ceápian
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Man wið þone here friðes ceápode, Chr. 1004; P. 135, 24. Hé mid ælmessum him ceápode éces ríces, Shrn. 110, 8: Cri. 1096. Ceápa þé mid ǽhtum éces leóhtes, Dóm. L. 30, 34.
ge-flíman
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Take here <b>ge-nǽman, ge-fléman, ge-fliéman, ge-flýman</b> in Dict., and add: to put to flight a defeated enemy Þá Gotan hié mid gefeohte gefliémdon victo exercitu, Ors. 6, 34; S. 290, 25.
treów
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Take here trúw in Dict., and: Add Hé nam þone deácon in his treówþe (treówa, v.l.) diaconum in suam suscepit fidem, Gr. D. 253, 16. Add Hwæt is ðæt, ðæt mon hreówsige his synna, búton ðæt mon eówað Gode his eáðmódnesse and his treówa?
lytlian
to lessen ⬩ diminish
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Se ðe hit þence tó litlianne, gelitlige hine God elmihtig hér on worulde, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iv. 171, 21. Biþ se ece litliende [litligende, MS. B], Herb. 3, 3, 4; Lchdm. i. 88, 2, 7
-en
to know
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to know
hrágra
A heron
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A heron Hrágra ardea, Ælfc. Gl. 36; Som. 62, 111; Wrt. Voc. 29, 9: 63, 13. Hrágra larum, Shrn. 29, 18
wyrt-gælstre
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A woman who uses herbs for charms Mǽden yfeldǽda and wyrtgælstre ( malefica et herbaria ), Lchdm. iii. 186, 11. Cf. previous word
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un-gilde
Not entitled to wergild
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Homo qui aliquem innocentem affliget in via regia, si jaceat, jaceat in ungildan ækere [as the technical name of the crime here referred to was forsteal (cf. si in via regia fiat assaltus super aliquem, forestel est, L. H.
cnapa
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Grn. 21, 21. a (young) man in service, a servant (take here Coll. M. 19, 27: Gen. 22, 3, 5, 19 given under in Dict.) Mín cnapa líð on mínum húse lama, Mt. 8, 6: 12, 18. His cnapa wæs áwéd ðurh deófol . . . Se áwyrgeda gást gewát of ðámmen, Hml.
ge-léd
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Of the five forms which here gloss catasta the only one to which a meaning may easily be given is gloed, which elsewhere translates carbo. This form might apply to the fire used in the form of torture denoted by catasta.
ge-dreóg
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. ; (Take here <b>ge-dreóh</b> in Dict.) of animals, gentle, tame; mitis Hé áwrát Crístes róde tácen on þæs horses heáfde and ealle his réðnysse áwende on geþwǽrnysse, swá þæt hit wæs stillre and gedreóhre (mitior) þonne hit wǽre ǽr þǽre
sígan
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Bellatores . . . healdað úrne eard wið þone sígendne here, Ælfc. T. Grn. 20, 24. <b>II a.</b> add :-- Geríst hyt ꝥ seó tíd hæbbe mearke hwænne heó tó síge kyningum and crístenum folce tó wurðfulre blisse, Angl. viii. 326, 13.
tó-scǽnan
To break to pieces
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Ne furðon án bán næfde hé mid óþrum ac tóscǽnede ofer eall lágon and tóworpene geond ða wídan eorban he had not even one bone along with another, but broken to pieces they lay in all directions and flung here and there throughout the wide world, Homl.
be-hátan
To promise ⬩ vow ⬩ threaten ⬩ spondere ⬩ pollicere ⬩ vovere ⬩ comminari
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To promise, vow, threaten; spondere, pollicere, vovere, comminari Ðæt ðú me behǽtst quod polliceris Gen. 38, 17. Behét he mid áþe cum juramento pollicitus est Mt. Bos. 14, 7. Ðonne ðú behát behǽtst Drihtene cum votum voveris Domino Deut. 23, 21. Drihten
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a-delfan
To dig ⬩ delve ⬩ fodere ⬩ effodere
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To dig, delve: fodere, effodere Cleopatra hét adelfan hyre byrigenne Cleopatra ordered her burying place to be dug, Ors. 5, 13; Bos. 113, 22. Seáþ adealf lacum effodit. Ps.
byrig
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A city; urbs, civitas Hér Cúþa gefeaht wið Brytwalas æt Biedcan forda, and genam Lygeanbyrig and Ægles byrig in this year Cutha fought against the Brito-Welsh at Bedford, and took Lenbury and Aylesbury, Chr. 571; Th. 33, 28.
CYND
nature, KIND ⬩ natura ⬩ a sort, gender ⬩ natura, genus
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nature, KIND; natura Gif hió hire cynd healdan wile if she desire to retain her nature, Bt. 35, 4; Fox 160, note 21, MS.
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eornoste
in earnest, earnestly, seriously, courageously, strongly ⬩ sērio, strēnue, sēdŭlo, vĕhĕmenter
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Hió onginþ eorneste racentan slítan she will begin in earnest to sever her chains, Bt. Met. Fox 13, 56; Met. 13, 28: 16, 44; Met. 16, 22
fætnes
FATNESS ⬩ pinguēdo, adeps
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Fætnysse heora hí beclýsdon thei han closide togidere her fatnesse, Wyc; ădĭpem suum conclūsērunt, Ps. Spl. 16, 11. Mid ungle oððe mid fætnysse lamba cum ădĭpe agnōrum, Cant. Moys. Isrl. Lamb. 192 a, 14
be-sylian
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Hér líð se ealdorman (Holafernes) mid his blóde besyled, Hml. A. 113, 369. Hú oft his sweord wire besyled on unscyldigum blóde quoties iniquus additur saevo gladius veneno, Bt. 16, 4; F. 58, 18. Substitute