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ríman

(v.)
Grammar
ríman, p. de.

to count, number to enumerate, recount, describe in succession to calculate, compute, count up to account, esteem as

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Næs þeáw ðæt mon ǽnig wæl on ða healfe rímde ðe ðonne wieldre wæs mos est, ex ea parte quae viceret occisorum non commemorare numerum, Ors. 4, 1 ; Swt. 156, 22. Cyninges þegnas oft ráde on ridon ðe mon ná ne rímde Chr. 871 ; Erl. 76, 12.

híran

(v.)

to hearto hearto hearto give earhearkenlistenTo listen toto obeyto obeyto obeyto be subject toto serveerrorto belong toauthorityjurisdictionof a dueprivilegeoccupationofficehear ofbe told

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.), Mt. L. 10, 14. Óðero bíspell héres gé, 21, 33. Héres gié mec alle, Mk. L. 7, 14. Cuén súðdǽles cuóm tó héranne snytro Salomones, Mt.

ASCIAN

(v.)
Grammar
ASCIAN, acsian, ahsian, axian; p. ode; pp. od.

to ASKto ask forto demandinquireto callsummon before oneinterrogarepostulareexigereto obtainexperiencenancisciexperiri

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Ne ascige ic nú ówiht bi ðam bitran deáþe mínum I demand now nothing for my bitter death, Exon. 29b; Th. 90, 16; Cri. 1475.

Linked entry: acsian

clǽne

(adv.)
Grammar
clǽne, cláne, cléne; adv.

CLEAN, entirelypenitus, omnino

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Ðæt mín cynn clǽne [MS. clane] gewíte that my race be clean gone, Cod. Dipl. 235; A. D. 835; Kmbl. i. 311, 16. Cléne entirely, Cd. 213; Th. 265, 14; Sat. 7

Linked entry: cléne

be-faran

(v.)
Grammar
be-faran, p. -fór, pl. -fóron; pp. -faran; v. trans. [be, faran to go]

To go roundto travel throughgo all overto traverseto gomarchencompassto surroundperagrarecircumvenire

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, Mt.

Linked entry: be-féran

clýfa

Grammar
clýfa, clífa, an; m, [cleófa, cleófan to cleave, divide, separate] .

A chambercubiculum, cubileA cave, denantrum, caverna, cubile

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a separate place for man, — A chamber; cubiculum, cubile Ne máge we hreppan ǽnne wyrm binnon ðlnum clýfan we may not touch a worm in thy chamber, Homl. Th. ii. 416, 23. On díglum oððe on incófan, oððe on clýfum in cubīlibus, Ps. Lamb. 4, 5.

Linked entries: cleófa clífa

cyme

(adj.)
Grammar
cyme, adj.

Becoming, convenient, suitable, lovely, beautiful, splendid commŏdus, conveniens, aptus, splendĭdus

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Gif ic míne gewǽda on wítehrægl cyme cyrde if I turned my beautiful garments into sackcloth, Ps. Th. 68, 11. Ðæt ðú sí cymast ceastra Drihtnes that thou may be the most beautiful of the cities of the Lord, Ps. Th. 86, 2

níd-þearf

(adj.)
Grammar
níd-þearf, adj.

Necessaryneedful

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Necessary, needful Ys cræft mín behéfe þearle eów and neódþearf est ars mea utilis valde vobis et necessaria, Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 27: 29, 17. Is eallum mannum nédþearf and nytlíc ðæt hié heora fulwihthádas wel gehealdan, Blickl. Homl. 109, 25.

nihtes

(adv.)
Grammar
nihtes, (gen. of niht, q. v.); adv.

At nightnight

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Hys leorningcnihtas cómon nihtes ( nocte ), Mt. Kmbl. 28, 13. Ðæra eágan scínaþ nihtes, Nar. 34, 14, Se biþ dæges hát and nihtes ceald, 36, 27. Dæges and nihtes die et nocte, Ps. Th. 1, 2 : Mk. Skt. 4, 27 : Blickl. Homl. 47, 11 : 127, 30 : 137. 22.

boðen

(n.)
Grammar
boðen, es; m? n?

Rosemary, darnelrosmarinus, rosmarinus officinalislolium

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Rosemary, darnel; rosmarinus, rosmarinus officinalis, Lin. lolium Ðeós wyrt, ðe man rosmarinum [MS. rosmarim], and óðrum naman boðen, nemneþ, byþ cenned on sandigum landum this herb, which is called rosmarinus, and by another name rosemary, is produced

ge-drífan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-drífan, p. -dráf, pl. -drifon; pp. -drifen

To drivego adriftbe drivencast away or lostagereagiventis jactarinaufragare

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Ðæt scip gedrifen wæs naviculo jactabatur, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 14, 24

Linked entry: ge-dráf

ge-lífan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lífan, -liéfan; p. de; pp. ed

To believetrustcrēdĕreconfīdĕre

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Abram gelífde Gode crĕdĭdit Abram Deo, Gen. 15, 6, Ðæt hie geliéfon on ðínne naman that they may believe on thy name, Blickl. Homl. 247, 25

Linked entries: ge-leófan lífan

ge-nemnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-nemnan, p. -nemde; pp. -nemned, -nemnod

To namenominare

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To name; nominare On ðære ceastre, ðe is genemned Nazareth in civitate, quæ vocatur Nazareth, Mt. Bos. 2, 23: 5, 19: Mk. Skt. Lind. 15, 7: Cd. 6; Th. 8, 27; Gen. 130: 217; Th. 277, 16; Sat. 205: 221; Th. 287, 13; Sat. 366.

þanane

(adv.)
Grammar
þanane, adv.
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thence. local Ne gǽst ðú þanone (-ene, MS. A.: þonan, Rush.) non exies inde, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 26: Lk. Skt. 12, 59. Ðá gewát ic þanone, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 422. Ðanonne, Judth. Thw. 23, 21; Jud. 132. temporal, after that Rursum, dein vel þonane, Wrt.

Linked entry: þanone

wudu-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-rǽden, wudu-rǽdenn, e; f.

Woodcuttingright of cutting timber in a wood

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Woodcutting, right of cutting timber in a wood Ánan esne gebyreþ tó metsunge .xii. pund gódes cornes, and wudurǽden be landside (the amount of wood that he may cut is to be determined by local custom), L. R. S. 8; Th. i. 436, 27.

brǽdan

(v.)

to broadento extendenlargeunfoldpitchTo spreadincrease

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Add: trans. to make broad Hiǽ brǽdaþ (dilatant) þwænge heora, Mt.

Linked entry: brǽding

byt

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Swilce man siwige áne bytte, Hml. S. 34, 317. Trinnu (= tríwenu?) byttæ flasce, eadem et flascones, Wrt. Voc. ii. 39, 78. In byttum aldum in utres veteres, Mk. L. 2, 22

ge-dwolian

(v.)
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., erravit) . . . hé máre gefeáþ be þǽm þonne be þǽm . . . þe ne gedwaladan (erraverunt), Mt. . . . 18, 12-13.

ge-wun

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Ðeós wyrt is tó þám herigindlic ꝥ hý man wið gewune drenceas gemencgeað, Lch. i. 172, 6

wiþ-sacan

Grammar
wiþ-sacan, <b>. I.</b>
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Se man ána wæs ꝥte eádmódnysse wiðsóc, and hwæðere for hýrsumnysse geþafode. Hml. A. 157, 135. add: (4 a) with a negative clause Þú wást ꝥ ic ne wiðsace ꝥ ic sylf ne forfare, ac ic nelle secgan unsóð on sylfe, Hml. S. 12, 194.