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ofer-drífan

(v.)

to cover by driftingto overcome, refute, repel, defeat

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Gif hig sacan stande ðæt hig .viii. secgaþ and ða ðe ðǽr oferdrifene beóþ gilde heora ǽlc .vi. healfmarc if they (the twelve) disagree, that which eight of them say shall stand: and those that in such case are out-voted shall each pay six half-marks,

ge-séman

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Substitute: the object a person. to reconcile adversaries Lǽt inc geséman ǽr ðú ðín lác bringe vade prius reconciliari fratri tuo, Past. 349, 12.

ge-niþerian

(v.)
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Add: to bring down, cast down, degrade, humiliate a person or place occupying an exalted position Oft ðis andwearde líf úp áhefeð ðá yfelan, ac se tócyme ðǽre écan eádignesse hié geniðrað, Past. 389, 27.

Linked entry: niþerian

ge-samnung

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Hé underféng ðá hálgan gesomnunga (-sam-, v.l.) tó ymbhweorfanne susceptae ecclesiae colonus, Past. 293, 3. (i a) as verbal noun (?)

ge-scot

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Ðá díglan gescotu (jacula) ðæs sweocolan feóndes, Past. 431, 5: Ps. Vos. 54, 22. <b>I a.</b> collective, missile weapons :-- Gesceot pila, Wrt. Voc. i. 35, 45.

grund

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Áworpen tó sǽs grunde, Past. 31, 18. Grundas abys[s]i Kent.

for-beran

to bearenduresustainto bear withtolerateto bear withput up withto do withoutto abstain fromdesist fromto abstainto restrain

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Gif hwelc mon forbireð his synna for ðǽm ege ánum ðæs wítes si a prava actione formidata poena prohibet, Past. 265, l.

Linked entries: fór-beran fóre-beran

a-metan

(v.)
Grammar
a-metan, p. -mette; pp. -mett; v. trans, [a, metan to paint]

To paintdepictadornpingeredepingereornare

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To paint, depict, adorn; pingere, depingere, ornare Swelce he hit amete and atiefre on his heortan quasi in corde depingitur, Past. 21, 3; Hat. MS. 30b, 26. Firmamentum [fæstnes] mid manegum steorrum amett the firmament adorned with many stars.

ed-cer

(n.)
Grammar
ed-cer, -cir, -cyr, -cerr, -cirr. -cyrr, es; m.

A return reversio, rĕdĭtus

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Edcir ðære ádle a return of the disease, Past. 33, 7; Cot. MS. Edcyr of wræcsiþe [MS. spræc-siðe] postlīmĭnium, Ælfc. Gl. 15; Som. 58, 28; Wrt. Voc. 21, 22

Linked entries: ed-cyr wiþer-cirr

hræd-wilness

(n.)
Grammar
hræd-wilness, e; f.

Precipitancyhaste

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Precipitancy, haste Sió hátheortness and sió hrædwilnes ðæt mód gebringþ on ðæm weorce ðe hine ǽr nán willa tó ne spón mentem impellit furor, quo non trahit desiderium, Past. 33, 1; Swt. 215, 9.

inne-cund

(adj.)
Grammar
inne-cund, adj.

Internalinward

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úterran þing dón sculon ðæt hie ne síen ðæm innecundan ingeþonce áfierrede ... hí ðonne lǽtaþ ácólian ða innecundan lufan est vigilanter intuendum, ne, dum cura ab eis exterior agitur, ab interna intentione mergantur ... ab intimo amore frigescunt, Past

pleón

(v.)
Grammar
pleón, p. pleah;
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MSS.) the same David exposed his host to great danger, Past. 3, 2 ; Swt. 37, 7. Se ðe on ðæm gefeohte ðisses andweardan lífes nile suincan ne his selfes plión, 34, 1 ; Swt. 229, 20

un-dilegod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-dilegod, adj.

Not blotted outnot effaced

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out, not effaced Swá se wrítere, gif hé ne dilegaþ ðæt hé ǽr wrát, ðeáh hé nǽfre má náuht ne wríte, ðæt bið ðeáh undilegod, ðæt hé ǽr wrát neque enim scriptor, si a scriptione cessaverit, quia alia non addidit, etiam illa, quae scripserat, delevit, Past

wiþ-feohtend

(n.)
Grammar
wiþ-feohtend, es; m.

An adversaryopponentenemya rebel

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An adversary, opponent, enemy, a rebel Hió self fieht wið hié selfe tó fultome ðæm wiðfeohtende, (adversario) Past. 38; Swt. 279, 1. Ðone mángengan and ðone wiþfeohtend rebellem et sacrilegum, Bd. 1, 7; S. 477, 18.

deór-fald

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Voc. ii. 129, 64. [ a deer-park Se king rád in his dérfald, Chr. 1123; P. 251, 5. þis wæs segon on þe selue derfald in þá tune on Burch and on ealle þá wudes, 1127; P. 258, 21. ]

ge-liþewácian

(v.)
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ge-liþewácian, p. ode.
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to render gentle, soften a person Hié wǽron tó sybbe geliðewácede and gefeohtan ne meahton they were brought to the gentleness of peace and could not fight, Nap. 15, 28. to mitigate, soften the rigour of misery, pain, &amp; c.

Linked entry: leoþuwácian

forþ-síþ

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Behealdað hiera líf and hira forðsiið, Past. 205, 16. Hé þám bróþrum cýðde hyre forðsíð ( obitum ), Gr. D. 169, 14: Hml. Th. ii. 184, 19. Add

ge-cídan

(v.)
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Ðurh ðone wítgan wæs gecíd (-cídd, v.l.) hierdum pastores increpat per prophetam, Past. 123, 9. Gif hwylcum bréþer for ǽnigum litlum gylte byþ gecíd oþþe gestýred fram his abbode si quis frater pro quavis minima causa ab abbate suo corripitur, R.

handlian

(v.)
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Handla contrecla, i. palpa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 35. Handlian contrectare (mea membra ), An. Ox. 17, 44. to treat a subject Nú wylle ic bysne ætýwan ymbe þá þing þe wé nú handledon, Angl. viii. 304, 24

hýra

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Suá se hýrra ðonne hé ðone wulf gesiehð mercenariorum vice deserviunt, quia veniente lupo fugiunt, Past. 89, 15. Hýra mercennarius, Wülck. Gl. 213, 10