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tó-samnian

(v.)
Grammar
tó-samnian, p. ode

To assemble,collect

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To assemble, collect Ðá bæd hine ðæt sumne dǽl landes æt him onfénge, ðæt mihte mynster on getimbrian and Godes ðeówas tósomnian he prayed him to receive from him a parcel of land, that he might thereon build a monastery and collect together

Linked entries: samnian tó-somnian

ilca

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
ilca, pron. [occurs in the weak declension only].

The same

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weorþan sceolde eft ðæt ilce ðæt ǽrðon wæs it should become again the same, that it was before, Exon. 61 a ; Th. 224, 21 ; Ph. 379.

lácnian

(v.)
Grammar
lácnian, p. ode

To healcuretendtake care oftreatdress(a wound)

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To heal, cure, tend, take care of, treat, dress(a wound) Ic lácnige medeor, Ælfc. Gr. 33; Som. 36, 47. Se lǽce ðonne on untíman lácnaþ wunde hió wyrmseþ secta immature vulnera deterius infervescunt, Past. 21, 2; Swt. 153, 3.

Linked entry: lǽcnan

ge-bendan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bendan, -bændan; p. -bende; pp. -bended, -bend.

to bendflectĕretendĕreto bindfettervincīre

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to bend; flectĕre, tendĕre He hornbogan hearde gebendaþ confrēgit cornua arcuum, Ps. Th. 75, 3. He gebende his bogan he bent his bow, Homl. Th. i. 502, 15.

Linked entry: ge-bændan

a-drǽfan

(v.)
Grammar
a-drǽfan, -dréfan; p. de; pp. ed

To drive awayexpellere

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To drive away; expellere Ðá wearþ adrǽfed deórmód hæleþ then was driven away the beloved hero, Chr. 975; Th. i. 228, 22; Edg. 44. He adrǽfed wæs ejectus est, Gen. 3, 24.

Linked entry: a-dréfed

tillan

(v.)
Grammar
tillan, p. tilde
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In compounds á-, ge-tillan; instances omitted under those words are given here Ðeáh ðe stæpe fulfremednysse átilþ ( adtingit ), Scint. 100, 15. Getilþ contingat, getilde contigit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 9-13.

hǽþa

(n.)
Grammar
hǽþa, an ; m.
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Parching by heal gebæd ꝥ God forgeáfe þǽe eorðan rénas, for þan ðe se hǽða þá hýnde ðá eorðan . . . þá ásende Drihten rénscúras aad þá eorðan gewæterode þe ǽr wæs forburnen, Hml.

HUND

(n.)
Grammar
HUND, es; m.

A HOUNDa dog

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A HOUND, a dog; applied to persons as a term of abuse in English and in other dialects Ðá ðider com ðá sceolde cuman ðære helle hund ongeán hine ðæs nama wæs Ceruerus when he came thither, it is said, that then the dog of hell, whose name was Cerberus

Linked entries: hundred hund-teóntig

lamb

(n.)
Grammar
lamb, es; and lamber; n.

A lamb

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Hér is Godes lamb ecce agnus dei, Jn. Skt 1, 29. Swá plegende lamp quasi agnus lasciviens, Kent. Gl. 214. gefullode ðone wulf and geworhte tó lambe he baptized the wolf and made it a lamb, Homl. Th. i. 390, 26.

Linked entries: lemb lomb

stapol

(n.)
Grammar
stapol, (-el, -ul), es; m.
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hét stapulas ásettan erectis stipitibus, Bd. 2, 16; S. 520, 6. Sweras unlytle, stapulas, Andr. Kmbl. 2986; An. 1496. Staplas columbas (l. columnas), Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 21, 12. a step, threshold(?)

á-blendar

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Hét se cyng áblendan Ælfgár, Chr. 993; P. 127, 29. Him burston út his eágan . . . wearð áblend, Hml. S. 19, 129. Wulfeáh and Ufegeat wǽron áblende, Chr. 1006; P. 136, 10.

fæsten

(n.)
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Gif hí þæt fæsten rihtlíce ne gefæstan . . . gyf þæt fæsten ábrece, 172, 1-2. Fæstinum jejuniis, Rtl. 8, 17. Heó lufude fæstenu, Hml. Th. i. 148, 1. Fæsten dreógan to do penance (?), suffer scarcity (?)

ge-bytlu

(n.; v.)
Grammar
ge-bytlu, For 'indecl. f.
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hylt ealle þá gebytlu ðǽre gelaðunge, Hml. Th. i. 580, 21: 582, 22

wǽpen-mann

(n.)
Grammar
wǽpen-mann, (wǽp-), es; m.

A malea man

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Woepenmon ł hee masculum, Mk. Skt. Lind. 10, 6. worhte wǽpman (woepenmonn masculum, Lind.), Mt. Kmbl. 19, 4. Synna wið wǽpman oððe wífman, L. de Cf. 6; Th. ii. 262, 23.

Linked entries: wæp-mann wǽpned-mann

tó-drǽfan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-drǽfan, p. de

To drive asunder,drive in different directions,drive away,expel,dispel,scatter,disperse

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Háligra-manna ðe tódrǽfaþ ða leahtras and deófla heom fram, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 703. is sóð leóht ðe tðdrǽfde ða þeóstra ðises lífen, Homl. Th. i. 144, 7. Hí mynstra tóstæncton, and munecas tó-drǽfdon, Chr. 975; Erl. 127, 22.

Linked entry: tó-drífan

fandian

(v.)

to tryto temptto tryto trytastefeelto tryto visittemptprovokeattempt

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wísa mon his fandigan, hwæðer swá wís wǽre swá self wénde ꝥ wǽre, Bt. 18, 4; F. 66, 32. to try, have experience of, taste, feel (lit. or fig.). absolute Fandiað nú þonne gustate, Ps.

ge-hírsum

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Take here <b>ge-hýrsum</b> in Dict. and add: obedient wearð gehýrsum tó þí þæt willes deáð þrowade factus obediens usque ad mortem R. Ben. 26, 15 : 126, 8.

Linked entry: ge-hýrsum

nunne

(n.)
Grammar
nunne, an ; f.

A nuna vestal

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Gif hwá wið nunnan forlicge, sí ǽgðer his weres scildig, ge ge heó, L. N. P. L. 63; Th. ii. 300, 20. Be nunnan hǽmede. Gif hwá nunnan of mynstre út álǽde bútan kyninges léfnesse geselle hundtwelftig sciłł ....

Linked entry: non

weald

(adv.)
Grammar
weald, adv. conj.

perhaps may be in dependent clauses, with indefinite pronouns or adverbs (cf. gif), in case

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Bisceopum gebyreþ ðæt mid heom wunian welgeþungene witan . . . ðæt heora gewitan beón on ǽghwylcne tíman, weald hwæt heom tíde in case anything befall them, L.I.P. 10; Th. ii. 316, 25.

þanan-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
þanan-weard, adj.
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Moving thence Bebeád him, ðæt geara wiste, ðæt hine nǽfre underbæc ne besáwe, siþþan þononweard wǽre lex dona coerceat, ne dum Tartara liquerit, fas sit lumina flectere, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 170, 9