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ge-fleógan

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Se earn on ðám ófre gesæt, mid fisce geflogen, þone ðǽrrihte geféng, Hml. Th. ii. 140, 3. Add

hrif-wund

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For passage substitute Gyf mon rifwund (on hrife wund, gewundod v. ll.) bið . . . gif ðurhwund bið si quis in ilibus uulneretur . . . si transforatus sit, Ll. Lbmn. 82, 23

líhtan

(v.)
Grammar
líhtan, to lighten.
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Ðá lýhte (hlíhte, líhte, v. ll. ) sóna desiliens. Bd. 3, 14 ; Sch. 257, 12. Hí þá sóna líhton descendentes, Gr. D. 15, 27. v. ofer-, under-líhtan. Add

missenlíce

(adv.)
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gumena cynnes manige missenlíce (under various conditions ? ) men of deáðe áwehte, An. 583. Add

of-hyrian

(v.)
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to imitate Ic seó in þám forðgelǽddan wætere of þám stáne ꝥ ofhyrede (on-, v. l.) Móysen in aqua ex petra producta Moysen video, Gr. D. 120, 14

Linked entry: hyrian

on-setl

(n.)
Grammar
on-setl, es; n.
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Cf. setl; þæt hors mid his onsetle him sylfum tô æ̂hte æ̂r gehâlgode equum juri suo sedendo dedicaverat Gr. D. 183, 16. Cf. on-sǽte

wróht-bora

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wróht-bora, <b>. I.</b>
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mid þý geweorðe úre wrégend and wróhtbora (-bera, v.l. accusalor) beforan þám dóme pæs écan déman, Gr. D. 221, 13. Wróhtborena excussorum, Ps. Rdr. 126, 4. Add

rów

(adj.)
Grammar
rów, adj.

Quiet, calm, mild

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Quiet, calm, mild Se cleweþa (itch ) biþ suíðe rów, and ðeáhhwæðere gif him mon tó longe fylgþ, wundaþ and sió wund sáraþ, Past. 11, 6; Swt. 71, 19

út-drǽf

(n.)
Grammar
út-drǽf, e; f.

Ejectionexpulsion

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Ejection, expulsion Ðá onscunode se Eádsige Aðelwold, and ealle ða munecas ðe on ðam mynstre wǽron, for ðære útdrǽfe ðe gedyde wið hí, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 85

rihtend

(n.)
Grammar
rihtend, es; m.

A ruler

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gehýreþ cyning mæðlan, rodera ryhtend sprecan, Exon. Th. 50, 10; Cri. 798

gifu

(n.)
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Ðeós geofu þurh Drihtnes miht on heora heortan álegd wes, 137, 3. ꝥ is s Gif þú wistest Godes gyfe (geafa, L., donum ) . . . þú bǽde hine ꝥ sealde þé lífes wæter, Jn. 4, 10. Ealra þára gifa be middangearde forgeaf þurh his tócyme, Bl.

sang

(n.)
Grammar
sang, es; m.

song, singinga singing, chantingsong, poetry,a songa poem

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Ðá ðá ðis leóþ ásungen hæfde, ðá forlét ðone sang, Bt. 24, 1; Fox 80, 5. Ðǽr ( in heaven ) wé hálgan Gode sang ymb seld secgan sceoldon, Cd. Th. 279, 9; Sat. 235. Gesǽton sigerófe sang áhófon lifted up their voices in song, Elen.

Linked entry: song

gaderian

(v.)

to join, uniteto bring togetherto bring togethercollectaccumulate, amassto bringgarnerto gatherto gathercompile

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ongan gadrian folc ofer eall his eorldóm, Chr. 1052; P. 175, 8. used reflexively or intransitively Ær þám þe and þæt folc hý gaderade, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 65, 29.

ent

(n.)
Grammar
ent, es; m. A giant; gĭgas = γίγας
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He seah on enta geweorc he looked on the work of giants, Beo. Th. 5428; B. 2717: Exon. 77b; Th. 291, 24; Wand. 87: Andr. Kmbl. 2988; An. 1497: Menol. Fox 463; Gn. C. 2

Linked entries: EÓTEN eten

huntian

(v.)
Grammar
huntian, p. ode

To hunt

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Gif him þince ðæt huntige beorge him georne wið his fýnd if he fancies that he is hunting, let him guard himself well against his foes, Lchdm. iii. 172, 19. Ne canst ðú huntian búton nettum nescis venari nisi cum retibus, Coll. Monast.

land-fird

(n.)
Grammar
land-fird, e; f.

An expeditiona land force

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Ðá gestihtade ðæt wolde landfyrde ðider gelǽdan terrestri itinere illo venire disponebat, Bd. 3, 15; S. 541, 26

Linked entry: fird

ge-félan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-félan, p. de; pp. ed

To feelperceivesentīre

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He ðæs wítes worn gefélde he felt the force of the torment, Cd. 214; Th. 269, 23; Sat. 77

un-rihtlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-rihtlíce, adv.

Unrighteouslyunjustlywickedlywrongfully

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Ǽlc ðe hǽmð búton rihtre ǽwe, hǽmð unrihtlíce, Homl. Th. ii. 208, 16

Linked entry: rihtlíce

forþ-genge

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mid his bénum fylste þæt ðǽra bydela bodung forðgenge and Gode wæstmbǽre wurde, Hml.

middel

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and stód on ðára midle he jumped into the mere and stood in the midst of them (the thirty-nine soldiers), Shrn. 62, 10.