ge-fædere
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Add: of the relation between sponsor and parent or between sponsors; commater Hé gean Ælf(þ)ríð, ðæs cyninges wífæ, his gefæðeran, Cht. Th. 527, 14. Ne gewífige hé on his gefæderan ( commatrem ), Ll.
árian
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Gif wé beóð on hwylcum earfoþum . . . gif hé ús árian and miltsian wile, 51, 30. to refrain from unkindness, to spare Ne árað non parcet, Kent. Gl. 173. Sé ðe áreð qui parcit, 468.
fore-weard
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Add: fore-part of (noun in agreement). local Foreweard scip prorostris, Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 47. On foreweardre þisse béc principio libelli, Ors. 6, 1; S. 252, 1. Mid forewearde orde stingan ex mucrone percutere, Past. 297, 11.
heorot
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Hé forbeád þá heortas, swylce eác þá báras, swá swíðe hé lufode þá heádeór swilce hé wǽre heora fæder, Chr. 1086; P. 221, 9. the word occurs in many place-names as the first part of a compound: On heortbróc, C. D. iii. 430, 12.
tó-faran
to go in different directions, ⬩ go off separately, ⬩ part ⬩ to disperse (intrans.) ⬩ scatter ⬩ to go away, ⬩ pass off, ⬩ depart, ⬩ become extinct.
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to go in different directions, go off separately, part On sumera tófór se here, sum on East-Engle, sum on Norðhymbre, Chr. 897; Erl. 94, 25.
plóg
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Parv. 405. In Ælfric's Colloquy the ploughman says : Ǽlce dæg ic sceal erian fulne æcer oððe máre.
finger
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Folm mec mæg bifón and fingras þrý útan eáðe ealle ymbclyppan in media concludor parte pugilli, 41, 52. Genim cymenes swá micel swá þú mæge mid þrím fingrum foreweardum geniman, Lch. ii. 180, 20.
sál
a rope, cord, line, bond ⬩ a rein ⬩ the loop which forms the handle of a vessel ⬩ the fastening of a door ⬩ a necklace, collar
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Parv. 463. Hi drayeþ myd such sol, Misc. 51, 162
þeón
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; p. þáh and þeáh, pl. þigon and þugon; p. pr. þíende and þeónde; pp. þigen and þogen To thrive, grow, flourish, prosper Þíhþ cluit, pollet, viget, nobilitat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 75. Þáh pubesceret, 66, 22. Þeó vigeat, Wülck. Gl. 257, 17. of persons in
ge-hýrsumian
to obey ⬩ be obedient to ⬩ obĕdīre ⬩ părēre ⬩ to make obedient ⬩ bring into subjection ⬩ subjĭcĕre
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Gr. 30, 5; Som. 34, 56 : păreo, 26, 2; Som. 28, 43. Ðe heora lustum gehýrsumiaþ who obey their lusts, Homl.
Linked entries: hýrsumian un-gehírsumod ge-hiérsumian
wilwan
to roll ⬩ fig. ⬩ to join ⬩ compound ⬩ compose
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Parv. 521. Goth. walwjan (trans.).] Similar entries v. á-, be-, ge-wilwan; wealwian
healh
a corner ⬩ an angle ⬩ cave ⬩ closet ⬩ recess ⬩ a bay
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., or as second part of a compound. gen. of person Æt Iddes hale, C. D. i. 315, 22. On Oddan heal; of Oddan heale, v. 270, 8. On Beocces heal, vi. 94, 15. In Puttan ealh, C.
healf
HALF
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Gé ðǽr búgiaþ on ðam fíftan dǽle healfum londes and unlondes ye there dwell in the half of the fifth part [in the tenth part, cf. l. 25] of land and not-land, Bt. 18, 1; Fox 62, 23.
wiþ-seón
To plot against
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Ðá wiðsáwon hié ðǽm hláfordum, and ða þeówas mid him, óþ hié wyldran wǽron þonne hié cum servos suos passim liberos facerent, libertini in partem potestates recepti plenitudinem per scelus usurpare meditati sunt.
wríd
A shoot ⬩ stalk ⬩ plant ⬩ bush
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A shoot, stalk, plant, bush Uurýd culmus, Txts. 52, 252. Genim æscþrote ǽnne wríd, Lchdm. i. 216, 11. Genim ðysse wyrte wríd, 224, 1. Bedelf ǽnne wríd cileþenigin moran, iii. 38, 9
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tán
a twig, sprout, shoot, branch ⬩ a stake ⬩ a twig used in casting lots ⬩ a lot; also a share that is determined by lot
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ðe hé mid tán geeode the apostles divided the world into twelve parts that were to be assigned by lot, and each one of them [remained?] in that part which he got by lot, Blickl. Homl. 121, 7-9. Sendon tánas miserunt sortes, Lk. Skt. Lind. 23, 34
hwǽte
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.), 33. as part of the plant, the grain with the husk Heó ábæd án hrídder tó feormianne sumne dǽl hwǽtes ( triticum ). Gr. D. 97, 3. Ꝥ hé eów hrídrude swá swá hwǽte, Lk. 22, 31. the grain separated from the chaff Corn huǽtes granum frumenti, Jn.
úte-weard
Outward ⬩ extreme ⬩ on the outside of ⬩ at the extremity of ⬩ the outward part ⬩ extremity
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Outward, extreme; may sometimes be translated on the outside of, at the extremity of, the noun to which it refers; sometimes is used substantively, the outward part, extremity Úteweard (dǽl) crepido, Wrt. Voc, i. 34, 27.
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CARR
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Charmoulh, in Dorsetshire, at the mouth of the river Carr, = the Norman Charr, or Charmouth; in agri Dorsætensis parte maritima, post c literam addito h, ad morem Norman-norum Gib Æðelwulf cyning gefeaht æt Carrum wið xxxv sciphlæsta king Æthelwulf fought
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meahtig
mighty ⬩ powerful ⬩ able ⬩ Possible
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On ðysum eahta dǽlum (parts of speech) synd ða mǽstan and ða mihtigostan nomen and verbum, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 4, 5. Possible Mæhtiga possibilia, Mk. Skt. Lind. 9, 23: Lk. Skt. Lind. 18, 27