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ge-weorpan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-weorpan, -worpan; p. -wearp, pl. -wurpon; pp. -worpen.

to throwcastjacereprojicereto turn one's self awaygo awaydepartpass byavertiabiretransire

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Th. 87, 5. to turn one's self away, go away, depart, pass by; averti, abire, transire Winter sceal geweorpan, weder eft cuman, sumor hát winter shall pass by, fair weather again shall come, hot summer, Exon. 90 a; Th. 338, 11; Gn. Ex. 77

Linked entry: ge-worpan

þindan

(v.)
Grammar
þindan, p. þand; pp. þunden.
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Gif ómihte blód and yfel wǽte on ðam milte sié þindende, þonne sceal him mon blód lǽtan, 252, 25: 168, 11. figurative, to swell with indignation, pride, etc.

Linked entry: a-þindan

un-maga

(n.)
Grammar
un-maga, an; m.: un-magu; f.

a person without meansa needy persona person who cannot maintain himselfone who is dependent upon others

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a person without means, a needy person Se maga and se unmaga ne beóð ná gelíce, ne ne magon ná gelíce byrðene áhebban ... and ðý man sceal gescádlíce tóscádan ... welan and wǽdle, L. Eth. vi. 52; Th. i. 328, 16: L. C. S. 69; Th. i. 412, 6.

Linked entry: un-mægness

ge-bisnung

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sceal Críste folgian be Crístes gebysnungum. Hml. A. 18, 109. Hé gecneord-lǽhte æfter wísra láreówa gebisnungum in study he followed the example set by wise teachers, Hml. Th. ii. 118, 19.

ge-cíd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-cíd, es; m. n.? l. n.
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Ne sceal mon náne geflytu ne gecíd úp áhebban, Ll. Th. ii. 438, 31. Wyrignyssa and gecýd maledicta et jurgia, 224, 31. chiding, reproof Gif hwylcum bréþer byþ gecíd (mid gecíde, v.l.) oþþe gestýred si quis frater corripitur quolibet modo, R.

ge-þrístlǽcan

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Sceal nán mon geþrístlǽcan ( presumat ) þát hé sprǽce, R. Ben. 16, 2

ildu

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Þes middangeard néde on ðás eldo endian sceal þe nú andweard is; for þon fífe þára syndon ágangen on þisse eldo, Bl.

hátheort-nes

(n.)
Grammar
hátheort-nes, -ness, e; f.

Wrath, anger, fury, rage, fervour, zeal

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Hú gesceádwís se reccere sceal bión on his hátheortnesse quæ esse debet rectoris discretio fervoris, Past. 21; Swt. 151, 6. Fýr ys onæled on mínre hátheortnisse a fire is kindled in mine anger, Deut. 32, 22.

orsorgness

(n.)
Grammar
orsorgness, e; f.

freedom from care or anxiety, tranquillityprosperity

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Hú forht hé sceal beón for ǽlcre orsorgnesse prospera formidanda. Past. 3; Swt. 33, 5: Swt. 35, 1. 2, 8.

twelf-hynde

(adj.)
Grammar
twelf-hynde, adj. As applied to a person, of the rank for which the wergild was twelve hundred shillings; applied to the wergild, that must be paid for a person of such rank. As will be seen from the passages given below, the twelfhynde man was a þegn, and his importance, as marked by the wergild and otherwise, was six times that of the
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Erl. 229, 20. ¶ In the following passage where the word is used without a noun perhaps wer may be supplied :-- Hú man sceal gyldan twelfhyndes man (=twelfhyndes weres man a man with a wergild of twelve hundred shillings ), L. E.

Linked entry: six-hynde

seófian

(v.)
Grammar
seófian, séfian, sýfian ; p. ode.
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Ne sceal hé sýfian (seófian, MS. T.) ne mǽnan ymb woruldspéda ne causetur de minore substantia , R. Ben. 14, 13. Seófende wæs maerens erat , Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 10, 22.

stræc

(adj.)
Grammar
stræc, strec ; adj.
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Eal cristen folc sceal mid neádunge and strecum móde ðæt heofonlíce ríce geearnian, Homl. Th. i. 358, 25-35.

Linked entry: strec

hord

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Hord sceal in streónum bídan, Gn. Ex. 68. Wyrm, hordes hyrde, B. 887. Máðma hord mínne, 2799. Scealt þú þínes unþances þone hord ámeldian, þe þú sylfwilles ǽr noldest cýðan, Hml. S. 23, 716.

hlǽw

(n.)
Grammar
hlǽw, hláw, hláu, hléw, es; m.

a lowlaw a rising ground, an artificial as well as a natural mound, a funeral mound;tumulusthe interior of a mound, a cave

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Icel. haugr a mound, funeral mound; how in local names.] the interior of a mound, a cave Draca sceal on hlǽwe a serpent shall dwell in a cave, Menol. Fox 512; Gn. C. 26: Beo. Th. 5539; B. 2773.

Linked entry: hláw

gremian

(v.)
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Voc. ii. 85, 57. to provoke to action. with prep, of a muscular movement Hine mon scel tyhtan and gremian tó spíwanne, Lch. ii. 184, 1. of a course of action Ne sceole wé þá ðwyran tó úre éhtnysse gremian, Hml.

bisenian

(v.)
Grammar
bisenian, p. ode

model

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Bisnide ł sceóp mec esne him formans me servum sibi, Rtl. 55, 32. Ne bysna þé be nánum þǽra þe yfel dón, Ps.

hlít

(n.)
Grammar
hlít, es; m. (but in Ps. L. 30, 16 the word seems feminine).

lotfatefortune

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Gl. 449, 58 the casting of lots Wiðercwidas ofðrect hlét, and tó-scéd contradictiones comprimit sors, et (inter potentes) diiudicat, Kent. Gl. 655. Be hléte sorte (territorii dirempta), Hpt. Gl. 426, 42.

Linked entries: hlét hlot hlyt

háwian

(v.)
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Hire fóstermóder hí hét gán mid óþrum fǽmnum on feld sceáp tó háwienne, Hml.

ord

(n.)
Grammar
ord, es; m.

a point,of a weapona spear, pointed weaponone who is at the topmost point, a head, chief, princehead, frontline of battle, forefrontthe beginning, origin, source (applied to persons and things)

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Th. 3102; B. 1549. putting a part for the whole, a spear, pointed weapon Mé sceal wǽpen niman, ord and íren ( spear and sword ), Byrht. Th. 139, 12; By. 253. Hwá ðǽr mid orde mihte on fǽgean men feorh gewinnan, wígan mid wǽpnum, 135, 31; By. 124.

Linked entries: ór ord-wíga

cyn-ren

(n.)
Grammar
cyn-ren, cyn-ryn,es; n. [cyn a kindred, race, nation, family, generation; ren, ryn a course]

A family course, family, generation, kind, nation, posteritygeneratio, genus, natio, progenies, propago

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Fisc sceal on wætere cynren cennan [MS. cynran cennen] a fish shall propagate, his kind in the water, Menol. Fox 515; Gn. C. 28. Cynrenu genera, Scint. 53. Ic andette ðé on cynrenum [cynrenon MS.], Drihten confitebor tibi in nationibus, Domine, Ps.