ge-span
A prompting ⬩ enticing ⬩ persuasion ⬩ seduction ⬩ suggestio ⬩ illectatio ⬩ persuasio ⬩ seductio
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A prompting, enticing, persuasion, seduction; suggestio, illectatio, persuasio, seductio, Past. 53, 7; Swt. 417, 20; Hat. MS: Cd. 33; Th. 45, 2; Gen. 720
spittan
To dig with a spittle
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To dig with a spittle In Agusto and Septembri and Octobri man mæg máwan, wád spittan, fela tilða hám gæderian, Anglia ix. 261, 16
HEG
Hay ⬩ grass ⬩ fœnum
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Dó hig on ðín beð put hay on your bed, Lchdm. iii. 178, 6. Wé gesáwon oft in cyrcean ǽgðer ge corn ge hig beón gehealdene we have often seen both corn and hay kept in the church, L. E. I. 8; Th. ii. 406, 30
hrægel-talu
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Substitute: The clothes to which the brethren of a monastery had a claim, which had to be furnished by the abbot, as no brother had a right to separate property. Cf.
for-trúwodnes
Over-confidence ⬩ precipitancy ⬩ presumption ⬩ arrogance ⬩ præcĭpĭtātio ⬩ præsumptio ⬩ arrŏgantia
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Over-confidence, precipitancy, presumption, arrogance; præcĭpĭtātio, præsumptio, arrŏgantia For eówerre fortrúwodnesse for your presumption, Past. 32, 1; Hat. MS. 40 a, 25.
Linked entry: for-trúgadnes
weorold-snotor
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Ne weorþeþ on worulde ǽnig worldsnotera (woruld-, v.l.) þonne hé wyrðeþ there shall be none in the world that has more worldly cunning than he (Antichrist) has, Wulfst. 54, 21
fiell
A fall ⬩ ruin ⬩ destruction ⬩ cāsus ⬩ lapsus ⬩ ruīna
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A fall, ruin, destruction; cāsus, lapsus, ruīna He wirþ swíðe raðe on fielle he very quickly falls, Past. 39, 3; Hat. MS. 53b, 17
ge-bróðorscipe
Brothership ⬩ brotherhood ⬩ fraternity ⬩ fraternĭtas
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Brothership, brotherhood, fraternity; fraternĭtas Ðyllícne gebróðorscipe hý heóldon [MS. healdan] him betweonum such brotherhood they had among them, Ors. 3, 11; Bos. 76, 6
ge-eorsian
To be angry ⬩ īrasci
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To be angry; īrasci Wæs geeorsod on hát-heortnesse Drihten on folce his īrātus est fūrōre Dŏmĭnus in pŏpŭlo, suo, Ps. Lamb. 105, 40
ge-hweled
Inflamed ⬩ inflammātus
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Inflamed; inflammātus Ðæt ðǽrinne gehweled biþ which is inflamed therein, Past. 38, 3; Swt. 273, 22; Hat. MS. 51 a, 12 : Swt. 275, 5
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ge-mun
Mindful, having a recollection
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Mindful, having a recollection Swá gemune menn wǽron ǽlces bróces men had such a recollection of every trouble, Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 34, 2
Linked entry: -mun
hætsan
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later English hag to incite, urge. v. N. E. D
gold-gewefen
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Gl. 506, 64 has goldgerenum, and in margin goldgerefenum) cyclade auro texta, An. Ox. 4297. Goldgeweuenum, 2, 316
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be-drífan
to drive ⬩ thrust on or upon ⬩ to compel ⬩ constrain or enforce one to do a thing ⬩ to pursue ⬩ follow ⬩ cogere ⬩ compellere ⬩ agere ⬩ adigere ⬩ to drive or beat against ⬩ to surround ⬩ obruere ⬩ obducere ⬩ circumflare
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Hí him hám bedrifon [MS. bedrifan] and sige áhton they drove them home and had a victory, Bd. 1, 14; S. 482, 20. Wiht ða húðe him bedrǽf a creature drove the spoil home, Exon. 108 a; Th. 412, 5; Rä. 30, 9.
æt-feallan
To fall away ⬩ cadere
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To fall away; cadere Healf wér ðǽr æt-fealþ one half of the wer there falls away, L. O. D. 5; Th. i. 354, 21
baan
A bone
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Daye 55, 17; Th. has, Ne tobrǽcon ða bán, Homl. ii. 280, 9
emnett
Level ground, a plain ⬩ plānĭties, campus
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Level ground, a plain; plānĭties, campus He hæfde on ðam émnette gefaren he had marched on the level ground, Ors. 4, 8; Bos. 89, 38
fǽr-bifongen
With perils encompassed ⬩ pĕrīcŭlis
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With perils encompassed ; pĕrīcŭlis vel terrōrĭbus circumventus Fǽrbifongen ic dǽr furðum cwom I had just come there encompassed with perils, Beo. Th. 4022; B. 2009
Linked entry: be-fón
fóra
before ⬩ ante
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S. 33; Th. i. 396, 17, note 51 has this reading for fór, or fóre before; ante, q. v. under for-, or fóre
eard-gyf
A gift from one?s native land ⬩ patrium dōnum
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s native land; patrium dōnum Kynincgas eard-gyfu bringaþ: Spl. has, cyningas gyfa togelǽdaþ: rēges dōna addūcent, Ps. Th. 71, 10