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giefan

(v.)
Grammar
giefan, p. geaf, pl. geáfon; pp. gifen

To givedare

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Ðú us freádóm gief do thou give us freedom, Hy. 5, l0; Hy. Grn. ii. 286, 10

géme-leáslíce

(adv.)
Grammar
géme-leáslíce, adv.

Negligentlyneglĭgenter

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Negligently; neglĭgenter For hwon sǽdest ðú Ecgbyrhte swá gémeleáslíce and swá wlætlíce ða þing ðe ic ðé bebeád him to secganne quāre tam neglĭgenter ac tĕpĭde dixisti Ecgbercto quæ tibi dīcenda præcēpi? Bd. 5, 9; S. 623, 9.

un-gedéfe

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gedéfe, adj.

Troublesomedisagreeable

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Hér ys seó bót hú ðú meaht ðíne æceras bétan, gif hí nellaþ wel wexan oþþe ðǽr hwilc ungedéfe þing on gedón bið, i. 398, 2. Mannum ungedéfum hominibus importunis, Scint. 38, 15.

brosniend-lic

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ðú unscrýddest þé þone brosnigendlican mann. Hml. S. 30, 113. Add

feorrane

(adv.)
Grammar
feorrane, adv.
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Feorrane (-one, v. l.) ðú meaht geseón, gif se wáh bið ðyrel, Past. 157, 17. Gehýrde ic feorran (feorranne, v. l.) áne stefne clypigende, Hml. S. 23 b, 483

Linked entry: feorran

on-riht

(adv.)
Grammar
on-riht, adv.
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Sé ána þé áriht sécð þe ðú onriht lérst þæt hý ðé sécan omnis recte quaesivit, quem tu recte quaerere fecisti, Solil. 13, 8. Hí ne gelýfdan onriht on Críst, Hml. S. 3, 356: 309. See, too, riht; <b>III. VI.</b>

þenden

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Wit sceolon á beón mid þé þenden ðú leofast, Shrn. 63, 18. Þenden þá tunglu hér lýhtaþ on ðysse deádlican worolde, 64, 29. Add

ge-ambehtan

Grammar
ge-ambehtan, ge-embehtan, ge-embehtian.

to minister

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Him geembehte ðú illi servies Mt. L. 4, 10. Ne cuóm ꝥte geembehta (giembihte, R.) him ah ꝥte hé geembehtade óðrum, Mk. L. 10, 45

oll

(n.)

contempt, insult, contumely

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Hé áxode ðá mid olle (contemptuously) Eart ðu lá God ? Homl. Skt. i. 9, 72. Man tǽleþ and mid olle gegréteþ (insults) ealles to gelóme ða ðe riht lufiaþ, Wulfst. 164, 19

slipig

(adj.)
Grammar
slipig, adj.

Slippy, slimy, viscid

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Ða þiccan and ða slipigan (slipinga, MS.) wǽtan on ðam magan and ðæt þicce slipige horh ðú scealt mid ðám lǽcedómum wyrman and þynnian 194, 29-22. Wǽtan þicce and slipegran 178, 15. Of þiccum wǽtum slipegrum . . .

Linked entry: slipa

þolian

(v.)
Grammar
þolian, p. ode
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Ðonne þolie ic ðus miceles ðæs ðe míne foregengan hæfdon in that case I shall be (unfairly) deprived of thus much of what my predecessors had, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 327, 16. Gif ðú Drihten forgitst, ðú ðolast ðære écan méde, Homl. Th. i. 140, 32.

hrepung

(n.)
Grammar
hrepung, e; f.

Touchtouching

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Ða andgitu sint gehátene ðus . . . tactus hrepung on eallum limum the senses are named thus ... tactustouch, in all the limbs, Homl. Swt. 1, 199: Homl. Th. ii. 372, 26.

un-bildu

(n.)
Grammar
un-bildu, un-bildo; indecl. f.

Want of boldnessweaknessirresolutioninconstancy

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Ða lytelmódan and ða unðrístan ðonne hié ongietaþ hiera unbældo and hiera unmiehte pusillanimes dum nimis infirmitatis suae sunt conscii, 32; Swt. 209, 7

Linked entries: un-bældo bildu

bil

Grammar
bil, bill.

a falchiona bill

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Dele Dut. and Ger. cognates, and add: [a falchion, v. Dict.] a bill, an implement for cutting (wood, stone, weeds) Síðe vel bill falcastrum, Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 16: 34, 16.

dwolian

(v.)
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Add: to stray, literal Þá þá heó swá wídgál swíðe dwolode dum vaga nimium erraret, Gr. D. 176, 21. Scípa ðá ðe ne duoladon oves quae non erraverunt, Mt. L. 18, 13. On wudum dwolgende, Bl. H. 193, 8.

á-settan

(v.)

to setputmove an object to a place To move one's selftransport one's self:-- to set place buildto put inoutof an officeto lay, impose punishment,to set propose a riddle,to oppress

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Add: to set, put, move an object to a place Ðú on ásets conseres, Kent. Gl. 948. Heó hire fót ásétte, Gen. 8, 9. Ásete on háte sunnan, Lch. ii. 352, 9. Ásete;tte gé þone líchoman tó þǽre byrgenne, Bl. H. 147, 31. intrans.

ge-cyrran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cyrran, p. de; pp. ed.

to turnconvertvertereconvertereto turn [one's self]goreturnvertirevertiire

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Ðá gecyrdon ða twá and hund-seofontig reversi sunt septuaginta duo, Lk. Bos. 10, 17. Hwænne he sý fram gyftum gecyrred quando revertatur a nuptis, Lk. Bos. 12, 36

on-lúcan

(v.)

literally, to unlock, opento open, disclose, reveal

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Suelce ic gesáwe sume duru onlocene, Past. 21, 3; Swt. 155, 6. metaph. to open, disclose, reveal Ðæt word ðære þreáunge is cǽg forðam hit oft onlýcþ (anlýcþ, Hatt.

un-medume

(adj.)
Grammar
un-medume, (-ome, -eme); adj.

Unmeetunfitunworthy

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Drihten, ðú ðe eall medemu geworhtest and náht unmedemes, Shrn. 165, 31. Hát mé unmedemre ða duru beón untýnede, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 447. Ongitan hú micelne unweorþscipe se anwald brengþ ðam unmedeman, Bt. 27, 2; Fox 96, 10.

Linked entry: medume

under-niman

(v.)
Grammar
under-niman, p. -nam, pl. -námon; pp. -numen.

to take surreptitiouslyto stealto take into the mindreceive what is said, taughtto take upon one's selfto blameresent

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R.) hit wel, Kath. 117.] to take upon one's self Gif ðú leornian wille hú ðæt gewurðan mæge, ðonne undernim ðú leorningcnihtes híw, Homl. Th. i. 590, 20. [We þis feht habbeoð undernumen buten Arðures rede, Laym. 26734.

Linked entry: under-fón