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ælan

(v.)
Grammar
ælan, p. de; pp. ed; v. a.

To kindle ⬩ set on fire ⬩ burn ⬩ bake ⬩ accendere ⬩ urere ⬩ comburere ⬩ coquere

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Bos. 5, 15. Úton wircean us tigelan and ælan híg on fýre faciamus lateres et coquamus eos igni, Gen. 11, 3. Fýr æleþ uncyste the fire burns the vices, Exon. 63 b; Th. 233, 17; Ph. 526.

Linked entry: alet

a-fón

(v.)
Grammar
a-fón, p. -féng, pl. -féngon; pp. -fangen, -fongen

To receive ⬩ take ⬩ take up ⬩ hold up ⬩ support ⬩ seize ⬩ lay hold of ⬩ suscipere ⬩ assumere ⬩ corripere ⬩ occupare ⬩ tradere

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Bos. 16, 19. Hyre se aglǽca ageaf andsware, forht afongen to her the wretch gave answer, seized with fear, Exon. 70 a; Th. 261, 24; Jul. 320: 25 a; Th. 73, 3; Cri. 1184. Ðæt Johannes wæs afongen quod Johannes traditus esset. Mt. Rush. Stv. 4, 12

BELGAN

(v.)
Grammar
BELGAN, ic belge, ðu bilgst, bilhst, he bilgþ, bilhþ, bylgþ, pl. belgaþ; p. ic, he bealg, bealh, ðú bulge pl. bulgon; pp. bolgen.

To cause oneself to swell with anger ⬩ to make oneself angry ⬩ irritate oneself ⬩ enrage oneself ⬩ ira se tumefacere ⬩ se irritare ⬩ se exasperare ⬩ To swell with anger ⬩ to be angry ⬩ to be enraged ⬩ ira tumere ⬩ indignari ⬩ irasci

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Bos. 7, 23

clǽnsung

(n.)
Grammar
clǽnsung, e; f.

A CLEANSING, purifying, chastening, expiation, chastity ⬩ emundatio, purificatio, castigatio, expiatio, castitas

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Bos. 1, 44. Wæs Rómána gewuna ðæt hí clǽnsunge þweáles and bæþes sóhton Romanorum usus fuit lavacri purificationem quærere, Bd. 1, 27; S. 495, 15.

dihtere

(n.)
Grammar
dihtere, dihtnere,es; m.

An informant, expounder, disposer, manager, steward ⬩ auctor, commentātor, expŏsĭtor, dispensātor

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Bos. 12, 42: Homl. Th. ii. 344, 5

Linked entry: dihtnere

eáðe

(adv.)
Grammar
eáðe, sup. eáðost. -ust; adv.

Easily, readily, soon, perhaps ⬩ facĭlĭtor

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Ors. 3, 4; Bos. 56, 10: Beo. Th. 961; B. 478. Ic eáðe forbær rúme regulas I readily preferred the lax rules, Exon. 39 b; Th. 131, 22; Gú. 459. We ðé eáðe gecýðaþ síþ userne we readily proclaim our adventure to thee, Andr. Recd. 1721; An. 861.

felgan

(v.)
Grammar
felgan, ic felge, ðú filgst, filhst, he filgþ, filhþ, pl. felgaþ; p. fealg, fealh, pl. fulgon; pp. folgen

To stick to ⬩ betake oneself to ⬩ go or come under, below or beneath anything ⬩ to go into ⬩ enter a place ⬩ to undergo ⬩ inhærēre ⬩ sŭbīre ⬩ ināre ⬩ intrāre

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To stick to, betake oneself to, go or come under, below or beneath anything, to go into, enter a place, to undergo; inhærēre, sŭbīre, ināre, intrāre Óþ he on fleáme fealh until he betook himself to flight, Ors. 4, 8; Bos. 89, 42.

Linked entry: ge-felgan

fyrmþ

(n.)
Grammar
fyrmþ, frymþ, e; f.

A receiving to food ⬩ harbouring ⬩ an entertainment ⬩ receptio ad victum ⬩ susceptio ⬩ A cleansing ⬩ washing ⬩ ablūtio ⬩ baptisma ⬩ βάπτισμα

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Bos. 7, 4: Hpt. Gl. 420

Linked entries: feormþ frymþ firmþ

gástlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
gástlíc, gǽstlíc; adj.

Ghostly ⬩ spiritual ⬩ spīrĭtālis

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Bos. 5, 3

Linked entry: gǽstlíc

neorxna wang

(n.)
Grammar
neorxna wang, es; m.

Paradise

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Ðonne cwæþ se ðe ðás bóc wrát hió wǽre torbegete, Lchdm. ii. 114, 4. Neorxena wang, Gen. 2, 9 : 3, 8. Neorxnewong, Hpt. Gl. 447, 2. Nearxnewang, Hy. Surt. 64, 25. Nerxnewang, 47, 12. Nercsna ([n]erexna, Rush.) wong, Lk. Skt. Lind. 23, 43.

be-wǽfan

(v.)
Grammar
be-wǽfan, p. de; pp. ed; [wǽfan to cover]

To befold, wrap round, cover, clothe ⬩ obvolvere, amicire, operire, induere

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Bos. 14, 51: Homl. Th. ii. 242, 24. Heó nam hyre wǽfels and bewǽfde híg illa sustulit pallium et operuit se, Gen. 24, 65. Martinus me bewǽfde mid ðyssere wǽde Martin clothed me with this garment, Homl. Th. ii. 500, 34.

Linked entry: wǽfan

ge-fyllednes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fyllednes, -ness, -nys, -nyss, e; f.

A fulness ⬩ satiety ⬩ completion ⬩ finishing ⬩ end ⬩ plēnĭtūdo ⬩ sătĭrĭtas ⬩ consummātio

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Bos. 1, 16. He asende gefyllednysse on sáwlum heora mīsit sătŭrĭtātem in anĭmas eōrum, Ps. Spl. 105, 15. Óþ ðissere worulde gefyllednysse until the end of the world, Homl. Th. i. 600, 18

ge-lendan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lendan, he -lent; p. -lende; pp. -lended, -lend

To approach ⬩ come ⬩ arrive ⬩ go ⬩ proceed ⬩ applĭcāáre ⬩ accēdĕre ⬩ procēdĕre

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Conon gelende to Ahtene Conon came to Athens, Ors. 3, 1; Bos. 54, 12 : Chr. 886; Erl. 85, 10. He wæs on hergaþ gelend on ðæt ilce ríce he had arrived on a plundering expedition in the same kingdom, 894; Erl. 92, 3.

geongor-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
geongor-dóm, geonger-dóm, es; m.

Youngership, minority, subjection, obedience, service, vassalage ⬩ juvĕnīlis status, obsĕquium, obēdientia, ministĕrium

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Unc wearþ God yrre forðon wit him noldon hnígan mid heáfdum þurh geongordóm God was angry with us two because we two would not bow to him with our heads in subjection, 35; Th. 46, 12; Gen. 743: 30; Th. 41, 26; Gen. 662.

Linked entry: geongerdóm

ge-rihtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rihtan, -ryhtan; p. -rihte; pp. -rihted, -riht

To set right or straight, to direct, correct ⬩ dirĭgĕre, corrĭgĕre, emendāre

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Bos. 1, 23. Fram sumum ungetýddum gerihted a quodam impĕrīto emendātum, Bd. 5, 24; S. 648, 24. Mín mundbyrd is geriht to ðære róde my protection is directed to the cross, Rood Kmbl. 259; Kr. 131

Linked entry: ge-ryhtan

ge-sceamian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sceamian, -sceomian, -scamian, -scomian; p. ode ; pp. od.

To blush, be ashamed, be confounded ⬩ erubescĕre, confundi ⬩ To shame, cause or bring shame to, confound ⬩ pūdēre, confundĕre ⬩ to be ashamed

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To shame, cause or bring shame to, confound; pūdēre, confundĕre Nú mæg ðám Cristenan gescomian now may the Christians blush, Ors. 4, 12; Bos. 99, 12. Ne gesceamaþ hý it shall not confound them; non confundentur, Ps. Th. 36, 18: 30, 1.

Linked entries: ge-scamian ge-scomian

æt-feallan

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S. 12, 216. fig to fall away, diminution Ætfealle sió bót þǽm godfæder swá ilce swá ꝥ wíte þám hláforde déð. Ll. Th. i. 150, 18. deterioration Ꝥ geleáfa swá earmlíce ætfeallan sceolde, Hml.

ge-lútan

(v.)
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To bend the body Þá lócode hé þǽr geloten and gebíged in þone ofn in clibanum incurvatus aspexit, Gr. D. 251, 26. trans. To bend the head, place on a couch, recline Sunu mannes ne hæfis huér heáfud gehlútes ł gebéges (reclinet), Mt.

sǽl

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Seó æftre bóc ús sægð ꝥ hí on sumne sǽl fuhton, Hml. S. 25, 459. Add Hé cwæð: 'On sǽlum, lá bróðra, on sǽlum! gé wel habbað gewunnen, blinnað nú sume hwíle ait: "Gaudete, fratres, multum laborastis, jam quiescite"' Gr. D. 202, 5

wed-lác

(n.)
Grammar
wed-lác, es; n.

a pledge, security ⬩ wedlock, espousals

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a pledge, security Wed vel wedlác arra*-*bona vel arrabo, Wrt. Voc. i. 20, 7. Wedlác arrabo, 50, 31. in reference to marriage, v. weddian, II, wedlock, espousals Wedlác wiðsacende pacta sponsalia refutans, Hpt. Gl. 498, 44.