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lǽfan

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Add: to cause to remain (lífan). of a deceased person, to have as remainder after one Se gesibsuma lǽfð symle yrfeweard æfter him sunt reliquiae homini pacifico Ps. Th. 36, 36. Hé lǽfde æfter him þreó sunan, Chr. 1086; P. 221, 11. Nam se óðer hí and

be-fæstan

to fix,to place in securityto fix in the mindimplantto fix by promise or agreementto pledgeto committo commit to a person's chargeto commit to a placeto setbetake to an occupationto commendrecommend,to make acceptableto trust

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Dele passage under I, and add: to fix, to place in security Hié befæston hira wíf and hira scipu and hira feoh on Eást-Englum, Chr. 894; P. 88, 4. Þá Deniscan hæfdon hira wíf befæst innan Eást-Engle, 896; P. 89, 22. Bið se þridda dǽl in þæs wylmes grund

be-fóran

(prep.; adv.)
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be-fóran, l. be-foran, and add:

in the presence ofin front of an object a-head ofover againstbeforein advance of:into the presence ofbeforein advance

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prep. local, with dat. in the presence of Gif hit beforan þám hláforde wæs si impraesen-tiarum dominus fuerit, Ex. 22, 15. ¶ where a particular part of a person is specified, before one's eyes, :-- Þone mist ðe hangaþ beforan úres módes eágum, Bt. 33

girnan

(v.)
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Take here <b>geornan, gernan, gyrnan</b> in Dict., and add Ic gewilnie ł gyrne glisco, An. Ox. 18 b, 39. to desire possession of something (gen. or indecl. pron.) Gilpes þú girnst? ac þú hine ne miht habban orsogne gloriam petis? sed securus

open

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Add: physical. of a door, gate, &amp;c. Mid þǽm þe hié þára dura hwelce opene gesáwon, þonne hié gieredon hié tó wíge, Ors. 3, 5; S. 106, 16. Hí carcernes duru opene fundon, An. 1078. of a containing space, where there is free access to its interior

áscian

(v.)
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Add: absolute Mon sceal sprecan ásciende, Past. 185, 9. with acc. of person addressed, to question, interrogate His rihta dóm áhsað ( interrogat ) manna bearn. Se ylca Drihten áhsað rihtwíse and unrihtwíse, Ps. Th. 10, 5, 6. Hié sculon God áscian,

Linked entry: áhsian

eard

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Add: a land, country, region Óðres eardes landseta colonus, Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 49. Eall gærs and wyrta ealles eardes omnem herbam regionis, Gen. 2, 5. Ne þú ne ætstande on þisum earde nec stes in omni circa regione, 19, 17. Ealne þone eard Asiam, Hml.

ge-lǽran

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Add: to teach. with ace. of person Seó wiþerwearde wyrd gebét and gelǽreð ǽlcne þára þe hió hí tó geþiét, Bt. 20; F. 70, 35. Mé gelǽr doce me, Ps. Ben. 24, 4. Swá wé magon betst ðá gedyrstigan gelǽran, Past. 209, 15. Ic wénde ꝥ ic þé gió gelǽred hæfde

ge-sprǽc

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Add: [<b>ge-spræc, ge-sprǽce</b> (v. god-gesprǽce), <b>ge-sprec, ge-spræc</b> (? cf. ge-spræcan = ge-sprecan, and cf. gebrec and ge-bræc). These forms are taken together as they cannot always be distinguished with certainty either

ge-dál

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Add: division, separation. Cf. ge-dǽlan; 1 On ǽgðre healfe þæs scipes wæs regnes storm, and in ꝥ ilce scip nán regnes dropa ne gefeóll . . . þis wundor þæs regnes gedáles ( hoc quod de diuisa pluuia factum miraculum), Gr. D. 196, 14. dissolution, destruction

help

Grammar
help, hylp (an i-stem noun? Cf. u-grade forms, hulpa, hulfa in O. L. Ger. and O.H.Ger. But cf. also hylpan = helpan):

helpassistancesuccouran aida thinga placea refugea cureremedy of disease

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Add: help, assistance, succour Nú is hire helpe heáhsǽl cumen venit tempus miserendi ejus, Ps. Th. 101, Is micel þearf ealre þisse þeóde helpes and rǽdes. Wlfst. 243, 4. Sende se túnrǽd his helges biddende. Hml. S. 31, 1220. Hé hyne bæd hylpes, Shrn.

Linked entry: helpe

þanne

Grammar
þanne, <b>A. IV.</b>
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add: þanne hwæþere yet Hwæt is ꝥ ... ꝥ se ælmihtiga God swá forlǽteþ sweltan his gecorenan, þá þonne hwæþre ( tamen ) hé ne lǽteþ ná beón forholene, Gr. D. 294, 5: 292, 3: 283, 14. Cwyþst þú ꝥ þé nǽre cúð ꝥ ic ne cúðe Grécisc geþeóde? And þonne hwæþre

níwe

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Add: not existing before, now made, or brought into existence, for the first time Ealdere timbrunga bóte instructio, níwe timbrung constructio, Wrt. Voc. i. 39, 59. Sele níwe, Gú. 714. Þá( at the creation of Adam) wæs fruma níwe ælda túdres . . . : fæder

furþum

Take herein Dict., and add:even,just

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Take here Similar entries furþan in Dict., and add: even, intimating that the sentence in which it occurs expresses an extreme case of a more general proposition implied, and generally prefixed to the particular word, phrase, or clause, on which the extreme

be-niman

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Add: to take away, deprive Benumen orbata, Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 25. Binumni adempta, binumini (-e) ablata, Txts. 42, 102, 104. with dat. of person, acc. of thing Hé heora feorh him benam interfecit eos, Jud. 8, 21. Benam hé him (hine, v. l.) his bis-ceopscíre

carian

(v.)
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Add: to sorrow, be troubled Ne ceara þú, ne ne wép, Bl. H. 143, 3. to care for (ymbe), see to the welfare of, be solicitous about Se abbod mid ealre embhýdignesse carige embe þá gyltendan gebróðru omni solicitudine curam gerat abbas circa delinquentes

cwic

(adj.)
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Take here the (accusative) forms given under cwicen and those under cwicu, and add Nát nǽnig man hwæþer se Jóhannes sí þe cwicu þe deád, Shrn. 32, 30. Cwucu vivus, Scint. 37, 16. Ðeós wyrt is swylce heó symle cwicu (cwice, cuca, v. ll. ) sý, Lch. i.

cneów

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Add: a knee Mín ádlige cneów, Hml. Th. ii. 134, 32, 23. Þæt þá eá mehte wífmon be hiere cneówe oferwadan amnem feminis vix genua tingentibus permeabilem, Ors. 2, 4: S. 72, 33. Cnéuo béged genu flexo, Mk. L. 10, 17. Cnéw gebéged (knéu bégende, R.) genu

efen

(n.)
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Add Efnum aequatis, Txts. 39, 92. level Ðá ðe ne magon uncwaciende gestondan on emnum felda qui in planis stantes titubant, Past. 41, 7. <b>I a.</b> of sounds, harmonious, not discordant :-- Efnum sónum consonantibus, Mk. p. 1, 13. unruffled

forane

(adv.)
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forane, forne; adv.

beforehandOppositein front ofagainst

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Take here forne, fórne (l. forne) in Dict. and add: alone, denoting anticipation, prevention, beforehand (as in to be beforehand with a person) Forne forféþ anlicipet, An. Ox. 603. Sý forne forfangen preoccupetur, . . . precedat, 1236. Forne forgán,

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