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Lucy's reticence was understandable, She told herge if Having to speak of the nightmarish episode to the sheriff was bad enough; Lucy Probably couldn't force herself to spill the appalling tale to anyone else.
Wyoming Territory Merritt, Jackie 1997
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Wæs þēaw hyra, þæt hīe oft wǣron an wīg gearwe, gē æt hām gē on herge, gē gehwæðer þāra
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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Oferhogode þâ hringa fengel, þät he þone wîd-flogan weorode gesôhte, sîdan herge; nô he him þâ säcce ondrêd, ne him þäs wyrmes wîg for wiht dyde,
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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Wäs þeáw hyra, þät hie oft wæron an wîg gearwe, ge ät hâm ge on herge, ge gehwäðer þâra
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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Oferhogode þā hringa fengel, þæt hē þone wīd-flogan weorode gesōhte, sīdan herge; nō hē him þā sæcce ondrēd, nē him þæs wyrmes wīg for wiht dyde,
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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þæt mon his winedryhten wordum herge, ferhðum freoge/, þonne he forð scile of lichaman læded/ weorðan.
RIP Duke Gyrth Oldcastle of Ravenspur ealdthryth 2004
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as far as spielberg's tintin goes, he is using mo-cap in order to recreate a world that herge was only able to realise on paper. there's a big difference between that and putting an unnecessary medium between performer and audience. someone you don't necessarily have to use every tool at your disposal.
Comic-Con: Christmas Carol Footage and Reactions; Zemeckis on Motion Capture | /Film 2009
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_choose thee the better_ (of two: bealonīð and ēce rǣdas), 1759; pret. hē ūsic on herge gecēas tō þyssum siðfate, _selected us among the soldiers for this undertaking_, 2639; gecēas ēcne rǣd, _chose the everlasting gain_, i.e. died, 1202; similarly, godes lēoht gecēas, 2470; pret.part. acc. pl.
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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_had no need to praise the fidelity of the Eotens_, 1072; pres.subj. þæt mon his wine-dryhten wordum herge, 3177. ge-heaðerian, w. v., _to force, to press in_: pret.part. ge-heaðerod,
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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_choose thee the better_ (of two: bealonîð and êce rædas), 1759; pret. he ûsic on herge geceás tô þyssum siðfate, _selected us among the soldiers for this undertaking_, 2639; geceás êcne ræd, _chose the everlasting gain_, i.e. died, 1202; similarly, godes leóht geceás, 2470; pret.part. acc. pl.
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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