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plihtan

(v.)
Grammar
plihtan, p. te
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To bring danger upon an object (dat.), to compromise [To plight has later the meaning of to promise under peril of forfeiture, to make a solemn engagement for which one has to answer] Gif hwá bútan leáfe of fyrde gewende ðe se cyng sylf on sý plihte

gífer-nes

(n.)
Grammar
gífer-nes, -ness, e; f.

Greedinessavaricevoracitygluttonyaviditasgula

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Greediness, avarice, voracity, gluttony; aviditas, gula Gífernys biþ ðæt se man ǽr tíman hine gereordige oððe æt his mǽle to micel þicge mid oferflówendnysse ǽtes oððe wǽtes greediness is a man's eating before the time, or taking too much at his meal

Linked entry: giefernes

blótan

(v.)
Grammar
blótan, ic blóte, ðú blótest, blétst, he blóteþ, blét, pl. blótaþ; p. ic, he bleót, ðú bleóte, pl. bleóton; pp. blóten; v. a.

To sacrifice, to kill for a sacrificeimmolare, sacrificaresacrificare

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[blót a sacrifice] To sacrifice, to kill for a sacrifice; immolare, sacrificare Ðæt hí hiora godum ðe ýð blótan meahton that they might the more easily sacrifice to their gods, Ors. 2, 2; Bos. 40, 37: 4, 4; Bos. 80, 39: 5, 2; Bos. 102, 16. Ongunnon heora

Linked entry: a-blótan

un-bindan

(v.)
Grammar
un-bindan, p. -band, pl. -bundon; pp. -bunden

To unbinduntie

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To unbind, untie Ne eom ic wyrðe ðæt ic unbinde ( soluam ) his sceóþwang, Jn. Skt. 1, 27. 'Æfter his beháte ic ðé unbinde' ... Se engel hire ðá unband, Homl. Th. i. 466, 31. Swá hwæt swá ðú unbindst ( solveres) ofer eorðan, ðæt byð unbunden (solutum)

Linked entry: on-bindan

un-trum

(adj.)
Grammar
un-trum, adj.

Weaksickillinfirm

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Weak, sick, ill, infirm Untrum infirmus, Wrt. Voc. i. 75, 45. Untrum ic eom infirmus sum, Ps. Spl. 6, 2: Mt. Kmbl. 25, 36. Næs ðæra leóda ǽnig untrum non erat in tribubus eorum infirmus, Ps. Th. 104, 32. Þeówa untrum servus male habens, Lk. Skt. 7, 2

wíc-stów

(n.)
Grammar
wíc-stów, e ; f.
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a dwelling-place Ðis ða wyrta sind, ða se wilda fugel somnaþ tó his wícstówe, dǽr hé nest gewyrceþ, Exon. Th. 230, 6; Ph. 468. Ðá hé geseah ða wícstówa ðara ryhtwísena Israhéla justorum tabernacula respiciens. Past. 54; Swt. 423, 13. a camp, an encampment

ǽt

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Add: food Æt edulium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 29, 5. He ǽtes ne gimde, Ælfc. T. Grn. 3, 16. Tó móse, ǽte ad edulium, i. ad uescendum, An. Ox. 3762. Be ǽte de cibo, Ll. Th. ii. 128, 20. Seó leó bringð his hwelpum hwæt tó etanne; hié gecýðað on ðǽm ǽte . . . ,

cyre

(n.)
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Add: choice, &c. Cyri (printed cyni, Wrt. Voc. ii. 106, 27) detectum vel electio, Txts. 57, 664. Gyre optio, Germ. 396, 217. Freólicum sylflíces willan cyre ( munus quod) libero spontaneae voluntatis arbitrio (offertur ), An. Ox. 1290. Þæt folc

eglan

Grammar
eglan, eglian.
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Him nán þing ne eglað ǽnigre brosnunge, Hml. Th. ii. 552, 28: Lch. iii. 40, 19. Wið untrumnysse ðe eágan eigliað, 16, 28. Wiþ þám wyrmum þe innan eglað monnum, ii. 12, 4: 120, 18. For eówre forhtnysse and yrhðe þe eów eglað propter cordis tui formidinem

ge-hwider

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Add: where there is motion, to every place, to all parts, in all directions. used generally Hé ðanon eóde gehwyder (-hwider, on gehwylce healfe, v. ll.) ymb þá stówa, and þǽr godcunde láre bodode inde ad praedicandam circumquaque exire consueverat Bd

gedwol-mann

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Add: one who is in error, (i) a mistaken person, ne who acts under a misapprehension : — Fæder, . . . forgif ðás dǽde þisum gedwolmannum, for ðan ðe hí nyton hwæt hí nú dóð, Hml. Th. ii. 256, 8. one who holds erroneous opinions in matters of faith, an

Linked entry: dwol-mann

ge-treówlíce

(adv.)
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Add: truly, honestly, v. ge-treów; Hé getreówlíce (-trýw-, v. l.) gelýfde ꝥ hé mihte gefultumed beón se ipsum fideliter credidit iuuari, Bd. 3, 23; Sch. 299, 17. Þá ðe hira bebodu getreówlíce gefyllað, Hml. A. 147, 79. Hé gegæderaþ geféran ꝥ hié getreówlíce

ge-wenian

(v.)
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Take here <b>ge-wænian</b> in Dict., and add: to accustom, train, make habitual to Tunglu him healdað betwuh ribbe singale, dydon swá lange, swá hí gewenede wuldres ealdor æt frum-sceafte (cf. healdaþ þá tnnglu þá ealdan sibbe ðe hí on gesceapne

hræd-ness

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Add: where there is rapid movement Rædnis pernicitas (pedum ), Txts. 182, 75. Wit geségon sittan twégen men on twám olfendum and þá efstan mid þǽre mǽstan hrædnesse, Hml. A. 206, 361. Þone ðóðor mid swiftre rædnesse geslegene, Ap. Th. 13, 4. Rædnisse

ofer-gán

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add: to overspread a surface, occupy Se teter bútan sáre ofergǽð ðone líchoman impetigo sine dolore corpus occupat, Past. 71, 17 : 437, 18. Gif ðone æpl ðæs eágan ðæt fleáh mid ealle ofergséð, ne mæg mon nóht geseón pupilla oculi. . . albuginem tolerans

reccan

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add: to cite an instance Þæs þe rechþ ut fert, Germ. 399, 347. Eft rehþ infra subdit, An. Ox. 5167. Rehte protulit (ad exemplum militiae Christianorum agonem protulit gymnicorum), An. Ox. 57; ederet, i. enarret, 8, 284. Þá reccinge þe hé rehte, Hml.

sár-cwide

(n.)
Grammar
sár-cwide, es; m.

injurious or affronting speech, reproach, bitter wordsa lament

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a speech that is intended to give pain, injurious or affronting speech, reproach, bitter words Ne gedafenaþ ðé ðæt ðú andsware mid oferhygdum séce sárcwide it befits thee not to seek an answer with arrogance and bitter words, Andr. Kmbl. 693; An. 320

up-gang

(n.)
Grammar
up-gang, es; m.

a going uprising of a heavenly bodya going upa landingan incursiona way of going up

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a going up, rising of a heavenly body Sunnon upgong æt middan sumere ortus solis solstitialis, Bd. 5, 12; S. 627, 34. Æfter sunnan upgonge, L. Alf. 25; Th. i. 50, 20. Ǽr sunnan upgange, Lchdm. ii. 306, 17. Æt sunnan upgonge, Nar. 27, 17. Fram sunnan

Linked entry: up-gange

hatian

(v.)
Grammar
hatian, hatigean; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed

To hate

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To hate Ne mæg middaneard eów hatian ac hé hataþ mé non potest mundus odisse vos: me autem odit, Jn. Bos. 7, 7. Ða ðe ðone rihtwísan hatiaþ ða ágyltaþ qui oderunt justum delinquent, Ps. Th. 33, 21. Hie hatigaþ [hatigeaþ, Cot. MS.] hiera hiéramonna unþeáwas

Linked entry: hættende

gang-dagas

Grammar
gang-dagas, Add:

days on which processions were made during which prayers for peace and prosperity were recited.

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days on which processions were made during which prayers for peace and prosperity were recited. [Cf. the description of 'lætania majora' On ðǽm dæge eall Godes folc mid eáðmódlice relicgonge sceal God biddan ꝥ hé him forgefe ðone geár siblice tíd, and