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ge-fón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fón, ic ge-fó; ðú ge-féhst; he ge-féhþ, pl. ge-fóþ; imp. ge-fóh; p. ge-féng, pl. ge-féngon; pp. ge-fangen

To takeseizecatchcapere

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Ðonne ðú híg gefangen hæbbe quando tu illos cepisti, Gen. 44, 4. Hú geféhst ðú fixas? quomodo capis pisces? Coll. Monast. Th. 23, 7

béme

(n.)
Grammar
béme, an; f.

A trumpettubasalpinx

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A trumpet; tuba, salpinx Béman bláwan to blow the trumpet Cd. 227; Th. 302, 19; Sat. 602. Béme barbita Cot. 27

beorn-þreát

(n.)
Grammar
beorn-þreát, es; m.

A band of men or warriorsvirorum turma

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A band of men or warriors; virorum turma Monig beornþreát many a band of warriors Exon. 96 a; Th. 358, 24

dihtnung

(n.)
Grammar
dihtnung, e; f.
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A disposing, ordering; disposĭtio, condĭtio Ealle ðínre synd dihtnunge underþeódde omnia tuæ sunt conditiōni subjecta, Wanl. Catal. 293, 50, col. 1

Linked entries: dehtnung ge-dihtnung

ge-trúwa

(n.)
Grammar
ge-trúwa, an; m.

Confidenceconfīdentia

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Confidence; confīdentia Ǽlcum getrúwan ic gyrne fultum ðínre foreþingrǽdene omni confidentia implōro auxĭlium tuæ interventiōnis, Wanl. Catal. 294, 4, col. 2

Linked entry: ge-trúwad

stefn-mǽlum

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
stefn-mǽlum, adv.
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By turns Swá stemmǽlum on þám þá wucan ádreósan sic alternati in eo epdomadam percurra [n]t, Angl. xiii. 385, 280

Linked entry: stefn

ast

(n.)
Grammar
ast, l. ást, e; f.
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On odene cylne macian ofn and áste and fela ðinga sceal tó túne, Angl. ix. 262, 3. See in D. D

breóst-cófa

(n.)
Grammar
breóst-cófa, an; m. [breóst
the breast, the heart, mind,
cófa
a cave,
chamber
]

the breast, the heart, mind, a cavechamberThe breast-chamber, breast, heart, mind;pectoris cubile, pectus, uber, cor, animus

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Ðú eart hiht mín fram breóstcófan módor mínre tu es spes mea ab uberibus matris meæ, Ps. Lamb. 21, 10. He wæs ðe blíðra on breóstcófan > he was the blither in his heart, Bt. Met.

Linked entry: in-cofa

DEORC

(adj.)
Grammar
DEORC, def. se deorca, seó, ðæt deorce; adj.

DARK, obscure, gloomy, sad tenebrōsus, obscūrus

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Ðú dæg settest, and deorce niht tuus est dies, et tua est nox, Ps. Th. 73, 16: 142, 4.

Linked entry: deorcian

toppa

(n.)
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a tuft (?) Toppa pensa (protendor seu serica pensa porrecta in gracilem pannum ceu stamina pepli, Ald. 272, 24), An. Ox. 23, 45

on-wendan

(v.)

to turn, changeto change one thing for another, to exchangeto turn, change a direction, to avert, divert, turn asideto change the position of a thing, to invert, turn upside down,to subvert, disturb, upsetto cause to change for the worse, to give a wrong direction, pervertTo return

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erras, 7, 2; Fox 16, 30. to change one thing for another, to exchange Heó wæs genumen of middanearde and eall ðæt sár and ðone deáþ mid écre hǽlo and lífe onwende, Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 7. to turn, change a direction, to avert, divert, turn aside Nǽfre

efne-esne

(n.)
Grammar
efne-esne, es; m.

A fellow-servant conservus

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A fellow-servant; conservus Efne-esne ðin ic eom [MS. am] conservus tuus sum, Rtl. 70, 41: Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 18, 33

Linked entry: efen-esne

eorl-werod

(n.)
Grammar
eorl-werod, es; n. [werod a company, troop]

A band of men, warrior band vĭrōrum turma

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A band of men, warrior band; vĭrōrum turma Ðǽr ðæt eorlwerod sæt the warrior band sat there, Beo. Th. 5779; B. 2893

fácen-geswipere

(n.)
Grammar
fácen-geswipere, es; n.

Deceitful counsel, deceitconsĭlium astūtum, dŏlus

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Deceitful counsel, deceit; consĭlium astūtum, dŏlus Hí on ðínum folce fácengeswipere syredan in plēbem tuam astūte cōgĭtāvērunt consĭlium, Ps. Th. 82, 3

fæst-steall

(adj.)
Grammar
fæst-steall, adj.

Fast-standingfirmĭter stans

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Fast-standing; firmĭter stans Wǽron fæststealle fótas míne on ðínum cáfertúnum stantes erant pĕdes nostri in atriis tuis, Ps. Th. 121, 2

mold-corn

(n.)
Grammar
mold-corn, es; n.

'The granular tuber of saxifraga granulata, and the plant itself,'Cockayne

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'The granular tuber of saxifraga granulata, and the plant itself,' Cockayne Moldcorn vulnetrum, Wrt. Voc. i. 69, 8: Lchdm. iii. 18, 8

ge-fægnung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fægnung, e; f.

Exultationexultātio

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Exultation; exultātio Ðon gefylled is tunge úre gefægnunge tunc repleta est lingua nostra exultātiōne, Ps. Spl. 125, 2 : 104, 41 : 44, 17

ymb-hycgan

(v.)
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to think about, consider Naenig unirthit thoncsnot-turra than him tharf sié tó ymbhycggannae hwaet his gástae . . . doemid uneorthae, Txts. 149, 18

ge-sprǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sprǽdan, p. de; pp. ed

To spread outextendextendere

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To spread out, extend; extendere Gesprǽd hond ðín extende manum tuam, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 12, 13. Gesprǽde hond extendens manum, 8, 3

Linked entry: sprǽdan

hwerfan

(v.)
Grammar
hwerfan, hwierfan, hwirfan, hwyrfan; p. de; pp. ed.

to turnrevolvemove aboutgoreturndepartto turnchangeto exchangebarter

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Adame his hyge hwyrfde and his heorte ongann wendan tó hire willan Adam's mind changed, and his heart began to turn to her desire, Cd. 33; Th. 44, 28; Gen. 716.