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á-þindan

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wæs mid oferhygdes gáste áþunden, Gr. D. 144, 28 : 180, 16. Add

be-dípan

(v.)

to dipplunge

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Se ráp wæs bedýped (-dyp-?) in þám wætre funis tingeretur aqua, Gr. D. 214, 26. Bedíped inditus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 62. Hé biþ bedýped on þá neoþe-mestan helle wítu, Bl. H. 185, 6. Þysne bedéptan (-dyp-, v. l.) hláf, Hml. A. 163, 253

MILDE

(adj.)
Grammar
MILDE, adj.

MILDgentlemeekbenignliberalmercifulclementpropitious

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Se wæs milde wer and monþwǽre vir omnium mansuetissimus ac simplicissimus, Bd. 4, 27; S. 603, 35. Heora cining cynseþ milde and monþwǽre ( mansuetus, cf. Mt. 21, 5), Blickl. Homl. 71, 4.

un-æþele

(adj.)
Grammar
un-æþele, adj.

not nobleignoblemeaninfamous

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Leófre mé is ðæt hé (the king) mé tó deáþe gesylle ðonne unæþelra (ignobilior ) man, Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 27. as regards character Wæs se cyning æþelre gebyrde ðeáh ðe hé on dǽde unæþele wǽre erat rex natu nobilis quamlibet actu ignobilis, Bd. 2, 15; S

for-gán

(v.)

to forgoto abstain fromgo withoutto abstain from

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Wæs ǽlc þæs wordes ꝥ him leófre wǽre ꝥ hé land foreóde þonne hé þæne hád underfénge every one declared that he would sooner go without the land than take orders, Cht. Th. 167, 33. Forgá ǽlc man mínne huntnoð, Ll. Th. i. 420, 25.

Linked entry: for-gangan

heofon

Grammar
heofon, In later specimens the word is often feminine, e.g.

firmamenthappinessa ceiling

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Mon geseah swelce hit wǽre án gylden bring on heofonum brǽdre þonne sunne; and wæs from þǽm heofone brádiende niþer oþ þá eorþan, and wæs eft farende wið þæs heofones, 5, 10; S. 234, 8-11.

Linked entries: heofone heofon-lic

ilding

(n.)
Grammar
ilding, e; f.

Delayputting offdeferringprolongingconnivance

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Ne wæs ðá ylding tó ðon ðæt hí heápmǽlum cóman non mora ergo confluentibus catervis, Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 31. Ne wæs dá ylding ðæt monige gelýfdon quid mora? crediderunt nonnulli, 1, 26; S. 487, 39: 3. 9; S. 533, 38.

Linked entries: yldig ælding eldung

eáster-dæg

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Add: the day of the Passover Eásterdæg wæs se forman dæg on þǽre ealdan ǽ, þonne se móna wæs .xiiii., and þá seofon dagas þe þǽr æfter wǽron wǽron gecíged dies azimorum, Angl. viii. 330, 19.

a-sleán

(v.)
Grammar
a-sleán, p. -slóh, pl. -slógon; pp. -slegen, -slagen, -slægen

To strikebeathammerto fixerectferireicerecæderefigereponere

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Ðe of his líchoman aslegen wæs that was struck off his body, Bd. 3, 12 ; S. 537, 34

Linked entries: a-slægen a-slóh

beácnian

(v.)
Grammar
beácnian, býcnian, bícnian; p. ode; pp. od.

to BECKONnodinnuereto shewindicateindicaretypice significare

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to BECKON, nod; innuere He wæs bícniende him erat innuens illis, Lk. Bos. 1, 22, 62: 5, 7. to shew, indicate; indicare, typice significare Swá fenix beácnaþ as the ph?nix shews, Exon. 65a; Th. 240, 30; Ph. 646.

be-birgan

(v.)
Grammar
be-birgan, -birigan; p. de; pp. ed

To burysepelire

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Ðǽr wæs Isaac bebirged, and ðǽr líþ eác Lia bebirged ibi sepultus est Isaac, ibi et Lia condita jacet, 49, 31

eówan

(v.)
Grammar
eówan, p. de; pp. ed; v. trans.

To shew, manifest, confer ostendĕre, manifestāre, conferre

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Ealne ðone egesan, ðe him eówed wæs all that terror which was shewn to him, 202; Th. 250, 4; Dan. 541

Linked entry: geówian

folc-cúþ

(adj.)
Grammar
folc-cúþ, adj.

Known to the peoplefolk-knownwell-knownpubliccelebratedpŏpŭlis nōtuspublĭcuscĕleber

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Known to the people, folk-known, well-known, public, celebrated; pŏpŭlis nōtus, publĭcus, cĕleber Wæs his freádrihtnes folc-cúþ nama Agamemnon his lord's celebrated name was Agamemnon, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 18; Met. 26, 9.

hrér-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hrér-ness, e; f.

Motiondisturbanceagitationcommotionstorm

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Motion, disturbance, agitation, commotion, storm Hroernis michelo geworden wæs in sǽ motus magnus factus est in mari, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 8, 24. Gást hrýrenesse ł stormes spiritus procellæ, Ps.Lamb. 106, 25. Eorþ hroernisse terræ motu, 27, 54.

Huntan-dún

(n.)
Grammar
Huntan-dún, e; f.

Huntingdon

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And ðá se firdstemn fór hám ðá fór óðer út and gefór ða burg æt Huntandúne and hie gebétte and geedneowade ðǽr heó ǽr tóbrocen wæs be Eádweardes cyninges hǽse, Chr. 921; Erl. 106, 16: 107, 31. Tóward Huntendúne porte, 656; Erl. 31, 19

mundian

(v.)
Grammar
mundian, p. ode.

to protectshelterguardTo act as guardian

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Baldwine geaf Ælfgife wununge on Bricge and hé hí mundode and heóld da hwíle ðe heó ðǽr wæs, Chr. 1037; Erl. 167, 4. Cristenum cyninge gebyreþ ðæt hé Godes áre mundie, Wulfst. 266, 17. in a technical sense, To act as guardian

Linked entry: a-mundian

swátig

(adj.)
Grammar
swátig, adj.
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Th. i. 426, 31. bloody Sweord wæs swátig, Beo. Th. 3143; B. 1569. Sweord and swátigne helm, Judth. Thw. 26, 20; Jud. 338. Ðú meaht geseón on mínre sídan swátge wunde, Exon. Th. 89, 19; Cri. 1459

un-begunnen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-begunnen, adj.

Without beginning

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wæs ǽfre unbegunnen Scyppend, Hexam. 1; Norm. 4, 3

wiþ-licgan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-licgan, p. -læg, pl. -lǽgon

To be obstructiveobjectoppose

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Ða eorlas gerndon tó ðam cynge ðæt hí móston beón wurðe ǽlc ðæra þinga ðe heom of genumen wæs. Ðá wiðlæg se cyng sume hwíle, 1052; Erl. 187, 1

á-mǽran

(v.)
Grammar
á-mǽran, -mǽrian; p. de
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To exterminate Ne wæs ǽnig cyninga ꝥ má hiora landa út (úte v. l.) ámǽrde and him tó gewealde underþeódde nemo in regibus plures eorum terras, exterminatis indigenis, tributarias fecit, Bd. 1, 34; Sch. 104, 3.