borh-fæst
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Bound by the giving of security Wolde he gedón ꝥ ic him wære borhfæst . . . and ætfæste hé mé míne efenþeówene [the marriage would be security for continued service], Hml. A. 203, 254
be-swemman
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To wash an animal by sending it into the water þeáh swín beswemde weorðen, þonne sleáð hí eft on ðá solu and bewealwiað hí þǽron (sus lota reversa in volutabro luti). Add:
gearc
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D. and gearcian) and geornful, By. 274
stán-bucca
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' (Note by Dr. Craigie.)
sǽ-færeld
a sea-passage,
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a sea-passage, med in reference to the attempt made by the Egyptians to pass the Red Sea Ðá hí ( the Egyptians ) oninnan ðæm sǽfærelde wǽron, Ors. 1, 7; Swt. 38, 33
sǽ-láf
what is left by the sea,
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what is left by the sea, applied to the spoils of the Egyptians drowned in the Red Sea Ongunnon sǽláfe dǽlan, ealde mádmas, reáf and randas, Cd. Th. 215, 16; Exod. 584
ge-yppan
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Wíde byð eorlum geypped asðelinges deáð, Men. 157. <b>II a.
ge-cwéman
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an feó oþþe an áðe let the one man do the other right, satisfy him by payment or by giving security on oath (or agree upon payment or security ), Ll. Th. i. 30, 20
ge-wǽge
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Genim ðú betonican þǽre wyrte twá trymessan gewǽge ( by weight ), Lch. i. 76, 11: 17: 22: 78, 8: 13. an amount determined by weighing. indefinite Gewoege ł gemet gód hiá sellað mensuram bonam dabunt, Lk.
miscian
To mix ⬩ to mix in due proportion
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Gehwæðeres sceal mon nyttian and miscian ðæt ðone líchoman hǽle each method (treatment by hot or by cold remedies) shall be used and applied in due proportion, that the body may be cured, L. M. 1, 1; Lchdm. ii. 22, 7
ge-gremian
To irritate ⬩ provoke ⬩ excite ⬩ incense ⬩ inflame ⬩ exaspĕrāre ⬩ provŏcāre ⬩ exăcerbāre
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Th. 135, 54; By. 138. Hí wǽron gúþe gegremede they were made fierce by battle, Judth. 12; Thw. 26, 2; Jud. 306 : Cd. 4; Th. 4, 29; Gen. 61
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fǽr-sceaða
A sudden or dangerous enemy ⬩ sŭbĭtum damnum infĕrens hostis
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Th. 135, 62; By. 142
gár-berend
A javelin-bearer ⬩ soldier ⬩ hastĭfer ⬩ tēlĭfer
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Th. 139, 30; By. 262. Gárberendra x hund ten hundred javelin-bearers, Cd. 154; Th. 192, 13; Exod. 231
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mód-gehygd
Thought
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Hine fyrwyt bræc módgehygdum his thoughts were distracted by curiosity. Beo. Th. 471; B. 233
eard-wrecca
One banished from his native country, an exile ⬩ exsul
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native country; wrecca=wræcca an exile] One banished from his native country, an exile; exsul Þurh eardwrecena feormunge by harbouring of exiles, L. Alf. pol. 4; Th. i. 62, 16, note 24
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ge-cræftgian
To strengthen ⬩ make powerful ⬩ firmare ⬩ roborare
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To strengthen, make powerful; firmare, roborare Ða rícu of nánes mannes mihtum gecræftgade ne wurdon the kingdoms were not strengthened by the powers of any man. Ors. 2, 1 : Bos. 39, 2
un-láf
A child not left by a father at his death ⬩ a child born after the father's death ⬩ a posthumous child
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A child not left by a father at his death, a child born after the father's death, a posthumous child Unláb posthumus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 117, 67. Unláf, 69, 2: 93, 70
fore-leóran
to precede ⬩ pass by
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Foreliórað íwih praecedit vos, 28, 7. to pass in front of, pass by Foreliórende praetereuntes, Mt. R. 27, 39
for-treddan
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To tread down, destroy by treading Swá swá rípe yrð hí fortreddon and fornámon and hí ealle foryrmdon quasi maturam segetem obuia quaeque metunt, calcant, transeunt, Bd. 1, 12; Sch. 32, 22
frum-wífung
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First marriage by a man Lǽwede man mót óðre síðe wífian, ac þá canones forbeódaþ þá bletsunga þǽrtó þe tó frumwífunge gesette sýn, Ll. Th. ii. 332, 34, 38: Wlfst. 304, 27