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réðigian

(v.)
Grammar
réðigian, p. -ode

To rage ⬩ be furious

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To rage, be furious Godes yrre ys ofer hig and his wíte réðegaþ egressa est ira a Domino, et plaga desaevit, Num. 16, 46. Réðegadon furuerunt, insanierunt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 151, 71

sáwel

(n.)
Grammar
sáwel, ol, ul, sáwl, sául, sówhul, ¨ e; f.

The soul ⬩ the soul, the animal life ⬩ the soul, ⬩ a soul, a human creature

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.), se forspilþ hig; and se ðe forspilþ his sáwle for mé, hé gemét hí, Mt. Kmbl. 10, 39: 16, 25: Jn. Skt. 12, 25. Genera sáwle míne fram árleásum, Ps. Spl. 16, 14. Sáwle sécan to try to kill, Beo. Th. 1606; B. 801.

Linked entry: sáwel-leás

ge-eádmédan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-eádmédan, -eáþmédan, he -eádmédeþ; p. -médde, -métte; pp. -méded, -mét; v. a.

To humble ⬩ humiliate ⬩ subdue ⬩ submit one's self ⬩ humble one's self ⬩ deign ⬩ condescend ⬩ adore ⬩ worship ⬩ humiliare ⬩ dignari ⬩ condescendere ⬩ adorare

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Hí hí geeádmétte he humiliated [subdued] them, Jud. 11, 33. Se ðe hyne sylfne geeaþmét qui se humiliaverit, Mt. Bos. 23, 12 : 18, 4. Hine to him geeaþmédde he submitted himself to him, 8, 2 : Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 9.

Linked entry: ge-eáþmédan

un-þingod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-þingod, adj.

Unatoned ⬩ unsettled

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Unatoned, unsettled Swá eác se ðe óðrum bismer cwið, oððe déð, ðeáh hé geswíce, and hit nǽfre eft ne dó, ðeáh hit bið gedón, ðæt hé dyde, and unðingad, gif hé hit ne bét neque qui contumelias irrogat, si solummodo tacuerit, satisfecit, Past. 54; Swt.

ǽfnian

(v.)
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Oþ ðæt hit ǽnode, Hml. S. 13, 27. Swylce hit ǽfnige, Lch. iii. 260 7. Mid ðí ðe hit ǽfnian wolde, Hml. S. 23, 245. Ǽfni(g)endum ðám dæge, Gr. D. 253, 8. Add

tiberness

(n.)
Grammar
tiberness, e; f.
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Sacrifice, destruction, immolation Rǽde on his bócum hwelce tibernessa ǽgðer ge on monslihtum ge on hungre ge on scipgebroce let him read in his books what sacrifices of life there were by slaughter, famine, and shipwreck (the Latin, which is not closely

ge-steóran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-steóran, p. de; pp. ed

To steer ⬩ direct ⬩ control ⬩ correct ⬩ contĭnēre ⬩ corrĭgĕre

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To steer, direct, control, correct; contĭnēre, corrĭgĕre Híg wistan ðæt híg ne mihton manegum gesteóran they knew that they might not control many, L. E. G. prm; Th. i. 116, 14. Ðú his ýþum miht ána gesteóran mōtum fluctuum ejus tu mītĭgas, Ps.

hlecan

(v.)
Grammar
hlecan, p. hlæc [?]

To join, ⬩ unite, ⬩ cohere

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To join, unite, cohere Swá eác his folgeras swá hie unwiðerweardran and gemódran beóþ swá hie swíður hlecaþ tósomne and eác fæstor tósomne beóþ gefégde tó gódra manna hiénþe sequaces quippe illius, quo nulla inter se discordiæ adversitate divisi sunt

hleápan

to run ⬩ rush ⬩ to jump ⬩ spring ⬩ to leap ⬩ to mount ⬩ jump about

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Similar entries v. hleápettan Hé geféng his swíðran, árǽrde hine upp, and hé hleóp sóna cunnigende his féðes hweðer hé cúðe gán (apprehensa manu ejus dextera, allevavit eum . . . Et exsiliens stetit, et ambulabat Acts 3, 8), Hml.

ge-ǽrendian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ǽrendian, -érendian, -ǽrndian; p. ode; pp. od [ǽrendian to go on an errand]

To go on an errand ⬩ to ask ⬩ tell ⬩ intercede ⬩ mandātum deferre ⬩ nuntiāre ⬩ interpellāre

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Him geǽrndode Blyþþryþ his cwén, ðæt he him wunonesse stówe sealde on sumum eálande bí Ríne qui, interpellante Blithrydæ conjuge sua, dĕdit ei lŏcum mansiōnis in insŭda quādam Rheni, Bd. 5, 11; S. 626, 13

Linked entries: ge-érendian ǽrendian

BESMA

(n.)
Grammar
BESMA, besema, an; m.

A BESOM, broom ⬩ a rod ⬩ scopæ, virga

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He hit [hús] gemét mid besmum afeormod invenit eam [domum] scopis mundatam Lk.

Linked entries: bysm bisme besema

warenian

(v.)
Grammar
warenian, warnian, wearnian ; p. ode.

To take heed ⬩ beware ⬩ be on guard ⬩ to take heed of ⬩ guard against ⬩ abstain from ⬩ to take heed that something is not done, does not happen ⬩ to take heed that something does happen ⬩ To put on guard ⬩ to warn ⬩ to be on one's guard ⬩ to look to one's self ⬩ take heed to one's self ⬩ take warning ⬩ to keep something from a person ⬩ to ward off

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Hié oft gesyngiaþ giet wyrs on ðæm ðæt hí hí wareniaþ wið ða lytlan scylda ðonne hí dón on myclum scyldum; for ðæm ðe hí lícettaþ hié unscyldge, ðonne hí hí wæreniaþ wid ða lytlan, Past. 57; Swt. 439, 18-20.

hneáw-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hneáw-ness, e; f.

Stinginess, ⬩ parsimony, ⬩ niggardliness

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Stinginess, parsimony, niggardliness Monig mon déþ micel fæsten, and hæfþ ðone hlísan ðæt hé hit dó for forhæfdnesse and déþ hit ðeáh for hneáwnesse and for feohgítsunge many a man fasts much, and has the reputation of doing it for abstinence, and yet

scip-toll

(n.)
Grammar
scip-toll, n. (not m.).
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Cómon hí tó sǽ and þǽr gemétton scip standan, and hí on ꝥ eódon, and mid him reówan. Þæs scypes hláford . . . gyrnde þæs scyptolles, Hml. S. 30, 167. Add

ge-sprecan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sprecan, -specan; p. -spræc, pl. -sprǽcon; pp. -sprecen

To speak ⬩ speak with ⬩ agree

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God hí gespræc ðá God addressed them then, Homl. Th. ii. 456, 26: 156, 16. Ðá wæs ic gesprecende ðone man then was I conversing with the man, Shrn. 36, 19. Plato hæfde hine gesprecen Plato had conversed with him, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 70, 443

on

(prep.)
Grammar
on, an ; prep. adv. A.

expressing local relations, rest upon and contact with an object, on ⬩ dependence upon an object ⬩ extension over a surface ⬩ nearness ⬩ in or at a place, or with a person ⬩ rest where one object is contained in another, or is surrounded by others, within, among; and metaphorically in ⬩ marking the seat of feeling, thought, etc., in, within, at ⬩ on, at, in ⬩ within, in the course of, in, during ⬩ on, a- ⬩ from ⬩ on, in, at ⬩ by, with ⬩ of, consisting of or in ⬩ in respect to, in the matter of, in ⬩ in, of ⬩ at (a distance), of (the weight of), ⬩ with, in ⬩ in accordance with ⬩ of ⬩ in ⬩ motion, actual or figurative, which is external to the object expressed by the word which on governs, upon, on, on to, to ⬩ marking motion from without to the inside, into, among ⬩ continuously, together, anon, at once ⬩ expressing temporal relations, ⬩ on, in, at ⬩ into (one's power, etc. ) ⬩ against ⬩ in accordance with ⬩ marking the object of thought, emotion, speech, trust, sight ⬩ marking price ⬩ in (the name of), by (in adjuration)

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Hí hine bebyrgdon on ðære æfteran míle fram ðære ceastre, Shrn. 115, 16: Blickl.

Linked entries: an un-reordian

reccan

(v.)
Grammar
reccan, p. reahte, rehte.
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Hé rehte him óðer bigspel aliam parabolam proposuit illis, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 24, 31. Ðá reahte heora ǽgðer his spell each of them told his tale, Chart. Th. 170, 14. Hé him his earfoþa rehte, Guthl. 19; Gdwin. 76, 19.

EARM

(adj.)
Grammar
EARM, ærm, arm; comp. earmra; sup. earmost; adj.

poor, miserable, helpless, pitiful, wretched ⬩ pauper, mĭser ⬩ the poor and destitute for whom the church made a provision ⬩ paupĕres

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Earm biþ se him his frýnd geswícaþ miserable is he whom his friends betray, Exon. 89 a; Th. 335, 22; Gn. Ex. 37. Se wæs ord-fruma earmre láfe who was the chief of the poor remnant, Cd. 179; Th. 225, 11; Dan. 152.

un-wísdóm

(n.)
Grammar
un-wísdóm, es; m.

folly ⬩ stupidity ⬩ ignorance

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Hit com of ðæs abbotes unwísdóme, ðæt hé misbeád his munecan on fela þingan, Chr. 1083 Erl. 217, 3. Se ðe samnaþ ungemætlíce weolan, for his unwísdóme (stultitia) sylle hé ðone þriddan dǽle þearfum, L. Ecg. P. addit. 7.; Th. ii. 232, 24.

Linked entry: wís-dóm

tó-dǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-dǽlan, p. de

To divide, ⬩ separate, ⬩ distribute ⬩ to divide a whole into parts, ⬩ to destroy unity, ⬩ make dissension in ⬩ to divide a whole by assigning the limits of the different parts ⬩ to divide one number by another ⬩ to divide one thing from another, ⬩ part, ⬩ separate ⬩ to scatter, ⬩ disperse ⬩ to destroy ⬩ to distribute, ⬩ give away parts of a whole, ⬩ to divide into shares ⬩ to share ⬩ to divide, ⬩ distinguish, ⬩ separate, ⬩ make a difference between ⬩ to be different, ⬩ be distinguished from. ⬩ to separate with the mind ⬩ discern, ⬩ discriminate, ⬩ distinguish, ⬩ to give forth, ⬩ utter

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Hé tódǽleþ hyne he shall cut him asunder (A. V.); dividet eum, Mt. Kmbl. 24, 51. Ðonne tódǽlaþ hí his feoh on fíf oððe syx. Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 20, 27. Ðone ánne noman (woruld) ðú tódǽldest on feówer gesceafta, Bt. 33, 4;Fox 128, 28.