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wending

(n.)
Grammar
wending, e; f.

Turning ⬩ a turning round ⬩ revolution ⬩ changing ⬩ mutation

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Cf. wendan On ánre wendinge, ða hwíle ðe hé (the firmament) ǽne betyrnð, gǽð forð feówor and twéntig tída Hexam. 5; Norm. 8, 30. a turning up or over Gif ðǽr sié ðæs hrifes wendung if the stomach be upset (?)

slite

(n.)
Grammar
slite, es; m.

a slit, tear, rent in cloth, ⬩ a rent, tear made by an animal, a bite ⬩ a coil ⬩ a breach, infraction of a law

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Gif hund mon tóslíte oððe ábíte L. Alf. pol. 23; Th. i. 78, 1. Wið nædran slite, Lchdm. ii. 10, 21. Wyrma slite Exon. Th. 77, 4; Cri. 1251. Slita morsuum Germ. 392, 30. a coil of a snake (?) Nædre sprotum slitas (?)

Linked entry: slítan

tó-brýsan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-brýsan, and -brýsian; p. de

To crush, ⬩ break in pieces

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Gif hwá tóbrýsed sý if any one be crushed (convulsus), Lchdm. i. 122, 1. Tóbrysede tigelan, Homl. Skt. i. 8, 169. ȝiff he wolide læpenn dun he munnde tobrisenn all himm sellfenn, Orm. 12032. Al tobrised bac and þe, Havel. 1950.

túnes-mann

(n.)
Grammar
túnes-mann, es; m.

A man living on a manor

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A man living on a manor (tún, q. v. ) Gif hwilc túnesman ænigne pænig forhæbbe, gilde se landríca ðone pænig and nime ǽnne oxan æt ðam men (cf. L. Edg. i. 4; Th. i. 264, 9: L.

Linked entry: tún-mann

fracoþ

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Gif preóst mid fúlum dǽdum hine fracodne gedéð, Hml. Th. ii. 320, 22. ꝥ fracode wíf (Jezebel), Hml. S. 18, 160. Hé cwæð ꝥ hié fracuþe (-coðe, v.l.) and earme wǽron dicens contemnendos esse eos et miseros, Bd. 3, 21; Sch. 288, 11.

ge-þencan

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Gif ǽgðer bið unwís, ðonne is tó geðencanne hwæt Crísð cuæð ... 'Gif se blinda ðone blindan lǽt ...,' 29, 6. <b>X a.</b> with pronoun and clause in apposition :-- Ꝥ ús is tó geþencenne, ꝥ úre Drihten ... fæstte ...

sǽ-lác

(n.)

a gift or present or offering

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a gift or present or offering that comes from the sea or from a lake Beowulf maþelode: Hwæt wé ðé ðás sǽlác ( what B. had brought to Hrothgar from Grendel's lake-dwelling ) brohton tíres tó tácne, Beo. Th. 3308; B. 1652: 3253; B. 1624

campian

(v.)
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S. 5, 151. to fight with, serve with Him ne ðuhte fremfullic ꝥ hé fénge tó þǽre gife, and syððan ne campode mid þám cásere, Hml. S. 31, 102. to fight with, against (wiþ, ongeán), with dat. Hé wið þám gástum campode, Guth. 24, 12.

drífan

(v.)
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S. 31, 1057. (2 a) to follow a track :-- Gif mon trode bedrífð forstolenes yrfes . . . mid mearce gecýþe ꝥ man riht drífe . . . Gif mon secge ꝥ man ꝥ trod áwóh drífe, Ll. Th. i. 352, 6, 10.

híran

(v.)

to hear ⬩ to hear ⬩ to hear ⬩ to give ear ⬩ hearken ⬩ listen ⬩ To listen to ⬩ to obey ⬩ to obey ⬩ to obey ⬩ to be subject to ⬩ to serve ⬩ error ⬩ to belong to ⬩ authority ⬩ jurisdiction ⬩ of a due ⬩ privilege ⬩ occupation ⬩ office ⬩ hear of ⬩ be told

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Gif þú wilt his wordum hýran and his beboda lǽstan, 183, 36. Wé þé beóð holde, gif þú ús hýran wilt, Gú. 251: Gen. 542. Hérende obsecundans (precibus et monitis), Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 68. to obey: Hírde paruit, Wrt.

FREÓLS

(n.)
Grammar
FREÓLS, es; m. sometimes, but rarely, n.

freedom ⬩ immunity ⬩ privilege ⬩ lībertas ⬩ immūnĭtas ⬩ privĭlēgium ⬩ a time of freedom ⬩ a holy day ⬩ feast ⬩ festival ⬩ the celebration of a festival ⬩ festum ⬩ festi celebratio

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Gif man his mæn an wiofode freóls gefe, se síe folcfrý if any one give freedom to his man at the altar, let him be folk-free, L. Win. 8; Th. i. 38, 15: Cod. Dipl. 925; Kmbl. iv. 263, 27.

Linked entries: friólsend heals

ge-beódan

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III b. to give official notice of: — Hié hine his mǽgum gebeóden (gebodien, v. l. ), Ll. Th. i. 64, 19.

godspell-bodung

(n.)
Grammar
godspell-bodung, e; f. Gospel-preaching, the period during which the gospel has been preached, the Christian dispensation. Cf. god-spell; <b>I a</b>
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Seó ealde ǽ getácnode godspelbodunge under Godes gife. Þreó tída sind on ðysse worulde ... óðer is seó ðe wæs under ǽ; seó ðridde is nú æfter Crístes tócyme. Þeós tíd is gecweden 'under Godes gife.' Hml. Th. i. 312, 28

þrǽl

(n.)
Grammar
þrǽl, es; m.
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Gif Englisc man Deniscne þrǽl ofsleá, gylde hine mid punde, and se Denisca Engliscne eal swá, gif hé hine ofsleá, L. Eth. ii. 5; Th. i. 286, 24. Þrǽlas ne móton habban ðæt hí ágon on ágenan hwílan mid earfeðan gewunnen, Wulfst. 158, 38.

under-niman

(v.)
Grammar
under-niman, p. -nam, pl. -námon; pp. -numen.

to take surreptitiously ⬩ to steal ⬩ to take into the mind ⬩ receive what is said, taught ⬩ to take upon one's self ⬩ to blame ⬩ resent

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Similar entries v. under-fón, VIII Gif feoh sý undernumen (under numen?), Lchdm. i. 392, 8. in figurative senses, to take into the mind, receive what is said, taught, etc.

Linked entry: under-fón

un-gerád

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gerád, adj.

stupid ⬩ rude ⬩ unskilled ⬩ foolish ⬩ ignorant ⬩ discordant ⬩ disagreeing ⬩ at variance

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Gif se sacerd bið ungerád ðæs láreówdómes sacerdos si praedicationis est nescius, Past. 15; Swt. 91, 24. Sum ungerád mann ... nolde gán tó ðám axum on ðone Wódnes-dæg, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 41.

Linked entry: ge-rád

wiþerian

(v.)
Grammar
wiþerian, wiþrian; p. ode.

to be against ⬩ be hostile ⬩ to strive ⬩ struggle ⬩ dispute ⬩ to resist ⬩ oppose ⬩ to make hostile ⬩ provoke ⬩ to become provoked

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Beó ðú gebeogul ðínum wiðerwinnan, ðe læs ðe ðín wiðerwinna, gif ðú wiðerast wið hine, ðé betǽce ðam déman, Homl. Ass. 4, 95. For ðí synd ða gesibsuman Godes bearn, for ðan ðe nán ðing on him ne wiðeraþ ongeán God, Homl. Th. i. 552, 22.

ge-swígian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-swígian, (l. ge-swigian, -swugian; and for Mt. L. 22, 12: 12, 23: Shrn. 151, 33: Ph. 145 see ge-swígan).
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Ácsode hine hwæþer him þ úhte ꝥ hé úþwita wǽre . . . ' Ic wolde cweþan ꝥ þú úþwita wǽre, gif þú geswugian (-sugian, v.l. ) mihtest, ' 18, 4; F. 68, 4. trans. with gen. to refrain from the saying of something þæt wé sceolan ídelra worda geswigian a mails

herigend-lic

praiseworthy ⬩ approbation ⬩ excellent

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Se man nǽre herigendlic, gif hé for þí ne syngode þe hé ne mihte; ac hé wǽre hérigendlic, gif hé ne syngode þá þá hé mihte . . . drecð deófol mancyn mid costnungum, ꝥ þá be-ón hergendlice and hálige þe him wiðstandað magnae laudi non esset, si ideo homo

ǽrendian

(v.)

to go on an errand (acc.), act as emissary or advocate in a matter ⬩ to go on an errand to (tó) a person ⬩ to go on an errand for a person (dat.) to (tó) another, intercede ⬩ to go on a mission for an object (gen.), negotiate for

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Gif hwelc forworht monn bitt úrne hwelcne ðæt wé hine lǽden tó sumum rícum menn and him geðingien, . . . Gif hé mé cúð ne bið, ic wille him cueðan: 'Ne mæg ic ðæt ǽrendigean (ǽrendian, Cott.