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be-þencan

(v.)
Grammar
be-þencan, bi-þencan; p. -þohte, pl. -þohton; pp. -þoht

To consider, bear in mind, BETHINK, remember, trust, confide, entrustconsiderare, recordari, in se reverti, meminisse, fidere, confidere

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Ðá beþohte he hine then he bethought himself; in se autem reversus, Lk. Bos. 15, 17: Ælfc. T. 35, 21. Híg beþohton ðæt híg hym seofon weras gecuron they bethought that they would choose them seven men Nicod. 20; Thw. 10, 4.

ge-feohtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-feohtan, p. -feaht, pl. -fuhton; pp. -fohten.

to fightpugnareto obtain by fightingpugnando acquirere

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to fight; pugnare And gif he ðonne wið hine gefeohtan ne mæg and if he may not fight against him, Lk. Bos. 14, 32. Ðe teáh mine fingras to gefeohtanne qui docet digitos meos ad bellum, Ps. Th. 143, 1.

ge-ferian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ferian, -fergan; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed

To carryconveybearleadconductferrevehĕredūcĕre

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He geferode hine mid mycclum wurþscipe to Scæftes byrig he conveyed it with great honour to Shaftesbury, Chr. 980; Erl. 129, 33. Ðæt he úsic geferge in Fæder ríce that he convey us into his Father's kingdom, Exon. 12 b; Th. 22, 1; Cri. 345.

ge-frédan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-frédan, ic -fréde, ðú -frédest, he -frédeþ, frét, pl. -frédaþ; p. -frédde; pp. -fréded

To feelperceiveknowbe sensible ofsentīre

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To feel, perceive, know, be sensible of; sentīre Sió gefrédnes hine mæg gegrápian, and gefrédan ðæt hit líchoma biþ, ac hió ne mæg gefrédan hwæðer he biþ ðe blac ðe hwít the feeling may touch it, and feel that it is a body, but cannot feel whether it

ge-medemian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-medemian, p. ode; pp. od [medeme]

To deign, deem worthy, honour, vouchsafe, moderate, humiliate, humble

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Godes sunu gemedemode hine sylfne ðæt he wolde beón acenned of Marian God's Son condescended to be born of Mary, Homl. Th. 32, 7 : Blickl. Homl. 39, 17 : Nicod. 20; Thw. 10, 9.

Linked entry: medumian

þeáh-hwæðere

(adv.)
Grammar
þeáh-hwæðere, adv. conj.
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. ¶ combined with swá :-- And swá þeáhhwæþere óþ ðone deáþ hé hine tintregaþ, Blickl. Homl. 59, 30. Ac swá ðeáhhwæðere seó menniscnys wæs ǽfre forestiht, Homl. Th. ii. 364, 25. Nolde ic cwic ǽfre swá þeáhhwæðere ðíne gewitnesse forlǽtan, Ps.

Linked entry: hwæðere

týnan

(v.)
Grammar
týnan, p. de
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, render a person inaccessible :-- Týne hine Dryhten ðam ðe sár sprece sáwle mínre may the Lord shut His heart to him that speaks evil against my soul, Ps.

wís-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
wís-fæst, adj.

wisediscreetjudiciouswisehaving knowledgeskilllearnedintelligentrational

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Ðis ys se dæg, ðe hine Drihten ús wísfæst geworhte, Ps. Th. 117, 22: Menol. Fox 122; Men. 61. Micel is tó hycganne wísfæstum menn, hwæt seó wiht sý, Exon. Th. 411, 15; Rä. 29, 13. Swá wítgan wísfæste sægdon, 5, 3; Cri. 64.

andeta

Grammar
andeta, andetta.
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Ðonne cuæð se biscop and ðára hína wiotan þet hió him néren máran ondeta ( that they did not admit to him liability for more ) þonne hit árǽded wæs on Æðelbaldes dæge, Cht.

be-gíman

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Þás niht sceolon Israhéla bearn begíman, 42. to observe, watch a person Hig begýmdon hine, Lk. 14, l

fǽrlíce

(adv.)

suddenlyunexpectedlysoonimmediatelyby chancehaphazard

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Manegum men fǽrlíce gelimpeþ ꝥ hé hine wiþ þás world gedǽleþ, 125, 10. Mið ðý gecymmes feerlíce (repente), Mk. L. 13, 36. Férlíce cliopað subito clamat, Lk. R.

fen

mudmiredirtfen

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Wá ðǽm ðe gaderað an hine selfne ðæt hefige fenn (densum lutum) . . . ðæt ðicke fenn, 329, 18, 19. fen Cenum, i. luti vorago vel lutum sub aquis fetidum, i. wáse vel fæn, Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 75.

for-cirran

(v.)
Grammar
for-cirran, p. de.

to turnavoidpervertsubvert

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Hí eft ne cyrdon tó ðan cyninge, ac þurh óðerne weg hine forcyrdon, Hml. Th. i. 78, 30.

Linked entries: for-búgan for-cyrran

fremu

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Eádsige hine wel lǽrde tó ealles folces freme docuit eum ea quae facienda erant ad utilitatem sibi subjecti populi, Chr. 1042; P. 162, note 6.

ge-fultuman

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Hí bǽdon hine þæt hé him tó heora ealdrihtum gefaltumede, Bt. 1; F. 2, 24. Ealra þára þinga þe mé Críst tó gefultumian wyle, Cht.

fur-lang

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., pp. 2-4) Án furlang hína herðlandes betweónan ðǽre strǽte and ðǽre mǽdwe, C. D. iii. 18, 28. Oð ðæs furlanges úpende (cf. at ðas akeres úpende, 434, 2), 418, 23. On ðæs langan furlanges eástende, vi. 48, 9.

stæf

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Se biscop hine hét (steafa, v. l. ) naman cweðan, Bd. 5, 2; Sch. 558, 22. Ꝥ getæl þǽra stafena, Angl. viii. 335, 40. Stricum, stafum apicibus, i. litteris, An. Ox. 2009.

wecgan

(v.)
Grammar
wecgan, p. wecgdewecgede

To wag (trans.),move, shake

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[Swa þe hæȝe wude þenne wind weieð hine, Laym. 20137

Linked entries: a-wecgan wagian

hæft

(n.)
Grammar
hæft, es; m.

a band, fettervinculumcaptivity, bondage, imprisonment, keepingcaptivitas, custodiaa bond, chainclasp, rivetimprisonment

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Hé betǽhte hine on ðam hæfte sixtyne cempum tó healdenne he committed him to the keeping of sixteen soldiers to hold, Homl. Th. ii. 380, 29.

hættian

(v.)
Grammar
hættian, p. ode; pp. od

To take the hair and skin from a person's head

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To take the hair and skin from a person's head Ðonne dó man út his eágan and ceorfan of his nóse and eáran and uferan lippan oððe hine hættian then let his eyes be put out and his nose and ears and upper lip be cut off; or let him have the hair and skin