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ge-bindan

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Gif mon cierliscne mon gebinde unsynnigne. Ll. Th. i. 84, 2. Gif man æt unlagum man gebinde, forgilde be healfan were, 408, 19. Hé hine hét gebindan and siþþan ofsleán, Bt. 29, 2 ; F. 104, 26. Hé þá gebundenan of carcerne út álǽdde, Bl.

for-sleán

cut throughto slaykillto destroylay wastefinishto routoverthrowto condemn

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Gif mon óðrum þá hond útan forsleá ... gif hió healf onweg fleóge, Ll. Th. i. 98, 7. Gif mon óðrum rib forsleá ... gif sió hýd sié tóbrocen, and mon bán of ádó, 11: 21. Hét se cásere him forsleán þone sweoran, Shrn. 145, 6.

deór-wyrþe

(adj.)
Grammar
deór-wyrþe, -wurþe; adj. [deóre dear, weorþe worth]

Precious, dear, of great worth or value prĕtiōsus

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Mid ðam deórwurþustan reáfe with the most valuable raiment, Gen. 27, 15

Linked entry: diór-wyrþe

FURÐOR

(adv.)
Grammar
FURÐOR, furður; adv.

FURTHERmoreforwardsultĕriusultraampliusporro

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FURTHER, more, forwards; ultĕrius, ultra, amplius, porro Ne gang ðú ánne stæpe furðor go not thou one step further, Jos. 10, 12: Cd. 223; Th. 292, 24; Sat. 445.

Linked entries: forðor furður

un-efn

(adj.)
Grammar
un-efn, -efen, -emn, -emne(?); adj.

Unequalunlikedissimilardiverseirregular

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Dysigra monna mód bið suíðe unemn and suíðe ungelíc ... Ac ðara monna mód bið suíðe unemn, for ðæm hit gedéð hit self him selfum suíðe ungelíc for ðære gelómlícan wendinge, for ðæm hit nǽfre eft ne bið ðæt hit ǽr wæs cor stultorum dissimile erit ...

ymb-sirwan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-sirwan, p. -sirwde, -sirede.
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to deliberate about an evil deed Swá micel tósceád is betwuh ðære beðóhtan synne, ðe mon longe ymbsireþ, and ðære ðe mon fæacute;rlíce ðurhtiéhð, swá ðætte se se ðe ða synne gesireþ, ǽgðer ge gesyngaþ ge eác hwílum on ormódnesse gewít. . .

ceápian

(v.)
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Þæt mon náne burg ne mehte iéð mid feó geceápian, gif hiere ǽnig mon ceápode O urbem venalem, si emtorem invenerit! Ors. 5, 7; S. 228, 21. Bochton ł ceápadon emerent, Jn. L. 4, 8. Ceápigan comparare, i. emere, Wrt. Voc. ii. 132, 78.

ge-mótian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mótian, p. ode.
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oððe gif mon ǽlcne dóm wile onwendan ðe Ælfréd cing gesette, hwonne habbe wé gemótad ? Sir, when will any suit be ended, if it can be ended neither with pledge nor with oath ?

Linked entry: mótian

treów

Grammar
treów, truth.
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Add Hwæt is ðæt, ðæt mon hreówsige his synna, búton ðæt mon eówað Gode his eáðmódnesse and his treówa? quid est culpam flere nisi humilitatem Deo suae devotionis ostendere ?, Past. 421, 30.

mǽg-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
mǽg-leás, adj.

Without kinsmen

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Fædrenmǽga mǽgleás mon a man having no kinsmen on the father's side, L. Alf. pol. 27; Th. i. 78, 20

óþ

(con.)
Grammar
óþ, conj.
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Ðæt mód glít niðor and niðor, óþ hit mid ealle áfielþ, Past. 38 ; Swt. 279, 3 : Cd. Th. 22, 14 ; Gen. 340. v. preceding word

ge-brégan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brégan, p. de; pp. ed [ge-, brégan to give fear]

To frightenterrifyterréreperterrére

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To frighten, terrify; terrére, perterrére Wæs his mód mid ðám beótungum gebréged his mind was frightened by the threats, Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 14.

geond-scínan

(v.)
Grammar
geond-scínan, -scán; pp. -scinen

To shine upon, illuminatecollustrare, illuminare

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To shine upon, illuminate; collustrare, illuminare Hit seó éce ne mót geondscínan sunne the eternal sun cannot shine on it, Bt. Met. Fox 5, 88; Met. 5, 44: Salm. Kmbl. 678; Sal. 339: Bt. 41, 1; Fox 244, 9.

ge-myltan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-myltan, -miltan, -mieltan; pp. ed

To cause to melt, soften

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Woldon ellenrófes mód gemiltan they wished to subdue the bold man's courage, Andr. Kmbl. 2785; An. 1395

Linked entries: ge-mieltan ge-miltan

siftan

(v.)
Grammar
siftan, p. te
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Swá swá mon melo sift (seft. Cott. MS.), Bt. 34, 11 ; Fox 152, 2. Sifte. cribraret, Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 3. Syfte, 15, 57

Linked entry: a-siftan

bót-leás

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Open þýfðe and hláfordes searwu and ábǽre morð æfter woruldlagu is bótleás þing, Wlfst. 274, 24. Substitute: Not to be expiated by the payment of bót, that cannot be compensated for by payment of bót; and add

bróþor-wíf

(n.)
Grammar
bróþor-wíf, es; n.
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Is bewered þæt mon hine ne menge wiþ his bróþorwífe ( cognata ) . . . ꝥ him álýfed ne waelig-acute;re ꝥ hé his bróþorwíf hæfde. Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 70, 7, 15. Steópmódrum and bróþorwífum nouercis et cognatis , Sch. 68, 18

feoh-gítsung

(n.)
Grammar
feoh-gítsung, e; f.

Avaricecovetousnessmiserliness

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Avarice, covetousness, miserliness Monig mon déð micel fæsten and hæfð ðone hlísan ðæt hé hit dó for forhæfdnesse, and déð hit ðeáh for hneáwnesse and for feohgítsunge (-gídsunge) saepe sub parsimoniae nomine se tenacia palliat, Past. 149, 6.

ge-gildan

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Bíde mon mid þǽre wíterǽdenne oþ þæt se wer gegolden sié, Ll. Th. i. 148, 4

grǽdiglíce

(adv.)
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Add: with inordinate appetite Éstmettas ná tó grǽdiglíce mon ne sceal lufian, R. Ben. 17, 1. Gefrédde se deófol þone angel þe hé ǽr grǽdelíce forswealh, Hml. Th. i. 216, 32. with manifestation of strong desire, eagerly Grǽdelíce inhianter, Wrt.