ge-openian
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</b> trans. to open a door, gate, &c., so as to admit of passage Gatu heofonan hé geopnode ( aperuit ), Ps. L. 77, 23. Se preóst nolde undón þá duru mid cǽge, ac se bisceop hí geopenade mid his worde, Hml. S. 3, 485.
ge-lícian
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[Goth. ga-leikón (with or without sik) to be like, imitate; to liken, compare: O. H. Ger. ge-líhhen assimilare.] to like (v. N. E. D. like to seem, lock like), seem likely.
heonan
Hence ⬩ from here
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Gáþ heonun recedite, Mt. Kmbl. 9, 24. Ásend ðé heonun nyþer mitte te hinc deorsum, Lk. Skt. 4, 9. Ge heonon ge ðanon from here and there, from any quarter, L. C. S. 19; Th. 1. 386, 16.
súþerne
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Sende se sǽrinc súþerne gár, Byrht. Th. 135, 47; By. 134. Hire ( the queen of Sheba ) olfendas bǽron súðerne wyrta, Homl.
Linked entry: abrotanum
sweor
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Sweoras gata seras portarum, Ps. Spl. T. 147, 2. Hire swyre columnas ejus, Ps. Th. 74, 3. Sweras unlytle, stapulas, Andr. Kmbl. 2985; An. 1495. [Sweor columna, Wrt. Voc. i. 92, 55.]
tyge
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Gl. 406, 70. a dragging Valerianus hine hét teón geond ðornas, and hé mid ðam tige his gást ágeaf, Homl.
Linked entry: tige
þeówen
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Swá eágan gáð earmre þeówenan ( ancillae ), ðonne heó on hire hlǽfdigean handa lócaþ, Ps. Th. 122, 3. Heó hié sylfe tó ðeówene genemde, Blickl. Homl. 9, 24. Þeówene, 89, 12. Gif hwá ásleá his þeówe oþþe his þeówenne (-ene, MS. H.) ðæt eáge út, L.
be-týnan
to enclose ⬩ surround ⬩ to shut in ⬩ out ⬩ shut up ⬩ to close ⬩ shut ⬩ to close ⬩ end
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Hí betýndon þǽre ceastre gatu, Bl. H. 241, 11. þá duru betýnan, 219, 16. Ðá duro wérun bitýnde, Jn. R. 20, 19, Betýndan wega gelǽtan competa clausa, Wrt.
lác
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Gán mid láce tó Godes húse, and beran þæt cild forð mid þǽre láce, 134, 22. ꝥ Ðá lác beóð God ealra andfengeost, Past. 222, 21. Freó láca oblationes, Ps. L. 50, 21. Ic hatige þá lác þe bióð on wóh gereáfodu. ...
EÁD
A possession, riches, prosperity, happiness, bliss ⬩ possessio, ŏpes, dīvĭtiæ, prospĕrĭtas, felīcĭtas, beatĭtūdo
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Se rinc ageaf eorþcunde eád the prince gave up earthly happiness, Cd. 79; Th. 98, 8; Gen. 1627. Niótan ðæs eádes to have enjoyment of the bliss, Cd. 21; Th. 26, 5; Gen. 402
Linked entry: ídisc
lobbe
A spider
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A spider Úre gǽr swá swá lobbe oððe rynge beóþ ásmeáde anni nostri sicut aranea meditabuntur [cf. Ps. Th. 89, 10, anlícast geongewefran ðonne hió geornast biþ ðæt heó áfǽre fleógan on nette], Ps. Lamb. 89, 9.
mægen-fæst
Strong ⬩ vigorous ⬩ firm
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Strong, vigorous, firm Sealde him snyttru mægenfæste gemynd he gave him wisdom, vigorous thought, Exon. 39 b; Th. 130, 28; Gú. 445.
méting
A painting ⬩ picture
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Ne gǽþ ná máre tó métinge búton ðæt ðú hit geseó and herige, 186, 5-7
temprian
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Gl. to temper, regulate, moderate Seó sunne gǽþ geond stówa and tempraþ ða eorðlícan wæstmas ǽgðer ge on wæstme ge on rípunge, Lchdm. iii. 250, 17. Hí ná tempredon gýfernysse hǽtan non temperauerunt gulae ardorem, Scint. 107, 12.
un-brygd
A not unfair turn ⬩ fair dealing
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Swá ic hit hæbbe, swá hit se sealde, ðe tó syllanne áhte, unbrýde and unforboden, and ic hit ágnian wille tó ǽgenre ǽhte so I have it, as he gave it, who had the right to give, without fraud and unforbidden, and I mean to possess it as my own property
ge-éfstan
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Voc. ii. 65, 78. to strive after Ꝥ án wæs swíðost fram heom eallum geefst, ꝥ heora ǽlc wǽre on líchaman deád and on gáste libbende the one most earnest endeavour of all was to be dead in the body and living in the spirit, Hml. S. 23 b, 90
swinge
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Þá hrepode Martinus mid ánre swingan ( Martin gave the man a slight stroke ?) and eall seó sárnis him sóna fram gewát ... þurh Martines hrepunge, Hml. S. 31, 589.
á-þindan
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Hé wæs mid oferhygdes gáste áþunden, Gr. D. 144, 28 : 180, 16. Add
tæfl
Properly a board for the playing of a game. But the word seems also used of a game played on such a board: cf. the use of the word tables at a later time ⬩ The word seems to denote also a die used in playing a game. What was the precise nature of the games, to which this word and related forms are applied, does not appear; some of the references below would imply that games of chance are meant, and this would be in keeping with the love of gaming which Tacitus, Germ. c. 24, noticed among the Germans. But games of skill like chess may sometimes be meant. In Icelandic tafl is used of chess or draughts, as well as of dicing, and the Danes in England seem to have played chess ⬩ Among the Welsh, too, was a game something like draughts, called tawlbwrdd
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The word seems to denote also a die used in playing a game.
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níd-scyld
Bounden duty
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Bounden duty Sóna swá hé tó ðære áre cymþ, swá þyncþ him ðæt se hié him niédscylde sceolde se se hié him sealde as soon as he comes to the honour, it seems to him that he who gave it him was bound to grant it as a matter of right; repente perveniens