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swigene

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Ðæs mannes bileofa is tó besceáwianne: ǽrest him is tó sellanne ðæt ðone innoð stille and sméþe, ne sié scearp ne tó afor ne slítende ne swigene, Lchdm. ii. 210, 21

hlemman

(v.)
Grammar
hlemman, p. de

To cause to sound to clash

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To cause to sound, to clash Hé ymbe ða herehúþe hlemmeþ tógædre grimme góman about the prey he clashes his fierce jaws together, Exon. 97 b; Th. 363, 30; Wal. 61

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ge-líþewǽcan

Grammar
ge-líþewǽcan, l. ge-liþewǽcan, ge-leoþewǽcan,
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and add: to make pliant or flexible, restore the activity of Of slápe geliðewáhtum liðum wé árísað somno refectis artubus surgimus, Hy. S. 14, 20. <b>I a.</b> to refresh, revive :-- Geliþewǽc ús þínum bénum releva nos tuis precibus, Hy. S

æt-geníman

(v.)
Grammar
æt-geníman, p. -genam, pl. -genámon; pp. -genufnen

To take away by forceto pluck outwithdrawdeliverrescueeripere

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To take away by force, to pluck out, withdraw, deliver, rescue; eripere, Cot. 77

be-fleán

(v.)
Grammar
be-fleán, p. -flóg, pl. -flógon; pp. -flagen

To flayto skintake off the skin or barkdecorticare

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To flay, to skin, or take off the skin or bark; decorticare, Cot. 62

Linked entry: be-flagen flǽsc

byrelian

(v.)
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to pour out, give to drink, serve, Exon. 45b; Th. 154, 13; Gú. 842

fóre-ætýwian

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-ætýwian, p. ede; pp. ed

To fore-showto go before and show the waypræmonstrāre

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To fore-show, to go before and show the way; præmonstrāre, Som. Ben. Lye

birgean

(v.)

to bury

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to bury Iosue hét hí birgean Joshua ordered to bury them, Jos. 10, 27

ge-hyrdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hyrdan, p. de; pp. ed; v. trans.

To hardento strengthendurareindurare

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To harden, to strengthen; durare, indurare, Exon. 88 a; Th. 331, 26; Vy. 74

ge-scítt

(v.)

shoots forward, falls to, is allotted to,

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shoots forward, falls to, is allotted to, Ex. 29, 26; pres. of ge-sceótan

fræppigan

(v.)
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to be afraid of, to accuse Téldon ł fræppigdon verebuntur, Mt. L. 21, 37

wiþ-gínan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-gínan, p. de

To replyto repelreject

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To reply (? cf. Icel. gegna to reply); to repel, reject (? v. gynde, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 636) Ðá cwæð hé eft tó him sylfum: 'Tó sóðan ne þincð mé nǽfre ðæt hit sóð sý ðæt ðys sý Efesa byrig . . .' Ðá wiðgýnde hé eft his geðance, ond him þus andwyrde (

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be-wendan

(v.)

round

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Add: To turn about, round. of simple movement Se drý geband Philetum swá þæt hé bewendan ne mihte, Hml. Th. ii. 414, 18. Hine bewendan fram wíte tó wite, Hml. S. 37, 180. to turn the face to or from an object, reflexive þ á bewende Nero hine tó Paulum

dícian

(v.)
Grammar
dícian, p. ode ; pp.od

To DIKE, bank, moundaggārāre, cingĕre

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To DIKE, bank, mound; aggārāre, cingĕre : Ðǽr Severus hét dícian and eorþwall gewyrcan there Severus commanded to raise a bank and to make an earth wall, Bd. 1, 12; S. 481, 9

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for-sceóppan

(v.)
Grammar
for-sceóppan, p. -scóp, pl. -scópon; pp. -sceápen

To re-createtransformdeformtransformāre

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To re-create, transform, deform; transformāre Sume, hí sǽdon, ðæt hió [Circe] sceolde forsceóppan to león some, they said, she [Circe] should transform to a lioness, Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 33

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denu

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Ealle men fleód tó muntum and tó denum ( in speluncas montium ) hié tó behýdanne, and hié cweðað: 'Wé hálsiað eów, muntas and dena, ꝥ gé ús oferfeallen,' Verc. Först. 108, 11. Add

or-trúwian

(v.)
Grammar
or-trúwian, p. ode

To be without hope of, to despair of

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To be without hope of, to despair of Hé ortrúw-ode his Drihtnys mildheortnysse he despaired of his Lord's mercy, Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 25. To ortrúwienne desperandum, Wulck. Gl. 250, 36

hnǽgan

(v.)
Grammar
hnǽgan, p. de

To cause to bow, bring low, humble, humiliate

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To cause to bow, bring low, humble, humiliate Ic bebeóde bearnum mínum ðæt hie ðé hnǽgon æt gúþe I command my sons to humble thee in battle, Andr. Kmbl. 2660; An. 1331

on-búgan

(v.)
Grammar
on-búgan, p. -beáh.

to bendto bend in reverence or submission, to bowto submit, yieldto bend aside, deviate

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to bend Ðonne ic onbúge when I (a bow) bend, Exon. Th. 405, 16; Rä. 24, 3. to bend in reverence or submission, to bow Heó tó hyre módor cneówum onbeah, Lchdm. iii. 428, 13. Hís gebróðru onbugon tó him proni adorantes Gen. 50, 18. Ða ðe nolden tó his

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Scride-finnas

(n.)
Grammar
Scride-finnas, pl. m.
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A people who, according to Jornandes and Procopius, seem to have inhabited the present Russian Lapland and other tracts thereabouts, and even to have extended into the present Swedish Finnland. [Procopius, sigma;κριθίφινοι; Adam of Bremen, Scritefinni