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ge-teld

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On middum þǽm úrum wícum and betwih. þǽm geteldum inter ipsa tentoria in media castrorum parte, Nar. 12, 25. geteld sleán to pitch a tent :-- Man slóh an geteld ofer þá bán, Hml. S. 26, 180.

ge-þyncan

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Hwilce þé [ys] geþúht betwux woruldcræftas healdan ealdordóm quales tibi videtur inter seculares artes retinere primatum?

in-cund

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Ne hé him ne ondrǽde nánne eorðlicne ege ðyses andweardan lífes, ac geðence hé ðone inncundan (in-, v.l.) ege Godes (respecto intimo terrore ), 83, 5

BLIND

(adj.)
Grammar
BLIND, def. se blinda, seó, ðæt blinde; adj.

BLIND, deprived of sightcæcusa blind or inward wounda bite, the wound of which does not appear because of the swelling of the part affectedmorsus, cujus vulnus non apparet præ tumore partis affectæ,

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Blinde cweartern a blind or dark prison; cæcus vel tenebrosus carcer Gebrohton hí hine binnan ðam blindan cwearterne they brought him into the dark prison, Homl. Th. i. 416, 28.

un-rǽd

(n.)
Grammar
un-rǽd, es; m.

evil counselill-advised coursebad planfollydisadvantageprejudicehurt

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intó Englelande mid máran unrǽde férde ðone him behófode, Chr. 1093; Erl. 229, 3. Wæs gesǽd ðæt hé wǽre on ðam unrǽde, ðæt man sceolde on Eást-Sexon Swegen underfón, Chart. Th. 539, 27. Agathocles gedyde untreówlíce wið hiene...

á-brecan

(v.)
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Hé ábræc intó ðám búre, Ap. Th. 1, 18. Hannibal ábræc mid gefeohte ofer ðá beorgas . . oþ hé com tó Alpis and ðǽr eác ofer ábræc, Ors. 4, 8; S. 186, 13-16. Up ábrǽcon ebulliebant, Hpt. Gl. 488, 11: exundaverunt, 499, 47. Up ábrýcan erumperunt, Kent.

freó-dóm

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Heó æt him gebohte his dǽl ðæs eardes tó freódóme intó ðám mynstre she bought of him his share of the district and enfranchised it, and granted it to the monastery, Lch. iii. 432, 4. (8 a) the charter granting freehold land :-- Ðes friódóm waes bigeten

on-cirran

(v.)
Grammar
on-cirran, -cerran, -cyrran; p. de.

to turn (trans.) make a change in position or directionto turn (into another form)to turn, to goto turn, make a person adopt a line of conduct, etc.to turn, changeto turn from good to bad, to pervertto turn aside, avertto turn back, reverse (a sentence), revoketo turn (intrans.)

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Voc. ii. 67, 23. to turn (into another form) Ða lástas on óðerne mǽgwlite oncyrran, Blickl. Homl. 127, 19. to turn, (intrans.) to go Ðá oncerde se wind from ðære byrig, Bd. 3, 16; S. 543, 7. Hé þyder oncirde, Beo. Th. 5933; B. 2970: 5895; B. 2951.

tól

(n.)
Grammar
tól, es; n.

a tool,implement,instrumenttools,machinery,apparatus

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Hwílon befeóll án síðe of ðam snǽde into ánum deópan seáðe. Benedictus wolde gefréfrian ðone wyrhtan ðe ðæt tól ámyrde, Homl. Th. ii. 162, 12. Wíglíce tól instrumenta bellica. Hpt. Gl. 424, 28. Eówer súteres tól uestri sutoris instrumenta, Ælfc.

Linked entry: tohl

á-stígan

(v.)

downwardupwarddownward upwardto descendgo down intoto ascendmount

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B. trans. to descend, go down into Þá ðe ástígað sǽ on scipum qui descendunt mare in navibus, Ps. Spl. 106, 23. Staþu ástígan, Lch. iii. 210, 16. to ascend, mount Ic ástíge mín scyp ego ascendo navem, Coll. M. 26, 31.

níwe

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Add: not existing before, now made, or brought into existence, for the first time Ealdere timbrunga bóte instructio, níwe timbrung constructio, Wrt. Voc. i. 39, 59. Sele níwe, Gú. 714.

tó-dǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-dǽlan, p. de

To divide,separate,distributeto divide a whole into parts, to destroy unity, make dissension into divide a whole by assigning the limits of the different partsto divide one number by anotherto divide one thing from another,part,separateto scatter, disperseto destroyto distribute, give away parts of a whole,to divide into sharesto shareto divide,distinguish,separate,make a difference betweento be different,be distinguished from.to separate with the minddiscern,discriminate,distinguish,to give forth,utter

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Gl. 528, 12. to divide a whole into parts, trans. Hé tódǽleþ hyne he shall cut him asunder (A. V.); dividet eum, Mt. Kmbl. 24, 51. Ðonne tódǽlaþ hí his feoh on fíf oððe syx. Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 20, 27.

feónd

(n.)
Grammar
feónd, fiónd, fýnd, fiénd, es; pl. nom. acc. feóndas, fýnd, feónd; gen. feónda; dat. feóndum; m. [feógan, feón to hate]

FIENDenemyfoethe devilōsorinĭmīcushostisdiabŏlusδιάβoλos

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Hý fæder ageaf on feónda geweald her father delivered her up into her foes power, Exon. 68 a; Th. 252, 7; Jul. 159: Elen. Kmbl. 135; El. 68. Ic agilde wrace mínum feóndum reddam ultiōnem hostĭbus meis, Deut, 32, 41, 43: Jos. 10, 25.

grétan

(v.)
Grammar
grétan, he grét, pl. grétaþ; p. grétte, pl. grétton; pp. gréted.
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Wác ne grétton in ðæt rinc-getæl the weak they welcomed not into that martial number, Cd. 154; Th. 192, 18; Exod. 233. Hróþgár grétte Beówulf Hrothgar took leave of Beowulf, Beo. Th. 1308; B. 652

ufan

(adv.)
Grammar
ufan, adv.

from abovedownaboveat the top

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Hé ða eágan þurheteþ ufon on ðæt heáfod it eats its way through the eyes down into the head, Exon. Th. 374, 7; Seel. 122. Ic férde tó foldan ufan from éðle, Cd. Th. 296, 2; Sat. 496. Hí feóllon ufon of heofonum, 20, 11; Gen. 308.

Linked entries: ufan ufon on-ufan

feallan

to runto be overcometo stumblesnareto failfall awaydecaycrumble away

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S. 26, 154. to stumble, fall into a pit, snare:-- Gif ðæt swín filð on ðæt sol, Past. 421, 2. Feallað firenfulle on heora fengnettum, Ps. Th. 140, 2. to fail, fall away, decay, crumble away.

hǽlend

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Hǽlend tillfremmendra, Rä. 60, 6. passing into a title. Cf. <b>I. 2.</b> used of God the Father Dryhten Hǽlend (cf. þín sunu, 778), El. 726. used of Christ, (α) the Saviour Ðá se Hǽlend ðæt ongeat, Past. 33, 15 : Bl. H. 17, 25.

A

(prefix)
Grammar
A, A. It is not necessary to speak of the form of what are often called Anglo-Saxon letters, as all Teutonic, Celtic, and Latin manuscripts of the same age are written in letters of the same form. There is one exception: the Anglo-Saxons had, with great propriety, two different letters for the two distinct sounds of our th: the hard þ in thin and sooth, and the soft ð in thine and soo
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The long á is often changed into ǽ as Lár lore, lǽran to teach, án one, ǽnig any. The following is a precise summary from Grimm of the prefixed á-, long or accented.

un-forht

(adj.)
Grammar
un-forht, adj.

Not frightenednot afraidfearlessintrepid

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Not frightened, not afraid, fearless, intrepid Ðæt geðyld stent unforht betweónan ðara leahtra truman patientia inter acies vitiorum intrepida stat, Gl. Prud. 17 b. Hwæt eart ðú, ðú ðe swá unforht ús tó eart cumen? Nicod. 28; Thw. 16, 33: Homl.

sendan

(v.)
Grammar
sendan, p. sende ; pp. sended, send
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Homl. 137, 27. with a sense of compulsion or violence, to send to prison, into exile, etc. Se ðec on wræc sendeþ, Cd. Th. 251, 26 ; Dan. 569. Se ðec sendeþ in ða sweartestan wítebrógan, Elen. Kmbl. 1858; El. 931.