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endian

(v.)
Grammar
endian, ændian; p. ode ; pp. od

END, make an end ⬩ fīnīre, dēsĭnĕre

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To END, make an end; fīnīre, dēsĭnĕre Hí hit endian sceoldon they should end it. Ps. Th. 9, 6

Linked entry: ændian

fiscian

(v.)
Grammar
fiscian, fixian; p. ode; pp. od

To fish ⬩ piscāri

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To fish; piscāri Ðonne gé fiscian willaþ when ye wish to fish, Bt. 32, 3; Fox 118, 12

Linked entry: fixian

fróferian

(v.)
Grammar
fróferian, frófrian; p. ode; pp. od

To comfort ⬩ consōlāri

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To comfort; consōlāri, Grm. Gr.ii. 137, 11: Som. Ben. Lye. Ðæt wíf nalde froefra Rachel noluit consolari, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 2, 18

fugelian

(v.)
Grammar
fugelian, fuglian; p. ode; pp. od

To fowl ⬩ catch birds ⬩ aucŭpāri

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To fowl, catch birds; aucŭpāri Ic fugelige aucŭpor, Ælfe. Gr. 25; Som. 27, 12, MS. D

Linked entry: fuglian

hwast

(n.)
Grammar
hwast, es; or [?] hwasta, an; m.

a eunuch

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An effeminate person [?], a eunuch Hwastas molles, Som. Huastana eunuchorum, Mt. Kmbl. p. 18, 9

ge-riht-wísian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-riht-wísian, p. ode; pp. od; v. a.

To justify ⬩ justificare

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To justify; justificare He wolde hine sylfne gerihtwísian ille vŏlens justĭfĭcāre seipsum, Lk. Bos. 10, 29; Ðú eart se ðe me gerihtwísast thou art he who justifieth me, Ps. Th. 4, 1. Ða ðe he him to clypode, ða he gerihtwísode, and ða ðe he gerihtwísode

ge-sadian

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

To satisfy, fill ⬩ saturare

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To satisfy, fill; saturare Beóþ gesadode oððe gefyllede treówa feldes saturabuntur ligna campi, Ps. Lamb. 103, 16. Drihten ðé gesadade mid ðý sélestan hwǽtecynnes holde lynde Dominus adipe frumenti satiat te, Ps. Th. 147, 3

Linked entry: sadian

sund

Grammar
sund, sound. v. an-, on-, ge-sund.

stefnan

(v.)
Grammar
stefnan, stefnian to provide with a hem or
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border, to fringe

þwǽle

(n.)
Grammar
þwǽle, (or -a?; m.), an; f.

A band ⬩ fillet

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A band, fillet Ðuaelum taenis, Txts. 101, 1991. Thuélan vittas, 107, 2120

fore-teohhian

(v.)
Grammar
fore-teohhian, p. ode; pp. od

To foreordain ⬩ destine

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To foreordain, destine Destinatus, ordinatus, deputatus, i. missus vel foreteohhad, Wrt. Voc. ii. 139, 9

Linked entry: teohhian

gúþ-flán

(n.)
Grammar
gúþ-flán, m. f: or gúþ-flá; f.

A war-dart

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A war-dart, Cd. 95; Th. 124, 15; Gen. 2063

ge-sibsumian

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

To make peaceable ⬩ reconcile

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To make peaceable, reconcile Ðé to him gesibsuma reconcile thyself to him, Homl. Th. i. 54, 20 : Mt. Bos. 5, 24

Linked entry: sibsumian

ge-stalian

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

To steal; ⬩ fūrāri

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To steal; fūrāri Gyf gehádod man ge-stalige if a man in orders steal, L. E. G. 3; Th. i. 168, 4, MS. B

Linked entry: stálian

ge-stitian

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

To dispose ⬩ order ⬩ dispōnĕre

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To dispose, order; dispōnĕre Ða he gestitode to Abrahame quod dispŏsuit ad Abraham, Ps. Spl. C. 104, 8: Ps. Spl. T. 102, 12

ge-swytelian

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

To make known ⬩ manifest ⬩ show ⬩ manĭfestāre

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To make known, manifest, show; manĭfestāre Ðæt he ðæt sóþeste geswytelie that he make manifest what is most true, L. Ath. iv. 7; Th. i. 226, 30

ge-þynnian

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

To thin ⬩ lessen ⬩ diminish ⬩ attenuāre

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To thin, lessen, diminish; attenuāre Geþynnode synt eágan míne attenuāti ŏcŭli mei, Cant. Ezech. Lamb. fol. 185 a, 14

Linked entry: ge-þinnian

býcnian

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

To beckon, shew, signify ⬩ indicare

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To beckon, shew, signify; indicare Niht nihte býcneþ nox nocti indicat, Ps. Spl. 18, 2. Ðe býcnaþ [gehiwode finxit, Lamb: býcnaþ fixit?] eáge qui finxit oculum, 93, 9

ge-namian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-namian, p. ode; pp. od [nama a name]

To name, call, appoint ⬩ appellare, vocare

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Bútan ðære mægðe Leui ðe næs genamod ðǽr to besides the tribe of Levi that was not named amongst them, Swt. Rdr. 63, 224: Homl. Th. i. 282, 20

Linked entry: namian

a-middan

(adv.)
Grammar
a-middan, adv. [a = on in, into; mid middle]

In the middle ⬩ into the midst ⬩ in medium

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In the middle, into the midst; in medium Arís, and stand hér amiddan surge, et sta in medium, Lk. Bos. 6, 8

Linked entry: on-middan