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ge-hirtan

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Take here <b>ge-hyrtan</b> in Dict., and add Gehyrt vel gehlýwþ focilat, i. reficit Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 82. Gehyrte foverat 150, 12. the object a person, to encourage, revive the spirits, animate Hé wolde gehyrtan ðá þe se cásere ácwealde

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gearcian

(v.)
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Add: to prepare, make ready Hé sceolde gearcian and dæftan his weig . . . Hé gearcað þone weig cumendum Gode, Hml. Th. i. 362, 7-11. Ealle míne ðing ic gearcode ( omnia parata ); cumað tó þám giftum, 522, 8. Gearcode hé his fare and tó Englelande cóm

gita

Grammar
gita, l. gíta,
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and add: 1. Cf. gít; 1 Ic þæt gýta geman, Kr. 28. 2. Cf. gít; 2 Ðeáh ðú hí nú géta forgiten hæbbe, Met. 24, 46. On Angelcirican þú ána nú gýta (accented in MS.) eart biscop geméted in Anglorum ecclesia adhuc solus tu episcopus inueniris, Bd. 1, 27;

in-tinga

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Add: a cause from which a result follows. a thing Wæs seó lǽsse synn intinga þǽre máran, Hml. Th. i. 484, 14. Wást þú þone intingan þínre ádle? scisne tuae infirmitatis causam? Guth. Gr. 162, 24. a person Hí wǽran intinga þáre wrǽðe ðe wæs betwyx him

reáfian

(v.)
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1. Add Ðá ðe óðre men reáfiað, Past. 329, 10. Hé óeth;re menn reáfode, 339, 2. Tó reáfigeanne, 327, 25. (1 a) to rob aperson of something, with gen, Hé wile reáfian ðone his anwaldes, Past. 371, 25. God reáfian lǽteð eówere dohtra heora oferrancra heáfodgewǽda

weax-bred

(n.)
Grammar
weax-bred, es; n.

a table, tablet for writing ona table, list

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a table, tablet for writing on Ðá wrát hé gebedenum wexbrede (wæx-, Lind.) postulans pugilarem scribsit, Lk. Skt. 1, 63. Sýn gesealde from ðæm abbode ealle neádbehéfe þing, ðæt is ... græf, ... weaxbreda dentur ab abbate omnia quae sunt necessaria, id

sáwel

(n.)
Grammar
sáwel, ol, ul, sáwl, sául, sówhul, ¨ e; f.

The soulthe soul, the animal lifethe soul,a soul, a human creature

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The soul Sáwul anima, Wrt. Voc. 1. 76, 30. Sáwl, 42, 32. Sául, 282, 23: ii. 7, 75. the soul, the animal life Ic secge mínre sáwle: &#39;Eálá sáwel, ðú hæfst mycele gód . . . gerest ðé, et, drinc, and gewista.&#39; Ðá cwæð God tó him: &#39

Linked entry: sáwel-leás

CLÁÞ

(n.)
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CLÁÞ, cláðes; m.

CLOTH,pannusvestirnenta

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CLOTH,; pannus: in the plural, clothes; vestirnenta Ne déþ nán man niwes cláðes scyp on eald reáf nemo immittit commissuram panni rudis in vestimentum vetus, Mt. Bos. 9, 16. Heó ða moldan oncláðe bewand she wound the mould in a cloth, Bd. 3, 11; S. 536

Linked entry: clǽþ

land-hláford

(n.)
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land-hláford, es; m.

a land-lord

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a land-lord, an owner of land, lord of the manor Tódǽle man ða eahta dǽlas on twá and fó se landhláford tó healfum tó healfum se bisceop sý hit cynges man sý hit þegnes [cf. H. I. 11; Th. i. 520, 18-20 reliquum in duas partes dividant, dimidium habeat

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manung

(n.)
Grammar
manung, e; f.

monitionadmonitionadvicea claiming or exaction of debt, tributethe place where toll is demandedthe district in which a power of summoning or exacting is exercisedthe people residing in such a district, and bound to answer his summons

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monition, admonition, advice Seó monung ðære godcundan árfæstnesse admonitio divinæ pietatis, Bd. 4, 25; S. 599, 24. Ðá sealdon hí strange manunge dant fortia monita, 1, 12; S. 481, 13. Tó onfónne and tó ongitanne ða monunge ðære hálwendan láre ad suscipienda

swǽslíce

(adv.)
Grammar
swǽslíce, adv.
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properly. v. swǽs, Wé andettaþ swǽslíce and sóþlíce Fæder and Sunu and Háligne Gást confitemur proprie et veraciter Patrem et Filium et Spiritum Sanctum Bd. 4, 17; S. 585, 36. of persons, kindly, in a gracious, friendly manner, blandly; of things, agreeably

bróc

Grammar
bróc, l. broc,

afflictionlabourmiseryafflictiontroublediseasehurt

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affliction, and add: labour, laborious effort Hé mihte bútan broce ealra Cartaina anweald begitan, Ors. 4, 5 ; B. 83, 13. Mid útancumenum brocum gelǽred exterioribus studiis eruditus, Gr. D. 180, 10. misery, affliction, trouble Swá gemune men wǽron

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ge-mǽnelic

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Add: that belongs to or concerns all human bangs On hálgum bócum is se gemǽnelica deáð slǽpe wiðmeten . . . ealle móton slápan on ðám gemǽnelicum deáðe, Hml. Th. ii. 566, 27-34. Se gemǽnelica deáð þæs mannes líchaman tó deáðe gebringð . . . Ne mæg nán

Linked entry: -mǽne-lic

ge-timbrung

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Add: building, constructing (lit. or fig.) Paulus spræc be ðǽre getimbrunge þǽre geleáffullan gelaðunge. Hé cwæð, 'Ne mæg nán man lecgan óþerne grundweall ...,' Hml. Th. ii. 588, 17. Þá stánas bǽron tó þæs húses getimbrunge ( ad aedificationem domus

ge-wealdan

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Add: to control the movement of a material object, wield a weapon Heora nán ne mehte nánes wǽpnes gewealdan, Ors. 4, 10; S. 194, 19. to control movement, action, manage to do some movement or action. with gen. Ne mæg úre sáwul gefleón ... ðe má ðe ǽnig

heolstor

Grammar
heolstor, [In the first passage perhaps hrúse might be read for hrúsan and heolstre be dat. (inst.), as in El. 1082 þá þe in foldan deópe bedolfen sindon, heolstre behýded. Or possibly (?) a form heolstre exists alongside heolstor. v. Germ. 399, 447 infra, and cf. eówestre (?).]
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Helostr, heolstr secessus, Txts. 94, 901. Heolstre latebra, Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 18. Heolstre, dígelnesse latibulo, i. tenebrositate (taciturnitatis) An. Ox. 3354. Heolster latebram, 3289. Hé sette ðeóstru heolstur (latibulum) his, Ps. Srt. 17, 12. Þé (Satan

bróc

(n.)
Grammar
bróc, es; pl. brócu; n: bróc, gebróc,

Affliction, misery, tribulation, trouble, labour, adversity, a disease, malady, sicknessafflictio, miseria, tribulatio, labor, adversitas, morbus, ægritudo

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metaphorically, that which violently breaks from the body or mind; hence, Affliction, misery, tribulation, trouble, labour, adversity, a disease, malady, sickness; afflictio, miseria, tribulatio, labor, adversitas, morbus, ægritudo God nyle nán unaberendlíce

á-wirdan

(v.)

to corruptspoil,to injureannoyafflict a personto hinder

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Add:to á-wyrdan in Dict.: to corrupt, spoil, a material object Gif ealo áwerd sié, Lch. ii. 142, 10. Gif mete sý áwyrd, 14. Áwyrd wín defrutum, An. Ox. 4, 6. Heó weóp for ðǽre áwyrdan (the broken sieve), lǽne Hml. Th. ii. 154, 17. a non-material object

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ge-gearcian

(v.)
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Add: to make ready. to prepare a thing for use Ic gegearcode míne gód, Hml. Th. i. 522, 6. Þǽra hálgena síðfæt is gegearcod iter sanctorum preparata est, Hml. S. 2, 62: Hml. Th. i. 362, 12. of ships, to equip Ꝥ scip Swegen eorl hæfde him silfum ǽr gegearcod

ge-welgian

(v.)
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Add Gewelegade donat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 141, 72. Gewelegodum a predito, 2, 3. to become rich Ellenróf úp ástondeð, þrymme gewelgað ( becomes enriched with glory, becomes glorious ), Pa. 41. to make rich. of material wealth, the object a person, to bestow