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ge-staðolian

(v.)

to foundestablishstrengthenconfirm

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Kmbl. 1071; An. 536: Soul Kmbl. 90; Seel. 45

hleápere

(n.)
Grammar
hleápere, es; m.

A leaper, dancer, runner, courier

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Tuegen hleáperas Ælfréd cyning sende mid gewritum king Alfred sent two couriers with letters, Chr. 889; Erl. 86, 23

Linked entry: hleápan

á-springan

(v.)

to be emittedto ariseto rush upburst forthto spring,to spring upcome into existenceto spread (intrans. ) outto run outceasefail

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Add: of motion, of water Seó eá up áspryngð néh þǽm clife, Ors. 1, 1;S. 12, 29. of a spark, to be emitted ꝥ ásprunge sum spearca forsitan scintilla dissiliit, Bt. 35, 5;F. 164, 2. of the heavenly bodies, to arise Hwǽr þæs mónan níwnys beó on Martio

Linked entry: á-sprungen

þearf

(n.)
Grammar
þearf, e; f.
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Se ðe ðæt déþ, hé déþ him sylfum mycle ðearfe, Wulfst. 113, 13: 119, 11: 303, 7. Fremmaþ gé leóda þearfe, Beo. Th. 5594; B. 2801. Ic wát ðæt ðú sécst míne ðearfe I know that you seek my good, Shrn. 182, 32.

Linked entries: þarf þærf

DISC

(n.)
Grammar
DISC, es; m.
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Se ðe his hand on disce mid me dypþ qui intingit mecum manum in cătĭno, 14, 20. On disce in păropsĭde, Mt. Bos. 26, 23.

frinan

(v.)
Grammar
frinan, part. frinnende; ic frine, ðú frinest, he frineþ, pl. frinaþ; p. ic, he fran, ðú frune, pl. frunon, frunnon; impert. frin, pl. frinaþ; subj. pres. frine, pl. frinen; p. frune, pl. frunen; pp. frunen

To askinquireconsultinterrŏgāresciscĭtāriconsŭlĕre

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Frineþ he hwǽr se man síe he will ask where the man is, Rood Kmbl. 221; Kr.112: Salm. Kmbl. 117; Sal. 58. Ða ic nyste hí frunon me quæ ignōrā;bam interrŏgābant me, Ps. Spl. C. 34, 13: Ps. Th. 136, 3.

Linked entry: FRIGNAN

ge-árian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-árian, p; ode; pp. od; v. trans.

To give honourto honourhonōrārehonorĭfĭcāreTo have mercy or compassion upon any onebe merciful topitypardonpropĭtium essemisĕrēriparcĕreTo endow

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Ðæt se Déma us geárige that the Judge may have compassion on us, Homl. Th. ii. 126, 13.

Linked entry: gearod

niþer

(adv.)
Grammar
niþer, adv.

Downbeneathbelow

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Ðá hé nyþer ábeáh cum se inclinasset, Jn. Skt. 20, 5. Ic nyþer álǽte submitto, Ælfc. Gr. 28; Som. 31, 41. Hé nyþer áléde deposuit, Lk. Skt. 23, 53. Nyþer ásceótan to cast down, Homl. Th. i. 170, 23.

Linked entry: nieþer

rǽswa

(n.)
Grammar
rǽswa, an; m. (a word used only in poetry).
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a counsellor Cwæð ðá se ðe wæs cyninges rǽswa (cf. 'the king spake unto his counsellors ... They answered and said unto the king,' Dan. 3, 14), wís and wordgleáw, Cd.

ge-wanian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wanian, -wonian; p. ode; pp. od.

to lessendiminishto be wanting

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to lessen, diminish Se láreow ne sceál ða inneran giémenne gewanian for ðære úterran abisgunge the teacher is not to diminish his care of inner things for outer occupations, Past. 18, 1; Swt. 127, 8; Hat. MS.

Linked entries: ge-wonian ge-wane

stig-weard

(n.)
Grammar
stig-weard, es ; m.
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Se wæs ðæs eorles stíward, Chr. 1093 ; Erl. 229, 6 : 1096 ; Erl. 233, 6. Se ðe má manne in lǽde ðonne hé sceole búton ðæs stíwerdes leáfe and ðæra feormera, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 278, 20.

Linked entry: stí-weard

un-gemetlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gemetlíc, adj.

immoderateinordinateexcessivetoo greatimmensevery greatnot of the same measurediverse

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Ðá com se ungemetlíca unfriðhere, 1009; Erl. 142, 16. not of the same measure, diverse Ungemetlícra diversarum, Mt. Kmbl. p. 7, 5

botl

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Th. ii. 144, 3. ꝥ se líg náht þǽre burge botles ne gehrínan ne dorste ut flamma contingere quidquam aedi-ficii non auderet, Gr. D. 48, 11.

feónd

an enemyfoefienddevil

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Se feónd swá þeáh his diórlingas duguðum stépte, Met. 15, 7. Se feónd (the raven; cf. hrefen . . . wælfel, El. 53) gespearn fleótende hreáw, Gen. 1447. Nelle ic þyssum fýnd leng árian, Bl.

feórþa

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Feórðe healf geár se deófles man ríxað, Wlfst. 197, 14. genealogical: Feórþa fæder proavus, Wrt. Voc. i. 72, 22. Feórþa sunu abnepos, ii. 4, 73. Feówerðe dohter abneptis, i. 51, 74.

ge-hefigian

(v.)
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Srt. 31, 4. to make oppressed, weigh down, burden, afflict Ðæt is ðonne ðæt mon gadrige ðæt ðicke fenn on hine and hine mid ðý gehefegige avaro contra se densum lutum aggravare est . . . Past. 329, 20.

ge-cnǽwe

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Se cing cwæð ꝥ Leófsige and mænige men ðǽre, spǽce gecnǽwe wǽron, 540, 12. of things, acknowledged, recognized as valid Hit wæs gecnǽwe on Súð-Seaxan and on West-Seaxan, Cht, Th. 273, 19

hátan

(v.)
Grammar
hátan, p. hátte.
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Se hearda stán, ðe aðamans hátte, Past. 271, 3. Saga mé ðæt andweorc ðe Adam wæs of geworht. Ic ðé secge, of viii punda gewihte. Saga mé: hwæt hátton ðáge ? Ic ðé secge ðæt ǽroste wæs foldan pund . . . Sal. K. 180, 3-7

sceanca

(n.)
Grammar
sceanca, an ; m.

a shank, shin,the upper part of the leg

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Se sceocca gewráð his sceancan, Homl. Skt. i. 11, 223. Sconcan, Salm. Kmbl. 203; Sal. 101. the upper part of the leg (= þeóhsceanca) Ic wille ðæt gé fédaþ án earm Engliscmon . . .

Linked entry: sceonca

æcer

field, land of arable landthe crop raised on the landa definite quantity of land, an acre

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Se æker, Past. 411, 18. Hé on his æcere eóde, and his sulh on handa hæfde, Ors. 2, 6; S. 88, 8. Se Hǽlend fór ofer æceras (acras, R.) abiit Jesus per sata, Mt. 12, 1. Hiora gemǽnan æceras oþþe gærs, Ll.