ge-stincan
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Hi tugon heorn tó and gestuncon þá swétnesse þæs wundorlican stences suavitatem mirifici odoris trahebant, Gr. D. 236, 25. Swylce we . . . gestincen (odoramus) þá æppla . . . þéh hé hí ne cúðe gestincan (odorare), 256, 18.
heáfod-leás
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Þonne hí heáfodleásne heora ealdorman findað, Hml. A. 113, 353 : 364. Ðá heáfodleásan man héngc on ðá portweallas, Hml. S. 23, 74. Add
on-winnan
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Hé gefeaht wið heora onwinnendan he fought with their assailants, 687. Seó scolu cildisc ná gýt mid costungum onwunnen scola puerilis nondum temptationibus inpugnata, Angl. xiii. 387, 321
ord
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Add Hé bið heora deáðes ord eorum mortis auctor fit, Chrd. 92, 23
searu
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Þá sóhtan heora gewinnan him sarwe and worhtan him hócas non cessant uncinata hostium tela, Bd. 1, 12; Sch. 34, 27
sceorp
Dress, apparel
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Somnite áwendan on óðre wísan heora sceorp Samnites novum habitum sumentes, 3, 10; Swt. 138, 30. Of manegum landum máre landriht áríst tó cyniges gebanne . . . scorp tó friðscipe (apparel for those on board?), L. R. S. 1; Th. i. 432, 8
Linked entry: á-scirpan
hand-full
A handful ⬩ manipulus
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Berende handfulla heora portantes manipulos suos, Ps. Lamb. 125, 6
ge-sóm
Unanimous ⬩ united ⬩ peaceable ⬩ concors ⬩ pācĭfĭcus
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Gesóme and to ðam geþwǽre ðæt heora nán ne mæg óðerne mid æalle fordón in union and in such accord that none can entirely destroy another, Shrn. 165, 33
tosca
A frog
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Sende on heora eorþan toscean teónlíce misit in terram eorum ranas, 104, 26
tó-sígan
To fall to pieces, ⬩ to decay, ⬩ get worn out
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Binnon feówertig geára fæcenæs nán man gelegerod on eallum ðam folce, ne heora reáf næs tósigen (cf. vestimentum tuum nequaquam vetustate defecit, et pes tuus non est subtritus, en quadrigesimus annus est. Deut. 8, 4), ii. 196, 14
CEORFAN
To cut, cut down, hew, rend, tear, CARVE, engrave ⬩ secare, concidere, succidere, excidere, conscindere, incidere, infindere
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He cearf of heora handa and heora nosa he cut off their hands and their noses, Chr. 1014; Erl. 151, 10. Híg curfon ðone ram eall to sticceon they cut the ram all to pieces, Lev. 8, 20. Corfen cut, Exon. 107b; Th. 410, 24; Rä. 29, 4.
EÓWU
EWE, female sheep ⬩ ŏvis fēmĭna
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The milk was used for domestic purposes: butter and cheese were made from it; for Ælfric teaches the shepherd [sceáp-hyrde] to say, 'On fórewerdne morgen ic drífe sceáp míne to heora lease, and ic agénlǽde híg to heora loca, and melke híg tweówa on dæg
for-dyttan
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Heó simble heora eáran fordyttan and hit gehýran noldon, Wlfst. 255, 7. Heora módes andgytu hí fordytton, Hml. S. 23, 379. Forduttende (obturantes) eáran hire, Ps. Srt. 57, 5. Fordytt obstructum, Bl. Gl.
fót-lǽst
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Hé hét hí hine ferian þǽr Petrus and Paulus bebyrgede wǽron, and lecgan his líc æt heora fó;tlǽstum, Hml. S. 5, 467. Geseah hé león wið þǽre hálgan líchaman standan, and hit his fótlástas (-es, MS., fétlástas, v.l. ) liccode, 23 b, 773
ge-þyncan
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Godwine fór upp, and Harold, and heora lið swá mycel swá heom geþúhte, Chr. 1052; P. 180, 28
ge-wítnian
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</b> where cause is given, to punish for something :-- Wæs sum leódscipe þe God wolde gewítnian for heora gewitleásum dǽdum, Hml. S. 13, 274. Gode ic hæbbe ábolgen; for þon ic þus bittre wearð gewítnad, Hy. 4, 79.
ná-hwæðer
Neither
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MS.) ne mágon, ne ðín helpan ne heora selfra, 14, 1; Fox 42, 9. Hié náðer næfdon siððan, ne heora namon ne heora anweald, Ors. 3, 1; Swt. 98, 7, Se ðe náðor nele, ne leornian ne tǽcan, Ælfc. Gr. pref.; Som. I, 34
bismer
infamy ⬩ shame ⬩ disgrace ⬩ ignominy ⬩ humiliation ⬩ scorn ⬩ contumely ⬩ insult ⬩ blasphemy
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Hié þá hé tó ðǽm bismre getawade þe on dǽm dagum mǽst wæs, þæt hé hié bereáfade heora cláþa and heora wǽpna ... hié him beforan drifen þá consulas swá swá niédlingas, ꝥ heora bismer þý máre wǽre (oneratos ignominia consules remiserunt).
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lot-wrenc
Deceit ⬩ deception ⬩ cunning ⬩ fraud ⬩ device ⬩ wile ⬩ craft
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Philippus mid his lotwrence áliéfde ðæt heora anwaldas móston standan swá hié ǽr dydon Philip, with his craftiness, allowed their powers to stand as they did before, 3, 7; Swt. 118, 9.
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ge-wyrht
Work ⬩ deed ⬩ merit ⬩ desert
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For heora gewyrhtum for their deeds, 125, 2: Swt. A. S. Rdr. 108, 112. Mid gewyrhtum deservedly, Blickl. Homl. 89, 7.