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heáh-setl

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Gié sittað ofer héhsedlo (-e, R.) dóemendo sedeatis super thronos iudicantes, Lk. L. 22, 30. of a teacher, speaker, &c In héhseotle aeldrena hergen hine in cathedra seniorum laudent eum, Ps. Srt. 106, 32.

Indéas

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Ðeáh hé rícsige ofer eallne middangeard ... from Indéum ꝥ is se súðeástende þisses middaneardes licet Indica tellus tua jura tremiscat, Bt. 29, 3; F. 106, 22

EGE

(n.)
Grammar
EGE, æge, eige, es; m.

Fear, terror, dread, AWE tĭmor, terror, formīdo

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Gefeallaþ [MS. gefeællæþ] ofer hí eige and fyrhto fear and dread shall fall upon them, Cant. Moys. Ex. 15, 19; Thw. 30, 19.

Linked entries: æge eige

FLEÓGAN

(v.)
Grammar
FLEÓGAN, fliógan, to fleógenne; part. fleógende; ic fleóge, ðú fleógest, he fleógeþ, pl. fleógaþ; p. ic, he fleág, fleáh, ðú fluge, pl. flugon; pp. flogen [fleóge a fly] .

To FLY as with wingsvŏlāreTo fleeflee fromfŭgĕreeffŭgĕre

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He fleáh ofer fyðru winda vŏlāvit sŭíper pennas ventōrum, Ps. Lamb. 17, 11: Cd. 72; Th. 87, 29; Gen. 1456.

Linked entries: FLEÓN fliógan flecgan

sinc

(n.)
Grammar
sinc, es ; n. (used only in poetry)
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Gesáwon ofer since salo hlifian, reced ofer reádum golde, Cd. Th. 145, 9 ; Gen. 2403. Bereáfodon receda wuldor ( the temple ) reádan golde, since and seolfre, 219, 25 ; Dan. 60. Sadol searwum fáh, since gewurþad, Beo.

ýþian

(v.)
Grammar
ýþian, ýþgian; p. ode.
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to overflow (intrans.) literal Ðá ýðode ðæt flód ofer eorþan aquae diluvii inundaverunt super terram, Gen. 7, 10. Ðæs flódes wæteru ýðedon ofer eorþan, 7, 6, 18. Burnon ýþgodon (ýðgadun, Surt.) torrentes inundaverunt, Ps. Spl. 77, 23.

Linked entries: ýþan ýþgian

hám-sócn

(n.)
Grammar
hám-sócn, e; f.

Attack on a man's house; also the fine paid for such a breach of the peacethe crime of beating or assaulting a person within his own housean inroad or attack on one's homeattack on one's house

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Ðis syndon ða gerihta ðe se cyning áh ofer ealle men on Wesseaxan ðæt is hámsócne these are the rights which the king has over all men in Wessex that is [the fines for] 'ham-socn,' L. C. S. 12; Th. i. 382, 13, see the note: 15; Th. i. 384, 6: Th.

Linked entry: sócn

EORÞE

(n.)
Grammar
EORÞE, an; f; eorþ, e; f. I. the

EARTH in opposition to the sea, the ground, soil terra, hŭmus, sŏlum

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Spritte seó eorþe grówende gærs and sǽd wircende and æppelbǽre treów wæstm wircende æfter his cinne, ðæs sǽd sig on him silfum ofer eorþan geemĭnet terra herbam vĭrentem et făcientem sēmen et lignum pōmĭfĕrum făciens fructum juxta gĕnus suum, cujus sēmen

Linked entries: eord eorþ

hergian

(v.)
Grammar
hergian, p. ode; pp. od

To harrypillageplunderravagewastedevastatemake an incursion or a raidmake war

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Hie hergodon ofer Mercna land óþ hie cómon tó Creccageláde they carried on their ravages across Mercia until they came to Cricklade, 905; Erl. 98, 14.

stæþ

(n.)
Grammar
stæþ, es; n.
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Hé befeól ofer ðam stæðe intó ðam streáme, Homl. Th. ii. 160, 5: Elen. Kmbl. 76; El. 38. Of stæðe on óðer from one bank of the boundary stream to the other, L. O. D. 1; Th. i. 352, 4, 11: 2; Th. i. 354, 3: 6; Th. i. 354, 25.

ge-néþan

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Hé genéðde ofer þone munt, Ors. 4, 8 ; S. 188, 3. Thomas þríste genéðde on Indéa óðre dǽlas, Ap. 50. (1 a) with dat. (inst.) of life imperilled :-- Hé in Achagia aldre genéðde, Ap. 17. Hé mec heálsode þæt ic on holma geþring ealdre genéðde, B. 2133.

ge-frédan

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Hé þæs fýres bryne gefrédde him onbútan, 31, 884. to be sensible of an action (gen. ) Ðæt feax gréwð ofer ðǽm brægene and his (the growing] mon ðeáh ne gefréd (-frét, v.l.) capilli super cerebrum insensibiliter oriuntur . . .

gífer-nes

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Ic andette gífernesse ǽtes and drences, ge ǽr tíde ge ofer tíde. Ic andette ǽlce gítsunga and æfest, Ll.

grin

(n.)
Grammar
grin, gryn, e; f.: es; n.
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Hé cymð suá suá grin ofer ealle ðá ðe eardiað ofer eorðan, Past. 129, 22. Úre sáwl is áhred of grine (girene, Ps. Srt. 123, 7)) Cyme him giren ðá hié neoton veniat illis laqueus quem ignorant, Ps. Srt. 34, 8.

mór

Grammar
mór, I. add: — Hí eardiað an þæs gedwildes móre and meoxe (in luto heresis), Chrd. 96, 31. Móras salebras, i. loca lutosa, An. Ox. 17, 63. The word occurs often in charters, v. Midd. Flur.

stígan

(v.)
Grammar
stígan, p. stáh, pl. stigon; pp. stigen.
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Récas stígaþ ofer hrófum, 381, 5; Rä. 2, 6: Ps. Th. 73, 22. Stigon ða þornas ascenderunt spinae, Mk. Skt. 4, 7. Sǽs up stigon ofer stæðweallas, Cd. Th. 83, 6; Gen. 1375.

Linked entry: a-stígend

(n.)
Grammar
yþ, e; f.
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Gán ofer sǽs ýþa, Blickl. Homl. 177, 18. Féran ofer sǽs ýþe, Shrn. 104, 34: Exon. Th. 72, 5; Cri. 1168: Beo. Th. 91; B. 46.

lange

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Ne oncnáwð ofer ꝥ ł á lengc ( amplius ) stówe, Ps. L. 102, 16. Ne scealt þú á leng sár þrowian, An. 1469. Gif þú leng ofer þis gedwolan fylgest, Jul. 201: El. 576. For hwám lifað se wyrsa leng?

næglian

(v.)
Grammar
næglian, p. ode, ede

To nailfasten with nails

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Hwonne hié of nearwe ofer nægled bord stæppan mósten when from durance over the vessel's (the ark) nail-fastened side they might step, 86, 20; Gen. 1433. Hió [næ]gled sinc hæleþum sealde ( bracelets fastened with rivets or studs ), Beo.

Linked entry: nægled-bord

ge-flít

(n.)
Grammar
ge-flít, -flýt, es; n.

Contentionstrifecontestdisputediscussioncontentioliscertāmenconcertātiorixa

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Contention, strife, contest, dispute, discussion; contentio, lis, certāmen, concertātio, rixa Agoten is geflít ofer ealderas effūsa est contentio sŭper princĭpes, Ps. Lamb. 107, 40 : Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 30. Ðis geflít hæc lis, Ælfc.

Linked entry: ge-flýt