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fylstan

to help (tó) to help

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Gif se landríca nelle tó steóre filstan, ii. 298, 19: i. 250, 6. Ne scylan hyg ǽnig unriht geþafian ac tó ǽlcan rihte geornlíce fylstan, ii. 310, 19

be-æftan

(prep.; adv.)

behind,after

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Mé wæs se súðerne wind beæften, Hml.

gylt

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Dict. ). state of being guilty, criminality, culpability Hé gecnáwan mæg hwæt tǽlwierðe bið, and suáðeáh . . . forwandaí ðæt hé béte and ðreáge his hiéremenn be ðæs gyltes andefne quae reprehendenda sunt cognoscit, sed tamen . . . digtiis ea increpationibus

plega

(n.)
Grammar
plega, an; m.
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Voc. ii. 67, 26. v. æsc-, ecg-, gilp-, gúþ-, hand-, hearm-, hyht-, lind-, níp-, secg-, stæf-, sund-, sweord-, wíg-plega, nextt

Linked entries: plegan hand-plega

eácan

(v.; adj.)
Grammar
eácan, eácen; adj.
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Hé eácenne gást in sefan sende, snyttro cræftas, Dan. 485. Beorhtne sunu, beam eácen Godes, Cri. 205. Eald sweord eácen, B. 1663. Eácne eardas, 1621.

orf

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Add: [orf and yrfe seem interchangeable in Ll. i. 352, 3-13: 254, 15] Æt ánum hrýðere, oþþe æt þám orfe þe þæs weorð sý, Ll. i. 160, 2. On mínum cucum orfe, 276, 24. Gif bǽd genumen sý on monnes orfe for óðres monnes þingum, 354, 6.

ge-weorþian

(v.)
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Þín dóm wunað wíde geweorðad, Cri. 407: Ap. 15. to shew honour to, treat with reverence or respect Se engel ( the angel in the fiery furnace) hæfde on þám wundre gewurþod þe þá gewyrhto áhton, Dan. 444.

ge-myndig

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þe nú biþ gemyndig Drihtnes þrowunge and his ǽriste ealle móde . . . þe forhogaþ ꝥ hé ǽnig gemynd hæbbe Drihtnes eáþ-módnesse, Bl. H. 83, 13. Swá cwæð eardstapa earfeða gemyndig, Wand. 6.

geagl

(n.)
Grammar
geagl, geahl, es; m. [also n. v. the last example]

The jowljawmandĭbŭlarictusfauces

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Biþ ðæt heáfod tohliden, geaglas toginene the head shall be split open, the jaws distended, Soul Kmbl. 215; Seel. 110 : 229; Seel. 118. Ðæt geagl to swillanne to swill the jowl, L. M. 1, 1; Lchdm. ii. 24, 12, 22, 26, 29

Linked entry: geahl

ge-siht

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Ox. 406. what is seen, a sight. seen with the bodily eye Æfter ðǽre angelica gesihða (uisionem), Jn. p. 8, 3. Cyning wæs þý blíþra . . . þurh þá fægeran gesyhð ( the cross seen in the sky ), El. 98. Nǽnigum men gié cueðe ðone gesihða, Mt.

FINDAN

(v.)
Grammar
FINDAN, to findanne; ic finde, ðú findest, findst, fintst, finst, he findeþ, fint, pl. findaþ; p. fand, fond, funde, pl. fundon; pp. funden; v. trans.

To FINDinventimaginedevisecontriveorderdisposearrangedetermineinvĕnīredispōnĕreconsŭlĕre

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Se cyng hæfde funden, ðæt. . . the king had contrived, that . . Chr. 918; Erl. 104, 3

GLEÁW

(adj.)
Grammar
GLEÁW, adj.

Clear-sightedwiseskilfulsagaciousprudentgoodsagaxprudensastutussapiensgnarus

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Ioseph se ðe gingst wæs hys gebróðra and eác gleáwra ofer hí ealle Joseph who was youngest of his brethren and wise beyond them all, Ors. 1, 5; Bos. 28, 8.

Linked entries: glǽw gléw

be-limpan

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Belamp ꝥ se arƀ férde tó Róme, Chr. 1070; P. 206, 7. Ðætte ne wyrsa ðé bilimpe (blimpe, L. contingat ), Jn. R. 5, 14. Þæt him ne belimpe se egeslica cwyde that the terrible sentence be not applied to them, Hml.

ge-bróþor

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Se bróðor cóm eft hám, þá his gebróðro æt gereorde sǽton, Bd. 3, 2 ; Sch. 197, 6-18. Ic eóde to cyrcean and sang mid gebróþrum, Coll.

ge-dwild

Grammar
ge-dwild, ge-dwyld.
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Antecríst wile ámyrran mid his gedwylde eall þæt se sóða Críst ǽr bodade and gesette tó rihte, Wlfst. 195, 17.

on-findan

(v.)
Grammar
on-findan, p. -fand, -funde.

to find out, discover, detectto find out from experience, become aware of, perceive, be sensible ofto meet with, experience, suffer

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Hé ðæt ðonne onfindeþ, ðonne se fǽr cymeþ he will find it out, when the peril comes, Exon. Th. 449, 18; Dóm. 73. Ðá se gist onfand ðæt se beadoleóma bítan nolde, Beo. Th. 3049; B. 1522.

tó-bregdan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-bregdan, -brédan; p. -brægd, -brǽd, pl. -brugdon, -brúdon (-brudon ?); pp. -brogden, -bróden (-broden ? in O. and N. tobrode rimes with unsode).

to separate (trans.) by a quick movement,to pull to pieces (lit. and fig. )to pull apartto separate (intrans.) by a quick movement,to break off,start from sleep,to awaketo separate by making a quick movement with something

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Biþ se glencg ágoten and se þrym tóbróden, Wulfst. 263, 8 note. Ðæt hé wǽre from ðám hundum tóbróden, Shrn. 145, 4. to pull apart Heora lima man ealle tóbrǽd ǽlc fram óðrum their limbs weru torn from one another, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 72.

swic-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
swic-dóm, es; m.

deceit, fraudtreachery, failure in loyalty, treason an offencescandalumtreason

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deceit, fraud Wæs swicdóm swíðra ðonne wísdom, and þúhte hwílum wísost se ðe wæs swicolast, and se ðe litelícost cúðe leáslíce hiwian unsóð tó sóðe, Wulfst. 128, 7: 243, 13: 52, 31. Swicdóm woruldwelena deceptio divitiarum, Mk. Skt. 4, 19.

stræc

(adj.)
Grammar
stræc, strec; adj.

strict, severe, rigorous, stern, hardrigid, unyielding, obstinate, persistentviolent, using force, uncompromising, vehement

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Ðæt se streca Déma ús geárige, Homl. Th. ii. 126, 13. Ætforan ðæs gesihðe ðæs strecan Déman, 124, 15. Streccere rigidae, durae, Hpt. Gl. 416, 16. Ðære stræcan asperrima, Wrt. Voc. ii. 2, 24.

Linked entry: strec

medu-wang

(n.)
Grammar
medu-wang, es; m.

A mead-plainthe ground surrounding the house where mead is drunk

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A mead-plain, the ground surrounding the house where mead is drunk Tó sele comon feówertýne Geáta gongan, módig ( Beowulf ) on gemonge meodowongas træd. Ðá com ingán ealdor þegna, Beo. Th. 3291; B. 1643