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ge-lást

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Ben. 5, 4. a performance, what is performed as an obligation, a vow. Cf. gelǽstan; 2 Þé bið ágolden gelást tibi reddetur uotum, Ps. Rdr. 64, 2: Bl. Gl. Ic ágylde þé gelást míne reddam tibi uota mea, Ps.

ge-leahtrian

(v.)
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Ben. 109, 20. Geleahtrod mid heáfodlicum gyltum vitiatus capitalibus criminibus, Ll. Th. ii. 196, 16

ge-ortrúwian

(v.)
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Ben. I. 22, 11. <b>I a.</b> reflex. to cause (oneself) to despair, to despair :-- Ne geortrúwige nán man hine sylfne for his synna micelnysse, Hml. Th. ii. 124, 30. ¶ ge-ortrúwod desperate :-- Hwilc ánwilnys and geortrúwad wylla, Hml.

on-sígan

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Ben. I. 12, 5

ríp

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D. 290, 20. v. bed-, bén-ríp

sceafan

(v.)
Grammar
sceafan, scafan;scóf; sceafen, scafen

To shave, scrape, shred, polish

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Ben. 121, 4. Hé scóf on halig wæter of ðam hálgan treówe, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 102, 216. Man scóf ðæra bóca leáf and ða sceafþan dyde on wæter rasa folia codicum, et ipsam rasuram aquae immissam, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 37.

of-hreówan

(v.)

to cause grief or pityto feel pity

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Ben. 51, 20. Him of hreow ðæs mannes he was sorry for man, Homl.

of-settan

(v.)

to beset, press hard, oppress

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Ben. 58, 15: 59, 3. Mid weorces geswince ofsette, 63, 17: Homl. Th. ii. 120, 8.

ge-þanc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þanc, -þonc, -þang, es: generally m. but sometimes n. [þanc will]

Mindwillopinionthoughtmensanimuscogitatio

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Ben. 65. Ðone fǽlan geþanc frine interroga me, Ps. Th. 138, 20. Se Hǽlend geseh hyra heortan geðancas Iesus videns cogitationes cordis illorum, Lk. Bos. 9, 47: Ps.

Linked entries: ge-þang ge-þonc

BLÁT

(adj.)
Grammar
BLÁT, comp. blátra; superl. blátast; adj.

Livid, pale, ghastlylividus, palliduslivor

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Ðæt biþ frécne wund, blátast benna that is a dangerous wound, most ghastly of sores, Exon. 19 a; Th. 48, 13; Cri. 771

Linked entry: ǽ-blǽte

stúpian

(v.)
Grammar
stúpian, p. ode
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To stoop, bend the back Gyf seó sunne hine ( the moon) onǽlþ ufan þonne stúpaþ hé (it has the light part curving downwards ) . . . for ðan ðe hé went ǽfre ðone hricg tó ðære sunnan weard, Lchdm. iii. 266, 20.

holh

(n.)
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holh, holg, es; n.

A hollow, cavity, hole

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Bene autem hæc eadem fossa unius cubiti esse monstratur, Past. 33, 3; Swt. 219, 1-10. Ðǽr ðǽr se iil hæfde his holh ibi habuit foveam ericius, 35, 3; Swt. 241, 7. In ðæm wæs ðæt holg ðæs nearwan scræfes, Lchdm. iii. 365, col. 1

Linked entry: hol

be-sárgian

(v.)
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Ben. 21, 2. Hí gesáwon ꝥ him næs álýfed unálýfedlic þing tó dónne, and hí besárgodon ꝥ hí sceoldon hyra gewunan forlǽtan. Gr. D. 104, 18. Hý ná ne ceorien, ne mid móde besárgien non murmurarent, R. Ben. 65, 9.

Linked entry: sárgian

ge-tácnung

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Ben. 58, 9. a signal pæt sý mid sumere getácnunge gebeden and ná midmenniscre stefne sonitu cujuscumque signi potius petatur quam voce, R.

in-gehygd

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Ben. 138, 19. For fǽm[n]há[d]licum ingehýde (-héde. Hpt. Gl. 459, 78) propter uirginale (pudoris) propositum, i. gradum, An. Ox. 2281. Ingehýd (-héd. Hpt. Gl. 498, 3), 3893

dígol-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
dígol-líce, díglíce.
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Ben. 48, 6: 51, 2.

ge-þafa

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Ben. 118, 7. where the correctness of a statement is admitted. with gen. Ðises ic eom ealles geþafa, Bt. 32, 2 ; F. 122, 20.

tíþian

(v.)
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tíþian, tigþian; p. ode

To grant,concede,of that which is granted

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Ne hine mon on óðre wísan his béne týþigean (tygþian, M. 220, 26) wolde neque aliter quod petebat impetrare potuit, Bd. 3, 21; S. 550, 43. with acc. (?)

Linked entry: tigþian

wiþer-coren

(adj.)
Grammar
wiþer-coren, adj. (ptcpl. ).

reprobatewickedrejectedreprobate

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Ben. Interl. 56, 2. For ðissum lǽnan lífe ðæt unlǽne, for ðyssum ungecorenum (wiðercorenum, v. l.) ðæt gecorene, Wulfst. 264, 19.

Linked entry: wiþ-coren

be-héfe

(adj.)
Grammar
be-héfe, adj.
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Ben. 57, 17: 132, 4. Land ðæ him gehændre beó and behéfre terra quae eis uicinior sit uel utilior, C. D. v. 137, 21. Sélost and hire behéfast, Hml. S. 33, 252. Feówer þing synt ealra þinga behéfost þám árwyrðan men, Wlfst. 247, II.