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ǽrur

(adv.)
Grammar
ǽrur, adv.

Beforeantea

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Before; antea Swá he him ǽrur, hér on ðyssum lífe, ge-earnaþ as he for himself before, here in this life, earneth. Rood Kmbl. 214; Kr. 108: Ps. Th. 115, 3

ge-mannian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mannian, p. ode; pp. od

To man, supply with men, garrisonvĭris vel mīlĭtĭbus instruĕre

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To man, supply with men, garrison; vĭris vel mīlĭtĭbus instruĕre He hét ða burg gemannian he commanded to man the city, Chr. 923; Erl. 110, 2, 5 : 924; Erl. 110, 13

Linked entries: mannian ge-monnad

ge-girnung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-girnung, e; f.
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A desire, request Ðis ys Ælfgyfæ gegurning tó híræ cinehláfordæ . . . heó hyne bitt for Godæs lufun þæt heó móte beón hyre cwydes wyrðæ, Cht. Th. 552, 27

Linked entry: girning

ǽr

(con.)
Grammar
ǽr, conj.

EREbefore thatantequampriusquam

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ERE, before that; antequam, priusquam Ǽr heó wordum cwæþ ere she said in words, Cd. 222; Th. 290, 3; Sat. 409. Ǽr hie to setle gong ere she went to her seat, Beo. Th. 4043; B. 2019. Ǽr ge furður féran ere that ye further proceed, 510; B. 252.

wearg-treów

(n.)
Grammar
wearg-treów, es; n.

The accursed tree, a gallows, gibbet, cross

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Doð up and waritreo, þer on heo scullen winden (hongy, 2nd MS.), 5714. Me ledde him uorte hongen o waritreo, A. R. 122, 8. Let heom don adun of þe waritreo, Misc. 51, 491

Linked entries: treów wearg-ród

of-fillan

(v.)

to kill by felling, to kill by causing to fall, to destroy

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Hí woldon heó sylfe offyllan oððe ádrencan ruina perituri aut fluctibus absorbendi, Bd. 4, 13; S. 582, 33. Ðá hét se déma ðæt wíf weorpan on seáþ and ðǽr mid stánum offellan, Shrn. 89, 29

ge-speornan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-speornan, -spornan; p. -spearn, pl. -spurnon; pp. -spornen

To tread uponto perchspurncalcare

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To tread upon, to perch, spurn; calcare Ðæt heó fótum ne meahte land gespornan so that she might not perch on land with her feet, Cd. 72; Th. 87, 33; Gen. 1458: 72; Th. 87, 11; Gen. 1447.

Linked entries: ge-spearn ge-spornan

Cynegils

(n.)
Grammar
Cynegils, es; m.

Cynegils, sixth king of the West SaxonsCynegilsus

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Hér, A. D. 611, Cynegils féng to ríce on Wesseaxum, and heóld xxxi wintra here, Cynegils succeeded to the kingdom of the West Saxons, and held it thirty-one years, 611; Erl. 20, 33. Hér, A. D. 635, Cynegils [MS.

ge-smyltan

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Add: to calm Þeós wyrt áwendeþ hagoles hreóhnysse, and gyf þú hý on scyp áhéhst, tó þám wundorlic heó is, ꝥ heó ǽlce hreóhnysse gesmylteþ, Lch. i. 308, 17

rýman

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Add Heom ic rǽde and rýme, gif hí mé willað híran mid rihte, Wlfst. 134, 2. add: to make way for a person (dat. ) þá inn eóde, and him man sóna hrýmde, and þá sóna eóde binnan þone weóhstal, Vis. Lfc. 68. Seó leó forstód him þá duru . . .

freónd-rǽden

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Add: cf. freónd, him getíðað þæs ðe bitt, ná for freóndrǽdene (cf. for þám his freónd ys, Lk. 11, 8), Hml.

gærsama

(n.)
Grammar
gærsama, gersuma, an; m.

Treasureŏpes

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Treasure; ŏpes He lét nyman of hire ealle ða betstan gærsaman he caused all the best treasures to be taken from her, Chr. 1035; Th. 292, 22, col. 2. Gif he ne sealde ðe máre gersuman if he had not given the greater treasures, Chr. 1047; Erl. 177, 7

sáwlian

(v.)
Grammar
sáwlian, ode

To give up the ghost, expire

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To give up the ghost, expire ne geswác his gebeda óþ ðæt sáwlode, Homl. Th. ii. 518, 1. Flaccus hét ðone preóst beswingan óþ ðæt sáwlode, Homl. Skt. i. 10, 291. Sóna swá ðyder com swá sáwlode ðæt mǽden, 22, 101: Homl. As. 59, 202.

biddere

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hét syllan þá scyllingas þám biddere (petitori), Gr. D. 158, 20. Add

ofostlíce

(adv.)
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hét ofeslíce leahtra leáse in þæs leádes wylm scúfan, Jul. 582. Add

tintregung

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hét his cwelleras swíðor wítnian þone hálgan wer, ac hí áteórodon on þǽre tintregunge, Hml. S. 37, 126. Add

fore-wyrd

(n.)
Grammar
fore-wyrd, fore-wyrd, -wyrde, es; n.

a provisoagreementcondition

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Þá Pyhtas heom ábǽdon wíf æt Scottum on þá gerád (ꝥ forewyrd, v. l.) ꝥ hí gecuron heora kynecinn on þá wífhealfa, Chr. P. 3, 16.

Linked entries: -wyrd fore-word

loft

(n.)

air

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air Heó ne líþ on nánum þinge ac on lofte heó stynt it (the earth) does not rest on anything, but stands in the air, Hexam. 6; Norm. 10, 20

duru-weard

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Férde tó hire húse and forbeád ðǽm duruweardum ꝥ heó hine hire gesægde, Shrn. 86, 16. Add

Linked entry: dor-weard

late

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</b> where late is contrasted with early or soon :-- Hasterbal swá late fleáh for þon þe elpendas mid hæfde, Ors. 4, 10; S. 198, 27. hét sendon æfter, þéh ꝥ tó late dyde, 6, 34; S. 290, 31 : Past. 249, 8.