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be-gitan

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Oswald got him into this country, Shrn. 124, 10. begeat Arues dohtor him tó wífe, Ors. 3, 7; S. 112, 9. beget þá burg, Chr. 919; P. 100, II. begeat forð mid him fela scipu, 1052; P. 178, 14. Hié him þǽr scipu begéton, 897; P. 89, 28.

rǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
rǽcan, p. rǽhte.
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Ðǽr ( in hell) leomu rǽcaþ (stretch forth ) tó bindenne, Exon. Th. 99, 8; Cri. 1621. Eall ða weoruldgód gefeónde þearfum rǽhte and sealde cuncta pauperibus erogare gaudebat, Bd. 3, 5; S. 526, 26. hláf bræc and him rǽhte, Lk. Skt. 24, 30.

Linked entry: a-rǽcan

wuldrian

(v.)
Grammar
wuldrian, (and wuldran?); p. ode.

to glorifyto ascribe glory toto make gloriousbestow glory onto gloryto receive glorybe glorified

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lofiaþ leóflícne; and wuldriaþ ordfruman ealra gesceafta, Exon. Th. 25, 16; Cri. 401. God wuldrode Deum magnificans, Lk. Skt. 5, 25 : Homl. Skt. i. 3, 662. Wé sculon wuldrian and herian úrne Dryhten, Homl. Th. i. 44, 2 : Hy. 8, 1.

geofu

(n.)
Grammar
geofu, e; gen. pl. -a, -ena, -ona; f.

A gift, gracedonus, gratia

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Ðæt he dryhtnes mót geofona neótan that he may partake of the Lord's gifts, Exon. 61 a; Th. 225, 5; Ph. 384. Ne biddan we úrne Drihten ðyssa eorðlícra geofa let us not ask our Lord for these earthly gifts, Blickl. Homl. 21, 11.

á-cwician

(v.)
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D. 90, 7. to come to life Ealle deáde menn mannes bearnes stefne gehýrað, and ealle ácuciað, Hml. S. 23, 385. On niht forþférde, ac on dagunge eft ácwicode, Bd. 5, 12; S. 627, 13. trans. To make lively; vivificare, Ps. Th. 118, 159

be-sorg

Anxiouscareful

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Ne sý nán ðing swá besorh þæt his tídsang fore forlǽte let him not care about anything so much, that he neglects his service for it, R. Ben. 68, 5.

sárgian

(v.)
Grammar
sárgian, ode.

to make sad (sárig), to grieve (trans.),afflict, woundto be or become sad, to grieve (intrans.), languish

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,afflict, wound sárgiaþ fremdne flǽschoman, Salm. Kmbl. 220; Sal. 109. to be or become sad, to grieve (intrans.), languish sárgaþ ðæs he is grieved at it, Past. 33; Swt. 227, 21.

ofer-wyrcan

(v.)

to cover by working, to work a covering over something, to overlay

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to cover by working, to work a covering over something, to overlay hit him eft hám bebeád on ánum brede áwriten and siððan hit áwriten wæs hit oferworhte mid weaxe qui omnia civibus suis per tabellas scriptas, et post cera superlitas, enunciabat

beátan

(v.)

to beat with (mid)to beat onTo beat on

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Add: trans. of living creatures Sume beóton quosdam caedentes, Mt. 12, 5. beóton his heáfod percutiebant caput ejus, Mt. 27, 30. beóton heora breóst, Hml. Th. ii. 258, 9. Gif man hiné beáte, Ll. Th. i. 348, 5.

ongeagn

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oðsóc ꝥ hit nǽre; þá ongén hine gecnǽwne gedydon be þám tácne þe on his hneccan wæs ꝥ hit wæs, Hml. S. 30, 274

a-hreddan

(v.)
Grammar
a-hreddan, p. -hredde; pp. -hreded, -hred [a from, hreddan to rid]

To ridliberateset freedeliverrescueliberareeripereeruere

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To rid, liberate, set free, deliver, rescue; liberare, eripere, eruere Ðæt he sceolde his folc ahreddan that he should deliver his people, Jud. 6, 14. Ðæt ðú us ahredde that thou deliver us, Exon. 13 a; Th. 23, 25; Cri. 374.

Linked entries: a-reddan a-riddan

gegninga

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he gave you ), B. 2871

hreóf-lig

Grammar
hreóf-lig, (l. hreóflig).
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His líchama wæs geþúht swylce hreófli wǽre in corpore ejus varietas leprae morem imitari videreiur, Gr. D. 159, 2. forgeaf . . . hreóflium sméðnysse heora líchaman, Hml. Th. i. 26, 11. reóflige geclǽnsodon, ii. 490, 23. Hreóflige, Hml.

tweógan

Grammar
tweógan, <b>I c.</b> add after Swt. 192, 15: 5, 7; S. 230, 20. <b>II a.</b>
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Add [Þonne þeówiað þám ungesewenlican Gode, húru ne tweógen ná þára ungesewenlicra gescæfta ut quae invisibili serviunt esse invisibilia non dubitentur, Gr. D. 269, 2.

baþian

(v.)

to immerse in a liquid by way of torment,

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Baþige hine on swétum wætre, Lch. ii. 244, 17, 23. Ongan hine baðian swá swátigne, Ors. 3, 9; S. 124, 30. Heó wolde sylfe baðian, Hml.

Linked entry: bæþ

camp-wered

(n.)
Grammar
camp-wered, -weorud, comp-weorod, es; n. [werod, es; n. an army]
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Æðelhere mon slóh mid ealle his campweorude ðe he mid him brohte Ethelhere was slain with all the fighting-men whom he had brought with him, 3, 24; S. 556, 33.

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réceleást

(n.)
Grammar
réceleást, e; f.
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Carelessness, negligence, heedlessness Swá hwæs swá his irsung willaþ, ðonne gehét him ðæs his réccelést, Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 24. Récelést, Met. 25, 53.

ánfealdlíce

(adv.)
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Mid stilnesse ánfealdlíce (simpliciter) ingange, 81, 10. simply, without ornament, amplification, &amp;c. Hit is ánfealdlíce gecweden. Hml. Th. ii. 244, 20. Þis godspel is nú ánfealdlíce gesǽd, 404, 6. Agathes andwyrde ánfealdlíce, Hml.

lyffettan

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Þænne lyfetað dum adulantur, R. Ben. 1. 110, 11.

bót

mendingrepairremedyimprovementhelpamendmentamendsreparationrepentancepenance

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Ǽr þám þe habban bóte águnnen, 324, 13. Godcunde bóte underfangen, 248, 24. From alre néweste geleáfulra sýn heó ásyndrade nymðe heó hit hér mid þingonge bóte gebéte (cf. nisi ante placita satisfactione emendaverit, 106, 9), C.