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ge-neát

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Geneátriht is mistlic be ðám ðe on lande stænt. On sumon hé sceal landgafol syllan . . . Ll. Th. i. 432, ii.

gold

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Mid þridde healf hund mancusan goldes be gewihte, iii. 361, 24. Tó .viii. healfmarcum ásodenes goldes, Ll. Th. i. 154, 2. Twá and twéntig þúsend punda goldes and seolfres mon gesealde þám here wid friðe, 288, 12.

sóþlíce

(adv.)

Truly, reallycertainlyverilyNowthenforautemecceenimergonamvero

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Kmbl. 633; El. 317: Beo. Th. 284; B. 141. Hí ðý sóðlícor ongeáton ðæt hit wæs sóðlíce his ágen líchoma, Shrn. 68, 33. Ic sóðlícost wéne, 164, 28. as conj.

Linked entry: sóþ-líc

hleápan

(v.)
Grammar
hleápan, p. hleóp, pl. hleópon and hlupon [cf.Icel.hlupu]; pp. hleápen

To LEAP, jump, dance, run

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Lege on ða wunde gyf heó tósomne hleápan wolde lay on the wound if it be ready to close up [cf.Icel.sárið var hlaupit í sundr] Herb. 90, 13; Lchdm. i. 198, 2.

trúwa

(n.)
Grammar
trúwa, trúa, an; m.

(good) faith faithbeliefconfidencetrusta solemn assurance of good faitha covenantwordfaithful careprotection

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Be geleáfan oþþe trúwande fide, Scint. 126, 16. For ðam micclan geleáfan and for dam sóðan trúwan ðe heó symle hæfþ tóGode, Homl. Ass. 29, 125. Hé hine gefullode mid fullum trúwan ðæt hé geleáfful wǽre, Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 9.

Linked entry: trúa

fricgan

(v.)
Grammar
fricgan, fricgean, fricggan; part. fricgende; ic fricge, ðú frigest, frigst, frihst, he frigeþ, frigþ, frihþ, pl. fricgaþ; p. ic, he fræg, ðú frǽge, pl. frǽgon; impert. frige; subj. pres. fricge, pl. fricgen; pp. ge-frigen, -fregen, -frægen

To askinquirequestionfind outseek afterlearnget information ofinterrŏgāresciscĭtāripĕtĕrefando accĭpĕrecompĕrīre

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Gomela Scylding, fela fricgende, feorran rehte the aged Scylding, learning much, related [things] from [times] remote, Beo. Th. 4218; B. 2106: Exon. 92 b; Th. 347, 17; Sch. 14.

gehðo

(n.)
Grammar
gehðo, gehðu, geohðu, geoðu, giohðo, giðu, e; f.

Careanxietycurasolicitudo

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Care, anxiety; cura, solicitudo Gomol on gehðo eówic grétan hét the aged [prince] in sadness commanded to greet you, Beo. Th. 6181; B. 3095. Gehðomǽnan to bemoan misery, Andr. Kmbl. 3095; An. 1550.

Linked entry: gihþu

un-lǽd

(adj.)
Grammar
un-lǽd, -lǽde; adj.

poormiserableunhappyunfortunatepoormiserablewretched

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Gesǽlige beóð ða ðe ðam fyliaþ, and unlǽde beóð ða ðe ðam wiðsacaþ, Wulfst. 264, 21. Gé sind unlǽde, earm[r]a geþóhta, Andr. Kmbl. 1487; An. 745. Unlǽdra ( the cannibals) eafoð, 59; An. 30: (evil spirits ), 283; An. 142.

Linked entries: -lǽde lǽd

ge-tácnung

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Ben. 58, 9. a signal pæt sý mid sumere getácnunge gebeden and ná midmenniscre stefne sonitu cujuscumque signi potius petatur quam voce, R.

in-gehygd

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Ben. 138, 19. For fǽm[n]há[d]licum ingehýde (-héde. Hpt. Gl. 459, 78) propter uirginale (pudoris) propositum, i. gradum, An. Ox. 2281. Ingehýd (-héd. Hpt. Gl. 498, 3), 3893

úser

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
úser, usser; adj. pron.

Our

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Endeláf usses cynnes, Beo. Th. 5619; B. 2813. Módes usses, Met. 21, 12. Ne meaht ðú in usse mǽgþe ne on ussum gemánan wunian, Bd. 2, 5; S. 507, 27, On eallum ussum cynne, Blickl. Homl. 151, 12. Ussum móde, Exon. Th. 2, 32; Cri. 28.

Linked entry: úre

weard

(n.)
Grammar
weard, es; m.

a guard, warder, watchman, sentinel a guardian, protector, lord

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Weard Scyldinga, se ðe holmclifu healdan scolde, Beo. Th. 464; B. 229: Ps. 126, 2. Se weard ( the angel at the gate of Eden ), Cd. Th. 58, 21; Gen. 949. Ða weardas custodes, Mt. Kmbl. 28, 4, 11. Ða weardas heóldon ðæs cwearternes duru, Homl.

smiþ

(n.)
Grammar
smiþ, es; m.

A smith, a worker in metals or in wood faber faber, cudo

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Wǽpna smiþ Beo. Th. 2908; B. 1452. Hú nys se smiþ (smiþ ł wyrihte faber, Lind.) Marian sunu Mk. Skt. 6, 3. Ðes ys smiþes sunu hic est fabri filius Mt. Kmbl. 13, 55. Byrne, searonet seowed smiþes orþancum Beo. Th. 817; B. 406.

Linked entry: helle-smiþ

un-hwearfiende

(adj.)
Grammar
un-hwearfiende, adj. (ptcpl.)

Unchangingimmutable

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Unchanging, immutable Nánwuht woruldlíces fæstes and unhwearfiendes beón ne mæg, Bt. 8; Fox 26, 11

farnian

(v.)
Grammar
farnian, p. ode

To prosper

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Hál mé dó uel farniga salvum me fac bene prosperare, Rtl. 176, 25

sengan

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Add: figuratively, to afflict grievously Ic senged beóm tribulor, Ps. Rdr. 30, 10. Cf. seóþan

Basilius

(n.)
Grammar
Basilius, g. Basilies; m.

Basil, bishop of CæsarēaKαιδάρεια

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Basilius awrát áne wundorlíce bóc, be eallum Godes weorcum, ðe he geworhte on six dagum, 'Exameron' geháten, swíðe deópum andgite.

wíd

(adj.)
Grammar
wíd, adj.
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Ne seah ic wídan feorh never in all my life have I seen, Beo. Th. 4033 ; B. 2014. Ðú scealt wídan feorh écan ðíne yrmðu, Andr. Kmbl. 2766 ; An. 1385

beánen

(adj.)
Grammar
beánen, adj.

Beanybelonging to beansfabarius

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Beany, belonging to beans; fabarius Beánene melewe BEAN-MEAL, Herb. 155, 3; Lchdm. i. 282, 9

ge-portian

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

To beat, poundcontundĕre

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To beat, pound; contundĕre Geporta ða wyrta tosomne pound the herbs together, Lchdm. iii. 4, 10