wæl-feall
The fall of the slain ⬩ destruction
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The fall of the slain, destruction Tó wælfealle and tó deáðcwalum Deniga leódum, Beo. Th. 3427; B. 1711.
ge-þicgan
To take
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To take Seoððan wæs méce geþiged [Th. geþinged] afterwards was the sword taken, Beo. Th. 3881; B. 1938
ge-prician
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to prick, stimulate Hé nys gepricud ( stimulatus ) on unrótnysse gyltes, Scint. 79, 8. to mark with dots Seó forme ábécédé ys bútan pricon, and seó óðer ys gepricod on þá swýðran healfe, and seó þrydde on þá wynstran healfe, Angl. viii. 332, 43. to
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for-drǽfan
To drive ⬩ compel
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To drive, compel to do or undergo Be ðon ðe mon tó ceápe fordrǽfe. Ðonne mon bið tyhtlan betygen and hine mon bedrífeð tó ceápe, Ll. Th. i. 140, 15
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HÁTAN
to bid, order, command ⬩ to promise, vow ⬩ to call, name, give a name to ⬩ to name, call, bid, command ⬩ to call, name, promise, vow ⬩ nominare, appellare, jubere, præcipere
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Héht ðæt hé cuóme tó him he commanded that he should come to him, Chart. Th. 47, 11.
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dreórgian
To be dreary, to fall, to perish ⬩ mærēre, cadĕre, corruĕre
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To be dreary, to fall, to perish; mærēre, cadĕre, corruĕre Ðás hofu dreórgiaþ these courts are dreary, Exon. 124 a; Th. 477, 26; Ruin. 30
un-brosnung
Incorruption
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Incorruption Beód úre líchaman geedcnnede tó unbrosnunge, ðæt is tó écum ðingum, Homl. Th. i. 394, 27. Áwende fram brosnunge tó unbrosnunge, ii. 206, 2
sam-tinges
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Hé ne wandode þá hǽþenan tó crístnigenne þá þá hí on Críst gelýfdon, ac hé hí ealle sóna samtingas gecrístnode, Hml. S. 31, 1037. Add
cearian
To take care, heed, to be anxious or sorry ⬩ curare, sollicitum esse
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Th. 3077; B. 1536. Ne ceara ðú fleáme dǽlan somwist incre care not thou to part your fellowship by flight, Cd. 104; Th. 137, 25; Gen. 2279: 130; Th. 165, 16; Gen. 2732
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be-sleán
to strike ⬩ smite ⬩ to strike ⬩ dash ⬩ inflict ⬩ to strike ⬩ to strike
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Gif mon ðá sculdru in besleá if a blow is given that penetrates the shoulders, Ll. Th. i. 100, 1. to strike, force a passage þá beslóh se þorn on þone fót, and swá strang wæs se sting þæs þornes, þæt hé eóde þurh þone fót, Guthl. 68, 2. [O.
here-gild
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Add: tax levied to provide money to buy of the Danes (v. here; I. 2 c ¶ l) On þan ylcan geáre áléde Eádweard cyng ꝥ heregyld ꝥ Æþelréd cyng ǽr ástealde, Chr. 1052; P. 173, 18. Ic ðat só fele síðe só men gildeð hire gilde tó heregilde, C.
ágnian
To own ⬩ possess ⬩ to appropriate to himself ⬩ to prove or claim as one's own ⬩ possidere ⬩ vindicare sibi
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To own, possess, to appropriate to himself, to prove or claim as one's own; possidere, vindicare sibi Hú miht ðú, ðonne, ðé ágnian heora gód how canst thou, then, appropriate to thyself their good? Bt. 14, 1; Fox 42, 26.
big-leofa
Food, victuals, nourishment ⬩ cibus, victus, alimentum ⬩ Money, wages ⬩ stips, stipendium
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Bigleofan, and scrúd, and feoh quid adquiris de tua arte? Victum, et vestitum, et pecuniam, Coll. Monast. Th. 23, 3-6. Bigleofa victus, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 5; Som. 32, 6. Bíleofa alimentum, C. R.
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be-irnan
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Th. ii. 26, 24. of action, to run into danger, have recourse to Gif ic on unriht bearn, Ps., Th. 58, 4. Þú beurne on þone wyrstan feónd, Hml. Th. i. 66, 28. of thought, to occur to the mind Ús bearn þis on mód, Hml. S.10, 233: B. 67
ge-tríwan
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Th. i. 52, 4. (2 a) to trust a person to do something :-- Him þá from bugan þe hié betst getriéwdon ꝥ him sceolde sige gefeohtan, Ors. 2, 5; S. 82, 25. with acc., to trust a person or thing Ic þíne sóðfæstnysse getreówe, Ps.
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eówan
To shew, manifest, confer ⬩ ostendĕre, manifestāre, conferre
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Da gén Abrahame eówde selfa hálige spræce then he himself shewed again to Abraham a holy speech, Cd. 98; Th. 130, 24; Gen. 2164. Ealne ðone egesan, ðe him eówed wæs all that terror which was shewn to him, 202; Th. 250, 4; Dan. 541
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FÉDAN
nourish ⬩ support ⬩ sustain ⬩ bring up ⬩ educate ⬩ pascĕre ⬩ cĭbāre ⬩ nutrīre ⬩ engtrīre ⬩ sustentāre ⬩ edŭcāre ⬩ to bring forth ⬩ produce ⬩ gignĕre ⬩ prodūcĕre
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Th. 79, 5, Se deópa seáþ dreórge fédeþ the deep pit feedeth the dreary, Exon. 30 b; Th. 94, 25; Cri. 1545: 36 b; Th. 118, 26; Gú. 245. He ðé fédeþ ipse te enutriet, Ps. Th. 54, 22.
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bennian
To wound ⬩ vulnerare
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To wound; vulnerare Mec ísern bennade iron wounded me Exon. 130 a; Th. 499, 7; Rä. 88, 12. Ic geseah winnende wiht wído bennegean [benne gean, Th.]
ofer-fæðman
To cover in an embrace, to overspread, to envelope
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To cover in an embrace, to overspread, to envelope Swilce hé oferfæðmed ealne middangeard as if it (the tree of Nebuchadnezzar s vision) would cover with embracing boughs all the world, Cd. Th. 247, 24; Dan. 502.
FEORH
life ⬩ soul ⬩ spirit ⬩ vīta ⬩ ănĭma ⬩ a living being ⬩ person ⬩ hŏmo ⬩ persōna
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Á to feore for evermore, Exon. 32 b; Th. 102, 25; Cri. 1678. Ǽfre to feore, Ps. Th. 118, 165: Exon. 111 a; Th. 425, 33; Rä. 41, 65. Áwa to feore, Ps. Th. 51, 8. Lange to feore, Ps. Th. 132, 4. Syððan to feore in æternum, 54, 22: 101, 25: 106, 8.