be-weddian
to betroth ⬩ pledge ⬩ plight
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., and seó beó mid rihte beweddod and forgifen ii. 300, 13 Gif hió óðrum mæn in sceát bewyddod sí, i. 24, 5. Ácenned of beweddodan mǽdene, Hml. Th. i. 196, 7. used of a married woman: Beweddod nupta, Wrt. Voc. i. 52, 34.
clǽne
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Se láreów sceal bión clǽne ( mundus ) on his móde, Past. 75, 18. Þæt hié gehealdað hiera líchoman firenlusta clǽnne, 40, 14. Ne magon wé nǽfre gereccan þone yfelan mon clǽnne and untwifealdne, Bt. 36, 6; F. 182, 19. Clǽne lautos (biblos ), Wrt.
fore-weard
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Mid þrím fingrum foreweardum geniman to take with the tips of three fingers, Lch. ii. 180, 21. temporal Ne sceal mon þisne drincan sellan on foreweardne þone ece and þá ádle, ac ymb fela nihta, Lch. ii. 256, 18.
ge-lendan
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Ðæt scip . . . búton ðá rówend hit teón, sceal fleótan mid ðý streáme: ne mæg hit nó stille gestandan, búton . . . mon mid róðrum ongeán tió; elles hit gelent mid ðý streáme, Past. 445, 13. non-material Ic wolde witan hwæðer ( = hwider?)
ge-lengan
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Æfter þaes gyltes gemete sceal beón gelencged (-lengen, v. l.) þǽre ámánsumunge gemet secundum modum culpe excommunicationis debet extendi mensura, R. Ben. 48, 15. to prolong an action, state, condition, &c.
ge-metfæst
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Fela sceal tó holdan hámes geréfan and tó gemetfæstán manna hyrde, Angl. ix. 265, ll. Þám ungestæþþegan þú miht secgan ꝥ hé biþ unstillum fugelum gelícra ðonne gemetfestum monnum inconstans studia permutat ?
Linked entry: ge-metfæstlíce
georn
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Ic wæs symles willan þínes georn on móde I was ever eager in my heart to do thy will, An. 66: Gú. 839: El. 268. of that which is to be got Ne sceal hé beón tó georn deádra manna feós, Bl. H. 43, 12. Goddreáma georn gǽst, Gú. 1273.
ge-sceótan
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v. sceát, -scíte) Se arc wæs fyðerscýte, and . . . wæs fram nyðeweardan oð ufeweardan swá tógædere gescoten (gestoten ?
hlúd
noisy ⬩ talkative ⬩ clamorous ⬩ a blow ⬩ a crash
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Wærwyrde sceal wísfæst hæle breóstum hycgan, nales breahtme hlúd, Fá. 58. Ne eom ic sylfa hlúd, Rä. 82, 1. of things. of wind or water Winde gelícost þonne hé hlúd ástígeð, El. 1273. Wæter hlúd and undióp, Past. 469, 6.
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on-búgan
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Hwý sceal ǽnigum menn ðyncean tó orgellic ðæt hé onbúge tó óðres monnes willan (alienae voluntati acquiescere), Past. 307, 15. with dat. Sé þe him ( the devil ) onbýhð bið beswicen, Angl. vii. 30, 282.
wyrcan
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L. 43, 2. to work, produce an effect, have influence Hond sceal heófod in wyrcan the head must work upon (or influence) the hand, Gn. Ex. 68. v. brycg-, samod-wyrcende
á-standan
to stand ⬩ to stand up ⬩ arise, ⬩ to stand ⬩ continue, ⬩ not to be overturned, destroyed ⬩ to persist ⬩ continue to act ⬩ to stand ⬩ support ⬩ endure ⬩ to stand ⬩ stop
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Þisne lǽcecræft mann sceal dón manne Ꝥ swýþe spíwaþ gif wullaþ þat hit ástonden, Lch. iii. 132, 16
ferian
to carry ⬩ convey ⬩ bear ⬩ lead ⬩ conduct ⬩ ferre ⬩ portāre ⬩ vehĕre ⬩ dedūcĕre ⬩ afferre ⬩ to betake oneself to ⬩ se gerĕre ⬩ versēri ⬩ to go ⬩ depart ⬩ vehi ⬩ īre
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Folc ðín ðú feredest swá sceáp deduxisti sīcut ŏves pŏpŭlum tuum, Ps. Th. 76, 17. He ferode ðone to his mynstre mid árwurþnysse he bare it to his minster with honour, Homl. Th. ii. 358, 7: Chr. 1009; Erl. 141, 23.
wyrd
What happens ⬩ fate ⬩ fortune ⬩ chance ⬩ fate ⬩ the otherwise than humanly appointed order of things ⬩ one of the Fates ⬩ fate ⬩ fortune ⬩ an event ⬩ an event ⬩ occurrence ⬩ circumstance ⬩ incident ⬩ fact ⬩ what happens to a person ⬩ fate ⬩ fortune ⬩ lot ⬩ condition ⬩ fate ⬩ death ⬩ chance ⬩ accident
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Ðé sceal on woruld bringan Sarra sunu, sóð forð gán wyrd æfter ðiosum wordgemearcum, Cd. Th. 142, 1 ; Gen. 2355. Gǽð á wyrd swá hió sceal, Beo. Th. 915; B. 455. Ne wæs wyrd, ðæt hé má móste manna cynnes ðicgean, 1473; B. 734.
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ge-niman
To take, take up, take away, assume, receive, accept, obtain, comprehend, enter into ⬩ sūmĕre, tollĕre, auferre, assūmĕre, accĭpĕre, nancisci, comprehendĕre, inīre
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He his folc genam swá fǽle sceáp abstŭlit sīcut oves pŏpŭlum suum, Ps. Th. 77, 52, 69. Ðe ic to swá myclum cyninge genom quod cum tanto rēge inii, Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 25.
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ge-læccan
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Th. ii. 350, 34. to take from, rescue Dauid gelæhte þæt scép of ðám deórum, Ælfc. T.
slege
a stroke, blow ⬩ of a serpent's sting, ⬩ a striking, beating, ⬩ stamping, coining ⬩ clashing, collision ⬩ a crash, clap of thunde ⬩ a fatal stroke, slaying, slaughter, death (by violence ⬩ a defeat, loss inflicted on an army; clades ⬩ a stroke of affliction, punishment, disease ⬩ an instrument for striking ⬩ a slay ⬩ a plectrum ⬩ plectro] ⬩ a stroke, blow ⬩ slaying ⬩ plaga, ictus, tusio, percussio : ⬩ a blow, defeat; ⬩ n. a blow; a defeat, slaughter, loss; a stroke of apoplexy
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Hé is gelǽd tó slege swá swá scép ii. 16, 20. Hí heora swuran gearcodon sylfwylles tó slege they voluntarily prepared their necks for the fatal stroke Homl. Skt. i. 5, 47.
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tilian
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Se ðe ne gýmþ ðæra sceápa ac tylaþ his sylfes he that heeds not the sheep, but takes care of himself, Homl. Th. i. 242, 1.
ge-sweotulian
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Abraham geswutelode mid þǽre dǽde ꝥ man ne sceal fandian Godes ostenditur in isto ejus facto quod homo non debet tenare are Dominum, Angl. vii. 42, 404. ꝥ wé é Oferfundennessum geswutelian experimentis comprobasse, An.
restan
To rest ⬩ to cease from toil, be at rest ⬩ to rest on a couch, to sleep ⬩ to rest in death, lie dead, lie in the grave ⬩ to remain unmoved; or; undisturbed, be still ⬩ To rest one's self ⬩ of cessation from toil
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To rest one's self; of cessation from toil Ðú rest ðé nú on eorþan, and ic mid sáre tó helle sceal beón lǽded, L. E. I. prm.; Th. ii. 398, 16. Ðǽr hí æðelingas inne restaþ, Runic pm. Kmbl. 340, 22; Rún. 6.
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