med-micel
not great ⬩ moderate ⬩ small ⬩ not great ⬩ trifling ⬩ venial ⬩ not important ⬩ not great ⬩ lowly ⬩ mean ⬩ poor
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Rush. 10, 30. not great, trifling, venial, not important Gif man medmycles ( exigui ) hwæthwega deóflum onsægþ, fæste i. geár; gif he mycles hwæt onsecge, fæste x winter, L. Ecg. C. 32; Th. ii. 156, 15. Medmycel ǽrende wé ðyder habbaþ, Blickl.
wæl-hreów
Cruel ⬩ barbarous ⬩ bloodthirsty
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Ne lǽt ðú on ðæs wælhreówan hond (crudeli) ðín geár, Past. 36; Swt. 249, 11: Homl. Th. i. 80, 31. Ne mæg ic mínne feónd lufian, ðone ðe ic wælhreówne tógeánes mé geseó, 54, 31. Ðone wælhreówan feónd ðisse menniscan gecynd[e], Blickl. Homl. 31, 31.
éfstan
To hasten, draw near, approach, make haste, be quick ⬩ festīnāre, propĕrāre, concurrĕre, appropinquāre, accelĕrāre
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Éfstaþ ðæt ge gangon þurh ðæt nearwe geat hasten that ye go through the narrow gate, Lk. Bos. 13, 24. Ðæt we to ðé mid ealre heortan éfston that we may hasten to thee with all our heart, Homl. Th. ii. 600, 3.
teóðian
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to take out a tenth part of anything On eallum geáre sind getealde ðreó hund daga and fíf and sixtig daga; ðonne gif wé teóðiaþ ðás geárlícan dagas ( if we take a tenth of the days of the year ), ðonne beóþ ðǽr six and ðrítig teóðing*-*dagas, Homl.
Linked entries: tegðian teigðian ge-teóþian
cíte
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I. 112, 7) habban wið þæt geat, R. Ben. 126, 18. Gangende in þá cýtan (cellam) Benedictes, Gr. D. 140, 10. in a local name, Cétwudu Chetwood, C. D. i. 292, 20
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ge-fetian
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On þisum geáre Ælfere gefette þes cyninges líchaman æt Wærhám, and geferode hine tó Scæftesbyrig, Chr. 980; P. 123, 37.
fús
ready ⬩ eager ⬩
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Hýðweard gearo, sé þe ǽr lange tíd leófra manna fús æt færoðe feor wlátode, B. 1916
ge-stígan
To mount ⬩ ascend ⬩ descend
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In écne geard up gestígan to mount up to the eternal abode, Exon. 44 a; Th. 149, 18; Gú. 763. Ðonne gestíge ic ofer ðone then will I ascend upon it, Blickl. Homl. 183, 4. Ðætte gestíge ut descendat, Rtl. 98, 10. Of dúne gestígdes ðú descendes, Mt.
sǽlan
to fasten with a cord ⬩ to restrain, repress, confine
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Ymb geofenes stæþ gearwe stódon sǽlde sǽmearas, Elen. Kmbl. 455 ; El. 228. fig. to restrain, repress, confine Dómgeorne dreórigne hyge oft in heora breóstcofan bindaþ fæste. Swá ic módsefan mínne sceolde oft feterum sǽlan, Exon.
sceard
notched, hacked ⬩ gashed, mutilated ⬩ deprived
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notched, hacked having gapsor rifts Ic geann Ælmǽre ðæs sceardan swurdes the hacked sword (cf. Icel. með skarða skjöldu with hacked shields), Chart. Th. 561, 1, 23. Tó ðam sceardan beorge (cf. ðone tóbrocenan beorg ðe is tóclofen, Cod. Dip.
Linked entry: scirdan
of-tredan
to tread down, trample upon, injure or destroy by treading
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Ðǽr wǽron xxx M of-slagen and æt ðæm geate oftreden triginta millia caede prostrata et compressione suffocata, Ors. 6, 4; Swt. 260, 18
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geómor
Sad, sorrowful, mournful, murmuring, miserable, wretched ⬩ tristis, mæstus, quĕrŭlus, mĭser ⬩ doleful, miserable ⬩ depressed, sad, sorrowful ⬩ misery ⬩ misery ⬩ pity ⬩ mĭsĕria
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Siððan ðú gehýrde galan geómorne geác on bearwe when thou host heard the sad cuckoo sing in the grove, Exon. 123 b; Th. 473, 29; Bo. 22. He wæg hyge geómurne he bare a mournful spirit, 52 a; Th. 182, 15; Gú. 1310.
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heáh-fæder
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Lbmn. 413, 10. (1 a) in a special sense, one of the twelve sons of Jacob : — Twelf tída beóð on ðám dæge, and twelf mónðas on geáre; twelf heáhfæderas sind, twelf wítegan, twelf apostoli, Hml.
gafol
tribute. ⬩ payment exacted by a stronger from a weaker people, by the conqueror from the conquered ⬩ payment exacted by the state, a tax ⬩ payment exacted by the church ⬩ payment exacted by a lord, e.g. rent by a landlord ⬩ a contribution exacted in aid ⬩ a rate ⬩ interest ⬩ a debt ⬩ due, obligation
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Se middangeard ús (devils) wæs lange ǽr underþeóded, and ús deáþ mycel gafol geald, Bl. H. 85, 12. payment exacted by the state, a tax Æt gæflæs monunge in teloneo, Mt. R. 9, 9.
efne
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Efene nú ic eom geara tó eówere neóde ecce adsum, R. Ben. 3, 2. Efne nú is ðeós gifu eów ætbróden, Hml. Th. i. 64, 23
cweþ ðú
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of cweðan
gé
ye ⬩ you ⬩ vos ⬩ ύμεîs; ⬩ your ⬩ of you ⬩ vestrum ⬩ vestri ⬩ ύμŵν ⬩ to you ⬩ vobis ⬩ ύμîν ⬩ you ⬩ vos ⬩ ύμâs ⬩ thou
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ye, you; vos, ύμεîs; your, of you; vestrum vel vestri, ύμŵν;to you; vobis, ύμîν; you; vos, ύμâs; thou Ne ondrǽde gé fear ye not, Mt. Bos. 10, 28. Gé ðe on húse standaþ you who stand in the house; tu qui stătis in dŏmo, Ps. Th. 133, 2. Gebíde gé on beorge
þrowian
To suffer ⬩ to suffer as opposed to to act ⬩ to suffer what is painful ⬩ to suffer martyrdom ⬩ to make to suffer ⬩ to crucify ⬩ to suffer for something ⬩ pay for ⬩ atone for
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To suffer Ic ðrowige patior, Ælfc. Gr. 29; Zup. 286, 9. to suffer as opposed to to act Verbum ys word ... getácniende oððe sum ðing tó dónne oððe sum ðing tó þrowigenne oððe náðor, Ælfc. Gr. 19; Zup. 119, 10. to suffer what is painful. Grammar þrowian
Linked entry: a-þrówian
frum-sceaft
a first shaping ⬩ birth ⬩ the first shaping of the world ⬩ the creation ⬩ origin ⬩ original constitution or condition
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and add: a first shaping, birth Þé wǽre sélre . . . þǽr þú wurde ǽt frymþe (frumsceafte, v. l.) fugel . . . þonne þú ǽfre on moldan man gewurde it had been better for thee . . . if thou hadst been born a bird . . . than that thou shouldst have been ever
cæppe
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Hé geann Eádwine mæssepreóst his kæppan (cope), Cht. Crw. 23, 17. Se munuc bewand þone hreóflian mid his cæppan, Hml. Th. i. 336, 12. Sácerd, þonne hé mæssan singe, ne hæbbe hé on cæppan (cappam), Ll. Th. ii. 140, 9.