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biódan

(v.)

to command, announce, offer

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to command, announce, offer, Beo. Th. 5777; B. 2892: Bt. 25; Fox 88, 18

bodigean

(v.)

to publish, preach

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to publish, preach, Mk. Bos. 5, 20: Cd. 169; Th. 210, 4; Exod. 510

boém

(n.; num.)

to both

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to both, Th. Diplm. A. D. 830; 465, 22; for bám; dat. of begen

níw-gefara

(n.)
Grammar
níw-gefara, an ; m.
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A new-comer, a stranger Nígefaran tó túne feccan, Ll. Th. i. 432, 16

Linked entry: níw-fara

rodor-tungol

(n.)
Grammar
rodor-tungol, es; n.

A star of heaven

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A star of heaven Torr árǽrde tó rodortunglum, Cd. Th. 100, 21; Gen. 1667

hand-sció

(n.)
Grammar
hand-sció, m.

A glove

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Th. 4158; B. 2075. Grein considers this meaning to be inadmissible

on-blótan

(v.)

to offer, sacrifice

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to offer, sacrifice Abraham onbleót ðǽt lác Gode, Cd. Th. 177, 21; Gen. 2933

on-reódan

(v.)
Grammar
on-reódan, p. -reád

To redden

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To redden Brynegield onreád (-hread, MS.) rommes blóde, Cd. Th. 177, 18; Gen. 2931

Linked entries: reódan on-hreódan on-reádan

slíþan

(v.)

to harm, hurt, damage, destroy ⬩ to injure

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to harm, hurt, damage, destroy Heoro slíþendne Exon. Th. 346, 10; Gn. Ex. 202

ge-sparrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sparrian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To shut; ⬩ claudere

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To shut; claudere Gesparrado dure ðín clauso ostio tuo, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 6, 6

á-wirpan

(v.)
Grammar
á-wirpan, p.te

To recover from illness

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To recover from illness Fǽrlíce áwyrpte se ádliga cniht, Hml. Th. i. 534, 28

Linked entry: á-wyrpan

ge-sete

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sete, pl. -setu, -seotu; n.

A seat, habitation, house ⬩ sedes, domicilium, habitatio ⬩ habitatio, sedes, domicilium

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Sun-beorht gesetu dwellings bright with the sun, 59 b; Th. 217, 10;Ph. 278: 62 a; Th. 228, 50; Ph. 436. On séllan gesetu to better dwellings, 51 a; Th. 178, 10; Gú. 1242. Ofer burga gesetu over the cities' dwellings, 26 a; Th. 76, 16; Cri. 1240.

Linked entry: ge-setu

mann-swica

Grammar
mann-swica, mán-swica ?. [In favour of mán- it may be noted that mann- does not occur as the first part of this compound, but does occur with -slaga; in Wlfst. 55, 6 the a has the accent in two MSS. (though in one of these mán- is written in mánslagan, Wlfst. 26, 14), and at 114, 13 manswican is a v. l. for mánsworan.]
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Swá geráde manswican (man-, v. ll. ) þe on ðá wísan swǽslíce swiciað on unriht, þæt syndan forbodan Antecrístes, Wlfst. 55, 6. Mánsworan (manswican, v. l. and þá heora hláford beswícaþ and hine forlǽtaþ his feónda(n) tó handa), 114, 13.

beorgan

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Add: to protect, to prevent the happening of evil (acc.) to an object (dat. ) Ic mé his hete berh, Bd. 2, 12; Sch. 155, 5. with dat. of object alone, to protect, save, guard :-- Hé bewand his heáfod mid ánum cláðe, and bearh him sylfum swíðe georne,

Q

Grammar
Q, This letter occurs but seldom in Anglo-Saxon; in those native words where qu is now found, e. g. quick, quoth, cw or cu was written, cwic, cuic, cwæþ, cuæþ. In the glossary (belonging to the eighth century) given in Wrt. Voc. ii. 98 sqq. are six instances of words beginning with qu, and four others occur in the same volume; in the Blickling Gloss the form quémde glosses complacebam, and the foreign word
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reliquias retained its original form

be-seón

(v.)

To look ⬩ attention ⬩ expectation ⬩ To see about ⬩ care for ⬩ attend to ⬩ provide for

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Beó se canon him ætforan eágum, beseó tó, LK Th. ii. 250, 24. mental, to look with favour, attention, expectation, &c. Hé nǽfre ne besyhð to ðǽre uplican are, Past. 67, 14. Beseah Drihten tó Abele and tó his lácum, Gen. 4, 4, 5.

ge-horsian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-horsian, p. ode, ade, ude; pp. od, ad, ud

To horse ⬩ to set or mount on a horse ⬩ to supply with a horse ⬩ equitem facere ⬩ equo instruere vel imponere

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To horse, to set or mount on a horse, to supply with a horse; equitem facere, equo instruere vel imponere : as yet found only as pp Here gehorsode wurdon the army was horsed [mounted], Chr. 867; Th. 130, 28, col. 3 : Gehorsade, 130, 28, col. 2 : 131,

Linked entry: ge-horsod

wéman

(v.)
Grammar
wéman, p. de

To allure ⬩ attract ⬩ persuade ⬩ entice

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Hí (devils) duguðe beswícaþ and on teosu tyhtaþ tilra dǽda, wémaþon willan, ðæt hý sécen frófre tó feóndum Exon. Th. 362, 11; Wal. 35

Linked entry: wǽman

a-mundian

(v.)
Grammar
a-mundian, p. ode; pp. od

To protect ⬩ defend ⬩ tueri ⬩ tutari

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To protect, defend; tueri, tutari, Æthelfl. Test; Th. Diplm. A. D. 972; 522, 28

a-sellan

(v.)
Grammar
a-sellan, p. -sealde; pp. -scald

To expel ⬩ banish ⬩ deliver ⬩ expellere ⬩ relegare ⬩ tradere

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To expel, banish, deliver; expellere, relegare, tradere, Cd. 215; Th. 270, 14; Sat. 90

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