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on-findan

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Þæs anfundan Cartaginenses ꝥ hié mon oferswíþan mehte, 4, 1 ; S. 160, 4. Gif man onfinde ꝥ heora ǽnig on wóhre gewitnesse wǽre, Ll. Th. i. 204, 23.

on-ginnan

(v.)
Grammar
on-ginnan, p. -gan, -gann; pl. -gunnon; pp. -gunnen.

to begin, set about, set to workto attempt, endeavour (with infin.)to act strenuouslyto make an attempt upon, to attack

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Raðe ðæs hié óðer ongunnon wið Macedonie cui Macedonicum bellum continuo successit, Ors. 4, 11; Swt. 202, 32. Ongin ðæt ðú onginnest, Blickl. Homl. 187, 22.

ge-mǽre

(n.; v.)
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Þá hié tó ðǽm gemǽre cómon mid hiera firde, þá hæfdon hié hiera clúsan belocene Athenienses angustias Thermopylarum occupavere, 3, 7 ; S. 112, 34.

gif

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Gif hié þá blótan mehten, hié woldon secgean þæt him hiera godas gehulpan quam si aruspices celebrassent, diis gloriam vindicassent Ors. 5, 2 ; S. 218, 5.

ge-mǽnelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-mǽnelíce, <b>ge-mǽnlíce.</b>
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Ben. 69, 10. where persons are affected together Ic nú þás þing wríte tó þé gemǽnelice and tó mínre méder and mínum geswustrum, Nar. 3, 7. where things are done together Seó hiés and þá fulfremedan weorc gemǽnelíce (communiter) butú þá þing beóð gefyllede

ymb

(prep.)
Grammar
ymb, ymbe, umbe, embe, emban; prep.
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Th. 1340; B. 668. marking an object which is surrounded or enclosed Hié worhton fæsten ymb hié selfe, Chr. 885; Erl. 82, 21. Wall ymb ǽfæste, Cd. Th. 231, 16; Dan. 248. Ymbe ða herehúþe hlemmeþ tógædre grimme góman, Exon. Th. 363, 29; Wal. 61.

LEÓGAN

(v.)
Grammar
LEÓGAN, p. leáh; pl. lugon

To liedeceivefeign

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Ðá swóran hié swíðe ðæt hié sóð sægdon and nóht lugon ðara þinga quibus jurantibus se nichil falsi commiscere, Nar. 25, 28. Sǽdon ðæt hí wǽran on Criste gelýfede, ac hí lugon swá ðeáh, Homl. Skt. 2, 303.

mótan

(v.)
Grammar
mótan, ic, hé mót, ðú móst; wé móton; p. móste (

to be allowedmaymoteto be inferred otherwiseto be obligedmust

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Ne mágon hié and ne móton ( are not able and are not permitted ) ðínne líchoman deáþe gedǽlan, Andr. Kmbl. 2431; An. 1217. Ðæt hié on ðæt fǽgon, ðæt ic swá lytle hwíle lifgean móste, Nar. 32, 21. Ðæt ðú wilwega wealdan móstest, Ps. Th. 90, 11.

wrégan

(v.)
Grammar
wrégan, (wrecan) ; p. wrégde, wréhte; pp. wreged, wreht

To bewrayaccusedenounceto accuseto accuseto accuseto denounce

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Hié mon wrégde tó dæm cásere, Blickl. Homl. 173, 10. Wréhte, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 597. Wrégdon ða óðre cræftigan hý tó ðam cásere, Shrn. 146, 20. Hí wrehton ðone cyning tó his bréðer, Homl. Th. i. 468, 6.

á-bisgian

(v.)
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D. 88, 17. with prepositions mid, to occupy a person with something Ðonne hié mid ðissum hwílendlicum ðingum hié selfe ábisgiaþ (-bisegiaþ, Hat. MS.) dum temporali sollicitudini incaute deserviunt Past. 138, 7.

Linked entry: a-bysgian

ge-nemnan

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Þus hié wǽron genemnde, Dubslane and Maccbethu, 891 ; P. 82, 26. a place On þá burn þe ys genemned (dicitur) Effrem, Jn. II, 54.

ge-sund

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Þæt hié him gesunde burgen subtrahentes se pugnae, Ors. 2, 5; S. 80, 32. Þancigende his gescyldnysse hí ealle gesunde cómon eft tó heora earde. Hml. S. 25, 453.

furþor

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Ben. 64, 10. denoting excess, beyond, over and above Hí underfóð ǽgðer ge forhæfdnesse ge eáðmódnesse furðor donne hié geháten ultra habitum assumunt opera, Past. 409, 30. (5 a) denoting transgression :-- Hé furðor ne gedyrstlǽce tó dónne, þonne him

hwíl

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L. 7, 33: Past. 333, 15. in prepositional phrases Hú hrædlíce se fǽrlica deáð hié on lytelre hwíle bereáf-ode ðæs þe hié on longre hwíle mid unryhte striéndon quibus festina mors repente et simul abstulit quidquid eorum nequitia nec simul nec repente

hyldu

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tó his hyldo becóme, and ꝥ hié his underþeówas wurden Agustus cunctis gen-tibus una pace compositis, Ors. 5, 15 ; S. 250, 18.

weá

(n.)
Grammar
weá, an; m.

woe misery evil afflictiontroubleevilwickedness malice

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Hié ealle worlde weán oforhogodan, Blickl. Homl. 119, 15. Weallende weán, Exon.

Linked entries: wáwa weó

heard

firmsteadfastresoluteboldresoluteobduraterigidunyieldingoppressiverigorousstrictharsh

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Frægn Scipia hiene an hwíg hit gelang wǽre ꝥ Numentię swá raðe áhnescaden, swá hearde swá hié longe wǽron.

dón

(v.)
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Hié þá men woldon him tó mete dón, St. A. 4, 18. Hé hét dón tó geblote ealle þá cuman, Ors. S. 1, 19.

ge-wyrcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wyrcan, -wyrcean; p. -worhte, ðú -worhtest; pp. -worht.

to workmakebuildformdisposedoperformcelebratecommitto get by workinggainobtainmerit

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Hie geweorc geworht hæfdon they had made a fort, Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 2. He hæfþ mon geworhtne he hath made man, Cd. 21; Th. 25, 18; Gen. 395. Synna ðe we wið Godes willan geworht habbaþ the sins that we have done against God's will, Blickl.

Linked entry: ge-worht

swincan

(v.)
Grammar
swincan, p. swanc, pl. swuncon; pp. swuncen.
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Ða ðe meahton Godes friénd beón bútan gesuince hié snuncon (swuncon, Cote. MSS. ) ymb ðæt hú hié meahton gesyngian qui amici veritatis sine labore poterant, ut peccent laborant. Past. 35; Swt. 239, 21.