brengan
To bring, adduce, lead, produce, bear, carry; ⬩ ferre, afferre, offerre, proferre
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Ða he hæfde ǽr him to wífe broht whom he had formerly married [lit. he had formerly taken to himself for a wife], Bd. 3, 7; S. 529, 30
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bégan
to bow ⬩ bend ⬩ turn ⬩ flectere ⬩ inflectere ⬩ deprimere ⬩ to bow to ⬩ to settle ⬩ inflectere ⬩ insistere
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Se Ælmihtiga bégþ ðider he wile mid his ánwealde the Almighty bends them whither he will by his power Bt. Met.
a-scúnian
to abhor ⬩ detest ⬩ to express hate ⬩ or scorn of:-- ⬩ to reject because of hate or scorn
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Ǽlc þǽra þinga bétan þe hí ealle áscunedon, Chr. 1014;P. 145, 7. Wé ásittað ꝥ þá bóceras áscunion ꝥ wé ymbe heora dígolnyssa þus rúmlíce sprecað, Angl. viii. 332, 34. Hwæt hí lufian sceolon and hwæt hí sceolon hatian and ásceonian, Wlfst. 303, 24.
be-héng
hung round
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hung round
ge-læccan
To take ⬩ catch ⬩ seize ⬩ apprehend ⬩ comprehend ⬩ capere ⬩ arripere ⬩ comprehendere
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To take, catch, seize, apprehend, comprehend; capere, arripere, comprehendere Ðæt híg woldon hine gelæccean and to cyninge dón, Jn. Bos. 6, 15. Híg gelæhton hys hand, Gen. 19, 16 : Mk. Bos. 9, 18.
a-hæbban
To heave up ⬩ raise ⬩ exalt
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To heave up, raise, exalt Hió biþ up ahæfen ofer hí selfe she is exalted above herself, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 437; Met. 20, 219: 25, 37; Met. 25, 19: Elen. Kmbl. 19; El. 10
éhtan
To follow after, chase, pursue, persecute, annoy, afflict ⬩ persĕqui, trībŭlāre, afflīgĕre
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To follow after, chase, pursue, persecute, annoy, afflict; persĕqui, trībŭlāre, afflīgĕre,—followed by gen. or acc Ne éht he nánre wuhte he pursues not anything, Bt. 42; Fox 258, 3. Húndas míne wildeór éhton cănes mei fĕras persĕquēbantăr. Coll.
clymmian
To climb ⬩ scandere
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To climb; scandere Leóht clymmaþ light ascends [climbeth ], Salm. Kmbl. 829; Sal. 414
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a-hebban
To heave up ⬩ lift up ⬩ raise ⬩ elevate ⬩ exalt ⬩ ferment ⬩ levare ⬩ tollere ⬩ elevare ⬩ erigere ⬩ exaltare ⬩ extollere ⬩ fer-mentare
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Ne ahebbaþ ge to heá eówre hygeþancas nolite extollere in altum cornu vestrum, 74, 5. Óþ he wæs eall ahafen donec fermentatum est totum, Mt. Bos. 13, 33
CEORFAN
To cut, cut down, hew, rend, tear, CARVE, engrave ⬩ secare, concidere, succidere, excidere, conscindere, incidere, infindere
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He cearf of heora handa and heora nosa he cut off their hands and their noses, Chr. 1014; Erl. 151, 10. Híg curfon ðone ram eall to sticceon they cut the ram all to pieces, Lev. 8, 20. Corfen cut, Exon. 107b; Th. 410, 24; Rä. 29, 4.
for-hogness
Contempt
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Contempt Tó worolde forhohnesse (-hoge-, v. l.) ad contemtum saeculi, Bd. 4, 24; Sch. 481, 15
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fóre-seón
To see before ⬩ FORESEE ⬩ provide ⬩ prævĭdēre ⬩ provĭdēre
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Ðæt he him on his biscopscíre gerisene stówe fóresǽge and sealde, on ðære ðe he mid his geferum wunian mihte ut in diœcēsi sua provĭdēret et dăret ei lŏcum, in quo cum suis apte dēgĕre pŏtuisset, 4, 1; S. 565, 8
ge-lendan
To approach ⬩ come ⬩ arrive ⬩ go ⬩ proceed ⬩ applĭcāáre ⬩ accēdĕre ⬩ procēdĕre
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He wæs on hergaþ gelend on ðæt ilce ríce he had arrived on a plundering expedition in the same kingdom, 894; Erl. 92, 3. Heo on Norþhumbrelond gelændon mid æscum they came to Northumbria with their boats, Th. An. 120, 17 : Shrn. 191, 15
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DRÍFAN
DRIVE, force, pursue ⬩ pellĕre, mināre, impellĕre, persĕqui ⬩ To drive, rush with violence ⬩ ruĕre
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Óðerne he dráf mid sticele, óðrum he wiðteáh mid bridle the one he drove with a goad, the other he restrained with a bridle, Past. 40, 3; Hat. MS. 54 b, 12.
CEÓSAN
to CHOOSE, select, elect ⬩ legere, seligere, eligere ⬩ to accept ⬩ oblatum accipere, accipere
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Ðæt he óðer líf cure that he chose another life, Bd. 5, 19; S. 638, 6. Ǽr he bǽl cure ere he chose the funeral pile, Beo. Th. 5629; B. 2818: Exon. 100a; Th. 376, 20; Seel. 157. Ðæt hí him cyning curan ut regem sibi eligerent, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 22.
eom
I am, thou art, he is ⬩ sum, es, est
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I am, thou art, he is; sum, es, est: pl. sind, sindon [synd, sint, synt, sient, sindan, sindun, syndon, syndan, syndun, siendon, seondon, seondan, siondon, siondan, syondon; earon, earun, earan, aron] : pl. we, ye, they are; sŭmus, estis, sunt: subj.
cneódan
To give ⬩ trĭbuĕre ⬩ cognominare
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To give; trĭbuĕre, cognominare He naman cneódeþ he gives a name Bd. 2, 20; S. 522, 24
grétan
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He ne grétte hí non cognoscebat eam, Mt.
DREÓGAN
to do, work, perform, to pass life, to fight ⬩ ăgĕre, făcĕre, perfĭcĕre, patrāre, vitam ăgĕre, militāre ⬩ DREE, endure ⬩ ferre, pati, sustinēre, tolerāre ⬩ to enjoy ⬩ frui ⬩ To be employed, be busy ⬩ ăgĕre, negōtiōsum esse
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Ðe he dreógan sceolde which he had to do, Exon. 37 b; Th. 122, 28; Gú. 312. Hwæt dreógest ðú what doest thou? Exon. 69 a; Th. 257, 14; Jul. 247. Þeódnes willan dreógeþ he does the will of the Lord, Exon. 38 a; Th. 125, 20; Gú. 357.
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for-gifan
to give ⬩ grant ⬩ supply ⬩ permit ⬩ give up ⬩ leave off ⬩ dăre ⬩ dōnāre ⬩ præbēre ⬩ indulgēre ⬩ dēdĕre ⬩ relinquĕre ⬩ FORGIVE ⬩ remit ⬩ remittĕre ⬩ dimittĕre ⬩ condōnāre
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He him his bearn forgeaf he gave up his child to him, Cd. 141; Th. 177, 4; Gen. 2924. Hlyst ýst forgeaf the storm left of being heard [hearing ], Andr.
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