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on-beódan

(v.)
Grammar
on-beódan, p. -beád; pl. -budon; pp. -boden.

to bid, order ⬩ to announce, tell, proclaim, send word

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Hé onbeád ðæt hé of Róme cóme, Bd. 1, 25; S. 486, 25. to announce, tell, proclaim, send word Hé hit him hám bebeád (onbeád, MS. C.) he sent them home word of it, Ors. 4, 5; Swt. 168, 13.

Linked entry: in-beódan

healdan

(v.)
Grammar
healdan, haldan; p. heóld; pp. healden.

to HOLD, keep, grasp, retain, restrain, confine, contain ⬩ to hold, have, possess, occupy, inhabit ⬩ to rule, govern ⬩ to behave, conduct ⬩ to guard, defend, keep, preserve, protect, maintain, sustain, regard, observe, take heed ⬩ to hold out, last, hold on, continue, hold with ⬩ to hold, keep, keep sheep ⬩ servare, custodire

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Heó hit heóld ǽr tó fæste wið hine she had before dealt too hardly with him, Chr. 1043; Erl. 168, 10. Gif hé hine heólde swá swá hé sceolde if he conducted himself as he ought, L. R. 7; Th. i. 192, 15.

freoðian

(v.)
Grammar
freoðian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To care for ⬩ maintain ⬩ cherish ⬩ protect ⬩ keep ⬩ observe ⬩ consŭlĕre ⬩ sustentāre ⬩ fŏvēre ⬩ tuēri ⬩ observāre

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Hine weoruda God freoðade on foldan the God of hosts protected him on earth, Exon. 38 a; Th. 126, 6; Gú. 367. Hí ðone heágan dæg healdaþ and freoðiaþ they keep and observe the high day [Sunday ], Hy. 9, 27; Hy. Grn. ii. 291, 27

ge-mynan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mynan, p. de

To remember, remind

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Ðæt he mec bí noman mínum gemyne that he remember me by name, Exon. 76 a; Th. 215, 28; Jul. 721. Gie gemynan reminiscamini, Jn. Skt. Lind. 16, 4. Gemyne ðú ðæt ðú ðisne ele send on ða sǽ tu memento ut hoc oleum mittas in mare, Bd. 3,15; S. 541, 33.

geond

(adv.)
Grammar
geond, adv.
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Add: marking position, yonder, away there Hér hí synd full gehende geond on Célian dúne here they are quite close away there on the Celian hill, Hml. S. 23, 305. Hí synd hér geond on þám scræfe æt Célian dúne, 734.

hen

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Hú Bonefatius ádýdde þone fox þe bát his módor henna. His módor gewunode tó fédenne henna on hire húses cafortúne, ac hig gelómlíce áweg bær án fox . . . Cóm se fox, swá his gewuna wæs, and gelæhte áne henne (hæn, v. l.), Gr. D. 69, 22-70, 2.

reccan

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Þá reccinge þe hé rehte, Hml. S. 30, 376. Ǽr ðiosum wé rehton (reahton, v. l. ostendimus] hwelc sé beón sceolde ðe tó ðǽm biscepdóme cuman sceolde; nú wé willað reccan (demonstremus) hú hé ðǽron libban scyle, Past. 73, 21-23: 173, 14.

trymman

(v.)

to make firm or strong ⬩ to construct strongly, ⬩ of physical health or strength ⬩ to give strength to ⬩ strengthen ⬩ of mental or moral strength ⬩ to confirm ⬩ establish ⬩ give strength to mind or heart ⬩ to confirm, ⬩ to corroborate ⬩ confirm an agreement, a grant, testimony, statement ⬩ to give as surety ⬩ to trim ⬩ to set infirm order ⬩ array troops ⬩ to settle ⬩ arrange ⬩ to strengthen with words ⬩ exhort ⬩ encourage ⬩ comfort ⬩ to become strong ⬩ to be arrayed.

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, comfort Hí hí midwráðumwordum trymmaþ, Ps.

CLÚS

(n.; part.)
Grammar
CLÚS, e; f: clúse, an; f.
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He fram ðære clúsan afaren wæs wið ðara scipa he was gone from the pass towards the ships, Ors. 6, 36; Bos. 131, 26, 22. Ðá hæfdon hý heora clúsan belocene when they had closed their passes, 3, 7; Bos. 60, 4.

Linked entry: clúse

hyrstan

(v.)
Grammar
hyrstan, hierstan; p. te; pp. ed

To fry ⬩ roast

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Hé hine hét áþenian on írenum bedde and hine cwicne hirstan and brǽdan and swá hine mon má hirste swá wæs hé fægera on ondwlitan he ordered him to be stretched on an iron bed and roasted alive; and the more he was roasted the fairer was his face, Shrn

ríce

(n.)
Grammar
ríce, es; n.

power ⬩ authority ⬩ dominion ⬩ rule ⬩ empire ⬩ reign ⬩ bishops ⬩ consuls ⬩ a kingdom ⬩ realm ⬩ a diocese ⬩ a nation

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Ymb xxxi wintra ðæs ðe hé ríce hæfde after he had reigned thirty-one years, Chr. 755; Erl. 48, 26. Wé witon ðæt ealle onwealdas from him sindon wé witon eác ðæt ealle ríca sint from him forðon ealle onwealdas of ríce sindon.

laðian

(v.)
Grammar
laðian, p. ode

To invite ⬩ call ⬩ call upon

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Ðá hét hé Willfriþ tó ðam sinoþe laðian vocari jussit Vilfridum, 5, 19; S. 639, 35. Hé sende his þeówan tó laðigenne mancynn tó ðære écan feorme, Homl. Th. ii. 372, 5

in-cund

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Ox. 5, 23. non-physical, in reference to mind, feeling, spirit, denoting earnestness, sincerity Hé geoffrode his lác mid incundre heortan, Hml. S. 25, 795. His Drihten heriende mid incundre heortan, 37, 193.

nídan

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Stinge him mon feþere on múð, néde hine tó spíwanne, Lch. ii. 286, 17. [3) with clause :-- Þone hié nǽddun ꝥ hé bére his róde hunc angariaverunt ut tolleret crucem ejus, Mt. R. 27, 32

éðm

(n.)
Grammar
éðm, es; m.

Breath, steam, vapour ⬩ hālĭtus. spīrĭtus, văpor

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Breath, steam, vapour; hālĭtus. spīrĭtus, văpor Hú síd se swarta éðm seó how wide the black vapour is, Cd. 228; Th. 309, 4; Sat. 704. Ne lǽte on ðone éðm let him not allow the vapour on [it ], L. M. 1, 32; Lchdm. ii. 78, 24

leáfa

(n.)
Grammar
leáfa, an; m.

Belief ⬩ faith

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Belief, faith Hú mæg se leáfa [other MS. geleáfa] beón forþgenge gif seó lár and ða láreówas áteoriaþ how can belief be prosperous if teaching and teachers fail, Ælfc. Gr. pref; Som. 1, 37. Leáfa fides, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 8, 10: 15, 28. Leáfo, 21, 21

blódgian

(v.)
Grammar
blódgian, p. ode.
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to make bloody Hé hys líchaman mid his tóþum blódgode, Guth. 56, 17. Hié mid heora múðe hié blódgodon, Nar. 11, 5. Hí ongunnon heora hors mid heora spurum blódgian, Gr. D. 14, 28. to become bloody Reáwde vel blódgade crudescit, Wrt.

Linked entry: blódegian

geómrung

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Mid geómrunge and mid wópe ( vel gemitu vel fletu ) hí getácniaþ heora módes lufe, R. Ben. 138, 5. Hé for þæs Módes geómerunge (geómrunga, v. l.) næs náuht gedréfed nihil meis questibus mota, Bt. 5, 1; F. 8, 26. Add

meinnisc-lic

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Add: human Ne geseah hé. . . náne mennisclice gesihðe. Hml. S. 23 b, 181. that should characterize man, humane Beó him gegearewod eal mennisclic fremfulnes omnis ei exhibeatur humanitas, R. Ben. 83, 18.

heago-rún

(n.)
Grammar
heago-rún, e; f.

A mystery in which magic is involved, necromancy

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A mystery in which magic is involved, necromancy Hú mambres ontýnde ða drýlícan bec his bréðer iamnes and him geopenude ða heagorúne ðæs deófelgildes his bróður aperuit mambres libros magicos fratris sui iamnis et fecit nicromantiam et eduxit ab inferis

Linked entry: rún