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ge-healdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-healdan, -haldan, to -healdenne; ic -healde, ðú -healdest, -hiltst, he -healdeþ, -healt, -helt, -hylt, pl. -healdaþ; p. -heóld, -hióld, ðú -heólde, pl. -heóldon, -hióldon; impert. -heald, pl. -healdaþ; subj. pres. -healde, pl. -healden; p. -heólde, pl. -heólden; pp. -healden.

to keep ⬩ hold ⬩ observe ⬩ keep in ⬩ retain ⬩ reserve ⬩ preserve ⬩ save ⬩ defend ⬩ protect ⬩ custodīre ⬩ servāre ⬩ observāre ⬩ contĭnēre ⬩ reservāre ⬩ salvāre ⬩ defendĕre ⬩ to hold ⬩ occupy ⬩ possess ⬩ tĕnēre ⬩ possĭdēre

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to keep, hold, observe, keep in, retain, reserve, preserve, save, defend, protect; custodīre, servāre, observāre, contĭnēre, reservāre, salvāre, defendĕre Ðæt ic ðíne word mihte wel gehealdan ut custōdiam verbum tuum, Ps. Th. 118, 101 : Andr. Kmbl. 426

ge-bærnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bærnan, p. -bærnde; pp. -bærned [ge, and bærnan to burn]

To burn ⬩ ūrĕre

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To burn; ūrĕre Ne ðé sunne on dæge gebærne per diem sol non ūret te, Ps. Th. 120, 6

ágen-ness

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Substitute: A property Seó sunne hæfð ðreó ágen-nyssa on hire. Hml. Th. i. 282, 8 : ii. 606, II

ofer-líhtan

(v.)

to outshine

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to outshine Seó sunne oferlíht ealle óðre steorran and geþióstraþ mid hire leóhte, Bt. 9, tit.; Fox xii. 2

Æðelstán

(n.)
Grammar
Æðelstán, es; m. [æðele, stán stone]

Athelstan

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D. 937, was king of Wessex fourteen years and ten weeks, from A.D. 925-940 A.D. 925, her, Eádweard cyning [MS. cing] forþférde and Æðelstán his sunu féng to ríce here, A. D. 925, king Edward died, and Athelstan his son succeeded to the kingdom.

fyðera

(n.)
Grammar
fyðera, fyðeru, fyðru, pl. nom. acc; gen. fyðera, fyðerena; dat. inst. fyðerum; n : also pl. nom. acc. fyðeras; m.

Wings ⬩ ālæ ⬩ pennæ

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Sunu manna on wǽfelse fyðera ðínra hihtaþ fīlii hŏmĭnum in tegmĭne ālārum tuārum spērābunt, Ps. Spl. 35, 8 : 56, 2 : 60, 4 : 62, 8. Under sceade fyðerena ðínra gescyld me sub umbra ālārum tuārum protĕge me, Ps. Lamb. 16, 8.

un-meaht

(n.)
Grammar
un-meaht, -meht, -mieht, -miht, e; f.

Weakness ⬩ lack of power

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Weakness, lack of power Heora unmiht and heora untrymð is swíðe gemanifealdod multiplicatae sunt infirmitates eorum, Ps. Th. 15, 3. Biþ geond fingras cele and cneówa unmeht, Lchdm. ii. 258, 14.

Linked entries: meaht un-miht

be-geondan

(prep.)
Grammar
be-geondan, be-iundan; prep. acc. [be by, geond, geondan over]

BEYOND ⬩ per ⬩ trans

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BEYOND; per, trans Him fyligdon mycele menigu fram Iudea and fram begeondan Iordanen secutæ sunt eum turbæ multæ de Judæa et de trans Jordanem Mt. Bos. 4, 25.

Linked entries: be-giondan be-iundan

cýp-man

(n.)
Grammar
cýp-man, gen.es; m.

A chapman, merchant ⬩ mercator

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Sume synt cýpmenn alii sunt mercatores, Coll. Monast. Th. 19, 7. Be cýpmanna fóre of the journeying of chapmen, L. In. 25; Th. i. 118, 11, note 27, B. G

líc-mann

(n.)
Grammar
líc-mann, es; m.
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Ðá bær sum wuduwe hire suna líc tó bebyrgenne ... Seó dreorige módor mid ðám lícmannum hí ástrehte æt ðæs hálgan apostoles fótum ... Johannes ofhreów ðære méder and ðæra lícmanna dreórignysse, i. 66, 15-21

hafela

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Hét Hildeburh hire suna sweoloðe befæstan . . . hafelan multon, B. 1120. Se beorhta beág . . . eádigra gehwám hlifað ofer heáfde. Heafelan líxað þrymme biþeahte, Ph. 604. Add

mód-geþanc

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quis scit hominum quae hominis sunt, nisi spiritus hominis qui est in ipso ?, 137, I

on-gemang

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Hí beóð ongemang mægenu tó tellanne sunt inter uirtutes conputanda, Chrd. 110, ll. add Færeð forst ongemang, Gen. 802. Ongemang interim, Angl. xiii. 393, 400: 405, 569: 408, 613. <b>II a.</b> with

tó-scirian

(v.)
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105, 8. to distinguish, to recognize the difference between Hí né tóscyriað gód ne yfel nec bona nee mala discernunt, Chrd. 75, 1. to give distinctive marks to Wæs ǽlces hádes reáf synderlíce tóscyred habitus singulorum ordinum ab inuicem discreti sunt

on-hrínan

(v.)
Grammar
on-hrínan, with gen. dat.

To touch

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To touch Sió sunne ne onhrínþ nó ðæs dǽles ðæs heofenes ðe se móna on irnþ, ne se móna nó ne onhrínþ ðæs dǽles ðe sió sunne on irnþ, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 232, 27-29. Ða hundas. . . his náne onhrinon, Shrn. 145, 5. Ðá ne onhrán ðæt fýr him, 53, 24.

niþer-sige

(n.)
Grammar
niþer-sige, es; m.

A going down ⬩ setting

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A going down, setting Sunne oncneów niþersige ( occasum ) hire, Ps. Lamb. 103, 19 : 113, 3. Ofer niþersi[g]e super occasum, 67, 5

Linked entry: sige

dolh-swæþ

(n.)
Grammar
dolh-swæþ, gen. -swæðes ; pl. nom. acc. -swaðu , -swaðo; n: dolh-swaðu, e ; -swaðof: ; indecl. f. [swæþ, swaðu a trace, vestige]

A trace of a wound, a scar ⬩ cicatrīcis vestīgium, cĭcātrix

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Forrotodon gewemmede and híg sync dolhswaðu [dolcswaþu MS: dolhswaðo, Spl.] míne putruērunt et corruptæ sunt cicatrīces meæ, Ps. Lamb. 37, 6. Dolhswaðu cĭcātrix, Wrt. Voc. 85, 50.

Linked entry: swaþu

Boruct-ware

(n.)
Grammar
Boruct-ware, gen. a; dat. um; pl. m: Boructuari, -orum ; pl. m.

A people of ancient Germany, occupying the country between the Rhine, the Lippe, Ems, and Weser ⬩ Bructĕri

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A people of ancient Germany, occupying the country between the Rhine, the Lippe, Ems, and Weser; Bructĕri = Βρoύκτερoι Wǽron Frysan, Rugine, Dene, Hune, Eald-Seaxan, Boructware sunt Fresones, Rugini, Danai, Hunni, Antiqui Saxones, Boructuari, Bd. 5,

Linked entry: Boruchtuari

ge-cwician

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cwician, -cwycian; p. ode, ude; pp. od, ud [cwician to quicken]

To quicken ⬩ create ⬩ vivĭfĭcere ⬩ creāre

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He bebeád and gecwicode synd ipse mandāvit et creāta sunt, Ps. Spl. C. 32, 9 : 101, 19. Hí bíþ gecwicude creābuntur, Ps. Spl. C. 103, 31

un-nytness

(n.)
Grammar
un-nytness, e; f.

Uselessness ⬩ frivolity ⬩ vanity ⬩ triviality

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Hí on unnytenesse gewordene synt inutiles facti sunt, Ps. Spl. T. 13, 4. Ðæt on ðam hálgan Sunnandæge nán man hine tó unnytnesse tó swíðe ne geþeódde, Wulfst. 227, 6.

Linked entry: nytness