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segnian

(v.)
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'Segna þé, and sete þé on ꝥ tácen ðǽre hálgan róde.' Hé cwæd, 'Ic wille mé segnian, ac ic ne mæg' ' Signum tibi sanctae crucis imprime'. Respondebat dicens, 'Volo me signare, sed non possum,' Gr. D. 325, 3-4.

rúnian

(v.)
Grammar
rúnian, ode

To talk low, whisper, mutter

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To talk low, whisper, mutter Ic rúnige susuro, Ælfc. Gr. 36; Som. 38, 53. Tógeánes mé rúnedon ( susurrabant ) ealle fýnd míne, Ps. Spl. C. 40, 8. Ðeáh ðé mon hwylces hlihge, and ðú ðé unscyldigne wite, ne réhst ðú hwæt hý rǽdon oððe rúnion, Prov.

Linked entries: rún rúnere

steáp

(adj.)
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steáp, adj.
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Wið steápne rond by the tall shield, Beo. Th. 5126; B. 2566. Ic hæbbe hneccan steápne, Exon. Th. 490, 1; Rä. 79, 4. Bollan steápe tall flagons, Judth. Thw. 142, 6; Jud. 17. Hí habbaþ on heáfde helmas steápe (cf. O. Frs. with thene stápa helm.

ge-grípan

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Ne bið gegripen non rapitur, 71. to take, catch game Wildeór gegrípan, Hml. S. 23 b, 735

alewe

(n.)
Grammar
alewe, aluwe, alwe, an; f.

The aloebitter spicealoesaloe

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Nim alewan [MS. alewen] take aloes, 104, 26: 134, 9

Linked entries: aluwe alwe

elehtre

(n.)
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elehtre, eluhtre, an; f.

The plant lupine lŭpīnus albus

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Genim elehtran take lupine, Herb. 46, 3; Lchdm. i. 148, 22: L. M. 1, 33; Lchdm. ii. 80, 16: 1. 62; Lchdm. ii. 134, 13: 1, 64; Lchdm. ii. 138, 27: 1. 66; Lchdm. ii. 142, 2: 3, 41; Lchdm. ii. 334, 5: iii. 56, 26

Linked entries: eluhtre electre elotr

fléte

(n.)
Grammar
fléte, fliéte, flýte, an; f: flét, e; f. [fleótan to float]

What floats on the surfaceCreamskimmingcurdsflos lactislactis crĕmor exemptuscoagŭlum

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What floats on the surface, hence, — Cream, skimming, curds; flos lactis, lactis crĕmor exemptus, coagŭlum Genim cúmeoluc bútan wætere, lǽt weorþan to flétum, geþwer to buteran take cow's milk without water, let it become cream, churn it to butter, L

Linked entries: flét fliéte

in-ylfe

(n.)
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in-ylfe, es; n.

A gutbowel

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Sume nimaþ hwelpes innylfe some take a whelp's intestines, L. Med. ex Quadr. 9, 5 ; Lchdm. i. 362, 7

lyb-corn

(n.)
Grammar
lyb-corn, es; n.
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Wyrc útyrnendne drænc genim fíf and hundeahtatig lybcorna make a purgative drink thus; take eighty-five purgative seeds, Lchdm. iii. 18, 12: 20, 1. Wyrc óðerne [spíwdrænc] of beóre and of feówertig lybcorna, 20, 10

grad

(n.)
Grammar
grad, es; m. [Lat. gradus]
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Æt sumum sǽle ætslád se hálga wer on ðám heálícum gradum æt ðam hálgum weofode on one occasion the holy man slipped on the tall steps at the holy altar, Homl: Th. ii. 512, 11

ge-leornian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-leornian, p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed

To learninquirediscĕredisquīrĕre

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Geleornedon his byrelas him betweónum, hú hý him mibton ðæt líf óþþringan his cupbearers inquired among themselves how they might take away his life, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 69, 9

Linked entry: leornian

þeód-wrecan

(v.)
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to avenge thoroughly, take great vengeance for Grendles módor gegán wolde sorhfulue síð, sunu þeódwrecan (Ettmüller would read suna deáð wrecan; but perhaps the force of þeód- here and its composition with a verb may be illustrated by the case of full

un-hírlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-hírlíc, adj.

fiercesavagedismaldoleful

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fierce, savage, of living creatures Mera mengeo on onsióne máran and un[hý]rlícran ðonne ða elpendas, Nar. 11, 1. of things Ðá cwom ðǽr swíðe micel wind and tó ðæs unheórlíc se wind geweóx ðæt hé ðara úra getelda monige áfylde tum euri uenti tanta uis

Linked entries: un-heórlíc hír-lic

fiþere

a winga wing

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Take here fypera in Dict., and add: a wing of a living creature Cumað egeslíce mycele deór . . . heora fyðera swégað swá swá wæteres dyne; hí fleód swiftlíce, Wlfst. 200, 15. Fiðerum alis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 89, 55.

ge-fyrht

(v.)
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Take here instances under <b>ge-fyrhtian</b> in Dict., and add Ic wæs swíðe gefyrhted and gebréged ( perterritus ), Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 617, 18. Gefyrhtedo wéron conterriti, Lk.

ge-hirstan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hirstan, to fry.
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Take here <b>ge-hyrstan</b> in Dict. and add: lit. Bærned vel gehyrsted frigi Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 77 : 36, 42. Gáte blǽdre áhyrste, sele etan, sume swá gehyrste gegnídaþ tó dúste, Lch. ii. 88, 26.

Linked entries: ge-hyrstan hirstan

ge-hírsumnes

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Take here <b>ge-hýrsumnes</b> in Dict. and add: obedience Getíðige ús God ꝥ wé magon eów secgan his láre, and eów gehýrsumnysse ꝥ gé ðá láre áwendon tó weorcum, Hml. A. 12, 310.

ge-strícan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-strícan, pp. ge-stricen.
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to stroke, smooth with the hand Pyles tácen is þæt þú mid þínum scytefingre sume feþer tácnum gestríce on þýne winstran hand innewearde and lege tó þínum eáron the sign for a cushion is that with your forefinger you make as if you were smoothing a feather

ge-drípan

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Take here <b>ge-drypan</b> (l. ge-drýpan) in Dict., and add: to cause to fall in drops Þæt Lazarus mid hys fingre hym gedrípte weteris on þá tungan, Solil. H. 67, 29.

ge-twǽfan

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B. 1433 (in Dict.). to take something (acc.) from a person (dat. ) Þý lǽs him wéstengryre ferhð getwǽfde, Exod. 119. with acc. only, to end a dispute.