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ge-camp

(n.)
Grammar
ge-camp, n. (not m.).
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Add Gecampe bello, Wülck. Gl. 248, 13. warfare, battle. literal Cempa þe on nánum gecampe náht ðegenlices ne gefremode, Hml. Th. i. 342, 5. Iulianus wolde neádian preóstas tó woruldlicum gecampe, Hml.

ge-þringan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þringan, p. -þrang, -þringde [North. Gospels], pl. -þrungon; pp. -þrungen

To press ⬩ oppress ⬩ comprimere ⬩ contendere ⬩ opprimere

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Wombe geþrungne a swollen belly, 129 a; Th. 485, 3; Rä. 84, 2

Linked entry: folc-geþrang

twelf-hynde

(adj.)
Grammar
twelf-hynde, adj. As applied to a person, of the rank for which the wergild was twelve hundred shillings; applied to the wergild, that must be paid for a person of such rank. As will be seen from the passages given below, the twelfhynde man was a þegn, and his importance, as marked by the wergild and otherwise, was six times that of the
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ceorl Ǽnig mǽgð, xii-hynde oþþe twyhynde, L. Ath. v. 8, 2; Th. i. 236, 10. Be xii-hyndum men. Gif hé sié twelfhynde, L. Alf. pol. 31; Th. i. 80, 14. Gif hió sié cirlisc mid .lx. sciłł. gebéte . . . Gif hió sié xii-hyndu .cxx. sciłł. gebéte, 18; Th. i

Linked entry: six-hynde

ge-winnan

(v.)
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IV. below), and add: intrans. To strive, contend, fight Gewon conflixit, i. certavit, Wrt.

tán

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
tán, es; m.

a twig, sprout, shoot, branch ⬩ a stake ⬩ a twig used in casting lots ⬩ a lot; also a share that is determined by lot

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articulo mittunt aequaliter sorter, et quemcumque sors ostenderit, hunc tempore belli ducem omnes sequuntur, Bd. 5, 10; S. 624, 22-26.

Linked entries: tá tǽnen tán tánede tán-hlyta mistel-tán

eal-sealf

(n.)
Grammar
eal-sealf, e; f. [eal all, sealf salve] The herb called the oak of Jerusalem or the oak of Cappadocia; ambrŏsia, Som. Ben. Lye:=ἀμβροσία a perfumed salve, a plant; ambrŏsia mărĭtĭma, Diosc. 3, 129, L. S. Lex. under ἀμβροσία.

FEÓWER

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
FEÓWER, feówere; nom. acc; gen. feówera, feówra; dat. feówerum:

FOUR ⬩ quătuor

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Seó hæfde feówere fét under wombe it had four feet under its belly, Exon. 109 b; Th. 418, 10; Rä. 37, 3

Linked entries: fiér fówer fyðer- feowðer fíf

I

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Initial i before a, o, u is found where most generally ge is used; for examples see below

grymetan

Grammar
grymetan, l. grymettan, grymetian.
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Gefeoht grimettaþ bella fremunt, Wülck. Gl. 255, 7. v. á-grymettan, á-grymettian, ge-grymettan, ge-grymettian

GEÁTAS

(n.)
Grammar
GEÁTAS, Iótas, Iútas, Eótenas

the Jutes ⬩ Jutæ ⬩ GAUTS ⬩ Gauti in Suecia ⬩ Γαυτοί,

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Gotland the land of the Goths, q. v; Gauti in Suecia = Γαυτοί, Procopius Bell. Goth. 2, 15 We synt gumcynnes Geáta leóde we are of the race of the Gauts' nation, Beo. Th. 526; B. 260 : 730; B. 362.

Wendel-sǽ

(n.)
Grammar
Wendel-sǽ, (generally masc.)

the Mediterranean. ⬩ In Alfred's Orosius the word is used to translate several Latin terms denoting the Mediterranean or parts of it

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Italia land belíð Wendelsǽ ymb eall útan búton westannorðan Italia habet ab Africo Tyrrhenum mare, a borea Adriaticum sinum 22, 18. Be súðan Narbonense is se Wendelsæ (mare Gallicum) 22, 29, 20.

sib

(adj.)
Grammar
sib, sibb, adj.
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In the passage below, Lk. 14, 12, the form may be taken as a weak noun, cf. Icel. sifi a relation by marriage, guð*-*sifi a god-sib: O. L. Ger. sibbeo: O. H.

wícing

(n.)
Grammar
wícing, es; m.
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Metellus fór on Belearis ðæt lond, and oferwan ða wícingas ðe on ðæt land hergedon Metellus Baleares insulas bello pervagatus edomuit, et piraticam infestationem compressit, 5, 5; Swt. 226, 23. ¶ in passages dealing with English affairs the word refers

Linked entry: scegð-mann

ge-hwæþer

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. ¶ Þǽre eorðan on nánre ne mót se rodor neár þonne on óðre stówe gestæppan, stríceð ymbútan ufane and neoðane efenneáh gehwæðer ( equally near both above and below ; cf. se rodor is þǽre eorþan emneáh ge ufan ge neobon, Bt. 33, 4; F. 130, 23), Met.

Linked entry: hwæþer

ge-mang

Grammar
ge-mang, among.
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others in the same nominal or logical group Gemong þǽm óþrum monegum wundrum inter multa prodigia, Ors. 4, 3; S. 162, 5. of the relation of a fact or event to the circumstances which surround it, during, in the course of Gemong þǽm gewinnum ( in eo bello

ge-endung

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Add: local, an extreme part Seó sunne undergǽd þǽre eorðan geendunge the sun goes below the horizon, Lch. iii. 260, 7. a termination of a word Seó forme declinatio hæfð tres terminationes, þæt synd ðreó geendunga, Ælfc. Gr.

bí

(prep.)
Grammar
bí, prep. dat. [Bí is more frequently shortened into be. In compounds it is generally written be- or bi-; but bí- is long where it is used for big, or is a contraction, thus, - bí-spell for big-spell, and as bí-breád for beó-breád. v. be.]

By, near to, at, in, upon ⬩ juxta, prope, apud, in ⬩ Of, about ⬩ de, quoad ⬩ By, through, because of, after, according to, in comparison with ⬩ per, secundum, pro, ex

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dat. By, near to, at, in, upon; juxta, prope, apud, in Arás bí ronde oretta the champion arose by his shield, Beo. Th. 5069; B. 2538. He bí sesse geóng he went by the seat, 5506; B. 2756. Bí staðe fæste fast by the shore, Exon. 96 b; Th. 361, 11; Wal

searu

(n.)
Grammar
searu, searo, [w]e; f. : [w]es; n.
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Búr átimbran, searwum ásettan, 411, 27; Rä. 30, 6. that which is contrived with art, a machine, engine, fabric Stæfliðere oððe searu ballista, machina belli. Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 62. Searu ballisla, catapulta, vel machina belli, 125, 9.

Linked entries: searo siru

FLEÓGAN

(v.)
Grammar
FLEÓGAN, fliógan, to fleógenne; part. fleógende; ic fleóge, ðú fleógest, he fleógeþ, pl. fleógaþ; p. ic, he fleág, fleáh, ðú fluge, pl. flugon; pp. flogen [fleóge a fly] .

To FLY as with wings ⬩ vŏlāre ⬩ To flee ⬩ flee from ⬩ fŭgĕre ⬩ effŭgĕre

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Me of hrife fleógaþ hylde pílas shafts of battle fly from my belly, Exon. 105a; Th. 399, 4; Rä. 18, 6. Fleág fugla cyn the race of birds flew, Exon. 46a; Th. 157, 9; Gú. 889: 86b; Th. 326, 12; Wíd. 127.

Linked entries: FLEÓN fliógan flecgan

full-gán

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Þá on ðǽm tweón þe hié swá ungeorne his willan fulleódon fastidiose ducem in disponendo bello audientes, Ors. 3, 11; S. 146, 24. Fulgá nú se mete ðǽre wambe willan, and sió wamb ðæs metes, Past. 317, 16.

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