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ge-biterian

(v.)
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Ð á cempan him budon drincan gebitrodne windrenc . . . þes gebiteroda drinc hæfde getácnunge his deáðes biternysse, Hml. Th. ii. 254, 14-19. Add

reád

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Him wæs gecynde ꝥ hé symble wæs reád on his andwlitan, Gr. D. 187, 16. v. blód-, bóc-, weolcen-, wræt-, wurm-reád. Add

ge-wildan

Grammar
ge-wildan, Take here <b>ge-wyldan</b> in Dict., in which dele passage from Nar. 2, 1, and add
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Gewilde man hí tó rihte þances oþþe unþances, 348, 28. For neóde gewildan tó rihte, 16. Hé hit ne mæge tó his willan geweldan, Past. 118, 17. v. un-gewild, and next word

un-stillness

(n.)
Grammar
un-stillness, e; f.

absence of rest ⬩ motion ⬩ disturbance ⬩ noisiness ⬩ clamour ⬩ tumult ⬩ bustle ⬩ commotion ⬩ disturbance ⬩ breach of peace ⬩ restlessness ⬩ unruliness ⬩ disquietude ⬩ disturbance of mind ⬩ trouble

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Voc. ii. 99, 55. disturbance, noisiness, clamour Gif hé ðurhwunaþ cnucigeode, ðonne áríst se hírédes ealdor for ðæs óðres onhrópe, and him getíðaþ ðæs ðe hé bitt, ná for freóndrǽdene, ac for his unstilnysse, Homl. Th. i. 248, 33.

Linked entry: stillness

lóc

(v.; con.; int.)
Grammar
lóc, lóca

look ⬩ see ⬩ however

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Þreá hig lóca hú ðú wylle punish her, look you, as you will, Gen. 16, 6. Ðú hæfst ðæt feoh mid ðé, gefada embe, lóca, hú ðú wylle, Homl. Skt. 3, 285 : 4, 262. Hí férdon lóc [MSS.

Linked entry: LÓCIAN

ge-samnian

(v.)
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Ox 1403. used reflexively, to join together for a common purpose to associate for common action Hié móton hié gesomnian, gif hié willað, tó þám were.

in-borh

(n.)
Grammar
in-borh, gen. -borges ; m.
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A security required in cases where property had been stolen, bail Gif hwá þífþe betogen sý ... ðonne niman ða ðe hit tógebyreþ on his ǽhtan inborh if any one be accused of theft . .. then let those to whom it appertains take security from his property

æt-berstan

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Hí ætberstaþ frecnyssa evadunt pericula, Coll. M. 25, l. of things, to be lost to a person (dat. ) Hit feoh him ætbyrst, Hml. S. 12, 85 : Wlfst. 142, 7. Ne ætberst þám bydele his geswinces edleán, Hml. Th. ii. 534, 16

un-ánrǽdness

(n.)
Grammar
un-ánrǽdness, e; f.

Inconstancy

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Inconstancy Hé ( the devil ) nǽnige mehte wið ús nafaþ, búton hwylc man þurh ða unánrǽdnesse his módes him wiðstandan nelle, Blickl. Homl. 31, 34

á-loccian

(v.)
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Hét hé sum his folc feohtan on þæt fæsten þæt hié mid þǽm þæt folc út áloccoden, Ors. 5, 3; S. 222, 3. Add

Linked entry: loccian

scirpan

(v.)
Grammar
scirpan, to sharpen.
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Ísen mid ísene byð gescyrped and mann scyrpð (exacuit) ansýne freónd(es) his, Scint. 205, 4. Hig scerptan exacuerunt, Ps. L. 63, 4. Add

wóhlíce

(adv.)
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Menn beóð geworhte wólíce him betwýnan, swá ꝥ se fæder winð wið his ágenne sunu, and bróðor wið óþerne, Hml. S. 13, 295. Add

hlín-bedd

(n.)
Grammar
hlín-bedd, es; n.

A couch

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A couch Fundon on sande sáwulleásne hlin- [MS. hlim-] bed healdan they found him without life occupying his couch, Beo. Th. 6060; B. 3034

gafol

(adj.)
Grammar
gafol, Add:

tribute. ⬩ payment exacted by a stronger from a weaker people, by the conqueror from the conquered ⬩ payment exacted by the state, a tax ⬩ payment exacted by the church ⬩ payment exacted by a lord, e.g. rent by a landlord ⬩ a contribution exacted in aid ⬩ a rate ⬩ interest ⬩ a debt ⬩ due, obligation

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Ꝥ hé his feoh ne his ǽhta tó nánum unrihtum gafole (ullo injusto foenore)ne lǽne; ꝥ is, ꝥ hé hine máran ne bidde tó ágyfanne þonne hé him ǽr lǽnde, Ll.

framian

(v.)

to do good ⬩ benefit ⬩ absolute ⬩ to do good to an object. ⬩ to get good ⬩ derive benefit ⬩ profit ⬩ make progress ⬩ to prevail

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Þæt hit him eal framað sibi expedire, 128, 18. Framað (fremað, v.l. ), Lch. i. 300, 14. Hí framigaþ heora bearnum, R. Ben. 137, 26. Framedon profuerunt, Scint. 153, 10. Framige (prosit ) ánra gehwylc óþron on cræfte hys, Coll. M. 31, 25.

þweán

(v.)
Grammar
þweán, p. þwóh, pl. þwógon; pp. þwagen, þwægen, þwegen, þwogen.

to wash ⬩ to anoint.

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Hé hire fét mid his teárum þwóh, 744. Hé þwóh Aaron and his suna, Lev. 8, 6. Heó hí ðwóhg, Bd. 3, 9; S. 534, 13. Ðæt sylfe wæter ðæt hí ða bán mid ðwógan, 3, 11; S. 535, 33.

ESNE

(n.)
Grammar
ESNE, es; m.

A man of the servile class, a servant, retainer, man, youth ⬩ mercēnārius, servus, vir, jŭvĕnis

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him make amends to his lord with eighty shillings.

here-rǽs

(n.)
Grammar
here-rǽs, es; m.
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An inroad by an army, a raid by the Danes Gif hwæt fǽrlices on þeóde becymð, beón hit hererǽsas, beón hit fǽrcwealmas, beón hit miswyderu, Wlfst. 271, 2

git

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
git, yet. l. gít. [The word is often accented in the MSS., and only in such cases is the accent given in the following passages.]
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Ðeáh hió him ðonne giet feorr sié, Past. 363, 19. with degrees of comparison. alone Giet suíðor hié syngiað, Past. 123, 1.

sníðan

(v.)
Grammar
sníðan, p. snáð, pl. snidon; pp. sniden

to cut, make an incision in anything ⬩ to cut as a surgeon does, to lance ⬩ to amputate ⬩ to cut up or to pieces ⬩ to cut so as to kill, to slay an animal ⬩ to cut stone, to hew ⬩ to cut hair ⬩ to cut corn, to reap ⬩ to reap ⬩ to cut ⬩ secare, resecare, caedere, putare, dolere, attondere ⬩ to cut, prune

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Gif ðonne ðæt worms up stíhþ tó ðon ðæt ðé þince ðæt hit mon sníþan mǽge and út forlǽtan . . . ðonne hrín ðú him mid ðý snidísene and sníð listum . . . ðonne ðú hit tóstinge oððe sníþe Lchdm. ii. 208, 11-21.