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ge-limplíce

(adv.)
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Substitute: in a physical sense, fitly, so as to fit Hí gemétton áne mǽre þrúh . . . and ꝥ hlyd ðǽrtó gelimplíce geféged, Hml.

wefan

(v.)
Grammar
wefan, p. , pl. ; pp.

to weave a web ⬩ to weave, construct, put together, arrange, plan, contrive

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Ðonne seó þrág cymeþ wefen wyrdstafum, Exon. Th. 183, 10; Gú. 1325

GYRD

(n.)
Grammar
GYRD, gird, gerd, e; f.

A staff ⬩ rod ⬩ twig ⬩ a yard ⬩ the fourth part of a hide ⬩ virga ⬩ virgata

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Fiórþe half gird three yards and a half, Lchdm. iii. 362, col. 2. Landes sumne dǽl ðæt is án gyrd a certain portion of land, that is the fourth part of a hide, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 260, 32: 263, 7.

Linked entries: geard gird

ofer-hírness

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-hírness, e; f.

Disobedience, disregard, neglect, contempt ⬩ disregard, disobedience

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Gif hwá gemót forsitte þríwa, gilde ðæs cynges oferhýrnesse . . . Gif hé nylle ða oferhýrnesse syllan, ðonne rídan ða yldestan men . . . Gif hwá nylle rídan mid his geféran, gilde cynges oferhýrnesse, L. Ath. i. 20; Th. i. 208, 26-210, 1.

Eádweard

(n.)
Grammar
Eádweard, -ward, es; m. [eád happy, weard ward, guardian] .

Edward the Elder, the eldest son of Alfred the Great. Edward was king of Wessex for twenty-four years, from A. D. 901-925 ⬩ Edward the Martyr, son of Edgar. Edward was king of Wessex, Mercia, and Northumbria, for three years, from A. D. 975-978 ⬩ Edward the Confessor, son of Æthelred. Edward was king of England for twenty-four years, from A. D. 1042-1066

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Edward was king of Wessex, Mercia, and Northumbria, for three years, from A. D. 975-978 Hér, A. D. 975, Eádweard, Eádgáres sunu, féng to ríce here Edward, Edgar's son, succeeded to the kingdom, Chr. 975; Th. 227, 37, col. 1. Hér, A.

cídan

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Wið ðone tó cídanne ðe yfel déð si male acta corriperent, Past. 355, 22. absolute Þreá and wítna and hálsa and cíd ( increpa ), R. Ben. 13, 9. Cíd mid wordum, Hml. A. 12, 307.

full

(adv.)

having no space empty ⬩ containing abundance of. ⬩ abounding in ⬩ abundantly characterized by ⬩ full of food ⬩ complete ⬩ perfect ⬩ whole ⬩ entitled to all the privileges implied by a designation ⬩ complete ⬩ whole ⬩ entire ⬩ completed

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Heó þrím wucum fullum ( tribus septimanis ) ne mihte úte cuman, Bd. 5, 4; Sch. 567, 15. Hé besætt þone castel fulle six wucan, Chr. 1087; P. 224, 12.

Linked entry: ful-lic

GEÁTAS

(n.)
Grammar
GEÁTAS, Iótas, Iútas, Eótenas

the Jutes ⬩ Jutæ ⬩ GAUTS ⬩ Gauti in Suecia ⬩ Γαυτοί,

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From the Ynglinga-Saga, c. 5, we learn that before the time of Skiold, the seat of the Danish kings was in Reitgothland = Jutland, but Skiold transferred it to Lethra in Seeland, of which he was the founder Cómon hí of þrím folcum ðám strangestan Germanie

ge-hǽlan

(prep.)
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Wǽron gehǽlede þrý fótádlige men þurh þone cýðere, Hml. Th. ii. 26, 19. (a α) to heal from, cure of a disease (prep. or gen. ) :-- Hé sumne mann gehǽlde fram þám micclan fótádle, Hml. S. 24, 162.

síþ-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
síþ-fæt, es; in sing. generally masc., in pl. neut.

a journey ⬩ expedition ⬩ a path ⬩ course ⬩ way ⬩ road ⬩ a way ⬩ path ⬩ course ⬩ course of time

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Ðæt folc wearþ þrít mid ðam síþfæte taedere coepit populum itineris, Num. 21, 4. Ðú mé hafast on ðissum síþfæte sibbe gecýðed, Andr. Kmbl. 715; An. 358. Hé byþ on sýþfæte and gysthúses beþearf, L. E. I. 32; Th. ii. 430, 25.

Linked entry: fæt

reáfian

(v.)
Grammar
reáfian, p. ode.
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Helle weallas forbrecan, ðære burge þrym reáfian, Exon. Th. 461, 15; Hö. 36. to seize, take as a robber takes Reáfiaþ rapiunt, Kent. Gl. 4. Ic forþ ágef ða ðe ic ne reáfude ǽr quae non rapui tunc exolvebam, Ps. Th. 68, 5

gebyrd-tíd

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II a) :-- On ðám forman dæge his gebyrdtíde hé wearð æteówed þrým hyrdum, Hml. Th. i. 104, 30.

ildra

(n.)
Grammar
ildra, m.
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hunc referri in sepulchra majorum sepelirique praecepit, Ors. 3, 9; S. 128, 16. (2 a) of an animal :-- Seó leó gemonð þæs wildan gewunan hire eldrana, Bt. 25; F. 88, 13. ancestors, fathers of a people Úre ieldran þisne ymbhwyrft þises middangeardes on þreó

wer

(n.)
Grammar
wer, es; m.
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</b> in grammar, masculine gender :-- Participia belimpaþ tó þrým cynnum, tó were and tó wífe and tó náðrum cynne, Ælfc. Gr. 39; Zup. 243, 19

Linked entry: wíf

weorþ-full

(adj.)
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weorþ-full, adj.
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Hé wæs swýðe wurðful; þriwa hé bær his cynehelm ǽlce geáre, Chr. 1086; Erl. 221, 14-27. worthy, suitable, fitting Beón wurðful wunung ðæs Hálgan Gástes, Homl. Th. ii. 600, 17.

wód

(adj.)
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wód, adj.

Mad ⬩ raving ⬩ blasphemous ⬩ mad ⬩ raging ⬩ furious

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Sió wóde þrág ðære wrǽnnesse, Bt. 37, I; Fox 186, 18 : Met. 25, 41. [Laym. Orm. A. R. Ayenb. wod : Chauc. wood : Prompt. Parv. wood, coen : Goth. wóds: O. H. Ger. wuce: Icel. óðr.] Similar entries v. ellen-, tung-wód; wéde

þeód-cyning

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-cyning, es; m.

the king of a whole nation ⬩ a monarch, ⬩ an independent sovereign. ⬩ the king of all nations, ⬩ the monarch of the world ⬩ the Deity

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Wé Gár-Dena in geárdagum þeódcyninga þrym gefrunon, Beo. Th. 3; B. 2.

Linked entry: þeód-cwén

endleofan

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
endleofan, endlufon, endlyfun, inflected cases of endleof, endluf, endlyf [end = an one; unus; leof=lif, from lífan to leave; relinquĕre, Grm. ii. 947, or end = án one; lif ten; dĕcem; existing in Teutonic languages only in the words for 11 and 12; A. Sax. end-lif and twé-lf = twá-lf= twá-lif, Grm. Gsch. &sect;246] ELEVEN ; undĕcim = ἕνδεκα
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Ósréd ðæt rice hæfde endleofan wintra Osred held the kingdom for eleven years, Bd. 5, 18; S. 635, 20. Mid híra endlufon sunum cum undecim filiis, Gen. 32, 22. Endleofan steorran eleven stars, Gen. 37, 9: Chr. 71; Th. 13, 3, col. 3

Linked entries: ændlefen ellefne

HÁTAN

(v.)
Grammar
HÁTAN, ic háte, ðú hátest, hætsþ, hé háteþ, hát, hǽt, pl. hátaþ; p. héht, hét, pl. héhton, héton; pp. háten.

to bid, order, command ⬩ to promise, vow ⬩ to call, name, give a name to ⬩ to name, call, bid, command ⬩ to call, name, promise, vow ⬩ nominare, appellare, jubere, præcipere

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three come in before him, Blickl.

Linked entry: ge-hátan

ufan

(adv.)
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ufan, adv.

from above ⬩ down ⬩ above ⬩ at the top

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Th. 70, 13; Cri. 1138. marking position, above, at the top Synd ðǽr þrý porticas ... fægere ufan oferworhte and oferhrýfde.

Linked entries: ufan ufon on-ufan