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ge-gada

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Hé læg swá deád . . . ðá wéndon his gegadan ꝥ hé wǽre gebysgod . . ., Hml. S. 7, 174. Cóm þæs geréfan suna mid his sceandlicum gegadum, 163: 19, 40. Seó myltestre began faran tó hire gegadan, Hml. A. 195, 21.

sceorfan

(v.)
Grammar
sceorfan, scearf, scurfon; scorfen

To gnawbitescarify

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Spíwe ðá deah ðám monnum ðe gihsa hié innan scyrfþ, Lchdm. ii. 60, 18-25: 176, 20. Gif hé geféle ðæt se geohsa hine innan sceorfe on ðone magan, 62, 10.

Linked entries: ge-sceorpan scearfian

be-fleón

to fleeto flee fromto flee from

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Ðeáh hé hæbbe beflogen ðone gesin-scipe, næfð hé nó beflogen ðá byrðenne, Past. 401, 21-2. to flee from, with dat. Heó befleáh þám gesettan gyfte tó Godes cyrican, Gr. D. 199, 15. with prep. Bd. 4, 25; S. 599, 39 (in Dict.)

a-bregdan

(v.)
Grammar
a-bregdan, p. -brægd, pl. -brugdon; pp. -brogden

To move quicklyvibrateremovedraw fromwithdrawvibraredestringereeximereretra-here

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To move quickly, vibrate, remove, draw from, withdraw; vibrare, destringere, eximere, retra-here Ðe abregdan sceal deáþ sáwle ðíne death shall draw from thee thy soul, Cd. 125; Th. 159, 22; Gen. 2638.

Linked entry: a-brugdon

fór-sceótan

(v.)
Grammar
fór-sceótan, he -scýt, pl. -sceótaþ; p. -sceát, pl. -scuton; pp. -scoten

To shoot beforeanticipatecome beforepreventanticĭpāreprævĕnīre

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To shoot before, anticipate, come before, prevent; anticĭpāre, prævĕnīre Ða ungesǽligan menn ne mágon gebidon hwonne he [deáþ] him to cume, ac fórsceótaþ hine fóran unhappy men cannot wait till he [death] comes to them, but anticipate him beforehand,

Linked entry: for-scyttan

swebban

(v.)
Grammar
swebban, p. swefde, swefede; pp. swefed.
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Wæs hé sæmninga mid leóhte slǽpe swefed, Guthl. 6; Gdwin. 42, 13. of the sleep of death, to put to death, kill Hé swefeþ ond scendeþ, Beo. Th. 1204; B. 600. Ic hine sweorde swebban nelle, aldre beneótan, 1363; B. 679.

Linked entry: swefan

fǽge

feydamned

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Th. ii. 152, 2. doomed to eternal death, damned Æt heldore þǽr firenfulra fǽge gǽstas æfter swyltcwale sécan onginnað ingong, Gú. 532

wæl-not

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-not, es; m.

A fatal marka mark that brings deatha rune that brings death,

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A fatal mark, a mark that brings death, a rune that brings death, v. Kemble in Archæologia, vol. 28, p. 336.

Linked entry: not

be-swícian

(v.)
Grammar
be-swícian, p. ode, ede, ade; pp. od, ed, ad [be, swícian to wander]

To go from, evade, escape, be without, be free fromevadere, carere

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To go from, evade, escape, be without, be free from; evadere, carere Ða ðe ðone deáþ beswícian myhton [myhtan MS.] qui mortem evadere poterant, Bd. 1, 12; S. 481, 1.

steorfa

(n.)
Grammar
steorfa, an; m.
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P. 18; Th. ii. 324, 29. flesh of animals that have died a natural death:?-Se ðe steorfan ete qui morticinam ederit, L. Ecg. P. iv. 27; Th. i. 212, 3. a place where death has taken place(?) Andlang móres tó síferþingcsteorfan, Cod. Dip. B. i. 296, 34

morþor-bedd

(n.)
Grammar
morþor-bedd, es; n.

The bed of deaththe bed where a murdered man lies

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The bed of death, the bed where a murdered man lies Wæs ðam yldestan mǽges dǽdum morþorbed stréd (of a man shot by his brother), Beo. Th. 4864; B. 2436

þeóden-gedál

(n.)
Grammar
þeóden-gedál, es, n.
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The separation from a lord by his death Ellen biþ sélast ðam ðe sceal dreógan dryhtenbealu, behycgan þeódengedál ... se wát his sincgiefan holdne biheledne, Exon. Th. 183, 8; Gú. 1324

un-líf

(n.)
Grammar
un-líf, es; n.
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Not life, (spiritual) death Ne þearf nánne man tweógian; æfter his deáþe óðrum þissa hé onféhð swá lífe swá unlífe swaðer his gewyrhto bióð and his earnung, Verc. Först. 176

Linked entry: un-lífes

un-gewiderung

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

Bad weather

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Bad weather Syððan com, þurh ða myeclan ungewiderunge ðe cómon, swýðe mycel hungor ofer Engeland, ðæt manig hundred manna earmlíce deáðe swulton þurh ðone hungor, Chr. 1086; Erl. 219, 33

Linked entries: -widerung ge-widerung

sum

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Ðeáh hé mæge sume (= sume dǽle) his willan ongitan, þonne ne mæg hé eallne, Bt. 39, 9; F. 226, 7. Þá gesæt hé sume dæge under sunnbeáme, Hml. Th. ii. 134, 25. Fulsóð hý secgað sumera þinga, Ll. Th. ii. 344, 23 n

un-læt

(adj.)
Grammar
un-læt, adj.

Not slowquickreadyactive

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Wíga, unlæt láces ( death ), Exon. Th. 164, 5; Gú. 1007. Hræd and unlæt, 436, 9; Rä. 54, 11

Linked entry: læt

tó-lísness

(n.)
Grammar
tó-lísness, e; f.

dissolution,destructiondissolution,death

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Homl. 115, 16. dissolution, death Seó tíd mínre tólýsnesse and mínre forþfóre is swýþe neáh, Bd. 4, 29; S. 607, 21: 4, 9; S. 577, 16

gǽst-gedál

(n.)
Grammar
gǽst-gedál, es; n.

Separation of soul and bodydeathănĭmæ et corpŏris divortiummors

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Separation of soul and body, death; ănĭmæ et corpŏris divortium, mors Ne he sorge wæg gǽstgedáles he sorrowed not for his soul's separation, Exon. 49 a; Th. 170, 14; Gú. 1111

tíd-ege

(n.)
Grammar
tíd-ege, (?), es; m.
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Fear of a time, fear of the time of death. v. tíd, I.

ge-leáfleás

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Ic eom begoten mid deáwe . . . and þá geleáfleásan forswǽlede, 7, 231. Add