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un-tígan

(v.)
Grammar
un-tígan, p. de

To untie ⬩ unbind ⬩ loose

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Ðonne wé sind gelaðode, ðonne sind wé untígede, Homl. Th, i. 210, 7, 9

cyn

(adj.)
Grammar
cyn, adj.
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Hit is cynn ( justum est ) ðæt wé ðæs gemǽnelíce brúcen, 337, 3. Hit is cyn ðæt wé úre scomigen debemus erubescere, 407, 15. Þonne is hit cyn ꝥ gé þone mid eádmédum gesécen, Ll.

holt

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For ðǽm wé ceorfað heáh treówu on holte ðaelig;t wé hí eft úp árǽren on ðǽm botle, Past. 443, 36. Hwá áspyreð ðæt deófol of geofones holte, Sal. K. p. 146, 28. Hé rád þurh ǽnne heáhne holt, Hml. S. 19, 219. On pápan holt súðweardne, C. D.

Linked entry: scóm-hylt

manian

(v.)
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Wé maniað ꝥ man Sunnandæges freóls mid eallum mægene healde, Cht. E. 231, 18. Add Gif wé mid rícan mannan hwæt embe úre neóde manian willað si cum hominibus potentibus volumus aliqua suggerere, R. Ben. 45. 20.

gif

(con.)
Grammar
gif, gief, gyf, gib; conj. with indic. or subj.

If ⬩ though ⬩ whether

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Ðú wást gif hit is swá we secgan hýrdon thou knowest if it is as we heard say, 550; B. 272

slǽp-wérig

(adj.)
Grammar
slǽp-wérig, adj.

Weary and sleepy ⬩ sleepily weary ⬩ so tired as to sleep ⬩ weary of sleep

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Weary and sleepy, sleepily weary, so tired as to sleep, cf. deáþ-wérig; or (?) weary of sleep, cf. symbel-wérig Oft mec (a mill-stone) slǽpwérigne secg oððe meówle grétan eode, Exon. Th. 387, 14; Ra. 5, 5

geóng

(v.; part.)

went

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went, Beo. Th. 1855, note; B. 925; p. of gangan

ge-wópen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-wópen, pp.

wept ⬩ lamented

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wept, lamentedÆlfc. Gr. 26, 1; Som. 28, 28of ge-wépan. ;

gangan

to go ⬩ walk ⬩ to go ⬩ pedestrian ⬩ foot ⬩ mounted ⬩ to move along, proceed ⬩ animate ⬩ live ⬩ to take a specified course ⬩ to be habitually in a specified condition ⬩ to pass, be current ⬩ to take place ⬩ to have a specified issue ⬩ to depart ⬩ to take one's way, proceed ⬩ go ⬩ move in a specified direction ⬩ go ⬩ and ⬩ to be carried, moved, impelled ⬩ to reach, extend ⬩ to pass ⬩ become ⬩ to come ⬩ to go to the closet, have an evacuation ⬩ to leave a permanent habitation ⬩ occupation

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Gif feórrancumen man búton wege gange (if he does not travel on the road), Ll. Th. i. 42, 24. Gif feorcund mon bútan wege geond wudu gonge, 116, I. Gangan ofer foldan wang. Men. 113. Þeóf sceal gangan in þýstrum wederum, Gn. C. 42.

ful-gere

(adv.)

full well ⬩ fully ⬩ thoroughly

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full well, fully, thoroughly, Elen. Kmbl. 1717; El. 860

un-áfýled

(adj.)
Grammar
un-áfýled, adj.

Undefiled

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Undefiled Unáfílede wegas inpolluta via, Ps. Lamb. 17, 31

Linked entry: á-fýlan

ge-weddian

(v.)

to weed ⬩ herbis noxiis purgare

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to weed; herbis noxiis purgare, Cot. 178, 188, Lye

fylgean

to follow ⬩ to pursue ⬩ to follow ⬩ proceed along ⬩ to follow ⬩ to follow ⬩ to follow ⬩ to follow ⬩ devote one's self to, diligently attend to. ⬩ to attend to ⬩ to accommodate one's self to the will of another, yield to a thing ⬩ obsequi ⬩ to try to gain ⬩ to follow, do what has already been done by another ⬩ to happen or come at a later time

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Woendun ꝥ hé wére hiǽ mið fylgende existimantes illum esse in comitatu, Lk. R. L. 2, 44. to follow with intent to reach, to pursue (lit. or fig.) Wé him fleóndum fylgeaþ, Bl. H. 115, 18.

georn

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under 1 b) georn, Gú. 1051. with clause, eager to do Sceolan wé beón geornran ꝥ wé Godes bebodu healdan, þonne wé úrne teónan gewrecan, Bl. H. 33, 23. diligent, zealous Mé míne ágen word sócon, and wiðer mé wǽran georne, Ps. Th. 55, 5.

ge-singan

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Add: to make a sound. of persons, to play an instrument Wé gesungun iúh mið hwistlum cantauimus nobis tibiis, Lk. L. 7, 32. of a bird (cock), to crow Gisingeð ðe hona cantabit gallus, Jn. R. L. 13, 38. Ðe hona gisang, 18, 27 : Mk. R.

hám

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
hám, es; m.

Home, house, abode, dwelling, residence, habitation, house with land, estate, property ⬩ domus, domicilium, prædium, villa, mansio, possessio ⬩ a village ⬩ a dwelling-place ⬩ an abode, world, this world ⬩ home ⬩ domus, domicilium, patria

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Mínre yldstan déhter ðæne hám æt Welewe and ðære gingestan ðone hám æt Welig to my eldest daughter the vill at Wellow, and to the youngest the vill at Welig, Th. Chart. 488, 29-33.

mynegian

(v.)
Grammar
mynegian, myngian; p. ode ( with acc. of person and gen. of thing, or with a clause).

to bring to one's own mind ⬩ recall ⬩ to bring to another's mind ⬩ to remind ⬩ to bring a duty to the mind ⬩ to admonish ⬩ exhort ⬩ to remind of a debt ⬩ to ask for payment ⬩ to have in the mind ⬩ to purpose ⬩ intend ⬩ determine

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B. myndgige) ðæt ealle Godes cyrcan sýn wel behworfene, L. Edm. E; Th. i. 246, 11. Ǽnne hyndenman, ðe ða . x. mynige tó úre ealre gemǽne þearfe, L. Æðelst. v.3; Th. i. 232, 2. Wé willaþ myngian freónda gehwilcne, ðæt gehwá hine sylfne beþence, L.

ge-síne

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Hit is on ús eallum swutol and geséne (-syne, v.l.) þæt wé ǽr þysan oftor brǽcan þonne wé béttan, Wlfst. 159, 5. Mið ðý uæs áuorden cuðlíce geséne ꝥte . . . quo facto cognoscitur quod . . .

un-trumian

(v.)
Grammar
un-trumian, p. ode.

to make weak ⬩ weaken ⬩ to be or to become weak

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to make weak, weaken Ic untrumige infirmo, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Zup. 276, 7. to be or to become weak Ná ic untrumge non infirmabor, Ps. Spl. 25, 1. Ðæs bróðer untrumade cujus frater infirmabatur, Jn. Skt. Rush. 11, 2

Linked entry: trumian

fæste

shaken ⬩ firmly ⬩ fast ⬩ urgently ⬩ strictly ⬩ solemnly ⬩ securely ⬩ fast ⬩ fast ⬩ speedily ⬩ at once

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Þá þing þe wé handledon and fæste ymbe wǽron the matters that we handled and with which we were diligently engaged, Angl. viii. 304, 24. expressing vigorous action or thoroughness of condition: Hí fæste tógedere féngon they attacked each other vigorously

Linked entry: fæstlíce