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be-seón

(v.)

To lookattentionexpectationTo see aboutcare forattend toprovide for

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Gen. 24, 63: 33, 1: Hml. S. 23 b, 772. Þá beseah hyne ymbútan hider and þider cum circum-spexisset huc atque illuc, Ex. 2, 12. Ne beseoh þú þe ná, Lch. i. 202, 17. ꝥ hine ne besió tó his ealdun yfelum, 17. with prep.

búr

(n.)
Grammar
búr, es; m. (not n.).
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Eádríc ealdorman bepǽhte intó his búre ( in camera sua ), Chr. 1015; P. 146, 2. a lady's chamber, bower ábræc intó þám búre þár heó inne læg, Ap. Th. 2, 1, 8.Eóde intó dám búre þár his dohtor inne wæs, 22, 17.

blíþe

(adv.)
Grammar
blíþe, adv.
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H. 9, 35. Gif wé blíþe and rúmmódlíce dǽlan willaþ earmum mannum, Bl. H. 51, 10. Þæt blíþe þæs earman líchoman gefylle, 37, 29. Ꝥ blission blíþe mid Xp̃e, Chr. 1036; P. 158, 29. Add

sum

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Ðeáh mæge sume (= sume dǽle) his willan ongitan, þonne ne mæg eallne, Bt. 39, 9; F. 226, 7. Þá gesæt sume dæge under sunnbeáme, Hml. Th. ii. 134, 25. Fulsóð secgað sumera þinga, Ll. Th. ii. 344, 23 n

hwer

(n.)
Grammar
hwer, es; m.

A kettlepotbasincaldroncooking-vessel

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Ðǽr wǽron inne geseted hweras and pannan and clypte ða hweras and cyste ða pannan ðæt wæs eall sweart and behrúmig pots and pans had been put in there, and he embraced the pots and kissed the pans, so that he was all black and sooty, Shrn. 69, 27

ofer-winnan

(v.)

to overcome, conquer, vanquish, subdueexpugnare, superare, devincere

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ðus cwæð ðæt ða lotwrenceas oferwunne, Past. 30, 2; Swt. 205, 17. Gif ðú wille ǽnige buruh oferwinnan expugnare Deut. 20, 10: Jos. 10, 4. Ðæt mihton heora fýnd oferwinnan, Bd. 1, 12; S. 480, 28.

ge-lagian

(v.)
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Gif his ælmessan rihtlíce ne gelǽste, swá swá hit gelagod sý, 172, 4. Gebéte þæt, swá swá hit gelagod is, 181, 8. Heora yldran heom tealdan hit was gelagod syððan Sc̃s.

fill

(n.)
Grammar
fill, fiell, es; m.

deathdestruction

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on fylle wearð he slipped and fell, B. 1544. næs ácweald ðurh ðám heálican fylle (the fall from the pinnacle of the temple), Hml. Th. ii. 300, 20. Mid þý fylle (hryre, v. l. ruina) ðæs wáges, Gr. D. 125; 5.

Linked entries: fiell fyll

sceam-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
sceam-líc, adj.

shamefast, bashfulshameful, base, disgraceful, ignominious

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Gl. 492, 53. shameful, base, disgraceful, ignominious Ðá ongan him secgan lytel and scomlíc ðæs monnes líf biþ hér on worolde . . . and wuldorlíc seó éce eádignes biþ, Shro. 92, 16.

þanan

(adv.)
Grammar
þanan, þonan (-on, -un, -en); adv.
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Þanon wæs geworden . . . ic bæd úrne Drihten ðæt hine æteówde, and hraþe hine æteówde, and mé tó cwæð . . . 'Ic sende tó ðé Andreas,' Blickl. Homl. 237, 30, Þonne God gangeþ for his folc ... þanon eorðe byþ onhréred, Ps.

á-drǽfan

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Leáse welan sind, for ðan ðe ne ádrǽfað úre sáule hafenleáste, Hml. Th. ii. 88, 26. ðone deófol ádrǽfde of ðám preóste, 170, 3: i. 406, 1. Drihten ðá cýpan út ádrǽfde, 410, 35: Chr. 1097; P. 234, 13.

ceorl-boren

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ceorl-boren, part.
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Country or free-born, common, low-born, opposed to þegen-boren noble-born Ne þearf he hine gyldan má, sý he þegen-boren, sý he ceorl-boren he need not pay more for him, be he born a thane, be he born a churl, L. O. D. 5; Th. i. 354, 20

hwésan

(v.)
Grammar
hwésan, p. hweós

To wheeze

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To wheeze, make a noise in breathing, to breathe hard Gif mid earfoþnysse hwést if he breathes with difficulty, Lchdm. iii. 122, 3. hwést swýðe hefelíce, 126, 9. egeslíce hweós he wheezed terribly, Homl. Th. i. 86, 1

Linked entry: hwósan

éfeostlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
éfeostlíce, adv.

Quickly, hastilycĕlĕrĭter

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Quickly, hastily; cĕlĕrĭter He bebead him ðæt he éfeostlíce sceolde to him cuman he commanded him that he should quickly come to him. Chr. 1114; Th. 370, 19

be-hweorfan

Grammar
be-hweorfan, (-hwurfan, -hwyrfan).
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Substitute: to attend to, see to the good condition of Gif wáccor behwyrfð, þonne ꝥ him tó ágenum teleð, Ll. Th. i. 272, II. Þá leóhtfatu þe behwearf lam-pades quas reficiebat, Gr. D. 46, 31.

hyldu

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ðǽre hylde his hirdrǽdene, Hml.

beran

to carrybringto bearto sufferto carryfruit

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H. 79, 33. to suffer: Ðá scylda ðára scamleásena tǽlde, suelce efnsuíðe him bǽre at/asi compatiens, Past. 207, 17. to carry: Hié hine létan heora seódas beran. Bl. H. 69, 11. to bear arms, wear clothes, carry a mark.

cynnan

(v.)

to declare, clear, proveadvocāre, purgāre, manifestāre

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to declare, clear, prove; advocāre, purgāre, manifestāre Gif he cynne ðæt he hit bohte if he declare that he bought it, L. Edg. S. 11; Th. i. 276, 12, note 7

dyrstig

(adj.)
Grammar
dyrstig, adj.

Daring, bold, rash audax, ausus

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wǽre ðú dyrstig ofstician bár quomŏdo fuisti ausus jugŭlāre aprum? Coll. Monast. Th. 22, 13: Bd. 2, 6; S. 508, 25, note: Nicod. 12; Thw. 6, 23. Ðeáh ðe he dyrstig wǽre though he were daring, Beo. Th. 5669; B. 2838

efen-þeówa

(n.)
Grammar
efen-þeówa, an; m: efen-þeów, efn-þeów, es; m.

A fellow-servant conservus

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He gemétte hys efen-þeówan he found his fellow-servant, 18, 28. Gesáwon hys efen-þeówas ðæt his fellow-servants saw that, 18, 31

Linked entry: efn-þeów