BÝRGAN
To taste, eat ⬩ gustare, manducare
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Hí bú þégun æppel, býrgdon forbodene they both ate the apple, tasted the forbidden [fruit], Exon. 61 b; Th. 226, 11; Ph. 404. Nim ðé ðis ofæt on hand, bít hit and býrge take to thee this fruit in hand, bite it and taste, Cd. 25; Th. 33, 12; Gen. 519
ge-dræg
What is drawn together ⬩ a concourse, an assembly, ⬩ a noisy assembly, the tumult made by such an assembly
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Substitute : What is drawn together (v. dragan; ), a concourse, an assembly, of living beings Deófla gedrseg sécan, B. 756. a noisy assembly, the tumult made by such an assembly Þǽr bið cirm and cwicra gewin, gehreów and hlúd wóp . . . earmlic ælda
líf
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His lif be his were man áliése, Ll. Th. i. 110, 8. (3 a) be íife on pain of losing life :-- Ic beóde eallum mínum geréfum . . . be heora ágenum life. Cht.
hú-hwega
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Nú for seofon wintrum húhugu swá ante septem ferme annos, 305, 21. numeral Húhugu (hwæthwega, v. l. ) syx hund hída, Bd. 4, 19; Sch. 451, 23. Þeós circe mid þýs portice mihte húhwego fíf hund manna befón, Bl.
ymb-sittan
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to sit or be round, to sit at table, meat, etc. Ðæt hié mé þégon, symbel ymbsǽton, Beo. Th. 1132 ; B. 564. Hý twégen sceolon tæfle ymbsittan, Exon. Th. 345, 2; Gn. Ex. 182.
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ge-miclian
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(l a) the object the Deity :-- Ic gemiclie magnificabo (Deum in laude), Bl. Gl. Gemicliað magnificate (Deum), Bl. Gl. the object a thing Mægen bið gemiclad, meaht gesweotlad, wlite bið geweorðad, Rá. 81, 18
orf
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Th. i. 352, 3-13), and the oaths to be taken by those engaged in a suit concerning stolen cattle were fixed by law. v. Ll. Th. i. 178, 10-180, 16. An instance of cattle-stealing is mentioned in C. D. ii. 134
wéna
supposition ⬩ opinion ⬩ thought ⬩ idea ⬩ imagination ⬩ hope ⬩ expectation
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Be wénan (as a matter of opinion) hí healdaþ God ælmihtigne R. Ben. 135, 24. For dysiges folces wénan falsis vulgi opinionibus, Bt. 30, 1; Fox 108, 4.
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ge-þafian
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Ben. 69, 13. (1 b) with complementary participle Hé geðafode ðá scylde unwítnode, Past. 123, 6. with clause Hwílum hé geþafaþ ꝥ þá gódan habbaþ unsǽlþa, Bt. 39, 2; F. 214, 3 : Bl. 45, 19. ꝥ hí ne geþafian,, Geþafian ꝥ men forwyrcean hí sylfe, 30. (2
eorþe
the ground ⬩ soil ⬩ land ⬩ earth ⬩ the earth ⬩ a land ⬩ country ⬩ soil ⬩ mould ⬩ dust
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H. 93, 12. earth as opposed to the material heaven Þone ne magon befón heofon and eorþe, Bl. H. 5, 34. Heofon biþ befealden swá swá bóc, and eorþe biþ forbærned tó axan, 91, 26. as the abode of man Æt þám ýtmestan eorþan gemǽrum, Bl. H. 119, 25.
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hord
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D. hoard; 2) Þú hí gaderast and heist on þínum horde tuis ea divitiis annumerare maluisti Bt. 14, 2 ; F. 44, 5. Wæs gold áhæfen of horde, B. 1108. Bég and siglu, eall swylce hyrsta swylce on horde ǽr níðhýdige genumen hæfdon, 3165
ge-biddan
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Heó wæs hié gebiddende, Bl. H. 137, 23 : Hml. S. 7, 224. to pray to an object Andreas gebæd tó Drihtne, Bl. H. 247, 23. Hí gebǽdon tó Drihtne, 239, 1. (2 a) reflexive, with acc. (or uncertain) Gebæd ic mé tó him, Bl. H. 191, 15.
ge-habban
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Ben. 17, 7. <b>IX a.
ymb-hweorfan
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Ic eom ealne ðone heofon ymbhweorfende rotam volubili orbe versamus, Bt. 7, 3 ; Fox 20, 35
wæstm-bǽre
Fruitful, fertile, productive
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Th. i. 438, 25. figurative Se bið cwealmbǽre, se ðe on yfelnysse ǽfre grówende and wæstmbǽre bið, Homl. Th. ii. 406, 20. Uton beón wæstmbǽre on gódum weorcum, 408, 26
tweónung
Doubt ⬩ uncertainty ⬩ hesitation
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Ðý læs ðe ǽnig twýning eów derian máge be ðam líflícan gereorde, ii. 262, 24. Tw(e)ónunge ambiguitatis, dubietatis, Hpt. Gl. 422, 32. Went nú moncyn on tweónunga men will be in doubt, Bt. 4; Fox 8, 18.
wilnung
Desire
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Ábisgod on ðisse worulde willnunga (wilnunga, v. l. ), Bt. 41, 3; Fox 246, 31.
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ÁÞ
an OATH ⬩ a swearing ⬩ juramentum
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S. 22 ; Th. i. 388, 11, 12, and note b
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hǽlan
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Domino Deo nostro, Bd. 3, 24; Sch. 307, 20 : Rtl. 114, 15. Ðú Hǽlende Críst Tesu Criste, Angl. ii. 365, 10, 17. Æt úrum Hǽlendum Críste per Christum, Ors. 4, 10 ; S. 194, 28. On Hǽlendum Críste, Bl. H. 187, 8. Tó Drihtne Hǽlendum Críste, 155, 15.
for-gifan
to give ⬩ bestow ⬩ grant ⬩ dispense ⬩ to give ⬩ to give ⬩ to give ⬩ to give up ⬩ hand over ⬩ deliver up ⬩ commit ⬩ practice ⬩ to give back ⬩ restore ⬩ to marry ⬩ to grant ⬩ permit ⬩ allow ⬩ to grant ⬩ to give ⬩ cause ⬩ to forgive
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Hé inc bám forgeaf balewe geþóhtas, Sat. 488.