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ge-cíd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-cíd, es; m. n.? l. n.
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Ne sceal mon náne geflytu ne gecíd úp áhebban, Ll. Th. ii. 438, 31. Wyrignyssa and gecýd maledicta et jurgia, 224, 31. chiding, reproof Gif hwylcum bréþer byþ gecíd (mid gecíde, v.l.) oþþe gestýred si quis frater corripitur quolibet modo, R.

ge-þrístlǽcan

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Sceal nán mon geþrístlǽcan ( presumat ) þát hé sprǽce, R. Ben. 16, 2

ildu

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Þes middangeard néde on ðás eldo endian sceal þe nú andweard is; for þon fífe þára syndon ágangen on þisse eldo, Bl.

hátheort-nes

(n.)
Grammar
hátheort-nes, -ness, e; f.

Wrath, anger, fury, rage, fervour, zeal

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Hú gesceádwís se reccere sceal bión on his hátheortnesse quæ esse debet rectoris discretio fervoris, Past. 21; Swt. 151, 6. Fýr ys onæled on mínre hátheortnisse a fire is kindled in mine anger, Deut. 32, 22.

orsorgness

(n.)
Grammar
orsorgness, e; f.

freedom from care or anxiety, tranquillity ⬩ prosperity

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Hú forht hé sceal beón for ǽlcre orsorgnesse prospera formidanda. Past. 3; Swt. 33, 5: Swt. 35, 1. 2, 8.

Hreopa-dún

Grammar
Hreopa-dún, Hreope-, Hrypa-dún, e; f.

Repton

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Gúþlác férde tó mynstre ðe ys gecweden Hrypadún and ðǽr ða gerýnelícan sceare onféng Sce Petres Guthlac went to a monastery that is called Repton and there received the mystical tonsure of St. Peter Guthl. 23; Gdwin. 16, 20

lǽswian

(v.)
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Hé gewunode ꝥ hé lǽswode þám eówde his sceápa ovium suarum gregem pascere solebat Gr. D. 215, 5. intrans. of animals, to take food, graze, feed Þá leásiendan pascentes (agnos ), An. Ox. 5210

twelf-hynde

(adj.)
Grammar
twelf-hynde, adj. As applied to a person, of the rank for which the wergild was twelve hundred shillings; applied to the wergild, that must be paid for a person of such rank. As will be seen from the passages given below, the twelfhynde man was a þegn, and his importance, as marked by the wergild and otherwise, was six times that of the
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Erl. 229, 20. ¶ In the following passage where the word is used without a noun perhaps wer may be supplied :-- Hú man sceal gyldan twelfhyndes man (=twelfhyndes weres man a man with a wergild of twelve hundred shillings ), L. E.

Linked entry: six-hynde

CULTER

(n.)
Grammar
CULTER, cultur ; gen. es; m?

COULTER or CULTER ⬩ dagger ⬩ culter, sica

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Gefæstnodon sceare and cultre mid dære syl confirmato vomere et cultro aratro, Coll. Monast. Th. 19, 21

seófian

(v.)
Grammar
seófian, séfian, sýfian ; p. ode.
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Ne sceal hé sýfian (seófian, MS. T.) ne mǽnan ymb woruldspéda ne causetur de minore substantia , R. Ben. 14, 13. Seófende wæs maerens erat , Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 10, 22.

Linked entries: seáfian séfian seóbgende sýfian

stræc

(adj.)
Grammar
stræc, strec ; adj.
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Eal cristen folc sceal mid neádunge and strecum móde ðæt heofonlíce ríce geearnian, Homl. Th. i. 358, 25-35.

Linked entry: strec

hlǽw

(n.)
Grammar
hlǽw, hláw, hláu, hléw, es; m.

a low ⬩ law ⬩ a rising ground, ⬩ an artificial as well as a natural mound, ⬩ a funeral mound; ⬩ tumulus ⬩ the interior of a mound, ⬩ a cave

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Icel. haugr a mound, funeral mound; how in local names.] the interior of a mound, a cave Draca sceal on hlǽwe a serpent shall dwell in a cave, Menol. Fox 512; Gn. C. 26: Beo. Th. 5539; B. 2773.

Linked entry: hláw

tídrian

(v.)
Grammar
tídrian, <b>. I.</b>
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add: of living creatures Sceápa eágan tédriað on þám geáre, Archiv cxx. 298, 17. Gif mannes múð sár sié ge týdred, Lch. ii. 4, 1.

un-gestæððigness

(n.)
Grammar
un-gestæððigness, e; f.

Unsteadiness ⬩ levity ⬩ want of firmness

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Unsteadiness, levity, want of firmness Se hæfð singalne sceabb se ðe nǽfre ne blinð ungestæððignesse jugem habet scabiem, cui carnis petulantia sine cessatione dominatur, Past. 11; Swt. 70, 3.

west-lang

(adv.)
Grammar
west-lang, adv.
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Se þridda sceáta is án hund and syfan and hundsyfantig míla westlang, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 28, 9. v. preceding word

here-teám

(n.)
Grammar
here-teám, es; m.

plundering ⬩ spoiling ⬩ devastation ⬩ taking part in a 'here,' ⬩ what is got by an army ⬩ plunder ⬩ booty ⬩ spoil

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Kmbl. 3100; An. 1553. what is got by an army, plunder, booty, spoil Ðæs hereteámes ealles teóþan sceat a tithe of all the spoil, Cd. 97; Th. 128, 4; Gen. 2121.

méd

(n.)
Grammar
méd, e; f.

Meed ⬩ reward

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Ðú médum scealt onfón, 141; Th. 176, 24; Gen. 2916. Bd. 4, 3; S. 568, 34

ge-orwénan

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D. 338, 29. to despair of (be) Ne scealt þú ná georwénan be þíra synna forgyfenesse, Archiv cxxii. 257, 20

heáf

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Þú scealt þurh wóp and heáf cennan, þurh sár micel in dolore paries, Gen. 923. Heáf in helle habban, Gú. 588 : Sal. 467. Helle heáfas, Gen. 38. Add

wæscan

(v.)
Grammar
wæscan, wacsan, waxan, wacxan, waxsan; p. wósc,wócs,wóx,weóx; pp. wæscen, wacsen,waxen

To wash

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Hí sculan waxan sceáp, Chart. Th. 145, 13

Linked entries: wascan wacsan waxan

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