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hwít

(n.)
Grammar
hwít, es; n.
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Gif hit festendæg sié selle mon uuége cǽsa and fisces and butran and ægera ðæt mon begeotan mæge, C. D. i. 293, 10

tó-glídan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-glídan, p. -glád; pp. -gliden

To glide in different directions,glide awayto be dissipated, dispersed, dispelled, to disappear, vanish, pass awayto fall to pieces,collapseto slip away

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Kmbl. 156; El. 78. metaph. of pain, care, or the like Sele drincan, sóna ðæt sár tóglít. Lchdm. ii. 356, 21. Ðenden him hyra torn tóglíde. Exon. Th. 345, 3; Gn. Ex. 182.

ge-metgian

(v.)
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Gif hí þone midmestan weg áredian willaþ, ðonne scylan hí selfe him selfum gemetgian þá winsuman wyrde; þonne gemetgaþ him God þá réþan wyrde, Bt. 40, 3; F. 238, 23-26. Ðǽr ðǽr ðú neóde irsian scyle, gemetiga ðæt ðeáh, Prov. K. 24.

micel

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Ðonne hé ús seleð micel siolfor, ðonne hé ús selð micle getyngnesse, Past. 369, 13. Æt mǽstra hwelcre misdǽde, Ll. Th. i. 58, 6. add: Hé micel þæs moncynnes sum ácwealde, sum on Mæcedonie lǽdde, Ors. 4, 11; S. 208, 15.

fore

beforein front ofat the head ofbeforeforfromthroughbecause ofon account offorfromthroughin place ofinstead offor the sake ofon behalf ofto the honour ofofaboutbeforeinto the presence of

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Se þegn fore fæder dǽdum blódfág swefeð, B. 2059. where an obligation is discharged He náh self nánwiht tó gesellanne ... þonne gǽð óðer man, seleð his ceáp fore ... sé þe him ǽr ceáp fore sealde, Ll. Th. i. 142, 2-6: 7.

un-wénlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wénlíc, adj.

Not giving grounds for hopeunpromising

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Not giving grounds for hope, unpromising Ðá ðú ðé selfum ðúhtest unwénlíc when you did not seem to yourself to have much chance of success; cum esses parvulus in oculis tuis, Past. 17; Swt. 113, 9.

Linked entry: wén-líc

rǽcan

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L. 26, 50. to hold out a thing and give to a person, a material thing Cuidestú ðone stán ráeceð (rǽceð, R.) ł seles him ? numquid lapidem porrigit ei?, Mt. 7, 9. Rǽces, 10.

fyll

Grammar
fyll, fyllu(-o).

fill, full supply repletion, satiety

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Et dicunt quod vii minoribus saturantur maiores, ut vii fiscas sélaes fyllu, sifu sélas hronaes fyllu, sifu hronas hualaes fyllu, An. Ox. 54, 1.

ge-weald

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Gif þá gesǽlþa þurh hié selfe heora selfra geweald áhton, Bt. 16, 3; F. 56, 9. where control is against the will of the controlled: e.g. slavery Hwilc gefreólseþ þé nú of úrum gewealde?, Bl. H. 243, 9. Hér is fǽmne ( Hagar ) on gewealde (cf.

drenc

(n.)
Grammar
drenc, es; m.

DRENCH, dose, draught, drinkpōtus, pōtio a drowningdemersio, submersio

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Sele him oft styrgendne drenc give him often a stirring drink, 1, 42; Lchdm. ii. 106, 25. Se yrþling sylþ us hláf and drenc arātor dat nobis panem et potum, Coll. Monast. Th. 31, 3.

Linked entry: drenge

for-standan

(v.)
Grammar
for-standan, -stondan; he -stent; p. -stód. pl. -stódon; pp. -standen; v. trans.

to stand up forto defendaidhelpbenefitavaildefendĕreprodesseto understandintelligĕre

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Selfe forstódon his word onwended they themselves understood his words [to be] perverted, Cd. 37; Th. 48, 2; Gen. 769

nídan

(v.)
Grammar
nídan, p. de

To forcecompelurge

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Hié hié selfe nídaþ (Cott. MSS. niédaþ) tó healdonne swígean, Past. 38, 1; Swt. 271, 16. Se páps nédde Adrianus ðæt hé biscopháde onfénge, Bd. 4, 1; S. 564, 6. Gif gé gesáwen hwelce mús ðæt wǽre hláford ofer óðre mýs and nídde (Cott.

gehðo

(n.)
Grammar
gehðo, gehðu, geohðu, geoðu, giohðo, giðu, e; f.

Careanxietycurasolicitudo

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Éðelleáse ðysne gyst-sele gihðum healdeþ the homeless held in memory this guest-hall, Cd. 169; Th. 212, 5; Exod. 534. v. Grm. And. u. El. p. 97

Linked entry: gihþu

synnig

(adj.)
Grammar
synnig, adj.

sinful, wickedguilty, culpable

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Monige æfter ðæs líchoman scylde hí swá micle fæsðlícor gestaðoliaþ on gódum weorcum swá hí hí selfe synnigran ongietaþ, Past. 52; Swt. 411, 3. in a legal sense, <b>guilty, culpable.</b> v. scyldig Scyldig ł synnig reus, Mk. Skt.

un-sǽlþ

(n.)
Grammar
un-sǽlþ, e; f.

Unhappinessmisfortunemisery

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Hé hwílum selþ ða gesǽlþa ðǽm gódum and ðǽm yflum unsǽlþa ... hwílum hé eft geþafaþ ðæt ða gódan habbaþ unsǽlþa and ungelimp and ða yfelan habbaþ gesǽlþa qui saepe bonis jucunda, malis aspera, contraque bonis dura tribuat, malis optata concedat, Bt. 39

Linked entries: ge-sǽlþ un-gesǽlþ

drync

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Ðætte hié ðone hálwendan drync ðæs æðelan wínes ne gehwyrfen him selfum tó áttre quia saluberrimum vini potum in veneni sibi poculum vertunt, Past. 365, 9. Wyrc tó duste, dó hys dǽl on wínes drinc, Lch. i. 336, 16. Drync poculum, Ps. Srt. 22, 5.

ge-beódan

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Gebodene oblatam, 3595. to give into the power of, commit Gif hé self his wǽpno his gefán út rǽcan wille. . . hié hine his mágum gebeóden (or under III ?, the Lat. version has offeratur, but gebodien is in one MS. ), Li. Th. i. 64, 19.

gingra

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Þá ( Adam and Eve ) him tó gingran self Metod mearcode, Gen. 458.

ge-þingian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þingian, p. ode; pp. od, ad.

to determine

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[ge-þing, II.] to make terms with a person for one's self or for another, to be reconciled, to come to an agreement, to reconcile, settle a dispute, intercede, mediate Swá hie geþingian mǽgen wið cyning and his geréfan according to the terms they can

nídling

(n.)
Grammar
nídling, es; m.

one who serves of necessitya slavebondmanone who has to serve on board shipa sailor

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one who serves of necessity, a slave, bondman Gif ðú fioh tó borge selle ðínum geféran ðe mid ðé eardian wille, ne niéde ðú hine swá niédling (MS. H. nýdling), L. Alf. 35; Th. i. 52, 22.