ge-métan
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II. intrans. of two or more persons, to meet, come together, come into one another's company Ðǽr leófe ne tódǽlað, ne láðe ne gemétað, Wlfst. 190, 2 : 204, 24. Þonne hý ( or acc. cf.
wilde
Wild ⬩ wild ⬩ not domestic ⬩ not tamed ⬩ not broken in ⬩ wild ⬩ not cultivated ⬩ wild ⬩ uncultivated ⬩ uninhabited ⬩ wild ⬩ turbulent ⬩ ungoverned
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Seó leó ge-monð ðæs wildan gewunan hire eldrana. Bt. 25 ; Fox 88, 12. Sum sceal wildne fugel átemian, Exon. Th. 332, 14; Vy. 85 : 222, 3; Ph. 343. Hálig feoh and wilde deór, Cd. Th. 13, 13 ; Gen. 202.
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byrgen
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Swá begnornodon Geáta leóde thus the people of the Goths deplored, 6338, 6339; B. 3179. it is probable that down to a very late period the people adhered to many of their ancient burial customs.
middan-geard
the middle dwelling ⬩ the earth ⬩ world ⬩ the world and they that dwell therein ⬩ mankind
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A.) leóht vos estis lux mundi, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 14. Ða hwatestan men ealles ðises middangeardes, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 48, 6. Hú gesǽlig seó forme eld wæs ðises middangeardes, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 3.
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ge-seón
To see ⬩ videre, conspicere
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Hie ðæt leóht geseóþ scínan they see the light shine, 129, 7: Cd 5; Th. 7, 20; Gen. 108: 32; Th. 42, 4; Gen. 669.
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deáþ
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Seó culfre ne leofað be nánum deáðe, Hml. Th. ii. 46, 18. Deáða swælteþ morte moriatur, Mt. R. 15, 4. Giniðrias hine tó deóða, Mk. R. 10, 33. Of deóða his de morte ejus, Jn. R. 11, 13. Deóðe, Lk. R. 23, 15. Hé líchomlicne deáþ geþrowode, Bl.
sceaþa
a criminal, wretch, miscreant, an enemy ⬩ fiend, devil ⬩ a spoiler, robber ⬩ a warrior
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Skt. 10, 30. with a favourable meaning,a warrior Scaþan onetton, wǽron æþelingas eft tó leódum fúse tó farenne, Beo. Th. 3610 ; B. 1803 . Scaþan scírhame tó scipe fóron, 3794 ; B. 1895
hwerfan
to turn ⬩ revolve ⬩ move about ⬩ go ⬩ return ⬩ depart ⬩ to turn ⬩ change ⬩ to exchange ⬩ barter
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Ðeáh ðe his leóht gelómlíce hwyrfe though its light change frequently, Lchdm. iii. 242, 16. Hwærfe hia convertantur, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 13, 15. Hiora heortan hé ongan hwyrfan convertit cor eorum, Ps. Th. 104, 21.
tyhtan
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Heó hyre leófe bearn georne lǽrde and tó góde tihte, Lchdm, iii. 428, 29. Hine his yldran tó woruldfolgaðe tyhton and lǽrdan his parents urged him to temporal service, Blickl. Homl. 211, 28.
ufan
from above ⬩ down ⬩ above ⬩ at the top
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Hæfdon hí Dryhtnes leóht ufan ( above, in heaven ) forléten, Cd. Th. 269, 7; Sat. 69. Hér is fýr micel ufan and neoðone, 24, 9; Gen. 375.
ge-weaxan
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Gúð sceal in eorle geweaxan, and wíf geþeón mid hyre leódum, Gn. Ex. 85. Heofenlicere cystinesse dugeþgyfe gewexen cnæplingc supernae liberalitatis munificentia mactus puer, An. Ox. 2578. <b>IV a.
híwian
to form ⬩ fabricate ⬩ to feign ⬩ to dissemble
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Mænig cimeþ ... and leáslíce leógeð and egeslíce gylpeð, namað hine sylfne and híwaþ tó gode (calls himself god and pretends to be so), swylce hit Críst sý multi uenient in nomine meo dicentes: ego sum Cristus; et multos seducent, Wlfst. 89, 3.
rún
a whisper ⬩ confidence, counsel, consultation ⬩ a mystery ⬩ a secret ⬩ a rune, a letter.
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Rǽd sceal mon secgan, rúne wrítan, leóþ gesingan, Exon. Th. 342, 7; Gn. Ex. 139.
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þá
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Hwá mæg áuht óþres cweþan bútan ðú wǽre se gesǽligesta, ðá ðú mé wǽre ǽr leóf þonne cúþ, Bt. 8; Fox 24, 26. <b>III a.
wíg
fight ⬩ battle ⬩ war ⬩ conflict ⬩ valour ⬩ troops
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Wæs ðæs wyrmes wíg wíde gesýne, nearofáges nið neán and feorran, hú se gúðsceaða Geáta leóde hatode and hýnde, Beo. Th. 4621; B. 2316. Ful oft ðǽr wíg ne álæg there was constantly war, Exon. Th. 325, 30; Víd. 119.
líðe
Lithe ⬩ soft ⬩ gentle ⬩ meek ⬩ mild ⬩ serene ⬩ benign ⬩ gracious ⬩ pleasant ⬩ sweet
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Manna mildust, leódum líðost, Beo. Th. 6346; B. 3183
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ge-wrixl
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Eal tungla leóht áspringeþ; and seó ród úres Drihtnes bið árǽred on ꝥ gewrixle þára tungla, Bl. H. 91, 24
ryne
A course, run, running, ⬩ an orbit ⬩ course, uninterrupted progress ⬩ a course, water-course, a flow, flux of blood ⬩ course, cycle, lustre ⬩ course of life
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Voc. ii. 50,42 . course of life Honorius æfter ðon ðe hé ða gemǽro his rynes gefyllde of ðissum leóhte leórde (postquam metas sui cursus implevit) Bd. 3, 20; S. 550, 25.
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nealles
Not ⬩ not at all
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Ðǽr heó brynewelme bídan sceolden, nales swegles leóht habban, 266, 27; Sat. 28. Waraþ hine wræclást, nales wunden gold; ferþloca freórig, nalæs foldan blǽd, Exon. Th. 288, 16-19.
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seón
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Fægre leomu on tó seónne, Blickl. Homl. 113, 22