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ge-clǽnsian

(v.)
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Ox. 40, 18. to clear, prove innocent of a charge Þá witan gerehton þæt heó sceolde hire fæder hand geclǽnsian ... and heó ... geclǽnsude hire fæder þæs ǽgiftes ( she cleared her father of the charge that he had not repaid the money ), Cht.

girela

(n.)
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girela, gierela, am; m.: <b>girelu,</b> e; f.
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Ox. 1194. Gyrle habitu, 3364. Hét hé míne geféran ꝥ hié ealne heora gerelan him of ádydon ponere amicos uestes imperauit, Nar. 27, 13. a garment, robe Wudewan gierela theristotedes (sumpto viduitatis theristro, Ald. 76, 8), Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 46.

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hǽþen-scipe

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Ox. 2623. Albanus gelýfde on ðone sóðan God, and wiðsóc þám hǽðenscype, and wearð sóþlíce crísten, Hml. S. 19, 28. His fæder wæs . . . on hǽðenscipe wunigende and his gemæcca samod, Hml. Th. ii. 498, 26.

hefe

importancea burdena weight

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Ox. 18 b, 41. Hefe fasce, i. onere, Wülck. Gl. 234, 21. Hefe gehefdum mole grauatis, 251, 16. Hefe mole (ingentis scopuli mole connexas, Ald. 68, 12). Ne ðá gét . . . ahefegum (an hefegum?)

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Ox. 56, 133. Wá lá wá eheu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 32, 44. Add: giving emphasis to interrogation or exclamation Lá whǽr nú þá ... lá whǽr sind ubi nunc ... ubi sunt, Wülck. Gl. 253, 34, 37. Lá hú, ne mót ic dón þæt ic wille?

sceáp

(n.)
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sceáp, scép, scíp,es; n.

A sheep

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Man healde .iii. niht hýde and heáfod (of a slain ox), and sceápes eall swá, L. Eth. iii. 9 ; Th. i. 296, 19,. Nán scyldwyrhta ne lecge nán scépes fell on scyld, L. Ath. i. 15 ; Th. i. 208, 10.

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on-stellan

(v.)

to institute, give rise to, set on foot, bring in, be the author of, set (an example)

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Onstaelde (ox-, Wrt.) idoneus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 110, 51

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on-uppan

(prep.)
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on-uppan, prep.

upon, onbesides, over and above

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Stód ǽren ceác onuppan twelf ǽrenum oxum, Past. 16; Swt. 105, 2. Hé wearþ bebyrged, and him læg onuppan fela byrðena eorþan, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 56: 14, 114. Hé sæt ðǽr onuppan, 13, 25.

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flód

flooda riverwatera flooddelugethe Delugea torrent

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Ox. 2477. Ðá cóm rén, and mycele flód, Mt. 7, 25. Seó eá ꝥ land oferfleów mid fótes þicce flóde, Ors. l, I; S. 32, 6. the Deluge: Ðæt flód weóx and ábær úp þone arc, Hml. Th. i. 22, 4.

ge-bígan

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Ox. 4469. Englisce menn ꝥ land gebégdan þan kyninge tó handan, Chr. 1074; P. 209, 20. þæt hí mé gebýgen oð eorðan, Ps.

heonan

afterwardsfrom now

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Ox. 3503. Hí tó ðé hionan (hion. Met. 20, 239) fundiaþ, Bt. 33, 4; F 132, 25: Met. 18, ii. Heonon, Gen. 476. Hié forð heonon gewiton of worulde dreámum, Kr. 132. Ástigon heó on helle heonan lifigende, Ps.

be-fæstan

to fix,to place in securityto fix in the mindimplantto fix by promise or agreementto pledgeto committo commit to a person's chargeto commit to a placeto setbetake to an occupationto commendrecommend,to make acceptableto trust

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Ox. 1711

níwe

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Ox. 40, 25. Bibod niówe (níua, L. ) ic sello iów, Jn. R. 13, 34. <b>IV a.

stician

(v.)
Grammar
stician, p. ode.
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To stick, stab, pierce, prick Oxa spæc and cwæð: 'Tó hwon sticast ðú mé,' Shrn. 30, 12. Mé on fæðme sticaþ hygegálan hond, Exon. Th. 394, 1; Rä. 13, 11. Hé( the wounded elephant ) ða óþre elpendas sticade, Ors. 4, 1; Swt. 156, 13.

ealdor-mann

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Ox. 4712. Déma ł ealdorman preses, 45, 1. Cempena ealdormon tribunus scutariorum, Ors. 6, 33; S. 288, 5. Ðe aldormon tribunus, Jn. L. 18, 12: archetriclinus, 2, 9.Ealdermen preside, i. judice, An. Ox. 3453. Ðám haldormenn centurioni, Mt. L. 8, 13.

ge-swícan

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Ox. 3980. Geswícan mitescere, 3852. Hé hire swingele behét gif heó suwian nolde. Heó cwæð: 'pǽs lifigendan Godes word ne magon geswícan, ne forsuwode beón,' Hml.

girnan

(v.)
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Ox. 2820. <b>IV c.</b> the subject not personal :-- Gif þing gesceádlic swá gyrnþ (exigerit ), Angl. xiii. 374, 130

be-hátan

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Ox. 57, 7. Gelǽste man eall þæt man beháte on Godes ést tó dónne, Wlfst. 172, 13. to threaten Se abbot dyde heom yfele, and beheót heom wyrs, Chr. 1083 ; P. 214, 21. Hé heom behét ǽlcne hete, Hml. S. 23, 230.

feónd

an enemyfoefienddevil

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Ox. 22, 42. Feóndum emulis, 5367. of things, what is prejudicial: Bewreóh hine wearme, for þon þe cile biþ þǽre ádle feónd, Lch. ii. 234, 1. a malevolent person (or animal) Hé (Nero) wǽs witena gehwelcum láð. . . .

forane

(adv.)
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forane, forne; adv.

beforehandOppositein front ofagainst

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Ox. 603. Sý forne forfangen preoccupetur, . . . precedat, 1236. Forne forgán, gelettan praepedire, i. praeoccupare, 3949.

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