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for-búgan

to avoidto pass bypass overshuneschewTo avoid

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Gif preóst sinoð forbúge, ii. 296, 16. to escape from, evade an obligation, neglect, not to obey a command Gif hwá riht forbúge and út hleápe, Ll. Th. i. 260, 7. Gif hé út hleápe, and ꝥ ordál forbúge, 282, 2: 294, 16.

steóran

(v.; prep.)
Grammar
steóran, stióran, (and with umlaut) stiéran, stéran, stíran, stýran; p. de.
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Gif hé ðám réceleásum stýrþ, ðonne sceal his steór beón mid lufe gemetegod. . . Wel déþ se ðe ungewittigum stýrþ mid swinglum, gif hé mid wordum ne mæg. Hit is áwriten: 'Ne biþ se stunta mid wordum gerihtlǽced,' Homl.

inne

(adv.)
Grammar
inne, adv.

Inwithininsidein-doors

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Béte swá seó dómbóc sæcge gif hit sý hér inne. Gif hit sý eást inne gif hit sý norþ inne béte be ðam ðe ða friþgewritu sæcgan let him make 'bót' as the law says, if it be in this part of the country.

Linked entry: innian

áninga

(adv.)
Grammar
áninga, ǽninga, ánunga; adv. [án one, inga]

One by onesinglyat onceclearlyplainlyentirelyaltogethernecessarilyby all meansat all eventsper singulasingulatimplaneprorsusomninonecessarioad omnem eventum

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Gif ða cnihtas áninga ofslagene been sceoldan si necesse esset pueros interfici, Bd. 4, 16; S. 584, 32: Beo. Th. 1272; B. 634: Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 9; Jud. 250: Jn. Lind. War. 21, 25: Bt. Met. Fox 18, 11; Met. 18, 6

Linked entries: ǽninga ánunga

assa

(n.)
Grammar
assa, an; m: asse, es; m.

A male assasinus

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Gif ðú geméte ðínes feóndes assan, lǽd hine to him si occurreris inimici tui asino erranti, reduc ad eum, Ex. 23, 4: 23, 5. Wilde assan wild asses; onagri, Ps. Spl. C. 103, 12. Ðá feóll se asse adúne tum concidit asinus, Num. 22, 27.

Linked entry: ESOL

fóre-bétan

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-bétan, p. -bétte; pp. -béted [fóre before, full, entire; bétan to make amends]

To make full amends to or for anyone or anythingcompensāre prō ălĭquo

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Gif he nyte hwá him fórebéte if he know not who shall make full amends for him, L. Ed. 9; Th. i. 164, 12: L. Ath. i. 8; Th. i. 204, 8

Linked entry: fór-bétan

hentan

(v.)
Grammar
hentan, p. te

To pursuefollow afterseize[?]

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Gif hé man tó deáþe gefylle beó he ðonne útlah and his hente mid hearme ǽlc ðara ðe riht wille if he fell a man to death, let him then be an outlaw, and let every one that desires right pursue him with hue and cry [?], L. E. G. 6; Th. i. 170, 10: L.

hynden-mann

(n.)
Grammar
hynden-mann, es; m.
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The head man of a hynden Ðæt wé ús gegaderian á emban ǽnne mónaþ gif wé mágon and æmtan habban ða hyndenmenn and ða ðe ða teóþunge bewitan ... and habban ða xii [xi?]

Linked entry: hynden

ge-endebyrdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-endebyrdan, p. -byrde; pp. byrded, -byrd

To set in orderarrangedisposeordĭnāredispōnĕre

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Gif heora mód wǽre geendebyrd if their minds were ordered, Bt. 21; Fox 76, 1 : Bt. Met. Fox 11, 199; Met, 11, 100

Scyttisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Scyttisc, adj.
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Gif hé hæfþ Scyttisc weax, Lchdm. ii. 114, 11: iii. 46, 17. Scittisc, ii. 156, 26. ¶ Of speech :-- Sind on ðís íglande fíf geþeóde . . . Scyttisc, Chr. Erl. 3, 3. Se cyning Scyttysc ( linguam Scottorum ) geleornad hæfde, Bd. 3, 3; S. 525, 39.

Linked entry: Scittisc

þegenlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
þegenlíce, adv.
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Th. 337, 36.Gif hé ðegenlíce earfoðnysse forberþ, Homl. Th. i. 586, 19: Homl. Skt. i. 11, 3. Ealle þeóda sprǽcon hú ðegenlíce hí fuhton, ii. 25, 324. Hé læg ðegenlíce ðeódne gehende he lay like a warrior close to his lord, Byrht. Th. 140, 26; By. 294

un-mann

(n.)
Grammar
un-mann, es; m.

a bad manan inhuman personone who is not a mere mana hero

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a bad man, an inhuman person Swá fela ðúsend engla mihton eáðe bewerian Crist wið ðám unmannum ( those who came to seize Jesus ), gif hé ðrowian nolde sylfwilles for ús, Homl. Th. ii. 246, 30. [Cf. O. H.

wiþer-steall

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-steall, es; m.

Resistanceopposition

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Næs Petrus gewunod tó nánre wǽpnunge, ac ðǽr wǽron twá swurd gebróhte tó ðam wiðerstealle, gif hit Crist swá wolde, Homl. Th. ii. 248, 4. Mé hwílum biþ forwyrned þurh wiþersteall willan mínes, Exon. Th. 268, 32; Jul. 441

Linked entry: wiþ-steall

wirn

(n.)
Grammar
wirn, e; f.

A hindranceobstacledifficulty

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A hindrance, obstacle, difficulty Gif hé geðyldelíce forbyrð ǽgðer ge hosp ge edwít, and on ðære wirne þeáh þurhwunaþ and eádmódlíce bitt, ðæt him man infæres tíðige, sý hé underfangen, si veniens perseveraverit pulsans, et inlatas sibi injurias et difficultatem

Linked entry: wyrn

writ

(n.)
Grammar
writ, es; n.

a writingwritscripture

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Newrit ðiús (scripturam hanc) leornada gié, Mk. Skt. Lind. 12, 10. Æfter ðon ðe hálige writu sprecaþ, Bd. 2, 20; S. 522, 28. Wrioto wítgana scrip-turae prophetarum, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 26, 56. Wriotto, 26, 54. Writto, Mk. Skt. Lind. 14, 49.

án-wilnes

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Gyt git þurhwuniað on incre ánwilnesse. Bl. H. 187, 33. He hit for his ánwylnysse déð, Hml. S. 12, 6: 13, 92. Forlǽt þíne ánwylnysse, 8, 114: Hml. Th. i. 422, 31. in a good sense, persistence Godes ríce wunað on ánwylnysse þæs hálgan geleáfan.

brid

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Fugla briddas, gif hié ǽr wilniað tó fleóganne ǽr hira feðra fulweaxene sín, Past. 383, 29. Sellan wel meltende mettas, culfrena briddas, hænne flǽsc, Lch. ii. 196, 22. Swá earn his briddas (pullos) spænð tó flihte, Deut. 32, II: Ps.

byrele

(n.)
Grammar
byrele, es; m.
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Gif wið eorles birele man geligeð . . . wið ceorles birelan, Ll. Th. i. 6, 11, 13. Hét hé þone byrle beódon Martine ǽrest, Hml. S. 31, 632. Ðǽm birilum ministris; the servants who bore the wine, Jn. L. 2, 5

cuma

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Ne aron gié gestas and níwe cumo non estis hospites et advenae, Rtl. 82, 30. Add

dyrstig

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Gif huætd ungebyredlic bidda dyrstigo ué sindon si aliquid incongruum rogare ausi sumus, Rtl. 179, 34