for-hergian
To lay waste ⬩ destroy ⬩ ravage ⬩ devastate ⬩ plunder ⬩ vastāre ⬩ devastāre ⬩ depŏpŭlāre
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To lay waste, destroy, ravage, devastate, plunder; vastāre, devastāre, depŏpŭlāre Ne wile he ealle ða rícu forsleán and forheregian will he not slay and destroy all the kingdoms? Bt. 16, 1; Fox 50, 3.
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freoðo
Peace ⬩ security ⬩ protection ⬩ a refuge ⬩ pax ⬩ secūrĭtas ⬩ tūtēla ⬩ asȳlum
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Þurh ðé eorþbúende ealle onfóþ freoðo and freóndscipe through thee all dwellers upon earth shall receive peace and friendship, Cd. 84; Th. 105, 28; Gen. 1760. Ic eów freoðo healde I will hold you in protection, Andr. Kmbl. 672; An. 336.
lífan
allow ⬩ permit
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Ðá se cing lýfde eallon Myrceon hám and hig swá dydon then the king gave leave to all the Mercians to go home, and they did so, Chr. 1049; Erl. 172, 37. Wé hit ne selfe ne lufedon ne eác óðrum monnum ne lífdon [léfdon, Hat.
mótian
to address one's self ⬩ speak (to a person) ⬩ converse ⬩ to address an assembly ⬩ to discuss ⬩ dispute ⬩ moot a question
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to address one's self, speak (to a person), converse (v. mótung) Man mót on eornost mótian wið his Drihten se ðe wyle ðæt wé sprecon mid weorcum wið hine the Lord, who will have us speak to him by our deeds, must be addressed in all seriousness, Ælfc
ge-búgan
To bow ⬩ bow down oneself ⬩ bend ⬩ submit ⬩ turn ⬩ turn away ⬩ revolt ⬩ se flectĕre ⬩ inclīnāre ⬩ curvāre ⬩ declĕnāre ⬩ transfŭgĕre ⬩ To bow to ⬩ turn towards ⬩ inclīnāre ad
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Eall folc him to gebogen wæs all people submitted to him, Chr. 1013; Erl. 148, 2, 21 : L. Edm. S. 4; Th. i. 250, 1. Ðe ǽr fram him gebogene wǽron who had formerly turned from them, Ors. 2, 5; Bos. 45, 44. v. trans. acc.
þeód-cyning
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and wæfersién wæs mínes weoredes on fægernisse ofer ealle óþre þeódkyningas ðe in middangearde wǽron fuitque inter uarietates spectaculorum in conspiciendo talem exercitum, qui ornatu pariter ac uiribus inter gentes eminebant, Nar. 7, 19. the king of all
á-ídlan
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Hí rǽddon þæt ealle his gesetnyssa áýdlode wǽron they decided that all his decrees should be annulled, Hml. Th. i. 60, 5. Ðá ðe beóð áídlode on ofer*-*sprǽce multiloquio vacantes, Past. 271, 10. Sume synd on dyrnlican gálscipe inne áídlode, Ll.
cirran
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Him all Angelcyn tó cirde, Chr. 886; P. 80, 11. Him cierde tó eall se þeódscype, 922; P. 103, 28. Cantware him tó cirdon, 823; P. 60, 15. v. cerran, cyrran (where for bracket substitute, v. N. E. D. chare) in Dict., and from-, oþ-, under-cirran
ge-sciftan
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. :-- God gescifte ǽnne swá gerádne mann þe áhte geweald ealles ðæs splottes God appointed a man of this kind to be the owner of all the plot, Hml. S. 23, 414. Beón gescyfte (ordinentur) gebróþru, þá tó sealmsange geǽmtian, Angl. xiii. 444, 1121.
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samnunga
All at once, on a sudden, suddenly, forthwith, immediately ⬩ continuo, subito, repente
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All at once, on a sudden, suddenly, forthwith, immediately; continuo, subito, repente And ðá hig ðæt sprǽcon samninga (samnunga, MSS. A. B. ) se hana creów et continuo athuc illo loquente cantauit gallus, Lk. Skt. 22, 60.
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weddian
To engage, covenant, undertake ⬩ to engage ⬩ to wed, betroth, espouse
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Alf. pol. i; Th. i. 60, 6. Is tó witanne hwam ðæt fósterleán gebyrige, weddige se brýdgum eft ðæs let the bridegroom engage to furnish this, L. Edm. B. 2 ; Th. i. 254, 9. Ðæt se slaga móte sylf wæres weddianw, L. Edm. S. 7 ; Th. i. 250, 17.
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ge-tácnian
to denote by a sign ⬩ signify ⬩ betoken ⬩ show ⬩ instruct ⬩ signāre ⬩ signĭfĭcāre ⬩ denŏtāre ⬩ insĭnuāre ⬩ monstrāre ⬩ instruĕre ⬩ to sign ⬩ mark ⬩ witness ⬩ seal ⬩ signāre ⬩ insignīre ⬩ obsignāre
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Is eall heáhmægen tíre getácnod all the lofty power is marked with glory, Elen. Kmbl. 1504; El. 754. Godes þeówas getácnode beón sceoldan clēricos insignīri deceret, Bd. 5, 21; S. 642, 42
ge-þwǽrian
to cause to agree ⬩ to make accordant ⬩ mild ⬩ to be or become in accord ⬩ to agree ⬩ consent ⬩ be agreeable ⬩ consentire ⬩ concordare ⬩ congruere ⬩ convenire
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God gemetgaþ ealla gesceafta and geþwǽraþ ðá hé betwuh him wuniaþ God regulates all creatures and makes them agree when they exist together, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234, 10: 8; Fox 224, 9, Cot. MS. Geþwéraþ [geþweraþ?] Bt. Met. Fox 29, 94; Met. 29, 47.
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tó-faran
to go in different directions, ⬩ go off separately, ⬩ part ⬩ to disperse (intrans.) ⬩ scatter ⬩ to go away, ⬩ pass off, ⬩ depart, ⬩ become extinct.
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Alf. 49; Th. i. 56, 4. to disperse (intrans.), scatter Swelce se bitresta smíc upp ástlge and ðonne wíde tófáre, Ors. 3, 11; Swt. 142, 21. Ǽr seó mengeo eft tófaran sceolde, Cd. Th. 100, 15; Gen. 1664.
sac-leás
innocent ⬩ contention, unmolested, secure
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Ðo þe hadden on þesse liue alle here sunnes forleten and bet . . . alle he quað hem saclese, O. E. Homl. ii. 171, 35. Wass Crist sacclæs o rode naȝȝedd, Orm. 1900. Sacles (without strife, freely) he let hin welden it so, Gen. and Ex. 916
BÁR
A BOAR ⬩ aper
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A BOAR; aper Cyng Willelm forbeád sleán ða heortas swylce eác ða báras king William forbade men to kill the stags, and also the boars, Chr. 1087; Ing. 296, 12.
stániht
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Sume feóllonon stǽnihte alia ceciderunt in petrosa, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 5
adela
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Add: also adel, es (?); m. Filth (cf. addled); a filthy place, sewer Ðá swýn hí gecuron for ðǽre fúlnysse fenlices adelan, Hml. Th. ii. 380, 8: 472, 7. His líchama læg on þám adelan, Hml. S. 5, 463.
ersc
Arrish ⬩ ersh
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See also N. E. D. arrish, earsh) Tó brádan ersce, Cht. E. 290, 29. Tó cráwan ersce, C. D. iii. 123, 6. Tó wudan ærscæ; fram wudan ærscæ, v. 255, 37. For bealdan ærsc eásteweardnæ, 174, 1.
folc-mægen
a people ⬩ tribe
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Hǽðne þeóde . . . efnedon unrihtdóm, swá hyra aldor dyde . . . fremde folcmægen (the people of Babylon), swá hyra freá ǽrest unrǽd efnde, Dan. 185.