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dípan

(v.)
Grammar
dípan, p. te.
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to dip, immerse ðe dépið (ðépeð, L.) honde in þás parabside qui intingit manum in parapside, Mt. R. 26, 23. Hafa þú þíne þrí fingras swílce þú dýpan wille . . .

Linked entry: dépan

gyltig

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Se bróðor, þe giltig ámeldod bið þám abbode þurh óðerne man and nó þurh hine selfne, R. Ben. 71, 13. Gif heora hwilc mid deófles costnunge beswicen for Gode oþþe for worulde gyltig biþ, Lch. iii. 442, 35.

iacinð

(n.)
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Jacinth Se giem iacinctus hyacinthus, Past. 85, 5.

reste-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
reste-dæg, es; ;m.;

A day of rest, a day when no work is to be done, a Sabbath

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Se seofoþa dæg ys Drihtnes restedæg : ne wirc ðú nán weorc on ðam dæge, Ex. 20, 8-10. Mannes sunu ys restedæges hláfurd, Mt. Kmbl. 12, 8. On ánum ðara restedaga se nú Sunnandæg is nemned, Bd. 3, 17; S. 545, 30

hám-sittende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
hám-sittende, part.

Sitting, dwelling at home, resident

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Sitting, dwelling at home, resident Wé beódaþ se mon se ðe his gefán hámsittendne wite ðæt hé ne feohte ǽrðam ðe hé him ryhtes bidde we command that the man who knows his foe to be dwelling at his home fight not before he demand justice, L.

ge-tengan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tengan, p. de; pp. ed [tengan to hasten, rush upon]

To hastenjoindevote one's self toinjungĕredēdĕre

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Se þeign ðá ðǽr to geteingde the servant then hastened thither, Shrn. 14, 27

Linked entries: tengan ge-tenge

for-cýþan

To reproverebuke

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Of ðon forcunned ł forcummen ł forcýðed sint and ꝥ hié sié forcýðed gegíuas quo appraehensi sunt et apprehendere expetunt, 13, 8, 9. Forcýðed reprobus, Mk. p. 1, 20. Hæfde se snotra sunu Dauides forcumen and forcýðed Caldéa eorl, Sal. 176: 206.

un-lust

Grammar
un-lust, <b>. II.</b>
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Add Hé þone unlust (synlust, v.l.) geteáh on his líchaman sár . , . witodlíce of þǽre tîde seó costnung þæs unlustes (synlustes, v.l.) wæs gewyld on him voluptatem traxit in dolorem . . .

mann-rǽdenn

Grammar
mann-rǽdenn, <b>. I.</b>
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Geoffra þíne lác Apolline, ðe mæg þínre nytennysse gemiltsian and tó his manrǽdene gebígan, Hml. S. 14, 36. Seó burhwaru . . budon him manrǽdene tó eallum his bebodum ( servi tui sumus, quaecumque jusseris faciemus, 2 Kings 10, 5), 18, 364. Add

ǽ-rist

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-rist, es; n.

resurrectio

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Se drihtenlica ǽrist anastasis dominica, An. Ox. 2753. Seó wunderlice ǽrest eallum mannum wæs geopenod, Shrn. p. 6. Ðæt gemǽnelice ǽrist, Hml. Th. i. 394, 25. Mínes ǽristes dæg, 74, 18: ii. 224, 25. Ðone tóhopan deádra monna ǽristes (-restes, Hatt.

wilcumian

(v.)
Grammar
wilcumian, p. ode

To welcomebid welcomegreetsalute

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Skt. i. 3, 507. Hine wylcumede se cásere, and cwæð him to mid blysse, 7, 339. Wil-cumiga (wilcymogie (wilcymo gié ? v. preceding word), Lind.) ł groeta salutari Mk. Skt. Rush. 12, 38

Linked entry: wellcumian

hearpian

(v.)
Grammar
hearpian, p. ode

To play on the harp, to harp

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To play on the harp, to harp Hé mihte hearpian ðæt se wudu wagode he could play on the harp so that the wood moved, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 166, 32: Ap. Th. 16, 16. Fægere hé hearpaþ pulcre citharizat, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 41, 31.

orige

(adj.)

in the following passage

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For the responsibility of one who lets a thief escape, see L. In. &sect; &sect; 36, 72) be liable to fine, L. In. 28 ; Th. i. 120, 7. (?)

tó-dwínan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-dwínan, p. -dwán

To vanish awayto burst and vanish

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To vanish away, to burst and vanish Seó eádiga fǽmne hál fram him gewænte and eall sticmǽlum tóðwán (-dwán? but both þwíneþ and dwíneþ occur.

Linked entries: dwínan tó-þwínan

á-wéstan

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Srt. 78, 7. Áwéstan grassari, An. Ox. 5343. Hí woldon áwéstan þá Iudéiscan, Hml. S. 25, 386. Þá burg áwéstan, Ors. 2, 7; S. 90, 14. Se cyng létt áwéstan ꝥ land ábútan þá , Chr. 1085; P. 216, 4. Þæne áwéstendan deófol, Angl. viii. 330, 25.

húsel

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Th. i. 372, 35. tó húsle gán, gangan to go to communion, receive the sacrament, communicate (cf. husel-gang, -genga) Swá hwilc man swá tó húsle ne gá ( ðe húselganges unwurðe . Hml. Th. ii. 174, 17) si quis non communicat, Gr.

treów-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
treów-cynn, es; n.
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Nim ǽlces treówcynnes dǽl ðe on ðæm lande gewexen, Lchdm. i. 398, 7.

treówsian

(v.)
Grammar
treówsian, trýwsian; p. ode.
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to engage, pledge one's self Him cómon ongeán . vi. cyningas and ealle wið trýwsodon (wið hine getreówsodon, col. 1), ðæt hí woldon efenwy[r]hton beón on and on lande six kings came to meet him, and all solemnly engaged to co-operate on sea and on

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friþian

(v.)
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seó leáse wrǽgistre ne wurde fordǽmed.

wéning

(n.)
Grammar
wéning, e; f.

suppositiondoubtful thoughtdoubthope expectationchance

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Homl. 213, 24. hope, expectation Bæd heó swíþe lange ðone cyningc, ðæt hé hí forlǽte on mynstre Criste þeówian, ðæt heó ða wénunge æt nýhstan ðurhteáh (so that at last her hope was realized) Bd. 4, 19 ; S. 587, 39. chance In woenunga forte, Mt.