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un-dirne

(adj.)
Grammar
un-dirne, -dierne, -dyrne; adj.

Not hiddendiscoveredrevealedmanifest

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Ic gearwe wát ðæt ðé (God) siendan ealle wísan (printed wifan) undierne and cúðe dínre ðære hálgan þrynesse, Anglia xi. 97, 7. Nuncupatio est undyrne yrfebéc, Wrt. Voc. ii. 62, 24

Linked entries: dirne un-derne un-dyrne

hæft

(n.)
Grammar
hæft, es; m.

one seized or taken, a captiveone taken and enslaved, a slave, servanta prisoner, bondmanjoinedvinctus, captivus

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Gearwe stódun hæftas heársume ready stood the slaves obedient, Exon. 43 a; Th. 145, 19; Gú. 697

Linked entry: hæftan

be-weorpan

(v.)
Grammar
be-weorpan, -wyrpan; ic -weorpe, ðú -wyrpst, he -weorpeþ, -wyrpþ, pl. -weorpaþ; p. -wearp, pl. -wurpon; pp. -worpen.

to cast, cast down, throwprojicere, dejicereto cast about or over, cover over, surroundconjicere, supertegere, cingere

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Ic wæs hér unscildig on pytt beworpen I was thrown here innocent into a dungeon, Gen. 40, 15. to cast about or over, cover over, surround; conjicere, supertegere, cingere Hláford, lǽt hine [fíctreów] gyt ðis geár, óþ ic hine bedelfe, and ic hine beweorpe

feórþa

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Feórðe healf geár se deófles man ríxað, Wlfst. 197, 14. genealogical: Feórþa fæder proavus, Wrt. Voc. i. 72, 22. Feórþa sunu abnepos, ii. 4, 73. Feówerðe dohter abneptis, i. 51, 74.

efne

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Efene nú ic eom geara tó eówere neóde ecce adsum, R. Ben. 3, 2. Efne nú is ðeós gifu eów ætbróden, Hml. Th. i. 64, 23

ge-findan

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Nú hæbbe ic gefunden mid þǽm witum . . . ꝥ þá ealle beón gearwe, 220, 4

hwyrft

(n.)
Grammar
hwyrft, es; m.

A turnrevolutiongoingcourseorbitcircuitorbcircle

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Ðá wæs ágangen geára hwyrftum then had passed in course of years, Elen. Kmbl. 2; El. 1

Linked entry: hwearft

ríp

(n.)
Grammar
ríp, es; n.
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Twuga on geáre ǽne tó mǽþe and óðre tó rípe twice a-year, once at hay-time and the other at harvest, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 400, 30. His men beón gearuwe ge tó rípe ge tó huntoþe, v. 162, 28. Huíto sint tó hrippe ( ad messem ), Jn. Skt. Lind. 4, 35.

Linked entry: ripa

teóða

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
teóða, teogeða; ord. num.
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Ðý ilcan geáre gebócude Æþelwulf cyning teóþan dǽl his londes ofer al his ríce Gode tó lofe and him selfum tó écere hǽlo, Chr. 855; Erl. 68, 25: Ex. 29, 40. Ðæs hereteámes ealles teóðan sceat Abraham sealde Godes bisceope, Cd. Th. 128, 5; Gen. 2122.

Linked entries: teigða téþa

weald

(adv.)
Grammar
weald, adv. conj.

perhaps may be in dependent clauses, with indefinite pronouns or adverbs (cf. gif), in case

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Man sceal wacigean and warnian symle, ðæt man geara weorde tó ðam dóme, weald hwænne hé us tó cyme; wé witan mid gewisse, ðæt hit ðǽrtó neálǽcð people ought to watch and be ever on guard so that they may get ready for the judgement, in case any time it

un-bindan

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

To unbinduntie

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Æfter þúsend geárum bið Satanas unbunden post mille annos soluetur Satanas, Wulfst. 83, 6. Beón unbunden dissolui (a peccato ), Scint. 38, 12. Hí wurdonanbundene, Homl. Th. ii. 20, 8.

Linked entry: on-bindan

gold-blóma

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Se goldblóma on ðás weoruld becóm ... þurh þone tócyme wé wǽron geweorðade and gewelegade and geárode, Wlfst. 251, 11-17. (It is the same homily in Bl. H. and Wlfst.) See next word

ilding

(n.)
Grammar
ilding, e; f.

Delayputting offdeferringprolongingconnivance

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Beó ðú on tíd gearu ne mæg ðæs ǽrendes ylding wyrðan be thou at the time ready, the errand may not brook delay, Andr. Kmbl. 430; An. 215. Ðá bæd hé hine yldinge and fyrstes petens inducias, Bd. 4, 1; S. 564, 7.

Linked entries: yldig ælding eldung

gold

(n.)
Grammar
gold, es; n.
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Geared gumum gold brittade Jared dispensed gold to men, Cd. 59: Th. 72, 4; Gen. 1181. Goldes brytta a dispenser of gold, 137; Th. 173, 26; Gen. 2867

wraþu

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
wraþu, e; f.

A propstaysupportsupportassistance

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Ðǽr bið á gearu wraðu wannhálum wíta gehwylces, Eten. Kmbl. 2057; El. 1030. Wéne ic mé wraðe tó ðé ego in te sperabo, Ps. Th. 55, 3. Wyrta ðú geworhtest tó wraðe manna producens herbam servituti hominum, 103, 13. Se mé wraþe healdeþ, Exon.

ǽw

(n.)
Grammar
ǽw, ǽwe, es; n. [ǽ law] .

lawwhat is established by lawwedlockmarriagea marriage vowlexmatrimoniuma female bound by the law of marriagea wifeconjux legitimauxor justa

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Gif hwylc man wið óðres riht ǽwe hǽmþ, oððe wíf wið óðres gemæccan, fatte vii geár if any man commit adultery with the lawful wife [cum legitima uxore] of another, or a woman [mulier] with the husband of another, let the fast be seven years, ii. 10; Th

G

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In later English the place of the earlier g is often taken by y, sometimes by w; as, - Geár a year, dæg a day, dagas days. etc; morg(en) morrow, sorg = sorrow, etc.

BEÓDAN

(v.)
Grammar
BEÓDAN, biódan; ic beóde, bióde, ðú beódest, býtst, býst, he beódeþ, být, pl. beódaþ; p. ic, he beád, ðú bude, pl. budon; pp. boden; v. trans.

BIDto commandorderjuberemandareto announceproclaiminspirebodethreatennuntiareannuntiarenuntium vel mandatum deferreprædicaresignificareinspirareminari alicui aliquid to offergivegrantofferrepræbere

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Geácas geár budon cuckoos announced the year 43 b; Th. 146, 27; Gú. 716. Him wæs hild boden to him was war proclaimed Elen. Kmbl. 36; El. 18. Hwæt seó rún bude what that mystery boded Cd. 202; Th. 250, 6; Dan. 542.

lǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
lǽnan, p. de

To lendgrantlease

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Ðæt hé hæbbe ðæt land æt Ludintúne iii. geár for ðám þreóm pundum ðe hé lǽnde, Chart. Th. 434, 33. Lǽne mé þrý hláfas commoda mihi tres panes, Lk. Skt. 11, 5. Lǽne mé ða bóc tó rǽdenne commoda mihi librum ad legendum, Ælfc. Gr. 24; Som. 25, 20.

Linked entry: ge-léned

ymb

(prep.)
Grammar
ymb, ymbe, umbe, embe, emban; prep.
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Him ymb flugon engla þreátas, 300, 21; Sat. 568, temporal Embe geára ymbrynum, Homl. Th. i. 104, 21. Ǽfre ymbe geáres ymbrynum, Lchdm. iii. 238, 25. figurative Hé férde embe sumere neóde, Homl.