ge-bycgan
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Ic nelle, ac ic wylle heora cýpan hér luflicor þonne ic gebicge (emi) þǽr, Coll. M. 27, 15-19. ꝥte hiá gebohte ut negotiarentur, Lk. p. 10, 1. of payment by the husband before marriage Gif mon wíf gebycgge, and sió gyft forð ne cume, Ll.
magan
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. ¶ magan wiþ. dat. or uncertain Ǽlc wiht mæg bet wyð cyle þonne wið hǽte omnia pene animantia patientius et tolerabilius ad summum frigoris quam ad summum caloris accedant, Ors. i. i; S. 24, 29.
mótan
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Unðeáwas ðe hé ǽr ne cúðe wunnon him ðá on and on his cynne syððan, swá þæt hí móston mid micclum geswince ðá gódan ðeáwas healdan, gif hý hí habban woldon, Hex. 26, 5.
on-gitan
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Swá ðæt se seóca ðone stenc ne ongite, Lchdm. i. 304, 23. to feel, be of opinion, judge Ðeáh ðe be ðyssum willan misenlíce cynn monna missenlíce ongite quamvis de hac re diversae hominum nationes diversa sentiant, Bd. 1, 27 ; S. 495, 14. to know, hear
up
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Syþþan up cymð deófles costnung orta tribulationi, Mk. Skt. 4, 17. Se wæs up cymen in Palestina mǽgðe he was a native of Palestine, Shrn. 141, 6. Ne hebbe gé tó up eówre hornas, Past. 54; Swt. 425, 22.
Linked entries: a-hefednes up-ness upp
geond
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(bb) among a people :-- Þám snoterestum geond Iudéas, El. 278. within a space Þá cynn þe flód wecceð geond hronráde, Gen. 205. (cc) a room, hall, &c. :-- Ealle geond windsele, Sat. 386.
sweord
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Beowulf lays aside his 'hyrsted sweord, írena cyst,' Beo. Th. 1349; B. 672: he gives a sword 'bunden golde,' 3805; B. 1901: his own sword is 'fáh and fǽted,' 5395; B. 2700. Byrhtnoth's sword is 'fealohilte,' Byrht.
Linked entry: swyrd
LǼDAN
TO LEAD ⬩ conduct ⬩ take ⬩ carry ⬩ bring ⬩ bring forth ⬩ produce
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Ic wille ácwellan cynna gehwylc ðara ðe lyft and flód lǽdaþ and fédaþ I will destroy every kind that air and water produce and nourish, Cd. 65; Th. 78, 25; Gen. 1298.
Linked entry: be-lǽdan
ge-sécan
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Ne geséce nán man þone cyng for nánre sprǽce, Ll. Th. i. 266, 9.
hé
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Wá þám menn þe swicðóm þurh hyne cymð vae homini per quem scandalum venit, Mt. 18, 7. with sé. v. sé; 2 a. the genitive as possessive. the pronoun as in . with noun, (α α) alone Þú nemst hys naman (noma is, L.) Hǽlend, Mt. 1. 21.
leásung
fiction ⬩ falsehood ⬩ falseness ⬩ hypocrisy ⬩ deception ⬩ deceitfulness ⬩ artice
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leásunga teó ðæt ðú ðíne cysts cýðe revenge thyself in moderation, lest the charge be falsely made, that thou display thy virtues, Prov. Kmbl. 46. Leásunga frivola, Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 55. Leásunga factiones, Hpt. Gl. 472, 3.
Linked entry: bisleásung
ge-þingian
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Add: to try to get favourable terms for a person, intercede, mediate. absolute Gehwylces mannes dǽda clypiað tó Gode and gewrégað oþþe geþingiað, Scrd. 20, 38. to intercede for a person Gif hwelc monn cymð, and bitt úrne hwelcne ðæt wé hine lǽden tó
ge-flít
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Gefeoht þe of geflite cymð betwux ceastergewarum bellum ciuile Hml. S. 25, 711. a dispute, contest, difference, in an unfavourable sense Geflit tumultus, Mt. L. 27, 24.
hláford
a ruler ⬩ sovereign ⬩ governor ⬩ captain ⬩ a master ⬩ a major-domo ⬩ an owner ⬩ a proprietor ⬩ a husband ⬩ the husband ⬩ a ruler ⬩ lord
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Eádgyð seó hlǽfdie forðférde, seó wæs Eádwardes cynges geresta ... and se cyngc ... leide heó wið Eádwearde cynge hire hláforde, Chr. 1076; P. 212, 22. Þæt wíf sceal hire ealdore (hláforde, v.l.) hiéran, Ll.
of-gán
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Mid ðám tintregum hé wolde his ǽhta æt him ofgán, ii. 180, 18. to require what is not one's due but is granted as a favour or for a fair equivalent, to obtain, hold by allowance of another:-His bróðer wearþ his yrfenuma swá swáhé hit æt ðam cynge
Linked entry: of-eode
ge-writ
Something written ⬩ writing ⬩ scripture ⬩ inscription ⬩ a writing ⬩ letter ⬩ treatise ⬩ writ ⬩ charter ⬩ book
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Awrítaþ eówre naman on gewrite ðonne asænde ic ða gewrita mínre dóhtor ... se cyngc nam ða gewrita and geinseglode hí write your names in a letter, then I will send the letters to my daughter ... The king took the letters and sealed them, Th.
þrág
a time ⬩ season ⬩ time
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Ǽr ðam seó þráh cyme, ðæt hé ðec áworpe of woruldríce, Cd. Th. 252, 34; Dan. 588. Nis seó þráh micel, ðæt hí ðé swencan móton, Andr. Kmbl. 214; An. 107. Ða æfterwritenan lǽcedómas ne sculon on áne þráge tó lange beón tó gedóne, Lchdm. ii. 186, 12.
Linked entry: wód-þrág
hyldu
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His mæg Eádgár hé þǽr on þæs cynges Willelmes heldan tó cynge gesette, 1097; P. 234, 15. (2 b) devotion to the service of a lord :-- Hire hyrdeman ðurh holdrǽdene sume ác ástáh, and his orf lǽswode . . . and hé hearde feóll, gewát of worulde tó Gode for
habban
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Hæfde se cyng his hired set Gieáweceastre, Chr. 1094 ; P. 228, 30. Hæfde se cyng mycel geþeaht, 1085 ; P. 216, 15. Hæfde Eádwerd cing witenagemót, 1050; P. 171, 36. Þe arceb and gehádode men hæfden sinoit þreó dagas, 1085; P. 216, 12.
ge-hátan
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Abrahame wæs geháten Cristes cyme, Ors. 6, 1; S. 252, 30. with clause Hé gehét þæt hý ealdrihta ǽlces mósten wyrðe gewunigon, Met. 1, 35.