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ge-brǽdan

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Hié ne mót heore mearce gebrǽdan ofer þá eorþan. Bt. 21; F. 74, 28. Mid ðǽm bióð synna swíðe gebrǽdda, Past. 30, 14

úhta

Grammar
úhta, l. úhte
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Add On úhtan hié árísað mane consurgent, Past. 249, 4.

ofer-holt

(n.)

a forest of spears which rise over the heads of those who bear them

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Hié gesáwon fyrd Faraonis forþ ongangan oferholt wegan eóred líxan they (the Israelites) saw Pharaoh's host advance, saw a forest of spears move (or saw them bearing a forest of spears), saw the band glitter, Cd. Th. 187, 27; Exod. 157

Snotinga-hám

(n.)

Nottingham

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Fór hé tó Snotingahám and gefór ða burg and hét hié gebétan and gesettan ǽgðer ge mid Engliscum mannum ge mid Deniscum 922; Erl. 108, 30. Hér Eádmund cyning Myrce geeode, burga fífe, . . . Snotingahám . . . 942; Erl. 116, 13

ge-búnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-búnes, ge-búnnes ?.
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habitation Þis is synfulra stów on tó eardianne and hiera gebúnes. ... Hyra gebúnes bið mid deóflum. ... Seó heofonlice gebúnes, Nap. 28

Linked entry: ge-búend

sceand

(n.)
Grammar
sceand, f.
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Beseah Hieu tó þǽre sceande (Jezabel) úp . . . 'Gáð tó þǽre hætse (vel sceande) þe ic hét niþer ásceófan,' 18, 344-350

mann-líca

(n.)
Grammar
mann-líca, an; m.

A human formimage of a manstatue

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Hé þurh dreócræft worhte stǽnene manlícan and ǽrene, and hié hié styredan, Blickl. Homl. 173, 23.

næglian

(v.)
Grammar
næglian, p. ode, ede

To nailfasten with nails

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Ne hié scip fereþ naca nægled bord ( or nægled-bord; adj. ?) nor does ship carry her, vessel, nailed plank (or with nail-fastened sides ), Exon. Th. 439, 17; Rä. 59, 5. Siððan nægled bord, fær séleste, flód up áhóf, Cd. Th. 85, 22.

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á-faran

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Þæt hié from þǽm fæstenne áfóren, 4, 11 ; S. 206, 17. Siþþan Gallia út of þǽre byrig áfóran, 2, 8; S. 92, 28. Hié of þǽm londe áfóron, Chr. 794; P. 56, 4. Of Eádweardes anwalde áfaran, 918; P. 98, 23. Hé wæs út áfaren on hergaþ, 894; P. 86, 20.

for-brecan

to crushoppressto breakdestroyto break

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., destroy Hié Judéa blǽd forbrǽcon, Dan. 709. in a moral sense, to break a promise, command, &c. Wit Waldendes word forbrǽcon, Gen. 798

ge-belgan

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Hié hié gebulgon indignatione permoti, Ors. 2, 8 ; S. 92, 11. construction uncertain. of persons Hé wæs swýþe gebolgen for þǽre smerenesse, Bl. H. 75, 21. Lét hé of breóstum, þ á hé gebolgen wæs, word út faran, stearcheort styrmde, B. 2550.

or-sorg

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</b> with gen. of that which might cause anxiety :-- Gif hé gebicgan mihte . .. ꝥ Ðæt hié swá micle ryhtlecor ðá hefonlican bebodo healden swá hié orsorgran bióð ðisses middangeardes ymbhogena ut praeceptis coelestibus eo rectius serviant, quo eos

þeahtian

(v.)
Grammar
þeahtian, p. ode
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To take counsel, to consult Hié smeágeaþ and ðeahtigaþ on hiera módes rinde monig gód weorc tó wyrcanne, Past. 9; Swt. 55, 22, Hé mid his ealdormannum ðeahtode and sóhte hwæt be ðyssum ðingum tó dónne wǽre cum suis primatibus curavit conferre, quid de

giefernes

(n.)
Grammar
giefernes, -ness, e; f.

Gluttonygula

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Gluttony; gula Gemidliaþ hiera giefernesse [gífernesse, MS. Cot.] refrenant gulam, Past. 46, 2; Swt. 345, 23; Hat. MS. 66 a, 9

wyrt-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
wyrt-fæt, es; n.
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A scent-bottle Wyrtfata olfactoriola (cf. olfactoriola ðe hiera elesealfa on wǽran, Wrt. Voc. ii. 64, 35), Hpt. Gl. 517, 27

ge-syngian

(v.)
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Hí on hira inngeðonce ongieten ðæt hié gesyngoden, 417, 35. Hié suuncon ymb ðæt hú hié meahton gesyngian, 239, 21. to sin in respect to a particular matter Hú suíðe hé on ðám gesyngað, Past. 39, 2. Ðæt hé self suiður on ðǽm ne gesyngige, 149, 23.

folgoþ

serviceofficeauthority

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Ðá ðe . . . him mon swelcne folgað beódeð and hié him wiðsacað qui culmen regiminum si vocati suscipere renuunt, 41, 20.

dreógan

(v.)
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hié wíte drugon ut uterentur supplicio, 17, 2. For þám ermðum ðe hí drogan, Bt. 38, 1; S. 116, 26. Hié mon slóg and hiénde and on óþru land sealde . . . Ispánie þæt ilce wǽron dreógende, Ors. 5, 1; S. 214, 15

swá

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S. 7, 173. 8. add: so soon as Hé þám twám dælum bebeád, swá hié feohtan angunnen, ꝥ hié wið his flugen. Ors. 3, 7 ; S. 116, 27: 5, 13; S, 246, 14. Swá þonne hé tó ðǽm stáne cóm, þonne hét hé hiene mid fýre onhǽtan, 4, 8; S. 186, 18.

þaccian

(v.)
Grammar
þaccian, p. ode.
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to pat, clap, strike gently, with the open hand or the like Wildu hors, ðonne wé hié ǽresð gefangnu habbaþ, wé hié ðacciaþ and stráciaþ mid brádre handa equos indomitos blanda prius manu tangimus, Past. 41; Swt. 303, 10.