ge-mearcian
To mark, point out, describe, assign, appoint, determine ⬩ nŏtāre, signāre, designāre, assignāre, constĭtuĕre, decernĕre
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Hæfde hire wácran hige Metod gemearcod to her the Creator had appointed a weaker mind, Cd. 28; Th. 37, 17; Gen. 591 : 38; Th. 50, 25; Gen. 814. Getácnod oððe gemearcod is ofor us leóht andwlitan ðínes signātum est sŭper nos lūmen vultus tui, Ps.
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sweotole
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Sunne hire setlgang sweotule healdeþ, 103, 18. openly, without reserve or concealment, plainly Nis nú nán ðe ic him módsefan mínne durre sweotule ásecgan, Exon.
hweogol
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, an; m. a wheel of any kind Ǽlc gesceaft hwearfað on hire selfre swá swá hweól, Bt. 25 ; F. 88, 33.
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oxa
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Ágife hire ( a widow with a child ) mon .vi. tó fóstre, cú on sumera, oxan on wintra, 126, 5. Né untígð eówer ǽlc on restedæge his oxan (oxo, R. woxo, L. bouuem suum), Lk. L. 13, 15. .xii. þeówe men and .ii. gesylhðe oxan, C. D. iv. 263, 20.
rúme
widely, far and wide, ⬩ liberally, extensively, amply, abundantly, in a high degree ⬩ plainly, clearly ⬩ without contraction, in full
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Heó wíde hire willan sóhte and rúme fleáh, Cd. Th. 87, 29; Gen. 1456 : 86,10 ; Gen. 1428. Gehýran mæg ic rúme and swá wíde geseón, 42, 14; Gen. 673 : 132, 9; Gen. 2190.
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hǽl
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Þæt þú hire cn hǽle gestóde that you would be her salvation, Ps. Ben. 34, 3. Þæt mín mód næbbe náne hǽle æt his Gode, Ps. Th. 3, Þíne hǽle ic sǽde salutare tuum dixi, 39, 10.
teám
A line; but the word which is used in the related dialects (v. infra) with a physical meaning is used in English figuratively. ⬩ a line of descendants, offspring, progeny, family, children ⬩ bringing forth children, child-bearing ⬩ a line of animals harnessed together, a team
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Seó gelaþung is úre ealra módor ... hire teám nis ná líchamlíc ac gástlíc, 492, 8: Homl. Skt. i. 20, 9. Wuenumon and hire teám, Moruiw and hire teám and Wurgustel and his teám wuárun gefreód ... Marh gefreóde Leðelt and ealle hire teám, Chart.
Linked entries: teám-byrst tém wróht-getíme ge-teáma -tíme -tíme
hengen
hanging ⬩ that on which any one is hung ⬩ a gibbet ⬩ gallows ⬩ cross ⬩ prison ⬩ confinement ⬩ durance.
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Se deóful hí tó hire ágenre hengene gelǽrde she went and hung herself ... The devil persuaded her to her own hanging [to hang herself], Homl. Th, ii. 30, 24.
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cunnan
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Seó óþru leofað, þá ic cann on ansýne and ne can ná hire naman altera superest, quam facie scio, sed nomine nescio, Gr. D. 283, 12.
for-habban
To abstain ⬩ refrain ⬩ abstinent ⬩ continent ⬩ to abstain from ⬩ to restrain ⬩ keep away ⬩ to keep back ⬩ not to mention ⬩ to restrain ⬩ check ⬩ stop
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Heó ne mihte hí sylfe forhabban fram hire were a viro suo sese abstinere non potuit, Gr.
ge-reord
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Martha gelaðode hine tó hire gereorde. Hml. Th. ii. 438, 11. His metes gereord hé ána underfó cibi refectionem solus percipiat, R. Ben. 50, 3. Hé gearcode him gereord fecit convivium, Gen. 19, 3
hrínan
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Duru sóna onarn siððan hé hire folmum hrán, B. 722. Ðá hrínendo him tangentes eum, Lk. p. 5, 5. <b>I a.</b> to touch, be sensitive to :-- Scíneð þé leóht fore . . . nú þú his hrínan meahte, Gen. 616. <b>I b.
hruse
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the ground is composed, earth Hrúsan bið heardra, Rä. 81, 30. earth as one of the four elements Ligeð him behindan hefig hrúsan dǽl (cf. sió hefige eorþe sit þǽr niþere, Bt. 39, 13; F. 234, 12), þeáh hit ( fire ) hwílan ǽr eorðe sió cealde oninnan hire
orf
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Hire hyrdeman his orf lǽswode, Hml. Th. ii. 150, 31.
hǽr
Hair, a hair
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Mid hérum oððe fæx hire capillis suis, Jn. Skt. Lind. 11, 2. Se eádiga wæs blíðe on andwlitan mid hwítum hǽrum the blessed man was cheerful in aspect, with white hair, Homl. Th. ii. 186, 20.
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cuman
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Srt. 118, 77. in address Hé cwæð hire tó: 'Wel þú cóme; ac cum tó ús on éce reste, Shrn. 60, 19. to come to, to recover Hé læg bútan andgite. Eft ðá ðá hé cóm, þá hét hé hine ferigan tó Hiericho, Hml.
ge-bycgan
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leáslice mǽrþe, 24, 3; F. 82, 25. to pay for work done Þone fultum and þæt weorc Agustus gebohte mid fela M talentana Augustus ad reparationem magnam vim pecuniae largitus est, Ors. 6, 1; S. 252, 28. to secure the services of a person by payment, to hire
sculdor
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Hí dydon ánne hwítel on hira sculdra pallium imposuerunt humeris suis, Gen. 9, 23: Bd. 3, 19; S. 549, 1. Sculdru (sculdra, MS. X. ), L. Ecg. C. 9; Th. ii. 140, 10. Gif mon óðrum ða sculdru forsleá, L. Alf. pol. 73; Th. i. 98, 21.
tíd-sang
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Æt ǽlcan tídsange eal híréd áþenedum limum ætforan Godes weófode singe ðone sealm : Domine, quid multiplicati sunt, and preces, and collecta, Wulfst. 181, 26: 171, 14. Ðonne bid hic híwan tó tídsongum mín gemund dón, Chart. Th. 159, 9, 19.
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