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díglian

(v.)
Grammar
díglian, díglan.
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Add: to hide Gif hé his abbode ne díglað (celaverit) ealle þá geþóhtas, R. Ben. 28, 13. Dígelde abscondit, Mt. L. 13, 33. to lie hid: — Ðégla latere, Jn. p. 8, 5. Déglendes fióndes latentis inimici. Rtl. 121, 40

feoh-gítsere

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'Ne wyrð se gítsere nǽfre full feós' cum augendis pecuniis inhiat, audiant quod scriptum est: 'Auarus non impletur pecunia,' Past. 331, 6. Add:

ge-néhwian

(v.)
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Add: to approach, draw near Tó geneólécde ł gehnéhwade (adpropinquavit) ríc heofna, Mt. L. 10, 7. to consent. Cf. ge-neálǽcan; VII Ðes ne efne-genéhuade (-ginéhwadæ, R. ) tó dédum hiora hic non consenserat actibus eorum, Lk. 23, 51

næs-þyrel

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Næsþeorlu ( nares ) hí habbað and hig ne gestincað, Ps. L. 113, 6. Add

rǽd-bora

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Ne nimð se hláford his ðeówan him tó rǽdboran, ac nimð his holdan frýnd, and him geopenað his willan, Hml. Th. ii. 522, 32. Add

rówend

(n.)
Grammar
rówend, es; m.

A rower, sailor

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Ðæt scip wile hwílum stígan ongeán ðone streám, ac hit ne mæg, búton ða rówend hit teón, Past, 58; Swt. 445, 11

Linked entry: rórend

wǽpen-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
wǽpen-leás, adj.

Without armsunarmed

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Without arms, unarmed Ðam wǽpenleásan menn ne mihton ða wælhreówan mid wǽpnum wiðstandam, Homl. Skt. ii. 29, 175. Fram wǽpenleásre fémnan e virgine inermi, Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 38. Gehwilce wǽpenleáse inermes (sine armis) quosque. Hpt. Gl. 423, 48

on-þunian

(v.)

to swell out, exceed due bounds

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to swell out, exceed due bounds Ic eom ufor ealra gesceafta ðara ðe worhte Waldend úser; se mec ána mæg geþeón þrymme, ðæt ic onrinnan (onþunian is suggested by Grein ) ne sceal, Exon. Th. 427, 15; Rä. 41, 91. (?)

Linked entries: þunian þunian

orf-cwealm

(n.)
Grammar
orf-cwealm, es; m.

Pestilence among cattle, murrain

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Pestilence among cattle, murrain On ðisum geáre wæs swá mycel orfcwealm swá man ne gemunde fela wintrum ǽr, Chr. 1054; Erl. 188, 5. Ûs stalu and cwalu, stric and steorfa, orfcwealm and uncoþu . . . derede swýðe þearle, Wulfst. 159, 10

Linked entry: yrf-cwealm

bær-líce

(adv.)

plainlymanifestlypublicly

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Ne on dæge háligum ł bærlíce non in die festo, Mk. L. 14, 2

LIBBAN

(v.)
Grammar
LIBBAN, p. lifde

To LIVE

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Nán man nán þing ne bycge ofer feówer peninga weorþ ne libbende ne licgende, L. C. S. 24; Th. i. 390, 3. Hý hit be ðán libbendan habban let them have it during their lifetime, Chart. Th. 491, 25

Linked entries: lifian be-libban

hogian

(v.)
Grammar
hogian, p. ode

To employ the mind, to think, mind, consider, know, understand, care, be solicitous or anxious, to purpose, strive, intend, be intent on, resolve

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Ne þurfon gé hogian on ðam anwealde ne him æfter þringan ye need not aim at power nor press after it, Bt. 16, 1; Fox 50, 29. Ne beó gé hogiende ymb ða morgenlícan neóde nolite esse solliciti in crastinum, Mt. Kmbl. 6, 34.

campian

(v.)
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Oð þis ic campode þé, geþafa ꝥ ic Gode campige, S. 31, 103. Gif ðú wylle campian on Godes campdóme, ne campa ð ǽnigum búton Gode ánum, Hex. 34, 12.

ealdian

(v.)
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: hí ne ealdodon nǽfre, v.l.) fram hyra módes níwnysse ne per humanos actus a novitate mentis veterascerent, Gr. D. 6, 32. Aldadon bán mín inveteraverunt ossa mea, Ps. Srt. 31, 3.

for-stelan

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Þú hit hú elles begitan ne miht búton þú hit forstele oððe gereáfige eripies habenti, Bt. 32, 1; F. 114, 8. ꝥ ðú ne forstele ne fureris, Mk. L. 10, 19. Gif hwá forstele esne oððe mannan, fæste .ii. winter, Ll. Th. ii. 140, 37.

un-gewit

(n.)
Grammar
un-gewit, un-gewitt, es; n.

madnessinsanityfollystupidity

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madness, insanity Nán unhál cild, ne deáf, ne blind, ne ungewittes, Homl. Ass. 179, 322.

ge-mǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mǽnan, <b>. I.</b>
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Þæt þǽr ǽnig mon wordum ne worcum wǽre ne brǽce, ne þurb inwitsearo ǽfre gemǽnden, þeáh hié hire beággyfan banan folgedon (though they were following the slayer of their lord, this was not to be mentioned with the malicious intent of provoking quarrels

leóf

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N. E. D. lief, 3b) Ne biþ hé Godes leóf, Bl. H. 21, 35, Leóf succubam, Germ. 394, 192. of things Leóf áláþað amor abolescit, Angl. ii. 374, 3. Nán wiht ne þæs leófes ne þæs láðes, Wlfst. 185, 1

of-gifan

(v.)

to give up, leave, abandondestituere

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Mec deádne ofgeáfun fæder and móder, ne wæs mé feorh ðágén in innan, 391, 7; Rä. 10, i. Hí heora land ofgeafan patria profugi, Ors. 1, 4; Swt. 32, 20. Ofgǽfon, Cd. Th. 6, 8; Gen. 85. Ne ofgif ðú mé ne elonges a me, Ps. Th. 70, 11.

of-stingan

(v.)

to wound or kill by a thrust, to stab, pierce

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Ne ofstong Æfner hiene n mid ðý speres orde ac mid hindewerdum ðam sceafte Abner non eum recta, sed aversa hasta transforavit. Past. 40, 6; Swt. 297, 10. Sunu gif hé (an ox) ofstinge (gore), L. Alf. 21; Th. i. 50, 2.

Linked entry: of-stician