be-fón
to seize ⬩ catch ⬩ take, ⬩ to seize ⬩ take forcible possession of ⬩ to seize a criminal ⬩ lost property ⬩ to catch ⬩ get to see a person ⬩ to get ⬩ attain to ⬩ to surround ⬩ encompass ⬩ to enclose, ⬩ to serve as a covering for ⬩ contain ⬩ to put into a covering ⬩ to encircle, ⬩ to lie round ⬩ to place round ⬩ to include ⬩ contain ⬩ comprise ⬩ to surround with words ⬩ furnish with a commentary ⬩ to have to do with an object ⬩ to engage in an occupation ⬩ get involved in an action
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Sé geypte déman þæt Tiburtius wæs crísten, and hé wæs befangen, Shrn. 116, 24. ¶ to take in the act:-- In dernelegerscip befóen in adulterio deprehensam, Jn.
húðe
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numerosas predas, An. Ox. 5084
bǽdan
to urge ⬩ press ⬩ compel ⬩ impel ⬩ to require ⬩ exact
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Þá gebróðra woldon þæs húses wáh hwéne hérran getimbrian, forþon þæs swá sum neódþearflicu wíse bǽdde (quia res ita exigebat), Gr. D. 124, 23
ge-swinc
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the produce of labour Ic háte ꝥ gé gangen, tó mínum cyricum, and þǽr gé eówer geswinc sellað (cf. ꝥ gé ágeofan ðá teóðunge tó Godes cyrican, 16), Wlfst. 229, 7
bisceop-setl
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Þæt biscepsetl on Hrofesceastre, 633; P. 24, 21. Add
eced-drenc
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Þæs eceddrences swá geworhtes, 286, 8
hæftnung
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Ic sende ofer eów . . . hæftnunge: þæt is . . . man sceal þá geoguðe lǽdan gehæft heánlíce mid heardum bendum Wlfst. 295, 14. Add: —
irgþ
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Hwí wolde geðafian hé þæt his ðegen ( St. Peter) hine for yrcðe swá oft wiðsóce?, Hml. Th. ii. 350, 3. Add
snǽd
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þæt íren ford áhleóp of þám hylfe, Gr. D. 113, 27. (This is the same incident as that described in Hml. Th. ii. 162.) Add: Cf
woffung
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Hé ongann gebiddan ꝥ him God forgeáfe mid hwám hé mihte gestillan þæs hátheortan mæssepreóstes woffunga coepit exorare ut ei redderet unde presbyteri furentis insaniam mitigare potuisset, Gr. D. 65, 13
be-cuman
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Add Ne lyst mé þæs; ac gyf hit mé ǽfre on lust becymð, Solil. H. 36, 16. Add Wé becumað tó þám andgite swá mycles gerýnes, Angl. viii. 302, 39
ge-féle
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Sensitive Wiþ þǽre gefélan heardnesse þǽre lifre, Lch. ii. 160, 28: 206, 13. On þám monnum þe habbaþ swíðe gefélne magan, 176, 8
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æt-gædere
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In passage from Met. 20, 160 insert mǽst after biþ, and add: marking association Him leófre wǽre þæt hié mid þǽre byrig ætgædere forwurdon þonne hié mon bútan him tówurpe, Ors. 4, 13; S. 210, 23. Hié ætgædere wǽron on heora gebedstówe, Bl.
ge-horsod
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S. 25, 557. ꝥ ǽlc man hæbbe æt þǽre syhl .II. wel gehorsede men omnis homo habeat duos homines cum bonis equis de omni caruca Ll. Th. i. 208, 13
grindan
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Ðá hé þǽre cweorna neálǽhte, and ꝥ corn þǽr on lægde, þá orn seó cweorn, Shrn. 145, 21. Gif hió grindende þeówa sió, Ll. Th. i. 6, 6. <b>I a.
heardung
A hardening
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A hardening, a being or becoming hard: Heardung þǽre lifre butan gefélnesse and bútan sáre, Lch. ii. 198, 13. Be þǽre lifre heardunge, 160, 21
swǽm
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Add: — Þǽra sceanda and þǽra swǽma mænigeo wæs ǽfre úre westdǽl áfylled quorum sordida atque infami numerositate semper nostra pars occidua pallet, Chrd. 78, 6
dúru
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Tó þæs carcernes dyru (duru, l. 20), Bl. H. 237, 18. Ætforan þǽre cyrican dyre (dyran, R. Ben. I. 78, 10) ante foras oratorii, R. Beo. 70, 5. Binnan circan dyre, Ll. Th. ii. 254, 9. Tó þǽre duran (dura, v. l., tó duru, L.) ad januam, Mk. 1, 33.
syn-bryne
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sinful passion Deófol þe ús on lífe mid þǽre synbryne (mid þǽre synne bryne onǽlþ?. The Latin is: Spiritus qui ad peccandum succendit, and the English version is imperfect.
freónd
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Ne þearf hé þǽr nǽfre wénan þæs freóndes þe hine of þæs deófles gewealdum álésan mæge. Bl. H. 63, 2. Þone hé tealde him tó frýnd þe him sume hefigtýmnysse on belǽdde. Hml. Th. ii. 546, 18. Dryhten, sint geweorðode mid mé ðíne friénd, Past. 85, 24.