greát
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S. 35, 189. (1 a) of finely grown trees :-- Of ðǽm greátan helebeáme ... on ðá greátan apeldre; of ðǽre greátan apeldre, C. D. iii. 135, 18-22. Onefen ðone greátan æsc, ii. 172, 23. On greátan þorn, v. 150, 8.
ge-sceádan
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D. ii. 86, 26. to arrange Gesceáden gisomnung distincta congeries, Mt. p. 4, 3. to scatter, shed Genim þás wyrte tó dúste gecnucude, gesceád (-scád, v.l. ) tó ðám sáre, Lch, i. 290, 12. non-material objects, to distinguish Ðú ðe dæg gisceádas (discernis
ge-sceamian
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Hine sceal on dómes dæg gesceamian, Wlfst. 238, 12. (l a) with gen. of cause :-- Hié hira selfra gescamige erubescant, Past. 333, 22. with dat.
mǽrsian
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Add Hí mid ege and micelan geláfan mǽrsodon þǽre eádigan forðfóre dæg, Hml. S. 23b, 800. His gemynd sceal beón mǽrsad mid mæssesongum, Shrn. 84, 3. Add Eástrun wé ná ne mǽrsiaþ pascha nan celebramus, An. Ox. 40, 30.
cáfer-tún
A hall, inclosure, court, vestibule ⬩ atrium, vestibulum
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For ðí ðe is betere án dæg on ðínum cáfertúnum ofer þúsenda hér quia melior est dies una in atriis tuis super milia; Ps. Lamb. 83, 11: 95, 8: 115, 8: 121, 2: 134, 2; Ps. Th. 121, 2 : 133, 2: 134, 2.
Linked entry: ceafer-tún
ge-beorgan
To save ⬩ protect ⬩ defend ⬩ secure ⬩ spare ⬩ preserve ⬩ servāre ⬩ salvāre ⬩ tuēri ⬩ defendĕre ⬩ arcēre ⬩ parcĕre
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Ðæt gebearh feore which protected his life, 3101; B. 1548 : Cd. 197; Th. 246, 6; Dan. 475. Gebeorh ðe on ðam munte in monte salvum te fac, Gen. 19, 17 : Homl. Th. i. 416, 17. Ðæt hí him gebeorgen bogan and strǽle ut fŭgiant a făcie arcus, Ps.
earn
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'Yrn tó ðám earne and him of ánim þæs fisces dǽl . . . Syle swáðeáh sumne dǽl ðám earne tó edleáne his geswinces, Hml. Th. ii. 138, 30-140, 8. Þonne him þynce ꝥ his earn éhte, þæt bið deáð, Lch. iii. 168, 20.
fæst-rǽd
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S. 11, 21. of human attributes Ongon hé ǽresð herigean on him ðæt ðæt hé fæsðrǽdes wiste prius in eis, quae fortia prospicit, laudat, Past. 213, 8. Uton habban fulne hyht and fæstrǽdne geleáfan on úrne Drihten, Wlfst. 282, 5.
ildan
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Ne yldon wé ná fram dæge tó dæge þæt wé tó Gode ne gecyrron, Wlfst. 151, 15. with dat. infin. Bl. H. 7, 33 (in Dict.). absolute or uncertain Ic ylde elongo, prolongo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 143, 23. Ylde, elcode distulit, i. moram fecit, abduxit, 141, 46.
wæstm-bǽre
Fruitful, fertile, productive
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Wæstm*-*bǽru fecunda, 38, 22. referring to inanimate things Ðæt wæstm*-*bǽre land campi uberes, Ors. 1, 3;Swt. 32, 2. Sceáwiaþ ðæt land, hwæðer hit wæstmbǽre sí considerate terram, qualis sit, bona an mala, humus pinguis an sterilis, Num. 13, 19.
for-specan
to speak against ⬩ speak ill of ⬩ denounce ⬩ to misrepresent a case, ⬩ state wrongly ⬩ to lose that which is the subject of a suit ⬩ to speak to no purpose ⬩ waste one's words
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Th. i. 238, 15. to lose that which is the subject of a suit Cnut cyng lét ðæt land intó Crístes cyrcean ... tó ðám forewearde ðæt Eádsige hit hæbbe his lífes tíman ... and hé hit ne mæg náðer gifan ne syllan, ne forspecan ne forspillan (lose it by a
þeód-wita
one of the wise men of a nation, ⬩ one whose knowledge fits him for a place in the councils of the nation, ⬩ a senator ⬩ a man of great wisdom or learning, ⬩ a sage ⬩ used of a poet ⬩ historian ⬩ a philosopher ⬩ man of science
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Cyningan and bisceopan, eorlan and heretogan, geréfan and déman, lárwitan and lahwitan gedafenaþ mid rihte ðæt hí ánrǽde weorðan, L. I.
sundor-land
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The word occurs in an enumeration of boundaries, and Kemble explains it there as 'land set apart for special purposes' Æfter ðære strǽte be ðære wællan on Sunderlond, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 118, 20
earce
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D. 41, 32-42, 8. the ark of the covenant Ðá hyrnan ðǽre earcan . . . bí ðǽre earcan sídan, Past. 168, 22, 24 (v. p. 506)
hege-rǽwe
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Andlang ðǽre hegerǽwe, 461, 23. C. D. iii. 388, 24. Andlang ðǽre hegerǽwe, 461, 23. Ollung þǽre hegreáwe, Swt. Rdr. ii. 203, 4, 5. Innan þá hegreáwe, 9. In ðá hegreáwe; æfter þǽre heghreáwe, Cht. E. 239, 2. On Dæneheardes hegerǽwe, C. D. ii. 54, 11.
ge-býsgian
To occupy ⬩ busy ⬩ afflict ⬩ trouble ⬩ vex ⬩ oppress ⬩ overcome ⬩ agitate ⬩ weaken ⬩ destroy ⬩ occupare ⬩ affligere ⬩ turbare ⬩ vexare ⬩ opprimere ⬩ corripere ⬩ conficere
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Ne ðǽr wæter fealleþ lyfte gebýsgad water falls not there, agitated in air, Exon. 56 b; Th. 201, 26; Ph. 62.
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cídan
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Cóm Nathan tó cídanne ðǽm cyninge Nathan arguere regent venerat, 185, 17. with acc. Cocc þá wiþsacendan cít gallus negantes arguit, Hy. S. 7, 3. with preps. Ðá men cíddon ongeán ðone blindan (cf. 156, 10 above), Hml. Th. i. 152, 17.
hyngrian
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L. 6, 35. ' Brec ðǽm hyngriendum ðínne hláf, Past. 315, 13. Ðá hyngerendo (hy[n]crende, R.) gefylde, Lk. L. l, 53. Hé gesamnode hungrigendan, Ps.
norþ
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Wǽron norð of ðǽm stáne áwexene bearwas, Bl. H. 209, 32. Mid fleáme cóm on his cýþþe norð Costontinus, Chr. 937; P. 108, 19. Þonne þunor cumeð west oððe norð, Archiv cxx. 48, 20. Þæt hé west and norð trymede getimbro, Gen. 275.
cræftig
Ingenious ⬩ skilful ⬩ CRAFTY ⬩ cunning ⬩ virtuous ⬩ powerful ⬩ ingeniosus ⬩ peritus ⬩ astutus ⬩ probus ⬩ potens
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Elþeódge wíf hæfdon gegán ðone cræftgestan dǽl strange women had overcome the most powerful part Ors. 1. 10; Bos. 33, 41