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gild

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Gif mon wíf mid bearne ofsleá . . . forgielde þone wífman fullan gielde, and ꝥ bearn healfan gelde, 66, 24-68, 2. Ne forlǽte hé þá ǽscan . . . oþ þæt wé tó þám gilde cuman, 234, 27.

HRÓF

(n.)
Grammar
HRÓF, es; m.

A ROOF ⬩ the top ⬩ summit

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Hé gescóp eorþan bearnum heofon tó [h]rófe qui filiis hominum cælum pro culmine tecti creavit, Bd. 4, 24; S. 597, 22. Ðenden hé on ðysse worulde wunode under wolcna hrófe, Judth. 10; Thw. 22, 19; Jud. 67: Elen.

neósian

(v.)
Grammar
neósian, p. ode with gen. acc. or clause.

to search out ⬩ find out by enquiry or inspection ⬩ to inspect ⬩ to seek ⬩ visit ⬩ to seek with hostile intent ⬩ to visit with calamity, disease

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to search out, find out by enquiry or inspection, to inspect Wolde neósian Nergend, hwæt his bearn dyde, Cd. Th. 53, 2; Gen. 855.

ildra

(adj.)
Grammar
ildra, adj.
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</b> of parents in contrast with children :-- Bearn, beó gé underðiódde eówrum ieldrun mágum filii, obedite parentibus vestris, Past. 189, 22. <b>I b.

un-ágán

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ágán, adj.

Not lapsed ⬩ with the time of its lease not run out

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Nú gewríte ic Cyneswíðe ðæt ðreóra hída lond on ðreóra monna daeg ... and éc ic hire léte tó ... ðæt twéga hída lond ... ða hwíle hit unágaen seó, and Cyneswíð hit tó nǽngum óðrum men ne léte ða hwíle hit unágaen sé, bútun tó hire bearna sumum ...

ge-hleótan

(v.)
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B. i. 156, 4. to allot, assign as a person's share, give Hít wæs gehloten tó Jósepes bearna lande fuit in possessionem filiorum Joseph Jos. 24, 32. [Nas hit noht swá iloten, Laym. 7819. Þú art ilote to him, H. M. II. 13.] intrans. To be allotted.

CYRTEL

(n.)
Grammar
CYRTEL, kyrtel; gen. cyrtles; m. A

KIRTLE, vest, garment, frock; coat ⬩ palla, tunica

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Berenne cyrtel [kyrtel MS.] a bear-skin vest, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 20, 38

ísen-ordál

(n.)
Grammar
ísen-ordál, es; n.
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The ordeal by hot iron, in which the accused who wished to clear himself had to bear, on the naked hand, a piece of red hot iron.

Linked entry: or-dál

ge-þafa

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þafa, an; m. [geþafian to consent]

A favourer ⬩ supporter ⬩ helper ⬩ assenter ⬩ consenter ⬩ fautor ⬩ adjūtor

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Gif ðé mon for rihtre scylde brócie, geþola hit wel and beó his wel geþafa if thou art afflicted for a just cause, bear it well and assent to it readily, Prov. Kmbl. 45. Ðá næs Æðelm ná fullíce geþafa then Æthelm did not fully assent, Th.

Linked entries: ge-þæf -þafa

riht

(adj.)
Grammar
riht, adj.

erect, direct ⬩ right, straight ⬩ agreeable to the spirit of law, human or divine, just, equitable ⬩ the requirements of a law ⬩ regulation, legitimate, lawful, regular ⬩ satisfying the demands of conduct, right, proper, fitting ⬩ satisfying the requirements of a standard, right, correct, true, orthodox

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Ða men ðe bearn habban, lǽran hié ðám rihtne þeódscipe regular, discipline, Blickl. Homl. 109, 17. On rihtne tíman (cf, on gesetne tíman) tída ringan (Th. ii. 296, 3), L. Edg.

ge-blówan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-blówan, p. -bleów , pl. -bleówon; pp. -blówen [ge-, blówan to blow]

To blow ⬩ flourish ⬩ bloom ⬩ blossom ⬩ flōrēre ⬩ efflōrēre

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He geseah geblówen treów wæstm-berende he saw a full-blown tree bearing fruit, Blickl. Homl. 245, 8

cwalu

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Hwæt bið unáberendlicre tó gesiónne ðonne ðæs bearnes cwalu ( mors ) beforan ðæs fæder eágum?, Past. 34. 3, 11. Mæst*-*að hié hié selfe on hiera niéhstena cwale in proximorum nece grassantur, 335, 15: Bl. H. 193, 1.

á-cwician

(v.)

to become lively ⬩ to come to life ⬩ To make lively ⬩ vivificare

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D. 90, 7. to come to life Ealle deáde menn mannes bearnes stefne gehýrað, and hí ealle ácuciað, Hml. S. 23, 385. On niht hé forþférde, ac on dagunge hé eft ácwicode, Bd. 5, 12; S. 627, 13. trans. To make lively; vivificare, Ps. Th. 118, 159

BEORHT

(adj.)
Grammar
BEORHT, berht, byrht, bryht; adj.

BRIGHT ⬩ light ⬩ clear ⬩ lucid ⬩ splendid ⬩ excellent ⬩ splendidus ⬩ lucidus ⬩ coruscus ⬩ clarus ⬩ formosus ⬩ bright ⬩ brilliant ⬩ magnificent ⬩ noble ⬩ glorious ⬩ sublime ⬩ divine ⬩ holy ⬩ clarus ⬩ præclarus ⬩ eximius ⬩ augustus ⬩ divus ⬩ sanctus

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Ne wolde him beorht fæder bearn ætniman the glorious father [God] would not take the child from him Cd. 162; Th. 204, 4; Exod. 414.

un-hál

(adj.)
Grammar
un-hál, adj.

In bad health ⬩ sick ⬩ weak ⬩ infirm ⬩ unhealthy ⬩ unsound

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Sume habbaþ bearn genóge, ac ða beóþ hwílum unhále oþþe yfele and unweorþ, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 32, 8. Ða hálan ... ða unhálan incolumes ... aegri, Past. 36; Swt. 247, 4. Ðara unhálra ł ádligra languentium, Jn. Skt. Lind. Rush. 5, 3.

wiþerian

(v.)
Grammar
wiþerian, wiþrian; p. ode.

to be against ⬩ be hostile ⬩ to strive ⬩ struggle ⬩ dispute ⬩ to resist ⬩ oppose ⬩ to make hostile ⬩ provoke ⬩ to become provoked

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For ðí synd ða gesibsuman Godes bearn, for ðan ðe nán ðing on him ne wiðeraþ ongeán God, Homl. Th. i. 552, 22. Mislára, ða úrum ongeán wiþeriaþ andgytum suggestiones, quae nostris obstrepunt sensibus, Scint. 33, 20.

on-secgan

(v.)

to sacrifice, offer ⬩ to deny, renounce, abjure

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Ongunnan heora bearn blótan feóndum, sceuccum onsæcgean immolaverunt filios suos, et filias suas daemoniis, Ps. Th. 105, 27. Onsægd síe turificatur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 51. [Cf. O. H.

ge-winnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-winnan, p. -wan, -won, -wann, pl. -wunnon; pp. -wunnen.

to make war ⬩ fight ⬩ contend ⬩ pugnare ⬩ bellum gerere ⬩ to obtain by fighting ⬩ to conquer ⬩ gain ⬩ win ⬩ pugna consequi ⬩ obtinere ⬩ subjugare

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Chananéus ðá wann wið Israéla bearn and sige on him gewann the Canaanite fought against the children of Israel and gained a victory over them, Num. 21, 1.

spryttan

(v.)
Grammar
spryttan, p. te

To sprout ⬩ spring ⬩ germinate ⬩ To put forth a shoot ⬩ bring forth fruit ⬩ to incite

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Ðæt hé ðisne freóls ǽfre gefyrðrian wolde, and his bearn tó ðam ylcan sprittan wolde, Chart. Th. 116, 22

Linked entries: tó-sprytting sprýtan

máge

(n.)
Grammar
máge, an; f.

A kinswoman

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From bearme ánre mágan, Exon. 112 b; Th. 430, 25; Rä. 44, 14. Grendles mágan (mother ) gang, Beo. Th. 2786; B. 1391. Be hire mágan ( propinqua ), Bd. 3, 8; S. 531, 3. Ne hǽme nán man wið his mágan ne wið his mǽges wíf, Lev. 18, 16.

Linked entry: mǽge