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cwoellan

(v.)

to kill necare, interficere

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to kill; necare, interficere Sóhton hine Iudéas to cwoellanne quærebant eum Judæi interficere, Jn. Lind. War. 5, 18

fiscian

(v.)
Grammar
fiscian, fixian; p. ode; pp. od

To fishpiscāri

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To fish; piscāri Ðonne gé fiscian willaþ when ye wish to fish, Bt. 32, 3; Fox 118, 12

Linked entry: fixian

fóre-stígan

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-stígan, p. -stág, -stáh, pl. -stigon; pp. -stigen

To go beforeto excelexcellēre

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To go before, to excel; excellēre Ic fórestíge excelleo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 2; Som. 28, 45, MS. C

ge-bændan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bændan, p. de; pp. ed [ge, and bænd a band]

To bindvincīre

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To bind; vincīre Ic hine gebændan hét I commanded [them] to bind him, Salm. Kmbl. 551; Sal. 275

réceleásian

(v.)
Grammar
réceleásian, p. ode
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To be negligent or careless Tó hwon réceleásedest ðú ðære gife ðe ic ðe geaf? Wulfst. 258, 15

ge-fræpian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fræpian, ge-fræpigan; p. ede.

to accuseto reverence

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to accuse Gefræpgedon accusarent, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 12, 10. to reverence Gefræppegedon reverebuntur, Mk. Skt. Lind. 12, 6

ge-lícan

(v.)

to likenimitate

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to liken, imitate To gelícanne ad imitandum, Rtl. 22, 36. Gelíced biþ assimilabitur, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 7, 24

scyrtan

(v.)
Grammar
scyrtan, p. te
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To make short, to shorten Gif God his hwíle ne scyrte (gescyrte, MSS. B. C.), Wulfst. 19, 9

slǽpor

(adj.)
Grammar
slǽpor, adj.
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Addicted to sleep Ne beó ðú tó slǽpor, forðan ðe slép fét unhǽlo ðæs líchoman. Prov. Kmbl. i

wordian

(v.)
Grammar
wordian, p. ode

To speak

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To speak Wurdiaþ (but changed to wurdliaþ) rhetoricamttr, loquimur, Hpt. Gl. 527, 58. Wordiende concionandi, loquentes, 461, 36

Linked entry: wurdian

á-fæstan

(v.)
Grammar
á-fæstan, p. te
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To entrust, let out land to a person Hé áfæste wín-geard ðǽm londbígengum, Mk. R. 12, l

deorcian

(v.)
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Substitute: To become dark, to grow dim (of sight) Deorcaþ gesihð hebet visus, Ps. L. fol. 142, 2

ge-sinscippan

(v.)
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to marry Tó gerihtanne þone gemánan gesinscep-pendra (-sienscyp-, v.l.) ad disponendum cubile conjugatorum, Gr. D. 218, 4

Linked entry: -sinscippan

weorold-wísdóm

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Þá befæste hé his sunu tó láre tó woruldwísdóme ꝥ hé úðwita wurde, Hml. S. 35, 9. Add

wæl-feall

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-feall, es; m. (?)

The fall of the slaindestruction

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The fall of the slain, destruction Tó wælfealle and tó deáðcwalum Deniga leódum, Beo. Th. 3427; B. 1711.

stihtan

(v.)
Grammar
stihtan, p. te.
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to dispose, arrange, regulate, direct, rule Ic stihte ( disposui ) gekýþnysse mínum gecorenum, Ps. Lamb. 88, 4. Stapas on his heortan hé stihte ascensiones in corde suo disposuit, 83, 6. On ðam án and twentigan geáre ðæs ðe Willelm weólde and stihte

Linked entry: a-stihtan

ge-emnettan

(v.)
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Add: trans. to make level Geemnettende complanans, Wrt. Voc. ii. 133, 7. to make equal Beóð ealle þá fers geemnytte be ánum getele, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 296, 2. to equal Þæt hé micelnysse synna mæge geemnyttan ( exaequare ) mid genihtsumnysse mægena, Scint

útian

(v.)
Grammar
útian, p. ode

To put out.to put a person out of a placeto expelremoveto put a thing out of one's possessionto alienate

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To put out. to put a person out of a place, to expel, remove Ðæt ǽnig man ciricþén ne útige búton biscopes geþehte, L. Eth. v. 10; Th. i. 306, 28. Gif man preóst of circan on unriht útige, L. N. P. L. 22; Th. ii. 294, 2. to put a thing out of one's possession

feor-cund

(adj.)
Grammar
feor-cund, feorr-cund; adj.

Come from afarperĕgrīnus

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Come from afar; perĕgrīnus Gif feorcund mon, oððe fremde, bútan wege geond wudu gorge, and ne hriéme ne horn bláwe, for þeóf he biþ to prófianne, oððe to sleánne oððe to aliésanne if a far-come man, or a stranger, journey through a wood out of the highway

Linked entry: feorran-cund

slǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
slǽtan, p. te [causative of siítan; cf. bait an animal, and bite]
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To slate [Halliwell quotes from a book of 1697 to slate a beast is to hound a dog at him; and in Ray's North-country Words (1691), E. D. S. Pub. Gloss. B. 15, 'to slete a dog, ' is to set him at anything, as swine, sheep, etc. In Gloss. B. 17 the form