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æt-wenian

(v.)
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Þæt hí heora gingran Gode gestrýnan and hí deófle ætwænian (-wenian, v. l. ), Wlfst. 38, 24 : 301, 16. Add

æt-ýc-

(prefix)

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æt-berstan

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Add: of actual motion, absolute Hé ætbærst and hé ys geworden né tó wealdgengan, Ælfc. T. Grn. 18, 5. Se here ætbærst, Chr. 992; P. 127, 17. Uneáþe cwic ætberstende, Coll. M. 27, 3. when person from whom or place from which is given, dat. Hé heom

æt-clifian

(v.)
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Ætfélun (vel ætclofodon in a later hand) adheserunt, Ps. V. 101, 6. Add

æt-eáwan

Similar entry: æt-íwan

æt-fæstnian

(v.)
Grammar
æt-fæstnian, p. ode
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To commit, deposit Hweðer geleornodest þú þe myd þám eágum þe mid þám ingeþance ? Þá cwæð ic: Mid ǽgðrum ic hyt geleornode. . . . Þá eágan hyt ætfæstnodon mínum ingeþance, Shrn. 175, 10

æt-faran

(v.)
Grammar
æt-faran, p. -fór
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To go away, make off Án fox þone scóh geiæhte and ætfaran (-en, MS.) þóhte. Shrn. 14, 23. Cf. oþ-faran

æt-fecgan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-fecgan, -felgan. v. æt-feólan.

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æt-feohtan

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dele I

æt-fón

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Substitute: To arrest, apprehend, attach stolen or lost property Gif man óðrum mæn feoh forstele, and se ágend hit eft ætfó. Ll. Th. i. 30, 8. Gif feoh man eft æt þám mæn in Cent ætfó, 34, 6. Cf. 160, 8

æt-gæderum

(adv.)
Grammar
æt-gæderum, adv.
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Together Him ðá eallum ætgæderum sittendum, Lch. iii. 428, 16

æt-gǽre

Grammar
æt-gǽre, v. next word.

Linked entry: -gǽre

æt-gebicgan

Grammar
æt-gebicgan, l.
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æt gebicgan

fela-ǽte

(adj.)
Grammar
fela-ǽte, adj.
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Eating much Felaǽte mordax (luscorum more Cyclopum), An. Ox. 23, 15

Linked entry: -ǽte

flǽsc-ǽt

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The eating of flesh Flǽscǽt (carnium esus) þám untruman sý geðafod; sóna swá hý geedwyrpte beóð, þám flǽscǽte (a carnibus) forhæbben, R. Ben. 61, 1-3. Ealle fram flǽscǽte hí forhæbben carnium quadrupedum ab omnibus abstineatur commestio, 64, 6. Substitute

hold-áþ

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mán-áþ

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Ǽlcum geleáffullum men is tó warnigenne wið mánáðas (-áða, máne áðas, v. ll. ). . . Manega men tellað tó lytlum gylte, ꝥ hí óðre men mid mánáðum beswicen, Hml. A. 147, 89-93. Add

of-ǽte

(n.)
Grammar
of-ǽte, (?), an ; f.
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What one eats of (f), food God hét spryttan menigfealde treówcynn mid heora wæstmum mannum tó ofǽtan (cf. universa ligna . . . ut sint vobis in escam, Gen. 1, 29), Hex. 12, 2

Linked entry: of-eten

of-ǽte

(adj.)
Grammar
of-ǽte, (?); adj.
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Fat, given to eat too much Fór ofǽte (oferǽte ?) porcaster obesus, i. pinguis, An. Ox. 21, 4. (Of seems to o

ofer-ǽt

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