feng
a taking ⬩ embrace ⬩ game ⬩ capture ⬩ seizure
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Voc. i. 43, 26. what is taken captive Feng gilǽdde gefeng captivam duxit captivitatem, Rtl. 83, 3
filmen
skin ⬩ membrane ⬩ scale ⬩ skin ⬩ shell ⬩ husk ⬩ a crack
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Take here examples given in Dict. under fylmen. of animal material, skin, membrane, scale Filmen (film̃ MS.) omentum, centipillium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 46. Se milte hæfð þynne filmene . . . and sió filmen biþ þeccende þá wambe, Lch. ii. 242, 14-17.
ge-lecgan
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D. iv. 202, 13. with a non-material object, to lay a command, task, &c., upon a person 'Ábeódað míne ǽrende tó ðám gemóte . . . and cýðað hwǽm ic mínes landes geunnen hæbbe' . . .
georn-ness
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Take here <b>geornes</b> in Dict., and add: diligence, assiduity Geornes industria, Wrt. Voc. ii. 111, 23. Seó gehýrnes and seó geornnes ne bið nyt on þǽm ungelýfdum mannum (cf. hú nyt bið þǽm men þéh hé geornlíce gehýre, 4), Bl.
ge-risenlíce
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ce and gerisenlice mihte steóran þone anweald þe mé befæst wæs, Bt. 17; F. 58, 27. in a way that shews honour or respect pxs bisceopes ban . . . swá swá hit wel swá árwyrðum bisceope gerás, gerisenlice gehealdene wǽron ossn eius . iuxta uenerationem tanto
ge-wirpan
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Take here <b>ge-wyrpan</b> in Dict., and add: intrans. Gif hé biþ on xxx nihte ealdne mónan gestanden, uneáðe hé gewyrpð, and þeáh áríseþ, Lch. iii. 182, 26: 188, 11. Geuaerpte convaluit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 105, 17.
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móna
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On ðám fyrste hé underyrnð ealle ðá twelf tácna þe seó sunne undergǽð twelf mónað . . .
ǽmetgian
to empty ⬩ to be at leisure. ⬩ to devote one's self to, take time for
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(in Latin glosses) to devote one's self to, take time for :-- Ǽmta rǽdincge vaca lectioni, Scint. 222, 5. Sé ðe émtige vacet ídelnesse, R. Ben. I. 83, 8. Rǽdinge hí ǽmtian, 82, 9, 14.
hæslen
Of hazel
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Of hazel Genim æt fruman hæslenne sticcan oððe ellenne wrít ðínne naman on ásleah þrý scearpan on gefylle mid ðý blóde ðone naman weorp ofer eaxle on yrnende wæter and stand ofer ðone man ða scearpan ásleá ðæt eall swíginde gedó take, to begin with,
ofer-hycgan
to despise, contemn, disdain, scorn ⬩ contemnere, aspernere ⬩ to be puffed up
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Wé hine mid swá micle máran unryhte oferhycgeaþ swá hé læs forhogaþ ðæt hé ús ðonne giet tó him spane, siððan wé hiene oferhycggeaþ tanto graviori improbitate contemnitur, quanto contemtus adhuc vocare non dedignatur, 52, 4; Swt. 407, 17-19.
be-sittan
to sit round, surround, beset, besiege ⬩ circumdare, cingere, obsidere ⬩ to be in session, to hold sessions ⬩ to posess ⬩ considere, ⬩ possidere
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quod tam lucidi vultus homines tenebrarum auctor possidet Bd. 2, 1; S. 501, 16
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LǼDAN
TO LEAD ⬩ conduct ⬩ take ⬩ carry ⬩ bring ⬩ bring forth ⬩ produce
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Man ða moldan nimeþ and men wíde geond eorþan lǽdaþ tó reliquium the earth is taken, and men carry it far and wide over the world as relics, Blickl. Homl. 127, 16.
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lácnian
To heal ⬩ cure ⬩ tend ⬩ take care of ⬩ treat ⬩ dress(a wound)
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To heal, cure, tend, take care of, treat, dress(a wound) Ic lácnige medeor, Ælfc. Gr. 33; Som. 36, 47. Se lǽce ðonne hé on untíman lácnaþ wunde hió wyrmseþ secta immature vulnera deterius infervescunt, Past. 21, 2; Swt. 153, 3.
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feormian
to maintain ⬩ foster ⬩ to feast
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Gif hwá þæne friðleásan man healde oþþe feormige, 384, 8. to maintain a dependent, servant, take a person as a servant Gif mon wille of boldgetale in óðer boldgetæl hláford sécan. . . .
lǽdan
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(b α) to bring or take (to the place of) an action, lead to execution, bring to justice, &c. :-- Ꝥ hine man tó rihte lǽde, Ll. Th. i. 396, 15.
Róm-feoh
Peter's pence
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[William of Malmesbury attributes to Ethelwulf the institution of this tax : 'Ethelwulf went to Rome (v. Chron. 855) and there offered to St.
CÉPAN
To observe, keep, regard, await, desire, take, betake oneself to, meditate, bear ⬩ observare, tenere, manere, appetere, captare, se conferre, meditari, portare
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Swá hwilcne swá ic cysse, cépaþ his sóna whomsoever I kiss, take him forthwith, ii. 246, 11. He nolde him nánes fleámes cépan he did not wish to betake himself to flight, Ælfc. T. 36, 18.
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Bebban burh
- Chr. 547; Th. 28, 25; 29, 24 : 641 ;
- Th. 49, 3 : 993 ;
- Th. 240, 17; 241, 16, col. 2 :
- Chr. 1093; Th. 360, 6 :
- Chr. 1095 ; Th. 361, 39, 40 :
BAMBOROUGH, in Northumberland ⬩ Babbæ oppidum in provincia Northanhymbrorum
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D. 993] Bamborough was destroyed, and much spoil was there taken, Chr. 993; Erl. 133, 1
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BERIE
a BERRY ⬩ bacca ⬩ a grape ⬩ uva
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Nym wínberian, ðe beóþ acende after óðre berigian take grapes, which are formed after other berries, Lchdm. iii. 114, 5. a grape; uva.
CYRTEL
KIRTLE, vest, garment, frock; coat ⬩ palla, tunica
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Bos. 5, 40; to hym that wole stryue with thee in dome, and take awey thi coote, leeue thou to hym and thin ouer clothe, Wyc. Næbbe ge ne twá tunecan [cyrtlas, Mt. Kmbl.