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þrág

(n.)
Grammar
þrág, þráh, e; f.

a timeseasontime

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ðý wyrs meahte þolian ða þráge, ðá hió swá þearl becom (cf. Ðá hit gelomp ðæt on swá micelre nearunesse becom, Bt. 1; Fox 2, 26), Met. 1, 77. Grammar þrág, adverbial uses. Similar entries Cf. hwíl Þráge interim, Wrt. Voc. ii. 110, 76.

Linked entry: wód-þrág

swíge

(n.)
Grammar
swíge, (but swígea occurs, Scint. 82, 1), an; f.
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Heó swigan lufode, 546, 28. Wé cweðaþ ðæt sí best æfter Gode, ðæt man gemetigian cunne ge his spréce ge his swígan, Prov.

hǽðen

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
hǽðen, adj.

HEATHEN, pagan, gentilea heathena heathen, gentile womanethnicus, gentilis, paganus, samaritanusa heathen

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Gif ungefullod cild fǽrlíce biþ gebroht tó ðam mæssepreóste hit mót fullian sóna ðæt hit ne swelte hǽðen if an unbaptized child be brought to the mass-priest suddenly, he must baptize it at once, that it die not heathen, L.

open-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
open-líce, adv.

Openlypublicly, in a way by which not a few only are affectedwithout concealment, without reserve, freelyplainly, evidently, clearly, manifestlywithout obstruction, at large

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Openlíce manifeste, Hpt. Gl. 460, 59.

ge-bǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bǽdan, p. -bǽdde; pp. -bǽded [bǽdan to compel]

To compelconstrainforceimpelurgeoppresscompellĕrecōgĕrepersuādēreimpellĕreurgēreprĕmĕre

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Hie gecwǽdon ðæt ne hie to ðam gebéde he mihte gebǽdan they said that he could not force them to that prayer, Cd. 182; Th. 228, 15; Dan. 202.

Linked entry: ge-béded

tengan

(v.)
Grammar
tengan, p. de
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Hié hæfdon gecweden ðæt hié ealle emlíce on Latine tengden they had agreed that they all in unbroken order would proceed to the attack of the Latins, Ors. 3, 6; Swt. 108, 9

Linked entry: sam-tinges

á-lǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
á-lǽnan, p. de (not ede).
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Martin ) þe ǽr álǽndon tó ðám biscopdóme of heora burhscíre, Hml. Th. ii. 518, 21. næfde þæt feoh him tó álǽnenne, 178, 3. of a lord's grant to a vassal Ǽlcon híredmen his onrid þe álǽned hæfde, Cht.

ge-líþewǽcan

Grammar
ge-líþewǽcan, l. ge-liþewǽcan, ge-leoþewǽcan,
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S. 129, 8. to mitigate, soften the rigour or severity of, calm the violence of sceal forberan réðra manna angin, þæt ðurh his líðnesse heora graman geliðewǽce, Hml. Th. ii. 532, II. Tó geliþewǽcan (-lioðe-, Hpt.

á-búgan

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Add: to bow, bend, turn, of motion (lit. and fig. ) tó eorðan ábeáh, Hml. S. 14, 134. Ðá ábeáh seó módor tó hire bearne, 25, 174. Hwæþer þé of móde ábeáh has it escaped your memory?, Gr.

hǽþen-gild

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fulwihte onféngon and wǽron blíðran tó ðám deáðe þonne hér on hǽðengilde lifden, Shrn. 142, 13. Nis nánum crístenum menn álýfed þæt his hǽle gefecce æt nánum stáne . . . sé ðe elles déð, begǽð untwýlíce hǽðengild, Hml. Th. i. 474, 33.

tilian

(v.)
Grammar
tilian, tiligan, tilgan, teolian, tiolian, tielian; p. ode
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is wyrðe ðæt ðú him tilige he deserves that you exert yourself for him; dignus est ut hoc illi praestes, Lk. Skt. 7, 4.

Linked entries: teolian tylian telge

æt-bredan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-bredan, &c. l. æt-bregdan, -brédan; p. -brægd, -brǽd, pl. -brugdon, -brúdon; pp. -brogden, -bróden, and add: To take away from (
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ætbrǽd mé míne frumcennedan, and nú óðre síðe forstæl míne bletsunga, Gen. 27, 36. Hig ealle heora bigleofan ætbrúdon, Jud. 6, 4. Nele his ǽhta him ætbrédan, Hml. Th. ii. 532, 21. Þá wyrta þe mid stale gewilnode tó ætbrédanne, Gr.

weorold-gebyrd

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-gebyrd, weorold-gebyrdu; f.
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Wæs heó æþele in weoruldgebyrdum, ðæt heó wæs ðæs cyninges nefan dohtor nobilis natu erat, hoc est, filia nepotis regis, 4, 23; S. 593, 2

wælgrimness

(n.)
Grammar
wælgrimness, e; f.
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Wurdon swíde blíðe, swá symble wǽron tó wælgrimnesse ( sunt nimiae crudelitatis ), 254, 16. Martyras þrowodon fela wælgrimnesse (crudelia multa), 292, 3

æt

(v.; part.)
Grammar
æt, p. of etan to eat.

atecomedit

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ate; comedit He æt he ate, Gen. 3, 6;

a-standan

(v.)
Grammar
a-standan, p. -stód, pl. -stódon; pp. -standen.

to stand upget uprise upriseexsurgereresurgeresurgereto insistpersistcontinuepersistereinstare

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to stand up, get up, rise up, rise; exsurgere, resurgere, surgere Ðá astód he semninga exsurrexit repente, Bd. 2, 9 ; S. 511, 20. He up astandeþ of slǽpe he rises up from sleep, Exon. 96 a ; Th. 358, 4 ; Pa, 40.

Linked entry: a-stód

ge-ríman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ríman, to -rímenne; p. de; pp. ed [ríman to number]

To number, reckonnumĕrāre

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To number, reckon; numĕrāre He ána mǽge ealle geríman he alone can number all, Cd. 163; Th. 205, 22; Exod. 439: Exon. 121 b; Th. 466, 4; . 116. Ðonne mæg he eác swilce geríman ðínne ofspring sēmen quŏque tuum numĕrāre pŏtest, Gen. 13, 16: Ps.

þurh-stingan

(v.)

to stab throughpiercethrust through

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Ðæt hine selfne ne ðurhstinge mid ðý sweorde unryhthǽmedes ne luxuriae se mucrone transfigant, Past. 43; Swt. 313, 8. hét hine mid sweorde þurstingan, Shru. 131, 33. Þurhstungen confosa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 42

þroht-heard

(adj.)
Grammar
þroht-heard, adj.

strong under afflictionshaving fortitude or endurance in troublegrievously hard

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strong under afflictions, having fortitude or endurance in trouble Ne geald (Stephen) yfel yfele, ac his ealdfeóndum þingode þrohtheard he requited not evil with evil, but strong to bear his sufferings he interceded for his foes, Elen.

un-pleólíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-pleólíc, adj.

Not dangerouswithout risk

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Kmbl. 29. as regards moral hurt Augustinus cwæð, ðæt unpleólíc sý þeáh hwá lǽcewyrte ðirge; ac ðæt tǽlþ tó unálýfedlícere wíglunge, gif hwá ða wyrta on him becnitte, búton tó ðam dolge gelecge, Homl. Th. i. 476, 3.