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a-fligan

(v.)
Grammar
a-fligan, p. de; pp. ed [a, fligan]

To drive awayput to flightfugarearcere

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To drive away, put to flight; fugare, arcere Sóna hit ðone fefer afligeþ it will soon put the fever to flight, Herb. 37, 2; Lchdm i. 138, 5. Aflian [MS. B. afligan] to put to flight, 96, 2; Lchdm, i. 208, 20.

Linked entry: a-flian

ge-freólsian

(v.)
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Add: to free. to free from obligation, labour, & c. Gefreólsod feriatus, An. Ox. 1012. to free from (secular) claims, to consecrate Gefreólsod consecratur, An.

hefigian

(v.)

to weary

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To become heavy. to increase in weight Se wǽta ásígð ðǽm lime, ðonne áswilð hit and hefegað, Past. 72, 10. of disease, to grow worse Hefiendre (hefigende, v. l.) þǽre ádle ingravescente molestia, Gr. D. 297, 14. trans.

hangra

(n.)
Grammar
hangra, an; m.

A meadow or grassplot, usually by the side of a road; the village green,

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Ealle ða hangran betweónan ðam wege and ðam ðe Stánleáge ligþ gebyriaþ ealle Fearnebeorgan all the meadows between the road and that which goes to Stanley all belong to Farnborough, iii. 409, 17

ge-gangan

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L. 9, 43. where the purpose of going (to a place) is indicated by a substantive (with ) denoting or implying an action to be performed rúne gegangan, Jud. 54. Hié húsle gegangen hæfdon, Bl.

bisenian

(v.)
Grammar
bisenian, <b>. I.</b>
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add: to give an example in respect to Heó him bysnode mid gódre gedrohtnunge Godes þeówdóme, Hml. S. 2, 125: Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 2, 28

swǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
swǽtan, p. te
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</b> to send forth blood, to bleed

Linked entry: swítan

hnesce

softtendersoftgentlesofttendergentleeffeminate

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Gl. 502. yielding to temptation, inclined to wantonness, effeminate Se óðer heáfodleahter is gecweden forliger oððe gálnyss, þæt is þæt se man sý hnesce on móde flǽsclicum lustum, Hml. Th. ii. 220, 4. unable to endure hardship, &c.

cuman

(v.)
Grammar
cuman, p. cóm, coom.
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Hwelc sé bión sceal ðe reccenddóme cuman sceal, Past. 61, 5. of things, to come to be, become, turn out, amount to Hit cymð eów wuldre, Hml. S. 25, 250, 253. Ꝥ cymð gefeán, Lch. iii. 154, 16.

ge-rýman

(v.)
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Add: to make roomy. to enlarge so as to occupy a greater space He his Sdel geryrnde, Hml. S. 25, 283.

dǽd-bétan

(v.)
Grammar
dǽd-bétan, part.-ende ; p.-bétte ; pp. -béted

To make amends, give satisfaction, to be penitent, to repent maleficium compensare, malum bono pensāre, pœnitere

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To make amends, give satisfaction, to be penitent, to repent; maleficium compensare, malum bono pensāre, pœnitere His sáwle wúnda dǽdbétende gelácnian to heal the wounds of his soul by making amends, Homl. Th. i. 124, 14.

Linked entry: bétan

fetian

(v.)
Grammar
fetian, fetigean, fetigan; he fetaþ, fet; p. fette; pp. fetod

To fetchbring tomarryaddūcĕreapplĭcāreuxōrem dūcĕre

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To fetch, bring to, marry; addūcĕre, applĭcāre, uxōrem dūcĕre He héht him fetigean to sprecan síne he bade to fetch his counsellors to him, Cd. 126; Th. 161, 17; Gen. 2666. Fetigan, Judth. 10; Thw. 21, 26; Jud. 35. He óðer fetaþ ăliam duxĕrit, Mt.

spannan

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add: to harness or yoke oxen to that which has to be drawn Ðá þá him náht ne speów, þá hét hé spannan oxan , ac hí ne mihton áwecgan ꝥ mǽden swá, Hml.

ísen-ordál

(n.)
Grammar
ísen-ordál, es; n.
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The ordeal by hot iron, in which the accused who wished to clear himself had to bear, on the naked hand, a piece of red hot iron.

Linked entry: or-dál

ge-lettan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lettan, ðú -letest; p. -lette; pp. -lett, -let; v. a.

To hinderdelayletstopretardareimpedire

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To hraðe hine gelette lidmanna sum ðá he ðæs eorles earm amyrde too soon one of the seamen hindered him when he disabled the earl's arm, Byrht. Th. 136, 40; By. 164.

Linked entry: lettan

manigfealdlíce

(adv.)
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Th. i. 556, 13. cf. manig-feald; Hé ne cwæþ ná menifealdlíce (in the plural), ' órum anlícnissum,' ac ánfealdlíce (in the singular), ' úre anlícnisse, ' Ælfc. Thw. Gen. 3, 16. Mænifealdlíce affatim, i. abunde, ubertim, An.

leásettan

(v.)
Grammar
leásettan, p. te

To feignpretend

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To feign, pretend Leásetende ðæt hí woldon hine eft lífe árǽran pretending that they would raise hint to life again, Homl. Th. ii. 474, 10

á-hopian

(v.)
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to trust in () Þonne se móna wexeþ, hé bið gelíc þǽm gódum men þe áhopað (á hopað?) þǽm écean leóhte, Bl. H. 17, 23

Linked entry: hopian

hlǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
hlǽnan, p. de

To cause to lean, to incline

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To cause to lean, to incline: Siððan hý tógædere gáras hlǽndon after they had inclined their spears together, Exon. 66 b; Th. 246, 18; Jul. 63

Linked entry: hlinian

of-beátan

(v.)
Grammar
of-beátan, p. -beót; pp. -beáten

To kill by beatingto beat to deathto beat to pieces

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To kill by beating, to beat to death, to beat to pieces Wé hit uneáþe mid ísernum hamerum ofbeóton quam ferreis vix comminuimus malleis, Nar. 21, 6. Claudium mid saglum ofbeótan they beat Claudius to death with clubs, Ors. 2, 6; Swt. 88, 26.