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ge-stællan

(v.)

to stallstable

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to stall, stable Ðá hét he on ðæs pápan ciericean gestællan his blancan and monig óðer neát he ordered his horse and many other cattle to be stabled in the pope's church, Shrn. 51, 22

a-dreógan

(v.)
Grammar
a-dreógan, -driógan; ic -dreóge, ðú -dreógest, -drýhst, he -dreógeþ, -drýhþ; p. -dreág, -dreáh, pl. -drugon; pp. -drogen.

to actperformpractiseagereperficereto bearsufferendurepatisustinere

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Ðæt hie ðe eáþ mihton drohtaþ adreógan that they might the easier endure their way of life, Andr. Kmbl. 737; An. 369. Earfeðu ðe he adreág the pains that he endured, Exon. 25b; Th. 74, 6; Cri. 1202.

CÁF

(adj.)
Grammar
CÁF, comp, ra, re; sup. est, ost; adj.
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Hét ðá hǽleða hleó healdan ða bricge wígan wígheardne cáfne then the defence [the chief] of the soldiers commanded a warrior, hardy in battle and nimble, to defend the bridge, Byrht. Th. 133, 66; By. 76.

gyrdel

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Th. ii. 370, 4. Ðonne þú gyrdel (-er, MS. ) habban wylle, þonne sete þú þíne handa forewearde wiðneoþan þínne nafolan and stríc þenum twám hypum, Tech. ii. 119, 21. Hí cuwon heora girdlas, Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 9. Add

lustfullung

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Deófol tiht ús yfele, ac wé sceolon . . . geniman náne lustfullunge ðǽre tihtinge . . . Se Hǽlend mihte beón gecostnod þurh tihtinge, ac nán lustfullung ne hrepede his mód, Hml. Th. i. 174, 30-176, 7.

trehing

(n.; num.)
Grammar
trehing, (but þrihing in Lambarde. v. Schmid. A. S. Gesetz. 508).

the third part of a shire

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The form given in L. Ed. C. to the Scandinavian word, which in Icelandic appears as Þriðjungr = the third part of a shire De treingis.

Linked entry: þrihing

twǽming

(n.)
Grammar
twǽming, e; f.

divisionseparationsevering the connection between objectsseparationdistinction

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Úre Drihten forbeád ða yfelan twǽmincge betwux twám ǽwum, ii. 322, 32. separation, distinction Hé cwæð 'ðæs lifigendan Godes' for twǽminge ðæra leásra goda he said 'the living God' to distinguish him from the false gods, Homl. Th. i. 366, 19

CWÉN

(n.)
Grammar
CWÉN, gen. dat. cwéne; acc. cwén, cwénn, cwéne; pl. nom. acc. cwéne, cwéna; gen. cwéna; dat. cwénum; f: cwéne, cwýne; gen. dat. acc. cwénan, cwýnan; pl. nom. acc. cwénan; gen. cwénena; dat. cwénum; f.

a woman femina a wife uxor a king's or emperor's wife, a QUEEN, empress regina, imperatrix, augusta

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Th. 1334; B. 665: Exon. 86a; Th. 324, 29 ; Wíd. 102 . Ofslóh ge ðone cyning, ge ða cwéne slew both the ting and the queen, Ors. 3, 11 ; Bos. 74, 4: Homl. Th. i. 438, 21: Exon. 90a; Th. 338, 22; Gn. Ex. 82 .

fagnian

(v.)
Grammar
fagnian, p. ode ; pp. od

To rejoice, be delighted with, wish for gaudēre, appĕtĕre

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To hwon fagnast ðú ðæs ðe ǽ ðú ǽr hæfdest why dost thou long for what thou formerly hadst? Bt. 14, 2; Fox 42, 32

scirpan

(v.)
Grammar
scirpan, p. te.
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Surt. 139, 4. metaph. to make active, arouse Symle hé sceal his hýrmen scyrpan mid manunge hláfordes neóde and him eác leánian be ðam ðe hý earnian, Anglia ix. 260, 23. v. a-, ge-scirpan

ge-nýdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-nýdan, -nédan, -niédan, he -nýt; p. de; pp. ed
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To compel, force, press; cogere, compellere, expellere Alexander ðæt folc to him genýdde Alexander forced the people to him, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 65, 18, 19, 20. Genýddon, Mk. Bos. 15, 21. Genýt, Mt. Bos. 5, 41.

Linked entries: nídan ge-nýt

weorold-gód

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-gód, es; n.
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Ða getreówan freónd ne sint woruldgódum tellanne, ac godcundum, 24, 3; Fox 82, 29.

be-hóf

(n.)
Grammar
be-hóf, es; n.
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Hé sende æfter pallium arꝥ. behóue ( ad opus ), Chr. 780; P. 52, 14. ꝥ need, want behófe ad indigentiam, An. Ox. 27, 34. Cf. Lk. p. 8, 18 where behófe glosses prodigi

Linked entry: -hóf

ge-grippan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-grippan, p. de.
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Soecendo hine gegriopann[e], Jn. p. 5, 5. v. ge-græppian in Dict

Linked entries: grippan ge-grípan

ge-þǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þǽnan, p. de
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To moisten Ádríg dúste, geþǽn mid hunige. Lch. ii. 144, 1. Sóna wæs seald se regn, sé þe fullíce mihte þá eorðan wel geþǽnan repente pluvia tribuebatur, quae plene terram satiare potuisset, Gr. D. 210, 21.

Linked entry: þǽnan

geflit-georn

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Ne ǽnig man ne sý sacfull ne éalles geflitgeorn, Wlfst. 70, 19 : Lch. iii. 428, 34. Beón úre fét gesceóde mid þǽre sybbe bodunge, and úre stafas sýn on úrum handum sleánne þá wyrmas . . .

Linked entry: flít-georn

gefóg-stán

(n.)
Grammar
gefóg-stán, es; m.
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A stone hewn so as to be ready for use in building Wé scylen beón on ðisse ælðeódignesse útane beheáwene mid swingellan, ðǽm ðæt wé eft sión geteald and geféged ðǽm gefógstánum on ðǽre Godes ceastre bútan ðǽm hiéwete ǽlcre suingean nunc foris per

Linked entry: stán-gefóg

leóhtian

(v.)
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Lfc. 54. to grow light (cf. leóht; ), to dawn In þá dagunge, þá þá hit ǽrest leóhtode in ipso subsequentis lucis crepusculo, Gr. D. 234, 21. Oð ðæt hit leóhtige usquoque lucescat, Angl. xiii. 398, 474

réceleáslíce

(adv.)
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Sint manienne ðá ðe ðá sibbe sáwað, ðæt hié swá micel weorc recceleáslíce and unwærlíce ne dón admonendi sunt pacifici, ne tantae actionis pondus levigent, Past. 361, 6.

ge-andettan

(v.)

to confess, acknowledgeto confessto admit for oneselfconcede, allowto confess, declare one's beliefto confessacknowledge as having a certain character, declare one's faith into make acknowledgement of a benefitgive thankspraise

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Add: to confess, acknowledge wrong-doing, weakness, &c. Geondeton (confitentes) synna hiora, Mt. L. 3, 6. Geandet swá hwætt swá þú þáron wite, Ll. Lbmn. 414, 34. as an ecclesiastical term to confess to a priest trans.