ge-tilian
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Add: to gain, get by labour Ic geann ðæs landes ... mid ealre tylðe swá ðǽrtó getilod bið I grant the land ... with all the produce got from its cultivation, C. D. iii. 294, 8. Sceal gehwá him æteówian hwæt hé mid ðám punde geteolod hæfð, Hml. Th. ii
of-hreósan
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Add His munecas nán óðer ne wéndon búton hé wurde ofhroren (crushed under the falling tree ), Hml. S. 31, 412. Mid þæs wáges hryre hé ( the devil ) tócwýsde ǽnne munuccnapan. Hí wurdon þá ealle geunrétte . . . ná for þæs wáges fylle, ac for þæs ofhrorenan
tó-sleán
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1 a. Add Ne þúhte þæs tweó ꝥ gif ꝥ stánclif feólle, ꝥ hit ne tóslóge ꝥ scræf ( specum destrueret ), Gr. D. 213, 21. Syndon hús tóslægene (-slag-) eversae domus, 134, 8. Add Hé tóslóh (tóbræc, v.l.) þá locu þǽre cyste claustra arcae comminuit, Gr. D.
yfel-sacian
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Substitute: to blaspheme (In the passage Bl. H. 189, 24 for mé should probably be read má, the original Latin is: Ne tantas Deo inferret blasphemias. v. Archiv xci. 190) Gé gehýrað hú hé Gode yfelsacað, Nap. 88. Hé gewunode ꝥ hé yfelsacode þæs ælmihtigan
wácness
Meanness of condition ⬩ mean estate ⬩ vilitas,
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Meanness of condition, mean estate; vilitas, Similar entries v. wác, III Horsþénes wácnys (printed wænys) mulioitis vilitas, Hpt. Gl. 438, 70. Mid ealre wácnisse hylde omni vilitate contentus, R. Ben. Interl, 33, 14. Hwí forgifð God ðám wácum wyrtum
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wadung
Going ⬩ travelling
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Going, travelling Ús sceamaþ tó secgenne ealle ða sceandlícan wíglunga ðe gé dwǽsmenn drífaþ oððe on wífunge oððe on wadunge (see, for instance, Lchdm. i. 328, 330, where the virtues of various parts of a badger in case of journeying are stated, and
wend
a course ⬩ an alternative ⬩ a case
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a course, an alternative, a case Ðonne gerecce hé, gif hé mæge, óþer twéga, oððe ðara spella sum leás oððe ungelíc ðære sprǽce ðe wit æfter spyriaþ; oððe þridde wend (a third course or alternative)ongite and geléfe ðæt wit on riht spirien Bt. 38, 2;
tó-sciftan
To divide for the purpose of distribution, ⬩ to divide and distribute
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To divide for the purpose of distribution, to divide and distribute Se cyng intó Wealan férde and his fyrde tóscyfte divided the force that the parts of it might take different routes, and ðæt land eall þurhfór, swá ðæt seó fyrd eall tógædere com tó
eafora
An offspring, successor, heir, son ⬩ prōles, successor, fīlius
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An offspring, successor, heir, son; prōles, successor, fīlius Wearþ Adame eafora féded a son was born to Adam, Cd. 55; Th. 67, 23; Gen. 1105: 82; Th. 103, 3; Gen. 1712; Bt. Met. Fox 26, 69; Met. 26, 35. Ne wearþ Heremód swá eaforum Ecgwélan Heremod was
mirring
hindering ⬩ leading astray ⬩ waste ⬩ squandering
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hindering, leading astray Merrunga seductiones, Mk. Skt. p. 5, 8. Cf. mirra. [O. Frs. meringa hindrance: O. H. Ger. marunga impedimentum.] waste, squandering (v. mirran, II) Oððe se gielpna for his góda mierringe (mirringe, Cott. MSS.) gielpe and wéne
ge-bendan
to bend ⬩ flectĕre ⬩ tendĕre ⬩ to bind ⬩ fetter ⬩ vincīre
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to bend; flectĕre, tendĕre He hornbogan hearde gebendaþ confrēgit cornua arcuum, Ps. Th. 75, 3. He gebende his bogan he bent his bow, Homl. Th. i. 502, 15. Of gebendum bogan from a bended bow, Guthl. 4; Gdwin. 28, 2. to bind, fetter; vincīre Swá gebend
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un-nídige
Without compulsion ⬩ willingly
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Without compulsion, willingly Ða ðe beóð mid hira ágnum byrðennum ofðrycte ðæt hié ne magon gestondan, hié willaþ lustlíce underfón óðerra monna, and unniédige hié underlútaþ mid hira sculdrum óðerra byrðenna tóeácan hiera ágnum qui ad casum valde urgetur
weorold-cræft
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A secular craft or art Ne sí nán man swá dysig, ðæt hé ðás gelícnysse tó ǽnigum hálgum þinge áwende, for ðan de ðis ( grammar) is woruldcræft (weorld-, v.l. ), Ælfc. Gr. 41; Zup. 246, 2. Ðé gebletsige woruldcræfta wlite and weorca gehwilc, Cd. Th. 239
efen-swíþe
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Just as much Him sculan eglan óðerra monna brocu suelce hé efnsuíðe him ðrowige singulis compassione proximus, Past. 75, 10. Ðá scylda ðára scamleásena hé tǽlde suelce hé efnsuíðe him bǽre culpas verecundantium quasi compatiens reprehendit, 207, 17.
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ge-metan
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Add: to measure, determine size, quantity, . fee. Þé is behéfe þing, árwurða cleric, ꝥ þú gemete on getæl, Angl. viii. 303, 26. Of mínum ágenum góde ágifan þá teóðunga . . . swá man rihtost mage oþþe gemetan, oþþe getellan, oþþe áwegan, Ll. Th. i. 194
geornfullíce
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Add: where a great effort is made, eagerly, earnestly. Cf. georne, Geornfullíce hogiendum enixe nitentibus, An. Ox. 4373. diligently. Cf. georne, Ealle þás þénunge begán and geornfullíce ( diligenter ) wyrcean, R. Ben. 19, 11. Ꝥ wé swíþe geornfullíce
lyffettan
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Þænne hí lyfetað dum adulantur, R. Ben. 1. 110, 11. Mardocheus sæt þǽr úte and nolde álútan ne lyffettan þám Amane cum A man vidisset Mardochaeum sedentem ante fores palatii, et non solum non assurrexisse sibi, sed nec motum qtiidem de loco sessionis
ofer-hlifian
to tower above, rise high above ⬩ to exceed, surpass, excel ⬩ to tower over in a threatening manner
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to tower above, rise high above Sóna swá seó sunne sealte streámas heá oferhlifaþ, Exon. Th. 206, 3; Ph. 121. to exceed, surpass, excel Ofer[h]lyfaþ praecellat, superemineat, Hpt. Gl. 413, 48. Hé óðre oferhlifaþ ceteris praeeminet, Past. 17, 3; Swt.
scyte-finger
The forefinger ⬩ digitus secundus quo sagittatur
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The forefinger; digitus secundus quo sagittatur Scytefinger index vel salutaris, Wrt. Voc. i. 44. 5. Bécnend, scytefinger index, ii. 46, 35. Gif se scytefinger biþ ofáslegen, sió bót biþ .xv. sciłł., L. Alf. pol. 57; Th. i. 96, 1. In Ethelbert's Laws
á-sláwian
to become dull of hearing ⬩ to become torpid ⬩ sluggish ⬩ inert
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Add Ásláwie obtorpeo, An. Ox. 18b, 64. physical, to become dull of hearing Ðá eáran ásláwiað þá þe ǽr wǽron swifte tó gehýrenne, Wlfst. 148, of conduct, to become torpid, sluggish, inert Swá ðeáh hé ásláwað quamvis torpescat, Past. 282, 7. Hé ásláwað