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býgan

(v.)
Grammar
býgan, bígan, bígean, bégan; he býgeþ; p. de; pp. ed; v. trans.

To bow, bend, turn, turn back, bow down, humble, abase ⬩ flectere, inflectere, incurvare, retorquere, deflectere, humiliare

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To bow, bend, turn, turn back, bow down, humble, abase; flectere, inflectere, incurvare, retorquere, deflectere, humiliare Býgdest ðú ðé fór hæleðum thou bowedst thyself before men, Exon. 100a; Th. 376, 11; Seel. 153.

be-fleón

to flee ⬩ to flee from ⬩ to flee from

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Ðeáh hé hæbbe beflogen ðone gesin-scipe, næfð hé nó beflogen ðá byrðenne, Past. 401, 21-2. to flee from, with dat. Heó befleáh þám gesettan gyfte tó Godes cyrican, Gr. D. 199, 15. with prep. Bd. 4, 25; S. 599, 39 (in Dict.)

wrítan

(v.)
Grammar
wrítan, p. wrát, pl. writon; pp. writen

To write. ⬩ to cut ⬩ to draw ⬩ to form letters ⬩ to write ⬩ to write ⬩ to compose, ⬩ be the author of ⬩ to write ⬩ to write ⬩ write ⬩ to write ⬩ state ⬩ to write ⬩ get a thing written ⬩ to convey by charter

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Wé him wrítaþ ðone hagan his daeg, and twám óðrum æfter him . . . Eác wé wrítaþ him ða circan and ðone circstall and ðone worðig, 52, 5-37. Wé wrítaþ him ðone croft, 258, 27

Linked entries: wrítere wrítian

geond-spǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
geond-spǽtan, p. -spǽtte; pp. -spǽt

To spit or squirt through, syringe through, to squirt water as through a syringe or pipe ⬩ sĭphonĭbus ăquam exprĭmĕre

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To spit or squirt through, syringe through, to squirt water as through a syringe or pipe; sĭphonĭbus ăquam exprĭmĕre Ðú hie ǽlce dæge mid pípan geondspǽt do thou syringe through it every day with a tube, L. M. 2, 22; Lchdm. ii. 208, 26

Linked entry: spǽtan

delan

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Dele, and for the passage substitute Ǽr þon engla wearð (weard, MS.) for oferhygde dǽl on gedwilde; noldan dreógan leng heora selfra rǽd ere of the angels part from pride fell into error; they would not longer do what was best for themselves, Gen. 23

welwillendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
welwillendlíce, adv.

Benevolently ⬩ kindly

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Benevolently, kindly Wellwillendlíce dó, Drihten benigne fac, Domine Ps. Lamb. 50, 20. Wópas welwillendlíce underfóh fletus benigne suscipe Hymn. Surt. 29, 17. Wolde se heofenlíca lǽce ðæt geswell heora heortan welwyllendlíce gelácnian Homl.

Linked entry: willendlíce

ge-trýwlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-trýwlíce, adv.

Faithfully ⬩ confidently ⬩ fĭdēlĭter ⬩ fīdūciālĭter

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Getrýwlíce oððe baldlíce ic dó on him fīdūciāĭiter ăgam in eo, Ps. Lamb. 11, 6

leóht

Grammar
leóht, not heavy.
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S.3, 147) ðonne Basilius, Hex. 32, 9. Ðyncað him ðý leóhtran ðá geswinc ðe ofergán sculon leve fit, quod transeundo laboratur, Past. 407, 31 : Bt. 10 ; F. 30, 13.

hád

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Ðá ðe mon tó hiéran háde dón wille, 7, 15. Onwent sió geearnung ðone hád and dá geðyncja, Past. 411, 25. Se engel hafað yldran hád, Cri.1669: Reim. 15. <b>V a.

rodor

(n.)
Grammar
rodor, rador, es; m.
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Se godcunda foreþonc stýreþ ðone rodor and ða tunglu, Bt. 39, 8; Fox 224, 7. Ðás twelf tácna ( the signs of the Zodiac ) synd swá gehiwode on ðám heofenlícum roderum (rodere, MSS. R. L.

Linked entry: rador

wearg

(adj.)
Grammar
wearg, werg, werig, wyrig; adj.

Evil, vile, malignant, accursed,

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Ac ðé willaþ ðonne forseón Godes þeówas, for ðám ðe ðín werige flǽsc hafaþ ðín anweald ... Hú mæg mon earmlícor gebǽron, ðonne mon hine underþeóde his weregan flǽsce voluptariam vitam degas.

dúre-weard

(n.)
Grammar
dúre-weard, -werd, es; m.

A door-ward, door-keeper

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A door-ward, door-keeper, Mk. Bos. 13, 34: Wrt. Voc. 81, 12: L. Ælf. C. 11; Th. ii. 346, 28

hlín-duru

(n.)
Grammar
hlín-duru, a; f.

A door formed of lattice-work, ⬩ a grated door

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A door formed of lattice-work, a grated door Helle hlínduru [cf.Icel.Hel-grindr], Exon. 97 b; Th. 364, 29; Wal. 78. Geseh hé fore hlíndura hyrdas standan he saw guards standing before the grated door [of his prison]. Andr. Kmbl. 1985; An. 995

feormian

(v.)

to maintain ⬩ foster ⬩ to feast

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Gif hé hit bútan þæs ealdormonnes gewitnisse dó, geselle sé þe hine tó men feormie .cxx. sciłł. tó wíte, Ll. Th. i. 86, 5.

ge-hátan

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H. 17, 3. with clause Ic árás swá ic gehéht ꝥ ic dón wolde, Bl. H. 183, 29. Gehét, Bt. 33, 3; F. 126, 7. Þú mé gehéte ꝥ þú hí woldest mé getǽcan, F. 126, 10. Hé gehétt ðæt hé suá dón wolde, Past. 307, 11.

gift

(n.; v.; part.)
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Hé dó hiere gyfta, Ll. Th. i. 46, 17. a particular matrimonial alliance Be ðon ðe mon wíf bycgge and ðonne sió gift tóstande. Ll. Th. i. 122, 4.

rípian

(v.)
Grammar
rípian, p. ode
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Dó ðæt sunne scíne ðæt ðíne æceras rípion cause the sun to shine, that thy fields may ripen, Homl. Th. ii. 104, 3. Rípian maturescere, Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 27 : Hpt. Gl. 419, 64

Linked entry: rípan

ge-seccan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-seccan, = ge-sécean[?]or ge-feccan[?]
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Ides sceal dyrne cræfte hire freónd geseccan gif heó nelle on folce geþeán ðæt hí man beágum gebycge a woman must by secret art get herself a friend if she do not wish publicly to succeed in being bought with rings, Menol. Fox 548; Gn. C. 44

un-þingod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-þingod, adj.

Unatoned ⬩ unsettled

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Unatoned, unsettled Swá eác se ðe óðrum bismer cwið, oððe déð, ðeáh hé geswíce, and hit nǽfre eft ne dó, ðeáh hit bið gedón, ðæt hé dyde, and unðingad, gif hé hit ne bét neque qui contumelias irrogat, si solummodo tacuerit, satisfecit, Past. 54; Swt.

LÚTAN

(v.)
Grammar
LÚTAN, p. leát; pl. luton; pp. loten

To lout ⬩ bow ⬩ stoop

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To lout, bow, bend forward, stoop, fall down before one Hé lúteþ æfter he boweth after it, Salm. Kmbl. 806; Sal. 402. Leótt [hleát, Lind.] tó fótum his procidit ad pedes ejus, Mk. Skt. Rush, 5, 22.