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ge-hýran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hýran, -híran, -héran; to -hýranne, -hýrenne; part. -hýrende; ic -hýre, -ðú -hýrest, -hýrst, he -hýreþ, -hýrþ, pl. -hýraþ; p. ic, he -hýrde, ðú -hýrdest, pl. -hýrdon; impert. -hýr, pl. -hýre, -hýraþ; subj. pres. -hýre, pl. -hýron; p. -hýrde, pl. -hýrden; pp. -hýred.

To hear ⬩ give ear to ⬩ audīre ⬩ exaudīre ⬩ To hear ⬩ audīre ⬩ to obey ⬩ obĕdire

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v. trans. To hear, give ear to; audīre, exaudīre Forðamðe gé ne mágon gehýran mínespæce quia non pŏtestis audīre sermonem meum, Jn. Bos. 8, 43 : Bd. 3, 5; S. 527, 22, 35. To eallum ðe ðis ylce stǽr becyme úres cynnes to rǽdanne oððe gehýranne omnes ad

weorþung

(n.)
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weorþung, e ; f.
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honouring, shewing of honour to an object, honour, reverence Ðæm is simle wuldor and weorðung, Blickl. Homl. 169, 28. Ne is wítga búta worðunge ( sine honore ), búta on oedle his, Mk. Skt. Rush. Lind. 6, 4. For ðínre weorþunge in honore tuo, Ps. Th.

wítega

(n.)
Grammar
wítega, an; m.

a wise man ⬩ one who has knowledge ⬩ one who has knowledge from a superhuman source ⬩ prophet ⬩ wise man ⬩ diviner ⬩ soothsayer ⬩ a presage

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a wise man, one who has knowledge Hé is wítgan (cf.the epithets applied to Simon, eald ǽwita, 907 ; El. 455, guma gehðum fród, 1059; El. 531, and the whole passage in which these forms occur ) sunu, Elen. Kmbl. 1181; El. 592. Swá ús gefreogun gleáwe

Linked entry: wítiga

witod

(adj.)
Grammar
witod, adj. (ptcpl. )

appointed ⬩ ordained ⬩ assured ⬩ certain ⬩ certain ⬩ certainly ⬩ assuredly

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appointed, ordained, assured, certain Him is unhyldo Waldendes witod, nú hié wordcwyde his forléton, Cd. Th. 45, 21; Gen. 730. Ðé is gedál witod líces and sáwle, 57, 19; Gen. 930: 252, 9; Dan. 576: Andr. Kmbl. 1777; An. 891. Ðonne bið ús seó méd æt Drihtene

Linked entries: ge-witod witud

áscian

(v.)
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Add: absolute Mon sceal sprecan ásciende, Past. 185, 9. with acc. of person addressed, to question, interrogate His rihta dóm áhsað ( interrogat ) manna bearn. Se ylca Drihten áhsað rihtwíse and unrihtwíse, Ps. Th. 10, 5, 6. Hié sculon God áscian,

Linked entry: áhsian

grétan

(v.)
Grammar
grétan, he grét, pl. grétaþ; p. grétte, pl. grétton; pp. gréted.
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to approach, come to, visit, touch, attack, treat or use in any way, know carnally; appropinquare, adire, visitare, tangere, hostiliter aggredi, afficere, cognoscere Ðú wyrmas gyt gífre grétaþ the greedy worms yet come to thee, Exon. 100 a; Th. 375,

þeáw

(n.)
Grammar
þeáw, es; m.
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a custom, usage, general practice of a community Swá Iudéa þ[e]áw (ðeáu, Lind.: ðeów, Rush.) ys tó bebyrgenne sicut mos Iudaeis est sepelire, Jn. Skt. 19, 40. Hit wæs Iudisc þeáw, Blickl. Homl. 67, 8. Feówertig daga hit wæs þeáw ( mos ) ðæt man sceolde

hér

here . . . there

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Add Sume (adverbs) synd localia, þæt synd stówlice, for ðan ðe hí getácniað stówa . . . hic hér, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 224, 15. Sume cumað of naman speliendan, hic hér, 233, 9. in this place Wé nabbað hér (hic) bútun fíf hlá as, Mt. 14, 17. Gód ys ús hér tó

sceótan

(v.)
Grammar
sceótan, p. sceát, pl. scuton, sceoton; pp. scoten.

to shoot ⬩ cast a missile ⬩ to shoot ⬩ to shoot an object ⬩ hit an object with a missile ⬩ wherethe weapon is the subject ⬩ to shoot ⬩ make an object move rapidly ⬩ push ⬩ to give a person help in escaping ⬩ to shoot ⬩ move rapidly ⬩ dart ⬩ run ⬩ plunge ⬩ rush, ⬩ of living things ⬩ of inanimate things ⬩ of speech ⬩ to run ⬩ to refer a case to a person or court ⬩ to advance money ⬩ contribute ⬩ pay ⬩ to shoot

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to shoot, cast a missile, with acc. of missile Ðæt yrre scýt his spere ongeán ðæt geþyld ira lanceam suam jacit contra patientiam, Gl. Prud. 20 b. Ða wǽpna ðe ðæt yrre scét (miserat), 21 b. Hig sceoton hyra strǽlas tó ðære hynde, Shrn. 148, 6. to shoot

Linked entries: fore fore-scét

a-lýsan

(v.)
Grammar
a-lýsan, to alýsanne; p. de; impert. -lýs, -lís; pp. ed; v. a;

To let loose ⬩ free ⬩ deliver ⬩ liberate ⬩ to pay for loosing ⬩ to pay ⬩ redeem ⬩ ransom ⬩ liberare ⬩ redimere

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To let loose, free, deliver, liberate, to pay for loosing, to pay, redeem, ransom; liberare, redimere Helias wylle hine alýsan Elias vult liberare eum, Mt. Bos. 27, 49. Fæsten alýsan jejunium solvere, Bd. 5, 4; S. 617, 13. Ðú to alýsanne mannan tu ad

líðan

(v.)
Grammar
líðan, p. láð

To go ⬩ sail

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To go [generally by sea], sail Ic tólíðe, ic líðe applicabo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 4, 54. Monnum biþ gewunelíc ðæt hí líðaþ ðonne [ǽrra Líða, June] on sǽs bryme, Shrn. 88. 1. Ða ðe sǽ séceaþ mid scipe líðaþ qui descendunt mare in navibus, Ps. Th. 106, 22. Hé

LÚTAN

(v.)
Grammar
LÚTAN, p. leát; pl. luton; pp. loten

To lout ⬩ bow ⬩ stoop

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To lout, bow, bend forward, stoop, fall down before one Hé lúteþ æfter he boweth after it, Salm. Kmbl. 806; Sal. 402. Leótt [hleát, Lind.] tó fótum his procidit ad pedes ejus, Mk. Skt. Rush, 5, 22. Hé árás and ðá tó eorþan leát he rose up, and then bowed

mynecenu

(n.)
Grammar
mynecenu, e ; f. The feminine form corresponding to masc. munuc
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Mynecenu monacha vel monialis Wrt. Voc. i. 42, 20 : Homl. Th. ii. 26, 28. Munuc and mynecenu ðe Gode sylfum beóþ gehálgode, and hyra gehát Gode geháten habbaþ, L. Ecg. P. iii. II.; Th. ii. 198, 32. Seó mynecynu monacha, iv. 9; Th. ii. 206, 16 : Homl.

þanc-full

(adj.)
Grammar
þanc-full, þanc-full; adj.
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thoughtful Mǽden carful þancful nytwyrþe clǽne a maiden born on the ninth day of the moon will be careful, thoughtful, useful, chaste, Lchdm. iii. 188, 14. spirited; animosus Cild ácenned ( born on the thirteenth day of the moon), þancfull (animosus

un-týnan

(v.)
Grammar
un-týnan, p. de.

to unclose ⬩ open ⬩ to disclose ⬩ lay open ⬩ solvere ⬩ inhiare

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to unclose, open Euplis bær Cristes godspel in fódre ... Ðá untýnde Eplius ðæt Cristes godspel, Shrn. 116, 33. Án ðara cempa mið spere sidu his untýnde ( aperuit ), Jn. Skt. Lind. Rush. 19, 34. Hé untýnde ealle ða bernu, Gen. 41, 56. Hí untýndon heora

Linked entries: an-týnan on-týnan

a-lefan

(v.)
Grammar
a-lefan, to become weak.
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Substitute: <b>á-léfian,</b> -léwian; p. ode, ede; p. od, ed To mate weak, sick, to maim, lame, cripple. of living creatures Antecríst áléuað and geuntrumað ðá hálan, Hml. Th. i. 4, 22. Hé ealle ðá gehǽlde þe ðá drýmen áléfedon, ii. 472,

án-lípe

(adj.)
Grammar
án-lípe, (ǽn-); adj.
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single, alone, solitary, by one&#39;s self, not combined with anything else Ne wénen hié ðæt hiera fæsten ánlípe (-lépe, Cott. MSS. ) heálic mægen sié, ðý lǽs hié wénen ðæt hit anlípe micellre geearnunge mægen sié. Past. 315, 9-11. Ǽnlípe solitaria

eall-swá

(adv.)
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Add: adv. with adj. or adv., just as or so Ealswá feala mǽrþa ic geríme tot ego glorias numerabo, An. Ox. 4762. Ic wylle þysum ýtemestan syllan eallswá mycel swá þé volo huic novissimo dare sicut et tibi, Mt. 20, 14. Eallswá mihtig swá hé nú is, Swt.

feónd

an enemy ⬩ foe ⬩ fiend ⬩ devil

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Add: an enemy, foe Fram stemne fýndes a voce inimici, Ps. L. 54, 4. 'For ðínum feóndum ic áswand on mínum móde, and ic hié hatode, for ðǽm hié wǽron eác míne fínd (fiénd, v. l.).' Swá mon sceal Godes fiénd hatigean, Past. 353, 5-8. Feónda emulorum, i

ge-myndgian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-myndgian, ge-myndigian.
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Add: to recall the memory of (gen. ) Wé geedníwiað and gemyndgiað ðǽre scylde ðe úre ieldesta mǽg ús on for-worhte parentis primi lapsus iteratur, Past. 313, 15. to remember Symble bið gemyndgad morna gehwylce eaforan ellorsíð, B. 2450. II a. to remember