ǽmetgian
to empty ⬩ to be at leisure. ⬩ to devote one's self to, take time for
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Ðá men ðe hié selfe tó ðǽre ciricean wlite ǽmtegian sceoldon, Past. 135, 5
hlacerung
Scoffing ⬩ mockery ⬩ scorn
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Hit is swíðe unþæslic ꝥ wé on Godes húse ídele spellunga and hlacerunga begán, Nap. 38
Linked entry: hlacerian
freó-nama
A surname ⬩ cognōmen
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Se pápa hine nemde freónaman Clemens the pope named him by surname Clement, 5, 11; S. 626, 23
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leód
A man ⬩ poet ⬩ a prince ⬩ men ⬩ people ⬩ country
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Gif hwá his ágenne geleód [MS. H. leóð] bebycgge if any one sell his own countryman, L. In. 11; Th. i. 110, 3. Ðá hatedon hine his leóde cives autem ejus oderant eum, Lk. Skt. 19, 14.
ge-wundian
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ðreátunga gáð tó stíðlico word, and mid ðám his freónd gewundað, ðonne hé hine on unrótnesse gebringð, Past. 167, 10.
teón
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Hé teáh hiene ðæt hé his ungerisno sprǽce wið ða senatos he (Philip) charged him (Demetrius, his son) that he had spoken disparagingly of him to the senate, Ors. 4, 11; Swt. 206, 28.
rǽdan
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Wið ðone rǽdde Chromatius, and be his rǽde underféng ealle ða cristenan, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 323. Him þúhte and ðǽm ðé hé hit wið rǽdde, L. Ath. v. 12; Th. i. 240, 27. Hí gamenlíce rǽddon callide cogitantes, Jos. 9, 4.
hosp-word
A word expressing contempt, contumely, reproach, abuse
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Ðá hét martianus mid his hospwordum ðæt hé sǽde his síþ him eallum then Martianus bade him with expressions of contempt tell his journey to them all, Homl. Swt. 4, 283: Exon. 68 b; Th. 253, 33; Jul. 189.
þweorian
To be opposed ⬩ adverse ⬩ to be at variance
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Oððe hí his fét gesóhton, him and Gode gehýrsumigende, oððe gif heora hwylc ðwyrode ( if any one of them was adverse ), hé his andweardnysse forfleáh, 560, 10. Ða heáfodmen wiðcwǽdon and symle ðwyrodon ever proved adverse, ii. 260, 2.
Linked entry: þweorh
leóht
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Ðára byrðenna hefignesse, eall ðæt ic his geman, ic awríte, þý lǽs hí hwǽm leóhte (levia) ðyncen tó underfónne, 23, 13. Benedictus ús bóc áwrát leóhtre be dǽle ( the Benedictine rule was in some respects less severe than that of Basil. Cf.
ge-temprian
To temper ⬩ moderate ⬩ govern ⬩ cure ⬩ temperare
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Mót se ðe wile mid sóþum lǽcecræfte his líchaman getemprian he who will may cure his body with true leechcraft, 474, 35
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be-sittan
to sit round, surround, beset, besiege ⬩ circumdare, cingere, obsidere ⬩ to be in session, to hold sessions ⬩ to posess ⬩ considere, ⬩ possidere
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Hí þohton [MS. þohtan] hine inne to besittanne they thought to besiege him therein, Chr. 1094; Erl. 230, 22.
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ciric-weard
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Hé ábæd him ingang fram þám cyricweardum þæt him wǽre ágifen leáf him tó gebidenne ingressus ecclesiam a custodibus pettit, ut sibi licentiam concederetur orandi, Gr. D. 200, 3
CENNAN
to beget, conceive, create, bring forth ⬩ gignere, creare, facere, parere ⬩ to bring forth from the mind , to declare, choose, ascribe, clear, prove ⬩ advocare, confiteri, adscribere, purgare, manifestare
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Cenne he hwanon hit him cóme let him declare whence it came to him, L. Eth. ii. 8; Th. i. 288, 14, 21, 22, 23, 25. Gif he cenþ ðæt he hit bohte if he declare that he bought it, L. Edg. S. 10; Th. i. 276, 6.
Linked entries: a-cennan cænnan cænnan cynnan cennend-líc
for-cirran
to turn ⬩ avoid ⬩ pervert ⬩ subvert
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Hí eft ne cyrdon tó ðan cyninge, ac þurh óðerne weg hine forcyrdon, Hml. Th. i. 78, 30.
Linked entries: for-búgan for-cyrran
á-scirian
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Se man þe his mód áwent fram eallum þisum bócum, and bið him swá ánwille, þæt him leófre bið, þæt hé lybbe be his ágenum dihte áscired fram þisum, Ælfc. T.
floterian
to flutter
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Hí cómon mid floteriendum eágum for ðǽre micclan angsumnysse, 23, 153
of-tredan
to tread down, trample upon, injure or destroy by treading
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Th. ii. 388, 18-22. lii hit oftræd and hié tó loman gerénode duos et .l. calcatos inutiles fecit, Nar. 15, 25. Ða hors hí (Jezabel) oftrǽdan huxlíce under fótum, Homl. Skt. i. 18, 347. Oftredan ðæt gærs and ofsittan, Homl. Th. i. 188, 25.
Linked entry: of-steppan
batian
to get better
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Gif hit nelle for þisum lǽcedóme batian, 354, 9.
here-rǽs
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An inroad by an army, a raid by the Danes Gif hwæt fǽrlices on þeóde becymð, beón hit hererǽsas, beón hit fǽrcwealmas, beón hit miswyderu, Wlfst. 271, 2