reáfian
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Se ðe reáfaþ man leóhtan dæge he who robs a man by daylight, L. Eth. iii. 15; Th. i. 298, 11. Ǽghwá mec reáfaþ, Exon. Th. 482, 4; Rä. 66, 2. Gé reáfiaþ ( spoliabitis ) Egipte, Ex. 3, 22. Ðenden reáfode rinc óðerne, Beo. Th. 5962; B. 2985.
forþ-gelǽdan
To lead or bring forth ⬩ produce ⬩ conduct ⬩ prodūcĕre ⬩ provĕhĕre
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To lead or bring forth, produce, conduct; prodūcĕre, provĕhĕre He wolde manna rím forþgelǽdan he would lead forth a number of men, Cd. 222; Th. 289, 24; Sat. 402. Se forþgelǽdeþ on muntum hig qui prodūcit in montĭbus fœnum, Ps. Spl. 146, 9.
ge-ǽtred
Poisoned ⬩ envenomed ⬩ poisonous ⬩ infectus ⬩ toxĭcātus ⬩ vĕnēnātus
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Poisoned, envenomed, poisonous; infectus, toxĭcātus, vĕnēnātus Forwearþ micel heres for geǽtredum gescotum many of the army died from poisoned arrows, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 68, 38. Geǽttred infectus, Cot. 104.
hund-seofontig
Seventy
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Ealles hundseofontig manna seventy men in all, Homl. Th. ii. 190, 30. His suna gestríndon twá and hundseofontig suna his sons begot seventy-two sons, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 61, 154.
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mægen-strengþu
Great strength ⬩ power
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Ic siges mihte and mægenstrengþe swá micele eów sille ðæt gé eów tó gamene feónda áfillaþ swá fela swá gé reccaþ I will give you so great victorious might and power, that it shall be sport to you to slay as many foes as you can count, Wulfst. 132, 19
missere
A period of half a year
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Fela missera many a year, 309; B. 153: 5234; B. 2620: Cd. 145; Th. 180, 23; Exod. 49. Hé forþ gewát misserum fród ( well stricken in years ), 83; Th. 104, 30; Gen. 1743. Missarum fród, 107; Th. 141, 16; Gen. 2345
wana
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Add Þára manna mód . . . wát ꝥ þá martyras þǽr in heora líchaman ne licgaþ, and þonne hwæþre nǽron wana fram þǽre gehýrnesse mens . . . illic martyres novit et non jacere corpore, et tamen non deesse ab exauditione, Gr. D. 117, 15.
heáfod-leahter
A capital offence, mortal sin
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A capital offence, mortal sin Ǽlc ðara manna ðe mid heáfodleahtre besmiten biþ unusquisque eorum hominum, qui capitalibus criminibus polluti sunt, L. M. I. P. 1; Th. ii. 266, 3.
helpan
To help ⬩ aid ⬩ assist ⬩ succour
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Wé sceolon earmra manna helpan we ought to help poor people, 442, 14. Helpa fovere, Rtl. 122, 37
ágen-slaga
A self-slayer ⬩ self-murderer ⬩ qui sibimet ipsi manum infert
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A self-slayer, self-murderer; qui sibimet ipsi manum infert,Octo Vit. capit
þearfan
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Ǽnig gemynd þearfendra manna, Blickl. Howl. 69, 10. Brec ðínne hláf þearfendum mannum, 37, 20: 75, 23: 109, 14. Ðæt hé sealde sum þping þearfendum mannum ( egenis ), Jn.
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fóre-werd
Forward ⬩ fore ⬩ former ⬩ early ⬩ prōnus ⬩ antĕrior ⬩ prior ⬩ prīmus
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Forward, fore, former, early; prōnus, antĕrior, prior, prīmus On fórewerdne morgen ic drífe sceáp míne to heora lease in prīmo māne mĭno ŏves meas ad pascua, Coll. Monast. Th. 20, 11. Fórewerd swira căpĭtium, Wrt. Voc. 282, 42.
lyffettan
To flatter
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Lyffetyndra tungan gewríðaþ manna sáwla on synnum the tongues of flatterers bind the souls of men in sins, 494, 6
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earfoþ-lic
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is tó átellanne seó gedrecednes . . . and ꝥ geswinc and manna fyll, Chr. 1056; P. 186, 31. grievous Earbetlicust (earbed-) molestissimum, Txts. 79, 1320. Earfoðlicost, Wrt. Voc. ii. 56, 13
lungre
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Flódwylm ne mæg manna ǽnigne ofer Meotudes ést lungre gelettan, An. 518 : 1423: 1474. of unchecked action Ne magan wé him lungre láð ætfæstan (cf. hine God forstód, 1337), An. 1349. See preceding word
sealt
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Láreówum gedafenað þæt hí mid wísdómes sealte geleáffulra manna mód sylton, Hml. Th. ii. 536, 17. See Kemble, Saxons in England, ii. 69 sqq. on the subject of salt-works
slípan
To slip, put something on or off. ⬩ to take away the outside covering from anything ⬩ to strip off the skin or bark of anything ⬩ to slip one's self from a bond ⬩ induere
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Se cyning slýpte his beáh of the king slipped his ring off tuiit rex annulum de manu sua Anglia ix. 32, 158
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stæf-cyst
Excellence in letters or learning ⬩ book-learning
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'Ic stæfcyste ne leornode ne ðæra manna nánum ne hlyste ðe ða smeádon and rǽddon' 'didst thou ever learn psalms, or other holy writings?'
ge-hweorfan
To turn ⬩ convertere ⬩ To turn ⬩ go away ⬩ depart ⬩ die ⬩ pass as property ⬩ fall as a lot ⬩ verti ⬩ abire ⬩ redire ⬩ excidere
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Mán eft gehwearf ðǽr their sin turned again thither, Andr. Kmbl. 1388; An. 694 : Lk. Bos. 8, 55 : 17, 7 : 24, 52, Siððan to reste gehwearf after he had gone to rest, Cd. 177; Th. 222, 23; Dan. 109.
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ge-beót
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Hé eft genam fyrde, wolde his gebeót mid weorcum gefrem-man, 25, 621. Mid manna blódum þe ic þurh gebeót and þurh hát-heortnesse ágeát with men's blood that I shed through hot words and hot temper, Angl. xi. 113, 36.