ge-crístnian
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Arn hé tó cyrcan fulluhtes biddende; and hé wearð þá gecrístnod (cf. gefullod ðá ðá hé on ylde eahtatýne geára wæs, 502, 1), Hml. Th. ii. 498, 30. Cóm án gecrístnod man ... ac hé wearð seóc swá ꝥ hé forðférde un-gefullod, Hml. S. 31, 207.
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FREÓGAN
to free ⬩ make free ⬩ manumittĕre ⬩ lībĕrāre ⬩ to honour ⬩ like ⬩ love ⬩ honōrāre ⬩ dilĭgĕre ⬩ ămāre
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Freó hine on ðam. seofoðan geáre free him in the seventh year; in septĭmo anno dimittes eum libĕrum, Deut. 15, 12. Ðonne ðú hine freóge when thou freest him; quem lībertāte donāvĕris, 15, 13.
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GIM
GEM ⬩ jewel ⬩ gemma ⬩ used metaphorically of the eye, the sun, stars, etc.
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Iunius on ðam gim astíhþ on heofenas up hýhst on geáre June in which the gem [sun] rises in the heavens highest in the year, Menol. Fox 216; Men. 109.
GRÓWAN
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Hí grówaþ geára gehwilce on lencten tíd they grow every year in spring time, Bt. Met. Fox 29, 133; Met. 29, 67: Ps. Th. 103, 12: 64, 11. Greów grew, Beo. Th. 3441: B. 1718.
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tídlíce
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dún wæs tídlíce gréne the hill, as was natural to the season (the date was June 22), was green; mons opportune laetus, Bd. 1, 7; S. 478, 21. in time, in good time, betimes, early, soon, quickly Ic tídlíce tó mínre reste eode, for ðon ic wolde beón gearo
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folgoþ
service ⬩ office ⬩ authority
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On ðý seofoðan geáre ðæs ðe óswald bisceop tó folgaðe féng, C. D. iii. 5, 17. Folgoðe, 21, 28. Hú hé on ðone folgoð becume ad culmen regiminis qualiter venial, Past. 23, 20.
Cynewulf
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ᚹ [wén] is geswíþrad, <b>W</b> [hope] is overpowered, gomen æfter gearum, my joy in my old age, geógoþ is gecyrred youth is turned back ald onmedla. my old pride.
Constantīnus
Constantine the Great, Roman Emperor
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Ðáwæs syxte geár Constantínes cáserdómes then was the sixth year of Constantine's imperial power Elen. Kmbl. 15; El. 8.
FÆDER
FATHER ⬩ păter
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On Fæder geardas in the dwellings of the Father, Salm. Kmbl. 832; Sal. 415, Mid fæder ðínne with thy father, Exon. 12 b; Th, 22, 9; Cri. 349, We bletsiaþ bilewitne Feder we bless the merciful Father, Hy. 8, 8; Hy. Grn. ii. 290, 8.
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lind
a shield
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Ðonon in áne linde, iii. 392, 1. what is made of the wood of the tree, a shield (in poetry) Wisse hé gearwe, ðæt him holtwudu helpan ne meahte, lind wið líge, Beo. Th. 4671; B. 2341. Ofer linde lǽrig, Cd. 154; Th. 192, 29; Exod. 239.
íþe
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Him wǽre iéðre ðǽt hé hira gearra wénde, Past. 433, 29. Náwuht nis iéðre tó gesecganne, 239, 10: Ors. 2, 5; S. 80, 11. Micle iéðre, Past. 203, 17. Micle ðe iéðre, 277, 25. Éþre is facilius est, Mt. R. 19, 24.
HEORÞ
A HEARTH ⬩ fire-place ⬩ a house
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Hé sceolde bebeódan ðæt hí náman æt ǽlcum heorþe ánes geáres lamb he was to command them to take a yearling lamb for every house, Homl. Th. ii. 262, 27: Chart. Th. 609, 7, 11, 30. Of ǽlcum heorþe, 27. Be ǽlcum frigan heorþe, L.
and-git
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Se geleáfa ne bið on geárum, ac bið on glǽwum andgitum, Hml. S. 7, 112. sense, faculty of perception Hé læg cwydeleás búton andgite, Hml. Th. i. 86, 26. Heora módes andgytu hí fordytton, Hml.
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ge-dryht
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Wáron hwate weras gearwe tó gúðe . . ., fór folca gedryht, El. 27
ge-timbrung
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Ealle ðás getimbringe hé geendode binnon ðrím geárum, Hml. Th. ii. 498, 1. a building, structure, fabric Þǽre kicenan getimbrung (hús, v. l.) coquinae aedificium, Gr. D. 124, 13: 123, 27. Gif hwæs getimbrung ðurhwunað and ðám fýre wiðstent, Hml.
tácnung
Signification ⬩ an indication, sign, characteristic mark, symptom ⬩ an indication, evidence, proof ⬩ an indication of what is future, a presage, prognostic ⬩ figurative representation, an emblem ⬩ direction, ordering
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Gewuniaþ tó tácnuncge his mægenes gelómlíce wundor hǽlo geworden beón ad indicium virtutis illius solent crebra sanitatum miracula operari, 4, 3; S. 570, 9. an indication of what is future, a presage, prognostic Is seó stów nemned Heofenfeld wæs heó geára
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welig
Wealthy ⬩ rich ⬩ opulent
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Wæstmbǽre geár and welígé ubertatis anni, Gen. 41, 26.
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EORL
an earl ⬩ cŏmes, sătelles princĭpis
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Geared gumum gold brittade, se eorl wæs æðele Jared dispensed gold to the people, the man was noble. Cd. 59; Th. 72, 5; Gen. 1182
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wrítere
a draughtsman ⬩ painter ⬩ a writer ⬩ scribe ⬩ copyist ⬩ a writer ⬩ author ⬩ a scribe
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Tó geáre, ðá Brihtferð wrítere ðis áwrát, Anglia viii. 327, 11. Ða wríteras and ða ðe hí ymbe writon, Bt. 18, 3 ;Fox 66, l.
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birnan
To burn ⬩ ardent ⬩ vehement
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Grn. 8, 26. of that which is consumed by fire On ðison geáre barn cyrce, Chr. 1066; P. 196, 2. For þæs fýres bryne eall se feld born, Nar. 23, 27, Ðet ne byrnan ut non ardeant (vestimenta ), Kent. Gl. 164.