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ge-lystan

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Geseah heó ǽnne leahtric and hý gelyste þæs lactucam conspiciens concupivit, 30, 33. with infin. of action a person desires to do Hwílum hié wel gelyst út gangan and him þá byrþenne fram áweorpan, Lch. ii. 230, 23. with dat. of person (and infin.)

geómrian

(v.)
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Þú geómrast for þám þe heó onhwyrfed is, Bt. 7, 1; F. 16, 9. Ðú giómras gemas, Kent. Gl. 94. Hé swýþe weóp and geómrian ongan flens et gemens, Guth. Gr. 162, 33. Gémerian and wépan gemere et flere, Scint. 34, 3.

heals

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Similar entries Cf. fámig-, wunden-heals as epithets of a ship: Heo (bagpipes) hafað hyre on healse bróðor síne, Rä. 32, 21

ofer-irnan

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Add Wé willað nú mid sumere scortne trahtnunge þás rǽdinge oferyrnan, and geopenian, gif heó hwæt dígles on hyre hæbbende sý, Hml. Th. i. 388, 30. Wé willað þás þing mid sceortre race oferyrnan, Angl. viii. 318, 43

sum-dǽl

(n.; adv.)
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Tó þon ꝥ heó mihte sumdǽl (sumne dǽl, v. l. ) hwǽtes (hwylcnehugu hwǽte, v. l.) geclǽnsian ad purgandum triticum, 97, 3. [v. N. E. D. some-deal.]

wed-lác

(n.)
Grammar
wed-lác, es; n.

a pledge, security ⬩ wedlock, espousals

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Heo þat her wedlac brekeþ, Misc. 150, 105. Þei wrouȝt wedlokes aȝein goddis wille, Piers P. 9, 152. Wedlok matrimonium. Prompt. Parv. 520. Wedloke maritagium, Wulck. Gl. 595, 5.]

for-þryccan

to injure ⬩ destroy by pressure ⬩ to torture ⬩ to close up

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Th. ii. 400, 22. to close up an opening Þá tóslitenan wunda heó forþrycceþ, Lch. i. 356, 15. Múð his forðrycca (-ðrycga, L., dyttan, W. S. opprimere ), Lk. R. 11, 53

fót-welm

(n.)
Grammar
fót-welm, e; f. (? v.
  • Kent. Gl. 165
below; or has the glosser taken plantae to be dative?): -welma , an; m.
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Heó (Jezabel) wæs eall freten bútan þám handum ... and þám fótwylmum ( nisi pedes et summas manus, 2 Kings ix. 35 ), Hml. S. 18, 354. Mid dríum fótwylmum ofer yða gán, Hml. Th. i. 108, 16.

gold-geweorc

(n.)
Grammar
gold-geweorc, es; n.
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Gold-work, what is made of gold Ðǽr wæs ðære sunnan anlýcnys geworht of golde and heó wæs on gyldenum scryd and æt ðam wǽron gyldene hors ... ðá eode ðǽr egeslíc deóful út of ðam goldgeweorce and ðæt goldgeweorc eall todreás swá swá weax gemylt æt fýre

þiderweardes

(adv.)
Grammar
þiderweardes, adv.

Thitherwards

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Swá heó ǽr dyde þyderweardes as she did before when on the way to that place, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 724.

windel

(n.)
Grammar
windel, es; m.

A basket

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Ðá nam heó ánne riscenne windel (fiscellam scirpeam) on scipwísan gesceapenne, Ex. 2, 3, 5, 6. Man sceal habban wilian, windlas, systras, sǽdleáp, Anglia ix. 264, 12

á-spíwan

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Heó ꝥ réðe áttor út áspáw, Hml. S. 2, 138. (la) used reflexively:-- Hé sceal gán and hyne styrian ǽr ðám ðe hé hyne áspíwe. Lch. i. 316, 18. figurative ꝥ man áspíwe (sin) ꝥ áttor út, Ll. Th. ii. 278, 22.

Linked entry: spíwan

á-wunian

(v.)
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Heó ðǽr áwunode þone dægand ðá niht on hire gebede, Hml. A. 121, 145:Guth. 34, 15. Seó beorhtnys þǽr áwunode oð dæg, 86, 22. Seó studu gesund ástód and áwunade (remansit), Bd. 3, 10;Sch. 234, 16.

be-cnyttan

to tie up in a bundle ⬩ to tie round ⬩ surround with a bond ⬩ to tie ⬩ attach with a string, ⬩ to tie a rope,

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Þæt heó náme ǽnne wernægel and becnytte tó ánum hringe mid hire snóde, ii. 28, 18. with acc. of the fastening to tie a rope, Hí becnytton ánne wriþan onbútan his swuran, Hml. S. 23, 607

hægel

(n.)
Grammar
hægel, hægl, es; m.

hail ⬩ the Anglo-Saxon rune RUNE = h, the name of which letter is hægl

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Heora wíngeardas wráðe hægle néde fornámon occidit in grandine vineas eorum, Ps. Th. 79, 47.

Linked entry: hagal

ge-wenian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wenian, p. ede; pp. ed.

to accustom ⬩ to accustom any one to one's self ⬩ assuefacere ⬩ to wean ⬩ to separate ⬩ ablactare ⬩ a lacte depellere ⬩ depellere ⬩ seducere

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to accustom, to accustom any one to one's self; assuefacere Gewenede hine sylfne to heora synlícum þeáwum he accustomed himself to their sinful manners, Ælfc. T. Lisle 34, 20: Bt. Met. Fox 29, 11; Met. 29, 6.

Linked entry: ge-wænian

strúdan

(v.)
Grammar
strúdan, p. streád, pl. struden; pp. sfroden
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Ðonne wé ús for nówiht dóþ ðæt wé earme menn reáfiaþ and strúdaþ in heora ǽhtum and heora gódum cum infirmiores spoliare et eis fraudem facere pro nihilo ducimus Bd. 3, 19 ; S. 548, 19. Fýnd gold strudon. Cd. Th. 121, 7; Gen. 2006: Exon.

Linked entry: ge-strúdan

wiþ-bregdan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-bregdan, -brédan; p. -brægd,-brǽd,pl. -brugdon, -brúdon

To withhold ⬩ restrain ⬩ check ⬩ hold back

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Hé hét heora ǽlcum fíftig scyllinga tó sceatte syllan, ðæt hí heora handa fram ðam blódes gyte ne wiðbrúdon, Homl. Th. i. 88, 5.

á-licgan

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Þǽr wearð heora anweald and heora dóm álegen , Ors. 3, 1; S. 96, 34. Wyrþ oft gódes monnes lof álegen ( coarctabitur ). Bt. 18, 3; F. 64, 31

Linked entry: á-lecgan

sam-tinges

(adv.)
Grammar
sam-tinges, (sæm-, sem-); adv.

immediately, forthwith, ⬩ continuo

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Ðá áwurpon ða hǽðenan sóna heora gedwyld, and tó heora Scyppende sæmtinges gebugon, 510, 3: 230, 18. Ðæt man hí ofslóge sæmtinges ealle, Anglia ix. 32, 165.

Linked entries: -tinges sæm-tinges