biddan
to ask ⬩ to ask ⬩ to pray to
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Hí bǽdan ꝥ óþer seonað wǽre, Bd. 2, 2 ; Sch. 115, 22. to ask something of a person, with gen. of thing ꝥ hí witon hwæs hí biddað æt Gode, Hml. S. 12, 266.
heáfod
HEAD, chief, source, 'the commencing point, or the highest point, of a stream, of a field, hill, etc.
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Ða heáfda wǽran ofácorfena the heads were cut off, Ors. 4, 1; Bos. 79, 7. Nim ðes leáces heáfda take the heads of this leek, Lchdm. i. 376, 3. Heáfdu, L. M. 2, 32; Lchdm. ii. 234, 20.
furþum
Take here ⬩ in Dict., and add: ⬩ even, ⬩ just
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Ne án furðum ealra wǽre non est usque ad unum, Ps. Th. 52, 2, 4. Nǽnig forðum wæs þæt hé eft síðade hyhta leás, Gú. 895. to the object Feáwa . . . cúðen . . . furðum án ǽrendgewrit of Lædene on Englisc áreccean, Past. 3, 15.
gíman
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Hé giémde hwæt hé hæfde monna gerímes, and ne nóm náne wære húlíce hié wǽron, Ors. 5, 4; S. 224, 21. Ne hé ne giéme hwelce hylde hé mid ðǽre ælmessan gewriexle. Past. 323, 17.
AC
but ⬩ sed ⬩ for ⬩ because ⬩ nam ⬩ enim ⬩ quia ⬩ but also ⬩ but yet ⬩ sed etiam ⬩ sed et ⬩ sed tamen
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Ða cwican nó genihtsumedon ðæt hí ða deádan bebyrigdon, ac hwæðere ða ðe lífigende wǽron nóht dón woldon the living were not sufficient to bury the dead, but yet those who were living would do nothing, Bd. 1, 14; S. 482, 32: 2, 7; S. 509, 13.
a-weorpan
To throw or cast from or down ⬩ to cast away or off ⬩ cast out ⬩ to degrade ⬩ reject ⬩ divorce ⬩ abjicere ⬩ dejicere ⬩ projicere ⬩ ejicere ⬩ propellere ⬩ repellere ⬩ reprobare ⬩ repudiare
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Ðú awurpe hí, ðá hí wǽron upahafen dejecisti eos, dum allevarentur, Ps. Spl. 72, 18 : 79, 9: Ps. Th. 72, 14. Is wærgðu [wærgða MS.] aworpen the curse is cast off, Exon. 9 a ; Th. 7, 8 ; Cri. 98 : Bt. Met.
FEOR
FAR ⬩ at a distance ⬩ prŏcul ⬩ longe ⬩ beyond ⬩ moreover ⬩ ultra ⬩ porro
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FAR, at a distance; prŏcul, longe Ðá wǽron ðás wundru feor and wíde gemǽrsode and gecýðed quĭbus pătĕfactis ac diffāmātis longe lāteque mīrācŭlis, Bd. 3, l0; S. 535, 2: 3, 16; S. 542, 16. Hyra heorte is feor [feorr, Mt.
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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Ðe ǽr fram him gebogene wǽron who had formerly turned from them, Ors. 2, 5; Bos. 45, 44. v. trans. acc. To bow to, turn towards; inclīnāre ad Sum fletreste gebeág one bowed to his domestic couch, Beo. Th. 2487; B. 1241.
þeód-cyning
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Ond swá micel wundor 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
under-wreðian
to support ⬩ sustain ⬩ supponere
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Sceancan míne mé tó underwreðigenne on yfel strange wǽron crura mea ad me sustinendum in malum fortes fuere, Anglia xi. 117, 23. Mid gódum weorcum underwreðed bonis actis fultus, Past. 19; Swt. 141, 18: Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 228: Hpt.
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un-meahtig
not mighty ⬩ weak ⬩ impotent ⬩ of little power or means ⬩ impossible
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Hú micle unmihtegran hí wǽron, Bt. 36, 5; Fox 180, 4. impossible Ðis unmæhtig is hoc impossibile est, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 19, 26: Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 10, 27. Unmæhtigo (-mæhtge, Rush.) inpossibilia, Lk. Skt. Lind. 18, 27
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.
be-weddian
to betroth ⬩ pledge ⬩ plight
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Beweddedum wǽrum poetis sponsalibus, An. Ox. 1398. to give security for, with gen. Se biscop beweddade Eadwulfe þæs áðæs. Cht. Th. 71, 3. Siþþan hé weres beweddod hæbbe. Ll.
bróþor
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. , bróðer, R. fratri) sǽd wecce, Mk. 12, 19. þá wǽron Arwaldes bróðor (broðra, v. l. ), Bd. 4, 16; Sch. 426, 16. Bróðer (bróðero, L.) fratres , Mt. R. 12, 46. Broeþre (bróðra, L.), 1, 11. of kindly relation, association, fellowship, &c.
dúru
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R.) wǽron belocene fores essent clausae, Jn. 20, 19. On ærne ꝥ næbbe þon má dura þonne sió cirice, Ll. Th. i. 64, 15. Hí mid æxum duru ( januas ejus ) curfan, Ps. Th. 73, 6. Lufude Sione duru ( portas ) Drihten, 86, 1.
for-swælan
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Sume wǽron on líge forswǽlede, Hml. Th. i. 542, 27. to scorch, pain or damage with fire, singe hair 'Fýr byrnð on his gesihðe, and bið swíðlic storm.' Se storm áðwyhð swá hwæt swá þæt fýr forswǽlð, Hml. Th. i. 618, 12.
ge-hát
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Þá ælmessan þe Ælfréd cing gehét . . . hí ( the English ) swýðe béntigðe wǽron æfter þám gehátum, Chr. 883; P. 79, 9. Ðú forgeldes Drihtne giháta áðas ðíne ( vota juramenta tua ), Mt. L. 5, 33. Gehát, Ps.
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ge-nyhtsum
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Heora sceáp wǽrun swíþe genihtsum oves eorum abundantes, Ps. Th. 143, 17
ge-coren
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Heó wǽron þá sélestan and þá gecorenestan witan ǽgðer ge Gode ge mannum, 214, 4. beloved; dilectus Eálá ðú mín gecorena dilecte mi, Kent. Gl. 1125. honourable; probus Gecorenum probo (proco ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 95, 20.
hýd
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Add: the skin of an animal, raw or dressed Hiera sceldas wǽron betogen mid elpenda hýdum ( scuta elephanti corio extenio habilia ). . . elpendes hýd wile drincan wǽtan gelíce and spynge déð, Ors. 5, 7 ; S. 230, 26. Hýde bysse, i. corii, An.