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mete-leást

(n.)
Grammar
mete-leást, -liést, -lǽst, -lést, -líst, e; f.

Want of food

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For meteliéste heora líf álǽtan, Ors. 3, 8; Swt. 120, 30. Metelǽste inedia, Hpt. Gl. 480, 34. Meteléste, 497, 31. Meteleáste cibi inopia, 517, 66. Murnende mód nales metelíste, Exon. 101 a; Th. 380, 29; Rä. 15. For meteleáste méðe, Andr.

ge-earnung

(n.)
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ge-earnung, e; f.

Earningdesertmeritmeritum

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Earning, desert, merit; meritum For heora lífes geearnunge for their life's earning [desert]; præ merito virtutum, Bd. 3, 8; S. 531, 23.

Linked entries: earwunga ge-arnung

ge-forþian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-forþian, p. -forþode; pp. forþod

To carry outperformaccomplishfurtherpromote

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To carry out, perform, accomplish, further, promote His feónd ne mihten ná geforþian heora fare his enemies could not carry out their expedition, Chr. 1085; Erl. 218, 14.

sibling

(n.)
Grammar
sibling, es; m.
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Ofsleáþ ðás ealdras, ðonne beóþ heora siblingas tó heófunge geneádode, Homl. Th. i. 88, 1. Fæder and móder and flǽsclíce siblingas, 398, 8. Úre frýnd geseón and úre siblingas gegrétan, ii. 526, 33.

weorold-wísdóm

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-wísdóm, es; m.
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Ungetogene menn geceás Drihten him tó leorningcnihtum, and hí swá geteáh, ðæt heora lár oferstáh ealne woruldwisdóm, 576, 30. Ða seofon cræftas on ðám beóþ geméted ealle weoruldwýsdómas, Shrn. 152, 12

be-warian

(v.)

to guardprotect

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Heorda bewarian and bewerian, Ll. Th. i. 374, 29: Wlfst. 191, 15

Linked entry: be-warenian

cyne-helm

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Ꝥ Vashti cóme tó him mid hire cynehelme, swá swá heora seodu wæs ꝥ seó cwén werode cynehelm on heáfode, Hml. A. 93, 37. Þriwa hé bær his cynehelm ǽlce geáre, Chr. 1086; P. 219, 32. Ðone écean cynehelm underfón, Hml. S. 23, 209. Cinehelm coronam, R.

déma

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Mid him ( Judas ) byrnan sceolan þá þe heora sylfra sáula forhycggaþ for feós lufan . . . Hí habbaþ démena naman and sceaþena dǽda. . . . þonne hié for feós lufan earmne fordémaþ búton scylde, Bl. H. 63, 9. Add

fleax

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Hé hét bewindan heora handa and fét mid gesmyredum flexe, and fýr under bétan, Hml. S. 4, 393. Add

for-hergian

(v.)
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Add: of action by persons, to lay waste a country, carry captive people Æfter þǽm þe hé Egyptum forhergede, hé gefór siþþan on Judana lond and hiera fela forhergeade; siþþan on Ircaniam hé heora fela gesette post transactum in Aegypto bellum plurimos

ge-þeówian

(v.)
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Wæs se ðeódscipe ( the Jews ) geðeówod under heora feónda gewealde, Wlfst, 14, 8. Man freóge on ǽlcum túnæ ælne (ǽlcne ?) wítæþæównæ mann ðæ undær hiræ geðeówuð wæs, C. D. iii. 360, 7

tó-weard

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tó-weard, <b>I b.</b>
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Add Þá wǽron Seaxan sécende intingan and tó-weardne (an occasion, and one in the immediate future) heora gedáles wið Bryttas quaerentes occasionem diuortii, Bd. 1. 15; Sch. 42, 26. 1 a a. without inflexion Leoniþa sǽde þæt þá tída þá yfele wǽron and

wácness

(n.)
Grammar
wácness, e; f.

Meanness of conditionmean estatevilitas,

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Hí bǽdon, ðæt ða gymstánas (gems which had been pebbles before a miraculous change) áwendon tó heora wácnysse, i. 68, 19

Linked entry: wænys

wadung

(n.)
Grammar
wadung, e; f.

Goingtravelling

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Cf. also: Sind manega mid swá miclum gedwylde befangene, ðæt hí cépaþ be ðam mónan heora fær, Homl. Th. i. 100, 23) Homl. Skt. i. 17, 102

wípian

(v.)
Grammar
wípian, p. ode

To wipe

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Wætercláðas ðe hý heora handa and fét mid wípedan, R. Ben. 59, 8. Lege on hunig ðreó niht, nim þonne and wípa ðæt hunig of, Lchdm. iii. 4, 20

ge-ǽbiligan

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Hé ðám fæderum bebeád þæt hí heora bearn ne geǽbiligdon (patres, nolite adiracundiam provocare filios vestros, Eph. 6, 4), ii. 324, 26. Byð geǽbylged indignabitur . Bl. Gl. : Ps. L. 102, 9.

tow-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
tow-cræft, es; m.

Skill in weaving or spinning

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Skill in weaving or spinning Heó (the Virgin Mary) weóx and wearð fulfremed on gódra mægna heányssum, and heó ðá sóna gódum towcræftum onféng, swýðor ðonne ǽnig ðara ðe heora bearn wǽron...

Linked entry: tow-hús

be-ceápian

(v.)

to sellto buypurchase

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Hí mid heora feore þæt heofenlice ríce beceápodon, 476, 15. Ne beceápige hé mid his sáwle ðæs líchaman gesundfulnysse, 474, 26. Hæfde Zacheus beceápod heofonan ríce mid healfum dǽle his ǽhta, 582, 7

BÆC

(n.)
Grammar
BÆC, g. bæces; pl. nom. acc. bacu, bæc; g. baca; d. bacum; n. A

BACKdorsumtergum

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Ðá wendon hí me heora bæc to then turned they their backs to me, Bt. 2; Fox 4, 13. Hí me towendon heora bacu they turned their backs on me, Bt. Met. Fox 2, 29; Met. 2, 15.

þegnung-mann

(n.)
Grammar
þegnung-mann, (þéning-, þénig-), es; m.
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in a general sense, a serving-man, attendant Wæs amang ðám Malchus heora ðénigmann, and ða eáðelícan þénunga ðe hé ðider bróhte heom geornlíce þénode, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 239.