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á-fýsan

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Add: to make eager, inspire with longing Þonne hwylc-um men gelimpeþ ꝥ his fæder gefærþ, ne mæg ꝥ ná beón ꝥ þá bearn langunga nabban æfter þǽm freóndum. Swá wiste úre heofonlica fæder his þá leófan bearn áfýsed æfter him, Bl. H. 131, 28

á-sáwan

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Add: to sow land Ðú þás eorþan áseówe mistlicum sǽde, Bt. 33, 4; F. 132, 26. Þá hét hé him bringan bere tó sǽde and ofer ǽlcne tíman ðá eorðan áseów, Hml. Th. ii. 144, 12. Ásáwen æcer seges, Wrt. Voc. i. 80, 47

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bisceop-þegnung

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bisceop-þegnung, -þénung
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episcopal ministration. Hé wæs bewered fram þǽre biscopþegnunge ab administrando episcopatu prohibito, Bd. 4, 5; Sch. 380, 17. Hé forlét his biscopþegnunge relicto episcopatus officio, 3, 24; Sch. 312, 13. Hé him biscopþéninge (ministerium episcopale

be-tyllan

(v.)
Grammar
be-tyllan, p. de

To luredecoy

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To lure, decoy Þá gelǽdde hé here in Peohtas, þá gelíccetton hí fleám for him, and hine betyldon (-tilldon, -telldon v. ll. ) on nearo fasten cum exercitum ad uastandam Pictorum prouinciam duxisset, iniroductus est, simulantibus fugam hostibus, in angustias

Linked entry: be-tilldon

bénsian

(v.)
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Dele bracket, and 'To fall down in prayer'; add: To suppli-cate, implore Hine boensendu hwæthwugu from him petens aliquid ab eo, Mt. R. 20, 20. Folce boensandi populo supplicanti. Rtl. 93, 17: 80, 9. Boensandra supplicanlium, 40, 5: supplicum, 41, 23

be-rǽsan

attack

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Add: to rush upon, attack Hé him on berǽsde irruit super eos, Gen. 14, 15. to rush into (extremes) Berǽst hé on ungemetlice cuéminge inordinate ad mollitiem rapitur, Past. 143, 6. Ðætte ðæt mód ne berǽse on ungeðyld ne ad impatientiam spiritus erumpant

cúþian

(v.)
Grammar
cúþian, p. ode
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To become known Cúðas innotesceris, Ps. Srt. ii. p. 189, 6. Nú openaþ mé and cúþað seó rihte gesceádwísnis patet ratio, Gr. D. 305, 13. Ðú cúðades him innotuisti ei, Ps. Srt. 143, 3. Cúðie (hit cúþie ł gesweotelien, Ps. L.) innotescat, 78, 10

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ford

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Cóm Timotheus mid fyrde, and gesæt æt ánum forda. Ac Iudas him cóm tó ... and oferférdon ðone ford, and fuhton wið þá hǽþenan, Hml. S. 25, 432. ¶ The word occurs very frequently in the Charters both in composition and as an independent word. Add

geómorlíce

(adv.)
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Add: in a way that causes sorrow, miserably Man sceal þá geoguðe geómorlíce lǽdan gehæft, heánlíce mid heardum bendum, Wlfst. 295, 17. in a way that expresses sorrow, lamentably, mournfully Tó Gode gebiddende and tó him heora neóde geómorlíce mǽnende

gnæt

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Gnæt scinifes vel tudo, Wrt. Voc. i. 24, 3: scinifes, 77, 56. Gneat, Ps. Srt. 104, 31. Þá gnættas mid swíþe lytlum sticelum him ( man ) deriaþ, Bt. 16, 2; F. 52, 10. Heó ( fleabane ) gnættas and micgeas and fleán ácwelleþ, Lch. i. 266, 1. Add

god-sunu

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Hé ( St. Mark ) wæs Sc̃e Petres godsunu on fulwihte, Shrn. 74, 18: Ælfc. T. Grn. 12, 35. Hine onféng æt fullwihtes bæþe him tó godsuna Æþewald Eástengla cyning suscepit eum ascendentem de fonte sacro Aediluald rex Orientalium Anglorum, Bd. 3, 22; Sch.

nátes-hwón

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Hé suwode swilce hé ne gefrédde heora swingla náteshwón, Hml. S. 31, 977. Sume nellað wítnian mid nánre wrace þá máran synna on him sylfum náteshwón, Hml. A. 8, 185 : 16, 79 : 26, 43. Náteshwðn (nullatenus) hé ne gedyrstlǽce, R. Ben. I. 100, 17. Add

rǽdlíce

(adv.)
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Add Utan ealle úre wísan rǽdlíce fadian, Wlfst. 143, 22. add (?) Gif. . . ǽnig gehádod man hine sylfne rǽdlíce (but cf. oftrǽdlíce, 214, 12) oferdrince, Ll. Th. ii. 258, 26. advisably Beþence gehwá hine sylfne, and hú him rǽdlícost sý tó dónne, Wlfst

rím-áþ

(n.)
Grammar
rím-áþ, es; m.

An oath taken by a person and by the number of persons he brings with him as compurgators

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An oath taken by a person and by the number of persons he brings with him as compurgators L. Ath. i. 9 ; Th. i. 204, 15. (cf. the expressions in Norse law tylptar-, séttar-eiðr, oaths in which twelve, six persons respectively took part)

hal

(n.)
Grammar
hal, es; n.

A, secret place, a corner

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A, secret place, a corner Ðá gemétte hé hine hleonian on ðam hale his cyrcan wið ðam weofode he found him leaning in the corner of his church against the altar, Guthl. 20; Gdwin. 82, 22. On halum in abditis, Ps. Spl. 16, 13

gest-líðnes

(n.)
Grammar
gest-líðnes, -ness, -nyss, e; f.

Hospitablenesshospitalityhospĭtālĭtas

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Hospitableness, hospitality; hospĭtālĭtas Ðá se fóresprecena Godes man fela daga mid him wæs on gestlíðnesse cum præfātus clērĭcus alĭquot diēbus ăpud eum hospĭtārētur, Bd. 1, 7; S. 477, 6. On gestlíðnysse in hospitality, 1, 7; S. 476, 37: 477, 16: 1

torhte

(adv.)
Grammar
torhte, adv.

clearlybeautifullysplendidly

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clearly Frætwe míne (the swan's feathers) swógaþ hlúde, torhte singaþ, Exon. Th. 390, 9; Rä. 8, 8. Him torhte in gemynd his Dryhtnes naman dumba brohte, 440, 24; Rä. 60, 7. beautifully, splendidly Hé anlícnesse geseh torhte gefrætwed, wlitige geworhte

trág

(adj.)
Grammar
trág, adj.

Evilbad

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Evil, bad Tó trág, Exon. Th. 354, 37; Reim. 57. Se feónd and se freónd, tíreádig and trág, synnig and gesǽlig, Elen. Kmbl. 1906; El. 955. Ðæt hió ðære cwéne oncweðan meahton swá tiles swá tráges swá hió him tó sóhte, 649; El. 325

Linked entries: trág tráge

á-þriéttan

Grammar
á-þriéttan, l. -þriétan,

'loathe any one,

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dele 'loathe any one,' and add Ús nǽfre ne áðrýt þǽra góda genihtsumnys, Hml. Th. ii. 588, 8. Hié ðæt folc áþrýtton þæt hié him on hond eódon they tired out the people so that they yielded to them, Ors. 5, ll; S. 238, 10

witod

(adj.)
Grammar
witod, adj. (ptcpl. )

appointedordainedassuredcertaincertaincertainlyassuredly

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appointed, ordained, assured, certain Him is unhyldo Waldendes witod, nú hié wordcwyde his forléton, Cd. Th. 45, 21; Gen. 730. Ðé is gedál witod líces and sáwle, 57, 19; Gen. 930: 252, 9; Dan. 576: Andr. Kmbl. 1777; An. 891. Ðonne bið ús seó méd æt Drihtene

Linked entries: ge-witod witud