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ge-niþerian

(v.)
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For ðǽm wlite ðínra cræfta ðú wurde úp áhæfen, and ðonan ðú wyrst geniððrad ex virtutum decore te elevas, ipsa tua pulchritudine impelleris, ut cadas, 463, 22. Éghuelc sé ðe hine áhebbað gehniðrad bið ( humiliabitur ), Lk.

Linked entry: niþerian

hungor

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Æfter þǽm wearð se mǽsta hunger siccitas fuit, uí praesentis tunc fufnrique anni spem gignendis terrae fructibus abnegarit, Ors. 2, 6; S. 88. 17. Hié þæs hungres ne mehte hié gerestan fames Urbem corripuit, 2, 4; S. 70, 9.

reord

(n.)
Grammar
reord, e: ;f, :; es; ;n.;

Speech, tongue, language, voice;

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; Speech, tongue, language, voice; Reord ðín ðæc gecýðeþ ;loquela tua manifestum to facit,; Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 26, 73. Reord wæs eorþbúendum án gemǽne ' ;and the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech,; ' Cd. Th. 98, 25; Gen. 1635.

Linked entry: ge-reord

wel-dǽd

(n.)
Grammar
wel-dǽd, e; f.

a good deed ⬩ a benefit ⬩ favour ⬩ kindness ⬩ an office ⬩ service

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Wé ðínum weldǽdum wurdan áhafene in beneplacito tuo exaltabitur cornu nostrum Ps. Th. 88, 14. Nele God ús witnian for his weldǽdum, oððe his milde mód mannum áfyrran 76, 7. Weldǽda wítes merita (beneficia) martyrii Hpt. Gl. 489, 50.

gildan

(v.)
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gildan, geldan, gieldan, gyldan, ic gilde, gielde, gylde, ðú giltst, gieltst, gyltst, gilst, he gildeþ, gilt, gielt, gylt, pl. gildaþ; p. geald, pl. guldon; pp. golden; v.

To yield ⬩ pay ⬩ restore ⬩ requite ⬩ give ⬩ render ⬩ make an offering ⬩ serve ⬩ worship ⬩ reddere ⬩ solvere ⬩ tribuere ⬩ retribuere ⬩ rependere ⬩ restituere ⬩ service ⬩ colere

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Gild ðínum esne góde dǽde retribue servo tuo, Ps. Th. 118, 17. Heaðo-rǽsas geald mearum and mádmum requited war-attacks with horses and treasures, Beo. Th. 2099; B. 1047.

þorp

(n.)
Grammar
þorp, þrop, es; m.

an assemblage ⬩ the assemblage of workers on an estate ⬩ the estate on which they worked ⬩ hamlet ⬩ village

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Skáldskaparmál; þyrpast to crowd, throng: þyrping a crowd: later the word may have been used of the assemblage of workers on an estate, and also of the estate on which they worked; all three ideas seem to be implied in one or other of the following glosses Tuun

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a-fón

(v.)
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a-fón, p. -féng, pl. -féngon; pp. -fangen, -fongen

To receive ⬩ take ⬩ take up ⬩ hold up ⬩ support ⬩ seize ⬩ lay hold of ⬩ suscipere ⬩ assumere ⬩ corripere ⬩ occupare ⬩ tradere

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To receive, take, take up, hold up, support, seize, lay hold of; suscipere, assumere, corripere, occupare, tradere We aféngon mildheortnysse ðíne on midle temple suscepimus misericordiam tuam in media templi, Ps. Spl. 47, 8: 118,116.

a-sendan

(v.)
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a-sendan, ic -sende, ðú -sendest, -sendst, -senst, he -sent, -sendeþ, pl. -sendaþ; p. -sende; pp. -sended, -send

To send forth ⬩ send out ⬩ send ⬩ emittere ⬩ mittere

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To send forth, send out, send; emittere, mittere Asend gást ðínne and biþ gescapen emitte spiritum tuum et creabuntur, Ps. Spl. 103, 31. Ðonne ðú of líce aldor asendest when thou sendest forth life from thy body, Cd. 134; Th. 168, 29; Gen. 2790.

Linked entries: a-sændan sendan

miltestre

(n.)
Grammar
miltestre, an; f.

A harlot

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Ne lǽt ðú ðíne dohtor beón myltestre me prostituas filiam tuam, Lev. 19, 29. Beclypte seó myltestre ðæt clǽne mǽden, Homl. Skt. 2, 169: 7, 178. Cómon tó ánre miltistran húse ingressi sunt domum mulieris meretrices, Jos. 2, 1.

ge-hyrtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hyrtan, p. -hyrte; pp. -hyrted, -hyrt [hyrtan to hearten, encourage; heorte the heart]

To encourage ⬩ animate ⬩ refresh ⬩ confortare ⬩ animare ⬩ refrigerare

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Ðæt ðínre wylne sunu sý gehyrt that the son of thy slave may be refreshed; ut refrigeretur filins ancillæ tuæ, Ex. 23, 12. Drihten us gehyrte the Lord encouraged us, Homl. Th. ii. 538, 12. Mín werod gehyrted wæs my army was encouraged, Nar. 8, 17.

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geond-féran

(v.)
Grammar
geond-féran, p. -férde; pp. -féred [geond through, féran to go]

To go through, traverse ⬩ pertransīre, peragrāre

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Gewunede he swýðost ða stówe geondféran, and in ðám túnum godcunde láre bodian, ða ðe in heágum mórum and in hréðum feor gesette wǽron solēbat autem ea maxĭme lŏca peragrāre, illis prædĭcāre in vicŭlis, qui in arduis aspĕrisque montĭbus procul posĭti,

wringan

(v.)
Grammar
wringan, p. wrang, pl. wrungon; pp. wrungen

To wring ⬩ to twist ⬩ to squeeze out

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To wring, to twist Teóh him ða loccas, and wringe ða eáran, and ðone wangbeard twiccige, Lchdm. ii. 196, 13. to squeeze out moisture from something Ic nam ða wínberian and wrang on ðæt fæt tuli uvas et expressi in calicem, Gen. 40, 11.

Linked entry: a-wringan

ele-fæt

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Áfyll ðín elefæt ( imple cornu tuum oleo, 1 Sam. 16, 1), Hml. Th. ii. 64, 6. Hé hét áwurpan út þæt glæsene fæt mid ele mid ealle . . . hét eft áhebban þæt elefæt, 178, 31. Oelefæt full smirinise alabastrum ungenti, Lk. L. 7, 37. Add

orpung

(n.)
Grammar
orpung, e; f.

breathing, breath ⬩ a breathing-hole (? cf. preceding passage), a pore

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Of orþunga gástes graman ðínes ab inspiratione spiritus irae tuae, Ps. Spl. 17, 18. Nán mann ne nýten næfþ náne orþuage búton þurh ða lyfte, Lchdm. iii. 272, 22. Óþ ða nýhstan orþuncge until his latest breath, L. Ælf. E. 4; Th. ii. 392, 10.

þeóte

(n.)
Grammar
þeóte, an; f.

A pipe or channel through which water rushes

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Voc. ii. 76, 4,) (the passage glossed is the same) tubo, Hpt. G1. 418, 61. Þeótan organa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 64, 51: 97, 24. Þeótan, wæterþrúh cataractae, 13, 15. Ealle heofones þeótan wǽron mid wætere gefylde, Wulfst. 206, 17.

sǽd-berende

(adj.)
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sǽd-berende, In a legend of the Holy Cross Seth is represented as bringing seeds from Paradise, whither he had been sent by Adam: Seth, ita edoctus ab angelo cum uellet discedere, dedit ei angelus tria grana pomi illius, de quo manducauerat pater eius dicens ei: 'Infra triduum cum ad patrem tuum redieris ipse exspirabit. Haec tria grana infra eius linguam pones, &c.' If the poet of the Genesis knew such a legend it might have suggested the epithet he applied to Seth. v. Mod. Lang. Rev. vi. 200. See, too, C. M. 1365
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His leue Seth toke of cherubyn, and þre curnels he ȝaf to hym whiche of ꝥ tre he nam ꝥ his fadir eet of Adam

þearfa

(adj.)
Grammar
þearfa, adj.

destitute of, ⬩ needing ⬩ a needy, ⬩ poor person

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., and sié ðæt feoh gedǽled ðǽm þearfum, ðe on ða[m] tún[e] synd, L. Ath. prm.; Th. i. 198, 12. Gif feohbót áríseþ, ðæt gebyreþ rihtlíce ... tó þearfena hyððe, L. Eth. vi. 51 ; Th. i. 328, 6

Linked entries: EARM þorfa

DUGAN

(v.)
Grammar
DUGAN, part. dugende; ic, he deah, deag; ðú duge, pl. dugon; p. dohte, pl. dohton

To avail, to be of use, able, fit, strong, vigorous, good, virtuous, honest, bountiful, kind, liberal ⬩ valēre, prōdesse, frūgi ease, bŏnum esse, munĭfĭcum, vel libĕrālem se præbēre

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Ger. tugen, touc,   tohte, O. H. Ger. tugan, touc, tugun, 3rd pers. pl. tohta, Goth. dugan, dáug, dugum, daúhta.]

Linked entry: dugunde

geóguþ

Grammar
geóguþ, l. geoguþ,
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Ðínre giogeðe adulescentiae tuę, Kent. Gl. 109. Ðǽre scame ðe ðú on iuguðe worhte confusionis adolescentiae tuae, Past. 207, 11. On geoguðe his earfoðsíð forspildan, on yldo eft eádig weorðan, Vy. 58: Wand. 35. On ælde ł on giogeðe, Ps. C. 142.

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hweorfan

(v.)
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83, 74. (1 a) fig. of non-material objects :-- Mín hyge hweorfeð ofer hreðer locan, mín módsefa. . . hweorfeð wíde, Seef. 58-60. where the point to or from which motion is directed is marked. of living creatures Hwiðer hweorfað wé ( whither shall we turn