óþ-flítan
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to get from another by litigation Ðá ongon Higa him specan sóna on, and wolde him óþflítan ðæt lond then Higa at once began the case against him, and wanted to get the land from him by the litigation. Chart. Th. 169, 23
earg
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Þonan ðe hí teohhiaþ ꝥ hí scylan eádigran weorþan, ꝥ hí weorþan ðonan earmran and eargran, Bt. 26, 2; F. 92, 27. vicious, profligate, prodigal. v. earg-ness, -scipe Geddung from ðǽm argæ sune parabola de luxurioso filio, Lk. p. 8, 18
on-hebban
to lift up, raise (the eyes, voice) ⬩ to raise (as barm does), to leaven ⬩ to take up, begin ⬩ to take away ⬩ metaph. to lift up, exalt (generally in a bad sense)
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Ic tǽhte ðám rícan, ðæt hí ne onhófon hí, Homl. Th. i. 378, 18. Ne onhebbe hine nán man on his weorcum, ii. 80, 29
heofon-heall
A heavenly hall
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A heavenly hall Ne hí swá fúle ne móton intó his fægeran heofonhealle nor may they so foul enter into his fair heavenly hall, L. Ælfc. P. 41; Th. ii. 382, 10
ge-oweðan
to subdue ⬩ subjugare
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to subdue; subjugare He bæd his twám sunum ðæt hí ðæs ríces ðriddan dǽl geoweðan sculdon he ordered his two sons to subdue the third part of the kingdom, Som. ge-ðeówan [?]
leóht
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Ðára byrðenna hefignesse, eall ðæt ic his geman, ic awríte, þý lǽs hí hwǽm leóhte (levia) ðyncen tó underfónne, 23, 13. Benedictus ús bóc áwrát leóhtre be dǽle ( the Benedictine rule was in some respects less severe than that of Basil. Cf.
á-fédan
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Hí fédaþ hig sylfe and mé on wintra, Coll. M. 25, 37. Áfédde seó wudewe þone wítegan mid ðám melewe, Hml. S. 18, 65. Gif hé ðá móder ðe hine gebær and áfédde nele árwurðian, Hml. Th. ii. 208, 12.
næs
Not
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Gif ðú gesáwe þeóf, ðú urne mid him, næs ná ongeán hine, Ps. Th. 49. 19. Gesceapene tó ðon écan lífe, næs ná tó ðon écan deáþe, Blickl. Homl. 61, 8. Næs ná mid golde, ac mid gódum dǽdum, 95, 19.
for
before ⬩ in front of ⬩ before ⬩ since ⬩ ago ⬩ for ⬩ from ⬩ through ⬩ on account of ⬩ for ⬩ from ⬩ through ⬩ instead of ⬩ in place of ⬩ in exchange for ⬩ in return for ⬩ in expiation of ⬩ in redemption for ⬩ on behalf of ⬩ in support of ⬩ in respect to ⬩ in relation to ⬩ as regards ⬩ against ⬩ from ⬩ in spite of ⬩ notwithstanding ⬩ in accordance with ⬩ according to ⬩ as representative of ⬩ for ⬩ to take ⬩ in compensation for ⬩ as punishment for ⬩ for the sake of ⬩ on behalf of ⬩ for the benefit of ⬩ As representative of
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For eallon þám hí hergodan swá oft swá hí woldon, 1013; P. 144, note 3.
nest
provisions ⬩ victuals ⬩ provisions served out at fixed times ⬩ rations
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provisions, victuals Se him his nest áspringeþ he whose provisions fail him, Exon. Th. 335, 23; Gn. Ex. 38. Sum sceal on feorwegas gongan, and his nest beran, 329, 3; Vy. 28. On ðæm fætelse ðe hyre foregenga hyra begea nest þyder lǽdde, Judth.
eáþ-módlíce
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Þá þe nolden ǽr tó his libbendum líchaman onbúgan, þá nú eádmódlíce on cneówum ábúgað tó his dǽdum bánum, Chr. 979; P. 123, 26. Eádmódlíce humiliter, Angl. xiii. 369, 50: 383, 255. Add
dón
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Dó him þis tó lǽcedóme, Lch. i. 350, 23. Gif him þyrste, ðú dó him drincan, Hml. S. 21, 376. Man ne sceolde ǽnigne bigleofan hire dón, 10, 282: Ll. Th. ii. 372, 30. Hí noldon Juliuse nǽnne weorþscipe dón, Ors. 5, 10; S. 234, 30.
sceáwere
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On sumere nihte hlosnode sum óðer munuc his færeldes and mid sleaccre stalcunge his fótswaðum filigde . . . Cúðberhtus his sceáweres seócnysse gehǽlde, Hml. Th. ii. 138, 23.
ge-faran
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Gegaderode micel folc hit ... of þám niéhstum burgum, þe hit ðá gefaran mehte, Chr. 921; P. 102, 5.
ge-neahhe
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Þæt þám þe his líf cúðon . . . þig geneahhor his lífes tó gemyndum cóme, Guth.
inn
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Hí gelógodon his bæd on þæs mynstres sprǽchúse . . . ꝥ inn wæs swýþe nearo, Hml. S. 31, 856. His healle oððe innes ipsius tabernaculi, R. Ben. I. 4, 2. Týnum and twéntigum on ánum inne ætgædere hí restan . . .
ge-cneordnes
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Add Ic hine þe befæste mid heálicre gecneordnisse on Crístes gewitnysse I most earnestly commend him to you calling Christ to witness, Ælfc. T. Grn. 16, 47.
be-tyllan
To lure ⬩ decoy
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To lure, decoy Þá gelǽdde hé here in Peohtas, þá gelíccetton hí fleám for him, and hine betyldon (-tilldon, -telldon v. ll. ) on nearo fasten cum exercitum ad uastandam Pictorum prouinciam duxisset, iniroductus est, simulantibus fugam hostibus, in angustias
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á-lífan
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Voc. ii. 136, 9. to permit a person (dat. ) to do something Þæt hié him ǽlce geáre gesealden swá fela talentena swá hié him þonne áliéfden that they should pay them each year as many talents as they might be pleased to fix for them to pay when the time
tang
A pair of tongs
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Hí fýrene tangan him on handa hæfdon, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 42
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