'Am ersten fällt sein lahmer fuss auf, daher der hinkende teufel [diable boiteux], hinkebein, vom sturz aus dem himmel in den abgrund der hölle scheint er gelähmt, wie der von Zeus herabgeschleuderte
lang-lífe
Long-lived
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Longlífe and gileáffull suǽ Sarra longeva et fidelis ut Sarra, Rtl. 109, 39. Langlífe hé biþ he shall live long, Lchdm. iii. 184, 4
Lunden-ceaster
London
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Eác swylce Eást-Seaxum hé gesette Ercenwold biscop in Lundenceastre, 4, 6; S. 573, 43
óþ-healdan
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to withhold, keep back Gif hwelc folc biþ mid hungre geswenced, and hwá his hwiǽte gehýt and óþhielt hú ne wilt hé ðonne hiera deáþes si populos fames atlereret, et occulta frumenta ipsi servarent, auctores proculdubio mortis existerent, Past. 49, 1;
be-swingan
To scourge, beat ⬩ flagellare, verberare
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Lamb. 72, 5: Ex. 5, 16. Ic eom beswungen verberor, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 3, 32. Ic eom be-swungen I am beaten; vapulo, 19; Som. 23, 3
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ge-brosnod
Corrupted ⬩ decayed ⬩ corruptus
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Rotudon and gebrosnode synd dolhswaðo míne putruērunt et corruptæ sunt cicātrīces meæ, Ps. Spl. 37, 5. Ða gebrosnodan bán the corrupted bones, Hy. 7, 88; Hy. Grn. ii. 289, 88
ge-défelíce
Becomingly ⬩ filly ⬩ decently ⬩ properly ⬩ dĕcenter ⬩ opportūne
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sepultum est, Bd. 2, 3; S. 504, 34.
scyttan
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Gr. 37; Zup. 220, 2. to discharge a debt Ic wille ðæt man selle ðæt land et Fersafeld . . . and recna man iungere Brún án marc gol and mid ðan láue scytte man mína borgas ( my loans shall be paid off ), Chart. Th. 568, 19
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síman
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To load, put a burden (seám) on Gé sýmaþ (sémaþ, Lind.) men mid ðám byrþenum . . . and gé ne áhrínaþ ða seámas mid eówrum ánum fingre oneratis homines oneribus . . . et ipsi uno digito uestro non tangitis sarcinas, Lk. Skt. 11, 46.
tǽlende
prone to blame, censorious ⬩ slanderous, backbiting
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E. I. 21; Th. ii. 416, 17: Exon. Th. 305, 18; Fä. 90. Cf. Uton beorgan ús wið tǽlnysse and wið twysprǽcnysse caveamus nobis a vituperatione et a biloquio, L. Ecg.
un-andgitfull
Not intelligent ⬩ without understanding
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Ðæt ða andgytfullan mid worda láre tó Godes willan gemyngode sýn and ða unandgytfullan mid gódum dǽdum getrymede ut capacibus discipulis mandata Domini verbis proponat, et simplicioribus factis suis divina precepta demonstret, R. Ben. 11, 16.
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un-wéned
Unhoped for ⬩ unexpected
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Unhoped for, unexpected Ic him eft his ríce ágeaf, and ðá ðære unwéndan áre ðæs ríces (ðe hé him seolfa nǽniges ríces ne wénde) ðæt hé ðá mé eall his goldhord æteówde regna Poro restitui, qui, ut ei insperatus honor donatus est, mihi thesauros suos manifestavit
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un-hwílen
Not temporary ⬩ eternal
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Hé him éce geceás langsumre líf, leóht unhwílen, Apstls. Kmbl. 40; Ap. 20
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wíd-gangol
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Ex. 65.
wudu-rofe
Woodruff
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Genim ðysse wyrte wyrttruman ðe Grécas malochin agria, and Rómáne astula regia nemnab, and eác Ængle wudurofe hátaþ, 156, 8-11. Wel wudurofan, ii. 54, 2 : 108, 19 : 324, 13. Wudurifan, 64, 5
bell-tíd
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Th. ii. 346, 29 given under belle) Singuli servorum Dei xxx diebus canonicis horis expleto synaxeos æt vii beltídum Pater Noster pro eo cantetur ( the English words seem to be a gloss on 'canonicis horis'), Haddan and Stubbs' Councils, ii. 584, 8
bisceop-sunu
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In baptismate et confirmatione unus potest esse pater, ii. 58, § 22). Hé (pope Leo) hiene (Alfred) him tó biscepsuna nam (cf. Asser: ad manum episcopi in filium confirmationis aeceptus), Chr. 853; P. 64, 30. (v. note ii. p. 79.)