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sorgian

(v.)
Grammar
sorgian, sorhgian (and sorgan, v. pres. part. sorgende); p. ode,

to carebe anxiousfeel anxiety or careabsoluteto sorrowgrievebe sorry for, on absoluteto be anxious; to sorrow

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lyt sorgodon hwylc him ðæt edleán æfter wurde, Andr.

ge-hýdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hýdan, -hídan, -hédan; he -hýdeþ, -hýt, pl. -hýdaþ; p. -hýdde; pp. -hýded, -hýdd.

to hideconcealcondĕreabscondĕreto watchguardheedobservāreto bring into safetymake firmfastenallĭgāre

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to hide, conceal; condĕre, abscondĕre He hit gehýt and gehelt it hides and preserves it, Bt. 39, 8; Fox 224, 11 : 39, 13; Fox 234, 19.

næs-þyrel

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Næsþeorlu ( nares ) habbað and hig ne gestincað, Ps. L. 113, 6. Add

á-bítan

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gecynd is ðæt ǽlc uht ðæs ðe hió ábítt scel his líf on slǽpe geendian, Ors. 5, 13 ; S. 246, 24-27. to eat up, devour Se wulf cymð tó ðám sceápum, sume hé ábítt, sume hé tóstencð, Hml.

MID

(prep.)
Grammar
MID, (in Gloss. Ep. and Lindisfarne Gospels) mið; prep. with dat. acc. inst.

Within conjunction within company with, along withamongapudpenesbythroughwithatwhensinceseeing thatcum

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Eode hé in mid áne his preósta, Bd. 3, 5; S. 527, 4. His hand mid ðý earme ðe of his líchoman áslegen wæs hé hét tó áhón, 3, 12; S. 537, 34.

Linked entry: mið

ESNE

(n.)
Grammar
ESNE, es; m.

A man of the servile class, a servant, retainer, man, youth mercēnārius, servus, vir, jŭvĕnis

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him make amends to his lord with eighty shillings.

æt-bredan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-bredan, &c. l. æt-bregdan, -brédan; p. -brægd, -brǽd, pl. -brugdon, -brúdon; pp. -brogden, -bróden, and add: To take away from (
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Hig ealle heora bigleofan ætbrúdon, Jud. 6, 4. Nele hé his ǽhta him ætbrédan, Hml. Th. ii. 532, 21. Þá wyrta þe hé mid stale gewilnode tó ætbrédanne, Gr. D. 25, 16. Gif nýten byð ætbróden (caplum ab hostibus), Ex. 22, 10.

FEÁWA

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
FEÁWA, feá; pl. nom. acc. feáwe, feáwa, feá; gen. feáwena, feáwera, feára; dat. feáwum, feáum, feára; adj.

FEWpauci

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Hit þúhte him feáwa daga it seemed to him a few [of] days, Gen. 29, 20. Feáwe [Spl. feáwa] gewordene syndon pauci facti sunt, Ps. Lamb. 106, 39. Wesan dagas his feáwe [feáwa] fiant dies ejus pauci, Spl. 108, 7; 108, 8.

Linked entry: feá

hón

(v.)
Grammar
hón, p. héng; pp. hangen

To hang, suspend, crucify

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To hang, suspend, crucify Gé hig hóþ crucifigetis, Mt. Kmbl. 23, 34. Hine man héng ille suspensus est in cruce, Gen. 41, 13. Hig hine héngon crucifixerunt eum, Lk. Skt. 23, 33. Ðóne héngon on heáne beám fæderas ússe, Elen. Kmbl. 847; El. 424.

spelian

(v.)
Grammar
spelian, p. ode

To act as the representative of anotherto representto take, or stand in, the place of another

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'Hé mé hádode:' ðonne stent se hé on his naman stede and spelaþ hine, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Zup. 8, 11-16.

Linked entry: speliend

ge-geótan

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Hig habbað him gegoten án gylden cealf fecerunt sibi vitulum conflatilem, Ex. 32, 8. Gegoten conflatilis, Wrt. Voc. i. 34, 16: fusile, Wülck. Gl. 245, 22. Þá gód ealle gegaderode bióþ swelce sién tó ánum wecge gegoten, Bt. 34, 9; F. 146, 20.

purpure

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Add: purple material scrýddon hyne mid purpuran reáfe, Jn. 19, 2. Se cyning áwearp his cynehelm samod mid his purpuran gyrlum, Hml. Th. i. 468, 4. Se cyning áwearp his purpuran reáf, 568, 12

lóc

(v.; con.; int.)
Grammar
lóc, lóca

lookseehowever

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Þreá hig lóca hú ðú wylle punish her, look you, as you will, Gen. 16, 6. Ðú hæfst ðæt feoh mid ðé, gefada embe, lóca, hú ðú wylle, Homl. Skt. 3, 285 : 4, 262. férdon lóc [MSS.

Linked entry: LÓCIAN

mægden-cild

(n.)
Grammar
mægden-cild, es; n.

A female childgirl

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A female child, girl Gif hit hysecild byþ ofsleáþ ðæt gif hit sí mǽdencild healdaþ ðæt si masculus fuerit, interficite eum, si femina reservate, Ex. 1, 16.

un-drifen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-drifen, adj.

Not driven

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, þéh hit unfriðscyp sý, gyf hit undrifen bið (si non sit abacta tempestatibus (Lat. vers.).

líþigian

(v.)
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his folc gegladode and líþegode him on mislicum geswincum for ðǽre mǽrðe dedit requiem universis provinciis juxta magnificentiam principalem, Hml. A. 95, 107. Add

hearpung

(n.)
Grammar
hearpung, e; f.

Harping, playing on the harp

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Harping, playing on the harp Hé hæfþ geearnod mid his hearpunga he hath deserved her by his harping, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 170, 8

flítan

to striveto striveto strivequarrelsomecontentiousto disputearguelay blame on

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flitun betwux him (facta est contentio inter eos) hwylc hyra wǽre yldest, Lk. 22, 24. Sume cwǽdon . . . sume cwǽdon . . . and hig fliton him betweónan (schisma erat in eis), Jn. 9, 16. Flítan disceptare (de vitiorum radicibus), Wrt.

gewil-bod

(n.)
Grammar
gewil-bod, es; n.
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Se bydel þe forsweogað his hláfordes gewilboda, 191, 22

Maroara

(n.)

The people of Moravia

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The people of Moravia Hié Maroara habbaþ bewestan him Þyringas ... Be eástan Maroara londe is Wisle land, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 16, 10-17