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á-dreógan

to bear offsuffer, endureto bear with, tolerateto pass, spend timeto carry out, perform

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D. 108, 33. to pass, spend time Se man ðe mid wíglungum his líf ádríhð, Hml. Th. i. 102, 15. Ná lang líf heó ádrýcð, Lch. iii. 190, 8. Ádréh transegit, i. percurrit (horas ), An. Ox. 1944. Hé þurhwacole niht búton slǽpe ádreáh, Hml. Th. i. 86, 17.

Linked entry: á-dreósan

costnung

(n.)
Grammar
costnung, costung, costing, e; f. [costnian, costian to tempt, try]

A temptationtryingtrialtribulation tentatioprobatiotribulatio

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On ðære costnunge tíman in tempore tentationis Lk. Bos. 8, 13. Æfter dæge costunge secundum diem tentationis Ps. Spl. 94, 8. Ne gelǽd ðú us on costnunge ne nos inducas in tentationem Mt. Bos. 6, 13; 26, 41; Mk. Bos. 14, 38; Lk.

Linked entries: costing costung

ge-þolian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þolian, to -þolianne, -þolienne, -þoligenne; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed [þolienne to bear, suffer] .

to bearsufferenduresustainsufferrepătisustĭnēreto have patienceendurewaitremainperdūrāremănērewith the gen. To suffer loss offorfeitlosecărēre

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Kmbl, 213; An. 107. to have patience, endure, wait, remain; perdūrāre, mănēre Ðú scealt geþolian sume hwíle thou must bear [with me] for some time, Bt. 39, 4; Fox 218, 8. Gif he inne geþolian wille if he will remain within, L.

be-frinan

(v.)
Grammar
be-frinan, l. be-frignan, -frinan; p. -frán, pl. -frúnon, -frinon; pp. -frúnen, -frinen,

to ask a person a question,to askquestion,to ask about somethingto ask a person about somethingto ask for some-thingto ask of a person what one wishes to be told

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Hé hí befrán on hwilcne tíman hí þone steorran gesáwon, i. 82, 8. Heó befrinen þone cásere hwæt heó scolden, Hml. A. 194, 37. Ðone pápan ꝥ hié befrinon hwæt him tó rǽde þúhte, Bl.

ge-cweþan

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On þǽre ylcan tíde þe God gecwæð ( praedixerat ), Gen. 21, 2. to settle. to agree upon a course of action, arrange, fix a time Hé cwæð tó ðám gebróðrum þæt hé wolde sylf on ðám dæge ðe hé gecwæð þǽr gecuman (cf. hé heom gehét ꝥ hé æfter heom cuman wolde

Linked entry: ge-cwidrǽden

cempa

(n.)
Grammar
cempa, an; m. [camp war, battle, -a, q. v.]

A soldier, warrior, CHAMPIONmiles, bellator, athleta = ἀθλητής

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Alǽten cempa a soldier who has served his time, a veteran; emeritus, Ælfc. Gl. 7; Som. 56, 62; Wrt. Voc. 18, 15. Gecorene cempan chosen soldiers, adjutants; optiones, 7; Som. 56, 64; Wrt. Voc. 18, 17.

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leód

(n.)
Grammar
leód, e; f,

A peoplenationracecountry

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A people, nation, race, district occupied by a people [v. preceding word, and cf. mǽgþ],country Hit wæs hwílum on Engla lagum ðæt leód and lagu fór be geþincþum at one time it was in the laws of the English, that the people and the law went according

Gota

(n.)
Grammar
Gota, an; m.
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Hú Gotan gewunnon Rómána ríce how the Goths conquered the empire of the Romans, Bt. titl. i; Fox x. 2.

sceran

(v.)
Grammar
sceran, sciran, sceoran; p. scær, scear; pl. scǽron, sceáron; pp. scoren.
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tondendum, Rtl. 97, 16. to cut the hair of the head Heó scear hyre feax swá swá weras, and gegyrede hý mid weres hrægle, Shrn. 133, 13. to shear sheep Hí sculan waxan sceáp and sciran on hiora ágenre hwíle they shall wash and shear sheep in their own time

GE-DÉFE

(adj.)
Grammar
GE-DÉFE, -doefe; comp. -ra; superl. -est, -ust; adj.

Becomingfitproperseemlyconvenientagreeabledecentquietmildmeekgentlekindbenevolentcongruusconvĕniensdĕcensopportūnushŏnestusquiētusmansuētusbĕnignus

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On tíde gedéfre in tempŏre opportūno, Ps. Spl. C. 144, 16 : Bd. 4, 1; S. 564, 3. Þurh gedéfne dóm with fitting judgment, Exon. 41 b; Th. 138, 26; Gú. 582 : Bd. 4, 1; S. 564, 4. Dó gedéfe mid me Drihten, tácen fac mecum, Dŏmĭne, signum in bŏno, Ps.

Linked entry: deáf-líc

stillness

(n.)
Grammar
stillness, e ; f.
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Gr. 9, 27 ; Zup. 53, 9. in a physical sense, absence of noise or disturbance On ðisse tíde nihtlícre stillnesse tempore isto nocturno quietis, Bd. 4, 25 ; S. 601, 1. Windum stilnesse bebeódan, Blickl. Homl. 177, 17.

á-leógan

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Ne gehát ðú nán þing tuwa; hwæt sceal hit ðé eft geháten, búton hit wǽre ǽr álogen ( unless the first time the promise was made falsely ), Prov.

cýþan

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K. 22. to shew feeling, capacity, exercise, practise Cýð him mildheortnisse swá swá ic cýðde þé juxta misericordiam quam feci tibi facies mihi, Gen. 21, 23. God cýþæ his sáule mildheortnisse, Chr. 1086; P. 221, 21.

frymþ

(n.)
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Þé ( Christ ) rodera weard æt frymðe genóm him tó freóbearne, Cri. 223: 121. referring to time, the beginning of the world Hé mec worhte æt frymðe, þá hé þisne ymbhwyrft ǽrest sette, Rä. 41, 6. the beginning of a condition; æt (on) frymþe at the outset

scínan

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Add: of that which emits rays Eall swá leóhte seó sunne scínð under þǽre eorðan on nihtlicre tíde, swá swá heó on dæg déð bufan úrum heáfdum, Lch. iii. 234, 23.

ge-weald

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Th. ii. 362, 19. (7 a) with clause :-- Ǽlc tiónd áge geweald swá hwæþer hé wille swá wæter swá ísen it depends upon the accuser whether the ordeal be by water or iron, Ll.

furþum

Take herein Dict., and add:even,just

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Thw. 2, 9. just, of time. of an exact point of time Þonne dæg and niht furþum scade, Lch. ii. 346, 13.

ge-settan

(v.)
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Hí ꝥ gyld gesettan wið þone here, Chr. 1016; P. 152, 27. to fix a time, fix the date of Þá tíde þá þe Fæder gesette, Bl. H. 117, 24. Gesetton hálige fæderas þá tíd þæs fæstenes foran tó Crístes þrowunga, 27, 24.

teám

(n.)
Grammar
teám, es; m.

A line; but the word which is used in the related dialects (v. infra) with a physical meaning is used in English figuratively.a line of descendants, offspring, progeny, family, childrenbringing forth children, child-bearinga line of animals harnessed together, a team

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II above), here-, leger-teám; tíman

hengen

(n.)
Grammar
hengen, e; f.

hanging that on which any one is hunga gibbetgallowscrossprisonconfinementdurance.

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Hét hine hón and mid hengen þráwan tó langere hwíle bade hang him and for a long time torture him with hanging, 308, 31. that on which any one is hung, a gibbet, gallows, cross Crist ðone ðe hí on hengene fæstnodon Christ whom they fastened on a cross

Linked entry: heng-wíte