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gearwe

(adv.)
Grammar
gearwe, adv.
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Þeós eorðe sceal eall ábifigan, ... geara forhtigan ( be thoroughly terrified ), 113, 7. at hand, within reach, near. Cf. gearo; Bið ús Godes milts þe gearwur, Ll.

lǽs

(n.)
Grammar
lǽs, we, e; f.

A pastureleasow

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Hit is gescræpe on lǽswe sceápa and neáta alendis apta pecoribus ac jumentis, Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 14. Ic wylle hí healdan on genihtsumere lǽse I will keep them in an abundant pasture, Homl. Th. i. 242, 15. On gemǽnre lǽse, L.

Linked entries: beó-lǽs læssa

ge-þyncþ

Grammar
ge-þyncþ, ge-þyncþu.
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Ne derode Ióbe náht þæs deófles costnung, ac fremode, for ðan ðe hé wæs fulfremedre on geþincðum and Gode neár æfter ðæs sceoccan éhtnysse, Hml. Th. ii. 450, 2.

eáster

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Neáh Eástron (Eóstrum, R.), Jn. 2, 13. On Eástron, 23. Ǽr þám Eástron (Eóstrum, R.), Jn. 12, 1. Þonne ytst ðú þíne Eástru mid grénum lactucum, Angl. viii. 323, 21. Þæt ic wyrce míne Eástro (Eástron, v. l., Eástra, R.), Mt. 26, 18.

ge-winnan

(v.)
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Æfter þǽm wonn Alexander wið Parthim, and hé hié neáh ealle fordyde ǽr hé hié gewinnan mehte . . . and hé gewonn Drancas ꝥ folc Alexander Hyrcanos et Mardos subegit . . . Post haec Parthorum pugnam adgressus: quos delevit propemodum antequam vicit.

hríðer

(n.)
Grammar
hríðer, hrýðer, es; n.

oxcowheifer

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F: neáta, MS. D.] heáfdum they stoned him to death with bones and heads of cattle, Chr. 1012; Erl. 146, 18. Hrýðra fald bucetum, Ælfc. Gl. 1; Som. 55, 23; Wrt. Voc. 15, 22. Of hríðerum de armento, Lev. 1, 3.

Linked entries: hruðer hrýðer

feówer

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Bifora feóro nétno ante quatuor animalia, Rtl. 47, 28. with a pronoun: Ðás féwera godspelles haec quattuor evangelia, Mt. p. 9, 8. as multiplicative, four times: Se earma man wile drincan feówer swá feala swá his neád wǽre, Hml.

wang

(n.)
Grammar
wang, es; m. . I. the word, which is almost confined to poetry, may be rendered by words denoting the surface of the ground taken in their most general sense,
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On wonge, wæterýðum neáh, 4476; B. 2242. Cd. Th. 113, 4; Gen. 1882 : Exon. Th. 485, 21; Rä. 72, 1. Næs ðǽr hláfes wist werum on ðam wonge (the island of Mermedonia), Andr. Kmbl. 43; An. 22. Hé sceal ðý wonge (the island in the fens where St.

Linked entries: ge-wenge wencge wenge

tíd

(n.)
Grammar
tíd, e; f.
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Ðá wæs neán seó syxte tíd, and þýstro wǽron ofer ealle eorþan óð ða nigoþan tíde, Lk. Skt. 23, 44. Fram ðære sixtan tíde óð ða nigoðan tíd, Mt. Kmbl. 27, 45. Hé út eode embe ða sixtan and nigoðan tíde . . . embe ða endlyftan tíde, 20, 5-6.

Linked entry: týd

ÆT

(prep.)
Grammar
ÆT, prep.

ATtobeforenextwithinforagainstapudjuxtapropeanteadincontraOffromaabdeTountoas far asadusquead

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Leorniaþ æt me learn by coming near me, learn at, of, or from me; discite a me, Mt. Bos. 11, 29. Æt his sylfes múþe at or from his own mouth. Bd. 3, 27; S. 558, 40. Æt ðam wífe from the woman, Cd. 33; Th. 44, 31; Gen. 717.

Beda

(n.)
Grammar
Beda, an; m.

Venerable Bede

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Venerable Bede, born at Monkton by Jarrow, near the mouth of the Tyne, in A. D. 674. He wrote his Historia Ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum about A.

wérig

(adj.)
Grammar
wérig, adj.
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Ða wéregan neát ðe man drífeþ and þirsceþ, Elen. Kmbl. 714; El. 357. <b>I a.</b> </b> with gen., weary of or from doing something Wérig ðæs weorces, Exon. Th. 436, 20; Rä. 55, 10. Síþes wérig, Beo. Th. 1162; B. 579.

rún

(n.)
Grammar
rún, e; f.

a whisperconfidence, counsel, consultationa mysterya secreta rune, a letter.

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a whisper, hence speech not intended to be overheard, confidence, counsel, consultation On hyne nǽnig monna cynnes mihte wlítan nymþe se módiga hwæne neár héte rinca tó rúne gegangan (cf. gangan te rúnu, an rúna, Hel. 1273, 5064), Judth.

Linked entry: rún-stæf

þyrel

(n.)
Grammar
þyrel, (from þyrhel, v. þurh), þyrl, es; n.

A hole made through anythingan apertureorifice

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Gerýme ðæt ðæt þyrel ( the aperture made by a lancet ) tó nearo ne sié, Lchdm. ii. 208, 25. Stól niþan ðyrele, 76, 22. Ðæt ísen ( a scythe ) becom swymmende tó ðam snǽde and tó ðam ðyrle ðe hit ǽr of ásceát, Homl. Th. ii. 162, 14.

Linked entries: þirel þyrl

scræf

(n.)
Grammar
scræf, screaf, scref, es; n.
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Screafu cavernas, 21, 64. a miserable dwelling, a den Neara scræf gurgustulum vel gurgustium, i. 58, 29. Niht*-*hrefne gelíc ðe on scræfe eardaþ sicut nycticorax in domicilio, Ps. Th. 101, 5.

wól

(n.)
Grammar
wól, es; m. : e; f.

Pestpestilenceplaguemurrain

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Ǽlcum fiþerfétum neáte ðe on wóle winne, 328, 13. For ðæm wóle (pestis) ðe on ðæt lond becom, Ors. 1, 5; Swt. 34, 15.

under-þeódan

(v.)
Grammar
under-þeódan, -þiédan, -þídan; p. de.

to subjectsubjugaterender subjectto subjectcause to endurerender liableto subjoinaddto support

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Ðá hét se cásere ðone diácon miclum wítum underþeódan, Shrn. 56, 34. to subjoin, add Hé underþeódde and him sǽde ðæt se dæg swíþe neáh stóde his forþfóre subjunxit diem sui obitus jam proxime instare, Bd. 4, 3; S. 568, 15. to support Underþiód subnixa

bletsian

(v.)
Grammar
bletsian, bletsigan; part. bletsiende, bletsigende; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad; v. a.

To BLESS, wish happiness, consecratebenedicere, consecraremerciful, kindto have mercy

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Neáta gehwilc naman bletsic every [kind] of cattle bless [thy] name, Cd. 192; Th. 240, 22; Dan. 390. Bletsien ðec, Dryhten, deór and nýten beasts and cattle bless thee, O Lord, Exon. 55 a; Th. 194, 26; Az. 144

Linked entries: bletsung bledsian

ge-séman

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to give judgement in a suit, make award in as arbitrator :-- Gif man óðerne tihte . . . gesécæn hiom sǽmend . . . siþþan sió sace gesémed sió an seofan nihtum se man þám óðrum riht gedó . . . gif hé þonne ꝥ nylle gelde þonne .c. búton áðe siþþan áne neaht

on-wreón

(v.)

to uncover, discloseto uncover, open, remove a coveringto make known, shew forth, reveal, discoverto shew the (hidden) meaning of anything, to explainto shew, display so as to avoid concealmentto display what is bad, to exposeto reveal

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Ne tódǽlaþ gé ðara háligra líchoman ... ðá dydon hý swá him ðæt dumbe neát onwreáh, Shrn. 136, 2. Ic ðé háte ðæt ðú ðás gesyhþe secge mannum, onwreóh wordum ðæt hit is wuldres beám, Rood Kmbl. 191; Kr. 97.