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Source: Bosworth/Toller, page b0560, entry 6
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hréð, es; m. [?] Glory, fame, triumph, honour :-- Siððan him geslde sigorworca hréð ðæt ealdordóm ágan sceolde ofer cynerícu afterwards fell to him the glory of victorious deeds, that he should have dominion over kingdoms, Cd. 158; Th. 198, 2; Exod. 316. Him wyrd ne gescráf hréð æt hilde fate ordained not for him triumph in battle, Beo. Th. 5143; B. 2575. v [O. H. Ger. hruodi (in proper names), Grff. iv. 1153: cf. Icel. hróðr praise, fame.] v. gúþ-, sige-hréð; hréðig, hróðor.


Source: Bosworth/Toller, page b0874, entry 25
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sigor-weorc, es ; A victorious work, a victory :--Sigorworca hréð, Cd. Th. 198, 2 ; Exod. 316. [Icel. sigr-verk a victory.]


Source: Bosworth/Toller, page d0398, entry 14
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ge-slan. Add: I. of a person, to succeed in a purpose, bring about something. Take here ge-slan to be successful (in Dict. ). II. of a concrete thing, to be brought about, be made, come into existence :-- Hi wénað ILLEGIBLE ealdgesceaft fre ne wre, ac wénað ji hit weás cóme, níwan geslde (cf. wénaþ f ne sié eald gesceaft, ac sié weás geworden níwane, Bt- ILLEGIBLE F- 216, 4), Met. 28, 73. III. of non-material things, events, circumstances, & c. (1) the subject a noun, to befall, happen, come to pass :-- Siððan him geslde sigorworca hréð, Exod. 316. Swylce mla swylce hira mandryhtne þearf geslde, B. 1250. (l a) a pronoun representing a preceding circumstance :-- Þæt ne geweorðe H þyllic gýmelést gelimpe. georne bewarnod þæt hit ne gesle (proveniat). Gif hit gelimpe (contigerit), R. Ben. 36, 6. (2) the circumstance, & c. , given in a following clause, to happen that, (a) the subject a pronoun in apposition to the clause:-- Oft þæt gesleð, þæt brecað ofer bæðweg, An. 511. Gif þæt gesgle, þæt mín cynn gewíte, Cht. Th. 472, 4. (b) the subject a more or less indefinite hit: -- Hit oft gesleð. ILLEGIBLE , Nar. 7, 25. Hit geslde (cf. hit gebyrede , Bt. 38,1 ; F. 194, 2) gió on sume tide, þæt Aulixes hæfde cynerlcu twá, Met. 26, 4 : 9, 23. Hit mæg eáðe geslan, ðæt hié ðá ððre tlen, Past. 333, 20 : 4271 24. (c) the subject not expressed :-- Swá geslde þæt wada cunnedon, An. 438: 661. IV. referring to the course of events. (1) the subject the indefinite hit = matters, things :-- Gif hit bonne hwæt elles gesélde if then matters turned out somewhat differently, Cht. Th. 166, 20. (2) the subject not expressed :-- Hwílum us on ýclum earfoðlíce gesleð at times things go hard with us at sea, An. 515.



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