be-sǽgan
To sink
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To sink (trans.) Besǽgedum convolutis, lapsis, Germ. 388, 85
brigdan
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To seize property improperly held by another Ðus man sceal swerigean, ðonne man hafð his ǽhte gebryid ( =-brigd ?) (cf. ꝥ orf ꝥ ic mid N. befangen hæbbe, l. 15). Ðæs óðres áð ðe mon his orf æt bryideð ( = brigdeð?) . . . Ðæs áð ðe his ǽhte bryideð thus
Linked entries: æt-bryidan bryidan æt-bryidan ge-bryidan
dídan
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To put to death; Ll. Th. i. 172, 13
Linked entry: dýdan
dirfan
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To afflict, molest Ús deriað and ðearle dyrfað fela ungelimpa, Wlfst. 91, 18
fæderen-bróþer
féðan
walk
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To travel on foot, walk Fergað and féþað fæder and módor father and mother lead [the child] and walk (with it), Vy. 7. Hí námon þá hors þe hí þyder bróhton, and wǽron ðá rídende ðe ǽr wǽron féðende, Hml. A. 116, 449. Substitute:
Linked entry: féþa
for-cirran
to turn ⬩ avoid ⬩ pervert ⬩ subvert
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Take here for-cyrran in Dict., and add: to turn (intrans.) aside from, get out of the way of, avoid Ǽghwylce yfele fótswaðu him ongeán cumende hé forbúgeþ, for ðon se yfela man hyne forcyrreþ, Lch. i. 318, 23. Barbarismum hig forbúgað, and eác barbara
Linked entries: for-búgan for-cyrran
for-clǽman
To plaster up ⬩ stop up
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To plaster up, stop up Forclaemid (printed fol-) obturat, Txts. 81, 1419. Forclaemde opilavit, 83, 1446
for-drǽfan
To drive ⬩ compel
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To drive, compel to do or undergo Be ðon ðe mon tó ceápe fordrǽfe. Ðonne mon bið tyhtlan betygen and hine mon bedrífeð tó ceápe, Ll. Th. i. 140, 15
Linked entries: drǽfan for-drífan
for-flígan
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To put to flight Forflýcð aginat, fugat, Hpt. 31, 16, 418
Linked entry: flígan
for-fylden
To fill up ⬩ stop up ⬩ obstruct
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To fill up, stop up, obstruct Forfyldan obstrictas (for? obstructas), Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 22. Substitute:
for-hǽþan
To parch up ⬩ burn out ⬩ consume
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To parch up, burn out, consume Forswǽld, forhǽþed exustus, i. spoliatus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 34
Linked entry: for-hátena
firran
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Hit fyrþ tollit, An. Ox. 61, 6. Add
fore-stemman
To hinder ⬩ prohibit
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To hinder, prohibit Ðá ðá ðe infoerdon forestemdon (for-, R.) gié eos qui introiebant prohibuistis, Lk. L. 11, 52
Linked entries: for-stemman stemman
fore-brǽdan
To overshadow
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To overshadow Wolcen forebrǽde hiá nubis obumbrans eos, Mk. L. 9, 7
fore-féran
To precede
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To precede, go in front of Hé forefoerde hiá antecedebat eos, Lk. L. R. 22, 47. Þá foreférendan qui praeibant (Lk. 18, 39), Bl. H. 15, 20
for-slǽwan
hinder ⬩ impede
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To make too slow, hinder, impede, make reluctant Ðæt hé nóht unryhtlíce hit ne forslǽwde (-ðe, v. l.) quod in otio quasi non injuste torpescat, Past. 284, 3. Ná þé forslǽwe geneósian untrumne non te pigeat uisitare infirmum, Scint. 202, 4
Linked entry: for-sláwian
for-nǽman
To consume
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To consume Þonne heó byð mid langre nearonesse þǽre gnornunge forht and geswænced and fornǽmed cum longa moeroris anxietudine fuerit formido consumta, Gr. D. 245, 3
for-trendan
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To obstruct by rolling, stop an opening Hí námon swíðe micelne stán and fortrendon þǽre byrgenne duru they took a very big stone and stopped the sepulchre's mouth by rolling the stone to it, Nap. 62
Linked entry: trendan
for-wénan
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To suspect, think ill of Forwéned suspecta, Nap. 25