denu
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Ealle men fleód tó muntum and tó denum ( in speluncas montium ) hié tó behýdanne, and hié cweðað: 'Wé hálsiað eów, muntas and dena, ꝥ gé ús oferfeallen,' Verc. Först. 108, 11. Add
or-trúwian
To be without hope of, to despair of
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To be without hope of, to despair of Hé ortrúw-ode his Drihtnys mildheortnysse he despaired of his Lord's mercy, Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 25. To ortrúwienne desperandum, Wulck. Gl. 250, 36
hnǽgan
To cause to bow, ⬩ bring low, ⬩ humble, ⬩ humiliate
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To cause to bow, bring low, humble, humiliate Ic bebeóde bearnum mínum ðæt hie ðé hnǽgon æt gúþe I command my sons to humble thee in battle, Andr. Kmbl. 2660; An. 1331
on-búgan
to bend ⬩ to bend in reverence or submission, to bow ⬩ to submit, yield ⬩ to bend aside, deviate
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to bend Ðonne ic onbúge when I (a bow) bend, Exon. Th. 405, 16; Rä. 24, 3. to bend in reverence or submission, to bow Heó tó hyre módor cneówum onbeah, Lchdm. iii. 428, 13. Hís gebróðru onbugon tó him proni adorantes Gen. 50, 18.
lǽce-finger
The leech-finger
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'The fourth finger was called the leech finger, from the pulsation therein found, and supposed to be in more direct communication with the heart, as in the tract attributed to Joh. de Garlandiâ ... it is said 'Stat medics [medylle fyngure] media, medicus
Linked entry: gold-finger
Scride-finnas
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The distinguishing prefix seems to refer to the use of snowshoes or skates, cf. Icel. skriðr a sliding motion, skríða to glide, slide in snow-shoes
Bricg
- Sim. Dun.
- Hovd.
- Matt. West.
Bridgenorth in Shropshire ⬩ oppidum in agro Salopiensi ⬩ Bruges in Belgium ⬩ Brugæ, Flandriæ emporium
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Férde Swegen út to Baldewines lande to Brycge Sweyn went out to Baldwin's land to Bruges, 1045; Erl. 170, 11: 1046; Erl. 175, 6: 1052; Erl. 181, 20: 1052; Erl. 182, 4
lang-twidig
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Granted for a long time Ðú scealt tó frófre weorþan eal langtwidig leódum ðínum thou, granted for long to them, shall prove a comfort to thy people, Beo. Th. 3420; B. 1708
Linked entry: twidig
ge-titelian
To entitle ⬩ ascribe
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To entitle, ascribe Twá béc for ðære gelícnisse his gelogodan sprǽce man getitelode him two books from the likeness to his style are ascribed to him, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 69, 404
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ed-wendan
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Substitute: To turn back, cease to affect Gyf him edwendan ǽfre scolde bealuwa bisigu, bót eft cuman if worry from woes should cease to trouble him, better times come again, B. 280
ge-myndiglic
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That brings to mind, that serves to warn, admonitory Ðes cwyde mæg beón swýðe gemyndiglic eallum þám þe tó þám gesette sýn, þæt hí Godes folce riht bodian sculon, Wlfst. 7, 3
lútan
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Heó leát tó siege, and hé slóh þá tó mid eallum mægene she bent to receive the blow, and he struck at her with all his might, Hml. S. 12, 211. Add
ge-þeódan
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Srt. 67, 26. to join together so as to form a whole Geþiód concinnat, Kent. Gl. 419. to join so as to form an integral part of a whole, to insert into. Cf.
lofung
Praising ⬩ appraising
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to a man's property.
ge-wenian
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
æt-fleón
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A. 63, 280. to escape to (tó) Hé tó scypum ætfleáh, Chr. 1076; P. 211, 28. Ðá óðre ætflugon tó Philistéa lande, Hml. S. 25, 321. Þén scip ætfleó tó hwilcre friðbyrig, Ll. Th. i. 286, I. Cf. oþ-fleón
ge-hagian
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Substitute: v. impers. with acc. of person. to be convenient or suitable for a person to have or do (to) something Mid swelcan yrfe swelcan hí ðenne tó gehagað cum tali pecunia quae tunc competens erit, C.
ge-wild
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Substitute: <b>ge-wild</b> power, control, in the phrase ánum tó gewildum gedón to get into one's power, subdue, subjugate Æfter þǽm þe Alexander hæfde ealle Indie him tó gewildon gedón perdomita Alexander India, Ors. 3, 9; S. 132, 9.
mǽnsumian
to have the companionship of a person ⬩ to marry ⬩ to share with another ⬩ to communicate
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Lind. 12, 25. to share with another, to communicate Ménsumede participavit, communicavit. Hpt. Gl. 467, 2
un-áberendlíce
Unbearably ⬩ intolerably
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Unbearably, intolerably Ðæt hé ðæt ryht tó suíðe and tó ungemetlíce and tó unáberendlíce ne bodige ne recta nimie et inordinate proferantur, Past. 15; Swt. 95, 18. Ðæt hí tó unáberendlíce ne beóden ne plus justo jubeant, 28; Swt. 189, 19.