ge-brégan
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Hé swá gebréged on eorðan feóll, Past. 443, 19-22. Gebréged pertimescens, Gr. D. 59, 26. Add
ge-cnedan
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Gecnúwa wið buteran swíðe wel, lege neahterne swá gecneden, Lch. ii. 94, 7. Add
un-gewitt
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Heó út eóde mid swá hálum and gesundum andgyte, swylce heó nǽfre ǽnig ungewit oððe unhǽle hire heáfodes næfde ita sanato sensu egressa est, ac si eam numquam insania capitis ulla tenuisset, Gr. D. 176, 25. Add
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snelness
Quickness, readiness, activity, agility3
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Quickness, readiness, activity, agility3 Hé slóh swá hé hine (the ball) nǽfre feallan ne lét. Se cyngc ðá oncneów ðæs iungan snelnesse, ðæt hé wiste ðæt hé næfde his gelícan on ðam plegan Ap. Th. 13, 7
ele-beám
An olive-tree ⬩ ŏlea, ŏlīva
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Syndon bearn ðíne swá swá nywlícra elebergena oððe guógaþ elebeáma sunt fīlii tui sīcut novellæ ŏlīvārum, Ps. Lamb. 127, 3. Dó swá on ðínum wínearde and on ðínum elebeámon ĭta făcies in vīnea et in ŏlī;vēto tuo, Ex. 23, 11.
hrepian
To touch ⬩ treat
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Swá hraðe swá his sceadu hí hreopode as soon as his shadow touched them, 316, 16: 492, 25. Hrepede, 176, 6. Gif ic his reáfes gefnædu hreppe ... heó hrepode his reáfes fnædu ...
Linked entries: æt-hreppian a-hrepian hreopian
nídling
one who serves of necessity ⬩ a slave ⬩ bondman ⬩ one who has to serve on board ship ⬩ a sailor
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Se æðeling bebeád ðæt hié ða consulas and witan him beforan drifen swá swá niédlingas, ðæt heora bismer ðý máre wǽre, 3, 8; Swt. 122, 7. Hý ealle tó nýdlingum him gedydon, 1, 5; Swt. 34. 34. Wæterberere oððe nédlungum lixarum, Wrt.
bróþor-rǽden
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Wé magon cúðlíce tó him ( Christ ) clypian, swá swá tó úrum bréðer, gif wé ðá bróðerrǽdene swá healdað . . . þæt wé ne sceolon ná geþafian þæt deófol ús gewéme fram Crístes bróðorrǽdene, 260, 7-11.
flocc
a company ⬩ a troop ⬩ band ⬩ legion ⬩ a band ⬩ a flock ⬩ herd
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Swá fela manna (6666) wǽron on þám eórode . . . On þám flocce wǽron þá fyrmestan menn . . . Hml. S. 28, 17. a band of robbers Sceaðan áflígdon ðá lícmenn, ꝥ hí urnon áweg swá hraðe swá hí besáwon on ðone réþan floc. Hml.
ge-beórscipe
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Swá oft swá gé eów gemǽnelice gebeórscipas gegearwiað, gé ðá fatu ðæs micclan gemetes, ðe þréó men oððe feówer . . . hwílum willes, hwílum geneádode gewuniað of tó drincanne, of eówrum gebeórscipe áwurpað eall swá áttor, Hml. A. 145. 43
hen
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Cóm se fox, swá his gewuna wæs, and gelæhte áne henne (hæn, v. l.), Gr. D. 69, 22-70, 2. Mettas þe gód blód wyrceað, swá swá sint wilda henna, Lch. ii. 244, 25.
stæl
a place ⬩ place ⬩ stead ⬩ stead ⬩ situation ⬩ condition
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on stæle stóde, ðe hyt swá dyde, swá hyt ǽr dǽð on ðisse weorulde, óðre hwíle weóxe óðre hwíle wanode (cf. 200, 17-19), Shrn. 199, 26-30
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neáh
nigh ⬩ near ⬩ near ⬩ nearly ⬩ about ⬩ of place
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Swá swá sió nafu férþ néhst (Cott. MS. neáhst) ðære eaxe, Bt. 39, 7; Fox 222, 1.
swǽslíce
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, pleasantly. v. swǽs, Ða nán lust yfel swǽslíce gewemþ eos nulla voluptas mala blande corrumpit Scint. 3, 10.
be-búgan
to avoid ⬩ avertere ⬩ evitare ⬩ to surround ⬩ encircle ⬩ encompass ⬩ circumire ⬩ circumcingere ⬩ to reach ⬩ extend ⬩ pertinere
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Swá bebúgeþ gebod geond Brytenrícu Sexna cyninges [MS. kyninges] so far as the command of the king of the Saxons extendeth through Britain, Menol.
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mǽþ-líc
Moderate ⬩ in accordance with due measure ⬩ proper to a person's degree ⬩ having regard to others
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Moderate, in accordance with due measure, proper to a person's degree, having regard to others (v. mǽþ-líce) Beón ða heregeata swá hit mǽþlíc sý let the heriots be as is proper to the several degrees (earl's, king's thane, &c. ), L. C.
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ge-fremian
To finish ⬩ effect ⬩ bring to pass ⬩ accomplish ⬩ commit ⬩ effĭcĕre ⬩ perfĭcĕre ⬩ patrāre ⬩ committĕre
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To finish, effect, bring to pass, accomplish, commit; effĭcĕre, perfĭcĕre, patrāre, committĕre Se gefremode fét [MS. fót] míne swá swá heortes qui perfēcit pĕdes meos tanquam cervōrum, Ps. Spl. 17, 35.
scír-geréfa
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On Æðelwines scíregeréfan gewitnesse, 10, 27. of an ecclesiastic, v. scir, Ðonne sceall Cristes scírgeréfan ( the bishop) ðæt witan, and ymbe ðæt dihtan and déman, swá swá béc tǽcan, L. I. P. 25; Th. ii. 340, 8
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wítegung
prophecy ⬩ divination
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Swá swá Isaias se wítega hit on béc sette on his wítegunge, Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, 22. divination Þurh eorþan wítegung geomantia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 23. Þurh deáþes wítgung nicromantia, 62, 30
wiþ-ufan
Above
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Swá swá wiðufan gecweden hit is sicut supra dictum est, Ath. Crd. 27: Lchdm. iii. 438, 7. Hé bebeád wolcnum wiþufan mandavit nubibus desuper, Ps. Lamb. 77, 23: Hymn. Surt. 24, 31. Grammar wiþ-ufan, as prep.