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ge-wissian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wissian, p. ode, ade; pp. od

To make or cause to knowto instructinformdirectcommandgoverndocereedocereregerepræciperedirigere

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Se wítega hine gewissode ðæt he cúðe gelýfan the prophet directed so that he was able to believe, 70, 444. Ðú gewissa ða sacerdas tu præcipe sacerdotibus, Jos. 3, 8.

Linked entry: wísian

studu

(n.)
Grammar
studu, stuðu; gen. stude, studu; dat. stude(-u), styde, styðe; acc. studu, stuðu(-o); pl. styde, styðe(-a); gen. studa; f.
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hine onhylde tó ánre ðære studa ðe útan tó ðære cyrican geseted wæs ðære cyricean tó wraþe and ðǽr his gást ágæf (hé genom ða studu ðe seó cirice mid áwreþed wæs and on ðære styde stondende forðférde) adclinis destinae quae extrinsecus ecclesiae pro

Linked entries: stuðan-sceaft styðe

á-rásian

(v.)
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Th. ii. 168, 21. to blame, reprehend Hé nyle hié árásian . . . ðǽm synfullan menn bið oftogen ðæt hine mon stíðlíce árásige . . . dá hié suíðe stíðlíce árásigeað and mid ealle ofðrysceað corripere non praesumit . . . correptionis duritia peccanti subtrahitur

Linked entry: rásian

an-weald

(n.)
Grammar
an-weald, m. f. n.
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Hú Assael hine unwærlíce mid anwealde ðreátode hunc cum Assael vi incautae praecipitationis impeteret. Past. 295, 14. On þǽm anwalde wæron Somnite swá bealde Pontius, dux eorum, in tantum abusus est victoriae securitate, Ors. 3, 8; S. 120, 31.

brýce

(n.)
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Sé ðe wíf hæfð for lícumlícre frófre, and ðeáh for ðǽm bryce (v. brúcan,(I c)) and for ðǽre lufe hine ne áwent from bettrum weorcum qui sic per uxorem carnali consolatione utitur, ut tamen numquam a melioris intentionis rectitudine ejus amore flectatur

ge-hirtan

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Godes engel hine gereordode and mid his rǽde gehyrte, 22, 139. Þá gehyrte hé his geféran mid wordum, 25, 335. Ond þá mid þý þe ꝥ mín werod gehyrted and gestilled wæs quae res quum anime quietiorem fecisset exercitum, Nar. 8, 17.

Linked entry: ge-hyrtan

ge-scildan

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hine wið ðæt fýr gescilde ab ignibus defenditur, Past. 399, 20. Þ úre Hǽlend þé wið ealle fýnd gescylde, Hml. S. 23, 837 : Bl. H. 19, 16

ge-brocian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brocian, p. ode ; pp. od.
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Cf. ge-broc, Críst gehǽlde fela þǽra þe unhále wǽron, and Antecríst gebrocað and geuntrumað þá ðe ǽr hále wǽron . . . syððan hé þæne mann gebrocod hæfð, syððan hé mæg dón, swylce hé hine gehǽle . . . hé gebrocað mænigne man díhlíce and gehǽlð eft ætforan

Linked entry: brócian

gebed-rǽden

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hine sylfne befæste þæs weres gebedrǽddene (-rǽdenne, v. l.) se viri commendans orationibus, Gr. D. 39, 13. þæ æt hý him tó Gode mid heora gebedrǽdene þingian ut orent pro ipso, R. Ben. 70, 12. Hé wylle æfter forðsíðe . . . gebedrǽdenne habban.

Linked entry: béd-rǽden

hǽþen-scipe

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Se geréfa þreátode hine tó hǽþenscipe, Shrn. 33, 10. Idele leóð þe ymbe hǽðenscipe geworhte syndon, Hml. A. 142, 120. a particular form of heathen belief Þá þrý cnihtas wiðcwǽdon his ( Nebuchadnezzar's ) hǽþenscipe, Hml.

sceáwere

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[On þám halgen gewriten se mann hine sylfne mæig sceawigen swa swa on hwylcen sceawere in sanctis scripturis quasi in quodam speculo homo se ipsum considerare potest, Angl. xi. 374, 78.]

wil

(n.)
Grammar
wil, will, es; n.

will, pleasurea pleasant or desirable thing

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Gif hwá hine sylfne besmíte his ágenes willes ( sua sponte ), L. M. P. 36; Th. ii. 274, 20 : Homl. Ass. 62, 255. Gif þeówa and þeówen hyra bégra wylles hig gesomnigon si servus et ancilla mutua voluntate se conjunxerint L. Ecg.

sófte

(adv.)
Grammar
sófte, cpve. sóftor, séft; adv.

Softly, gently softly, quietly, without disturbancecalmly, at ease, without troublegently, not harshlywithout discordeasily, without opposition facile

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Reste hé hine sófte Lchdm. ii. 292, 7: Ps. Th. 77, 65. calmly, at ease, without trouble Ðǽr mé sófte byþ, ðǽr ic beó fægere beþeaht fiðerum ðínum Ps. Th. 60, 3. Hié sófte ðæs bidon Exon. Th. 10, 3; Cri. 146.

Linked entry: sófte

spinnan

(v.)
Grammar
spinnan, p. spann, pl. spunnon; pp. spunnen.

to spinto writhetwist

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, to writhe, twist Sum ungesceádwís man hine sylfne áhéng ðæt hé fótum span (for sparn? v. spornan) and his feorh forlét a certain foolish man hung himself, so that he moved his feet convulsively (could not rest them on the ground?)

Linked entry: spornan

tó-cleófan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-cleófan, p. -cleáf, pl. -clufon; pp. -clofen

To cleave asunder

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Se réða kyning hine tócleáf on twá, Ælfc. T. Grn. 9, 21. Tócleófende sulcans, Wülck. Gl. 254, 21. Monnes cinbán gif hit biþ tóclofen, gesette mon xii. sciłł. tó bóte, L. Alf. pol. 50; Th. i. 94, 16. Ða sticcu ðæs tóclofenan hriddores, Homl.

wiþer-hycgende

(adj.)
Grammar
wiþer-hycgende, adj.
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Ongan meldigan helle hinca ðone hálgan wer, wiðerhycgende, Andr. Kmbl. 2345; An. 1174. Ðú (the devil) scealt, wiðerhycgende (the adversary of God and man ), wergðu dreógan, Elen. Kmbl. 1900; El. 952.

Linked entry: wiþ-hycgan

se

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Dysig bið se wegférenda man, sé ðe nimð þone sméðan weg þe hine mislǽt, and forlǽt þone sticolan þe hine gebrincð tó ðǽre byrig, Hml. Th. i. 164, 9. Nim ꝥ seax þe þæt hæfte sié hrýþeres horn, Lch. ii. 290, 22.

a-lǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
a-lǽtan, a-létan; p. -lét, pl. -léton; pp. -lǽten; v. a. [a from, lǽtan to let]

To let golay downleavegive uploserenounceresignremitpardondeliversinereabjiceredeponererelinquereremitterecondonarerelaxareliberare

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Ðú hine alǽtst thou lettest it go, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 34. Swá sceal ǽghwylc mon lǽn-dagas alǽtan so must every man leave these loan- [lent or transitory] days, Beo. Th. 5175; B. 2591.

a-lýsan

(v.)
Grammar
a-lýsan, to alýsanne; p. de; impert. -lýs, -lís; pp. ed; v. a;

To let loosefreedeliverliberateto pay for loosingto payredeemransomliberareredimere

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To let loose, free, deliver, liberate, to pay for loosing, to pay, redeem, ransom; liberare, redimere Helias wylle hine alýsan Elias vult liberare eum, Mt. Bos. 27, 49. Fæsten alýsan jejunium solvere, Bd. 5, 4; S. 617, 13.

a-rǽran

(v.)
Grammar
a-rǽran, p. de; pp. ed; v. trans. [a, rǽran to rear, raise]

To rear upraise uplift upexaltset upbuild upcreateestablisherigereexcitareresuscitareextollereædificarecreare

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Ic hine arǽre on ðam ýtemestan dæge ego resuscitabo eum in novissimo die, 6, 44, 54. Weá wæs arǽred woe was raised up, Cd. 47; Th. 60, 26; Gen. 987.