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ge-swícan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-swícan, ic -swíce, ðú -swícest, -swícst, he -swíceþ. -swícþ, pl. -swícaþ; p. -swác, pl. -swicon; pp. -swicen

To leave off ⬩ desist ⬩ stop ⬩ cease ⬩ rest from ⬩ turn from ⬩ withdraw ⬩ relinquish ⬩ fail ⬩ deceive ⬩ betray ⬩ intermittere ⬩ desistere ⬩ cessare ⬩ quiescere ⬩ requiescere ⬩ deserere ⬩ discedere ⬩ relinquere ⬩ deficere ⬩ fallere ⬩ prodere ⬩ with the genitive ⬩ with the dative

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Geswác se wind cessavit ventus, Mt. Bos. 14, 32: Lk. Bos. 5, 4: 11, 1: Gen. 8, 22. Ic geswíce oððe ic forlǽte oððe ic me reste quiesco, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 1; Som. 30, 28. Geswác æt sæcce Beówulfes sweord Beowulf's sword failed in the conflict, Beo.

tyhtan

(v.)
Grammar
tyhtan, p.te.

to draw ⬩ stretch ⬩ to draw the mind to something ⬩ to incite ⬩ exhort ⬩ provoke ⬩ solicit ⬩ prompt ⬩ urge ⬩ persuade ⬩ to suggest ⬩ bring to the mind ⬩ to instruct ⬩ teach

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Voc. i. 287, 70: ii. 4, 39. where the object to which a person (acc) is exhorted, etc., is marked by prep, on or tó Ne tyht nán mon his hiéremonna mód ne ne bielt tó gǽstlícum weorcum nulla subditorum mentes exhortatio sublevat, Past. 18; Swt. 129, 10

gif

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H. 23, 7: Bt. 3, 4; F. 6, 16: Sat. 251: Gen. 559: 2521: Sch. 35. Him ( the blind man ) bið mycel daru, gif hé hit geseón ne mæg, Bl. H. 21, 8.

for-lǽtan

to let ⬩ permit ⬩ allow ⬩ suffer ⬩ to suffer ⬩ to let ⬩ grant ⬩ to leave ⬩ to leave ⬩ to leave ⬩ consuming ⬩ to leave alone ⬩ leave undone ⬩ abstain from ⬩ neglect ⬩ to leave out ⬩ omit ⬩ to spare ⬩ leave to ⬩ to leave ⬩ quit ⬩ to abandon ⬩ forsake ⬩ desert ⬩ abandon ⬩ to leave ⬩ to leave ⬩ to leave ⬩ die ⬩ to defend ⬩ to abandon ⬩ to leave ⬩ to abandon ⬩ to leave ⬩ to leave of ⬩ give up ⬩ to abandon ⬩ abandon ⬩ to let go ⬩ to restrain ⬩ to release ⬩ restore ⬩ to give up ⬩ relinquish ⬩ to remit ⬩ forgive ⬩ to lose ⬩ to put away ⬩ dismiss ⬩ lay aside ⬩ to send

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Substitute: to let, permit, allow, suffer. absolute Forlǽt nú þus sine modo (Mt. 3, 15), Wrt. Voc. ii. 71, 67. with acc., to suffer an object to be or act Forlǽt hé eów, Mt. 21, 3. Forlét (-leort, L.) hé hine dimisit eum, Mt. 3, 15.

DǼD

(n.)
Grammar
DǼD, gen. dat.dǽde ; acc. dǽde, dǽd; pl. nom. acc. dǽda, dǽde; f. A

DEED, action ⬩ actio, actus, factum

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Gr. 9, 3; Som. 8, 38: actus, 11; Som. 15, 12. Be ðam ðe seó dǽd sý according as the deed may be, L. Eth. v. 31; Th. i. 312, 10: vi. 38; Th. i. 324, 23: L. C. E. 3; Th. i. 360, 13.

Linked entry: dyd

líc

(n.)
Grammar
líc, es; n.

A body

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Voc. 85, 51-54: 49, 25. Næs nán hús on eallum Egipta lande ðe líc inne ne lǽge neque erat domus, in qua non jaceret mortuus, Ex. 12, 30. Ealle ða hwíle ðe ðæt líc biþ inne, ðǽr sceal beón gedrync and plega, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 20, 25.

Linked entry: byrgen

drífan

(v.)
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Voc. ii. 3, 39. to force living beings to move. to force men or animals to move before or from one Hié mon beforan hiera triumphan drifon, Ors. 5, 1; S. 214, 17. Dríf þá sceáp in heora lǽse, Gr. D. 20, 12.

ge-medemian

(v.)
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I a. used reflexively, to condescend, deign. with clause Úre Drihten hine gemedemode, ꝥ hé ús sealde þá wæstmas, Bl. H. 39, 17. Drihten hine sylfne gemedemode, þæt hé tó woruldlicum giftum gelaðod cóm, Hml. Th. ii. 54, 7 : i. 56, 28.

ge-þanc

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Voc. i. 42, 37. Mód vel geþanc animus, 33. Geþancge cogitatione, An. Ox. 56, 3. a thought, what a person thinks Ne wyrð þǽr bedíglod þæt dígleste geþanc þe sénig mon ǽfre geþóhte, Wlfst. 25, 14.

ge-þingian

(v.)
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Th. i. 240, 11. Oratores synd þá ðe ús tó Gode geðingiað, Hml. S. 25, 816. Crístes leorningcnihtas ... ðám wífe tó him geðingodon, Hml. Th. ii. 112, 15. Þæt heó ús geðingige tó hyre ágenum suna, i. 204, 29.

ge-brengan

(adj.)
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Add: to bring to or from a place, where the object is material Gif gebrenges (offeres) ðing ð ín tó wígbed, Mt. L. 5, 23. Gebrengað ł lǽdað hiá educit eas, Jn. L. 10, 3. Hié þá scipu binnan Lundenbyrig gebróhton, Chr. 896; P. 89, 21.

in-tó

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Th. i.508, 1. Orn hé eft inntó (in-, v. l.) ðǽm temple ad tabernaculum recurrit, Past. 103, 4. Mid þám mannum þe mé mid fóron intó Denmearcon, Cht. E. 230, 3. Hér cuóm se here intó Escanceastre from Werhám, Chr. 877; P. 74, 14.

sár

(n.)
Grammar
sár, es; n.

pain, suffering, soreness ⬩ a pain, pang, sore, wound ⬩ grief, pain, ¨trouble, sorrow ⬩ a grief, sorrow, pain, wound

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On sáre his líchoma sceal hér wunian, 61, 1. Hǽlu bútan sáre, Exon. Th. 101, 8; Cri. 1655. Ða ðe on sáre seóce lágun, 83, 14; Cri. 1356. Hé sár ne wiste he did not feel pain, Cd.

sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
sceaft, es; m.

A smooth, round, straight stick or pole, a shaft ⬩ the shaft of a spear ⬩ a spear ⬩ the shaft of an arrow ⬩ a pole ⬩ a taper

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A smooth, round, straight stick or pole, a shaft. generally the shaft of a spear Spereleás sceaft contus, Wrt. Voc. i. 35, 42. Gif se ord sié þreó fingre ufor ðonne hindeweard sceaft, L. Alf. pol. 36; Th. i. 84, 17, 18.

hálig-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
hálig-dóm, es; m.

holiness, sanctity ⬩ sanctimonia ⬩ holy things, relics, holy work, a sacrament ⬩ a holy place, sanctuary ⬩ relic ⬩ holiness ⬩ sacred things ⬩ relics ⬩ a sanctuary ⬩ sacramentum, sanctuarium ⬩ sacred thing, relic, sanctuary

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Háligdóm and hálige béc handligan reliquias et sacros libros manu tractare, L. Ecg. P. 3, 4; Th. ii. 196, 27: 12; Th. ii. 200, 7.

open

(adj.)
Grammar
open, adj.

Open ⬩ not shut, ⬩ allowing ingress or egress ⬩ of a door ⬩ of the eyes ⬩ not closed up ⬩ not covered, not protected ⬩ declared, public ⬩ not secret, not concealed, discovered, brought to light (in reference to things where concealment is desired) ⬩ without attempt at concealment ⬩ manifest, clear, plain, evident

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Gif open morþ weorðe ágife man mágum ðone banan if in a case of murder the murderer be discovered, let him be given up to the kinsmen of the murdered man, L. C. S. 57; Th. i. 406, 25. Æt openre þýfþe in case of discovered, theft, 26; Th. i. 392, 3.

hí-réd

(n.)
Grammar
hí-réd, hírd, es; m.

A household, ⬩ house, ⬩ family, ⬩ the body of domestic retainers of a great man or king, ⬩ a court, ⬩ the members of a religious house, ⬩ a company, ⬩ band of associates

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On sumes cyninges híréde in tanti patrisfamilias dispositissima domo, Bt. 36, 1; Fox 172, 18: 29, 2; Fox 104, 29: L. Edm. S. 4; Th. i. 248, 23: L. C. S. 60; Th. i. 408, 14: L. R. 3; Th. i. 190, 20.

Linked entry: hý-réd

teón

(v.)
Grammar
teón, (from teóhan); p. teáh, pl. tugon; pp. togen, tigen (v. of-teón)
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To draw, pull Ic teó traho, ic teó swýðe pertraho, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 5; Zup. 176, 5, 6. Teáþ trahunt, Wülck.

EAL

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
EAL, eall; gen. m. n. ealles; f.ealre , eallre ; dat. m. n. eallum ; f.ealre , eallre ; acc. m. ealne, eallne. f ealle, n. eal; inst. ealle; pl. nom. acc. ealle, ealla; gen. ealra, eallra; dat. eallum;

sometimes used indecl ⬩ without substantive, and sometimes governing the genitive ⬩ are sometimes used, almost adverbially

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Eal ic I all, Exon. 115 a; Th. 443, 13; Kl. 29. Ealles ðæs gafoles of all the tribute, Exon. 16 a; Th. 35, 16; Cri. 559. Ealre worlde of all the world. Hy. 7, 57: 11, 20. Ealles ðæs of all that. Exon. 119 a; Th. 456, 19; Hy. 4, 69.

Linked entries: al all eall

rǽdan

(v.)
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Gl. 491, 20. to ask advice, consult a person Ic fríne vel ic rǽde consulo, i. inquiro (cf. ic fríne ðé consulo te, i. 49, 38), Wrt. Voc. ii. 133, 79. <b>II a.