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ge-díglan

Grammar
ge-díglan, ge-díglian.

to hide, conceal ⬩ to lie hid

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Take here ge-diéglan, ge-díhligean in Dict. and add: to hide, conceal Hé hit gediégleð (abscondit), Past. 451, 16. Ðá ðe oninnan him gedíglað and gehýdað (occultant) ðá godcundan láre, 379, 4. Wíf his gedégelde (occultabat) hiá, Lk. L. l, 24.

for-býgan

(v.)
Grammar
for-býgan, -bígan, -bígean, -bégan; p. de; pp. ed

To bow down ⬩ bend down ⬩ abase ⬩ humble ⬩ destroy ⬩ deprimĕre ⬩ humiliāre ⬩ imminuĕre

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To bow down, bend down, abase, humble, destroy; deprimĕre, humiliāre, imminuĕre He hellwarena heáp forbýgde he humbled the multitude of hell's inmates, Exon. 18b; Th. 46, 3; Cri. 731: Exon. 120a; Th. 461, 13; Hö. 35

Linked entries: for-bégan for-bígan

fót-lǽst

(n.)
Grammar
fót-lǽst, e; f.

a foot-print ⬩ a step ⬩ the sole of the foot ⬩ the foot

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Hé hét hí hine ferian þǽr Petrus and Paulus bebyrgede wǽron, and lecgan his líc æt heora fótlǽstum, Hml. S. 5, 467. Geseah hé león wið þǽre hálgan líchaman standan, and hit his fótlástas (-es, MS., fétlástas, v.l. ) liccode, 23 b, 773

be-æftan

(adv.)
Grammar
be-æftan, adv.

Behind ⬩ after ⬩ hereafter ⬩ post ⬩ pone ⬩ postea

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Ðæt ic wille hér beæftan sweotolor gereccan that I will hereafter more clearly shew, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 30, 29

West-Wealas

(n.)
Grammar
West-Wealas, pl. m.
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Hér cuom micel sciphere on West-Walas (Wæst-Wealas, v. l. ), 835 ; Erl. 64, 24

lyb-lǽca

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Þá lyblǽccan and þá ðe manige galdor cunnon and þá ðe gelóme galaþ . . . þá þe hér bióð þá mǽstan drýicgan and gealdorcræftigan and lyblácan ne cumað nǽfre of þǽra wyrma seáðe, Nap. 43. Lyblaecan caragios, Wrt. Voc. ii. 103, 24. Add: —

soc

(n.)
Grammar
soc, es; n.

Suck, sucking at the breast

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[Seseȝ childer of her sok A. P. 103, 391. Taken awei fro sok, or wenyd Wick. (Isaiah 11, 8)]

frǽcenes

(n.)
Grammar
frǽcenes, frǽcnes, -ness, -nyss, e; f.

Danger ⬩ peril ⬩ perīcŭlum

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Danger, peril; perīcŭlum On frǽcenesse heora stealles in perīcŭlum sui stătus. Bd. 4, 25; S. 601, 17. Bútan frǽcnesse without danger. Herb. 30, 4, Lchdm. i. 126, 24, MS. B. Bútan frǽcnysse, 63, 2; Lchdm. i. 166, 7, MSS. B. H

sidu

(n.)
Grammar
sidu, seodu, siodu (o); gen. dat. a; m.

a custom ⬩ use ⬩ manner ⬩ habit ⬩ practice ⬩ a religious practice ⬩ a rite ⬩ good conduct ⬩ morality ⬩ modesty

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Se sido ðe sume men secgaþ ðæt [hé] sié méde wyrðe, sume men secgaþ ðæt hé sié wýtes wyrðe, 39, 9; Fox 226, 4. Hé dyde him ðæt ríceter tó sida (sioda, Cott.

Linked entries: sydung seodu sido siodo

bor-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
bor-líce, adv.

Eminently ⬩ excellently ⬩ well

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Wel borlíce hé forð stæppeð full nobly he steps forth, 307, 28. Hé geswutelað borlice he shews admirably, 329, 24. Þá híw rímcræftige esnas borlíce foregylpað, 334, 27.

eafora

(n.)
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Idesa eaforan bróhtan heora ealdan fæder, 2606

þeów-racu

Grammar
þeów-racu, þíw-, þýw-[w]racu, e, an; f.

A threat ⬩ threatening

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Heó næs áfyrht for his þeówracan, Homl. Skt. i. 7, 87. For ðeówracan sweartra deófla, Homl. Th. ii. 142, 32. Hé ondrǽde ða þeówwrace ðe Drihten þurh his wítigan ðýwþ metuat prophets comminationem, R. Ben. 51, 13.

Linked entry: þeów-racian

hátan

Grammar
hátan, Add: <b>I a.</b> with acc. and infin.
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</b> verb of motion implied by a preposition :-- Hét (héht, v. l.) hé his lǽce tó him uocauit medicum, Bd. 5, 6 ; Sch. 581, 6. to promise Ðá ðing ðe hé tó Gode hétt (Gode gehét, v. l. ), Past. 84, 17.

be-snǽdan

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For first passage substitute Engel hét þæt treów ceorfan, . . . Hét þonne besnǽdan seolfes blǽdum

ge-mǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mǽlan, p. de; pp. ed

To mark, stain

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To mark, stain Seó hálge stód ungewemde wlite næs hyre feax ne fel fýre gemǽled the saint stood with spotless aspect, neither her hair nor skin was marked by the fire, Exon. 74 a; Th. 278, 2; Jul. 591

Linked entry: mǽlan

gyrn-wracu

(n.)
Grammar
gyrn-wracu, f.

Vengeance for trouble ⬩ injury

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Vengeance for trouble or injury Gearo gyrnwræce ready to revenge her grief, Beo. Th.424, 2B. 2118: 2281; B. 1138., Márum sárum gyldan gyrnwræce with greater pains to revenge their trouble, Exon. 39 a; Th. 128, 16; Gú. 405

tíman

(v.)
Grammar
tíman, p. de.

to teem, ⬩ be productive. ⬩ to be with child, ⬩ bear, ⬩ bring forth young ⬩ to beget, ⬩ have intercourse with (wið) a woman ⬩ to have offspring, ⬩ bring forth ⬩ to vouch to warranty ⬩ to refer property (acc.) to (tó) the person from whom it was obtained in support of the right of possession ⬩ to refer an opinion to the source from which it is derived in its support ⬩ to betake one's self to a place, ⬩ go to ⬩ to resort to ⬩ appeal to in reverence or for help ⬩ to lead to

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Swá hé hit ágnode, swá hé hit týmde, L. Ed. I; Th. i. 160, 8. Ðá týmde Wulfstán ðone mann tó Æðelstáne, Chart. Th. 206, 25. Tǽme hé tó ðam mæn ðe him sealde, L. H. E. 16; Th. 1. 34, 6. Ne mót forstolenne ceáp mon tiéman tó þeówum men, L.

ge-sittan

(v.)
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Háligra sáwla gesittaþ Dryhtnes dreámas, GO. 93. to occupy, live in Hé ána gesæt dýgle stówe, Gú. 129. Hé feára sum mearclond gesæt, 145

rícetere

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hwǽr ys heora rícetere and heora prass and orgol?

ge-hogian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hogian, p. ode; pp. od.
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Hé þæt on his móde gehogode (-hogod, v. l.) and geteód hæfde (decreuerat), þæt he wolde his þeóde fordón, Bd. 3, 24; Sch. 307, 6.

Linked entry: ge-hycgan