neáh-lǽcan
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D. 330, 25, (la) with clause :-- Nú ú with impersonal construction, to approach a season or event Hit tó ðám dóme nú georne neálǽcð, Wlfst. 18, 14. Neólicað onlésnisse eówrum appropinguat redemtio uestra, Lk. R. 21, 28.
on-drǽdan
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I. 108, 13. with infin. Ondréd hé ondettan ꝥ hé cyninges þegn wǽre timuit se militem fuisse confiteri, Bd. 4, 22; Sch. 455, 20. with dat. infin.
gǽstan
To gast ⬩ frighten ⬩ afflict ⬩ torment ⬩ terrēre ⬩ crŭciāre ⬩ affligĕre
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To gast, frighten, afflict, torment; terrēre, crŭciāre, affligĕre Hí gǽston Godes cempan gáre and líge they afflicted God's champions with spear and flame, Exon. 66 a; Th. 243, 27; Jul. 17
Linked entry: gǽst-lic
ís-mere
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A mere covered with ice Scíneþ sunne sóna ísmere weorþeþ tó wætre the sun shines, at once the icy lake turns to water, Bt. Met. Fox 28, 123; Met. 28, 62
mór-hop
A pool in a marsh
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A pool in a marsh Hé byreþ blódig wæl . . . mearcaþ mórhopu he (Grendel) will bear the bloody corse . . . will mark the marshy pools (with the blood), Beo. Th. 904; B. 450
bi-worpen
cast about, surrounded ⬩ cinctus
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cast about, surrounded; cinctus Is ðæt églond fenne biworpen the island is surrounded with a fen, Exon. 100 b; Th. 380, 9; Rä. 1, 5, = be-worpen; pp. of be-weorpan
ge-gifod
Enriched with gifts
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Enriched with gifts Se cyng him wel gegifod hæfde on golde and on seolfre the king had bestowed many gifts of gold and silver on him, Chr. l001; Erl. 136, 17
Linked entry: ge-geafian
ge-landian
to land ⬩ arrive ⬩ accedere ad terram ⬩ to enrich with lands or possessions ⬩ terris locupletare
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[Cf. ge-lendan.] to enrich with lands or possessions; terris locupletare Ðe gelandod sý who has lands, L. Lund. 11. Opposed to be-landian
un-gewil
Displeasing ⬩ not with the good will of a person
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Displeasing, not with the good will of a person Se arcebiscop leáfe æt ðam cynge nam, ðeáh hit ðam cynge ungewill wǽre, ðæs ðe men léton, Chr. 1097; Erl. 234, 16
efen-háda-bisceop
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One of like rank with another, a co-bishop Sumes bisceopes mínes efenhádan cujusdam coepiscopi mei, Gr. D. 43, 22
beódan
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S. 18, 195. 1. add : (1 a) with infin. Hí him budon drincan wíndrenc, Hml. Th. ii. 254, 16
weax-sealf
A salve made of wax
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Weaxsealf wiþ wyrme; weaxsealf; butere, pipor, hwít sealt, meng tósomne, smire mid, Lchdm. ii. 124, 11
Linked entry: weaxhláf-sealf
hand-bæftian
To beat with the hands as an expression of grief[?], to lament
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To beat with the hands as an expression of grief[?], to lament Ða ðe gemǽndon and hondbæftadon quæ plangebant et lamantabantur, Lk. Skt. Lind. 23, 27. Wé hondbeafton lamentavimus, 7, 32
hand-sliht
A slaying with the hand
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A slaying with the hand Ne meahte hé ealdum eorle hondslyht giofan he could not give a deadly blow to the old warrior, Beo. Th. 5937: B. 2972: 5851; B. 2929
orcen
a sea-monster
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Grein reads orc-néas, with which compare orc-þyrs under orc] swylce gigantas, Beo. Th. 225; B. 112. (?)
snyðian
to go as a dog with its nose to the ground ⬩ to go sniffing like a dog, but applied also to the going of ships, and other things
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to go as a dog with its nose to the ground (?) Neb is mín niþerweard . . . ic snyþige forð (it is a plough that speaks) Exon. Th. 403, 12; Rä. 22, 6
for-bregdan
To cover ⬩ obdūcĕre
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To cover; obdūcĕre Ic mist-helme forbrægd eágna leóman I covered the light of their eyes with a mantle of mist, Exon. 72 b; Th. 270, 25; Jul. 470
for-swelan
To burn up ⬩ kindle ⬩ combūri
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To burn up, kindle; combūri Hit fǽringa fýre byrneþ, forsweleþ under sunnan it suddenly burns with fire, kindles under the sun, Exon. 63 b; Th. 233, 29; Ph. 532
Linked entry: swelan
frum-hrægl
A first garment ⬩ prīmus vestītus
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A first garment; prīmus vestītus Hét heora sceome þeccan Freá frumhrægle the Lord bade them conceal their nakedness with the first garment, Cd. 45; Th. 58, 8; Gen. 943
ge-wiglung
Soothsaying ⬩ divination ⬩ spell
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Soothsaying, divination, spell Ða gemearr ðe man drífþ on mislícum gewiglungum the erroneous practices that are carried on with various spells, L. Edg. C. 16; Th. ii. 248, 4