a-fligan
To drive away ⬩ put to flight ⬩ fugare ⬩ arcere
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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
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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
to weary
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To become heavy. to increase in weight Se wǽta ásígð tó 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
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 tó Stánleáge ligþ gebyriaþ ealle tó Fearnebeorgan all the meadows between the road and that which goes to Stanley all belong to Farnborough, iii. 409, 17
Linked entries: æsp-hangra sealh-hangra
ge-gangan
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L. 9, 43. where the purpose of going (to a place) is indicated by a substantive (with tó) denoting or implying an action to be performed Tó rúne gegangan, Jud. 54. Hié tó húsle gegangen hæfdon, Bl.
bisenian
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add: to give an example in respect to Heó him bysnode mid gódre gedrohtnunge tó Godes þeówdóme, Hml. S. 2, 125: Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 2, 28
swǽtan
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</b> to send forth blood, to bleed
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hnesce
soft ⬩ tender ⬩ soft ⬩ gentle ⬩ soft ⬩ tender ⬩ gentle ⬩ effeminate
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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 tó flǽsclicum lustum, Hml. Th. ii. 220, 4. unable to endure hardship, &c.
cuman
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Hwelc sé bión sceal ðe tó reccenddóme cuman sceal, Past. 61, 5. of things, to come to be, become, turn out, amount to Hit cymð eów tó wuldre, Hml. S. 25, 250, 253. Ꝥ cymð tó gefeán, Lch. iii. 154, 16.
ge-rýman
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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
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.
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fetian
To fetch ⬩ bring to ⬩ marry ⬩ addūcĕre ⬩ applĭcāre ⬩ uxōrem 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 tó, ac hí ne mihton áwecgan ꝥ mǽden swá, Hml.
ísen-ordál
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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.
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ge-lettan
To hinder ⬩ delay ⬩ let ⬩ stop ⬩ retardare ⬩ impedire
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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.
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manigfealdlíce
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Th. i. 556, 13. cf. manig-feald; Hé ne cwæþ ná menifealdlíce (in the plural), 'Tó órum anlícnissum,' ac ánfealdlíce (in the singular), 'Tó úre anlícnisse, ' Ælfc. Thw. Gen. 3, 16. Mænifealdlíce affatim, i. abunde, ubertim, An.
leásettan
To feign ⬩ pretend
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To feign, pretend Leásetende ðæt hí woldon hine eft tó lífe árǽran pretending that they would raise hint to life again, Homl. Th. ii. 474, 10
á-hopian
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to trust in (tó) Þonne se móna wexeþ, hé bið gelíc þǽm gódum men þe áhopað (á hopað?) tó þǽm écean leóhte, Bl. H. 17, 23
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hlǽnan
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
To kill by beating ⬩ to beat to death ⬩ to 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.