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smeágung

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Add Hys hǽsum mid ealre módes smeáunge hýrsumigende eius imperiis toto mentis conamine obtemperantes, Angl. xiii. 368, 40. Hé híra líf ðurh ðá smeúnga ðæs hálgan gǽstes ongeat eorum vitam spiritu perscrutante deprehendit, Past. 115, 14

torfian

(v.)
Grammar
torfian, <b>II a.</b>
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Þá geseah hé án scip út on þǽre sǽ, swá swíðe torfigende fram þan wealcendum sǽs ýðum ꝥ ealle þá men wéndon ꝥ heora scip tóbrocen wǽre, Nap. 62

ge-swiporness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-swiporness, -swiforness, -swioporness, e; f.

Craftcunningart:versutia

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Ðæs ealdan feóndes geswifornis the old enemy's cunning, 37, 14. Se ðe wiste geswipernise [-swiopornisse, Rush.] hiora qui sciens versutiam eorum, Mk. Skt. Lind. 12, 15

ge-teón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-teón, ic -teó, ðú -týhst, he -týhþ, pl. -teóþ; p. -teáh, -teág, -téh, pl. -tugon; pp. -togen.

to drawleadinciteexciteconstrainrestrainbring upinstructbring to an endcompletedraw or bind togetherstring a musical instrumenttrahereducereperducerestringereevaginareexcitareconstringereeducareinstitueread finem perducerecomplerenervis aptare vel instruereto bring as an offering or giftcontributebestowgiveconferre

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Ðá hí hæfdon getogen eall Creáca folc to ðǽm gewinnum when they had drawn all the people of Greece to the wars, Ors. 1, 14; Bos. 37, 14, 35. He geteág ealde láfe he drew an ancient relic [i. e. a sword ], Cd. 162; Th. 203, 22; Exod. 407.

nemnan

(v.)
Grammar
nemnan, nemnian; p. nemde.

to namegive a name to a person or thingto use such and such a name or title in speaking of a person or thingto call upon the name ofaddress by nameto invoketo mention by nameto mentionrelateto namenominate

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Se nemde God niþþa bearna ǽrest ealra, Cd. Th. 69, 13; Gen. 1135. God nemdon and hine bǽdon, 48, 22; Gen. 779. Ongan swegles weard be naman nemnan, Judth.

Linked entries: a-nemnan namnian

ge-bícnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bícnian, -býcnian; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [ge-, bícnian to beckon, nod] .

to beckonnodinnuĕreto point outshewindicatebetokenindĭcāresignĭfĭcāreportendĕre

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Gebýcna hit eal me tell it all to me, St. A. 44, 12

Linked entry: ge-býcnian

un-snotor

(adj.)
Grammar
un-snotor, -snottor; adj.

Unwisefoolish

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Ðæt biþ swíþe dysig man and unsnottor on his lífe, se þe lufaþ ðás eorþlícan welan and ne lufaþ God ðe hit him eal sealde, Blickl. Homl. 195, 24. Ðú dysega man and ðú unsnottra, 49, 35. Unsnotterra insipientum, Rtl. 86, 14.

un-nyt

(n.)
Grammar
un-nyt, un-nytt, e; f.

Ill usedisadvantagehurt

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Ic andette eal ðæt ic ǽfre mid eágum geseáh tó gítsunge oððe tó tǽlnesse, oþþe mid eárum tó unnytte gehýrde, oþþe mid mínum múðe tó unnytte gecwæð, L. de Cf. 8; Th. ii. 264, 1-2.

ofer-fyll

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Þeáh hwá on dæg gefæste ful lange, gyf hé syððan hine sylfne gedweleð mid gedrynce and mid oferfylle, eal him bið þæt fæsten ídel geworden, 103, 12. Þá þe hér on unrihttídum on oferfyllo bióð forgriwene, Nap. 27, 30.

for-gitan

(v.)
Grammar
for-gitan, -gytan, -gietan; ic -gite, ðú -gitest, -gitst, he -giteþ, -gitt, -git, pl. -gitaþ; p. ic, he -geat, -gæt, ðú -geáte, pl. -geáton, -gǽton, -géton, impert. -git , pl. -gitaþ; subj. pres. -gite, pl. -giton; p. -geáte, pl. -geáten; pp. -giten; v. trans. gen. acc. [for-, gitan to get]

To FORGETneglectoblīviscineglĭgĕre

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Hú lange, eálá Drihten, forgitst ðú me usquequo, Dŏmĭne, oblīviscēris me? Ps. Lamb. 12, 1: Ps. Th. 41, 11. Ðæt man forgitt ða ǽrran geár that the former years shall be forgotten, Gen. 41, 30.

Linked entry: for-gietan

læssa

Grammar
læssa, l. lǽssa,
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Senepes sǽd . . . is ealra sǽda lǽst (lǽsest, L.), Mk. 4, 31. Se móna ealra tungla hǽfð lǽstne embegang, Angl. vii. 14, 134. of number, in the case of collective unities Þǽr máre folc sig . . . þǽr lǽsse folc síg Ll. Th. i. 232, 14.

ge-freógan

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Se pápa Marinus gefreóde Ongelcynnes scóle be Ælfrédes béne, Chr. 885; P. 80, 5. (4 a) to free land from taxes or services :-- Eall ðæt land sý écelíce gefreód ealra þeówdóma, C. D. vi. 202, 18.

hǽl

Grammar
hǽl, health.
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Hé wolde þrowian for ealra manna hǽle and ús gefreólsian from deófles þeówdóme, 65, 33 : 73, 7 : 129, 14. Þæt þú hire cn hǽle gestóde that you would be her salvation, Ps. Ben. 34, 3. Þæt mín mód næbbe náne hǽle æt his Gode, Ps.

frófor

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Hé ásende þisne frófer þus cwæðende: 'Eálá . . . þíne gebedu synd gefyllede . . . ꝥ gé ne beón gewemmede,' Hml. S. 4, 91. Wæs him frófra mǽst heofonríces weard, El. 196. aid, succour Gode þancigende þe him ne forwyrnde frófres, Ap. Th. 18, 26.

dryht-guma

(n.)
Grammar
dryht-guma, driht-guma, an ; m.

A popular man, man of the people, warrior, retainer, follower, - pl. men, people vir popŭlāris vel nŏbĭlis, mīles, sătelles, - hŏmĭnes

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Weccaþ of deáþe dryhtgumena bearn, eall monna cynn the sons of men, all mankind, shall wake from death, Exon. 20 b; Th. 55, 22; Cri. 887.

Linked entries: driht-guma dryht-mann

fiscere

(n.)
Grammar
fiscere, es; m.

A FISHERpiscātorthe bird king-fisheralcēdo

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Ðæra Terfinna land wæs eall wéste, bútan ðǽr huntan gewícodon, oððe fisceras, oððe fugeleras the land of the Terfinns was all waste, save where the hunters, fishers or fowlers encamped, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 20, 9.

móraþ

(n.)
Grammar
móraþ, mórod, es; n.

A drink formed by boiling down and sweetening wine (with mulberries)a decoction of wine and herbs

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Nim eald mórod. iii. 14, 8

þreodian

(v.)
Grammar
þreodian, þridian; p. ode.

to deliberatetake thoughtto deliberatehesitate

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to deliberate, take thought Hé on his móde ðóhte and ðreodode ðæt hé wolde eall Angolcyn of Breotone gemǽrum áflýman totum genus Anglorum Brittaniae finibus erasurum se esse deliberans, Bd. 2, 20; S. 521, 28.

wiþer-tihtle

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-tihtle, an; f.

A counter-chargecross-action

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Se ðe on gemóte mid wiðertihtlan hine sylfne oþþe his man werige, hæbbe ðæt eall forspecen, and geandwyrde ðam óðrum swá hundrede riht þynce, L. C. S. 27; Th. i. 392, 5. Cf.

bóc-land

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An ic (King Eadred) mínre méder ealra mínra bóclanda þe ic on Súð-Seaxum hæbbe, C. D. B. iii. 75, 25. Twelf bóclanda ǽhte (xii possessiones praediorum) hé Gode geaf mynster on tó timbrianne, Bd. 3, 24; Sch. 308, 3.