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ge-feón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-feón, -feohan, -feagan, -feagian ; ic -feó, ðú -fehst, he -fehþ, -fiþ, -feaþ, pl. -feóþ; p. -feah, -feh, pl. -fǽgon; pp. -fegen [The Northern Gospels have weak forms]

To be gladrejoiceexultlætaridelectarigaudereexultare

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Gefeándo woeron gavisi sunt, Mk. Skt. Lind. 14, 11. Gefagen wéron gavisi sunt, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 2, 10

for-sleán

cut throughto slaykillto destroylay wastefinishto routoverthrowto condemn

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Eft wǽron Rómáne forslægen and gefliémed iterum Romani pari clade superati sunt, 4, 8; S. 186, 28. Gefliémed and swíþor forslagen amisso exercitu, 32.

sorh-full

(adj.)
Grammar
sorh-full, adj.

full of care or anxietycarefulanxiousfeeling anxietyattended with anxietycausing anxietysorrowfulmournfulsadfeeling sorrow or griefattended with or causing sorrowgrievoussollicitus

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Módor síðode sorhfull, sunu deáþ fornam, Beo. Th. 4244; B. 2119. Hig heora synna andetton mid sorhfullum móde, Jud. 10, 10. Hé hafaþ wérige heortan, sefan sorhfulne, Salm. Kmbl. 757; Sal. 378.

wíc

Grammar
wíc, <b>.
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Ðænne þæs embe fíf niht ꝥ áfered byð winter of wícum (cf. tún; ), Men. 24. v. bere-, ceaster-, Lunden-, Norþ-, sunder-wíc

up-ryne

(n.)
Grammar
up-ryne, es; m.

A coming uprising of a heavenly bodycoming of day

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A coming up, rising of a heavenly body, coming of day Wiþ hire (the sun's) uprynæs, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 27. Fram sunnan upryne a solis ortu, Ps. Spl. 106, 3. Uprine, 112, 3. Æfter sunnan setlgange ǽr mónan upryne, Lchdm. i. 330, 18.

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bearg

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Sunor bergana grex porcorum, Lk. L. 8, 32. Ðá bergas porcos, 15, 15. Berg, Mt. L. 7, 6. Add

weorold-gesceaft

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-gesceaft, e; f.
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Fægerust woruldgesceafta ( the sun ), Menol. Fox 227; Men. 115. Weroda Waldend, woruldgesceafta, Cd. Th. 237, 4; Dan. 332 : 53, 19 ; Gen. 863.

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Æðelstán

(n.)
Grammar
Æðelstán, es; m. [æðele, stán stone]

Athelstan

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D. 937, was king of Wessex fourteen years and ten weeks, from A.D. 925-940 A.D. 925, her, Eádweard cyning [MS. cing] forþférde and Æðelstán his sunu féng to ríce here, A. D. 925, king Edward died, and Athelstan his son succeeded to the kingdom.

Dere

(n.)
Grammar
Dere, gen. Dera; pl. m.

The Deirians, inhabitants of Deira between the rivers Tyne and Humber Deīri

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Mid ðysses cyninges geornesse ða twá mǽgþa Norþan Hymbra Dere and Beornice on áne sibbe geteáh hujus industria regis Deirōrum et Berniciōrum provinciæ in unam sunt pācem, Bd. 3; 6; S. 528, 30.

fyðera

(n.)
Grammar
fyðera, fyðeru, fyðru, pl. nom. acc; gen. fyðera, fyðerena; dat. inst. fyðerum; n : also pl. nom. acc. fyðeras; m.

Wingsālæpennæ

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Sunu manna on wǽfelse fyðera ðínra hihtaþ fīlii hŏmĭnum in tegmĭne ālārum tuārum spērābunt, Ps. Spl. 35, 8 : 56, 2 : 60, 4 : 62, 8. Under sceade fyðerena ðínra gescyld me sub umbra ālārum tuārum protĕge me, Ps. Lamb. 16, 8.

hyll

(n.)
Grammar
hyll, es; m: e; f.

A hill

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Gebígde synt hylla middaneardes incurvati sunt colles mundi, Cant. Abac. 6. Dúna and hylla montes et colles, Hymn. T. P. 75. Ðonne hie cweþaþ tó ðǽm dúnum and tó ðǽm hyllum tunc incipient dicere montibus et collibus, Blickl. Homl. 93, 33: Lk. Skt.

leóht-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
leóht-líce, adv.

Lightlyslightlygentlyeasilyquickly

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Ða weras mon sceal hefiglecor lǽran and ða wíf leóhtlecor illis [men] graviora, istis [women] injungenda sunt leviora, Past. 24; Swt. 179. 16. [Swá swá heó líhtlucost mihten as quickly as they could, Th. An. 143, 21.]

Linked entries: leóht-líc líht-líce

EAR

(n.)
Grammar
EAR, es; n.

EAR of corn spīca

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Ða seofon fullan ear getácniaþ seofon wæstmbǽre geár and wélige septem spīcæ plēnæ septem ubertātis anni sunt, Gen. 41, 26, 27. Pharao rehte Iosepe be ðám oxum and be ðám earum Pharaoh told Joseph of the oxen and of the ears [of corn ], Gen. 41, 17.

un-weorþian

(v.)
Grammar
un-weorþian, p. ode.

to dishonourdisgraceto become dishonoured

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Ða swelcan monn sceal unweorðian mid ǽlcre unweorðnesse sine dedignatione dedignandi sunt, Past. 37; Swt. 265, 18. Forsewen and geunwurþod, Homl. Th. i. 24, 4. to become dishonoured Unwurðiaþ vilescunt, Hpt. Gl. 462, 53. Unwurðie vilescat, 420, 13

ymb-sirwan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-sirwan, p. -sirwde, -sirede.
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Admonendi ergo sunt, ut hinc colligant, qui in culpa etiam se per consilium ligant, Past. 56; Swt. 435, 4-31. to lie in wait for Se ðe hine ne ymbsyrede (-syrwde, ymbesierede, v. ll.) qui non est insidiatus (Ex. 21, 13), L. Alf. 13; Th. i. 46, 24

fearr

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Sunt rura haec . . . Fearresheáfod . . . iii. 101, 15: v. 342. 23. Add:

ge-sibsum

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Se gesibsuma lǽfð symle yrfeweard æfter him sunt reliquiae homini pacifico, Ps. Th. 36, 36. Hié wǽron swá geþwǽre and swá gesibsume þæt hié ealle forgeáfon þǽm cásere þá fǽhðe, Ors. 6, 4; S. 258, 27. Gesibsume pacatos. Wrt.

líðan

(v.)
Grammar
líðan, p. láð

To gosail

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Ðá wæs sund liden then was the sea passed [cf. Icel. líða as a transitive verb ], Beo. Th. 452; B. 223. Dóhtor mín eácen up liden my daughter, great and grown up[?], Exon. l09 a; Th. 416, 13; Rä. 34, 11

ge-nip

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Tír á byð on færelde ofer nihta genipu, Rún. 17. (1 a) of the darkness to which the sun seems to sink Færeð sunne in þæt wonne genip under waetra geþring, Sch. 79. of a place without light In þissum neowlan genipe ( Hell ), Sat. 102.

MǼG

(n.)
Grammar
MǼG, es; m.

A relativekinsman

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Suna ic lǽrde ðæt hié hýrdon heora yldrum and heora mágum, Blickl. Homl. 185, 21. Súþ-Seaxe and Eást-Seaxe from his mǽgum ( ancestors ) ǽr mid unryhte ánídde wǽrun, Chr. 823; Erl. 62, 23.

Linked entries: még méi ge-mǽg