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ge-bannan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bannan, -bonnan; p. -beónn, pl. -beónnon; pp. -bannen [ge, and bannan to summon] .

to commandorderproclaimjŭbēremandāreedīcĕreto summoncall togethercĭtareconvŏcāre

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to command, order, proclaim; jŭbēre, mandāre, edīcĕre Ðá ic gefrægn weorc gebannan manigre mǽgþe then I heard [him] command the work to many a tribe, Beo.

Linked entries: ge-beón ge-bonnan

páwa

(n.)
Grammar
páwa, peá, an; m. : páwe, an; f.
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Fuglas ða ðe heard flǽsc habbaþ, páwa, swan, æned, Lchdm. ii. 196, 19. On ðære ylcan stówe byþ óðer fugelcynn fenix hátte ða habbaþ cambas on heáfde swá páwan in eo monte est avis fenix que habet cristas quasi orbes pavonis, Nar. 39, 4.

prýte

(n.)
Grammar
prýte, an; f.
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Prýte heáge út áwyr[p]þ elatio excelsos deiect, Scint. 46. Gelíce ðám dwæsan ðe for heora prýtan léwe (sáre, MS. C.), ( on account of the infirmity of pride in them ) nellaþ beorgan, Wulfst. 165, 9.

Linked entry: prýde

egle

(adj.)
Grammar
egle, grievous, painful.
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Cleopian wé in eglum móde and inneweardre heortan let us cry with painful thoughts from the bottom of the heart, Bl. H. 19, 2. Frécne þúhton egle eáláda, An. 441. Hé ús gescildað wið sceððendra eglum earhfarum, Cri. 762: Gú. 376. Add

flet

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Ic seah in heall, þǽr hæleð druncon, on flet beran wudutreów, 56, 2: 57, 12: B. 1647: 1036. Hé mid fǽmnan on flet gǽð, 2034: 2054. Þæt hié him óðer flet eal gerýmdon, healle and heáhsetl, 1086. Land eal geondhwearf, . . . Méda máddumselas, . . .

feohte

(n.)
Grammar
feohte, an; f.

A fightcombatpugna

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Nó ic gefrægn heardran feohtan I have not heard of a harder fight, Beo. Th. 1157; B. 576: Exon. 102 b; Th. 388, 7; Rä. 6, 4: Andr. Kmbl. 2045; An. 1025. We ðǽt ellenweorc feohtan fremedon we have achieved that valourous deed by fighting, Beo.

flet-sittend

(n.)
Grammar
flet-sittend, es; m.

A court-residentin aula sĕdens

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Ða ic Freáware fletsīttende nemnan hýrde whom I heard the court-residents call Freaware, 4049; B. 2022.

wiþ-hycgan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-hycgan, p. -hogde

To be adverse in thoughtpurpose to set one's self against

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To be adverse in thought or purpose, to set one's self against Heó ðæs beornes lufan fæste wiðhogde her heart was fast closed against the man's love, Exon. Th. 245, 9; Jul. 42.

COS

(n.)
Grammar
COS, coss, es; m.

A Kiss osculum

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Cossas syllan hearm getácnaþ to give kisses betokens harm Lchdm. iii. 208, 27

tosca

(n.)
Grammar
tosca, (-e; f. (?); in the Ritual feminines sometimes end in a), an; m.

A frog

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Sette him heard wíte hundes fleógan and hí ǽtan eác yfle tostan (toscan ?) hæfdan hí eallunga út áworpen immisit in eos muscam caninam, et comedit eos; ranam, et exterminavit eos, Ps. Th. 77, 45.

Linked entries: toxa tostan

áwríþan

Grammar
áwríþan, Add: I
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Áwríðeð (alligat) forðrǽstnisse heara, Ps. Srt. 146, 3. Genim sceápes mearh, lege on ꝥ óþer mearh, áwríþ swíðe wel, Lch. ii. 96, 1 Gif þú ne mæge blóddolh áwríþan (staunch) . . . lege ꝥ dust on cláð, wríþ mid þý ꝥ blóddolh.

neoþe-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
neoþe-, nioþo-, niþe-weard; adj.

Lowsituated beneathbottom of

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Fram his hnolle ufewerdan óþ his ilas neoþewerde from the crown of his head to the soles of his feet, Homl. Th. ii. 452, 27

súþ

(adj.)
Grammar
súþ, cpve. súþra; spve. súþmest; adj.
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Wið-súðan ðone Sciringes-heal, Swt. 19, 18. Be ðam wig*-*bede súþan juxta altare ad austrum, Bd. 5, 19; S. 641, 19. [O. H. Ger. sund- and Icel. sunn- point to the n that has been lost from the English word. ] See the compounds which follow, and Cod.

Linked entry: be-súþan

efesian

(v.)
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S. 32, 192. (2 a) with head as object :-- Wæs wel gecweden ðæt se efsigenda (efsienda, v. l.) efsode his heáfod bene dicitur: 'Tondentes tondent capita sua,' Past. 141, 3.

ord-fruma

(n.)
Grammar
ord-fruma, an; m.

source, originauthor, source,applied to the Deitychief, head, prince

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Danaus ðæs yfeles ordfruma scelerum fabricator Danaus, Ors. 1, 8; Swt. 40, 16: Nicod. 6; Thw. 3, 14: 29; Thw. 17, 4. chief, head, prince Wæs mín fæder æþele ordfruma, Beo. Th. 531; B. 263. Daniel wæs ordfruma earmre láfe, Cd. Th. 225, 10; Dan. 152.

ge-méting

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Háligra heáh gemétincg consilium sanctorum, Ps. Th. 88, 6. Hwylce word hé gehýrde be him sprecan in gemétinge (conventu) þára áwyrgedra gásta, Gr. D. 190, 18.

lácnian

(v.)
Grammar
lácnian, p. ode

To healcuretendtake care oftreatdress(a wound)

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To heal, cure, tend, take care of, treat, dress(a wound) Ic lácnige medeor, Ælfc. Gr. 33; Som. 36, 47. Se lǽce ðonne hé on untíman lácnaþ wunde hió wyrmseþ secta immature vulnera deterius infervescunt, Past. 21, 2; Swt. 153, 3.

Linked entry: lǽcnan

ge-stígan

(v.)
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Cwicra gehwylc . . . þára þe wile heofona heáhðu gestígan, Dóm. 97. Úpcund ríce gestígan, Sch. 35.

hát

(adj.)
Grammar
hát, adj.
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S. ix, 107. of the heat of the body Wæs þæt blód tó þæs hát, B. 1616. Hát heáfodwylm hot tears, El. 1133. Háte hleórdropan, Gú. 1315.

un-hǽlu

(n.)
Grammar
un-hǽlu, indecl.: un-hǽl, e; f.

bad healthdiseasesicknessinfirmityunsoundnessmisfortunemishap

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Goth. un-haili; n. ill-health.] misfortune, mishap Sorge ne cúðon, wonsceaft wera, wiht unhǽlo, Beo. Th. 241; B. 120

Linked entries: hǽlu un-hǽl