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steór-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
steór-leás, adj.
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without restraint, ungovernable, fierce Sió réþe oððe sió steórleáse efferra, Wrt.

ge-syngian

(v.)
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God forlét ðæt mód his gecorenra gesyngian on somum lytlum ðingum, 467, 11. to sin against þé ánum ic gesyngade, Bl. H. 87, 29. Gif seofo síða gesynngiga (gesyngað. R.) in ðec si septies peccauerit in te, Lk.

ge-býrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-býrian, -býrigan, -bírian; 3rd sing. ; p. ede; pp. ed; 3rd sing. ; p. ode; pp. od. [The cognate words point to a short vowel.]

To happento fall outto pertain tobelong toevenireacciderecontingerepertinere adIt pertains toit is fitting or suitableit becomesit behovespertinet adconvenitoportetdecet

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v. intrans. To happen, to fall out, to pertain to, belong to; evenire, accidere, contingere, pertinere ad ÐDonne hit gebýrigan mæg when it may happen, Bt. Met. Fox 4, 22; Met. 4, 11. Syle me mínne dǽl mínre ǽhte, ðe me to gebýreþ da mihi portionem substantiæ

Linked entries: býre ge-bíraþ

geard

(n.)
Grammar
geard, e; f.

A staffrodstakefagotbăcŭlumvirgapālusfascis

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A staff, rod, stake, fagot; băcŭlum, virga, pālus, fascis He scolde gifan [MS. gife] sex fóður gearda he should give six loads of fagots, Chr. 852; Erl. 67, 38

un-gesceádwísness

(n.)
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un-gesceádwísness, e; f.

Unreasonablenessfoolishness

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Unreasonableness, foolishness Hwæt segst ðú ðæt sié forcúþre ðonne sió ungesceádwísnes? hwí geþafiaþ hí ðæt hí bióð dysige? hwí nyllaþ hí spyrigan æfter cræftum and æfter wísdóme? quid enervatius ignorantiae caecitate? an sectanda noverunt?

Linked entry: ge-sceádwísness

ge-wénan

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Add to think, suppose Nallað giwoena ꝥte ic forhyccende sié iówih nolite putare quia ego accusaturus sim uos, Jn. R. 5, 45. Gewénede forþrǽste putabantur obtruncata, An.

fæsten-dæg

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Gif hit fuguldæg sié; gif hit festendæg sié C. D. i. 293, 10. Gif hit fæstendagas beón si jejunii dies fuerint, R. Ben. 67, 3.

sweðung

(n.)
Grammar
sweðung, swoðung, e; f.
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Interl. 59, 11) gegearwode si exibuit fomenta, R. Ben. 52, 11

Linked entry: swoðung

pleoh

(n.)
Grammar
pleoh, gen. pleós; n.
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Gif hié síen gelíc ord and hindeweard sceaft ðæt síe bútan pleó (cf. si cuspis et acies lancee pari sustentacione respondeant, sine culpa sit, L. H. I. 88, 3 ; Th. i. 595, 12-14), L. Alf. pol. 36 ; Th. i. 84, 19.

Linked entry: pleón

sunu

(n.)
Grammar
sunu, gen. a, u; dat. a, u; n. pl. a, u, o: there are also weak forms sing. suna; n. pl. sunan; gen. sunena; m.
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Suna sune vel bróðer sune nepos, feówerþe sune abnepos, fífte sune adnepos, sixte sune trinepos, i. 51, 71-77.

Linked entry: suna

scrid

(n.)
Grammar
scrid, es; n.
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Screoda siex hun[dred]a six hundred chariots (cf. Exod. 14, 7), Exon. Th. 468, 9; Phar. 5. Lígbǽrum scridum vel crætum flammigeris quadrigis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 14

Linked entry: scriða

-swát

(adj.; suffix)
Grammar
-swát, adj. in ge-swat
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sweaty, sweating Ðara breósta biþ deáwig wǽtung, swá swá sié geswát, Lchdm. ii. 258, 18. Gebeþe ða hamma mid ðam stánbaðe; ðonne hié sién geswáte, ðonne recce hé ða bán, 68, 6

hreófl

(n.)
Grammar
hreófl, hreófol, e; f.

scabbinessleprosy

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Wið horses hreófle ... gif sió hreófol síe micel, L. M. 1, 88; Lchdm. ii. 156, 10, 13. Wið hreóf[l]e, L. Med. ex Quadr. 6, 10; Lchdm. i. 352, 18. Seðe ete his líchaman hreofel qui corporis sui scabiem edit, L. Ecg. P. iv. 52; Th. ii. 218, 30

of-sittan

(v.)

to sit upon, press down by sittingto sit upon, oppressto sit upon, occupy, take possession of (with idea of force or wrong)to sit about, besiegeto repress, check, present motion

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Ðæt mód sǽde ðæt hit wǽre ofseten (cf. ofþrycced, Fox 24, 14) mid ðæs láðes sâre, Bt. 8, tit.; Fox x. 19. to sit upon, occupy, take possession of (with idea of force or wrong) Ðæt sió oferflôwnes ðæra geþohta ne meahte ofsittan ðæs sacerdes heortan quatenus

Linked entry: of-setenness

fóster-land

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land assigned for the support of monks (ad cibum monachorum) Ich Æðelstán ... grantye ... .xxx. hýden on Sidemyntone tó fósterland, and tó at Chelmyntone, and six at Hylfelde, C.D. v. 236, 10.] Add: [

ár

Grammar
ár, ore.
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þé heofene swilce ár sit tibi coelum aeneum, Deut. 28, 23. Hé geworhte ánes fearres anlícnesse of áre taurum aeneum fecit, Ors. 1, 12; S. 54, 24. Add

mǽge

(n.)
Grammar
mǽge, an; f.

A kinswoman

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Hér sit Leóflǽd mín mǽge, Ðurcilles wíf, Chart. Th. 337, 30. Cwæð ðæt heó wǽre gramena mǽge, Deáðes dóhtor, Homl. Skt. 2. 173. Saga ðæt ðú síe sweostor mín, líces mǽge, Cd. 89; Th. 110, 4; 6611. 1833: 127; Th. 162, 18; Gen. 2683.

Linked entry: máge

ge-tǽse

(n.)
Grammar
ge-tǽse, es ; n.
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Ðý lǽs hí gedwelle sió gehýdnes and þá getǽsu ðe hié on ðám wege habbað . . .

wíte-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
wíte-rǽden, wíte-rǽdenn, e; f.

punishmentfine

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tuta . . . regalibus tributis majoribus et minoribus, sive taxationibus quod nos dicimus wíteréden, Cod.

Linked entry: wíte

sícan

(v.)
Grammar
sícan, p. sác.
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to sike (still in dial. e. g. Lancashire), sigh, groan On mínum bedde ic síce and wépe, Ps. Th. 6, 5. to sigh for, long for Ðæt wǽron ða tída ðe Rómáne nú ǽfter sícaþ en tempora . . . quibus recordatio suspirat, Ors. 2, 8 ; Swt. 92, 35