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ós

(n.)
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As the first part of Scandinavian proper names it occurs frequently, and it is in the same dependent character that it mostly, if not exclusively, is found in Anglo-Saxon and O. H. German.

Linked entry: ésa

hlot

on allotted portiona sharelotlotfatefortune

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(part or) lot with another: Gif þu nylt mé ofsleán, nafa þú nán hlot mid mé on heofena ríce, Hml.

maga

Grammar
maga, able.
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Þá preóstas þe áðer oððe ágen wylla oððe mage aelmeshand (a parent who had means but exhausted them by almsgiving; cf. Past. 325, 6-8) hæfenleáse gedyde clerici quos voluntas aut natiuitas pauperes fecit. Chrd. 12, 19. Cf. magian

styrung

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</b> add: stir :-- On merigen wearð micel styrung betwux ðám cempum ( as soon as it was day there was no small stir among the soldiers; facta die erat non parva turbatio inter milites, Acts 12, 18), Hml. Th. ii. 382, 27.

bearhtm-hwíl

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Áne berhtmhwíle (bærht-, v. l.) áswygode seó stefn parvo momenta vox siluit, 52, 28. Add

ge-bisnung

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Drihtnes þénum gelíc on gebisnungum Domini ministris par documentis, Hy. S. 73, 3. Láre gibisnunga doctrinae documenta, 72, 30. Þ á á

earfoþ-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
earfoþ-líce, adv.

With difficulty, reluctantly, sorely, hardlydiffĭcĭle, invīte, ægre

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With difficulty, reluctantly, sorely, hardly; diffĭcĭle, invīte, ægre Earfoþlíce wæs gúþ getwǽfed the contest had been parted with difficulty, Beo. Th. 3318; B. 1657: 3276; B. 1636: Mk. Bos. 10, 23.

bisceop-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
bisceop-dóm, biscop-dóm, biscep-dóm, es; m.

a bishop's doom, excommunicationepiscopi judicium, excommunicatiothe province of a bishop, a bishopricepiscopi provincia, episcopatus

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bisceopdómes scyldige let them both be guilty of the bishop's doom [excommunication], Bd. 4, 5; S. 573, note 1. the province of a bishop, a bishopric; episcopi provincia, episcopatus He onféng biscopdóm Parisiace hátte he received the bishopric called Paris

Linked entries: biscep-dóm biscop-dóm

India

(n.)
Grammar
India, Indea; f.
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Ðá wynstran dǽlas Indie sinistram partem Indie, 30, 19: 21, 7. Wé cwómon in Indie lond in India peruenimus, 4, 2. On óþer þeódlond India (or under Indéas ?) in alias Indie regiones, 22, 2.

cempa

(n.)
Grammar
cempa, an; m. [camp war, battle, -a, q. v.]

A soldier, warrior, CHAMPIONmiles, bellator, athleta = ἀθλητής

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Ðá ða cempan hine ahéngon, hí námon his reáf, and worhton feówer dǽlas, ǽlcum cempan ánne dǽl milites cum crucifixissent eum, acceperunt vestimenta ejus, et fecerunt quatuor partes, unicuique militi partem, Jn. Bos. 19, 23.

Linked entry: cæmpa

hruse

(n.)
Grammar
hruse, an; f.

The earthground

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Ligeþ him behindan hefig hrusan dǽl there remains behind the heavy earthy part, Bt. Met. Fox 29, 107; Met. 29, 53.

ge-féran

(v.)
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ge-féran, p. -férde; pp. -féred.

To gotravelgo onbehavefareget oncomeget to a placeTo perform a journeyreach or get by goingobtainattainexperiencesuffer

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Ðá férdon ða Pyhtas and geférdon ðis land norðanweard then the Picts went and got the north part of this land, Chr. Erl. 3, 13. Hafast ðú geféred ðæt ðé weras ehtigaþ thou hast attained [this] that men will esteem thee, Beo. Th. 2446; B. 1221.

eáre

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Add: eár, es: an ear (part of the head) Inneweard eáre auris, útweard eáre auricula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 22, 23. Parotides eár*-*coðu, ota, g. ( = ὤτα, graece ) eár, i. 20, 1. Hé cearf of heora handa and eáran and nosa, Chr. 1014; P. 145, note 9.

hweogol

(n.)
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Th. ii. 26, 25. a fixed wheel as (part of) a machine Wǽg þænne wé mid hlædele, hlædtrendle (hweowla, hweowl; hweowlan, Hpt. Gl. 418, 32) úp hladan limpham, quam anthlia, hoc est, rota hauritoria exanthlamus. An. Ox. 502.

Linked entries: sceard-hweogol hwegl

un-gecoren

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gecoren, adj.

unchosenunselectedreprobateevil

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unchosen, unselected; used in reference to those who swore along with another, when they were not selected by the party making oath from a number of persons named to him, as was the case in the cyre-áð, q. v.

Linked entry: ge-coren

fird

(n.)
Grammar
fird, faerd, ferd, fierd, fyrd(e).

an expeditioncampaignan armya camp

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[The military part of the trinoda necessitas is variously rendered in Latin charters, e. g. expeditio, C.

ge-sceap

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sceap, -scæp, -scep, es; pl. nom. acc. -sceapu, -sceapo; gen. -sceapa, -sceapena; n.

a creation, created being or thing, creaturecreātio, creātūraa decree, fate, destiny, condition, nature, form, shapefātum, destĭnāta, condĭtio, nātūra, indŏles, forma, spĕciesthe privy membersvĕrenda, pŭdendacreaturedecrees of fate

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Giscæp habitus, Rtl. 103, 32. the privy members; vĕrenda, pŭdenda Sumne dǽl ðæs felles æt foreweardan his gesceape part of the foreskin, Homl. Th. i. 94, 1. His gesceapu maðan weóllon his members swarmed with vermin, 86, 10: ii. 512, 4: Gen. 9, 22.

Linked entries: ge-scæp ge-scapu

(pronoun.)
Grammar
mé, dat.: mé, mec, meh, mech; acc. of pronoun of first person.

Me

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Ne hæfes ðú dǽl mech (mec, Rush.) mið non habes partem mecum, 13, 8. Hé mé habban wile dreóres fáhne, gif mec deáþ nimeþ, Beo. Th. 897, 899; B. 446, 447

Linked entries: mec meh

ge-beót

(n.)
Grammar
ge-beót, es; n. [ge-, beót a threatening] .

a threateningthreatboastcommĭnātiomĭnæa promisepromissum

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todǽlede æt ðæle wundorlícan byrig ðe ða entas woldon wircean mid gebeóte æfter Noes flóde, ǽr ðan ðe hí toferdon so many [of] nations were divided at the wonderful city which the giants would build with boasting after the flood of Noah, before they parted

ge-brǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brǽdan, p. -brǽdde; pp. -brǽded, -brǽdd, -brǽd [ge-, brǽdan to roast]

To roastbroiltorrēreassāre

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Hig brohton him dǽl gebrǽddes fisces illi obtŭlērunt ei partem piscis assi, Lk. Bos. 24, 42. Genime ðysse ylcan wyrte wyrttruman gebrǽde on hátan axan let him take roots of this same herb roasted on hot ashes, Herb. 60, 3; Lchdm. i. 162, 17