á-ídan
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[The rarity of the verb (the three last instances are glosses in different MSS. of the same passage in Aldhelm), and the fact that eliminare is elsewhere glossed by á-nídan, á-ýtan (q. v.) may suggest a doubt as to the genuineness of á-ídan.]
Linked entry: -ídan
ge-leáflíce
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credibly, in a manner that commands or allows belief Hí heofenan ríce mid Hǽlende ástigon swá swá wíse láreówas geleáflíce secgað ( as we are credibly informed by learned doctors ), Hml. Th. ii. 258, 29.
log
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[The grant in which this phrase occurs is of land that had been held by a ' húskarll' of king Edward.
tó-slítan
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</b> to make a wound by biting :-- On þá wunda þe se wurm tóslát, Hml.
gǽlan
to delay ⬩ to dupe
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[By þyse bonkeȝ þer I con gele, Allit. Pms. 28, 930.]
on-bryrdness
Instigation, stimulus, inspiration, compunction
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Mid onbryrdnysse ðæs upplícan éðles with the stimulus that is given by the land on high, Homl. Th. ii. 550, 19. Mid godcundre onbryrdnysse monad divino admonitus instinctu, Bd. 1, 23; S. 485, 24: 4, 32; S. 611, 39.
Linked entries: and-bryrdness an-bryrdnes á-bryrdness
on-orettan
to perform with effort, to accomplish ( a difficult undertaking)
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Iudiscféða án onorette uncúð gelád the tribe of Judah by itself performed the difficult and unknown course (the passage of the Red Sea ), Cd. Th. 197, 25; Exod. 313
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ge-gán
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H. 121, 9. to acquire by peaceful action Eádnóð gebeád þæt land ealre ðǽre mǽgðe hwæðer hit ǽnig swá ( by taking orders ) gegán wolde, Cht.
gangan
to go ⬩ walk ⬩ to go ⬩ pedestrian ⬩ foot ⬩ mounted ⬩ to move along, proceed ⬩ animate ⬩ live ⬩ to take a specified course ⬩ to be habitually in a specified condition ⬩ to pass, be current ⬩ to take place ⬩ to have a specified issue ⬩ to depart ⬩ to take one's way, proceed ⬩ go ⬩ move in a specified direction ⬩ go ⬩ and ⬩ to be carried, moved, impelled ⬩ to reach, extend ⬩ to pass ⬩ become ⬩ to come ⬩ to go to the closet, have an evacuation ⬩ to leave a permanent habitation ⬩ occupation
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L. 14, 19. by a clause Utan gangan þæt wé bysmrigen bendum fæstne, An. 1358. by a co-ordinated verb, generally united to go by and Nú gé raðe gangað and findað. . . El. 372. Gange hé feówra sum tó and oðsace.
neótan
To enjoy ⬩ have the benefit of
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Wǽpna neótan to make good use of his weapons, Byrht. Th. 140, 55; By. 308. with acc. Ic ðé on ða fægran foldan gesette tó neótenne neorxna wonges beorhtne blǽdwelan, Exon. Th. 85, 14; Cri. 1391
stíþlíce
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Stíðlíce clypode wícinga ár, Byrht. Th. 132, 33 ; By. 25. Hé stíðlíce þrowode for úre ealra neóde, Wulfst. 126, 10. Hý fuhton stíðlíce ymbe ða hálgan sáwle, 236, 23. Hé hit sceal swíðe stíðlíce gebétan, L. E. I. 14 ; Th. ii. 412, 2.
lǽfan
to leave ⬩ to remain
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Án byþ genumen and óðer byþ lǽfed, 24, 41. Heora landáre ðe him lǽfed wæs their landed property that was left them, Homl. Skt. 4, 82. Ná lǽfedum sǽde non relicto semine, Mk. Skt. 12, 20. Ðæt ða bán áne beón lǽfed so that the bones only are left, L.
Linked entry: be-lǽfan
þeóstre
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Kmbl. 621; Sal. 310. metaphorically, of absence of spiritual or mental light, or of cheerfulness Gif ðín eáge byþ deorc, eall ðín líchama byþ þýstre (ðióstor, Rush.), Lk. Skt. 11, 34. Biþ seáð ðam fyrenfullan deóp ádolfen, deorc and ðýstre, Ps.
cearian
To take care, heed, to be anxious or sorry ⬩ curare, sollicitum esse
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Ne ceara ðú fleáme dǽlan somwist incre care not thou to part your fellowship by flight, Cd. 104; Th. 137, 25; Gen. 2279: 130; Th. 165, 16; Gen. 2732
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fóre-spræc
A fore-speech ⬩ preface ⬩ introduction ⬩ a speaking before for another ⬩ a fore-promise ⬩ præfātio ⬩ præ-sponsio
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Beóþ ða ungewittigan cild gehealdene on ðam fulluhte þurh fórespræce ðæs godfæder unknowing children are saved in baptism by the fore-promise of the godfather, Bd. Whelc. 180, 44
for-gifenlíc
giving ⬩ dative ⬩ giving ⬩ dătīvus ⬩ forgiving ⬩ pardonable ⬩ bearable ⬩ remissus ⬩ tolerābĭlis
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giving, dative, or giving [case] ; dătīvus Dătivus is forgifendlíc dative is giving: Mid ðam casu biþ geswutelod ǽlces þinges gifu the gift of everything is declared by this case. Ðisum menn ic forgife hors huic hŏmĭni do ĕquum, Ælfc.
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líc-þegnung
funeral ⬩ exeguies
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Last offices done to the dead, funeral, exeguies Ic mæg habban árwurþfulle lícþénunge of heófigendre menigu I may have honourable service done to my corpse by a mourning multitude, Homl. Th. i. 86, 33.
nǽgan
To address ⬩ accost ⬩ speak to
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But generally the verb is accompanied by wordum : -- Ðú mé wordum nǽgest, fúsne frignest, 175, 26; Gú. 1200. Hine weroda God wordum nǽgde, Cd. Th. 179, 4; Exod. 23. Hé ðone wísan wordum nǽgde (hnǽgde, MS.) freán Ingwina, Beo. Th. 2641; B. 1318.
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ge-gódian
To bestow goods upon ⬩ enrich
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Apollonius ðe ðurh us gegódod is Apollonius who is enriched by us, Th. Ap. 18, 20. Ða sín gegóded utuntur, Hpt. Gl. 447, 494. Gegóded fretus, 503; >acquisitus, adeptus, 513
dæges
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Substitute: By day, during the day, day Se sunnan seáð bið dæges hát and nihtes ceald, and se mónan seáð bið nihtes hát and dæges ceald, Nar. 36, 26. Ymb his ǽ smeágende dæges and nihtes, Ps. Th. 1, 2: Bl. H. 47, 11.