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ge-tilian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tilian, -tilgan; p. ode; pp. od.

to strive afterto get by strivingto obtainprocureacquireacquīrĕreto treat a patient;curāre

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Hæbbe ic þearfe ðæt ic ðíne hyldo getilge I have need that I acquire thy grace, Exon. 118 a; Th. 454, 8; Hy. 4, 29.

Linked entry: ge-teolod

spiweþa

(n.)
Grammar
spiweþa, an;m.

vomitingvomit, what is vomited

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vomiting Gif hié ( diseases ) cumen of oferfyllo, mid spiweþan mon sceal lytlian, Lchdm. ii. 178, 11. Wið miclan spiweþan, and hé ne máge nánne mete gehabban, 190, 8. Wið spiwþan, 190, 1. Ðurh spiwðan, i. 274, 21.

Linked entry: speowþa

be-horsian

(v.)
Grammar
be-horsian, p. ode, ade, ude; pp. od, ad, ud

To deprive of a horseequo privare

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To deprive of a horse; equo privare Ðá eode se here to hyra scipum ... and hí wurdon ðǽr behorsode then the army went to their ships ... and they were there deprived of their horses Chr. 886; Th. 152, 28, col. 3

DYTTAN

(v.)
Grammar
DYTTAN, p. de; pp. ed

DIT, close or shut upopprĭmĕre, occlūdĕre, obtūrāre

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Anlíc nædran seó dytteþ hyre eáran secundum similitūdĭnem serpentis obtūrantis aures suas, Ps. Th. 57, 4

land-gehwearf

(n.)
Grammar
land-gehwearf, es; n.
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Se biscop gesealde ða hída æt Cenintúne and se abbud gesealde ðæt seofontýne hýda æt Crydanbricge, Chart. Th. 191, 6

Linked entry: ge-hwearf

mægden-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
mægden-líc, adj.

Maidenlygirlishvirginvirginal

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Seó mǽdenlice clǽnnys virginalis castitas, Hymn. Surt. 118, 21. Mǽdenlícere virginalis, Hpt. Gl. 506, 38. Godes sunu þurh mǽdenlícne innoþ ácenned wearþ, Homl. Th. i. 458, 33

mentel

(n.)
Grammar
mentel, es; m.

A mantlecloak

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Hyre beteran mentel, Chart. Th. 537, 32

Linked entry: mæntel

staflan

(v.)
Grammar
staflan, p. ode
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To direct, dictate Se geréfa ðone áð him swór swá hé hyne sylf stafode the steward swore the oath to Abraham, as Abraham himself dictated it, Gen. 24, 9. Abraham ðurh wítegunge stafode ðone að, Homl. Th. ii. 234, 34

under-creópan

(v.)

to enter surreptitiouslysurrepere

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Ðæt ne feónd ús undercreópe ( but the Latin is subripiat), Hymn. Surt. 12, 28

á-hiltan

(v.)
Grammar
á-hiltan, p. te
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To make to halt, to cripple a person's movement Þá on hyge þóhtan þæt hí áhyltan mé and mínne gang qui cogitaverunt supplantare gressus meos, Ps. Th. 139, 5. [Cf. O. H. Ger. ar-helzit, arlemit debilitatum.]

Linked entries: á-hyltan -hiltan

be-hádian

(v.)
Grammar
be-hádian, p. ode
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To deprive of holy orders Gif mæssepreóst oððe diácon wífige, þoligon hyra hádes; and gif hig æfter þám hǽmedþing begáð, ná ꝥ án ꝥ hig behádod synt (ordine priventur), ac eác swylce fæston .vii. geár, Ll. Th. ii. 196, 14

Linked entry: hádianv

ge-hnǽcan

(v.)
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Þeós wyrt ealde wunda gehǽleþ and eác hyre dúst wexende flǽsc wel gehnǽceþ, Lch. i. 292, 19. (In one MS. the vowel of each verb has an accent.) Gehnǽcþ ( ? -hnǽgþ. Cf. hlihcaþ (= hlihgaþ), 391, 17) deprimit Germ. 401, 117. Add

ge-mǽnung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mǽnung, e ; f.
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Union in marriage, nuptials Fǽmnan beóð hyre on fultume oð þæne dæg eówra gemǽnunga, Hml. A. 132, 538. Tó hwan forhǽle ðú ús þíne gemǽnunge swá clǽnre fǽmnan, 135, 650. Cf. ge-mǽnsumian; <b>III a.</b>

Linked entry: -mǽnung

híre-mann

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Take here hýre-mann and hýrig-mann in Dict., and add

Linked entry: hýre-mann

tín-feald

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
tín-feald, adj.

Tenfold

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Þreowa on teónfealdum ter denis, Hymn. Surt. 104, 23. Feówer síðo teáfald tal quater denario numero, Mt. Kmbl. p. 12, 12

mildheort-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
mildheort-líce, adv.

Kindlycompassionatelymercifully

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Mildheortlícor clementius, Hymn. Surt. 138, 1

ge-wringan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wringan, p. -wrang, pl. -wrungon; pp. -wrungen

To wringcomprimereconstringere

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To wring; comprimere, constringere Gewring ða wós of hyre leáfon wring the juice from its leaves, Th. An. 116, 22. Munt gewrungen mons coagulatus, Ps. Lamb. 67, 16. Gewrungan wrung, Herb. 72, 2; Lchdm. i. 174, 11

ge-frécnod

(v.)
Grammar
ge-frécnod, <b>ge-frécnian</b>; p. ode.
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S. 30, 436. to make or become fierce Hyra aldor máne gemenged, móde gefrécnod (cf. hé wæs réðe and rǽdleás, 177), Dan. 184

leahter

(n.)
Grammar
leahter, es; m.

a crimefaultoffencesinvicedisgracefulreproachopprobriumblamedisgracediseasedisorderhurtmalady

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Homl. 37, 3. a bodily defect, disease, disorder, hurt, malady Hyt áfeormaþ ðone leahtor ðe grécas hostopyturas hátaþ, ðæt ys, scurf ðæs heáfdes, Herb. 184, 4; Lchdm. i. 322, 15.

Linked entry: lehter

tó-lísan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-lísan, p. de

To unloose,undo,dissolvesolvere,dissolvere,exsolvereresolvereto undo that which is boundrelease from a bond,to release from captivity, difficulty,to do away with tension,relax,relieveto put an end to the connection between,to separateto dissolve,put an end to,dissipate,to dissolve,relax,destroy the force of,weakento desolate,destroy,to undo a bondto discharge an obligation,to payto break a connection

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Th. 179, 17; Gú. 1263. of abstract objects Ðære miltan sár hyt tólýseþ. Lchdm. i. 270, 11. Tólýseþ leóna mægen Drihten molas leonum confringet Dominus, Ps.

Linked entries: tó-lésan tó-lýsan