þeów
A female servant or slave
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Ðínre þeówan sunu filium ancillae tuae Ps. Th. 85, 15: 115, 6. On Marian ðínre þeówan, Blickl. Homl. 157, 3. Ðió famulam, Rtl. 103, 40. Ðióe, 104, 18.
ÁÐUM
A son-in-law ⬩ a daughter's husband ⬩ a brother-in-law ⬩ a sister's husband ⬩ gener ⬩ sororis ⬩ ut et patris ⬩ sororis maritus
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Hæfst ðú suna oððe dóhtra oððe áðum habes filios aut filias aut generum, Gen. 19, 12. Cwæþ to his twám áðumum locutus est ad generos suos, 19, 14 : Exon. 66 b ; Th. 246, 22; Jul. 65.
BÁN
A BONE ⬩ os
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Híg synt innan fulle deádra bána intus plena sunt ossibus mortuorum, Mt. Bos. 23, 27. Bán míne my bones, Ps. Spl. 6, 2: Exon. 110a; Th. 421, 14; Rä. 40, 18: 125b; Rä. 68, 3: Beo. Th. 5149; B. 2578
Linked entries: baan bán-wærc bán-ece ban-snacan
þrístlíce
Boldly ⬩ confidently
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MS.) ne eahtigen admonendi sunt subditi, ne praepositorum suorum vitam temere judicent, Past. 28; Swt. 196, 1. Oft þeóf þrístlíce sorgleáse hæleð forféhð, Exon. Th. 54, 21; Cri. 872.
ge-nyhtsumlíce
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Þǽr fleów wæter genihtsumlíce egressae sunt aquae largissimae, Num. 20, 11. sufficiently Beón þǽr bed genihtsumlíce ( sufficienter ) ofersprǽdde, R. Ben. 85, 22: R. Ben. I. 90, 7
ge-stihtung
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Cunnan hwylce wséren Godes gestihtunge (þáþing þe syndon Godes gestihtungo, v. l. ) nosse quae Dei sunt Gr. D. 137, 8. Add:? —
sibling
A relation ⬩ kinsman
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Hæfst ðú suna oððe dohtra oððe áðum oððe ænigne sibling? Gen. 19, 12. Gebróðru vel siblingas fratres Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 3. Ofsleáþ ðás ealdras, ðonne beóþ heora siblingas tó heófunge geneádode, Homl. Th. i. 88, 1.
snáw-ceald
Cold as snow
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Cold as snow Ðæt sió fýrene (ne) mót sunne gesécan snáwcealdes weg monna (but read (?) mónan. Cf. Bt. 39, 13; Fox 232, 28) gemǽro Met. 29, 8
ge-seón
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(l c) irregular constructions :-- Hé geseah swá swá scínende sunne he saw what looked like sunshine, it seemed to him as if the sun were shining. Hml. S. 23 b, 741.
édo
a flock ⬩ grex
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a flock; grex Ge-eode [MS. ge-eáde] all suner vel édo in sǽ ăbiit tōtus grex in măre, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 8, 32
a-dwæscan
To quench ⬩ put out ⬩ staunch ⬩ appease ⬩ extinguere
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Ðæt fýr adwæsced wæs flammæ extinctæ sunt, Bd. 2, 7; S. 509, 29. Adwæscton extinguerent, 4, 8; S. 575, 41. Adwæsctum ðínum feóndum extinctis tuis hostibus, 2, 12; S. 514, 7.
Linked entry: on-dwæscan
forþ-faran
To go forth ⬩ depart ⬩ die ⬩ discēdĕre ⬩ abīre ⬩ defungi
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Synd forþfarene, ðe ðæs cildes sáwle sóhton defuncti sunt, qui quærēbant anĭmam puĕri, Mt. Bos. 2, 20
geare
Entirely ⬩ clearly ⬩ certainly ⬩ well ⬩ very well ⬩ enough ⬩ pĕnĭtus ⬩ prorsus ⬩ plāne ⬩ certe ⬩ bĕne ⬩ valde ⬩ optĭme ⬩ sătis
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Hí wiston geare certi sunt, Lk. Bos. 20, 6. Swíðe geare, Ps. Th. 101, 5. Gearor, comp. Ors. 5, 14; Bos. 114, 11
eáhtan
to observe, judge ⬩ observāre, æstimāre, reputāre ⬩ To watch any one, pursue, persecute ⬩ persĕqui
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Wile fæder eáhtan hú suna bringen sáwle the father will judge how his sons bring their minds, 23 b; Th. 66, 20; Cri. 1074. c. gen.
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ge-cost
Tried ⬩ proved ⬩ chosen ⬩ probātus
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Ða ðe seolfres beóþ since gecoste qui probāta sunt argento, Ps. Th. 67, 27. Ðæt sind ða gecostan cempan these are the proved champions, Exon. 33 b; Th. 107, 21; Gú. 62
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ge-endebyrdan
To set in order ⬩ arrange ⬩ dispose ⬩ ordĭnāre ⬩ dispōnĕre
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To set in order, arrange, dispose; ordĭnāre, dispōnĕre Manega þohton ðæra þinga race geendebyrdan multi cōnāti sunt ordĭnāre narrātiōnem rērum, Lk. Bos. 1, 1.
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Geóla
The YULE or Christmas month, that is, December
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is nemned on Leden Decembris, and on úre geþeóde se ǽrra geóla, forðan ða mónþas twegen syndon nemde ánum naman, óðer se ǽrra geóla [December], óðer se æftera mensis [Januarius] hic vocatur Latine December, nostra vero lingua prior Geola, quoniam duo sunt
Linked entries: ǽrra geóla geohhol-mónaþ Iúla
brýd-búr
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Se heofonlica cyning gearwaþ þínne innoþ his suna tó brýdbúre, Bl. H. 9, 10, 26. Ðǽre forman brýdniht, þá hí twá wǽron on ðǽm brýdbúre, Shrn. 49, 3. On þǽre nyhte þá heó wæs ingelǽded on þone brýdbúr, 149, 22.
dyrstig
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Add: bold, daring Þá men þe tó ðám dyrstige beóð ꝥ hí þæt gold nimen homines qui audaces sunt aurum tollere, Nar. 35, 10. audacious, presumptuous Dyrstig procax, Wülck. Gl. 250, 29.
ge-hwearf
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Wes ðises gehwerfes tó gewit-nesse hic sunt testes hujas commutationis, C. D. vi. 207, 21, 26. Æðeluuold bisceop sealde mé tó gehwerfe (mutuauit) ðone hám Heart-ingas wið ðám mynsterlande, iii. 60, 30.