ge-weorþan
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Him gewearð ánes, gif ǽnig leódscipe wæs ungewylde þám Cásere, þonne send hé him tó swá fela eóroda, Jud.
þicce
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MSS.) fenn (densum lutum ) on hine, Past. 44; Swt. 329, 19. of solid material, dense Sió eorþe is hefigre and þiccre þonne óþra gesceafta, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 19.
fæstlíce
fast ⬩ firmly ⬩ constantly ⬩ persistence ⬩ fast ⬩ strictly ⬩ speedily ⬩ at once
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Þonne fæstlíce flǽsc onginneð cólian, Rún. 29. as a particle of vague meaning Sume fæstlíce (wutudlíce, R., the West-Saxon version has nothing) cuoedon quidam autem dicebant, Jn. L. 7, 41. Ǽc ł fæstlíce (W. S. has nothing) quidem, 16, 9: 11, 6: Lk.
ge-frignan
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Medoærn micel gewyrcean, þonne yldo bearn ǽfre gefrúnon, B. 70. with acc. and infin. Ic þæt wíf gefrægn cýðan módes sorge, Gen. 2242: Sal. 179.
ge-sǽlig
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Ic wundrige hwí men . wénen ꝥte þis andwearde líf mæge þone monnan dón gesǽligne . . . þonne hit hine ne mæg æfter þýs lífe earmne gedón, 2; S. 26, 6-17: 14, 1 ; F. 42, 21. Dón swá gesǽligne ꝥ hé nánes þinges máran ne þyrfe, 26, i; S. 58, 17.
gild
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Gif wé þonne gyld árǽrdon, 234, 5. by a superior foreign power, tribute Cunnende of gyld (cf. gild-selen) [ð]æs cǽseres geselenne temtantes de reddendo caesaris tribute .
hirde
a keeper ⬩ guardian ⬩ protector ⬩ director ⬩ guide ⬩ pastor ⬩ the keeper ⬩ a keeper ⬩ a guard ⬩ watchman
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Ic ofslóg húses hyrdas, 1666. the subject a thing: Ne bið sond wið micelne ren manna ǽngum húses hyrde, Met. 7, 22. non-material: þonne se weard (conscience) swefeð, sawele hyrde, B. 1742. in phrases denoting the Deity Leóhtes hyrde, Az. 121: Hy. 4
hyldu
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Hete hæfde hé æt his hearran gewunnen, hyldo hæfde his ferlorene, Gen. 301. the loyalty, devotion of the man to the lord Sægde Clitus for ealdre hyldo ( from devotion to his old lord (Philip) ) þæt Philippus máre hæfde gedón þonne Alexander, Ors. 3,
mid
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Is se lǽssa man betere . . . mid gesundfulnysse þonne se unhála beó . . . Hml. A. 40, 410. His mánfulla gebedda mid Arrianiscum gedwylde dweligende lyfode, Hml. S. 31, 653. Add Ðý lǽs hié mid ðý tóle ðæt hále líc gewierden, Past. 365, 11.
fón
to take ⬩ catch ⬩ to take ⬩ arrest ⬩ apprehend ⬩ to get ⬩ gain ⬩ to get ⬩ suffer ⬩ experience ⬩ to begin ⬩ to begin ⬩ to take ⬩ to set about ⬩ undertake ⬩ to attack ⬩ to begin at ⬩ to take ⬩ take ⬩ to set to work at ⬩ deal with ⬩ receive ⬩ accept ⬩ to take ⬩ to take ⬩ take possession of ⬩ to take ⬩ to take ⬩ undertake ⬩ to take ⬩ to take to ⬩ allow of ⬩ to take to ⬩ to take to ⬩ join battle ⬩ to join together ⬩ to struggle with
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Þonne eów fón lysteð leax. Met. 19, 11. to take, arrest, apprehend a criminal All swá tó ðeófe gí foerdun mid swordum tó fóenne mec, Mk. R. 14, 48. to get, gain, with acc. Rǽd geþencean, fón, Gen. 287. with gen.
for-gifan
to give ⬩ bestow ⬩ grant ⬩ dispense ⬩ to give ⬩ to give ⬩ to give ⬩ to give up ⬩ hand over ⬩ deliver up ⬩ commit ⬩ practice ⬩ to give back ⬩ restore ⬩ to marry ⬩ to grant ⬩ permit ⬩ allow ⬩ to grant ⬩ to give ⬩ cause ⬩ to forgive
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Gif hwylce þǽr beóð þára þe hwæt ǽbylhða wið óðre habbað, þonne sceolan hig þá forgyfan, Ll. Th. ii. 434, 8
friþ
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Þú (Noah) scealt frið habban . . þonne sweart wæter werodum swelgað, Gen. 1299. protection, by a person Him frið Drihtnes wið gryre aldor gescylde, Dan. 466. Hé mé þone hálgan heap helpe bidde, friðes and fultomes, Ap. 91.
healdan
to keep watch over ⬩ keep in charge ⬩ to keep ⬩ to watch over ⬩ keep ⬩ govern ⬩ rule ⬩ a king ⬩ to keep ⬩ guard ⬩ to watch ⬩ to defend ⬩ preserve ⬩ to hold ⬩ take ⬩ arrest ⬩ to have hold of ⬩ to hold ⬩ to hold ⬩ to hold up ⬩ to maintain ⬩ support ⬩ uphold ⬩ manage ⬩ to hold ⬩ bear ⬩ conduct ⬩ to behave ⬩ to handle ⬩ treat ⬩ deal with ⬩ to hold ⬩ to hold ⬩ to have possession ⬩ to hold ⬩ occupy ⬩ an office ⬩ a position ⬩ to hold ⬩ to remain in ⬩ to retain ⬩ detain ⬩ to keep ⬩ to detain ⬩ to keep ⬩ to keep ⬩ to keep oneself ⬩ remain ⬩ to hold ⬩ keep together ⬩ continue ⬩ to maintain ⬩ keep ⬩ to perform ⬩ keep watch ⬩ to keep ⬩ to keep unbroken ⬩ inviolate ⬩ to keep ⬩ to constrain ⬩ compel ⬩ restrain ⬩ stop ⬩ to restrain oneself ⬩ refrain ⬩ to entertain ⬩ to keep in mind ⬩ remember ⬩ regard ⬩ to hold as ⬩ to hold ⬩ to proceed ⬩ move on ⬩ to continue ⬩ go on with ⬩ to go on
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Þá welan beóþ leóftǽlran þonne þonne hié mon selþ þonne hié beón þonne hí mon gadraþ and healt (hilt, v. l.), Bt. 13; F. 38, 15. Þá ðe ꝥ word healdað qui uerbum retinent, Lk. 8, 15. Hé gife, þe him God sealde, heóld, B. 2183.
cýþþu
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Máran cýððe habbað englas tó Gode þonne men, i. 10, 3: ii. 112, 29. Þá hǽðenan náne cýððe tó Gode næfdon, i. 396, 28. Cíððe, 25. Gif hé tó þám cyninge furðor cýððe hæbbe, Ll.
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ge-medemian
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Gif se æþelborena mid godcundum cræfte þone unæþelborenan oferþýhií, sý hé gemedemad furður be his geearnungum þonne se unæþelborena, 12, 16. Furðor beón gemedemod in majori loco stabiliri, lio, 7
ge-þanc
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Wearð him hýrra hyge and on heortan geþanc máran módsefan þonne gemet wǽre, Dan. 491. Gleáw geþances, 743. Nis mé on geþance vel on móde non mihi est cordi, Wrt. Voc. i. 54, 47.
ge-þingian
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Swá hé þonne geþingian mæge, Ll. Th. i. 142, 3. to settle a claim, dispute, &c. Bútan hí hit ofgán tó rihtan gafole, swá swá hyt hý geðingian magan, Cht. Th. 478, 22. to atone for wrong-doing Adames gylt þurh þé sceal beón geþingod, Bl.
grówan
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Þonne gé geseóþ grówende and blówende ealle eorþan wæstmas, Bl. H. 59, 2. Grówen frondescere, Wrt. Voc. ii. 151, ii. <b>I a.</b> figurative, of persons or things, to flourish :-- Grówað germinabunt (tabernacula justorum ), Kent. Gl. 482.
heofon
firmament ⬩ happiness ⬩ a ceiling
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And heó ǽfre tyrnð onbútan ús swiftre þonne ánig mylenhweól eal swá deóp under þyssere eorðan swá heó is bufan. Ealle heó is sinewealt and ansund, Lch. iii. 232, 17-21.
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