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batian

(v.)
Grammar
batian, p. ode.

to get better

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Gefélde ic mé batigende and wyrpende beón me melius habere sentirem, Bd. 5, 6; Sch. 581, 5. of improvement in healthy condition Se fisc . . . swá hine swíðor ðá ýða wealcað, swá hé strengra bið and swíðor batað, Hml. Th. i. 250, 18.

bealo

(n.)
Grammar
bealo, bealu; n.

hurtmischiefdestructionmalice

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Gebealh hine Acitofel and mid bealwe wearð áfylled, 19, 208: Ps. Th. 58, 2

fird

(n.)
Grammar
fird, e; f.

A forcearmyexpeditionexercĭtusexpĕdītio

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A force, army, expedition; exercĭtus, expĕdītio Ne mehte seó fird hie ná hindan offaran the force could not overtake them, Chr. 894; Erl. 93, 7: 895; Erl. 93, 22: 905; Erl. 98, 19.

á-dwellan

(v.)
Grammar
á-dwellan, p. -dwealde; pp. -dweald.

to lead astray, seduceto retard, impede, obstruct, hindertorpereto delay

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Ðá beóð ádwealde and þurh deófol beswicene, 5, 7. to retard, impede, obstruct, hinder Ðæt hé his láre ðurh drýcræft ádwellan sceolde, Hml. Th. ii. 412, 26

ceaster

(n.)
Grammar
ceaster, cæster, cester; ceastre; ceastre, ceaster, ceastra; f. The names of places ending in caster and -chester were probably sites of a castrum

a fortressA city, fort, castle, townurbs, civitas, castellumthe cityhæc civitas

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Ðá wende he hine west wið Exanceastres then he turned west towards Exeter [versus Exanceaster], Chr. 894; Erl. 91, 10; Th. 166, 31, col. 1; 29, col. 2 ; 167, 28, col. 1, col. 2.

clǽnsian

(v.)
Grammar
clǽnsian, clénsian, to clǽnsianne; clǽnsiende; ode, ade; od, ad [clǽne clean, pure]

To CLEANSE, purify, chasten, clear oneselfmundare, purgare, castigare, se liberare

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Preóst hine clǽnsie sylfes sóþe let a priest clear himself by his own truth, L. Wih. 18; Th. i. 40, 14, 16: 19; Th. i. 40, 17: 20; Th. i. 40, 19: L. Eth. ii. 8; Th. i. 288, 19: ii. 9; Th. i. 290, 10. Hine geréfa clénsie let the reeve clear him, L.

FREÓGAN

(v.)
Grammar
FREÓGAN, freón; ic freó, he freóþ, pl. freógaþ, freóþ; p. freóde, pl. freódon; impert. freó; subj. pres. freóge; pp. freód [freó free] .

to freemake freemanumittĕrelībĕrāreto honourlikelovehonōrāredilĭgĕreămāre

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Freó hine on ðam. seofoðan geáre free him in the seventh year; in septĭmo anno dimittes eum libĕrum, Deut. 15, 12. Ðonne ðú hine freóge when thou freest him; quem lībertāte donāvĕris, 15, 13.

rǽsan

(v.)
Grammar
rǽsan, p. de
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Hine (deáþ) rǽscþ on gífrum grápum, Exon. Th. 161, 34; Gú. 968. Hú longe on rǽsaþ ( inruitis ) gé on men, Ps. Surt. 61, 4. On rǽsdun ( inruerunt ) in mé stronge, 58, 4.

Linked entry: on-rǽsan

tídlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
tídlíce, adv.
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hine gesealde, W.

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þeór

(n.)
Grammar
þeór, es(?), e(?), gender is uncertain: in the following passages, which might be decisive, the forms are doubtful
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Drenc wiþ þeórádle ... gif hé on þam innoþe biþ þonne ádrífþ hine ðes drinc út (hé and hine may, perhaps, be taken as referring to þeór, as ádl is fem. ), 118, 1-12. The meaning, too, is doubtful.

weorþ-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
weorþ-líce, weorþelíce; adv.
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Hine man byrigde ful wurðlíce, 1036; Erl. 165, 35. in a fitting manner, worthily Wé willaþ offrian wurðlíce úrum Drihtne, Ex. 10, 9

eác

(con.)
Grammar
eác, conj. l. adv.
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Hý habbaþ eall ꝥ ðá unstyriendan habbaþ, and eác máre tó, Bt. 41, 5; F. 252, 26. where there is addition of condition or circumstance Hét ic ǽlcne mon hine gegerwan, and faran forð, and ꝥ eác bebeád ðæt ..., Nar. 9, 37.

gódian

(v.)
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God hine gódode swá þæt hé hine áwende of tollere tó apostol, Hml. Th. ii. 468, 15. the object a thing, material or non-material, to set right, put in good order Gódiað eówre ágene wegas and ealle eówre dǽda, Wlfst. 49, 29.

hege

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On hína hege; of hína hege, C. D. iii. 461, 32. Gewunode án þeóf ꝥ hé stáh ofer þone hege fur consueverat fer sepem ascendere, Gr. D. 23, 24. Hé stáh upp on þone hege ascendit sepem, 24, 21. Hyrdel, hege cratem, i. flecta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 51.

réðness

(n.)
Grammar
réðness, -e; f.

Fiercenessragecrueltyseverity.ferocitasausteritasferitas, i. crudelitas, inclementia, duritia furorferia, insaniasavagenessfiercenessferocityharshnessseverity

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Réðnyssa efferata, Germ. 399, 380. applied to persons, in a bad sense Ðone lǽddon feówer áwyrgde englas mid mycelre réðnesse and hine besencton on ða fýrenan eá, Blickl.

be-seón

(v.)

To lookattentionexpectationTo see aboutcare forattend toprovide for

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Ne beseoh þú þe ná, Lch. i. 202, 17. ꝥ hé hine ne besió tó his ealdun yfelum, 17. with prep. Beseah hé hine underbæc wiþ ðæs wífes. Bt. 35, 6 ; F. 170, 14. ꝥ hé hine ne besió tó his ealdun yfelum 17. trans.

ge-bígan

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</b> reflex, of a person, to bow in reverence Hé hine eádmódlíce gebígde ádúne tó his fótum, Hml. S. 10, 128. to incline, turn a person to, bring to accept a faith, practice, object of worship, &amp;c.

slincan

(v.)
Grammar
slincan, p. slanc, pl. sluncon.

to crawl to slink away repere, reptare

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Hé gescóp eall wyrmcynn and creópende and fleógende and swymmende and slincgende Anglia viii. 310, 17. fig. to slink away Se earma flýhþ uncræftiga slǽp slincan on hinder Dóm. L. 240

ge-brengan

(adj.)
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Ne mæhtun gebrenga (offere) hine him, Mk. L. 2, 4. Gebreingendum ł genfendum, Mt. p. 14, 1. Forstolen þingc under þæs wífes cǽglocan gebróht, Ll.

ge-hindred

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hindred, . . . impeditus.
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Substitute: <b>ge-hindrian;</b>. pp. ge-hindrod, gehindred To hinder, impede, check, and add hí for þám gylte gehin-drode wǽron þe hí þone Godes wer ǽr on wege his horses bereáfedon quia ex culpa quam servo Dei in via fecerant, illa sui itineris