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híwian

(v.)

to marry

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hnǽgan

(v.)

to bow

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to bow. Add:

tillan

(v.)
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to pay toll

wǽdian

(v.)

to clothedress.

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to clothe, dress

brihtan

(v.)
Grammar
brihtan, p. brihte; pp. brihted [briht = beorht
bright
]

brightTo brightenilluminare

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To brighten; illuminare

brinnan

(v.)
Grammar
brinnan, p. bran, pl. brunnon; pp. brunnen

To burnardere

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To burn; ardere

slípan

(v.)
Grammar
slípan, (?); p. sláp, pl. slipon

he slips offto move freely, as any weighty body which is dragged through a mire labi

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To slip, glide

trendlian

(v.)
Grammar
trendlian, p. ode

To trundleroll

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To trundle, roll

splottian

(v.)

to spot, blot.

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to spot, blot

á-scrincan

(v.)

to shrivel up

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to shrivel up

cyric-bót

(n.)
Grammar
cyric-bót, ciric-bót,e; f.

Church-repair ecclesiæ reparatio

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Church-repair; ecclesiæ reparatio To cyricbóte for church-repair, L. Eth. vi. 51; Th. i. 328, 6. To ciricbóte sceal eall folc fylstan mid rihte all people must lawfully give assistance to church-repair, L. C. S. 66; Th. i. 410, 12: L. Eth. ix. 6; Th.

Linked entry: bót

forþ-gestígan

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-gestígan, p. -gestáh, pl. -gestigon; pp. -gestigen

To go forth or forwardsto advanceascendprodīreprocēdĕreascendĕre

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To go forth or forwards, to advance, ascend; prodīre, procēdĕre, ascendĕre Ðæt ǽnig forþgestígeþ that any shall advance, Exon. 78 b; Th. 294, 24; Crä. 20. Ðæt we eáðe mágon upcund ríce forþgestígan that we may easily ascend to the realm on high, 93 a

in-sigle

(n.)
Grammar
in-sigle, es ; n.

A sealsignet

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A seal, signet Hé brohte insigle tó mé ... Ðá ágeaf ic ðæt insigle ðé he brought a signet to me ... Then I gave the signet to thee, Chart. Th. 173, 8, 11. Wyrðe arð onfóa bóc and untýne insigloe his dignus es accipere librum et aperire signaculum ejus

Linked entry: in-segel

mód-wén

(n.)
Grammar
mód-wén, e; f.

Hope entertained by the mind

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Hope entertained by the mind Forþ áscúfan ðæt mines freán módwén (RUNE, MS.) freoþaþ middelnihtum to push on what my lord's hopes favour at midnight (to carry out the plans which are thought on at night, and in which he hopes to succeed? ), Exon. 129b

Linked entries: wén wyn

prófian

(v.)
Grammar
prófian, p. ode
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To esteem or regard as Gif feorrancumen man búton wege gange, and hé ðonne náwðer ne hrýme ne hé horn ne bláwe, for þeóf hé is tó prófianne he is to be regarded as a thief, L. Wih. 28 ; Th. i. 42, 25 : L. In. 20; Th. i. 116, 2

screádian

(v.)
Grammar
screádian, p. ode
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To shred, cut up or off, pare, (of trees) to prune Búton ða láreówas screádian ða leahtras þurh heora láre áweg, ne biþ ðæt lǽwede folc wæstmbǽre, Homl. Th. ii. 74, 16. Ðá hét hé ( Herod) him his seax árǽcan tó screádigenne (cf. æppelscreáda quisquiliae

teofrian

(v.)
Grammar
teofrian, p. ode
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To allot(?), appoint Ðone sylfan stán ðe hine wyrhtan áwurpan nú se geworden is hwommona heágost hálig Drihten tó wealles wraðe wís teofrade (he has appointed it to be the wall's support) lapidem quem reprobaverunt aedificantes, hic factus est in caput

eáþ-gete

(adj.)
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Substitute: <b>eáþ-gete,</b> -geáte(?); adj. Easy to get Him wæs eáðgete ele tó þám baðe oil for the bath was easy for him to get, Ælfc. T. Grn. 16, 18. Gyf þý .viii. dæge sunne scýneð, ðonne byð cwicseolfor eáðgeáte, Lch. iii. 166, 10

feorm-fultum

(n.)
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aid towards obtaining provisions; firme adjutorium, Ll. Th. i. 412, 22 (Lat. vers.) Geselle hé cc. peninga éghwylce gére tó Ceortesége tó feormfultume, Cht. Th. 481, 34. Hér stent ðá forwarde ðé Æþeríc worhte . . . Ꝥ is iii sceppe mealtes . . . Leófstán

hyrsudon

(v.)
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Substitute: <b>hyrsian</b> (v. hors ?); p. ode. To go on horseback (?) Ǽghwanon hyrsudon of eallum þissum bífylcum tó his folgoðe and tó his þénunge ðá æþelestan menn ut undique ad eius mini-sterium de cunctis prope prouinciis uiri nobilissimi