ge-síþscipe
A fellowship ⬩ society ⬩ societas
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A fellowship, society; societas Nam he twegen bisceopas of Britta þeóde on gesíþscipe ðære hálgunge adsumtis in societatem ordinationis duobus de Brittonum gente episcopis, Bd. 3, 28; S. 560, 27.
ge-tihhian
To appoint ⬩ determine ⬩ assign ⬩ stătuĕre ⬩ decernĕre ⬩ assignāre
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To appoint, determine, assign; stătuĕre, decernĕre, assignāre Swá he æt fruman getihhod hæfde as he at the beginning had determined, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 220, 26.
tungol-cræft
Star-craft ⬩ astronomy ⬩ astrology
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Hí hí on tungolcræfte (astronomiae) lǽrdan, Bd. 4, 2; S. 565, 26. Wé rǽdaþ on tungelcræfte, ðæt seó sunne biþ hwíltídum þurh ðæs mónelícan trendles underscyte áðýstrod, Homl. Th. i. 608, 31
twi-ecge
Two-edged
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Hæfde hé twiecge handseax habebat sicam bicipitem, Bd. 2, 9; M. 122, 12. Genim ðæt micle greáte windelstreáw twyecge, Lchdm. ii. 44, 5. Sweord twiecge gladii ancipites, Ps. Surt. 149, 6
Linked entry: twi-icce
for-trúwodnes
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Hé bið genéd mid sumre fortrúwodnesse temeritate impellitur praecipitationis, 453, 19. Ðurh ðá fortrúwednesse per hanc fiduciam, 463, 28. Add
fore-þingian
To plead for anyone ⬩ intercede ⬩ defend ⬩ intercēdĕre ⬩ defendĕre
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Bt. 38, 7; Fox 210, 4: L. Alf. pol. 21; Th. i. 76, 3: 24; Th. i. 78, 10
Linked entry: for-þingian
Seax-
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Seaxulf biscop ( of Lichfield ), Bd. 4, 6; S. 573, 40. Saxulf (Sæx-), Chr. 656; Erl. 30, 2, 10
bisceop-setl
a bishop's seat or residence ⬩ sedes episcopalis ⬩ a bishopric ⬩ episcopatus
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a bishop, setl a seat]. a bishop's seat or residence; sedes episcopalis Sæt he ðæt bisceopsetl xxxvii wintra and six mónaþ and feówertyne dagas he occupied the episcopal residence thirty-seven [of] years [winters] and six months and fourteen days, Bd
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ge-sǽlan
To happen, come to pass, befall ⬩ accĭdĕre, evĕnīre
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., Bt. Met. Fox 13, 43; Met. 13, 22: Th. Ch. 472, 4: 166, 20. Me gesǽlde ðæt is mid sweorde ofslóh niceras nigene it befell me that I slew with my sword nine monsters, Beo.Th. 1152; B. 574: 1784; B. 890: 2504; B. 1250.
six-hynde
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Gif syxhyndum ðissa hwæðer gelimpe, gebéte be ðæs syxhyndan bóte, 39; Th. I. 88, 2-5.
Linked entries: -hynde twelf-hynde twi-hynde
þurh-seón
to see through ⬩ see into ⬩ penetrate with the sight
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God geseóþ and þurhseóþ ealle his gesceafta, Bt. 41, 1; Fox 244, 11. Þurhsyhþ. Met. 30, 16.
þri-feald
Threefold ⬩ triple
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B.) áð ... þryfealde (þri-, MS. B.) láde mid þryfealdan foráðe, L. C. S. 22; Th. i. 388, 12-15. Ða þriefealdan sáwla, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 39. Ðrifaldo ternos, Rtl. 193, 33
þweorlíce
awry ⬩ askew ⬩ in reversed order ⬩ in a way that offers opposition ⬩ obstinately ⬩ flatly ⬩ perversely ⬩ evilly
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awry, askew, in reversed order Þwyrlíce færð æt ðam húse ðær seó wyln bið ðære hlǽfdian wissigend and seó hlæfdige bið ðære wylne underðeódd, Homl.
un-gesceádwís
not acting according to reason ⬩ un- reasonable ⬩ irrational ⬩ unwise ⬩ foolish ⬩ not possessed of reason ⬩ irrational
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not acting according to reason, un- reasonable, irrational, unwise, foolish Hé hine wiste swíþe ungesceádwísne and swíþe ungemetfæstne, Bt. 27, 1; Fox 96, 4.
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eáþelíce
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On sumre stówe se hróf wæs ꝥ man mihte eáþelíce mid heáfde gehrínan, Bl. H. 207, 23. cf. eáþe; 2 Eáþelíce facile, Wülck. Gl. 252, 2. Ne sý him nó eáþelíce þæs infæres getíðod non ei facilis tribuatur ingressus, R. Ben. 97, 4.
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ge-dyrstig
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Be þǽre wísan þe ic nǽfre ǽr næs gedyrstig þé tó áxianne, Guth. 84, 20. Ne mæg þǽr ǽni man be ágnum gewyrhtum gedyrstig wesan déman gehende nullus, ibi meritis confidit judice praesens, Dóm. L. 170.
módig
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</b> add Betere bið ꝥ wíf . . eádmód on heortan . . . þonne ꝥ mǽden beó þe módig bið on heortan, Hml. A. 40, 401. Se módiga deófol, Wlfst. 249, 2. Heó (Judith) ofercóm þone módigan (Halofernes), 114, 410. Módig[e] arrogantes, An. Ox. 56, 233.
sweltan
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D. 264, 9. to die from something (gen.), be no longer conscious or under the action of something Hí beóð deáde and ungewisse þæs écan lífes and ne magon sweltan þæs écan wítes deáðes, Gr. D. 264, 11
wǽcan
To weaken ⬩ afflict ⬩ oppress
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Ðá hé mid swinglum and tintregum wǽced wæs cum tormentis afficeretur, Bd. 1, 7; S. 477, 45. Mid ðý seó mǽgð wǽced wæs mid wæle provincia cum clade premeretur, 3, 30; S. 561, 37.
of-feallan
to fall upon, kill by falling, destroy
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to fall upon, kill by falling, destroy Hit hreás underbæc and forneán offeóll ða ðe hit ǽr forcurfan the tree fell backwards, and by its fall very nearly killed those who before were cutting it down, Homl. Th. ii. 510, 2.