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ge-dréfan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dréfan, p. de; pp. ed

To disturbtroublevexoffendturbareconturbareconfunderescandalizare

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Ðú gedréfest deópe wǽlas tu conturbas profundos vortices, Ps. Th. 64, 7. Ðú gedréfst grúnd sǽs tu confundas profundum maris, Ps. Spl. 64, 7. Beóþ gedréfde þeóda turbabuntur gentes, Ps. Spl. 64, 8.

wiþer-steall

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-steall, es; m.

Resistanceopposition

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Næs Petrus gewunod nánre wǽpnunge, ac ðǽr wǽron twá swurd gebróhte ðam wiðerstealle, gif hit Crist swá wolde, Homl. Th. ii. 248, 4. Mé hwílum biþ forwyrned þurh wiþersteall willan mínes, Exon. Th. 268, 32; Jul. 441

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fóster-cild

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Hí hine befrinon: 'Hwí forlǽtst þú, fæder, ðíne fóstercild?,' Hml. Th. ii. 516, 20. of a provincial in his relation to Rome Æfter menniscum gebyrde ic eom Hispanienscis, Rómánisc fóstorcild, Hml. Th. i. 428, 22

ge-glengan

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Th. ii. 316, 6. Bútan geglengcedre sine pompulenta, An. Ox. 3729. Þá geglencdan falerata, i. comta, 539. Þá geglengedan, Wrt. Voc. ii. 33, 41. Geglencdum gemmatis, i. pictis, 128: pompis, 23, 25

tollere

(n.)
Grammar
tollere, es; m.

A toll-taker,tax-gatherer

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A toll-taker, tax-gatherer Tollere telonearius, Wrt. Voc. i. 50, 56: theolenarius, 74, 45. Matheus wæs tollere, Homl. Th. i. 324, 3: ii. 288, 17. God hine áwende of tollere apostole, 468, 15.

for-lǽtan

to letpermitallowsufferto sufferto letgrantto leaveto leaveto leaveconsumingto leave aloneleave undoneabstain fromneglectto leave outomitto spareleave toto leavequitto abandonforsakedesertabandonto leaveto leaveto leavedieto defendto abandonto leaveto abandonto leaveto leave ofgive upto abandonabandonto let goto restrainto releaserestoreto give uprelinquishto remitforgiveto loseto put awaydismisslay asideto send

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Leáfe forlǽtene ueniam dimittendi, Angl. xiii. 406, 594. to leave so that an object may be dealt with by another, leave to Hé ne forlét gýmeleáste his apostol, Hml. Th. i. 58, 33. Ꝥ hé þé ne forlǽte láðum handa, Dóm.

a-scacan

(v.)

to shake offto shakebrandishexcutere

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to shake off, to shake, brandish; excutere, Ps. Th. 67, 10

ge-healdendlic

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-healdendlic, (?); adj.
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That is to be kept Þa gehealdennelicun (gehealdendlican ?

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a-seóðan

(v.)
Grammar
a-seóðan, p. -seáþ, pl. -sudon; pp. -soden

To boilseethescorchto purify by seethingcoquere

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To boil, seethe, scorch, to purify by seething; coquere Swá man seolfor aseóðeþ mid fýre as one seethes silver by fire, Ps. Th. 65, 9.

sand

Grammar
sand, sending.
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Add Þá bær man þám cyninge cynelice þénunga on ánum sylfrenan disce . . . þá sende se cyning þám þearfum þone sylfrenan disc mid sande mid ealle (cf. dapes sibimet adpositas rex deferri pauperibus praecepit, Bd. 3, 6), Hml. S. 26, 95.

á-hildan

(v.)
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Sunne setle áhylde, Hml. S. 23 b, 498. Ðeós wyrt hafaþ leáf nyþer wið þá eorþan áhyldende, Lch. i. 274, 14. figurative, trans, to incline, decline Hi ( conjunctions ) áhyldað and gebígað heora swég ðám stæfgefége þe him ætforan stent, Ælfc.

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ge-gearcian

(v.)
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Þá cyrican þe hí him gegearcod hæfdon, hé hét hálgian, Chr. 995; P. 128, 37

for-sceppan

(v.)
Grammar
for-sceppan, -sceóppan; p. -sceóp, pl. -sceópon; pp. -scepen

To transformtransformāre

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To transform; transformāre Heó alle forsceóp Drihten to deóflum the Lord transformed them all to devils, Cd. 16; Th. 20, 14; Gen. 308. Scinnan forscepene [their] beauty transformed, Cd. 214; Th. 269, 12; Sat. 72

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ge-mǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mǽlan, p. de; pp. ed

To speak, harangue

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To speak, harangue Adam gemǽlde and to Euan spræc Adam spoke and to Eve said, Cd. 37; Th. 49, 10; Gen. 790. Offa gemǽlde Offa spoke, Byrht. Th. 138, 34; By. 230 : 53; By. 244

be-gleddian

(v.)
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Add: to besmear, bedaub Spere mid blóde be-gleddod, Hml. Th. i. 452, 8. Franca fúle begleddod mid blóde, Hml. S. 3, 266. Þá stánas wǽron mid his flǽsce begleddode, 15, 55. Mid dégum begleddode fucis illita, Hy. Srt, 22, 5.

glówan

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Þæt fýr wearð þá ácwenced, ꝥ þǽr án col ne gleów, Hml. S. 7, 240. Gewyrme mid háte glówende ísene, Lch. ii. 236, 31: 216, 1. Lecgað ðá ísenan clútas háte glówende his sídan, Hml. Th. i. 424, 35

hám-weardes

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Th. 22, arg

wund

(adj.)
Grammar
wund, adj.
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Th. i. 96, 10. Gif mon sié on þá herðan þám swíðe wund, 25

heorþ-pening

(n.)
Grammar
heorþ-pening, -peneg, es; m.

A tax of a penny to be paid by every house [e.g. Peter's pence]

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Th. 432, 24

mǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
mǽnan, p. de

To lamentmourncomplain

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Cyning mǽnan to mourn their king. Beo. Th. 6324; B. 3172. Ic gehére gnorniende cynn grundas mǽnan ( the devils in hell), Cd. 216; Th. 273, 10; Sat. 134. Ðæt ic sceal teárum mǽnan that I must mourn with tears. Exon. 76a; Th. 285, 10; Jul. 712