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be-gangan

(v.)
Grammar
be-gangan, -gongan, -gangan; -gongan; pp. -gangen [be, gangan to go].

to go round ⬩ surround ⬩ circumdare ⬩ to go to ⬩ after ⬩ to attend ⬩ commit ⬩ practise ⬩ exercise ⬩ perform ⬩ observe ⬩ worship ⬩ exercere ⬩ incumbere ⬩ procurare ⬩ colere

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Gif ðú fremdu godu bigongest if thou wilt worship strange gods Exon. 67 b; Th. 250, 3; Jul. 121

Linked entries: be-gongan bi-gongan

in-segel

(n.)
Grammar
in-segel, es; n.

A seal ⬩ signet

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Geþenc nú gyf ðínes hláfordes ǽrendgewrit and his insegel tó ðé cymþ hwæðer ðú mǽge cweþan ðæt ðú hys willan ðǽr on gecnáwan ne mǽge consider now, if your lord's letter and his seal come to you, whether you can say that you cannot recognise his pleasure

Linked entries: -segel in-sigle

wuldor-full

(adj.)
Grammar
wuldor-full, adj. l.

glorious ⬩ vainglorious

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glorious Gif ðú eádmódnysse healtst wuldorful (gloriosus) ðú byst, Scint. 22, 4. Wuldorfull mid écum wurðmynte, Homl. Ass. 77, 125. Ðes Dauid wæs wuldorful cyning, Homl. Skt. i. 18, 32. Wulderfull ðrowung, Homl. Th. i. 360, 20.

Linked entry: wuldor

ge-libban

(v.)
Grammar
ge-libban, ge-lifian, ge-leofian; p. ge-lifde, ge-lifode, ge-leofode
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L. 185 a, 16. to escape spiritual death Ðis dó ꝥte ðú gelifige, Lk.

Linked entries: ge-leofian ge-lifian

on-búgan

(v.)
Grammar
on-búgan, p. -beáh.

to bend ⬩ to bend in reverence or submission, to bow ⬩ to submit, yield ⬩ to bend aside, deviate

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Beó ðú onbúgende ðínum wiðerwinnan, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 25. to bend aside, deviate Ic onbúgan ne mót of ðæs gewealde ðe mé wegas tǽcneþ, Exon. Th. 383, 24; Rä. 4, 15

Linked entries: an-búgan on-bígan

mótian

(v.)
Grammar
mótian, p. ode.

to address one's self ⬩ speak (to a person) ⬩ converse ⬩ to address an assembly ⬩ to discuss ⬩ dispute ⬩ moot a question

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Ne hiwa ðú swilce ðú mid bilewitnysse mǽge ðé gán orsorh tó mǽdena húsum and wið hí mótian ðæt ðín mód ne beó yfele besmiten þurh ða ýdelan spellunga do not pretend, as if in innocency you can go secure to maidens' houses and converse with them, and your

Linked entries: mótere mótung ge-mótod

ídel

(n.)
Grammar
ídel, es. ; n.
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Ne dwela ðú on ídel be not deceived without cause (2 Mace. vii. 18), Hml. S. 25 157. idleness, Prov. Kmbl. 1: 61 (in Dict.)

un-gewisness

(n.)
Grammar
un-gewisness, e; f.

Uncertainty ⬩ ignorance

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Swá hwæt swá on hyre unclǽnnysse ðurh ungewisnesse ( per ignorantiam ) gelumpe, 4, 9; S. 576, 28

dýfst

(v.)
Grammar
dýfst, he dýfþ

divest, dives

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divest, dives; 2nd and 3rd pers. pres. of dúfan

þeón

(v.)
Grammar
þeón, [from þíhan; and this from an earlier nasal stem, of which traces are preserved in the past forms, where g has replaced h by Verner's law:-Ðunge pollesceret, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 40. Fród fæder freóbearn lǽrdewordum wísfæstum, ðæt hé wel þunge, Exon. Th. 300, 9; Fä. 3. See also the passages given under ge-þingan; ofer-þeón; ge-, heáh-, wel-þungen; on-þungan, Exon. Th. 497, 3; Rä. 85, 23 (omitted in its place)]
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Heó ðurh mægðhád mǽrlíce þeáh, Homl. Skt. i. 2, 3. Cnæplingc weóx ł þéh puer pollesceret, Hpt. Gl. 466, 60. Hyhtful vel ðíendi indolis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 111, 54.

Linked entries: þeóging þigaþ þunge -þungen ge-þeón

un-gímen

(n.)
Grammar
un-gímen, un-gímenn, e; f.

Carelessness

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Carelessness Þurh ungémænne synne (ðurh gýmeleáste, col. 1) per culpam incuriae, Bd. 3, 17; S. 544, 24, col. 2: 2, 7; S. 509, 19. Ungýmenne, 4, 25; S. 599, 20. Ðurh ungýmenne per incuriam, 4, 9; S. 576, 28

Linked entry: un-gýmen

hwider

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Oð þæt hé cunne hwider hreðre gehygd hweorfan wille, Wand. 72. as relative adverb Ðú waldes geonga huidir (hwider, R. þǽr, W. S. ubi) ðú waldes . . . óðer ðec lǽdes hiddir ðiddir (ðider, R. W. S. quo ) ðú nuilt, Jn.

GOD

(n.)
Grammar
GOD, es; m.

God ⬩ the Deity ⬩ a god

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Hwí forstæle ðú me míne godas cur furatus es deos meos, 31, 30. Hǽðenan godas heathen gods, 31, 32. Héðenan godas heathen gods, 31, 33. Ne wirc ðú ðé agrafene godas work not thou for thyself graven gods, Ex. 20, 4.

Linked entry: af-god

hlystan

(v.)
Grammar
hlystan, p. te

To list, ⬩ listen to, ⬩ hear, ⬩ hearken

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Ne hliste ðú his worda non audies verba illius, Deut. 13, 3. Hlystaþ hwæt ic secge hear what I say, L. I. P. 5; Th. ii. 310, 8. Hlyste hé gódes rǽdes let him hearken to good counsel, Homl. Th. i. 54, 16.

mertze

Grammar
mertze, (?) substitute: <b>mertze, myrtse,</b>
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and add : trading dues. [For instances of such dues see Ll. Th. i. 300] Scipmanna (-e, MS. ) myrtse, céping teloneum (cf. teloneum tributum pro mercibus, Migne), Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 10. Cf. ciping; <b>I a</b>

a-feorran

(v.)
Grammar
a-feorran, -ferran, -firran, -fyrran; p. de, ode; pp. ed, od

To remove ⬩ take away ⬩ expel ⬩ removere ⬩ elongare ⬩ amovere ⬩ auferre

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Ðú afeorrodyst fram me freónd and nýhstan elongasti a me amicum et proximum, Ps. Spl. C. 87, 19: Cd. 219; Th. 282, 9; Sat. 284

Linked entries: a-ferian a-ferran a-firran a-fyrran

be-murnan

(v.)
Grammar
be-murnan, bi-murnan; p. -murnde; pp. -murned [be, murnan to mourn]

To bemoan ⬩ bewail ⬩ mourn ⬩ to care for ⬩ lugere ⬩ curare ⬩ sollicitum esse de re

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To bemoan, bewail, mourn, to care for; lugere, curare, sollicitum esse de re Hwæt bemurnest ðú why bemoanest thou? Exon. 10 b; Th. 11, 26; Cri. 176. Síþ ne bemurneþ he bewails not his lot 117 a; Th. 449, 31; Dóm. 79.

Linked entries: murnan bi-murnan

be-fyllan

(v.)
Grammar
be-fyllan, p. -fylde, -fealde; pp. -fylled; v. trans. [be, fyllan, fellan to fell]

to fell ⬩ strike down ⬩ cædere, ⬩ prosternere ⬩ projicere ⬩ to deprive by felling ⬩ bereave ⬩ cædendo orbare

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to fell, strike down; cædere, prosternere, projicere Hwæt befealdest ðú wærfæstne rinc why didst thou fell the upright man? Cd. 48; Th. 62, 6; Gen. 1010.

emnes

(n.)
Grammar
emnes, -ness, -niss, -nyss, e; f.

Evenness, equity, justice ⬩ æquĭtas

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Evenness, equity, justice; æquĭtas Drihten ðú gelíffæst me on efnesse oððe emnesse ðínre Dŏmĭne vivĭfĭcābis me in æquĭtāte tua, Ps. Lamb. 142, 11. Emnesse geseah anwlita his æquĭtātem vīdit vultus ejus, 10, 8.

Linked entries: emnis emnys

forþ-onsendan

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-onsendan, p. de; pp. ed

To send forth ⬩ emittĕre

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Ðæt ðú forþonsende wæter that thou send forth water, Andr. Kmbl. 3011; An. 1508

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