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ge-swencan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-swencan, -swæncan; p. -swencte; pp. -swenced, -swenct [swencan to disturb, vex]

To disturbagitatetroublevexfatigueoutwearyafflictharassoppresspulsāreagĭtāretrībŭlārevexārefătīgāreafflīgĕreaffĭcĕreopprĭmĕre

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Hí wurdan geswencte vexāti sunt, Ps. Th. 106, 38: 43, 23: Ors. 1, 7; Bos. 30, 30

Linked entries: swencan ge-swæncan

irfan

(v.)
Grammar
irfan, p. de

To inherit

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Kmbl. i. xxxiii-v on the leases of church lands for lives, in which such phrases as the following occur :-- His dæg forgeaf, and æfter his dæg twám yrfeweardum. Such lives were sometimes named in the instrument setting forth the grant

geác

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Geáces súre Gę̄ces (geácæs, gécæs) súre accitalium Txts. 37, 58. Geácas súre, Wrt. Voc. ii. 4, 32. Iéces (iáces) súræ calciculium Txts. 47, 380. in a place-name Tó Geáces leá, C. D. v. 342, 24. Geákes leá et óðer Geákes leá, iii. 101, 15.

a-heáwan

(v.)
Grammar
a-heáwan, p. -heów; pp. -heáwen

To hew or cut out or offhew downprepare by cuttingmate smoothplaneexcidereresecaresucciderelevigare

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To hew or cut out or off, hew down, prepare by cutting, mate smooth, plane; excidere, resecare, succidere, levigare On hys niwan byrgene, ða he aheów on stáne in monumento suo novo, quod exciderat in petra. Mt. Bos. 27, 60.

a-þenian

(v.)
Grammar
a-þenian, p. ede, ode; pp. ed, od ; v. a. [a out, þenian to stretch] .

to stretch outextenddistendexpandstretchtendereextendereexpandereto prostrateprosternereto stretchapplyintendere

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Bogan his he aþenede arcum suum tetendit, Ps. Spl. 7, 13. to prostrate; prosternere Hí aþenedon hí they prostrated themselves, Mt.

Linked entry: a-þenung

mis-wendan

(v.)
Grammar
mis-wendan, p. de.

To pervertapply to a wrong useabuseTo turn in a wrong direction, be perverted

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To pervert, apply to a wrong use, abuse Ðá miswendon sume ða englas heora ágenne cyre, and hý sylfe tó deóflum geworhton then some of the angels made an ill-use of the choice that was theirs, and made themselves devils, Homl. Th. i. 112, 7.

nám

(n.)
Grammar
nám, e; f.

Seizure of property belonging to one which is in the hands of another

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Nulli sine judicio vel licencia namiare liceat alium in suo vel alterius, 51, 3; Th. i. 550, 5

ge-trahtian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-trahtian, -trahtnian; p. ode; pp. od

To treatexplainexpoundconsidertractāreexpōnĕre

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To treat, explain, expound, consider; tractāre, expōnĕre, consīdĕrāre Sume ðas race we habbaþ getrahtnod on óðre stówe some of this narrative we have expounded in another place, Homl. Th. ii. 264, 23.

Linked entry: trahtian

ge-líðan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-líðan, p. -láþ, pl. -lidon; pp. -liðen, -liden

To gomovesailadvanceproceedcomeīremeāreadvĕhiprofĭciscivĕnīre

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To go, move, sail, advance, proceed, come; īre, meāre, advĕhi, profĭcisci, vĕnīre Mænig tungul máran ymbhwyrft hafaþ on heofonum, sume hwíle eft læsse gelíðaþ, ða ðe lácaþ ymb eaxe ende many a star has a greater circuit in the heavens; sometimes again

Linked entries: ge-liden ge-lyðen

geond-wlítan

(v.)
Grammar
geond-wlítan, p. -wlát, pl. -wliton; pp. -wliten.

To look through, see through, look overperspĭcĕre, ŏcŭlis lustrāreTo look about, look aroundcircumspectāre

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Sunne woruld geondwlíteþ the sun looks over the world, Exon. 59 a; Th. 212, 16; Ph. 211. Ðæt ic ingehygd eal geondwlíte that I can see through all his inward thoughts, 71 b; Th. 266, 17; Jul. 399. v. intrans.

á-fæstnian

(v.)
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Áfæstnia untrymnisse hire muniat itifirmitatem suam , Rtl. 110, 1. His fultum mehte mǽstra ǽlcne heora flána on hiora feóndum áfæstnian ( configere ), Ors. 6, 36; S. 294, 28. Ðá ðeóda sýn áfæstnode ( infixae ) on earfoðum, Ps. Th. 9, 14.

for-scyldigian

(v.)

to condemn

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Sume weorðað swicole ... forscyldgode (-scildeg-, v. l.) on synnan, Wlfst. 82, 3. to condemn, Similar entries v. scyldig; V. Se sceaða þe forscylgod (-scyldgod, -scyldegod, v. ll.) hangode mid þám Hǽlende, Hml. S. 19, 164.

ge-hende

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
ge-hende, adv.
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Add Sume adverbia syndon frumcennede . . . prope gehende is frumcenned, and propius gehendor cymð of ðám, Ælfc. Gr.

for-swíþan

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Gif wíf forswýð hire wer hyre fram si mulier virum suum a se rejiciat, Ll. Th. ii. 152, 1

Linked entry: fore-swíþan

ge-fédan

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R. 4, 16. to bring forth Heora ágen gereorde þá ðe hie on geféded wǽron linguam propriam in qua nati sunt, Bd. 4, 2; Sch. 345, 1

neáh

(adj.)
Grammar
neáh, adj.
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Neágum proximis, 399, 409. add: local Sume synd stówlice, þá geswuteliað gehendnysse oððe ungehendnysse . . . proximus neéxð (neáhst néxt, nýxt, nýhst, v.ll. ], Ælfc. Gr. Z. 14, 21.

of-dæle

(n.)
Grammar
of-dæle, an(?); n.

A downward slope, descent, inclineat ibdaljin this fairgunjis ad descensum montisdownwards.

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Sió sunne scýft on ofdæle the sun descends, Met. 13, 58

Linked entries: -dæle æf-dæl

ofer-sprǽc

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-sprǽc, e; f.

Excessive speaking, loquacity

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Ðonne mon mid ungedafenlícre and unwærlícre ofersprǽce ða heortan gedweleþ ðara ðe ðǽrtó hlystaþ and eác se láriów biþ gescinded mid ðære ofersprǽce cum apud corda audientium loquacitatis incauta importunitate laevigatur, el auctorem suum haec eadem loquacitas

hleór

(n.)
Grammar
hleór, es; n.

A cheek, face

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Dó his hleór xxx síðum tó eorþan vultum suum xxx vicicus ad terram inclinet, L. Ecg. C. 5; Th. ii. 138, 8: Exon. 37 b; Th. 122, 13;Gú. 305: Elen. Kmbl. 2195; El. 1099: Cd. 107; Th. 140, 33; Gen. 2337

Linked entry: hlýrian

tó-dón

(v.)
Grammar
tó-dón, p. -dyde.

to put asunder,divide,separateto undo,open

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Hi tódydon heora múð ongeán mé apenierunt in me os suum, Ps. Th. 21, ii. þat deor todede (undude, 2nd MS.) his chæfles, Laym. 6507. Ic unlle mine riche todon allen minen dohtren, 2945