be-felgan
To stick or cling to ⬩ betake oneself ⬩ inhærere ⬩ insistere ⬩ To deliver ⬩ transmit ⬩ consign ⬩ tradere ⬩ committere
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v. intrans. To stick or cling to, betake oneself; inhærere, insistere Þilcum wordum heó him befelh ǽlce dæge hujuscemodi verbis per singulos dies mulier molesta eras ei, Gen. 39, 10. Æfter ðon ðe he ðǽr sum fæc hálgum leornungum befealh after he had
HÝR
HIRE ⬩ interest
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HIRE, payment for service done or money lent, interest Ne nim ðú ná máre æt him tó hýre ðonne ðú sealdest. Ne syle ðú ðín feoh tó hýre computabuntur fructus ex tempore, quo vendidit, et quod reliquum est, reddet emptori. Pecuniam tuam non dabis ad usuram
in-fær
An entrance ⬩ ingress
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An entrance, ingress Ðá gesette God æt ðam infære engla hyrdrǽdene then God set a guard of angels at the entrance, Gen. 3, 24. Mid ðam innfære mid ðam ðe hé inn áfaren wæs by the entrance at which he had entered, Homl; Th. i. 178, 2. Hé hæfþ gerýmed
líhting
Lightening ⬩ alleviation ⬩ relief ⬩ mitigation ⬩ release
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Lightening, alleviation, relief, mitigation, release Ðis is seó líhtinge ðe ic wylle eallon folce gebeorgan ðe hig ǽr ðyson mid gedrehte wǽron ealles tó swýðe this is the relief that I will secure to all folk in regard to matters with which they were
mǽþ-líc
Moderate ⬩ in accordance with due measure ⬩ proper to a person's degree ⬩ having regard to others
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Moderate, in accordance with due measure, proper to a person's degree, having regard to others (v. mǽþ-líce) Beón ða heregeata swá hit mǽþlíc sý let the heriots be as is proper to the several degrees (earl's, king's thane, &c. ), L. C. S. 72;
Linked entry: mǽþ-full
ed-hwyrft
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Substitute: return to a place Ús is áléfed edhwyrft tó þǽm écean lífe, Bl. H. 137, 14. Gesǽligum edhwyrftum felici reditu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, 30. return, recovery from a condition Oftigen bið him torhtre gesihðe . . . þæt him bið sár in his móde . .
flóde
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Flódae(-e) lacunar, Txts. 74, 597. Flóda lacuna III. 8. Flóde lacunar, Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 55: lucunar, 53, 68. Oð ðíc tó ðǽre flódan; from ðǽre flódan of dúne ðǽr fyxan díc tó bróce gǽð, C. D. ii. 28, 36. On ðonestán æt ðǽre flódan, 29, 14. Of dǽre leúge
for-sittan
to stop up
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Add: trans. to stop up Gif eágan forsetene beóþ ... drýp on ꝥ eáge, Lch. iii. 2, 20. to lose by sitting, to fail to go and do something, neglect or defer a duty Gif preóst fulwihðe untrumes forsitte, Ll. Th. i. 38, 10. Gif hwá burhbóte oþþe bricgbóte
ge-redian
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to reach, get at Sceal him mon. . . blód Isétan on þám swíþran earme on þÉére niþerran ǽdre. Gif þá mon ne mæge eáþe geredian, þonne sceal mon on þǽre middelǽdre blód lǽtan, Lch. ii. 210, 10. to carry out, efect, do Ne see ðú þurh hlytas hfi ii geweoráan
ge-drencan
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Add: to cause to drink, supply a person with drink Wætre snytres gidrenceð hine Drihten aqua sapientiae potabit illum Dominus, Rtl. 46, 11. Gidrencde, 84, 33. <b>I a.</b> to supply an object with moisture, saturate :-- Gedrenctest inebriasti
díc
DIKE, a bank formed by throwing the earth out of the ditch ⬩ vallum, id est tumŭlus, qui terra effossa exstructus est
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ADIKE, a bank formed by throwing the earth out of the ditch ; vallum, id est tumŭlus, qui terra effossa exstructus est Andlang díces along the dike, Cod. Dipl. Apndx. 442; A. D. 956; Kmbl. iii. 438, 18. Ondlong riðiges on ðone díc along the ridge to
Linked entry: fæsten-díc
ge-wegan
to bear ⬩ carry ⬩ move ⬩ go ⬩ proceed ⬩ vehere ⬩ ire ⬩ procedere ⬩ to weigh ⬩ measure
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to bear, carry, move, go, proceed; vehere, ire, procedere He to ðære byrig gewæg mycelne aad advexit illi urbi plurimam congeriem, Bd. 3, 16; S. 542, 22. To ðǽm readorlícum blíðe ic sý gewegen ríces coelnesse ad ethera letus vehar regni refrigeria, Wanl
un-eáðelíc
difficult to do ⬩ impossible ⬩ difficult to bear ⬩ grievous ⬩ troublesome
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difficult to do, impossible Uneáðelíc ðæt ys mid mannum apud homines hoc impossibile est, Mt. Kmbl. 19, 26. Uneáþelíc, Mk. Skt. 10, 27. Líg fýres on ceafa yrnende æthabban ys uneáþelíc flammam ignis in paleas currentem retinere est impossibile, Scint
godspellian
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Add: to proclaim good tidings to Ðú ðe wilt godspellian Sion tu qui evangelizas Sion, Past. 81, 9. Godspelliendum mid micelre mihte euangelizantibus uirtute multa, Ps. L. 67, 12. Þám godspelgendum mægenu manega euangelizantibus uirtutes multas, Ps. Rdr
hæppan
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To move accidentally(?), to slip Þá slóh sum hǽþen man to þám hálgan were, ac mid þám swenge hæpte ꝥ swurd him of handum (the sword slipped out of his hand), and ne mihte man hit nǽfre syððan findan (cf. þæt wǽpen wand áweg mid þám siege of þæs réðan
husc-lic
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Take here hux-lic in Dict. and add: of material things, unseemly Gif hwá wyle wyrcan weófodsceátas Gode . . . of his ealdum cláðum, gesylle þá ealdan and geceápige níwe, ꝥ hí tó huxlice tó his lácum ne beón, Hml. A. 35, 287. of conduct, action, treatment
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nyt-weorþ
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Forgife mé se wilega gifola þæt mé tó ǽgðrum onhagige, ge hér nytwyrðe tó beónne (cf. Alfred's words in the translation of Boethius: Ic wilnode weorþfullíce tó libbanne þá hwíle þe ic lifede, Bt. 17 ; F. 60, 14), ge húru þider tó cumane, Solil. H. 2,
Linked entry: not-wirþe
wácian
to be or become weak ⬩ want resolution or courage. ⬩ to be or become weak ⬩ not able to endure ⬩ to fail ⬩ to become poor or mean.
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of persons, to be or become weak, want resolution or courage. Similar entries v. wác II Ðonne se heretoga wácaþ, ðonne biþ eall se here swíðe gehindred, Chr. 1003; Erl, 139, 12. Be ðam mihte man oncnáwan, ðæt se cniht nolde wácian æt ðam wíge, Byrht.
Linked entry: ge-wácian
be-cnyttan
to tie up in a bundle ⬩ to tie round ⬩ surround with a bond ⬩ to tie ⬩ attach with a string, ⬩ to tie a rope,
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Add: with acc. of what is tied, to tie up in a bundle Ðæt hé Godes gifa ná ne becnytte on ðǽm sceáte his slǽwðe, Past. 59, 15. to tie round, surround with a bond Hí becnytton his swuran mid rápe, Hml. S. 15, 53. to tie, attach with a string, Gif hwá
trúwian
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To trust, confide Ic trúwige fido . . . ic trúwige confido, ic trúwode confisus sum, Ælfc. Gr. 33 Zup. 204, 14-16. with dat. to trust to Ðonne ða fortrúwodan him selfum tó suíðe trúwiaþ dum protervi valde de se praesumunt, Past. 32; Swt. 209, 6. Ða
Linked entry: trúgian