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ge-ner

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Gif. . . hí manna ǽnig on genere heólde, 50.

gehlot-land

(n.)
Grammar
gehlot-land, es; n.

Land appointed by lot ⬩ an inheritance ⬩ terra sorte assignāta ⬩ possessio

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Land appointed by lot, an inheritance; terra sorte assignāta, possessio Híg hine bebirigdon on his gehlotland sepĕliērunt eum in fīnĭbus possessiōnis suæ, Jos. 24, 30

æt-déman

(v.)
Grammar
æt-déman, to give judgement adverse to a claimant (dat.)
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Ðá ætdémdon him Myrcna witan land búton hé his wer águlde, Cht. Th. 207, 32. Cf. æt-reccan

georn-lic

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Add: earnest Hwæþere for his geornlicum bénum ꝥ hé him fultum sóhte ne tamen obnixe petenti nil ferret auxilii, Bd. 3, 7; Sch. 218, 5

-synto

(suffix)
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Safety, salvation Hié him nǽnigra synto (gesynta, v. l.) wéndon, Bd. 3, 15; Sch. 263, 16

wæl

Grammar
wæl, <b>;
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</b> add Him þá geþúhte swelc þæt mǽste wæl swelc hié oft ǽr for nóht hæfdon, Ors. 4, 7; S. 184, 14

ge-scrífan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scrífan, p. -scráf, -screáf; pp. -scrifen.

to judge, deem, assign, impose, appoint ⬩ judicare, assignare, imponere, designare ⬩ to shrive, impose penance, censure ⬩ pœnitentiam imponere, reprehendere

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to judge, deem, assign, impose, appoint; judicare, assignare, imponere, designare Se ðe him gescráf weán who to him had assigned misery, Cd. 148; Th. 186, 16; Exod. 139. Swá him wyrd gescráf so fate assigned to him, Beo. Th. 5142; B. 2574: Elen.

Linked entry: ge-scrif

dulmúnus

(n.)
Grammar
dulmúnus, gen. pl. dulmúna; m. The war-ship of the Greeks, which king Alfred assures us would hold a thousand men; longa nāvis. These ships were the μακρὰ πλοῖα or νῆες μακραί, generally called in Greek ὁ δρόμων, ωνος, m. the light war-vessel of the Greeks. They were the longæ nāves the long war-ships of the Romans, which had often more than fifty rowers. The Romans called their vessel drŏmo, ōnis, defining it as a fast rowing vessel, evidently deriving their word from the Greek δρόμων, Cod. Just. 1, 27, 1, § 8; Cassiod. Var. 5, 17, init. where it is described as 'trĭrēme vehĭcŭlum rēmōrum tantum nŭmĕrum prōdens, sed hŏmĭnum făcies dīlĭgenter abscondens.' Some suppose that Alfred derived his word dulmúnus from the Icel. drómundr, m. which Egilsson, in his Lexĭcon Poëtĭcum, Hafniæ, 8vo. 1860, explains 'nāves grandior, cūjus gĕnĕris tantum extra regiōnes septemtrionāles, ut in mări mediterrāneo, mentio fit,' S.E. i. 582, 3, Orkn. 82, 1, 3. Vigfusson, in his Icelandic-English Dictionary, 4to. Oxford, 1869-1874, in drómundr gives only the Latin and Greek, and O. H. Ger. drahemond as cognates. What Orosius, calls longas nāves, Alfred translates dulmúnus in Anglo-Saxon. As we read in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle of A.D. 897; Th. i. 174, 4, Hét Ælfréd cyng timþrian lang-scipu ongén ða æscas king Alfred commanded to build long-ships against-, those ships, v. ÆSC IV.-Alfred, in his translation of Orosius, says
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Ǽr he [Ercol] ongan mid Creáca scypum, ðe mon dulmúnus hǽt, ðe man segþ ðæt in scip mǽge in þúsend manna before he [Hercules] began with Grecian ships, which are called dulmunus, of which it is said that one ship can hold a thousand men, Ors. 1, 10; Bos

tó-beátan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-beátan, p. -beót

To beat to pieces, ⬩ destroy by beating

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Ure men hí tobetet they knock our men about, Laym. 3308. Me tobeot his cheoken, A. R. 106, 24. Euer euch man me tobeteþ, and hwanne heo habbeþ me ofslaȝe, O. and N. 1610

a-secgan

(v.)
Grammar
a-secgan, -sæcgan; p. -sægde, -sǽde; pp. -sægd, -sǽd [a out, secgan to say]

To speak out ⬩ declare ⬩ express ⬩ tell ⬩ say ⬩ relate ⬩ explain ⬩ announce ⬩ proclaim ⬩ edicere ⬩ effari ⬩ exprimere ⬩ referre ⬩ enarrare ⬩ annunciare

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Hím engel Godes eall asægde God's angel told him all, Cd. 179; Th. 225, 19; Dan. 156. Ðá asǽdon his geféran then said his companions, Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 86, 33. Óþ ðæt ic asecge donec annunciem, Ps. Th. 70, 17

Linked entries: a-sæcgan a-sǽd a-sǽdon

dýgan

(v.)
Grammar
dýgan, p. dýgde; pp. dýged [dugan vălēre]

To do good, benefit ⬩ prodesse, vălēre

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To do good, benefit; prodesse, vălēre Ic secge ðæt sió fórespræc nedýge náuðer ne ðam scyldigan, ne ðam ðe him fore þingaþ I say that the defence does no good either to the guilty or to him who pleads for him, Bt. 38; 7; Fox 210, 6.

Linked entry: ge-dígan

ge-andwyrdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-andwyrdan, -andwerdan; p. -andwyrde ; pp. -andwyrded, -andwyrd

To answer ⬩ respondēre

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To answer; respondēre Ne mihton hig agén ðis him geandwyrdan non pŏtĕrant ad hæc respondēre illi, Lk. Bos. 14, 6 : Bt. 41, 2; Fox. 244, 23. Geandwyrde [geandwerde MS.

Linked entry: and-wyrdan

dæg-wist

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-wist, e; f.
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Him syððan sig dægwistes (wegnestes, v. l. ) getíðod, gif hig þæs gewilnion, and swá hám gecyrran, R. Ben. 102, 22. Cf. dæg-mete

dylsta

(n.)
Grammar
dylsta, pl. dylstan

Matter, corruption, mucus ⬩ tabum, mucus

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Matter, corruption, mucus; tabum, mucus Fleó ða mettas ða ðe him dylsta on innan wyrcen let him avoid the meats which may work mucus in his inside, L. M. 2, 29; Lchdm. ii. 226, 10. Ðǽr dylstan on synd whereon the mucus is, 1, 31; Lchdm. ii. 72, 20

bod-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
bod-scipe, es; m.

A message, an embassy, a commandment ⬩ nuntium, mandatum

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[bod a command, scipe] A message, an embassy, a commandment; nuntium, mandatum Swá ic him ðisne bodscipe secge when I tell him this message, Cd. 27; Th. 35, 10; Gen. 552.

hand-þegen

(n.)
Grammar
hand-þegen, es; m.

An attendant, one of a retinue, servant

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Willfriþ his preóst and his hond-þeng Wilfrid his priest and attendant; clericus illius, Bd. 5, 19; S. 638, 27: Cd. 224; Th. 295, 12; Sat. 485

ge-streón

(n.)
Grammar
ge-streón, -strión, es; n.

Gain ⬩ product ⬩ emolument ⬩ wealth ⬩ riches ⬩ treasure ⬩ usury ⬩ business ⬩ merces ⬩ mercātus ⬩ quæstus ⬩ lucrum ⬩ ēmŏlŭmentum ⬩ ŏpes ⬩ thesaurus ⬩ ūsūra ⬩ nēgōtium

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Ðæt he æfter him to eallum his gestreónum fénge that he should take all his riches after him, Ors. 5, 13; Bos. 112, 32. Æfter filiende gestreón sĕcūtūra ēmŏlŭmenta, Mone B. 623.

Linked entries: streón ge-strión

be-niman

(v.)
Grammar
be-niman, bi-niman; p. -nam, pl. -námon; pp. -numen [be, niman to take]

To deprive ⬩ bereave ⬩ privare

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To deprive, bereave; privare Sceolde hine yldo beniman ellen-ðǽða age should deprive him of bold deeds Cd. 24; Th. 31, 12; Gen. 484. He hine his ríces benam eum regno privavit Bd. 3, 7; S. 529, 31.

Linked entries: bi-niman bi-nom

cranic

(n.)
Grammar
cranic, es; m.
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A chronicle Swá swá Hieronimus sǽde on his cranice, Hml. A. 79, 164. Man gesette on cranice ( mandatum est historiis et annalibus traditum ) ǽlc þǽra dǽda þe gedón wæs mid him on þæs cyninges belimpum, 95, 122.

girwan

Grammar
girwan, <b>gierwan, gerwan, gyrwan, gierian, gerian, gyrian</b>
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Cf. eárede fæt cratera, 24, 25) orcas (in crateras), Ex. 24, 6. to prepare oneself to do something Hió hié tó deáþe gerede, Ors. 5, 13; S. 246, 30. Hié giredon hié tó wíge, 3, 5; S. 106, 17. Hié hié tó gefeohte geredon, 4, 10; S. 202, 13.

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