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ge-féran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-féran, p. -férde; pp. -féred.

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

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To go, travel, go on, behave, fare, get on, come, get to a place He geférde óð ðæt he Adam funde he journeyed until he found Adam, Cd. 23; Th. 29, 20; Gen. 453. Frécne geférdon daringly they behaved, Beo. Th. 3386; B. 1691.

gearwian

(v.)
Grammar
gearwian, gerwian, gerwan, girwan, gierwan, gyrwan, gyrian, girian, gierian; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed

To make readyprepareprocuresupplyput onclothepărārepræpărārepræstāreinduĕrevestīre

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gé eówic gearwige quid induamini, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 6, 25 : 27, 29. Ðæt selfe wæter ðegnunge gearwode beforan his fótum the very water did reverence before his feet, St. And. 22, 19. v. Grm. D. M. 984

cwelman

(v.)
Grammar
cwelman, cwylman, cwilman; part. -ende; p. de; pp. ed [cwealm, cwelm death, destruction, torment]

To torture, torment, destroy, killtrucidare, cruciare

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He wæs ðæt folc cwilmende he tortured the people, Ors. 1, 12 ; Bos. 36, 25. He eorþ-cyningas yrmde and cwelmde he oppressed and slew the kings of the earth, Bt. Met. Fox 9, 94; Met. 9, 47.

hætera

(n.)
Grammar
hætera, hæteru, pl.

Garmentsrent clothescrutum, pannuciapannis, mastrugisrag, clout

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Garments hæfde ne hǽlþe ne hætera he had neither health nor garments, Homl. Th. i. 330, 14. Se hund tótær his hæteru sticmǽlnm of his bæce the dog tore his garments to pieces off his back, 374, 8.

cyric-sang

(n.)
Grammar
cyric-sang, cyric-song, es; m.

A church-song ecclesiasticum carmen

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A church-song; ecclesiasticum carmen He ða cyricsangas lǽrde, ðe ǽr ne cúðan quæ illi non noverant, carmina ecclesiastica doceret, Bd. 5, 20; S. 642, 8.

ge-bridlian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bridlian, -bridligan; p. ode; pp. od [ge-, bridlian to bridle]

To bridlerestrainfrēnāre

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To bridle, restrain; frēnāre He ða gesceafta nú gebridlod [MS. gebridlode] hæfþ he has now bridled the creatures, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 32. Ðæt hira mód gebridligen that they bridle their mind, Past. 33, 1; Swt. 215, 7; Hat. MS. 41 a, 8

blíþe

(adv.)
Grammar
blíþe, adv.
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H. 9, 35. Gif wé blíþe and rúmmódlíce dǽlan willaþ earmum mannum, Bl. H. 51, 10. Þæt blíþe þæs earman líchoman gefylle, 37, 29. Ꝥ blission blíþe mid Xp̃e, Chr. 1036; P. 158, 29. Add

spendan

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námon æt heora mágon sceattas genóge and þá eáwunga and dearnunga ealle spendon and dǽldon hafenleásum mannum, Hml. S. 23, 200. Þám spédigum gedafenað þæt spende and dǽle; ðám wǽdlan gedafenað þæt gebidde for ðane dǽlere, Hml.

swǽtan

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add: — Úre líchama is eorðe, and oft ðeáh swǽt, Hex. 22, 24. add Se stán cymð of eorðan, and swǽt swáþeáh, Hex. 22, 22. gangende gemétton ꝥ stánclif swætende and wǽtende qui euntes rupem montis sudantem invenerunt, Gr. D. 113, 9

costian

(v.)
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costodon ł costnodon mé temptauerunt me, Ps. L. 34, 16. Ðára ácorenra mód wile costian, Past. 465, 11. Costtad conprobatur, Am. Ox. 12, 7. Add

wilde-deór

(n.)
Grammar
wilde-deór, es; n.

A wild beast

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A wild beast Weorpan an wildedeóra líc, Bt. 38, I; Fox 194, 31. wæs mið wildedeórum erat cum bestiis Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 1, 13

Linked entry: deór

egesung

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Send him tó swá fela eóroda þe mihton gebígan ꝥ mennisc him tó, oþþe mid egsunge þæt hig bugon tó sibbe, oþþe mid wíge ꝥ wurdon gewylde, Jud. Thw. 161, 37. ondrǽde [þæs wítegan] egesunge metuat prophete comminationem, R. Ben. I. 58, 13. Add

brægden

(v.; adj.; part.)
Grammar
brægden, adj. [= bregden; pp. of bregdan]

Deceitful, cunning, crafty;dolosus

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Deceitful, cunning, crafty; dolosus Sendon [sendan MS.] Mariurn, ðone consul, ongeán Geoweorþan, á swá lytigne, and á swá brægdenne, swá he wæs they sent Marias, the consul, against Jugurtha, as he was always so cunning, and always so crafty, Ors.

Linked entries: ge-brægden brǽden

on-winnan

(v.)
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to attack, assail Sum hǽðen mann þe him swýðost onwann áwédde ðǽrríhte, Hml. S. 22, 131. Þæt gé eówerne eard bewerian mid wǽpnum wið onwinnendne here, Ælfc. T. Grn. 11, 18: Hml. S. 25, 818. weredon cénlíce wið þone onwinnendan here, 589: 719.

sand-beorh

(n.)

a sand-kill, sand-tank

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Se ðe wille fæst hús timbrian ne sceall hit nó settan up on ðone héhstan cnol and eft se ðe wille fæst hús timbrian ne sette hit on sondbeorhas quisquis volet perennem caucus ponere sedem, montis cacumen alti, bibulas vitet arenas, Bt. 12; Fox 36

hogian

(v.)
Grammar
hogian, p. ode

To employ the mind, to think, mind, consider, know, understand, care, be solicitous or anxious, to purpose, strive, intend, be intent on, resolve

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on heortan hogode georne mid searuwe swylce ácwealde he diligently considered in his heart how with cunning he might kill such, Ps. Th. 108, 16: Swt. A. S. Rdr. 98, 92.

un-þæslícness

(n.)
Grammar
un-þæslícness, e; f.

Unseemlinessimpropriety

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Unseemliness, impropriety Menn dæftaþ heora hús, gif sumne freónd onfón willaþ tó him, ðæt nán unðæslícnys him ne ðurfe derian, Homl. Th. ii. 316, 8

Linked entry: þæslícness

be-heáwan

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hine sceoldon þý heáfde beheáwan. Gr. D. 254, ii. wæs heáfde beheáwen, Shrn. 155, 6. Add

Centingas

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Substitute Hi heafdon ofergán ... ealle Centingas, Chr. 1011; P. 141, 16. gespeón ealle Centingas (Kentingas, v. l. ), 1052; P. 179, 17. v. Eást-, West-Centingas

sǽ-hengest

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ-hengest, es; m.

a sea-horse hippopotamusa sea-steed, ship

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Voc. ii. 48, 30 . a sea-steed, ship ðú wǽgflotan, sǽhengeste, sund wísige, Andr. Kmbl. 975; An. 488

Linked entry: sǽ-mearh