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trod

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Tó sealgate; ðannen ... tó sealtrode ( a track where there are sallows ?), C.D. iii. 236, 30. Add

ofer-feallan

(v.)

to fall upon, to attack

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to fall upon, to attack Hié oferfeóllan ða ðe ða yrmþo genǽson, Blickl. Homl. 203, 19

cræftan

(v.)
Grammar
cræftan, p. te; pp. ed [cræft art]

To exercise a craftto build architectari

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To exercise a craft, to build; architectari Ic cræfte architector Ælfc. Gr. 36; Som. 38, 35

láðettan

(v.)
Grammar
láðettan, p. te

odioushatefulbe hatedbe hostileto abominatehate

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To be odious or hateful, be hated, be hostile, to abominate, hate Láðetteþ detestantur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 26, 8. Man láðette tó swýðe ðæt man scolde lufian people hated too much what they ought to love, Wulfst. 168, 13. Uncer láðette ǽgðer óðer ðeáh ðe hé

trucian

(v.)
Grammar
trucian, p. ode.
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to fail in doing something Ne trucaþ heora nan ána ðurh unmihte ac ðurh gecynde ánre Godcundnysse hí wyrcaþ ealle ǽfre án weorc no one of them alone fails through want of power, but through the nature of one divinity they all work always the same work

lor

(n.)
Grammar
lor, es; n. (v. ðæt forlor, Past. Swt. 403, 13).

Lossdestruction

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Loss, destruction Ðæt tó lore weorþe án ðíne lioma ut pereat unum membrorum tuorum, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 5, 29: 9, 17: l0, 6. Ðæt nǽniges mannes feorh tó lore wearð for ðam ofslægenan cyninges bréðer ut nullius anima hominis pro interfecto reges fratre daretur

Linked entries: los lyre

ge-æmtian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-æmtian, l. ge-ǽmtian,

to empty, remove the material contained in somethingto freegive leisure toto free oneselfto be disengaged to makeget timedevote oneself

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and add: to empty, remove the material contained in something Þá eágan wǽron út ádýde of þám eáhhringum, and se óðer æppel wæs geémtigod and se óðer hangode gehál, Hml. S. 21, 280. to free a person from occupation, give leisure to a person for a purpose

eft-hweorfan

(v.)

To turn back, returnrĕ-vertĕre

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To turn back, return; rĕ-vertĕre Æfter tíde eft-hweorfende to heofonum after a time returning again to the heavens, Bd. 4, 3; S. 568, 29. Eft-hwurfon returned again, 5, 6; S. 619, 9

mis-lǽran

(v.)

to teach wronglyto persuade a person to do what is wrong

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to teach wrongly, to persuade a person to do what is wrong Ðá ongunnon heora mágas behreówsian ðæt hí ǽfre ða martyras mislǽran woldon, Homl. Skt. 5, 119. [Luþer men ðat hine mislerede, Laym. 4311.]

Linked entry: lǽran

brýd-þing

(n.)
Grammar
brýd-þing, pl. n.
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Marriage.Add: Æt sumum brýdþingum ( the marriage in Cana ), Shrn. 48, 27. Ꝥ heó mihte féran tó þǽm brýdþingum, 87, 22. Ongunnon hys yldran hyne laþian tó brýdþingum his parents wanted him to marry, 152, 22

hyrel

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Hit cymð tó hyrel, to ðám clife; and swá andlang clifes tó asdene; ðonne gǽð hit norð ofer hyrel, C. D. iii. 435, 14-15. The word set ms the name of a stream ? Add

be-fleógan

To come by flyingfly on to

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Substitute: To come by flying, fly on to Beflugan (upp flugon v. l.) ðá spearcan on ðæs húses hróf the sparks flew on to the roof of the house, Bd. 3, 10; Sch. 234, 4

híwian

(v.)

to formfabricateto feignto dissemble

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Add: to form, give shape to Híwað confingat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 56. Híwade finxit, i. figurabat, 148, 64. to shape an object. material Ðú heówodest mé tu formasti me, Ps. Rdr. 138, 5. Sé þe híwude (hiówede, Ps. Srt.) eáge, 93, 9. non-material Þú þe

be-cweðan

(v.)
Grammar
be-cweðan, ðú -cwíst, he -cwiþ ; p. -cwæþ, pl. -cwǽdon ; pp. -cweden, -cweðen.

to sayassertdicereto reproachexprobrareto BEQUEATHto give by willlegare

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to say, assert; dicere Swá ðú worde becwíst as thou sayest by word, Andr. Kmbl. 386; An. 193 : 419 ; An. 210. to reproach; exprobrare Hí ecweðaþ, exprobraverunt, Ps. Th. 88, 44. to BEQUEATH, to give by will; legare Ealle ða, mynstra and ða cyrican

Linked entry: bi-cweðan

ge-fýsan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fýsan, p. -fýsde; pp. -fýsed

To make readycause to hasten

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To make ready, cause to hasten Werod wæs gefýsed the band was made ready, Cd. 154; Th. 191, 28; Exod. 221. Gefýsed to fæder ríce ready to depart to his father's kingdom, Exon. 14 b; Th. 30, 5; Cri. 475. Winde gefýsed hurried on by the wind, Beo. Th.

ge-offrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-offrian, p. ode; pp. od

To offer, sacrifice

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To offer, sacrifice He hét hine his leófan sunu geoffrian Gode to láce he bade him offer his dear son as a sacrifice to God, Btwk. Scrd. 23, 3. Abel geoffrode ða sélostan lác Gode Abel offered the best sacrifices to God, 18, 5: 22, 9: Gen. 8, 20. Ðæt

Linked entry: offrian

þeód-bealu

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-bealu, wes; n.
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Great ill, grievous ill Þeódbealu on þreó healfa ( referring to three elements in the misery of the lost; cf. O. Sax. thiod-arbédi, applied to the expulsion from Eden ), Exon. Th. 78, 2; Cri. 1268. Andrea þúhte þeódbealo þearlíc tó geþolianne, ðæt hé

ge-sígan

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Add: to sink or fall back Gesáh relabitur, Germ. 401, 12. of the depression of a surface, to sink Þý lǽs þider in yfel pohha gesige, Lch. ii. 208, 18. of the movement of a fluid, to run into or out of Gyf wæter on eáran swýþe gesigen (-siged, v.l.

on-lǽtan

(v.)

to release, relaxto let a thing go on, to continue

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to release, relax Ðonne forstes bend Fæder onlǽteþ, Beo. Th. 3223; B. 1609. Ðonne him sigera weard his gewealdleðer wille onlǽtan, Met. 11, 28, 75. to let a thing go on, to continue Tó anlǽtenne continuanda, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 19. Fæstan twegen dagas

Linked entry: an-lǽtan

ge-wilnian

(v.)
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Dele first passage, and add: in a bad sense, to covet Ic gewilnie glisco, An. Ox. 18 b, 39. to desire an object (the source from which marked by tó). with acc. or uncertain Sé ðe biscephád gewilnað ( desiderat ), gód weorc hé gewilnað, Past. 52, 25.