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bétan

(v.)
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bétan, ic béte; p. bétte; pp. béted; trans. [Goth. ó = A. Sax. ó, é, thus Goth. bótyan = bótan = A.Sax. bétan]

to make better, to improve, amend, repair, restoreemendare, reparare, reficere, mederi, expiareto mendrepair a fireto lightmake a fire, to kindlefocum reparareto remedy, compensate, make amendscompensare

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Ðá hét he bétan micel fýr then he ordered a great fire to be lighted, Ors. 6, 32; Bos. 129, 10. to remedy, compensate, make amends; compensare Ic hit béte I will remedy it, Deut. 1, 17

Linked entry: bétte

ge-freoðian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-freoðian, p. ode; pp. od

To protectguardfreekeep

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Se ðe his ánum her feore gefreoðade he who here protected only his life, Exon. 39 a; Th. 128, 32; Gú. 413. Gefreoða hyre protect it [the soul], Exon. 118 b; Th. 456, 3; Hy. Grn. ii. 284, 61.

Linked entry: ge-friðian

ge-broc

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Take here ge-bróc (l. -broc) in Dict., and add Gif þá áne un-treówþa ne gedyde, from ðǽm dæge mehte bútan gebroce eallra Cartaina onwald begietan, Ors. 4, 5 ; S. 170, 12

spanan

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For hwon geþrýsstlǽhte ꝥ héte þone Godes wer swá swæncan and tó him spanan (gelangian, v. l.) cur ad exhibendum Dei hominem mittere praesumisset, Gr. D. 39, 11.

wíc-stów

(n.)
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wíc-stów, e ; f.
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Ǽr ða wícstówa bereáfian mehte, Swt. 128, 9. Siþþan wícstówa náme, 2, 4; Swt. 76, 10: Num. 11, 31

flocc

a companya troopbandlegiona banda flockherd

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Add: of people. a company sóhte his gelícan, ac ne mihte hine findan on ðám flocce he looked for his match, but could not find him in that company, Ap. Th. 12, 25.

un-weorþlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-weorþlíce, adv.

unworthilyin an unsuitable mannerwith indignitywith contemptignominiouslywith indignation

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heora ǽrendracan swá unweorðlíce forseah, ðæt heora self onseón nolde legatos ad se missos injuriosissime etiam a conspectu suo abstinuit, 4, 8; Swt.186, 7: 3, 10; Swt. 140, 3.

em-twá

(num.)

two even parts, halvesdīmĭdia

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two even parts, halves; dīmĭdia Ne dǽlaþ on emtwá heora dagas nan dīmĭdiābunt dies suos, Ps. Lamb. 54, 24. He tobærst on emtwá he burst asunder into halves. Homl. Th. ii. 250, 26

Linked entry: twégen

swá

(adv.)
Grammar
swá, swǽ, swé (swé is the form in Ps. Surt. ; see also Txts. 600, col. 1. The form also occurs in Blickl. Homl. 23, 7).
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V. 6), so, therefore, on that account him ðet land forbeád .. and hit swá álét he forbade him the land . . . and so he gave it up, Chart.

Linked entries: se swǽ eall-swá

ge-rec

(n.)
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He seofontíne winter on bisceoplicum gerece fore wæs decem ac septem annos eidem prouinciae pontificali regimine praeesset, 2, 15; Sch. 177, 6. Heó onféng þám gerece þæs mynstres, 4, 6; Sch. 384, 2 : 5, 20; Sch. 673, 23.

æt-bredan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-bredan, &c. l. æt-bregdan, -brédan; p. -brægd, -brǽd, pl. -brugdon, -brúdon; pp. -brogden, -bróden, and add: To take away from (
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ætbrǽd mé míne frumcennedan, and nú óðre síðe forstæl míne bletsunga, Gen. 27, 36. Hig ealle heora bigleofan ætbrúdon, Jud. 6, 4. Nele his ǽhta him ætbrédan, Hml. Th. ii. 532, 21. Þá wyrta þe mid stale gewilnode tó ætbrédanne, Gr.

sum

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Ðeáh mæge sume (= sume dǽle) his willan ongitan, þonne ne mæg eallne, Bt. 39, 9; F. 226, 7. Þá gesæt sume dæge under sunnbeáme, Hml. Th. ii. 134, 25. Fulsóð hý secgað sumera þinga, Ll. Th. ii. 344, 23 n

for-gán

(v.)

to forgoto abstain fromgo withoutto abstain from

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Add: to abstain from, not to use, go without, not to take cuæð ðæt hit wǽre good ðæt mon foreóde flǽsc and wín bonum est non manducare carnem neque bibere uinum, Past. 319, 4. eft ett þæt ǽr mid forhefednysse foreóde, Hml. Th. i. 180, 9.

Linked entry: for-gangan

hwǽte

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áfeormað his þyrscelflóre, and gegaderað his hwǽte on his bern; þá ceafu forbærnð, Mt. 3, 12. Hwǽtas sume [h]andlian untrumnysse getácnað frumenta aliqua trectare infirmitatem significat, Lch. iii. 204, 12

stingan

(v.)
Grammar
stingan, p. stang, pl, stungon ;
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Crist hét stingan sweord in scǽðe, Charter quoted by Lye. <b>Ia.

ǽg-þer

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Ǽgðer heora on óðer háwede, Chr. 1003; P. 135, 12. hié ǽgðres benam ge heora cyninges ge heora anwaldes, Ors. 2, 1; S. 64, 9, 12: Ll. Th. i. 346, 5. Hit willnaþ ðára ǽgþres, Bt. 34, 11; F. 152, 9. Ǽgðrum emnneáh, 39, 7; F. 222, 8.

Linked entry: ǽg-hwæþer

egesian

(v.)
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egesode ðá ðe on unryht hǽmdon fornicationis metum praemisit, 397, 20.

eorþ-weall

a rampart

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Se cásere hét dícian and eorðwall (-weall, v. l.) gewyrcan uallum fecerat, 1, 12; Sch. 33, 27. a wall formed by the ground, the side or roof of a cave beáh under eorðweall he went into the cave, B. 2957. Inn under eorðweall, 3090.

ge-emnettan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-emnettan, -emnittan, -emnyttan; p. te; pp. ed

To make even or levelcompareæquāreexæquāre

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Heó hí sylfe to hwelpum geemnette she compared herself to the whelps, 114, 10. Geemnittan exæquāre, Scint. 9. Ðæt heó ðone dæg and ða niht geemnytte that it might make even the day and the night, Bd. de nat. rerum; Lchdm. iii. 238, 24.

Linked entries: ge-ymnyttan ge-efnettan

for-secgan

accuse

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Heó begann hí tó wrǽgenne and wolde forsæcgan, Hml. S. 2, 184. Add: