wǽt
wet, moisture ⬩ liquor, drink
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Ben. 69, 14. Hé ne mæg ǽtes oððe wǽtes brúcan, Homl. Th. i. 66, 9. Hé fæste, swá ðæt hé ne onbyrigde ǽtes ne wǽtes on eallum ðam fyrste, 166, 11: ii. 490, 11: Wulfst. 103, 1.
ge-hú
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Substitute: In every way, in all sorts of ways Ðeáh ðe seó sǽ sý gebýged gehú ( is bent in all sorts of ways ), heó wunað swá ðeáh on ðǽre eorðan bósme binnan hyre gemǽrum. Hex. 10, 30.
be-warenian
avoid ⬩ to watch ⬩ guard
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Ben. 36, 5. to watch, guard þú bewarnast observaberis, Ps. Spl. 129, 3
Linked entry: be-warian
be-sceáwian
to contemplate ⬩ behold ⬩ to consider ⬩ to see about ⬩ take care of
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Ben. 1. 62, 2. Besceáwige hé praevideat, R. Ben. 89, 17
ege-full
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Ben. 2, 2. Cóm rídende sum egefull ridda, Hml. S. 25, 773.
for-swerian
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Ben. 17, 9. <b>I a.</b> reflex. To perjure one's self :-- Ná swerian þe [lǽs] hé hine forswerige (v. preceding passage ), R. Ben. I. 20, 8. Ne ǽnig man hine sylfne mid máne ne forswerie, Wlfst. 70, 10.
gleáwnes
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Ben.
stede
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Ben. I. 76, 9. Ærest man ásmeáð þæs húses stede, Angl. viii. 324, 8. <b>II b.</b> add :-- Seó gítsung næfde nǽnne stede on heora heortan, Hml. Th. i. 326, 35.
Linked entry: welig-stedende
ge-anbídian
to wait ⬩ to wait for. ⬩ to wait for the coming ⬩ return ⬩ to wait for the coming to pass ⬩ to wait
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Ben. 25, 21. to wait for the settlement of what is uncertain Drihten geanbidaþ hwæþer wé mid weorcum his láre gefyllan willen, R. Ben. 4, 16. Hé geanbidode þǽr hwæðer man him tó búgan wolde, Chr. 1066; P. 200, 8
þoft
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A rower's bench Scipsetl transtra, þofta (þoftan?) trastra vel juga, Wrt. Voc. i. 48, 15. Þoftan transtra, 56, 41: 63, 43. (All three occur in lists 'de navibus.')
andgit-full
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Ben. 116, 12. Þá andgytfullan capaces, 11, 15. Andgytfulle sensatos, i. prudentes, Scint. 105, 12. Add
Linked entry: and-getfull
býtlian
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Ben. 4, 12. Man bytlode áne gebytla, Hml. Th. ii. 354, 32. 'Ðá synfullan bytledon uppe on mínum hrycge.' Hé sárette ðætte hié sceoldon bytlan , Past. 153, 9. Hét Harold bytlian on Brytlande, Chr. 1065; P. 190, 26.
dæg-wist
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Ben. 102, 22. Cf. dæg-mete
elcora
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Ben. 113, 12
foreþanclíce
carefully
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Ben. 15, 18. Hé wærlíce and forðonclíce háwode caute ac sollicite attendit, Gr. D. 203, 17. Add:
gegaf-sprǽc
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Ben. 22, 4. Add
ge-stæððignes
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Ben. 126, 17. Mid gestæbþig-nesse clypian cum gravitate loqui, 30, 13. Gehwylc tó ðám Godes weorce efste — þæt þonne sý mid mycelre gestæþðignesse, 47, 14: 67, 15. Mid gestæþignesse and nó mid higeleáste, 68, 2
hleápere
a landleaper ⬩ vagrant ⬩ a horse-man
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Ben. 135, 20. one who mounts a horse, a horse-man, Similar entries v. hleápan ; II a Hleáperas (-es, MS.), rǽdehere, cerethi An. Ox. 775.
leornung-mann
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Ben. 20, 6. Þæra fíf bóca andgit geopenode se Ælmihitiga Láreów his leorningmannum, Hml. Th. ii. 396, 12. Add
stúpian
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To stoop, bend the back Gyf seó sunne hine ( the moon) onǽlþ ufan þonne stúpaþ hé (it has the light part curving downwards ) . . . for ðan ðe hé went ǽfre ðone hricg tó ðære sunnan weard, Lchdm. iii. 266, 20.