ge-gearcian
To prepare
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To prepare Ðá hét se cyngc scipa gegearcian and him æfter faran, ac hit wæs lang ǽr ðam þe ða scipa gegearcode wǽron then the king bade prepare ships and go after him, but it was long before the ships were ready, Th. Ap. 7, 16-7 : Homl.
swétan
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Swétedne, 111, 8, 15. to make pleasant Hé (the devil) mec féran hét, ðæt ic ðé sceolde synne swétan, Exon. Th. 273, 32; Jul. 525
Linked entry: swétian
be-hamelian
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To mutilate Þá hét hé his leásere hig be-hamelian, Shrn. 154, 6. Hí áxodon hwæðer hé etan wolde ǽr ðan þe hé behamelod wurde they asked him, will thou eat, before thou be punished throughout every member of thy body? (2 Maccabees 7, 7), Hml.
Linked entry: hamelian
ge-dreóglǽcan
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Hé hét gedreóhlǽcan þæs deófles templ, 18, 371
Linked entry: -dreóglǽcan
holian
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Hé hét ðá heardnysse swíðe holian on middan ðǽre flóre his botles (cf. fodiamus in medio tuguriunculi mei. Vit. Cuth. c. xviii), Hml. Th. ii. 144, 3
of-rídan
to overtake by riding, overtake
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Se cyng hét rídan æfter, and ne mehte hine mon ofrídan, Chr. 901; Erl. 98, l: 877; Erl. 78, 21
ge-húslian
To give the eucharist ⬩ housed
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To give the eucharist, housed He hét ðǽr hine gehúslian he commanded them to give him the eucharist, Homl. Th. ii. 186, 29.
Linked entry: húslian
á-cwilman
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Hé hét Pilatum ðám fúlestan deáðe ácwylman, 190, 257. Titus and Vespasianus hig habbað yfelum deáðe ácwylmede, 191, 293
Linked entry: cwilman
á-fleán
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To flay, strip off the skin Hé him hét of deádum áfleán þone þwang fram þám hneccan oþ þone hóh ejus cutem jam mortui a vertice usque ad calcaneum incidit , Gr. D. 198, 9.
Linked entry: fleán
þider
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Add Ðá hét hé hí bídan on þám eálande, ... and hé ðider heora þearfe forgeaf, Bd. 1. 25; Sch. 53, 2. Hit gebyreð rihtor intó West-Sexan; þyder hý scylan gafol syllan, Ll. Th. i. 356, 19. Add Far nú þider þe (swá hwider swá, v.l. ) þú wille, Gr.
á-dwelian
To wander, stray
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To wander, stray Nýtenu hé hét faran áweg tó ðǽre eówode ðe hí of ádwelodon, Hml. Th. ii. 514, 23. Ðá hrægel from hǽlo gife ne ádweledon indumenta a gratia curandi non vacarunt, Bd. 4, 31; S. 611, 6. trans. Similar entries (in Dict.) v. next word
deáh
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of dugan
Linked entry: dég
bismer
infamy ⬩ shame ⬩ disgrace ⬩ ignominy ⬩ humiliation ⬩ scorn ⬩ contumely ⬩ insult ⬩ blasphemy
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Tóeácan þǽm bismrum þe hé dónde wæs, hé hét onbærnan Rómeburg, Ors. 6, 5; S. 260, 29. disgrace, ignominy, humiliation Hwæþer ... hé hié ácwealde, þe hié libbende tó bismre gerénian héte.
Linked entry: bismer-sprecan
dráf
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III. and see lád. a drove [v. N.E.D. drove; I 3.] a road Of ðám hlince andlang dráfæ, C.D. v. 217, 6
word-sáwere
A word-sower
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A word-sower Héton menn wordsáwere ðone æðelan láreów praedicator egregius seminiverbiits esfvocatus, Past. 15; Swt. 97, 4
Linked entry: sáwere
botl
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Se biscop him ðǽr mynsterlic botl timbrian hét, 508, 30. Hét hé ontendan eal hire (the abbess Effigenia) botl, þǽr heó mid (má ðonne twám hund, cf. 476, 20) mǽdenum on gebedum ðurhwunode, ii. 478, 35. ¶ Bottle remains in local names, e.g. Newbottle
gealga
A gallows ⬩ gibbet ⬩ cross ⬩ patĭbŭlum ⬩ crux
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Ðone óðerne he hét hón on gealgan altĕrum suspendit in crŭcem, Gen. 40, 22 : Deut. 21, 22 : Past. 3, 1; Swt. 33, 20; Hat. MS. 8 b, 7 : Apstls. Kmbl. 44; Ap. 22 : Rood Kmbl. 80; Kr. 40
ge-feccan
To fetch ⬩ bring to ⬩ addūcĕre
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He him hét to wífe gefeccean Cleopatran he commanded [them] to bring Cleopatra to him for a wife, Ors. 5, 13; Bos. 112, 44 : Blickl. Homl. 187, 15
Linked entry: ge-fetian
wyrm-galdere
A serpent-charmer ⬩ sorcerer
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A serpent-charmer, sorcerer Hé hét sumne wyrmgaldere micle næddran hire in tó gelǽdan, ðæt seó hí ábítan sceolde. Ðá stód seó fǽmne forð on hire gebede, and seó næddre stód be hire; ðonne seó fǽmne onleát, ðonne onleát seó næddre.
wundor-cræft
wondrous skill ⬩ great cunning ⬩ miraculous power
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wondrous skill, great cunning Hé lǽmen fæt biwyrcan hét wundorcræfte, Exon. Th. 277, 4; Jul. 575. miraculous power Hé cyninges bróðor áwehte wundor-cræfte þurh Dryhtnes miht, ðæt hé of deáðe árás, Apstls. Kmbl. 110; Ap. 55.