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of-gán

(v.)

to demand what is due, seek satisfaction for, require, exactto require what is not due, to exact with violence, extortto require what is not one's due but is granted as a favour or for a fair equivalent, to obtain, hold by allowance of anotherto start of, make a beginning of anything.

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Ic wolde mín ágen ofgán mid ðam gafole, ii. 554, 9. Ofgán exigere, Wülck.

Linked entry: of-eode

ge-hreósan

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Swá feallan and gereósan (cadant ) míne fýnd under mínum fótum, C. D. B. ii. 333. 7-12. to fall from a prosperous condition Feallan hí ł gehreósan hí (decidant), Ps. L. 5, II.

úre

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
úre, adj. pronoun.

ourours

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Mid eallre úre heortan megolnesse, 65, 23. Úrum Hǽlende fylgende, 23, 11. Deóre Drihtne úrum, Cd. Th. 17, 17; Gen. 261. Mid úre ánre sáule, Blickl. Homl. 91, 16. Úrne dæghwamlícan hláf, Mt. Kmbl. 6, 11. Álése wé úre sáule, Blickl.

ge-féra

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Mid his (Romulus) híwunge and his geférena, Ors. 2, 2 ; S. 64, 24. Colman mid his geférum for tó his cýððe, Chr. 664; P. 34, 4. Se feónd mid his geférum feóllon, Gen. 306. Ic gean healfes þæs stódes mínum geféran þe mid me rídað, Cht. Th. 598, 14.

ágen

(n.; v.; adj.; part.)
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Þis is mín ágen cýð, Met. 24, 49. Ágen vel gecynde sprǽc idioma, proprietas linguae , Wrt. Voc. i. 55, 46. Binnan heora ǽgenre hýde, Bt. 14, 2 ; F. 44, 23. Mid míne ágne mægene, Past. 39, 18. Hié magon ongietan hiera ágen (ǽgen, Hatt.

á-bisgian

(v.)
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Th. 18, 12. also with prep. mid Gif hwá sié ábisgod (-bisegod, Hat. MS.) mid hwelcum scyldum si praeoccupatus fuerit homo in aliquo delicto . Past. 158, 10.

Linked entry: a-bysgian

LEÓHT

(n.)
Grammar
LEÓHT, líht, es; n.

LIGHTa light

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Ðú eart dóhtor mín mínra eágna leóht thou art my daughter, the light of mine eyes, 67 a; Th. 248. 14; Jul. 95. Leóhtes leóhting lucubrum, Ælfc. Gl. 67; Som. 69, 89; Wrt. 41, 42.

Linked entry: líht

CLÚS

(n.; part.)
Grammar
CLÚS, e; f: clúse, an; f.
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An inclosure, a narrow passage, close, bond, prison; claustrum, carcer Ðeáh he hie mid fíftigum clúsum beclemme though he surround it with fifty bonds, Salm. Kmbl. 143; Sal. 71. Alǽd of carcernes clúse míne sáwle educ de carcers animam meam, Ps.

Linked entry: clúse

ild

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Ic mid ylde (for yldum, v. l. ) gewǽht eom, Hml. S. 23b, 782. (l a) of things :-- Ǽlc húsl þe bið on ylde omne sacrificium quod est vetustate corruplum, Ll. Th. ii. 218, 9. youth Míne ylde iuuentulem meam, Ps.

prass

(n.)
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Se cásere fór intó Efese mid ðrymme and mid prasse, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 26. Hí Pantan streám mid prasse bestódon, Eást-Seaxena ord and se æschere they stood by Panta's stream in proud array, the East-Saxon line and the host of the ashen boats, Byrht.

be-wrítan

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To score round Bewrít þú hý (the mandragora) wel hraþe mid íserne, þý lǽs heó þé ætfleó . . . þú hý bewrít mid íserne, and swá þú scealt onbútan hý delfan swá ðú hyre mid þám íserne ná æthríne make a score in the ground round it at once with iron, lest

CRICC

(n.)
Grammar
CRICC, crycc, e; f.

A CRUTCHstaff baculus

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He, mid his crycce hine awreðiende, hám becom baculo innitens domum pervenit 4, 31; S. 610, 17 He mid criccum his féðunge underwreðode he supported his gait with crutches Homl. Th. ii. 134, 24

Linked entry: crycc

ge-cristnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cristnian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [cristnian to christianize]

To christianizecatechizecatechīzāre

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To christianize, catechize; catechīzāre He ðone cyning gecristnade, and hine eft æfter fæce mid fulluhtbæþe aþwógh mid his þeóde cum rex ipse catechīzāus, fonte baptism, cum sua gente abluĕrētur, Bd. 3, 7; S. 329, 13.

drepan

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Drihten hine drep mid líchamlicere untrumnesse Dominus corporali hunc molestia percussit, Gr. D. 325, 26. Heó wearð drepen and gestonden on þá breóst mid cancre þǽre wunde cancri ulcere in mamilla percussa est, 279, 26.

mæsse-steall

(n.)
Grammar
mæsse-steall, es; m.
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Se Geearnian wé mid gódum dǽdum. 'þæt is mid clǽne ælmessan and mid leóhte tó úrum ciricean and tó úrum mæssesteallum, Nap, 43. pápa hét hine mæssian at S. Petres weófode, Ch. 995; P. 130, 28. Hé stód æt ðám weófode swylce hé wolde mæssian, Hml.

trahtnung

(n.)
Grammar
trahtnung, e; f.

Expositionexplanationcomment

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Ús gedafenaþ ðæt wé mid árfæstum geleúfan underfón Drihtnes trahtnunge, 90, 4. Mid smeáþancelre trahtnunge tenaci memoriae textu, Hpt. Gl. 410, 65. Trah(t)nunge commenta, 479, 77.

pyngan

(v.)
Grammar
pyngan, p. de
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Seó rǽding pingþ ðæne scoliere mid scearpum pricele, 308, 1. Hé wærlíce hine pynde mid sumum wordum animum pungant, Past. 40, 5 ; Swt. 297, 8

Linked entry: pungetung

ofer-helian

(v.)
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Sé þe ágyltendes wunda belocenum breóste and mid tungan oferhelað (tegit), 38, 17. Hí oferheledon (operuerunt) hine mid bletsungum, 67, 14. Oferhelian synne uelare peccatum, 52, 11. Beón oferheled obtegi, Germ. 389, 22. Add

wildan

Grammar
wildan, <b>. II.</b>
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Ne lǽte hé nǽfre his hýrmen hyne ofer wealdan, ac wilde (wille, MS.) hé ǽlcne mid hláfordes creafte and mid folcrihte. Sélre him his ǽfre of folgoðe ðonne on, gyf hine magan wyldan ðá ðe hé scolde wealdan, Angl. ix. 260, 26-31. Add

fóþorn

(n.)
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The instrumental of the pronoun seems always þý (cf. e.g. hrín mid þý snidísene, Lch. ii. 208, 16). Some word containing þorn might be expected, cf. e.g. ælcne pocc man sceall áweg ádelfan mid þorne, 106, 3. Dr. Bradley suggests þéfeþorn