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beald

(adj.)

boldconfidentboldimpudent

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Hé næs náht beald him tó tó gánne, Gr. D. 132, 13. Se bealda Hieu, Hml. S. 18, 359. Hí hæfden on bendum ǽnne bealdne ðeóf, Barraban (cf. ǽnne strangne þeófmann, insignem ) Mt. 27, 16, Hml. Th. ii. 252, 11.

hengen

(n.)
Grammar
hengen, e; f.

hanging that on which any one is hunga gibbetgallowscrossprisonconfinementdurance.

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B. hengene] and ðǽr gebíde óþ ðæt hé tó Godes ordále if a friendless man be so distressed that he have no surety, then let him submit to prison, and there abide, until he go to God's ordeal. Cf. L. H. 65, 5; Th. i. 568, 14, ponatur in hengen

Linked entry: heng-wíte

HERE

(n.)
Grammar
HERE, gen. heres, heriges, herges; m.

An army a hostmultitudea large predatory band

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Þeófas wé hátaþ óð vii men from vii. hlóþ óð xxxv siððan biþ here up to seven men we call thieves, from seven to thirty-five a gang, after that it is an army, L. In. 13; Th. i. 110, 14. [Cf. L. In. 15; Th. i. 112, 1, be herige; and L.

Linked entries: flot-herge hors-here

ge-búgan

(v.)
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Hé gebéh ... mid lande intó Sce Augustine, and ǽlce geáre gyld ... .i. pund tó geswutelunga ... and æfter his dæge gange þæt land intó Sce Augustine, C.D. ii. 300, 6.

ge-féran

(v.)
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Hit næs micel tó geféranne, 26, 3. to gain, attain Hé sige geférde on manegum gefeohtum, Hml.

leóht

Grammar
leóht, not heavy.
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offering difficulty to what is to be done to one Swá mycclum swá þæs mannes gecynd unmihtigre wæs, swá hit wæs leóhtre tó miltsunge homo quanto fragilior in natura, tanto facilior ad veniam, Angl. viii. 4, 36. easy to do Þá fét habbaþ þæs þe leóhtran gang

ge-néþan

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., praesumas ) ꝥ þú tó þám hálgan háde, Gr. D. 135, 9. Ꝥ gé ne genédon ꝥ gé þis húsl ðicgon, Ll. Lbmn. 415, 6.

ge-síþ

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Goth. ga-sinþjam, d. pl., O.Sax. te gisíðea (also te gisíða).] one who goes with another (v. síþ), a companion Swá swá hé wǽre gesið (comes) lícumlicre gegaderunge. Bd. 2, 9; Sch. 145, 9. <b>I a.

ge-wit

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wit, -witt, es; n.

witssenses[right] mindmindintellectknowledgeunderstandingconsciousness

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Se Hǽlend wódum monnum gewitt forgeaf the Saviour gave reason to the insane, Homl. Th. i. 480, 14: H. R. 105, 3: Andr. Kmbl. 69; An. 35: Bt. Met. Fox 26, 200; Met. 26, 100.

Linked entry: wit

duguþ

(n.)
Grammar
duguþ, dugoþ, e; f. [dugan vălēre] .

multitude, troops, army, people, men, attendants, the nobles, nobility, the heavenly hostcōpiæ, exercĭtus, pŏpŭlus, hŏmĭnes, comĭtātus, prŏcĕres, mīlĭtia cœlestismajesty, glory, magnificence, power, virtue, excellence, ornament majestas, magnificentia, potentia, virtus, dĕcus advantage, gain, good, happiness, prosperity, riches, blessings, salvation commŏdum, lucrum, bŏnum, prospĕrĭtas, divĭtiæ, ŏpes, sălusbenefit, gift benefĭcium, mūnus, dōnum that which is seemly, suitable, seemliness dĕcōrum

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He him duguþa blǽd forgeaf he gave them abundance of prosperity, 121; Th. 156, 2; Gen. 2582. On ðære dægtíde duguþe wǽron there were riches at that time, 80; Th. l00, 5; Gen. 1659.

ge-sécan

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(se tihtbysiga man) tó þám ordále. And gif se ágena frígea nelle ꝥ ordál gesécean, Ll. Th. i. 294, 19. (a β) of animals or moving things Nis nán tó þæs lytel ǽwelm ꝥ hé þá sǽ ne geséce, Bt. 24, l ; F. 80, 25.

sulh

(n.)
Grammar
sulh, suluh, sul[l]; gen. sule, but also sules; dat. sylg, sylh, syl; acc. sulh, sul; n. pl. sylh, syll; gen. sula; dat. sulum: a weak genitive seems also to occur in sylan scear;
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Sceóte man ælmessan.. swá æt heáfde peninc, swá æt sylh (one MS. has æt sulhgange. v. sulh-gang) peninc (cf. detur de omni caruca denarius vel denarium valens, et omnis, qui familiam habet, efficiat, ut omnis hirmannus suus det unum denarium, L.

þunor

(n.)
Grammar
þunor, (-ar, -er, -ur), es; m.

thundertonitrusfulmenJupitera thane of king Egbert of Kent

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Gang on Þunres-ǽfen (Wednesday evening), Lchdm. ii. 346, 10. It is found also in local names, e.g. Ðunres-feld. Ðunres-leáh, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 342.

DÓHTOR

(n.)
Grammar
DÓHTOR, dóhtur, dóhter; indecl. in sing. but the dat. déhter is found: pl. nom. acc. dóhtor, dóhtra, dóhtru, dóhter; gen. dóhtra; dat. instr. dóhtrum; f.
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Ðæm forgeaf Hréðel ángan dóhtor to whom Hrethel gave his only daughter, Beo. Th. 755; B. 375, Cynincga dóhtor regum fīliæ, Ps. Th. 44, 10. Fægnigan dóhtra exultent fīliæ, Ps. Spl. 47, 10: Ps. Th. 44, 14. Heora dóhtru eorum fīliæ, 143, 15.

lícham-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
lícham-, lícum-líc [cf. cognates under líc-hama]; adj.

Bodilycorporealmaterialcarnal

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Se hálega gást ástáh líchamlícre ansýne corporali specie, Lk. Skt. 3, 22. Wæs hé líchomlícre gebyrdo æþeles cynnes erat carnis origine nobilis, Bd. 2, 7; S. 509, 15. Lícumlícre gegaderunga copulæ carnalis, 2, 9; S. 511, 1.

geómrian

(v.)
Grammar
geómrian, geómerian, geómran; part. geómrigende, geómriende, geómerigende, geómrende; p. ode; pp. od [geómor sad, sorrowful]

To be sad, to sigh, groan, murmur, mourn, sorrow, lament, bewailgĕmĕre, murmŭrāre, ingĕmĕre, ingĕmiscĕre, lūgēre, quĕri

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Gáþ geómriende weras wíf samod men and women together go sorrowing, Andr. Kmbl. 3328; An. 1667: Bd. 1, 27; S. 497, 35: Gen. 42, 38: Mk. Bos. 5, 38: 8, 12. Geómerigende mourning, Boutr. Scrd. 20, 42.

un-þearf

(n.)
Grammar
un-þearf, e; f.

Disadvantagehurtharmdetriment

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Nú hæfð se yfela gást seofontealde ungifa, ðæt sýn unþearfa manegra manna, Wulfst. 52, 9

wís-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wís-líc, adj.

Wisediscreetprudentsagacious

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Rǽd forð gǽð, hafaþ wíslícuWord on fæðme, Cd. Th. 211, 14; Exod. 526. Wíslícu wundur oncnáwan, Ps. Th. 87, 11. Swá déme hé swá him wíslícost þince judicet pro ut ipsi prudentissimum videbitur, L. Ecg. C. 32; Th. ii. 156, 20

ecg

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Scearp sweord ðá wunde tósceát, and gǽð gehálre ecgge forð, Past. 453, 17. Hé ealle ofslóh mid swurdes ecge, Hml. S. 25, 415.

ge-níwian

(v.)
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Gást rehtne geniówa, Ps. Srt. 50, 11: Ps. C. 93. Ðá eftácennednisses hérnise giníwe gimeodumad arð quos regenerations misterio innovare dignatus es, Rtl. 35, 17.