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cneów

(n.)
Grammar
cneów, es; n.

a kneegenua generation; generatio

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bígdon heora cneów befóran him they bowed their knees before him Mt. Bos. 27, 29. a generation; generatio In ðære þeóde awóc his ðæt þridde cneów in that nation rose the third generation from him Cd. 209; Th. 258, 16; Dan. 676

Linked entry: cneó

be-gán

(v.)

passageto go roundto reach by goingcome uponget atto gopass byto gocomegetto pass byTo come byget atto comefall to one's lotto fallget into debtto surroundto confineto occupyto go about a businessto attend toto cultivateto worshipto honourvenerate a placeto exercise, practise an art, mode of life, &c.to practise a religionfollow the dictates of to practisecarry ondo (habitually)to devote one's self to a practiceto exercise a personto behaveto exercise in somethingto exerciseuseemployto professpretend

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Hié wel begáð hira plantan and hiera impan, Past. 381, 16. Hé his folces ðeáwas beeóde, swilce hé on wín-geardes biggencge swnnce, Hml. Th. ii. 74, 26. Begá exerce (agrum tuum), Kent. Gl. 940. On begánum stówum.

arodness

(n.)
Grammar
arodness, e; f.
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Hié habbað ðá arodnesse (-ud-, v. l.) and ðá bieldo ðæt hié magon anweald habban auctoritatis fortitudine erecti sunt, Past. 41, 17

ge-scendan

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Sió tunge bið gescinded ( confunditur ) on ðám láriówdóme, ðonne hió óðer lærð, óðer hió liornode, 27, ll. to blame, rebuke Se earma úpáhafena sié mid his wordum geðreátod and gescended, ðonne hé ongiet ðæt hine ne magon his iermða geðreátigean and geeáðmédan

be-frinan

(v.)
Grammar
be-frinan, l. be-frignan, -frinan; p. -frán, pl. -frúnon, -frinon; pp. -frúnen, -frinen,

to ask a person a question,to askquestion,to ask about somethingto ask a person about somethingto ask for some-thingto ask of a person what one wishes to be told

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befrán on hwilcne tíman þone steorran gesáwon, i. 82, 8. Heó befrinen þone cásere hwæt heó scolden, Hml. A. 194, 37. Ðone pápan ꝥ hié befrinon hwæt him tó rǽde þúhte, Bl.

scyte

(n.)
Grammar
scyte, es; m.
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shooting Hié fortendun ðæt swíðre breóst foran ðæt hit weaxan ne sceolde ðæt hié hæfden ðý strengran scyte ( ne sagittarum jactus inpedirentur ), Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 46, 13. Dryhten dǽleþ sumum wyrp oððe scyte, Exon.

Linked entry: wáse-scite

cirr

(n.)
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Bestǽlon hié hié upp æt sumum twám cirron (cyrrum, v. l.), æt óþrum cierre (cyrre, v. l. ) beeástan Wæced, and æt óþrum cierre æt Portlocan, 918; P. 98, 26-29. Add

Linked entries: cerr cier cyrr

gifol

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Hié wilniað ðæt hié gifule (giofole, v. l.) ðyncen munifici videri appetunt 339, 25. gracious Gefol wíf mulier gratiosa Kent. Gl. 366. Icel. gjöfull munificent.]

sóna

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him sóna ondwyrde, and him stiernlíce stiérde, Past. 197, 18. in general statements in which the time reckoned from is indefinite Se líchama hine ná ne onstyreþ syþþan seó sáwl him of biþ; ac sóna hé molsnaþ, Bl. H. 21, 28.

æt

(prep.)
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., from :-- Ðæt lond æt him álésan, Ors. 1. 10; S. 44, 9. Gyf hit man æt ðeófes hands áhret, Ll. Th. i. 226, 4. áhreddon þæt cild æt þám wulfe, Hml. S. 30, 186.

Eofor-wícingas

(n.)
Grammar
Eofor-wícingas, pl. m.

Yorkists, people of York Eboracenses

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Yorkists, people of York; Eboracenses Hæfdon Eoforwícingas geháten ðæt hie on hire rǽdenne beón woldan the people of York had promised that they would be at her disposal, Chr. 918; Th. 192, 9

rád

(n.)
Grammar
rád, es; n.
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A condition, stipulation Hé .cccccc. gísla on his geweald underfǽng on ꝥ rád (gerád, Ors. 3, 8; S. 122, 4) ꝥ hié heora seoþþan éce þeówas wǽran, Mod. Lang. Review, viii. 62, 26

híred-mann

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Add: Similar entries v. híred; III. Ǽlcon híredmen (bp. Alfwold's) his onrid þe hé álǽned hæfde, Cht. Crw. 23, 24. Híredmanna gehwilc sille pænig tó ælmessan, oððe his hláford sille for hine, Wlfst. 181, 16.

tama

(n.)
Grammar
tama, an; m.

Tameness

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Tameness Ne þearf beorna nán wénan ðære wyrde, ðæt hió ( the lioness ) wel hire taman healde; ac ic tiohhie, ðæt hió ðæs níwan taman náuht ne gehicgge, ac ðone wildan gewunan wille geþencan hire eldrena, Met. 13, 23-28.

récan

(v.)
Grammar
récan, réccan (reccan?); p. róhte
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Hié ne récceaþ hwæðer, Past. 19, 2; Swt. 145, 21. Se cyng ne róhte ná hú swíðe synlíce ða geréfan hit begeátan, ne hú manige unlaga dydon, Chr. 1086; Erl. 220, 12. woldon on elþeódignesse beón, ne róhton hwǽr, 891; Erl. 88, 8.

á-hebban

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L. 73, 3. of hostile action or feeling gewinn up áhófon, Chr. 1094; P. 230, 3. Hié wið Godes bearne níð áhófon, El. 838.

Linked entries: un-áhefendlic hebban

þindan

(v.)
Grammar
þindan, p. þand; pp. þunden.
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Se streám ongan tó þindende ongeán swilce hit wǽre án heáh dún ( ad instar montis intumescentes ), Jos. 3, 16. Hit bíþ þindende, Lchdm. ii. 210, 22.

Linked entry: a-þindan

un-nyt

(adj.)
Grammar
un-nyt, un-nyt; adj.

Uselessvainidleunprofitable

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Ðonne ðæt mód bið on monig tódǽled, hit bið on ánes hwæm ðý unnyttre ... Oft ðonne mon forlét ða fæstrǽdnesse ... hine spænð his mód tó swíðe monegum unnyttum weorce ... Hé swíður his mód gebint tó ðǽm unnyttan (-nyttran, Hatt.

Linked entry: un-net

a-nýdan

(v.)
Grammar
a-nýdan, p. -nýdde; pp. -nýded, pl. -nýdede = -nýdde [a from, nýdan to compel] .

to repelthrust or beat backkeep fromrestrainconstrainforcerepellereextorquereto expelto drive outexpelleredepellereexigere

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to repel, thrust or beat back, keep from, restrain, constrain, force; repellere, extorquere fram his mágum ǽr mid unrihte anýdde wǽron they had formerly been unjustly forced from his kinsmen, Chr. 823; Th. 111, 34. with út to expel, to drive out;

Linked entry: a-nídan

deófol-seóc

(adj.)
Grammar
deófol-seóc, def. se deófol-seóca; adj. [seóc sick]

Devil-sick, possessed with a devil dæmŏnium hăbens, dæmoniăcus

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Devil-sick, possessed with a devil; dæmŏnium hăbens, dæmoniăcus Ðá wæs him broht án deófolseóc man tunc oblātus est ei dæmŏnium habens, Mt. Bos. 12, 22 : 9, 32. Híg brohton him manege deófolseóce obtulērunt ei multos dæmŏnia habentes, 8, 16.

Linked entry: feónd-seóc