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á-éhtan

(v.)

to persecute

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to persecute Áoehtad gé biðon pirsequentur, Lk. L. 21, 12

á-drysnendlic

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á-dumbian

(v.)
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On ðám dóme ádumbiað ðá ýdelan lyffeteras, Hml. Th. ii. 570, 35. 'Beó ðú dumb' . . . And hé ðá ádumbode, i. 202, 7. Wið ðon ðe wíf fǽrunga ádumbige, Lch. iii. 58, 16. Hét hé ðone hund ádumbian, Hml. S. 31, 1133. Se fæder wæs ádumbod, Hml. Th. i. 352,

á-dustrian

(v.)

to imprecate

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to imprecate(?) Ðá ongann hé ádustriga (&ustriga, R.) tunc coepit detestari, Mt. L. 26, 74. Cf. &ustrungæ abominationem, Mt. R. 24, 15

Linked entries: andustrian andustrung

á-dwǽscendlic

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á-sealcan

Linked entry: sealcan

á-sécan

to seek outsearch forto search throughexplore

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Add: to seek out, search for Ácsa hine his wísena and áséc his dǽda, Ll. Th. ii. 260, 21. Ðæt seó sáwel dysi forbúge and wísdóm áséce, Hex. 40, 1. to search through, explore Hí hæfdon þá burh ealle ásóhte, Chr. 1011; P. 142, 2 note

Linked entry: on-sécan

á-sécendlic

(adj.)
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á-sécendlic, adj.

To be sought out

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To be sought out Ásécendlice exquisita, Ps. L. 110, 2

Linked entry: -sécendlic

á-scirpan

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His mód and his ondgit ðæt gecynd áscirpð. . . his ondgit bið áscirped, Past. 69, 8, 13. Áscearptun exacuerunt, Ps. Srt. 63, 4. Add

a-screpan

(v.)

to bear out

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to bear out. Dele, and see preceding word

á-smúgan

(v.)

to investigate

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to investigate Hí synt tó ásmúganne mid scrútniendre scrutnunge, Angl. viii. 302, 35

Linked entry: smúgan

á-slápan

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Lǽcedómas wiþ áslápenum lice. (paralysed) Lch. ii. 12, 17. Þá áslápenan sina, 282, 8. Add

Linked entry: on-slápan

á-seonod

(adj.; part.)

deprived of sinews

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deprived of sinews Ásionod enervata, Wrt. Voc. ii. 143, 53

á-séðendlic

Similar entry: un-áséðendlíc

á-sincan

(v.)

to sink down

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to sink down Bufon ðám wætere ðǽr þæt ísen ásanc, Hml. Th. ii. 162, 13. Tóbærst seó eorðe and ꝥ tempi ásanc, Hml. S. 4, 378

á-singan

to recite verseto compose verse

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Add: to recite verse Hé þý betstan leóðe geglenged him ásong and ágeaf þæt him beboden wæs, Bd. 4, 34;Sch. 485, 22. Ðá se wísdóm and seó gesceádwísnes þis leóð þus ásungen hæfdon, Bt. 13;F. 36, 30(and often). to compose verse Wrát hé bóc and þá meterfersum

á-smeágendlic

(adj.)
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Angl. viii. 310, 3. v. Lch. iii. 232, 23

á-smiþian

(v.)
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Se fæder hét ásmiðigan of smǽtum golde hyre anlýcnysse, Hml. S. 2, 113. Scrín of seolfre ásmiþod, 26, 173. Smicere geworhte,ásmiðode fabrefactum. Wrt. Voc. ii. 33, 68. Add

Linked entry: smiðian

á-standan

(v.)

to standto stand uparise,to standcontinue,not to be overturned, destroyedto persistcontinue to actto standsupportendureto standstop

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Add: of position, to stand Ðe aldormon ðe fore ongaegn ástód centurio qui ex adverso stabat, Mk. L. 15, 39. Árás ástód surgens stetit, Lk. L. 6, 8, 17: 24, 36. Án ástód unus adsistens, Jn. L. R. 18, 22. of motion, to stand up, arise, denoting simply

á-sprungen

(adj.)
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á-sprungen, adj. (ptcpl.)

Defunct

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Defunct Is þeáw ꝥ ásprungenra manna líc and ǽwfæstra manna man byreð on ciricean consuetudo est monachorum et hominum religiosorum cadavera (cf. monachos vel homines religiosos defunctos, 53, 9) in ecclesiam portare, Ll. Th. ii. 160, 24