gér
a year ⬩ annus
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Recd. 139, 23. the Anglo-Saxon Rune RUNE = g, the name of which letter in Anglo-Saxon is gér a year, hence, this Rune not only stands for the letter g, but for gér a year, as,- RUNE [gér] byþ gumena hiht, ðonne God lǽteþ hrusan syllan beorhte blǽda beornum
ge-nédan
To compel, force, urge
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To compel, force, urge Ðú tunglu genédest ðæt hí ðé to héraþ thou compellest the stars to obey thee, Bt. Met. Fox 4, 9; Met. 4, 5: 4, 30; Met. 4, 15. Seðe ðec genédes quicunque to angariaberit, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 41.
wuldor-fæst
Glorious
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Heora (the stars') wuldorfæstne wlite, Cd. Th. 132, 10; Gen. 2191. His ðone wuldorfæstan gást, Blickl. Homl. 85, 4. His ða wuldorfæstan onsýne, 103, 29. Ða wuldorfæstan Godes weorc, Homl. Skt. ii. 23b, 11. Wuldorfæstan wíc (heaven), Cd.
and-weorc
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Þa stánas þára andweorca (-werca, v. l.) corpora metallorum, Gr. D. 270, 9: 321, 13. Geolewum andweorcum fulvis metallis, Wülck. Gl. 245, 36. v. an-weorc in Dict. Add
fremfull
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Wé foresceáwiað and fremful taliað tó gehealdsumnesse gemǽnre sibbe þæt mynstres fadung on ðæs abbodes dóme stande nos previdimus expedire propter pacis custodiam in abbatis pendere arbitrio ordinationem monasterii, R. Ben. 125, 5.
glæs-fæt
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Add: a flask, bottle Bebeád Benedictus ꝥ hí út áwurpon ꝥ ilce glæsfæt ( ampulla vitrea) in þám wæs gesewen sum dǽl eles . . . þá ꝥ útáworpene glæsfæt (vas vitreum ) cóm in þá stánas, Gr. D. 159, 20-27.
torr
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Næs þæt hús ǽfter manna gewunan getimbrod, ac mid mislicum torrum gehwemmed (cf. ðá stánas swá of óðrum clife út sceoredon, Bl. H. 207, 20) tó gelícnysse sumes scræfes, Hml. Th. i. 508, 17. <b>II a.
scotian
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Ger. diu scozonten fiur (a shooting star )], 744; Erl. 49, 2
wraþu
A prop ⬩ stay ⬩ support ⬩ support ⬩ assistance
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A prop, stay, support Wraþe fulcimentum, i. adminiculum, Wülck. Gl. 245, 27. literal Se biscop hine onhylde tó ánre ðæra studa ðe útan tó ðære cyrican geseted wæs ðære cyricean tó wraþe (pro munimine), Bd. 3, 17; S. 543, 40.
hǽþen-gild
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Nis nánum crístenum menn álýfed þæt hé his hǽle gefecce æt nánum stáne . . . sé ðe elles déð, hé begǽð untwýlíce hǽðengild, Hml. Th. i. 474, 33. On þǽre óþerre ylde man árǽrde hǽðengild wíde geond þás woruld, Ælfc. T. Grn. 4, 15: Jul. 15.
norþ
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Wǽron norð of ðǽm stáne áwexene bearwas, Bl. H. 209, 32. Mid fleáme cóm on his cýþþe norð Costontinus, Chr. 937; P. 108, 19. Þonne þunor cumeð west oððe norð, Archiv cxx. 48, 20. Þæt hé west and norð trymede getimbro, Gen. 275.
setl
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</b> stay, residence :-- On ðæm setle ðe hé ðǽr sæt during the stay he made there, Chr. 922 ; Erl. 108, 22. <b>IV b.
mægþ
A maid ⬩ virgin ⬩ girl ⬩ maiden ⬩ woman
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Icel. kona mundi keypt) a woman, let the bargain stand, if it be without fraud, L. Ethb. 77; Th. i. 22, 1. Wæs seó fǽmne geong, mægþ mánes leás ( the Virgin Mary ), Exon. 8 a; Th. 3, 14; Cri. 36.
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slǽpan
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Hé æt ðæm stáne slǽpte, Past. 16; Swt. 101, 18. Hwæðer hé wacode ðe slépte, Bd. 2, 12 ; S. 513, 39. Ðá hié sléptun (geslépdon, Lind. ) cum dormirent, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 25. Sléptun (slépdon, Lind. ) dormierant, 27, 52.
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hlæder
a ladder ⬩ flight of steps ⬩ stairs
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H. 45, 17. a set affixed steps in a building, flight of steps, stairs Martinus stáh tó ánre úpflóra. Þá wǽron þǽre hlǽdre stapas áléfede on ǽr and tóburston fǽringa, Hml. S. 31, 602.
scipe
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Ne mihte ic of þan kinge habben scipinge; ich spende mine ahte þa wile þa heo ilaste, Laym. 13656.] state, condition, dignity, office Hæbbe ic mínes cynescipes gerihta swá mín fæder hæfde, and míne þegnas hæbben heora scipe (cf. se déma ðe óðrum wóh
starian
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To stare, look fixedly, gaze (with on, tó) Ðæt ic on ðone hafelan eágum starige, Beo. Th. 3567; B. 1781. Starie, 5585; B. 2796. Secga gehwylcum ðara ðe on swylc staraþ, 1997; B. 996: 2975; B. 1485. Wé on ðæt bearn foran breóstum stariaþ, Exon.
ece
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Ne sceal mon þisne drincan sellan on foreweardne ( in the early stage of ) þone ece and þá ádle, ac ymb fela nihta, 256, 19. Hé mid sáre geswenced bið, mid mislicum ecum, Bl. H. 59, 8. v. bán-, eág-, fót-, síd-, tóþ-, þeóh-ece. Add
for-brecan
to crush ⬩ oppress ⬩ to break ⬩ destroy ⬩ to break
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Add: with a material object Ðeós wyrt (saxifrage) þá stánas on blǽdran forbrycð, Lch. i. 212, 15: Ps. Th. 28, 5. Hé ðá feoturo forbræc ł tóscænde (tóbræc, W. S. ) compedes comminuisset, Mk. R. L. 5, 4.
hádor
Clear [applied both to light and to sound], bright, serene ⬩ clarus, splendidus, serenus, micans ⬩ bright (of the sky, stars)
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Hǽdre heofontungol the bright stars of the sky, Exon. 18 a; Th. 43, 23; Cri. 693. Hádrum nihtum in clear nights, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 463; Met. 20, 232. Se ðe heofen þeceþ hádrum wolcnum qui operit cælum nubibus, Ps. Th. 146, 8.