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BEÁTAN

(v.)
Grammar
BEÁTAN, part. beátende ; ic beáte, ðú beátest, býtst, he beáteþ, být, pl. beátaþ ; p. beót, pl. beóton ; pp. beáten.

to BEATstrikelashdashhurtpercuteretundereverberarecæderepulsarequaterelædereto treadtrampletrampcalcareproculcare

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to BEAT, strike, lash, dash, hurt; percutere, tundere, verberare, cædere, pulsare, quatere, lædere Agynþ beátan hys efenþeówas cæperit percutere conservos, Mt. Bos. 24, 49. Hwí beátst ðú me quid me cædis? Jn. Bos. 18, 23.

Linked entry: a-beátan

in-segel

(n.)
Grammar
in-segel, es; n.

A sealsignet

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Geþenc nú gyf ðínes hláfordes ǽrendgewrit and his insegel tó ðé cymþ hwæðer ðú mǽge cweþan ðæt ðú hys willan ðǽr on gecnáwan ne mǽge consider now, if your lord's letter and his seal come to you, whether you can say that you cannot recognise his pleasure

Linked entries: -segel in-sigle

ge-dafenlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-dafenlíc, -dæfenlíc; adj. [ge-dafen becoming]

Becomingfitdecentconvenientagreeabledĕcenscongruusconvĕnienshăbĭlis

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Becoming, fit, decent, convenient, agreeable; dĕcens, congruus, convĕniens, hăbĭlis Ðæt is gedafenlíc ðæt ðú Dryhtnes word on hyge healde it is fit that thou shouldst keep in mind the word of the Lord, Elen. Kmbl. 2333; El. 1168 : Bt. Met.

Linked entry: ge-defenlíc

sýl

(n.)
Grammar
sýl, e; f.
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Ðære méder wæs on slǽpe ætýwed . . . ðæt hyre man stunge áne sýle on ðone bósum, 149, 2. Ercoles sýla Herculis columnae, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 8, 26. Ðæt feoh ðe hié wiþ ðám sýlum sellan woldon, 4, 12; Swt. 210, 4.

þætte

(con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
þætte, ( = þæt þe; v. se, IV. 3); pron.
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as a relative, that, which Ðæt ðú hyra frumcyn ícan wolde, ꝥte æfter him cenned wurde, Cd. Th. 236, 9; Dan. 318 : 245, 32; Dan. 472.

Linked entry: þæt

weorc-stán

(n.)
Grammar
weorc-stán, es; m.
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Hét se cásere áhón ánne weorcstán on hyre swuran, Homl. Skt. i. 2, 389. Ðá geseah hé hwǽr ða weorcstánas (cf. 322 supra ) lágon ofer eall, 23, 490. On ðam fenlande synd feáwa weorcstána, 20, 77.

bósum

wombuter

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H. 165, 24-30 Se Hálga Gást wunode on þám æþelan innoþe and on þám betstan bósme, 105, 15. þǽre méder wæs on slǽpe ætýwed, þá heó myd þám bearne wæs, ꝥ hyre man stunge áne sýle on þone bósum Shrn. 149, 2

medumlíce

(adv.)
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Wé habbað medomlíce þás þing gehrepod, hyt þingð ús gefædlic ꝥ wé rúmlícor þás gerénu átrahtnion, 324, 6. Wurdon eorðwæstmas eall tó medemlíce gewende, Chr. 1095; H. 232, 13.

rúm

(n.)
Grammar
rúm, es; m.

local, room, space temporal, space of timeopportunity

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Þerh alle tído rúmo per omnium horarum spatia, 171, 41. time which allows unhindered or unhurried action, opportunity Rúm wæs tó nimanne londbúendum on hyra ealdfeóndum herereáf the men of the land had ample opportunity of taking the spoil from their

Linked entry: rúmian

on-búgan

(v.)
Grammar
on-búgan, p. -beáh.

to bendto bend in reverence or submission, to bowto submit, yieldto bend aside, deviate

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Th. 405, 16; Rä. 24, 3. to bend in reverence or submission, to bow Heó tó hyre módor cneówum onbeah, Lchdm. iii. 428, 13. Hís gebróðru onbugon tó him proni adorantes Gen. 50, 18.

Linked entries: an-búgan on-bígan

bearn-teám

progenyoffspringissuechild-bearingprocreation of children

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Isaac ábæd hyre bearnteámes, 38, 344. Gesceafta ne beóð ástealde bútan for bearnteáme ánum, 20, 161. Swíðor for bearnteáme þonne for gálnysse propagandi voluntas pia fuit, quia concumbendi voluntas libidinosa non fuit, Angl. vii. 44, 443: Hml.

be-fealdan

to fold uproll upto bendthe bodyto fold up in somethingwrap up to entwine;implicareto involveimplicateto attach

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Befeald hyt on caules leáfe, Lch. i. 106, 17. Befeald on wulle, 206, 1. fig. :-- Befealdon contentum, sufficiens, Germ. 402, 54. to entwine; implicare Befealdende hófringas hófum inplicans orbes orbibus, An.

CÝLE

(n.)
Grammar
CÝLE, cíle, céle,es; m.

A cold, coldness, CHILL frīgus

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wyrcaþ ðone cýle hine on they bring the cold upon him, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 23, 6, 8

Linked entries: céle cíle

ende-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
ende-leás, adj.

ENDLESS, infinite, eternal infĭnĭtus, perpĕtuus, æter*-*nus

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sceolon sár endeleás forþ þrówian they must thenceforth suffer endless pain, Exon. 31 b; Th. 99, 30; Cri. 1632: 69a; Th. 257, 22; Jul. 251. Ða earmþa beóþ endeleáse ðe éce bióþ those miseries are endless which are eternal. Bt. 38, 2 ; Fox 198, 16

for-lor

(n.)
Grammar
for-lor, es; m.

Destructionperditionlossperdĭtio

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Ðéh ðe he mid micle forlore ðæs folces begeáte though he took it with great loss of the people, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 67, 28

heofon-cund

(adj.)
Grammar
heofon-cund, adj.

Heavenlycelestial

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ðæs heofoncundan boldes bídaþ they wait for the heavenly dwelling, 33 b; Th. 107, 6; Gú. 54: 35 a; Th. 112, 11; Gú. 142. Ða beóþ ðære heofencundan Jerusalem burgware who are citizens of the heavenly Jerusalem, Bt. 5, 1; Fox 10, 7

Þór

(n.)
Grammar
Þór, the Scandinavian form of a name which in English is Þunor (-er),
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one of the gods, Thor Nú secgaþ sume ða Denisce men on heora gedwylde, ðæt se Iouis wǽre, ðe þór hátaþ, Mercuries sunu, ðe hí Óðon namiaþ; ac hí nabbaþ ná riht: for ðan ðe wé rǽdaþ on bócum, ge on hǽþenum ge on cristenun, ðæt se hetula Iouis tó sóðan

Linked entry: þunor

weorold-gesǽlþa

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-gesǽlþa, pl. f.
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Ðeáh sýn on þyson woroldgesǽlþon ða unspédgestan, Ors. 1, 2; Swt. 30, 4. Ǽlc ðara ðe ðás woruldgesǽlþa hæfþ, Bt. 11. 2; Fox 34, 23

Linked entry: weorold-sǽlþa

swigian

(v.)
Grammar
swigian, <b>. I b.</b>
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Add sweogodan siluerunt, Ps. L. 106, 30. Add Sé ðe wilnað wóh tó dónne, and wilnað ðeáh ðæt ðæs óðre men sugigen (swugien, v.l.) qui et prava studet agere, et tamen ad haec vult caeteros tacere, Past. 145, 12.

ofer-hleóðrian

(v.)

to outsound, exceed in soundto exceed

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to outsound, exceed in sound Ðeáh ánra gehwylc hæbbe gyldene býman, and ealra býmena gehwylc hæbbe .xii. hleóðor, and hleóðra gehwylc sý heofone heárre and helle deópre, ðonne ðæs hálgan cantices se gyldena organ hé ealle oferhleóðraþ, and ealle ða