hrepian
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Hý ne dorston þá hálgan stówe hreppan (grétan, v. l. temerare ), Gr. D. 43, 12. the subject a thing Þá wolde hé þurhþýn hí mid þám swurde, ac se ord ne dorste hí hreppan, Hml. S. 12, 227. where blame is expressed [cf. N. E.
rídan
to ride on horseback ⬩ equitare ⬩ to ride ⬩ to ride ⬩ to swing ⬩ rock
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Sum mon rád be ðære stówe, Bd. 3, 9; S. 533. 30. Him (the Danes) Ælfréd and cyninges þegnas oft ráde on ridon, Chr. 871; Erl. 76, 11. Ofer ðý cræte curran, ofer ðý cwéne reodan, Lchdm. iii. 32, 10. Ymbe hlǽw riodan hildedeóre, Beo.
wíc
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Th. 446, 29. a temporary abode, a camp, place where one stops, station Ðá wæs feórðe wíc, randwigena ræst, be ðan Reádan Sǽ, Cd. Th. l86, 4; Exod. 133: 183, 6; Exod. 87.
scín-lác
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Ðætte gifearria from ðære stówe ǽlc scínilác and ymbcerro diúbles fácnes ut discedat ab eo loco omnis fantasia vel versutia diabolicae fraudis , Rtl. 120, 33.
un-gearu
not ready ⬩ not prompt ⬩ indisposed to act ⬩ not ready ⬩ not in a fit state for use ⬩ uncultivated ⬩ not ready, not prepared for attack
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.), ðonne mon ða earce beran scolde ut, cum portari arcam opportunitas exigit, portandi tarditas nulla generetur, Swt. 171, 23. of land, uncultivated : -- Gúðlác ðæs wídgillan wéstenes ða ungearawan stówe ðǽr gemétte, Guthl. 3; Gdwin. 20, 10. not ready
éhtan
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Placidas stód . . . and áblan his ǽhtan . . . 'Eálá Placida, hwí éhtest þú mín?', Hml. S. 30, 28-45. <b>II a.
wlitig
Beautiful ⬩ comely ⬩ fair ⬩ beauteous ⬩ glorious
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Sió wlitige stów (heaven), Met. 20, 279. Wlitig, wuldorfost, Exon. Th. 151, 2; Gú. 789: Cd. Th. 277, 33; Sat. 214. Him is engel mid, ne mæg him bryne sceþþan wlitigne wuldorhoman, Exon.
ge-neálǽcan
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Stód se Hǽlend and hét hine, lǽdan tó him. Þá hé geneálǽhte (geneólécde, L., geneálocade, R., appropinquasset) hé áhsude hine, Lk. 18, 40. with dative Mid ðý ꝥ fýr him geneálǽcte cum ignes cdpropinquassent, Bd. 3, 19; Sch. 279, 10.
lyft
Air ⬩ atmosphere ⬩ breeze ⬩ sky ⬩ heavens ⬩ cloud
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Se storm and seó stronge lyft the storm and the strong blast, Exon. 22 b; Th. 61, 28; Cri. 991. Seó hǽwene lyft the azure air, Cd. 166; Th. 207, 33; Exod. 476. Ðeós lyft scínþ unwederlíce rutilat triste cælum, Mt. Kmbl. 16, 3. Lyft nubes, aer, Hpt.
swincan
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Ð ám wífum ðe æfter beorþre on sumum stówum swincen, Lchdm. i. 344, 2. [Cf. Ðonne se ufera dǽl ðæs líchoman on ǽnigum sáre oððe on earfeþum geswince, 332, 9.] <b>II a.
feorm
provisions ⬩ stores ⬩ a feast ⬩ an entertainment ⬩ entertainment
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D. i. 312, 5-18. dead stock in contrast with live stock: Þú sweltan scealt mid feó and mid feorme morte morieris tu et omnia quae tua sunt (Gen. 20, 7), Gen. 2659.
þurfan
To need ⬩ to be in need ⬩ have need of something ⬩ to need to do something ⬩ to be bound to do something because it is right ⬩ to be obliged ⬩ be compelled by destiny ⬩ to have good cause or reason for doing something ⬩ to be use, to be good for a person to do something ⬩ to owe
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Hé ne ðearf ná faran fram stówe tó stówe, Homl. Th. i. 158, 4. Hwæt ðurfon (þurfe, Bod. MS.) wé nú má sprecan? Bt. 24, 4; Fox 86, 22. Hí witan, hwǽr hí eáfiscas sécan þurfan ( where they must seek them, if they are to find them ), Met. 19, 25.
cæg-loca
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We may therefore, perhaps, render the terms in the quotation above, ' locked up in her store-room, her chest, and her cupboard,' L. Th. i. 418, note b
EALD
old, ancient ⬩ vĕtus, ætāte provectus, priscus, antīquus
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Ða ealdan race the old story, 28a; Th. 85, 26; Cri. 1397.
Linked entries: ald eald-spræc
gelíce
Likewise ⬩ also ⬩ as ⬩ pariter
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Ðon gelícost ðe ðær sum mon gestóde just as if a man had stood there, Blickl. Homl. 203, 35. Emne ðon gelícost ðe he ne cúðe just as if he didn't know, Cd. 92; Th. 116, 28; Gen. 1943. Efne ðæm gelícost swylce just as if, Blickl. Homl. 221, 14
ge-friþian
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Th. i. 420, 26. to shelter a place from weather On gefriþedum (opacis) stówum.
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ge-metlíce
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Cf. ge-metgian ; III Nǽron nó swá gewislíce, ne swá endebyrdlíce, ne swá gemetlíce hiora stede and hiora ryne funden on hiora stówum and on hiora tídum non tam certus naturae ordo pro-cederel, nec tam dispositos motus, locis, temporibus explicaret, Bt
for-gifan
to give ⬩ grant ⬩ supply ⬩ permit ⬩ give up ⬩ leave off ⬩ dăre ⬩ dōnāre ⬩ præbēre ⬩ indulgēre ⬩ dēdĕre ⬩ relinquĕre ⬩ FORGIVE ⬩ remit ⬩ remittĕre ⬩ dimittĕre ⬩ condōnāre
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Hlyst ýst forgeaf the storm left of being heard [hearing ], Andr. Kmbl. 3171; An. 1588. to FORGIVE, remit; remittĕre, dimittĕre, condōnāre Eádige beóþ ða, ðe him beóþ heora unrihtwísnesse forgifene beāti, quorum remissæ sunt inīquĭtātes, Ps.
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læc
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With the reading hrǽs for hrær the passage might be translated 'first of all sank down Garulf ... around him moved many a stout man weak or wounded in body: the raven wheeled round swart and dusky.'
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hwettan
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. ¶ hwete stán a stone used for whetting (?) :-- Tó hwettan stánes wylle; of hwættan stánes wylle, C. D. iii. 430, II. to make a person keen (hwæt), incite, excite, egg on. absolute Swá þín sefa hwette, B. 490. with acc.