ge-ortrúwian
To distrust, despair ⬩ diffīdĕre, dēspērāre
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Ðæt ðú ne geortrýwe nánes gódes on nánre wiðerweardnesse that thou despair not of any good in any adversity, Bt. 6; Fox 14, 35
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steór-leás
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-Þeáh hió (the earth) unwísum wídgel þince, on stede stronglíc steórleásum men, Met. 10, 11. without rule, not living under rule:?-Gif bescoren man steórleás (not living under the rule of any religious house) gange him on gestlíðnesse, L.
geþwǽr-lǽcan
To agree ⬩ assent to ⬩ concordāre ⬩ assentīre
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Se ðe sóþlíce God lufaþ nele he wiðerian ongeán his bebodum ac hí geþwǽrlǽhþ he that truly loves God will not resist his commands but comply with them, 522, 19.
a-borgian
To be surety ⬩ to undertake for ⬩ to assign ⬩ appoint ⬩ fidejubere
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To be surety, to undertake for, to assign, appoint; fidejubere Gif he nite hwá hine aborgie; hæfton hine if he know not who will be his borh, let them imprison [lit. have, detain] him L. Ath. i. 20; Th. i 210, 8
a-níhst
At last ⬩ in the last place ⬩ ad ultimum ⬩ ultimo
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At last, in the last place; ad ultimum, ultimo Ne wǽron ðæt gesíða ða sǽmestan, ðeáh ðe ic hý aníhst nemnan sceolde they were not the worst of comrades, though I should name them last, Exon. 86b; Th. 326, 9; Wid. 126
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for-þringan
To snatch from any one ⬩ protect from any one ⬩ erĭpĕre ălĭcui ⬩ defendĕre ab ălĭquo
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To snatch from any one, protect from any one; erĭpĕre ălĭcui, defendĕre ab ălĭquo Ðæt he ne meahte ða weáláfe wíge forþringan þeódnes þegne that he might not by war protect the sad remnant from the king's thane, Beo. Th. 2173; B. 1084
gár-gewinn
Spear-war ⬩ hastātōrum pugna
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Ne lǽt ðé ahweorfan grim gárgewinn let not the fierce javelin-strife turn thee away, Andr. Kmbl. 1915; An. 960
ilce
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In the same way Hú ne eom ic monn suá ilce suá ðú am I not a man the same as you are? Past. 17, 6 ; Swt. 115, 12. Eft swá ilce again in the same way, Bt. 16, 1 ; Fox 50, 10
in-faru
Invasion ⬩ inroad
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Invasion, march into a country, inroad Se cyng bæd hine faran intó Cent ... ac se eorl nolde ná geþwǽrian ðære infare the king bade him [Godwin] march into Kent . . . but the earl would not assent to the invasion, Chr. 1048; Erl. 178, 11
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lafor
A leopard
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A leopard [so Cockayne, but ought not the word in the following passage to be eoforas?]
nic
not I
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not I Wilt ðú fón sumne hwæl? Nic vis capere aliquem cetum? Nolo, Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 17. Eart ðú wítega? Hé cwæþ nic, Jn. Skt. 1, 21. Eart ðú of ðysses leorningcnihtum? Ðá cwæþ hé : Nicc, ne eom ic, 18, 17
ge-gyltan
To become guilty ⬩ to offend ⬩ sin ⬩ peccāre
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To become guilty, to offend, sin; peccāre Ðeáh ðe he self gegyltan ne meahte although he himself could not sin, Past. 49; Swt. 385; 17; Hat. MS. Ðeáh ðe hwá gegylte though any one become guilty, Ors. 1, 12; Bos. 36, 44
un-ástíðod
Not made firm
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Not made firm Gif mon on níwne weall unádrugodne and unástíðodne micelne hróf and hefigne onsett, ðonne ne timbreþ hé nó healle ac hryre quod structuris recentibus necdum solidatis, si tignorum pondus superponitur, non habitaculum sed ruina fabricatur
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un-gníðe
Not scanty ⬩ liberal ⬩ abundant
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Not scanty, liberal, abundant Monigfealde sind geond middangeard gód ungnýðe (-gnyde, MS.) ðe ús dǽleþ tó feorhnere Fæder ælmihtig manifold and abundant are the goods which for our life's support the Father almighty gives on earth, Exon.
un-land
What is not land
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What is not land On ðam fíftan dǽle healfum londes and unlondes ( sea, marsh, etc. ), Bt. 18, 1; Fox 62, 23. Tó ðam unlonde ( the whale, by whose side seamen,'deeming him some island,' moor their bark ), Exon. Th. 361, 3; Wal. 14
ge-hwemman
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To slope Næs þæt hús æfter manna gewunan getimbrod, ac mid mislicum torrum gehwemmed ( the walls were not smooth and vertical but of varying inclination on account of projecting rocks ) tó gelícnysse sumes scræfes, Hml. Th. i. 508, 17.
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sælþ
A dwelling, abode
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A dwelling, abode Bare hié gesáwon heora líchaman næfdon on ðam lande ðá giet sælþa gesetena bare they (Adam and Eve after the fall) saw their bodies, they had not yet in the land dwellings appointed. Cd. Th. 48, 33; Gen. 785
gyse
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Ðá cwæþ he, Gyse he déþ they said, - Your master, doth he not pay tribute? He said, Yes, he does; Dixerunt, - Magister vester, non solvit didrachma? Ait, Etiam. Vulg. Mt. Bos. 17, 25
ge-sincan
To sink; ⬩ delābi
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Ðá ne meahton hí on ðæm wætere gesincan then they could not sink in the water, Shrn. 103, 19
frætwe
Ornaments ⬩ adornments ⬩ decorations ⬩ treasures ⬩ ornāmenta ⬩ ornātus ⬩ res pretiōsæ
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Secgas bǽron beorhte frætwe the warriors bare bright arms, 434, note; B. 214. He frætwe geheóld, bill and byrnan he held the armour, the falchion and coat of mail, 5233; B. 2620. Frætwe and fætgold ornaments and plated gold, 3846, note; B. 1921.
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