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deófol-gild

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Þǽr wæs þǽre sunnan anlýcnys geworht of golde, ond heó wæs on gyldenum scryde, ond æt þám wǽron gyldene hors, Mart. H. 220, 28: 206, 4.

Linked entry: ge-deóful-geld

feówertig

alone

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Þǽr wǽron twá hund and eahta and feówertig wera and nigon and feówertig wífa, Bl. H. 239, 14. the forty days of Lent On þám þrím feówertigum per tres quadragesimas, Ll.

ge-lettan

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Se cyng geáxode ꝥ his feónd gelætte wǽron, and ne mihten ná geforðian heora fare, Chr. 1085; P. 216, 7. <b>I a.</b> to hinder a person from a journey (gen.) :-- Ne gelette ús þæs síðes se feónd, Wlfst. 252, 16. <b>I b.

ge-þreátian

(v.)
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Þeód wæs oflysted metes ... hungre wǽron þearle geþreátod, An. 1117. to press, urge, force to do something Sua chuá ðec genédes ł geðreátas ( angariaberit ) míle straedena. Mt. L. 5, 41. Geþreátod and geníded invitus, Wrt.

leás

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leás, <b>. II.</b>
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Voc. i. 76, 17-20. of persons (or personifications). not truthful Ic cwæð þæt wǽron ealle menn ungemete leáse ego dixi, 'Omnis homo mendax,' Ps. Th. 115, 2. not real, false, pseudo- Leáse crístas and leáse wítegan, Mk. 13, 22.

niht

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Hié ealne ðone dæg wǽron ꝥ Þafiende oþ niht, 5, 7; S. 230, 18: Chr. 871; P. 70, 28. v. brýd-, foran-, freóls-, gistran-, midde-, midder-, þreó-niht; sin-nihte

rím

(adj.)
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Wǽron gefylde dagas on ríme, An. 1698. On ríme forborn fíf and hundseofontig there were burnt seventy-five in number, Jul. 587: Gú. 1108: El. 284. Wæs þæt mǽre cynn mycel on ríme (numerically great), Ps. Th. 104, 11.

ymb

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Þá þíng þe wé fæste ymbe wǽron, Angl. viii. 304, 24. Swincð se yrðlincg embe úrne bigleofan, Hml. S. 25, 819. Wást þú hú ic gewand ymbe Creósos þearfe?, Bt. 7, 3; F. 22, 10. with dat. temporal. at. Cf. Dict. 2 a.

ǽmettig

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ǽmettig, ǽmetig, ǽmtig.

empty, void, vacant devoid, void of, free fromunoccupied, at leisure, exempt fromfree to dounmarried

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Hí wiðinnan ǽmtige wǽron ðæs gódan ingehýdes, Hml. Th. ii. 570, 7. with fram :-- Hé wæs ǽmtig fram ðám incundan andgite, Hml. Th. ii. 556, 1. Sprǽc ǽmtegu fram mægenes byrðene, Gr. D. 151, 1. Ídelne and ǽmtigne fram ðám écum gódnyssum, Hml.

Linked entries: ǽmetgian ǽmtig

gást

breathspirit, ghost, principle of lifespiritthe immaterial part of mana personsoulan incorporeal thingan incorporeal being, a spirit,divine spiritthe soul of a deceased person

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Ox. 4666. divine spirit His þegnas wǽron þágyt flǽsclices módes, and nǽron mid gástes mægene getremede, Bl.

wín-geard

(n.)
Grammar
wín-geard, -eard, es; m.

a vineyarda place where vines growthe vines growing in such a placevineaa place where other plants than vines grow a vinevitisvinea

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Ic geseah wíneard (vitem), on ðam wǽron þreó clystru, Gen. 40, 9. On sumum stówum wíngeardas (vineae) grówaþ, Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 14: Ps. Th. 104, 29.

ó-leccan

(v.)
Grammar
ó-leccan, -liccan, -læcan; p. -lecte, -lehte , -læhte.

to treat gently, to soothe, caressto be obsequious, pay court to, fawn upon, flatter, to try to gain a person's good will by unworthy meansto gain good will by worthy means, to propitiate, be submissiveof things to gratify, charm, give pleasure

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Swilce hý wǽron rihte ðá hí ðé mǽst geóleccan swilce hí nú sindon ðeáh ðe hý ðé óleccan on ða leásan sǽlþa talis erat, cum blandiebatur, cum tibi falsae illecebris felicitatis alluderet, 7, 2; Fox 18, 2

Linked entry: óliccan

ofer-hygd

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-hygd, -hýd, e; f.: es; n.: -hygdu, -hýdu (o); indecl. f. [the plural is used with singular meaning, cf. ofer-méde, -méttu].

pride, arrogancehonourable pride high spirit superbia

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Hí druncennesse and oferhýdo wǽron heora swiran underþeóddende ebrietati, animositati, sua colla subdentes, Bd. 1, 14; S. 482, 26. Sum on oferhygdo þrinteþ, Exon. Th. 314, 33; Mód. 23. Nó wé oferhygdu (or pl.?)

FEÁWA

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
FEÁWA, feá; pl. nom. acc. feáwe, feáwa, feá; gen. feáwena, feáwera, feára; dat. feáwum, feáum, feára; adj.

FEWpauci

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Ðá ðá híg wǽron on geríme [MS. gehrime] feáwa oððe scortum, feáwoste and eardbegendan oððe inlænde his when they were few or short in number, [yea] very few and inhabitants of it [Canaan], Ps. Lamb. 104, 12.

Linked entry: feá

FREMEDE

(adj.)
Grammar
FREMEDE, fremde, fremþe, fræmde; adj.

Strangeforeignestranged fromdevoid ofaliēnusperegrīnusaliēnātusaversusremōtusexpers

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Him folcweras fremde wǽron the people were strange to him, Cd. 89; Th. 110, 31; Gen. 1846. Folca fremdra of strange people, Ps. Th. 104, 39. Of fremedum ab aliēnis, Mt. Bos. 17, 25, 26.

Eádmund

(n.)
Grammar
Eádmund, <b>, es;</b> m. [eád happy, mund protection] .

Edmund Ironside, son of Æthelred Atheling. Edmund began to reign in A. D. 1016, and died the same year

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D. 1016, ðá gelamp hit ðæt se cyning Æðelréd forþférde, and ealle ða witan ða on Lundene wǽron, and seó burhwaru gecuron Eádmund to cyninge then it happened that king Æthelred died, and all the witan that were in London, and the townsmen chose Edmund

ge-bindan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bindan, ic -binde, ðú -bintst, -binst, he -bint, pl. -bindaþ; p. ic, he -band, -bond, ðú -bunde, pl. -bundon; pp. -bunden [ge-, bindan to bind, tie] 1.

to bindtie uplĭgāreallĭgārevincīreconstringĕreto deceivefallĕre

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He gehýrde heáh gnornunge ðæra ðe gebundene bitere wǽron audīvit gĕmĭtum vincŭlātōrum, Ps. Th. 101, 18: Cd. 19; Th. 24, 18; Gen. 379: Andr. Kmbl. 1893; An. 949. to deceive [?]

Linked entries: ge-bond ge-bunden

ge-cýðan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cýðan, p. -cýðde, -cýdde; pp. -cýðed, -cýd.

to make knowntellrelateproclaimannounceinformnuntiareannuntiarereferreeffarimonereto declarerevealmanifestshewperformconfirmtestifyprovedeclararerevelareedoceremanifestaremonstrareperhiberetestariprobareto make celebratedrenownedfamednotum facereinclytum reddere

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Swá hie gecýðde wǽron as they were informed, Cd. 195; Th. 243, 9; Dan. 433. Him wæs gecýðed nuntiatum est illi, Lk. Bos. 8, 20. Ðá wearþ hit Constantine gecýd it was told to Constantine, H.

geóguþ

(n.)
Grammar
geóguþ, geógeþ, giógoþ, geógaþ, gígoþ, iúguþ, e; f.

YOUTH, the state of being youngjuventus, juvenilis ætas vel statusthe youth, young personsjuventus, juvenes

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Hie on geógoþe bu wlitebeorht wǽron on woruld cenned they both in youth beautiful were born into the world, Cd. 10; Th. 12, 18; Gen. 187: Ps. Th. 118, 141. On geógoþe in youth, Beo. Th. 4843; B. 2426. From gígoþe mínum a juventute mea, Mk. Skt.

Linked entry: eógoþ

regol

(n.)
Grammar
regol, es; m.

a rulea rule, pattern, standard, normprescript, a canonrule

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Th. 131, 23;Gú. 460. a rule, pattern, standard, norm Ða leásan wítegan wǽron gedwolmen, and woldon áwendan ðone sóðan geleáfan of ðam rihtan regole tó heora gedwyldum, Homl. Th. ii. 404, 9. Regol normam vite, regol normam, Wrt.

Linked entries: regol-bryce regul