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húru

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Ondrǽden him húru ðonne hrímað, 437, 11: 313, 8. Þá bǽdon hine his discipulos ꝥ hié móstan húru sume uncýme streównesse him under gedón, Bl. H. 227, 12 : Ll. Th. i. 356, 21.

ge-lendan

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þóhte þæt on þá burgware on ungearwe becóme; ac hit him wearð ǽror cúþ . . . Þá gelende tó ánre óþerre byrig ( castellum quoddam occupat ), 4, 5; S. 166, 33.

for-seón

to despisehold in contemptto rejectto rejectto refuse

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sceoldon þone lofsang singan, and sé þe hit forsáwe, sceolde hit gebétan, Hml. S. 21, 161. with clause Ðeáh forsió ðæt him on lócige, Past. 111, 20. with dat. infin. Sume fæston swá ꝥ forsáwon tó etanne búton on ðone óðerne dæg, Hml.

ge-sprecan

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hét him to gelangian þá deófolgildan . . . wolde gesprecan, 18, 370. Ðeós tíd cymð ymbe twelf mónað, ꝥ ǽlc man sceal his scrift gesprecan (confessarium suum alloqui), Ll.

ge-wríþan

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his forhæfednysse underðeóddon, Hml.

Linked entry: ge-wriþen

sculan

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Add L. mancsa goldes þe Ælfnóþ him sceal, Cht. Crw. 23, 7. Eal ic him gelǽste ꝥ ꝥ ic him scolde, Ll. Th. i. 182, 11. forgeaf on Godes ést Centingan ðæne borh ðe him sceoldan, C.

and-swaru

(n.)
Grammar
and-swaru, ond-, e; f. [and, swaru a speaking]

An ANSWERresponsum

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Nú sceal he sylf faran to incre andsware now he must come himself for your answer. Cd. 27; Th. 35, 19; Gen. 557

Linked entries: swaru and-wyrde

swebban

(v.)
Grammar
swebban, p. swefde, swefede; pp. swefed.
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Ne lyft swefeþ, Exon. Th. 115, 19; Gú. 192. Swefed sopitus, Kent. Gl. 917. Wæs sæmninga mid leóhte slǽpe swefed, Guthl. 6; Gdwin. 42, 13. of the sleep of death, to put to death, kill swefeþ ond scendeþ, Beo. Th. 1204; B. 600.

Linked entry: swefan

ceáp-stów

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sécað ðæt mon ǽrest gréte on ceápstówum ( in foro ), Past. 27, 7. Add

earglíce

(adv.)
Grammar
earglíce, in a cowardly manner.
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Ox. 744), Hpt. Gl. 424, 1. Gé tófesede swíðe áfirhte oft litel werod earhlíce forbúgað fugistis nullo persequente, Wlfst. 133, 6. eóde in earhlíce ( fearfully ), Jud. 4, 18: Hml. S. 3, 160: 23, 493.

Linked entry: earhlíce

efen-weorþ

(adj.)
Grammar
efen-weorþ, <b>efen-weorþ,</b> -wirþe; adj.
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ꝥ bysceopsetl efenwyrðum (efenwyrðe, v. l.) dǽdum his hádes heóld episcopalem cathedram condignis gradu actibus seruat, 5, 12; Sch. 632, 3

gísel

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siex hund gísla on his geweald underféng sexcentis equitibus in obsidatum receptis, Ors. 3, 8; S. 122, 3. Man gíslas, (gýslas, v. l. ) sylle friðe tó wedde, Ll. Th. i. 156, 5. In tó West-Sexan þyder scylan gafol and gíslas syllan, 356, 20. Add

mann-rǽdenn

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mann-rǽdenn, <b>. I.</b>
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Him micelum sceamode þæs deófles manrǽdenne þe on wæs oþ ꝥ, Hml. S. 31, 1197. léton tó rǽde ꝥ woldon ábúgan þám heretogan tó his mannrǽdene omnes una voce: 'Sponte tradamus nos omnes populo Holofernis,' Hml. A. 108, 182.

ge-ǽbiligan

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Sé ðe bepǽhð ǽnne Godes þeówena, geǽbiligð ðone Hláford, Hml. Th. i. 516, 20. ðám fæderum bebeád þæt heora bearn ne geǽbiligdon (patres, nolite adiracundiam provocare filios vestros, Eph. 6, 4), ii. 324, 26. Byð geǽbylged indignabitur . Bl.

be-ceápian

(v.)

to sellto buypurchase

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Add: to sell Heó beceápode þá gymmas wið licgendum feó, Hml. S. 9, 53. Beceápa ealle ðíne ǽhta, Bas. 56, 3. Ylpes bán becgan oððe beceápan, Lch. iii. 204, 3. to buy, purchase Gif mid þám gewítendlicum gestreónum beceápað him þæt éce líf, Hml.

fæstlíce

(adv.)

fastfirmlyconstantlypersistencefaststrictlyspeedily at once

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H. 171, 27. fæstlíce (pertinaciter) wiðsóc, Gr. D. 190, 15. fæstlíce (constanter) gehéndon hine, Lk. L. R. 23, 10. fast (in hold fast). Similar entries Cf. fæste; II. Uton wé his lufe fæstlíce on úrum heortum healdan, Bl. H. 131, 3.

gildan

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(bb) to repay an amount taken or borrowed :-- Wénstú gif hwá óðrum hwæt gieldan sceal, hwæðer hine mid ðý gehealdan mæge ðæt him náuht máre on ne nime, ne ðæt ne gielde ðæt ǽr nam?, Past. 425, 1-3.

winnan

(v.)
Grammar
winnan, p. wann , pl. wunnon; pp. wunnen.

intransto labourtoilworkto labour, endeavour, strive afterto labour, struggle, be troubledto labour under, suffer fromto strive, contend, fightof hostile action towards a personof competitionof opposition to things of the action of inanimate objectsto make warfightof the action of inanimate objectswith cognate accusativeto winmake one's waytransto labour atbestow labour uponto labour undersufferundergoto wingetattain

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Nó won æfter worulde, ac in wuldre áhóf módes wynne, Exon. Th. 126, 12; Gú. 370. Ðá wann (laboravit) swýþe, ðæt his geféran geheólde, ðæt ne ásprungan fram heora geleáfan, Bd. 2, 9; S. 511, 5.

Linked entry: on-winnende

mǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
mǽnan, p. de

To tell ofrelatedeclare

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Hæleþ hospe mǽnaþ men speak of her contemptuously, 90 a; Th. 337, 17; Gn. Ex. 66. Secgas nemnaþ, mǽnaþ mid múþe meodugáles gedrinc, 88 a; Th. 330, 26; Vy. 57.

óþ-standan

(v.)
Grammar
óþ-standan, I.
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Ia. metaphorically, to cease to act :-- Gif se hlyst óþstande, ðæt ne mǽge gehiéran, L. Alf. pol. 46; Th. i. 92, 23. to remain standing, remain Uneáþe ǽnig grot staþoles óþstód, Ors. 6, 1; Swt. 252, 23.