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ranc

(adj.)
Grammar
ranc, adj.
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C. 35; Th. ii. 358. 5. v. ofer-ranc. bold, valiant (Icel. rakkr courageous, bold) Ðǽr mihton geseón Winceastre leódan rancne here and unearhne a host bold and fearless, Chr. 1006; Erl. 140, 26

Linked entry: ranc-strǽt

un-gerád

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gerád, adj.

stupid ⬩ rude ⬩ unskilled ⬩ foolish ⬩ ignorant ⬩ discordant ⬩ disagreeing ⬩ at variance

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Gif se sacerd bið ungerád ðæs láreówdómes sacerdos si praedicationis est nescius, Past. 15; Swt. 91, 24. Sum ungerád mann ... nolde gán tó ðám axum on ðone Wódnes-dæg, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 41.

Linked entry: ge-rád

ge-reordan

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Ðonne hiera niéhstan ðurh hié beóð gereorde (reficiuntur) dæt hié selfe ne fæsten. Past. 137, 24. Hié nǽfre ne beóð gereorde mid gódum weorcum, 283, 12. <b>II a.

be-sceáwian

(v.)
Grammar
be-sceáwian, p. ode; pp. od

To look round upon ⬩ look on ⬩ consider ⬩ regard ⬩ watch ⬩ circumspicere ⬩ intueri ⬩ considerare ⬩ respicere ⬩ perscrutari ⬩ providere

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Ðæt he Alexandres [wisan] besceáwode that he might watch Alexander's conduct, Ors. 4, 5; Bos. 82, 22 : R. Ben. 55

Linked entry: sceáwian

cú-hyrde

(n.)
Grammar
cú-hyrde, es; m. [hyrde a keeper, guardian]

A cowherd, person who has the charge of cows ⬩ vaccarius, bubulcus

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A cowherd, person who has the charge of cows ; vaccarius, bubulcus Cúhyrde gebýreþ ðæt he hæbbe ealdre cú meolc vii niht, syððan heó nige cealfod hæfþ, and frymetlinge býstinge xiv niht; and gá his metecú mid hláfordes cú vaccarii rectum est, ut habeat

dolh-swæþ

(n.)
Grammar
dolh-swæþ, gen. -swæðes ; pl. nom. acc. -swaðu , -swaðo; n: dolh-swaðu, e ; -swaðof: ; indecl. f. [swæþ, swaðu a trace, vestige]

A trace of a wound, a scar ⬩ cicatrīcis vestīgium, cĭcātrix

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Ðæt seó þynneste dolhswaðo and seó læste ætýwde that the thinnest and the least scar was to be seen, Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 19

Linked entry: swaþu

enge

(adj.)
Grammar
enge, def. se enga; adj.

Narrow, anxious ⬩ angustus, anxius

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Helle wísceþ, ðæs engestan éðel-ríces shall wish for hell, the narrowest realm, Salm. Kmbl. 213; Sal. 106

éðel-land

(n.)
Grammar
éðel-land, -lond, es; n.

A native land, a country ⬩ patria, terra

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On éðelland ðǽr Salem stód into the country where Salem stood, 174; Th. 218, 15; Dan. 39. Séceþ eádig éðellond seeks [its] happy native land, Exon. 59b; Th. 217, 12; Ph. 279: 42 a; Th. 141, 17; Gú. 628

forad

(v.; adj.)
Grammar
forad, part. adj.

Broken ⬩ weakened ⬩ void ⬩ fractus ⬩ lăbĕfactus

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Beó ðæt ordál forad let the ordeal be void, L. Ath. i. 23; Th. i. 212, 9: iv. 7; Th. i. 228, 1

fóre-spræc

(n.)
Grammar
fóre-spræc, fóre-spæc, e; f. [fóre- fore-, spræc a speech]

A fore-speech ⬩ preface ⬩ introduction ⬩ a speaking before for another ⬩ a fore-promise ⬩ præfātio ⬩ præ-sponsio

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Beóþ ða ungewittigan cild gehealdene on ðam fulluhte þurh fórespræce ðæs godfæder unknowing children are saved in baptism by the fore-promise of the godfather, Bd. Whelc. 180, 44

Linked entries: fóre-spæc for-spǽc

gál-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
gál-scipe, es; m. [gál lust, -scipe -ship]

Luxury ⬩ lustfulness ⬩ lasciviousness ⬩ wantonness ⬩ lewdness ⬩ luxŭria ⬩ lĭbīdo ⬩ lascīvia ⬩ petulantia ⬩ saty̆riăsis ⬩ σατυρίασιs

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We lǽraþ, ðæt man wið fúlne gálscipe warnige symle we instruct, that one always guard himself against foul lasciviousness, L. C. E. 24; Th. i. 374, 9. For gálscipe for wantonness, Cd. 18; Th. 22, 15; Gen. 341.

ge-anbídian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-anbídian, part. -anbídiende, -anbídigende; p. ode; pp. od [anbídian to abide]

To abide ⬩ await ⬩ wait for ⬩ expect ⬩ expectāre ⬩ sustĭnēre

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Ðæt folc wæs Zachariam geanbídigende ĕrat plebs expectans Zachariam, 1, 21. Hí þrý dagas me geanbídiaþ jam trīduo sustĭnent me, Mk. Bos. 8, 2.

gearo

(adv.)
Grammar
gearo, gearu; adv.

Promptly ⬩ readily ⬩ entirely ⬩ altogether ⬩ prompte ⬩ omnīno ⬩ prorsus

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Promptly, readily, entirely, altogether; prompte, omnīno, prorsus Ðæt ic goldǽht gearo sceáwige that I may promptly behold the gold-treasure, Beo. Th. 5490; B. 2748.

lín

(n.)
Grammar
lín, es; n.

Flax ⬩ linen

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Mið ðý onféng ðæt lín cum accepisset linteum, 13, 4. Bohte lín and hine biwand in líne mercatu sindonem eum involvit sindone, Mk. Skt. Rush. 15, 46: Lk. Skt. Rush. 23, 53. Gisæh ða lín gisetedo vidit linteamina posita, Jn. Skt. Rush. 20, 6

pliht

(n.)
Grammar
pliht, es ; m.: e ; f.
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Gyf hit ( stolen property) on hýdelse funden sý, ðonne mæg ðæt forfangfeoh leóhtre beón, forðam [hit] biþ on læsse plihte (with less danger than when taken from the thief ) begytan, L. Ath. iv. 6 ; Th. i. 226, 6. Plihtas pericula, Ps. Surt. 114, 3

Linked entry: pleoh

ge-béd-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
ge-béd-rǽden, -rǽddenn,-réddenn, e; f.

The office of prayer ⬩ prayer ⬩ precātiōnis offĭcium ⬩ prĕces

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He nelle gehýran ðæs gímeleásan mannes gebédrǽdene he will not listen to the prayers of the negligent man, 57. 4

Linked entry: béd-rǽden

ge-cwician

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cwician, -cwycian; p. ode, ude; pp. od, ud [cwician to quicken]

To quicken ⬩ create ⬩ vivĭfĭcere ⬩ creāre

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Ðæt ðú me on rihtes rǽd gecwycige in æquĭtāte tua vivĭfĭca me, Ps. Th. 118, 40. He bebeád and gecwicode synd ipse mandāvit et creāta sunt, Ps. Spl. C. 32, 9 : 101, 19. Hí bíþ gecwicude creābuntur, Ps. Spl. C. 103, 31

ge-inseglian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-inseglian, -insegelian; p. ode; pp. od, ud

To seal ⬩ to impress with a seal ⬩ signare ⬩ obsignare

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Annas and Caiphas ðæt loc geinseglodon Annas et Caiphas illud claustrum obsignarunt, Nicod. 14; Thw. 7, 2. Lá hú ne ðás þingc geinseglode on goldhordum mínum nonne hæc signata in thesauris meis, Cant. Moys. Isrl. Lamb. 194 a, 34 : Th.

Linked entry: in-seglian

ge-nugan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-nugan, pres. hit -neah [Goth. ganah]

To suffice, to be sufficient, not to be wanting ⬩ sufficere

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Nǽnig mennisc tunge ne geneah ðæs acendan engles godcund mægen to gesecgenne no human tongue is sufficient to tell the divine virtue of that begotten messenger, Blickl. Homl. 165, 5

Linked entry: ge-neah

teón-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
teón-rǽden, teón-rǽdenn, e; f.
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Wrong, injury Ðæt hig wrecan mihton heora teónrǽdenne mid tintergum on him ( ut reddamus ei (Samson), quae in nos operatus est ) . . . Hig woldon hine tintregian for heora teónrǽdene, Jud. 15, 10, 14.