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áhte

(v.; part.)
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áhte, áhtest

hadowned

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had, owned He sealde eall ðæt he áhte he sold all that he had; vendidit ornnia quæ habuit, Mt. Bos. 13, 46;

á-cólian

(v.)
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lǽtað ácólian ðá innecundan lufan, Past. 139, 8. Wearð se sóða geleáfa ácólad, Wlfst. 270, 2. Bið manna lufu ácólod, Hml. Th. ii. 542, 26. Ic Godes þeówdóm ácóledne behreówsige, C. D. iii. 349, 8

folgian

(v.)
Grammar
folgian, p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed; v. trans, dot. and acc.

to FOLLOWgo behindrun afterpursuesĕquiinsĕquito follow as a servant, attendant or disciplecŏmĭtāriadhærēre alicuiservīresubdĭtus esse

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Dó ðæt mid ðæs ealdormonnes gewitnesse ðe he ǽr in his scíre folgode let him do it with the knowledge of the alderman whom he before followed in his shire, L. Alf. pol. 37; Th. i. 86, 4, 7: L.

Linked entry: FYLGEAN

BYRGAN

(v.)
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BYRGAN, birgan, byrigan, birigan, birgean, byrigean, byrian; p. de; pp. ed [beorg tumulus]; v. trans.
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Hine man byrigde swá him wel gebýrede they buried him as well became him, Chr. 1036; Th. 294, 21: Hy. 10, 29; Hy. Grn. ii. 293, 29

self-willes

(adv.)
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self-willes, adv.
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sylfwilles menniscnesse underféng, Wulfst. 15, 12. gǽþ sylfwilles twá míla tó ánre geneádod, R. Ben. 28, 6. of things Ðonne his wæstmas weaxaþ sylfwilles quae sponte gignet humus, Lev. 25, 5. Sylfwilles ( ultra ) seó eorþe wæstm beraþ, Mk.

Linked entry: self-will

Scot-land

(n.)
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Scot-land, es; n.
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( Cnut ) fór tó Scotlande, and Scotta cyng him tó beáh, Mælcolm, 1031; Erl. 163, 20. ( Fursetis ) férde geond eal Ýrrland and Scotland, Homl. Th. ii. 346, 29

be-hindan

(prep.; adv.)
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Behindan him sylfum tǽlan, Bl. H. 65, l. þǽr wunode behindan óþrum mannum, Gr. D. 278, 21. Ðeáh sín behindan ðǽm ðe lǽssan hádes bióð, Past. 411, 23. with acc. Ðeáh dó God behindan hine, Past. 373, I. Gong bi-hionda mec uade retro me, Mk.

betera

(adj.)
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H. Ger. pezziro.]

glengan

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glencgað heora wíf mid þám þe weófoda sceoldan, Ll. Th. ii. 328, 7. On mænigfealdre glencge ic glencgde mínne líchoman, Angl. xi. 113, 52.

ge-wýscan

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Hát swáy fele ꝥ gif ðú hwylcne wyrige, ꝥ ðú gewísce him ðæs ꝥ his líf beó gelíc þínum láðum godum. Hml. S. 8, 5-81

líf-lád

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ongan tǽlan his lífláde (drohtnunge, v. l. ) coepit conversationi ejus derogare, Gr. D. 117, 15

sáwel-leás

(adj.)
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sáwel-leás, adj.

without lifewithout soul

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feóll geswógen swylce sáwlleás wǽre, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 299. þwógon ðone sáwlleásan líchaman, 20, 97. Magoþegna bær ðone sélestan sáwolleásne, Beo. Th. 2817; B. 1406. Sáwulleásne, 6059; B. 3033 . Sáwelleásne, Exon. Th. 329, 21 ; Vy. 37.

wæscan

(v.)
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wæscan, wacsan, waxan, wacxan, waxsan; p. wósc,wócs,wóx,weóx; pp. wæscen, wacsen,waxen

To wash

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Waxan hig ðæt innewerde, Lev. 1, 9, 13. Ðá hig hira reáf wóxon( lavissent), Ex. 19, 14. Ðæt hi heora hrægel weócsan and clǽnsodon, Bd. 1, 27; S. 496, 5. wolde his reówan and hwítlas on sǽ wacsan (wæscan, MS. T.) 4, 31; S. 610, 11.

Linked entries: wascan wacsan waxan

spátl

(n.)
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spátl, es; n.

Spittlesalivasputum, screa, saliva,

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worhte fenn of his spátle he made clay of the spotle (Wick), Jn. Skt. 9, 6. Ðín spátl spíw on, Lchdm. ii. 322, 7: 24, 8: 36, 17. Se ná ne forbeág mid his nebbe ðara triówleásena monna spátl, Past. 36; Swt. 261, 9: Exon. Th. 88, 7; Cri. 1436.

Linked entries: spádl spǽtl

be-fýlan

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Ox. 4156: fuscatus, 4682. moral Formcatio befýlð þone mann, Hml. S. 16, 277. He on synnum hine sylfne befýleð, Wlfst. 78, 16. befýlað fracodlíce sylfe, 305, 1O. Ic mid synnum míne lima befýlde, Angl. xi. 112, 19.

hyht

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Ðá cwæð on his móde . . . &#39; Gyrstanǽfen nán man ne mihte Crístes naman nemnian mid hihte,&#39; Hml. S. 23, 534. (Abraham) forð gebád langsumne hiht (cf. fide obtulit Abraham Isaac, Heb. ll, 17), Exod. 405. <b>II a.

mearcian

(v.)
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mearcian, to mark, <b>mearcian</b> to fix bounds. [These may be taken together; cf. mearc.]
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Ox. 2492. to make with the hand the sign of the cross on an object mearcode him on heáfde hálig róde-tácen and on his gúðfanan, Hml. Th. ii. 304, 14. Mearciað róde tácen on eówrum foreheáfdum, i. 466, 20. <b>V a.

wilnian

(v.)
Grammar
wilnian, p. ode.

of animate objectsto desire, ask forwith gen. or uncertainwith accusativewith infinitivewith geniudial infinitivewith genitive and gerundial infinitivewith a clauseabsolute or uncertainto desire to goto tend to an end

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Heó ealle tó mé wilnodon ðæt ic hine lǽte æt mé ðæt land begeotan. Th. 167, 38. Hié wilnedon tó him ðæt hié mósten on his ríce mid friðe gesittan, Ors. 6, 34; Swt. 290, 20.

Linked entry: willnian

stæl-wirðe

(adj.)
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stæl-wirðe, adj.
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gyfþ gooda gifa on ðissa wurlda; þeáh éca ne sién, beóþ þeáh stælwyrða ða hwíle ðe wé on ðisse wurlde beóþ, Shrn. 192, 6.

á-heardian

(v.)
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misdǽda, Hml.

Linked entry: heardian