eardian
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Ælle and Cissa ymbsǽton Andredes cester, and ofslógon ealle þá þe þǽr inne eardedon, Chr. 491; P. 14, 16. Wé witon óþer égland, þér gé magon eardian, pref.; P. 3, 12. to live, pass one's life Seó cyrice sceal fédan þá þe æt hire eardiaþ, Bl.
E
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a double consonant; as, Nebb, weccan, tellan, weddian: before any two consonants; as, Twentig, sendan, bernan: before one or two consonants, when followed by a long or by a final vowel; as, Sele, henne. e is often contracted from ea; as, Ceaster and cester
búgan
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Voc. ii. 20, 70: cessit, 21, 33.
ge-wuna
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., consuetudinem), Lk. 4, 16: 22, 39. (3 a) a custom of a number of people, a general practice :-- [Fæderli]ces gewunan paternae traditionis (regulam servasse describuntur), An.
seófian
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Ne forlǽt hé nó ða seófunga ðæt hé ne seófige his eormþa humanum miseras haud ideo genus cesset flere querelas , Bt. 7, 4 ; Bt. 22, 29. Sege mé hwæðer ðú mid rihte mǽge seófian (siófian, Cott.
timbran
to build (lit. or fig.) ⬩ construct ⬩ to instruct, ⬩ edify ⬩ to cut timber
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Bióþ timbrede cestre, Ps. Surt. 68, 36. to instruct, edify Hé nówiht elles dyde ðonne ðæt folc mid godcundre láre timbrede nil aliud ageret quam plebem Christi verbo salutis instruere, Bd. 2, 14; S. 518, 10. to cut timber (?).
Linked entries: tymbran timber-geweorc timbrian
rýman
to make roomy, extend, spread, enlarge,amplify ⬩ to clear a way ⬩ yield, give place
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Rýmde cessit, 81, 75. Á man rýmde (retreated) fram ðære sǽ, and hí férdon ǽfre forþ æfter, Chr. 999; Erl. 135, 35. Hi rímdon heora feóndum they left the field clear for their foes, 1015; Erl. 152, 16. Rým ðysum men setl da huic locum, Lk.
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for-beran
to bear ⬩ endure ⬩ sustain ⬩ to bear with ⬩ tolerate ⬩ to bear with ⬩ put up with ⬩ to do without ⬩ to abstain from ⬩ desist from ⬩ to abstain ⬩ to restrain
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Ðǽm monnum ðé wé for geðylde hwæt forberan sculon, ðæt wé hié sculon eác lufian quos ex patientia tolerat, amare etiam non cessat, 222, 6: 394, 10.
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ge-swícan
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Þá þegenas heom geswicon hæfdon, Chr. 1067; P. 201, 8. to fail to do, not to succeed Heó ne geswác nou cessit (ad capessendam passionis palmam). An.
lócian
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S. 202, 2. fig. to direct the intellectual eye, to turn or fix one's attention or regard Ic ðé bidde ðæt ðú nó ne lócige on míne synna, for ðǽm ðe ic self him ealneg on lócige peccatum meum ne respicias postulo, quia hoc respicere ipse non cesso
ge-wítan
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Gewát cessit, An. Ox. 3203. Geuuát[u] concessit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 105, 21. Excidit, cecidit vel gewát, 145, 9. Gewítendi decidens, 106, 11. of living things. of actual movement Worpende ðá scillingas in temple gewát ( recissit ), Mt. L. R. 27, 5.
hwá
Who ⬩ what. ⬩ any one ⬩ some one ⬩ anything ⬩ something ⬩ whosoever ⬩ whatsoever, ⬩ whatever
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[Hí mósten césen of clerchádes man swá hwam (acc.) swá hí wolden, Chr. 1123; Erl. 250, 11. taking the place of the earlier se Hé wið ðone cyng geworhte for hwan hine se cyng ealles benǽmde he acted against the king; on which account the king deprived
ge-seón
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Ic gesæh unrehtwísnisse in cestre, Ps. Srt. 54, 10. Þú gesége fyrenfulra wíte, Ps. Th. 90, 8. Þæt folc þis wundor geseah, Bl. H. 15, 29. Símón wearþ fǽringa geong cniht, and sóna eft eald man . . . þá Nerón ꝥ geseah, Bl. H. 175, 6.
mete-cú
A cow that is to furnish food
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A cow that is to furnish food Ánan esne gebyreþ tó metsunge xii pund gódes cornes and i gód metecú, L. R. S. 8; Th. i. 436, 27. v. preceding word