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healf

(n.)
Grammar
healf, e; f.

Sidepartsidehandbesidedisputebehalfaccountsidequarterdirection

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On twá healfa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 1, 8. ꝥ wé sendan on twá healfa þám geréfum, Ll. Th. i. 236, 14.

ge-líffæstan

(v.)
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ge-líffæstan, ge-líffæstian; p. ge-líffæste, ge-líffæstade; pp. ge-líffæst, ge-líffæsted.
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to make alive. of physical life Se Fæder áwecð þá deádan and gelíffæst, Jn. 5, 21. Þurh þone gást syndon gelíffæste ealle þá gesceafta þe se Fæder gesceóp, Hml. A. 2, 20. of spiritual life Þú gelíffæst mé viuificabis me, Ps. L. 137, 7: 142, II.

be-bycgean

(v.)
Grammar
be-bycgean, -bycgan ; part. -bycgende ; p. -bohte; pp. -boht

To sellto set or put to salevendere

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To sell, to set or put to sale; vendere On gold bebycgean to sell for gold, Bd. 2, 12; S. 514, 39. Iudas bebohte bearn wealdendes on seolfres sinc Judas sold the child of the Almighty for a heap of silver, Cd. 226; Th. 301, 5; Sat. 577 : Ps.

Linked entries: be-bohte bi-bycgong

grindan

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</b> of the action of the teeth :-- Molides ... wé hǽteð grindigtéþ, fore hý grindeþ æl ꝥ man byg leofaþ, Lch. iii. 104, 3. to grind, crush, oppress Eliquat, ... minuit, depremit vel grint, Wrt.

ge-macian

(v.)
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Th. ii. 88, 29. with subst. complement Þone hé ǽr éhtende martyr gemacode, Hml. Th. ii. 82, 24. with and dat. Gif hé him þæt mǽden mihte gemacian wífe. Hml.

ge-lendan

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Gecwǽdon þæt þá hám gelendon eos Spartam remittunt, 1, 14; S. 56, 25. of things. material Nis nán þæs lytel ǽwelm ꝥ hé þá sǽ ne geséce, and eft of þǽre sǽ gelent in on þá eorþan there is no spring so small that it do not make its way to the sea, and

fiscere

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Him þá cóm án fiscere and hiene ánne ofer bróhte piscatoria scapha trepidus transit, Ors. 2, 5; S. 84, 10. Wearð geworden, swá swá God wolde, fiscere to biscope, Ll. Th. i. 334, 12. hwon þú sceole for ówiht þysne man (S.

hám

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Sécan þá hámas and þá árleásaneardungstówe, Seel. 70. figurative, (long) home Hé foresǽde þone dæg þe hé sceolde cuman Cofantreó his langan háme, Vis. Lfc. 90.

for-þyldian

(v.)
Grammar
for-þyldian, -þyldigian, -þyldegian, -þylgian; p. ode; pp. od

To sustainbearenduresufferbe patientwait patientlysustĭnēretolĕrārepăti

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To sustain, bear, endure, suffer, be patient, wait patiently; sustĭnēre, tolĕrāre, păti For ðé ic forþyldegode hosp propter te sustĭnui opprobrium. Ps. Spl. 68, 10: 54, 12: Homl. Th. ii. 174, 10.

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cneówian

(v.)
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Th. ii. 134, 14

ge-ríman

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Th. ii. 430, 7. Seó ungemetlice mengeo þæs folces wæs þá iéðre oferwinnanne þone heó ús sié nú gerímanne. Ors. 2, 5; S. 80, 12. Is gerímed supputatur. An. Ox. 3832. Add: —

hwaþerian

(v.)
Grammar
hwaþerian, hwoþerian; p. ode
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To roar ꝥ gewealc þára ýða hwaðerode mid windum the tumult of the waves roared, lashed by the winds, Ap. Th. 11, 2.

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ge-býrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-býrian, l. -byrian, take here ge-berian
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S. 23, 673-676. to belong to, be included in or connected with, to pertain Hwilon Wentsǽte hýrdon intó Dúnsǽtan, ac hit gebyreð rihtor intó West-Sexan, Ll. Th. i. 356, 18. Ealle þá þe Godes ríce gebyrigað, Hml. Th. i. 236, 30.

ge-endian

(v.)
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Add: trans. where the subject of the verb ceases to do something, to bring to an end, to come to an end of Þá se Hǽlend þás word geendode, Mt. 7, 28. Þá se Hǽlend geendode þás bigspel, 13, 53, Wé móton nú geendian þyses godspelles race, Hml.

belle

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Feohbót gebyreð . . . bócan and bellan, Ll. Th. i. 328, 8. Þonne gé gehýran cyricean bellan (campanas), Coll. M. 36, 1. Add

metod-sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
metod-sceaft, e; f.

Decree of fatedoomfate after death

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Decree of fate, doom, fate after death Ealle Wyrd forsweóp míne mágas metodsceafte ( to their doom ), Beo. Th. 5623; B. 2815. Gást onsende Matheus his metodsceafte ( to the fate appointed to it ), in écne gefeán, Menol. Fox 342; Men. 172.

ge-dón

(v.)
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Th. 59, ii. hwon sceolde þeós smyrenes beón lore gedón ?, Bl. H. 69, 7. náuhte gedóne, Bt. 37, 3; F. 190, 19. Uncúð bið þé hwan þé þín Drihten gedón wille, Dóm. L. 32, 60: Seef. 43.

CÝÐAN

(v.)
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CÝÐAN, p. ic, he cýðde, cýdde, ðú cýðdest, cýddest; pp. cýðed .

to make known, tell, relate, proclaim, announcenuntiare, annuntiare, narrare, referre, effari, prædicare to declare, reveal, manifest, shew, perform, confess, confirm, testify, prove notum facere, revelare, manifestare, ostendere, perhibere, confiteri, testari, probare

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to make known, tell, relate, proclaim, announce;nuntiare, annuntiare, narrare, referre, effari, prædicare Wordum cýðan to make known in words, Cd. 102; Th. 135, 14; Gen. 2242: Exon. 12a; Th. 19, 7; Cri. 297.

Linked entry: ge-cýðan

níd-nǽman

(v.)
Grammar
níd-nǽman, p. de

To take by forceto force a womanto ravish

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To take by force, to force a woman, to ravish Gif hwá nunnan gewemme oððe wydewan nýdnǽme, L. Eth. vi. 39; Th. i. 324, 25 : L. C. S. 53; Th. i. 406, 2, 3

delfan

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Add: absolute, to dig 'Ic nát mid hwí íc delfe . . . ' ongan þá þǽrmid delfan, Hml. S. 23 b, 765. Þá dulfon hí in þǽre ylcan stówe, Shrn. 113, 13. to dig the ground Genam hé áne spada and dealf þá eorþan, H. R. 13, 13.