metan
to mete ⬩ measure ⬩ to measure out ⬩ mark off ⬩ assign the bounds of a place ⬩ to measure by paces ⬩ to traverse ⬩ pass over ⬩ to measure one thing by or with another ⬩ to compare
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Ne sint hí nó wiþ eów tó metanne they are not to be compared with you, Bt. 13; Fox 40, 10: 39, 8; Fox 224, 5: Bt. Met. Fox 21, 83; Met. 21, 42. Tó metenne wið ðæt mód, Bt. 16, 2; Fox 52, 6: 32, 2; Fox 116, 7. Tó mettanne, 18, 1; Fox 62, 4
á-beran
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S. 23, 604. with sense of rest (metaph.). to bear with, tolerate Seó cyrice . . . swá ábireþ ( portat) and ældeth, ðæt oft ðæt yfel áberende (portando ) and yldende beweraþ, Bd. 1, 27; 8. 491, 31. to bear, endure, not to give way under trial, suffering
ge-stillan
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Hi woldon þá wíta gestillan, Hml. S. 5, 39. Þæt gewinn wearð sume hwíle gestilled, Ors. 3, 5 ; S. 106, 5. to stop an agent, restrain from doing something, with acc. Menn woldon sceáwian . . . ac God hi gestilde, Hml. S. 32, 243.
ge-lífan
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Þá wigan ne gelýfdon the men were heathens, Dan. 58. with preps. to believe in (on) a person, with acc. Wé geleófað on Drihten, Bl. H. 247, 3. God biþ milde þǽm monnum þe on hine geléfaþ, 47, 33.
eges grime
A witch, sorceress ⬩ vĕnēfíca, malĕfĭca
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A witch, sorceress; vĕnēfíca, malĕfĭca, Som. Ben. Lye
ǽmettig
empty, void, vacant ⬩ devoid, void of, free from ⬩ unoccupied, at leisure, exempt from ⬩ free to do ⬩ unmarried
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Th. ii. 58, 14. with gen. :-- Byden ǽlces eles ǽmtig, Gr. D. 160, 10. devoid, void of, free from 'Wes ðú hál, geofena ful.' Heó wæs ful cweden, næs ǽmetugu, Bl. H. 5, 5. with gen. :-- Ǽmetig gástlicra mægena, Bl. H. 37, 9.
BELGAN
To cause oneself to swell with anger ⬩ to make oneself angry ⬩ irritate oneself ⬩ enrage oneself ⬩ ira se tumefacere ⬩ se irritare ⬩ se exasperare ⬩ To swell with anger ⬩ to be angry ⬩ to be enraged ⬩ ira tumere ⬩ indignari ⬩ irasci
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To swell with anger, to be angry, to be enraged; ira tumere, indignari, irasci Ge belgaþ wið me mihi indignamini Jn. Bos. 7, 23
for-þryccan
To tread under ⬩ oppress greatly ⬩ suppress ⬩ overwhelm ⬩ opprĭmĕre ⬩ supprĭmĕre
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Næs ǽnig ðara ðæt mec þreám forþrycte there was not any of them that overwhelmed me with reproofs, Exon. 73 a; Th. 273, 22; Jul. 520. Þreám forþrycced oppressed with afflictions, 50 a; Th. 174, 1; Gú. 1171: Elen. Kmbl. 2551; El. 1277.
Linked entries: þryccan for-þriccan
meagol
Earnest ⬩ strenuous ⬩ firm
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Earnest, strenuous, firm Ðæt ic Gode and Sancta Marian meaglum móde on éce yrfe geseald hæbbe what I, with mind immovable, have given as a perpetual inheritance to God and St.
be-wǽfan
To befold, wrap round, cover, clothe ⬩ obvolvere, amicire, operire, induere
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Ic eom réáde bewǽfed I am clothed with red, Exon. 126 a; Th. 484. 2; Rä. 70, 1: Past. 14, 3; Hat. MS. 17 b, 19
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ge-lendan
To approach ⬩ come ⬩ arrive ⬩ go ⬩ proceed ⬩ applĭcāáre ⬩ accēdĕre ⬩ procēdĕre
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Heo on Norþhumbrelond gelændon mid æscum they came to Northumbria with their boats, Th. An. 120, 17 : Shrn. 191, 15
Linked entries: -lendan ge-lænde lendan ge-landian
á-fandian
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Add: to try, test, with gen. God áfandode Abrahames . . . God áfandað þæs mannes, Angl. vii. 50, 486-9. Ne sceole wé ná biddan þæt God úre ne áfandige, Hml. Th. i. 268, 10. with acc.
ge-hón
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L. 19, ID. ꝥte hé sé é to hang with, decorate with that which is suspended Wudu bið blédum gehongen lucus frondis honore viret Ph. 38. Sindon thorná bearwas blédum gehongene, wlitigum waestmum genus arboreum tracero stipite surgens, 71
hrǽcan
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</b> with dat. of what is expectorated :--- trans. To spit blood, &c., Lch. i. 142, 1 (in Dict.). Swá hwæt swá man n
namian
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, Angl. vii. 8, 76, to name (with the name as complement) Mercuries sunu þe hí Óðon namiað, Wlfst. 107, 11. with cognate object Ne þú þínes Drihtnes naman ne namie on ídel, Wlfst. 66, 15. Hé ne gecneów þára namena nán ðing þe hé þǽr namode, Hml.
stów
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Dele weall in the compounds. add: with reference to material things Momentum ys gewyss stów þǽre sunnan on heofenum, Angl. viii. 318, 4. with reference to non-material things Sume úre déningbéc onginnað on Adventum Domini; nis ðeáh þǽr for ðý ðæs geáres
wendan
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, Met. 4, 34. with idea of hostility, to turn on or against Hé wende on þá áne þe him getriéwe wǽron bellum vertit in socios, Ors. 3, 7; S. 114, 1
hæftan
To seize, bind, arrest, make captive, imprison ⬩ to bind, fetter
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Hæft mid hringa gesponne bound with the clasp of rings, Cd. 25; Th. 47, 17; Gen. 762. Hringan hæfted confined with rings, Exon. 102 b; Th. 387, 8; Rä. 5, 2. Tó bodanne hæftedum prædicare captivis, Lk. Skt. Rush. 4, 18
acol-mód
Of a fearful mind ⬩ timid ⬩ pavidus animo
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Þegnas wurdon acolmóde the thanes were chilled with terror, Andr. Kmbl. 753; An. 377