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an-bíd

Grammar
an-bíd, (-bid?).
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Ðæt hí ne sién freó on ðǽm anbíde ðæs máran wítes ut suo interim examine non sit absoluta, 429, 18. On þǽm anbíde Perdica fór mid firde, Ors. 3, 11; S. 146, 1. Add

be-wépan

Grammar
be-wépan, bewopen

woe-begone

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Synna bewépan, ii. 602, 22. disfigured by weeping, woe-begone þá iermingas út of þǽm holan crupon, swá bewópene swelce hié of óþerre worolde cóme, Ors. 2, 8; S. 92, 30. Add (cf. That he you nat biwopen thus ne finde, Ch. T. C. iv. 916):

be-standan

to surround

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S. 28, 104, to attend the dead, perform funeral rites for Heó forðférde and Abraham hig bestód þá ealdan wísan mortua est, venitgue Abraham, ut plangeret et fleret eam, Gen. 23, 2. ) þá wíf behwurfon hire líc oþþæt heó bebyrged wæs, swylce hí for ðan

drǽdan

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Gong út sáwl, hwæt drǽdest (ondrǽdest, Mart. H. 194, 4) ðú ðé?, Shrn. 141, 29. Mann wís on eallum drǽtt homo sapiens in omnibus metuit, Scint. 67, 1.

ge-hirdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hirdan, p. de.
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Voc. ii. 51, 49. in a moral sense, to inspire with fortitude, strengthen, confirm Se gefeá ðára heofon-licena góda hí gehierde ( roborat ) wið ðǽm brocum, Past. 393, 35. to harden, make obdurate Drihten hig gehyrde Domini sententia fuerat ut indurarentur

Linked entry: ge-hyrdan

hræfn

(n.)
Grammar
hræfn, a raven.
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Flugon tó hrócas and hremmas and þára martyra eágan út áhaccedon, Hml. S. 23, 77. Add

plyccan

(v.)
Grammar
plyccan, p. plyhte.
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To pluck, pull Plicet (for t instead of þ in the inflexion see stirgit, 391, 30, geþwǽrat, 397, 439, fordyttat, 398, 95) adludit (ut vitulum lupus rapturus adludit prius), Germ. 397, 20.

Linked entry: plicettan

swigian

(v.)
Grammar
swigian, <b>. I b.</b>
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Ðonne ábiersð hwílum hwæthwugu út ðæs ðe hé sugian (swugian, v.l.) sceolde ad aliquid, quod dicere non debet, erumpat, 165, 15. Ne mæg ic ꝥ swigian, ꝥ his geongra mé sǽde neque illud taceam, quod ejus discipulus narrare consueverat, Gr. D. 157, 18

wǽðan

(v.)
Grammar
wǽðan, p.de

To hunt

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Hwæþer gé willen wǽþan mid hundum on sealtne sǽ (cf. hwæþer gé eówer hundas út on sǽ lǽdon, ðonne gé huntian willaþ, Bt. 32, 3;Fox 118, 14), Met. 19, 15

Linked entry: wǽðe-burne

COCER

(n.)

a quiver for arrows ⬩ a case; ⬩ pharetra ⬩ a sword ⬩ spear; ⬩ framea

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Nim ðín gesceót, ðinne cocur and ðínne bogan, and gang út sume arma tua, pharetram et arcum, et egredere foras Gen. 27, 3. a sword, spear; framea Ageót cocor effunde frameam Ps. Spl. 34, 3.

Linked entries: cocor cocur coxre

tó-weccan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-weccan, p. -wehte

To wake up ⬩ stir up ⬩ arouse

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To wake up (trans.), stir up, arouse Hú ða folc mid him fǽhþe tówehton how they stirred up strife amongst themselves, Beo. Th. 5889; B. 2948

geond-felan

(v.)
Grammar
geond-felan, -feolan: p. -fæl, pl. -fǽlon; pp. -folen [cf. (?) Goth. filhan: Icel. fela to hide; hence to give into one's keeping; so geondfolen fýre = utterly given up to fire. Or may folen be taken from the literal meaning and so geondfolen compare with the preceding participle geinnod? The meaning of the verb in any case seems to be]

To fill throughout ⬩ mplere

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To fill throughout; mplere, Cd. 2; Th. 3, 29; Gen. 43

Linked entry: geond-folen

a-hlǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
a-hlǽnan, p. de; pp. ed [a, hlǽnan to lean]

To set himself up ⬩ exsurgere

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To set himself up; exsurgere Se ðe hine selfne þurh oferhygda up ahlǽneþ he who through presumption sets himself up, Exon. 84a; Th. 316, 24; Mód. 53

ÁÐUM

(n.)
Grammar
ÁÐUM, es; m.

A son-in-law ⬩ a daughter's husband ⬩ a brother-in-law ⬩ a sister's husband ⬩ gener ⬩ sororis ⬩ ut et patris ⬩ sororis maritus

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A son-in-law, a daughter's husband, a brother-in-law, a sister's husband; gener; sororis, ut et patris, sororis maritus Áðum gener, Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 7, 18. Hæfst ðú suna oððe dóhtra oððe áðum habes filios aut filias aut generum, Gen. 19, 12.

fóre-secgan

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-secgan, p. -saegde, -sǽde; pp. -sægd, -sǽd

To FORE-SAY ⬩ foretell ⬩ predict ⬩ announce ⬩ præfāri ⬩ prædīcĕre ⬩ prædĭcāre ⬩ pronuntiāre ⬩ annuntiāre

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Ðæt se bisceop Aidan ðám scypfarendum ðone storm towardne fóresægde ut episcŏpus Aidan nautis tempestātem fŭtūram prædixĕrit, Bd. 3, 15; S. 541, 16: Ps. Th. 118, 172: 147, 8. Geríses to fóresægcane gódspell oportet prædicari evangelium, Mk. Skt.

los

(n.)
Grammar
los, es; n.

Loss ⬩ destruction

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Ðæt tó lose weorþe ut pereat, Rush. 18, 14: 5, 30. Hú hine mæhtes tó lose gedóa quomodo eum perderent, Lind. 12, 14

Linked entry: lor

eág-hringas

(n.)
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Þá eágan wǽron út ádyde of þám eáhhringum, Hml. S. 21, 280. His blód geglende míne eáhhringas, 7, 48. Se Hǽlend ðá ungesceapenan eáhhringas ( of the man born blind ) mid his hálwendan spátle geopenode, Hml. Th. i. 474, 8

ge-stihtung

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Ðæt wille ic gecýþan, þæt þá rícu of nánes monnes mihtum swá gecræftgode ne wurdou, ne for nánre wyrde, buton from Godes gestihtunge ut omnia haec Dei judiciis disposita, non autem humanis viribus, aut incertis casibus accidisse perdoceam, Ors. 2, l ;

ge-synto

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Add: of physical soundness, of persons Ic wéne ꝥ hé wǽre biddende ðá upplican árfæstnesse mínra gesynta pro mea, ut reor, sospitate supernae pietati supplicans.

ge-widlian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-widlian, l. ge-wídlian,
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Ꝥte hiá nére giwídlad (-æd, L. ) ut non contaminaretur, Jn. R. 18, 28. Mánfulles, gewidledre fanatice (superstitionis) An. Ox. 4428. Ic míne ciricean oft sóhte mid gewídlode líchoman and mid unclǽne gegierelan, Angl. xi. 99, 82